Gnoll
Hyena-like humanoid race in EverQuest, major inhabitants of zones like Blackburrow and Splitpaw, and among the primary residents of Brell's Rest in the Underfoot afterlife.
Overview
Drawn from My Brethren, — in-game book.EQ1Primary · official · best available source
My Brethren,
Today we embark on a journey that will lead us past the boundaries of our known world. It is by our choice that we make this journey, to dis- cover new lands, and to make a new home for ourselves. It is an honor to call you countrymen and friends. Let us rejoice in our accomplishments as we take the lands of our pitiful brothers, and show them the way of the true gnoll. Be well, my brothers, and may the gods guide your hands.
Ishva Verishe Val
Tesch Val,
you must recover, from the archives, the incantation to speed our transit to the new continent. Let not one of the council members see you, or you will surely be slain. You must complete this task I have laid before you, or they will eventually find us and slay us. The accursed council knows of my location, so I must be off. Slay the messenger of this note when you have finished reading it.
Good journey to you, my faithful.
Ishva
Overview
No EQ2 source leads this topic — its EQ2 accounts are listed below.
Official Lore
5Collected official lore pieces, from in-game and out.
The Direwind Gnolls
The Direwind Gnolls The Clan Direwind gnolls have dedicated themselves to the art of necromancy and corruption over many years of living in the Serpent Spine Mountains. Their leaders, Severan and Narseekin, have mastered a ritual which enables them to carve and erect Direwind Totems, great wooden monoliths which call plagued winds from the sky.
Read the full sourceA Gnollish Contingency Book
Contingency Plans In the event of failure of a mission ranked anywhere from one to seven it is your duty to return to your superior to await further instructions. If a superior can not be found then a judgment call must be maid as to whether further attempts at the mission is likely to succeed. In the event of a failure of a mission ranked eight or higher dea…
Read the full sourceTSSArtifactBook14
Redmoon Massacre of the Nymphs It has been the way of the nymphs to guard and protect the natural elements they were created from. The mountain nymphs, or oreads, protect the stone and rock whereas the napae watch over the fields and soils they grew from. The dryads guard the trees they sprouted from and the potameids protect the waters they sprang from.
Read the full sourceUnderfoot: Unfolding the Lore – Brell’s Rest
Underfoot: Unfolding the Lore Brell's Rest Brell's Rest is the place where the worthy of Brell's worshippers go when their time on Norrath ends. Some worshippers are given places amongst those of the Underfoot, to work on the world, but few find such a thing to their liking. Many spend their afterlife in an "ideal" setting for their race.
Read the full sourceThe Advent of Oblivion
The Advent of Oblivion One must ever be watchful of the creature they call Oblivion in the northern wastes of Sunderock. It is an sticky ooze of unimaginable proportions and while few have seen it and lived, it is rumored to have grown because of an ancient artifact lost to the Direwind Gnolls. Among the lands of Sunderock where the Direwind Gnolls live and w…
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4Lore that mentions this in passing.
Community articles
2Fan-written encyclopedia entries — useful overviews, lower authority than the primary sources above.