Misty Thicket
The pastoral woodland of the halflings, site of Rivervale.
Overview
Drawn from The Maps of Myrist: The — zone description.EQ1Primary · official
Misty Thicket is a small forest neighboring the dungeon of Runnyeye Citadel and the halfling city of Rivervale. It is a relatively safe place for hunting and is a great source of food for the halflings who live nearby. Yet there are few smaller bands of somewhat aggressive humanoids who live in the woods and often pose minor problems for the people of Rivervale.
Just outside the small cavern entrance to the town of Rivervale, several earthen huts are dispersed about the flat, sparsely-wooded area of the thicket. These are merchant huts where tradesman make a living selling their wares to adventurers and purchasing materials that could perhaps be of potential use.
The forest itself is split into two sections by a large stone wall known as the Wall of Serillis, and formerly known as the Great Wall of Cetelt. The wall serves as a barrier to protect the citizens of Rivervale from Clan Runnyeye who inhabit the nearby bastion.
A famed human adventurer named Cetelt, who had retired to live in the area of the Misty Thicket, set his followers to build the great wall. Some say he had them do it out of his great concern for the halfling people, as the wall protects them from the goblins of Clan Runnyeye. The goblin citadel can be found on the other side of the wall – called the "bad side" by the halflings. Others, however, seem to think that Cetelt devised the project as a "make-work" opportunity for his followers who, to Cetelt's chagrin, continued to follow him throughout most of his lifetime, begging him to fulfill their need for a hero and leader.
The wall was later dedicated by the local halflings to Brell Serilis – one of their chief gods, along with Karana and Fizzlethorpe Bristlebane.
Map
From the EverQuest Atlas: The Maps of Myrist (SOE, 2002).
Official Lore
11Collected official lore pieces, from in-game and out.
Misty Thicket – Past and Present
Halflings across the world of Norrath rejoice as the hills of Misty Thicket flourish into a new paradise. The new Misty Thicket will be going live with the Game Update on Thursday, July 5th. Read part of the lore of this area and view a photo gallery look at the changes that were made: Background Lore
Read the full sourceBootstrutter’s Field Guide to the Misty Thicket
The Misty Thicket: Many refer to this land as the Enchanted Lands, but I prefer the name of old, The Misty Thicket. The land here has changed drastically, what once was a fertile land surrounded by steep cliffs and a lake to nowhere is now an island of just a portion of its former majesty.
Read the full sourceMemories of Misty Thicket
Many brave halflings fell defending Rivervale and the Misty Thicket from the Runnyeye goblins’ assaults during the Age of War. This is but one of their stories. The old folks often spoke of the days when they could take a picnic to remote spots in the Misty Thicket, enjoying the fragrance of flowers filling the air, the hum of bixies and bees searching for ne…
Read the full sourceEnchanted Lands Creature Catalog
The Enchanted Lands have a high concentration of mana, and therefore they are inhabited by many fey beings. Before the Rending reshaped the lands, this area was in the midst of the large continent of Antonica, situated at nearly the halfway point between Qeynos and Freeport.
Read the full sourceCeteltVol2
Of course, Cetelt knew it was too steep for any kind of foundation, but his boys and girls they were fanatic like and tried anyway. Three times they tried to build there only to see the whole thing crumble." Cetty said that the only thing a castle would get him would be some young punk looking for a siege.
Read the full sourceThe Great Wall of Cetelt
The Great Wall of Cetelt As told by Dremond the skulker; And Rollies, a lady in waiting Penned by Grenated. [A note to the reader: I have endeavored to bring this tale to you exactly as it was told to me. Some parts are vague on the circumstance of the speakers that I was quoting. Other parts were omitted as they bear little on the history at hand.]
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Captain Norgan's Spiced Jum
Captain Norgan's Spiced Jum A halfling profiteer known as Captain Norgan had it in his mind that he could steal honey jum from the Stone Hive bixies to make a new beverage he would peddle to Rivervale taverns. Stealing from Bixies in Misty Thicket was not adequate to supply his needs. He needed more.
Read the full sourceRemembering Rivervale
Many brave halflings fell defending Rivervale and the Misty Thicket during the Age of War. This is the story of the defense of the Misty Thicket. The sight of the orcs reminded Gemma of the talk in Rivervale the previous week, that goblins and orcs had teamed up in the Northlands as the “Horde of the Inferno.” Watching the tide of invaders pouring into the Mi…
Read the full sourceTSSArtifactBook5
Ecology and Evolution -- A Bixie's Tale Preamble: As the Librarian of Crescent Reach, I feel it is my duty to provide a detailed history on the bixies in order to fully understand any threat that may come to Crescent Reach and our drakkin.
Read the full sourceNaggresh da Hero
Many times ago, Naggresh wuz da slayer of many halfy deputies. He terrorized da thicket so many, they build great walls to keeps him out. Dis is Naggrsh’s wallz for he makes da halfys makes it. Naggresh carried da Great Spear of Many Noggins. Da spear with halfy noggins on it likes pumpkins on da post.
Read the full sourceCollapse
Although change is inevitable, no one expected changes of the magnitude experienced during the Age of Cataclysms. This story is told about one of the veterans of the Age of War, who returned home to help rebuild it, only to see everything else collapse. Every day, they considered themselves fortunate. Although Rivervale and the Misty Thicket had been overrun…
Read the full sourceFurther sources
3Lore that mentions this in passing.
Community articles
7Fan-written encyclopedia entries — useful overviews, lower authority than the primary sources above.
Field notes
Adventuring notes from the atlas — what to watch for and what the zone offers. Flavor, not lore.