"I stood between the 2 icys at the entrance door to the tower"
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"ran down the ramp in the tower that drops into the water"
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Helsia also exhibits very strange behavior by spawning in 2 different spots instead of one.
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I believe they are both in era, here is some discussion on the Bowl (which only drops from Helsia) in April 2001 here:
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=5775
TLDR; Both in era, Helsia perhaps currently incorrectly occupying both spawn spots.