GREAT Story. Thanks for sharing.
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I started in early 2000 and EQ is still probably the most emersive game experience I've ever had. Me and a few of my best friends were all seriously into it. We'd get together a couple times a week and end up talking EQ the whole time. lol.
I started as a Erudite Wizard named Malaci on the Lanys server. Met a girl Erudite named Aadarri camping Kobolds in Toxxulia Forest one night and she wound up being my ingame GF. lol. She wanted out of there so badly and got us a port to the dessert of Ro. As soon as I appeared there, I died.... Aadarri had to enlist the help of my RL friend who played a higher level Dark Elf Necro to get me back to my corpse.
That friend BTW took alot of screenshots when he adventured his first character from Felwithe to Freeport. I remember him showing them to me and it was like going through someones pictures from a vacation.
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When Aadarri wasn't online, I thought I'd try an easier class so started a Halfling Druid named Rooty. (Toot)
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] After she quite playing, I ended up playing a Half Elf Bard that I soloed to 45 over various returns to the game. When I saw a bard swarm kiting I knew THAT'S how you get XP! All three characters were a part of the Dragons Alliance Guild. That bard is the character I recreated here on P99 BTW.
Kithicor at Night.... Just those three words strikes fear into my heart to this very day.
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] One could make a whole game of just that. Jesus that place was scary. I always hugged the zone line but you still would wind up in trouble if you didn't keep your eyes open.
Thanks again for that beautifully written remembrance. My favorite music was the Aviak Music in South Karana which I later found out was the Akanon Music. That and I loved the Toxullia music which was also used at the river in West Karana. Such wonderful memories.
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