Behind the Music: Destiny of Velious

Usually, people want to know the story behind the music. But in this case, it may be the music itself which has more to reveal about the upcoming Destiny of Velious expansion.

As first reported on the EQ2 forums, last night’s Test Update patch included music files tied in to EverQuest II’s seventh expansion. The following zones were represented (categories are mine amd subject to change):

Dungeons/Raid:

• Kael Drakkel
• Fortress of Drunder Tower
• Tower of Frozen Shadow
• Velkator’s Labyrinth
• Velkator’s Labyrinth: Kraytok’s Fortress

Overland:

• Deep Gorge
• Iceclad Ocean
• Othmir Camp
• Rygorr Fortress
• South Velious
• The Great Wastes

City:

• Thurgadin

Unknown:

• Rallos Zek

Add this to what we already know from Fan Faire 2010.  We were informed that we could expect at least 10 Instanced Dungeons, 1 Massive Contested zone, 2 Overland zones, and 6 Raid Instances. Concept art was shown for:

• Kraytok’s Fortress Spire & Forgotten Pools
• The Ascent
• Thurgadin
• Fortress Spire

Unique Housing?

We haven’t known what to make of another small batch of files found in this package. We’re talking about:

• home_majdul_library.vpk
• home_neriak_opera.vpk
• home_qeynos_dojo_SG.vpk

Remember at Fan Faire, we were told “We also hope to start looking at options for more unique “Prestige Housing” which would be specially themed houses you could choose instead of normal city housing.” The first of these was the Skyblade Skiff and Crag Estate. Perhaps these offer a clue to the next 3 housing options?

The complete list of files included in last night’s Test Server patch are presented below, with thanks to Horgana of the Butcherblock guild Defenders of Norrath:

_exp07\Kael_Drakkel
_exp07\Overland
_exp07\Rallos_Zek
_exp07\The_Fortress_of_Dunder
_exp07\Thurgadin
_exp07\Tower_of_Frozen_Shadow
_exp07\Velkators_Labyrinth
_exp07\Kael_Drakkel\KAEL_DRAKKEL_DUNGEON_02_V2.mp3
_exp07\Kael_Drakkel\KAEL_DRAKKEL_DUNGEON_03.mp3
_exp07\Kael_Drakkel\KAEL_DRAKKEL_THEME.mp3
_exp07\Kael_Drakkel\KING_TORMAX.mp3
_exp07\Overland\DEEP_GORGE.mp3
_exp07\Overland\ICECLAD_OCEAN_V2.mp3
_exp07\Overland\OTHMIR_CAMP.mp3
_exp07\Overland\RYGORR_FORTRESS.mp3
_exp07\Overland\SOUTH_VELIOUS.mp3
_exp07\Overland\THE_GREAT_WASTES_V2.mp3
_exp07\Overland\THRGADIN_CITY_AND_HARBOR.mp3
_exp07\Overland\VELIOUS_MUSIC.mp3
_exp07\Rallos_Zek\RALLOS_ZEK.mp3
_exp07\The_Fortress_of_Dunder\FORTRESS_OF_DRUNDER_TOWER_01.mp3
_exp07\The_Fortress_of_Dunder\FORTRESS_OF_DRUNDER_TOWER_02.mp3
_exp07\The_Fortress_of_Dunder\FORTRESS_OF_DRUNDER_TOWER_03.mp3
_exp07\The_Fortress_of_Dunder\FORTRESS_OF_DRUNDER_TOWER_ARENA.mp3
_exp07\Thurgadin\THURGADIN_CITY_V2.mp3
_exp07\Tower_of_Frozen_Shadow\TOWER_OF_FROZEN_SHADOW_FL_01.mp3
_exp07\Tower_of_Frozen_Shadow\TOWER_OF_FROZEN_SHADOW_FL_02.mp3
_exp07\Tower_of_Frozen_Shadow\TOWER_OF_FROZEN_SHADOW_FL_04.mp3
_exp07\Tower_of_Frozen_Shadow\TOWER_OF_FROZEN_SHADOW_FL_05.mp3
_exp07\Tower_of_Frozen_Shadow\TOWER_OF_FROZEN_SHADOW_FL_07.mp3
_exp07\Tower_of_Frozen_Shadow\TOWER_OF_FROZEN_SHADOW_FL_08.mp3
_exp07\Tower_of_Frozen_Shadow\TSERRINA.mp3
_exp07\Velkators_Labyrinth\KRAYTOC.mp3
_exp07\Velkators_Labyrinth\VELKETORS_LABYRINTH.mp3
_exp07\Velkators_Labyrinth\VELKETORS_LABYRINTH_FORGOTTEN_POOLS.mp3
_exp07\Velkators_Labyrinth\VELKETORS_LABYRINTH_KRAYTOCS_FORTRESS.mp3
_exp07\Velkators_Labyrinth\VELKETORS_LABYRINTH_V2.mp3

and 4 new files in the pak’s directory;

home_majdul_library_SG.vpk
home_neriak_opera_SG.vpk
home_qeynos_dojo_SG.vpk
mistmoore_ph_5r01_SG.vpk