Feldon From EQ2 ZAM:
EverQuest II players have long hoped for an expansion returning players to Velious. Scars of Velious, the second expansion in the original EverQuest, was a favorite of long-time players. With the appearance of the the icy Order of Rime last summer many players were sure Velious was coming, and were surprised when Sentinel’s Fate took EQII players to the lost island of Odus.
Astute player Vulkoor found some interesting files downloading in April, which included othmir (an otter race from Velious) and Tserrina the near-legendary boss of the original Tower of Frozen Shadow. The appearance of Coldain dwarves in New Halas (now on the EQII test servers), have expectations high.Today, observant (and persistant) players found an entry at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Sony Online Entertainment has applied for the trademark on EVERQUEST II DESTINY OF VELIOUS.
While we’re sure SOE will not announce the 7th EverQuest II expansion before they’re ready, we feel confident in predicting that yes, the next expansion will return us to the land of snow bunnies and Thurgadin, frost giants and the Temple of Veeshan.
With the entire EQ2 team now back to work on EQ2 content, hopefully we get the Velious expansion we’d all like to see.
No doubt thurgadin will be converted to a dungeon rather then a city, but at least we will have our othmir. I’m not sure they will be a player race but there most likely will be a illusion form just like they did with the badgers and pandas. 😛