The Story of Qeynalia, Qeynos-locked Warrior

[Gawdayumeet]

Erud's Crossing looks so tranquil today.

A handful of years back, my brain managed to fuse together the idea of playing a map-locked character in early Everquest. So I threw together a handful of constraints and set out to see if I could "beat" all the content in the Qeynos area while staying within its borders.

Sadly, after a handful of weeks, the wombo-combo of real-life and my frustrations got in the way. I ended up cheating, which eventually lead to me giving up at what I have since learned was the halfway mark, and put away the project in the bin with the other silly ideas I've had over the years.

But, several weeks ago, a handful of coincidences lined up to remind me of this project, including realizing that I never deleted the game from my computer. I booted it back up, made a new character, and decided that this time, I would see the end of whatever road the rules revealed.

And today, just a few hours ago, I finally completed all the goals I cared about. I'm finally free.

All that is left is to tell you all about the horrible, no-good, awful adventures of Qeynalia, the Qeynos-locked Warrior.



The rules were fairly simple:
1. I cannot leave the chosen area.
2. I cannot use any item that cannot be obtained naturally inside the chosen area.

The goals, on the other hand, were much more nebulous. I changed them constantly until I managed to settle on something reasonable near the end:
1. Get to the highest level possible.
2. Obtain the best-in-slot equipment, spells, food, drink, and containers for my class inside the area.
3. Complete every quest possible in the area.
4. Defeat all the mobs in the area that seem to be bosses or elite encounters.
5. Remain friendly with as many people in the area as possible.

Also, feel free to mentally amend "within sane reason" to each of those goals. If I hadn't done so, this would have taken two to three times as long for a tenth the payoff. I hope you all can forgive me valuing my time on this planet at least somewhat.