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Emerald Jungle

A dense rainforest of southern Kunark, near Veeshan's Peak.

Overview

Drawn from The Maps of Myrist: The zone description.EQ1Primary · official

Located to the north of the Field of Bone and east of Trakanon's Teeth, the untamed tropics of the Emerald jungle are a dangerous place that is home to many predators. Since the fall of the Iksar, countless relics, cities, and fortresses of the former Empire have been devoured by the forest's wild overgrowth. The only known structure to remain in some semblance of its former glory are the ruins of Torsis, otherwise known as the City of Mist, which reside in the innermost depths of this unforgiving wilderness.

The fall of the Empire had disastrous effects on the whole of Kunark that was once beneath the scaly grasp of the Iksar. The city of Torsis had perhaps suffered the most in the devastating aftermath of the Empire's collapse. Somehow, the city became cursed and all of its inhabitants fell dead without cause or reason. Many who the curse was slow to infect, fled the city walls to only die later in the depths of the steaming jungle. These unfortunates would be forever cursed to wander as the undead. Strangely, many of the jungle's natural inhabitants also became infected when they came into contact with the citizens who fled the confines of Torsis.

To this day, the remnants of the fallen, cursed Iksar citizens of Torsis wander the jungle, mindlessly attacking any that cross their path. The same effect spread to the jungle's denizens, causing many gorillas to become horridly mutated and disfigured as they rose from the dead.

Map

From the EverQuest Atlas: The Maps of Myrist (SOE, 2002).

Map of Emerald Jungle

Field notes

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Emerald Jungle — Library of Erudin