Easter eggs in EQ's item / NPC / etc names

[Izmael]

Which ones do you know? Or suspect?

A few I can think of:

- Qeynos = SonyEQ
- Vehement Sword of Reivaj = Javier, probably a dev name or something
- Rathe = Earth

[xKoopa]

Tons

Esp if you consider items/npcs named after devs/players

[Izmael]

Tarew Marr = Water
Tunare - Nature
Karana - ?? Ankara is Turkey's capital
E'ci - Ice
Povar - Vapor

[Jimjam]

Neriak is an anagram of the celtic name Kieran, there are also similarly named NPCs (Kiaren I think is for the monk epic).

There is a barbarian village in West Karana named after metallica band members.

[Izmael]

Never heard about the Metallica village.

[Joyelle]

http://web.archive.org/web/20020203044116/amtgard.pinkpig.com/everquest/easterquest.htm

[Alanus]

Never heard about the Metallica village.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Lars_McMannus
http://wiki.project1999.com/Ulrich_McMannus

[Animated0]

Bait Masterson.

[Sorn]

Plane of Mischief has tons of these!

Bob the Painter
Life (a mob with a spectre graphic who deathtouches anyone who hails it)
Chuckles the Great
YOU SHALL NOT PASS (4 NPCs)
Posie the Librarian
Roxanne
Ratmlet
a petal pusher (plant)
a hedge wizard (plant)
Carrot Top

...and so much more!

[khanable]

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86429

[Evia]

There was a luclin tunic that dropped from Greig in Greigs end called Jenniy's Two-tone Cuirass. The stats go 8, 6, 7, 5, 30, 9. By some band named Tommy two-tone

[surron]

In the Neriak Caster's Guild, there is a Wizard guildmaster by the name of Litz B'Doph

[myriverse]

Joffrey and Sansa in the Qeynos bard guild.

[Tasslehofp99]

There is a guy named "Laken Boorheez" in North Freeport. This always reminded me of Jason Vorheez, lol.

[tiadashi]

felwithe - whiteelf

[supermonk]

nilbog = goblin

[Lhancelot]

Tolapumj's Robe = Jumpalot Robe

[Qtip]

There was a luclin tunic that dropped from Greig in Greigs end called Jenniy's Two-tone Cuirass. The stats go 8, 6, 7, 5, 30, 9. By some band named Tommy two-tone

You joking or is that real?

[khanable]

I need nibblewitz to shed some light on the qeynos mystery

[paulgiamatti]

Nottap Ekim is an unreachable NPC in Plane of Sky that spawns whenever a soul carrier / essence harvester is killed. It's Mike Patton reversed, the lead singer of Faith No More.

From Allakhazam (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=20205):

Incidentally: "Nottap Ekim" is an Easter Egg: Reversed, is "Mike Patton" who had a song called "The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny". Sirran the Lunatic shouts "What?! Now you've done it! The bunnies are angry! ANGRY I TELL YOU!"

[GinnasP99]

PaulG in first with a commanding lead.

[Borak]

There was a luclin tunic that dropped from Greig in Greigs end called Jenniy's Two-tone Cuirass. The stats go 8, 6, 7, 5, 30, 9. By some band named Tommy two-tone

You joking or is that real?

Both are real. The BP really dropped, and alas, the song is real too. It received waaay too much airtime in the 80's - 8675309/Jenny (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo)

[Evia]

You joking or is that real?

Very real.

[Sorn]

You joking or is that real?

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=8364

[Sorn]

Though if we're talking about LIVE, now...my cleric's got a Vicious Rabbit from the loyalist vendor (Monty Python reference), and a majority of the Banestrike achievements are silly puns and jokes (http://www.eqmagicians.com/skill/banestrike-creatures) (EX: if you kill 100 Coldain, the achievement is called Dainy It's Cold Outside).

[Sporkotron]

There is a banker in FV named Wella Fargin, which I think is a reference to Wells Fargo bank.

[paulgiamatti]

Man, the music references in EQ are amazing.

From http://web.archive.org/web/20020203044116/amtgard.pinkpig.com/everquest/easterquest.htm:

Spoolie Gee is a tailoring merchant in North Ro. It's also a reference to a Beastie Boy's track, 'What'cha Want' on the "Check Your Head" CD. (Spoolie Gee says, "Yo yo yo, homies! What'cha Want? I got da patterns you need!")

[skarlorn]

snakes drop eggs


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[Muggens]

Nottap Ekim is an unreachable NPC in Plane of Sky that spawns whenever a soul carrier / essence harvester is killed. It's Mike Patton reversed, the lead singer of Faith No More.

From Allakhazam (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=20205):

Incidentally: "Nottap Ekim" is an Easter Egg: Reversed, is "Mike Patton" who had a song called "The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny". Sirran the Lunatic shouts "What?! Now you've done it! The bunnies are angry! ANGRY I TELL YOU!"

Cool find! I didnt know about this at all.

Used to be a bigtime FNM/Bungle fan during the 90's, also seen Patton live several times over the years, FNM reunion, Tomahawk, Italian songs etc

[SamwiseRed]

Bankers in FV. Their names play off Wells Fargo I believe.

[Blizzax]

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=11406

By far my all time favorite Easter egg. Greatest sword ever realeased (at the time) in EQ, called the Sword of Truth, no one could use it. Clear reference to Terry Goodkid's Sword of aTruth in which Richard Rahl was the only one able to wield the Sword of Truth.

[Sage Truthbearer]

Some of the guards in Highkeep are named after classical composers (Guard Chopin, Guard Bach).

As someone already said, Joffrey and Sansa are NPCs in Qeynos.

[azeth]

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