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EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (SoV, Velious,
or simply the Velious expansion) is the second
expansion released for EverQuest, a
massively multiplayer
online role-playing game (MMORPG). The expansion focuses on high-level
content (levels 35 and up)[1],
providing many extremely powerful monsters to fight and a number of zones meant
to be used by large groups of players.
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General information
The expansion takes place on the continent of Velious, an icy continent towards
the south of Norrath. The title refers to three chasms in Velious that are said
to be the place where the great dragon Veeshan struck the continent with her
claws. One of these claw marks is believed to be in a zone known as The Great
Divide, an area where the Coldain have established their home in the mountain
side.
The expansion introduced both frost giants and Coldain dwarves to the EverQuest
universe, as well as a sect of dragons known as the Claws of Veeshan. These three groups
are perpetually at war with one another.
The expansion is also notable for introducing the Sleeper's Tomb zone, a locked
zone that players could unlock with a key from a quest, and vanquish the four
dragons that guarded The Sleeper, a very powerful beast that should never
be unleashed. The first players completing this zone led to the first world
changing event, where The Sleeper would awaken and rampage his way through
Norrath. This however also led to some controversies as the zone itself would
change and some items that used to be available before the awakening would no
longer be present.
Scars of Velious also reintroduced Ethereal Planes such as the Plane of Growth,
home of Tunare (goddess of nature) and the Plane of Mischief. Those planes, just
like the original Planes (Hate, Fear and Sky) required players to have reached
the level of 46 in order to enter. Plane of Growth also reintroduced the notion
of Planar armor, providing a full set for each class.