Yes. EQ folder > Resources > loadscreen.jpg Here are some past ones: https://everquest.fanra.info/wiki/EverQuest_loading_screens
Wow, that is great Fanra. You even have the Brad memorial!!! Time to set up a rotating windows display.
I would love to have the new screen as a tee-shirt or some other physical item. I also think it's fantastic.
It looks like it's available as a poster in the Swag Store. Just added. I assume there may be additional items. https://darkpaw-games.myshopify.com/products/everquest®-25th-anniversary-poster
She's been less dressed in previous loading screens. You know, I finally figured out something that has been puzzling EQ players since day one. Firiona is a paladin of Tunare and yet many images show her fighting in skimpy silk, with a magic staff. Only recently have we seen her wearing sensible plate with a sword and shield. The answer is she moves through time with Zebuxoruk and has personas! So most of the time we see her as her wizard persona. Yes, decades before Darkpaw even thought of adding personas, Firiona was already using them!
Ohh those bring some epic memories! Thank you for putting them all together, Fanra! Also, some are hilariously bad and /facepalm worthy... I remember the OoW era and that loading screen. We expected to find those original 'heroes' that, according to the GoD story line, 1-grouped all the way to Tacvi and mysteriously disappeared. But, despite them being featured on the OoW loading screen, we never saw them again. Maybe Absor can enlighten us what happened, as he was already on the dev team at the time? The one logical explanation is that they got banned for cheating: the rogue dude is literally dual-wielding his epics 2.0... And I can't look at the TBS one without laughing. Ship-to-Ship Combat (tm) featuring Firiona Vie after a bad Botox job! Different sized eyes! No wonder she disappeared from the posters for several years after that cosmetic surgery disaster. Next time we saw Firiona was on the TDS art - with a completely new face
Morden Rasp is the rogue. Devs took a swing at adding "main characters" to EQ's story in LDoN, that's them building the Queen of Thorns & going at GoD, because Morden's girlfriend got magical-sick with visions of Discord. That direction was let go with the realization that - whoa - the *players* are the main characters, so we didn't keep following them into Omens.
Tacvi, Seat of the Slaver - Absor`s Remains Frizznik`s Remains Kaikachi`s Remains' Lyndroh`s Remains Maddoc`s Remains And more. https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npclist.html?zone=257
They were the "other" group of adventurers to make it to Tacvi, but they died. Morden Rasp and Tondal Di`Xevar is who you are referring to. That's in the story window. It's an easy mistake for someone to make, if you go through all of the Gates lore they sent out wave after wave of scouts, almost all of which died.
Are there any clues about the Morden crew's fate after they reached Tacvi? The last thing I remember was them looking at Tunat in his room (so maybe they got banned for exploiting/warping then ) But the NPC's on the ship were awaiting their return. Which never happened.
