[Rygar]

Not sure if this will ever be a thing on Green Server, but happened upon some information today that lines up with the screenshots I found (date wise, fairly close).

Sounds like it was a bit of a prelude, maybe a multi-day event like a mini event similar to Bloody Kithicor or Karana Plague.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010429...r/swordstrike/

February 26, 2000

Well, I was in Steamfont Mountians today, and I came upon a bard. A normal occurance, you say? No, this was no ordinary bard. Sainy Dragonfriend was her name, and she had a blue drake pet with her. She went into singing a song, which I got stored into my eqlog. Heres the song for ya:
I follow Veeshan...I shall now sing my song

From the world's core, the rock children rose
Shielded from wurms eyes by dirt and stone
With gnarled hands and broken bones
They carved their place into Veeshan's home
Soon after, the woodlands and deserts and swamps
All nurtured life planted, by interloping Gods
Veeshan left her children, in peaks carved by her lair
turned her back on Norrath, and her fellow God's laws
The Crystallin Dragon content in her lair
Sealed off the Sky and still slumbers there
Some dragons went made, apart from their queen
Others took charge and formed a wurm Ring
The rebels were hunted and sent from the peaks
To dwell in the lands inhabited by the weak
One of these rebels, a lady white as snow
Swept up a shard of a nature unknown
As years dragged on one by one the wurms fell
Into a deep slumber from what no one could tell
Their magic had faded, because of the Shard?
Or perhaps from the magic they call Veeshan's Veil
Now a new verse to this legend I'll share
In regards to Sky and what is happening there
Veeshan still slumbers, the veil has worn thin
The Wurm Queen's neglect wakes her children again

My song is done, but I will warn you to heed the words of my verse, for they speak the truth.
And only dragons once dwelled
but the door to Sky is not a one way portal
There is much to learn from the great Wurms
and much to fear

I must be off...come my drake friend

He even uploaded a log file:

[Sat Feb 26 16:58:44 2000] Sainy says, 'I follow Veeshan...I shall now sing my song'
[Sat Feb 26 16:58:55 2000] Sainy strums her lute.
[Sat Feb 26 16:59:23 2000] Sainy says, 'From the world's core, the rock children rose'
[Sat Feb 26 16:59:39 2000] Sainy says, 'Shielded from wurms eyes by dirt and stone'
[Sat Feb 26 16:59:49 2000] Sainy says, 'With gnarled hands and broken bones'
[Sat Feb 26 17:00:03 2000] Sainy says, 'They carved their place into Veeshan's home'
[Sat Feb 26 17:00:17 2000] Sainy says, 'Soon after, the woodlands and deserts and swamps'
[Sat Feb 26 17:00:29 2000] Sainy says, 'All nurtured life planted, by interloping Gods'
[Sat Feb 26 17:00:48 2000] Sainy says, 'Veeshan left her children, in peaks carved by her lair'
[Sat Feb 26 17:01:07 2000] Sainy says, 'turned her back on Norrath, and her fellow God's laws'
[Sat Feb 26 17:01:20 2000] Sainy says, 'The Crystallin Dragon content in her lair'
[Sat Feb 26 17:01:30 2000] Sainy says, 'Sealed off the Sky and still slumbers there'
[Sat Feb 26 17:01:41 2000] Sainy says, 'Some dragons went made, apart from their queen'
[Sat Feb 26 17:01:53 2000] Sainy says, 'Others took charge and formed a wurm Ring'
[Sat Feb 26 17:02:11 2000] Sainy says, 'The rebels were hunted and sent from the peaks'
[Sat Feb 26 17:02:23 2000] Sainy says, 'To dwell in the lands inhabited by the weak'
[Sat Feb 26 17:02:38 2000] Sainy says, 'One of these rebels, a lady white as snow'
[Sat Feb 26 17:02:49 2000] Sainy says, 'Swept up a shard of a nature unknown'
[Sat Feb 26 17:03:18 2000] Sainy says, 'As years dragged on one by one the wurms fell'
[Sat Feb 26 17:03:31 2000] Sainy says, 'Into a deep slumber from what no one could tell'
[Sat Feb 26 17:03:48 2000] Sainy says, 'Their magic had faded, because of the Shard?'
[Sat Feb 26 17:03:59 2000] Sainy says, 'Or perhaps from the magic they call Veeshan's Veil'
[Sat Feb 26 17:04:09 2000] Sainy says, 'Now a new verse to this legend I'll share'
[Sat Feb 26 17:04:18 2000] Sainy says, 'In regards to Sky and what is happening there'
[Sat Feb 26 17:04:36 2000] Sainy says, 'Veeshan still slumbers, the veil has worn thin'
[Sat Feb 26 17:04:48 2000] Sainy says, 'The Wurm Queen's neglect wakes her children again'
[Sat Feb 26 17:04:52 2000] Sainy's song ends.
[Sat Feb 26 17:04:52 2000] Sainy's song ends.
[Sat Feb 26 17:05:07 2000] Sainy says, 'My song is done, but I will warn you to heed the words of my verse, for they speak the truth.'
[Sat Feb 26 17:05:38 2000] Sainy says, 'And only dragons once dwelled'
[Sat Feb 26 17:05:47 2000] Sainy says, 'but the door to Sky is not a one way portal'
[Sat Feb 26 17:06:00 2000] Sainy says, 'There is much to learn from the great Wurms'
[Sat Feb 26 17:06:06 2000] Sainy says, 'and much to fear'
[Sat Feb 26 17:06:21 2000] Sainy says, 'I must be off...come my drake friend'
[Sat Feb 26 17:06:28 2000] Sainy bows.

Some screenshots of the bard / drake are here in steamfont:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010506...reenshots.html