Support the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Effort

UPDATE: This event has been extended until April 1st.

Edited from EverQuest2.com:

From Friday, March 25th through Monday, March 28th Friday, April 1st, our players will be invited to purchase specially created Cherry Blossom items via the in-game marketplaces in their preferred games.

These Cherry Blossom items can be displayed in player in-game homes, as a sign of ongoing support and to raise further awareness amongst our deep player communities. For every Cherry Blossom item purchased between March 25th and March 28th, SOE will donate $10 to the American Red Cross* in support of ongoing relief efforts.

EverQuest II and EverQuest II Extended are offering a Memory of Spring statue for 500 SC. The statue has her hooded head lowered in reverance, and cherry blossoms fall around her. Players may also purchase a Gift of Falling Blossoms for 200 SC to support the initiative. In addition, the area around the statue of Erolissi Marr in New Halas has been decorated in honor of the occasion.

Everyone at SOE thanks you for your support during this difficult time.

To read the full announcement including SOE’s other games and the items available in those games, please check out the EverQuest2.com announcement.

If you are curious why these items went into the game, then disappeared, then came back on Friday, and will be gone on Monday, SmokeJumper had this startling response:

We had legal hurdles to jump through, but those are done now. (finally!)

It’s amazing how much work the lawyers had to do so that we could pitch in.