EverQuest: Depths of Darkhollow Interview
-
Category: News ArchiveHits: 767
Q: What can you tell us about the back story for the expansion?
A: Players will encounter a cavernous world where the unexpected is expected. They will see shades of the familiar, like the gnomeworks -- machines that harbor the souls of the lost Ak'Anon mining Expedition 328. Deeper still, a strong and powerful breed of drachnid -- half dark elf, half arachnid -- can be seen skittering about their sickly hive. And the echoing howls of the progeny of Norrath's first werewolves haunt this lightless world.
The unfamiliar is also present. The shiliskin, an ancient race of intelligent amphibious creatures, have been in Darkhollow since the beginning of Norrath's time. They overcame their inhospitable surroundings and grew into a strong civilization. Sadly, a terrible calamity brought their great nation to an end, creating the broken and battered society they are now.
Throughout the caverns, plants and creatures have adapted and evolved for thousands of years, changed more so by the tainted waters running in rivers and into the great lake Korlach. A new genus of fungus men are seen lumbering about and there are bloodthirsty hunters in the lake.
And in the humid haze above the great lake Korlach, lights flicker at the height of a great spire. Few dare look at it for long. There is an unspeakable evil that lives there, one that could claim your soul.
