The Master of Dreadspire

tikkus · 12-20-2005, 03:38 AM

http://www.lavanet.no/rf/images/mayong.jpg

The pic is named mayong.jpg, but I figure they just put that in to get people excited.

Runnen · 12-20-2005, 03:59 AM

Well, he certainly looks like a Vampire, and he is surrounded by Drachnids which were created by Mayong Mistmoore. It's a definite possibility, but can't conclude anything really.

Camerous · 12-20-2005, 04:18 AM

Also look at the design on the cloth hanging from his belt. That design is in the MM LDoNs as well on some banners if I remmeber correctly.

Szlia · 12-20-2005, 04:38 AM

Come forth Aakla! Thou art summoned!

FuckYou · 12-20-2005, 05:39 AM

i would wager that 10% of the people playing eq1 could even tell you who mayong mistmoore is.

Grady · 12-20-2005, 05:42 AM

Could be. I never did get the whole "I have a hard-on for all things Mayong" thing, though.

Magnum PI · 12-20-2005, 05:54 AM

If remember correctly back in 1999 MM was active in the zone initally, deep in the castle, and he was as buggy a mob as you could want, and boy was he tough, remember this was back when having a langsax of the wolves meant you were the shit, we would always end up with him at the zone entrance, bodies everwhere, and he'd never path all the way back to the castle and when people zoned back in for CR's he would be immeadately back at the zone entrance giving everyone deep massaging anal. So, the dev's couldn't get rid of the bugs and nerfed him altogether. That's how I remember it, it's been quite a long time and he was only up briefly during my tenure.

Elerion · 12-20-2005, 06:03 AM

Mayong has, to my knowledge, not been ingame since beta.

Andric d'Regor · 12-20-2005, 06:09 AM

ya was only on live for coupe of special events. Heard was so bugged in beta that he'd get agroe'd and he woud one shot the entire zone with his ae - and as that zone was so bugged with agro anyways....

Jubee · 12-20-2005, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Grady

Could be. I never did get the whole "I have a hard-on for all things Mayong" thing, though.

I don't follow this either. I absolutely loved Castle Mistmoore as a place to grind, but it seems every time an expansion drops I hear people going on crusades to find out if Mayong is in the game yet.

They obviously did the lore on him very well, but he's just a vampire.

FuckYou · 12-20-2005, 06:29 AM

the MM character is special to old school eq people because he was used as part of (one of the first?) major GM / world events. the reverence / interest remains because SOE never fucked it up by putting him in to a shitty expansion or something.

until now

Runnen · 12-20-2005, 06:33 AM

Well, as I had briefly explained in a previous thread, Mayong Mistmoore isn't really "just" a Vampire. He is THE Vampire. It's more and more plausible that Mayong Mistmoore was the very first Vampire of Norrath and spread Vampirism around to become the plague it is today.

There are many Vampires in the Tower of Frozen Shadow created by Tserinna Syl'Tor, but she was herself made a Vampire by Mayong Mistmoore eons ago when they were lovers (thus the many ripped-off paintings and portraits of Mayong in the Tower of Frozen Shadow).

The Vampires of Luclin (Tenebrous Mountains, Katta Castellum and Maiden's Eye mostly) were created by Valdanov Zevfeer, an alchemist from Norrath who followed the massive exile to Luclin ages ago, and who had been in the employ of Mayong Mistmoore (and was apparently contaminated by him prior to his exile, thus spreading the Vampirism to Luclin).

The only thing that Mayong did not create was the Werewolves, since he stole the secrets of Lycantropy from Venril Sathir, thanks to his Drachnid agents spying on Karnor's Castle (Mayong created the Drachnids himself, by mixing Teir'dal and Recluses).

Mayong's court grew to a fearsome size as his Werewolves, Vampires and other geomantic creatures (Gargoyles for instance) became more and more numerous, but even as his minions filled the Catacombs of Mistmoore and became too many for their own survival, Mayong disappeared.

Clans and factions arose among his followers, like the Progeny and the Trueborn among the Vampires, or the Savagefang and the Nightrage among the Werewolves.

Since Mayong disappeared around the time of the discovery of Zebuxoruk, it's possible that he went after the same arcane mysteries as the Forsaken to find the secrets of the Cypher of Divine Language and be granted divine powers himself.

If this Master of Dreadspire is indeed Mayong Mistmoore, then it would seem he has partly succeeded and has become the ruler of one of the dark Planes.

EDIT : Yes I'm quite a freak about lore (and not just EverQuest's either). I was very knowledgeable about the lore prior to the release of Omens of War, and have barely followed what's happened since. But if you're interested in anything before that, I can probably tell you quite a lot about it. And it's not taken from crappy fan-fictions either.

Grady · 12-20-2005, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuckYou

the MM character is special to old school eq people because he was used as part of (one of the first?) major GM / world events. the reverence / interest remains because SOE never fucked it up by putting him in to a shitty expansion or something.

until now

I know the history, I still don't understand the hard-on that some people have for him, even if it's a "harkening back to yonder old days" kind of thing. For a decent chunk of time, every single goddamn EQ message board had some schmuck on it who would obsess over all things Mayong...

Grady · 12-20-2005, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Runnen

A bunch of bad EQ lore.

See what I mean?

Runnen · 12-20-2005, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grady

See what I mean?

If you're going to compare EverQuest's lore to say.. Warcraft's lore, then I completely agree that EverQuest's is bad, because too often the developpers / writers did not try to tie things together or make sense and so the players had to create bridges between things for them to make sense at all. Warcraft's lore is much better structured, although it's not perfect either.

But compared to most other games out there who don't even bother to have lore at all beyond "It's war, kill each other", then I think EverQuest's lore is not that bad because through the years I played, I saw people who sometimes feared to go to some places simply because they'd read about them or were intimidated by the monsters inside.

I think any game that can create that kind of mystic aura around some characters within is not that bad, or its lore either.

EDIT: Oh by the way, I'm not at all obsessed about all things Mayong. I consider him a colorful character in the history, but that's as far as it goes. I simply happen to know most of the things about him. My favorite parts in the lore of EverQuest would be the Dragons (Kunark and Velious) and the life of Venril Sathir and his Sebilisian Empire). It all started going downhill with Luclin's lore though.

12-20-2005, 03:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
tikkus Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,219 -3 Internets	The Master of Dreadspire http://www.lavanet.no/rf/images/mayong.jpg The pic is named mayong.jpg, but I figure they just put that in to get people excited.

12-20-2005, 03:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Runnen CEO of MillieDolls Ltd. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: France Posts: 2,162	Well, he certainly looks like a Vampire, and he is surrounded by Drachnids which were created by Mayong Mistmoore. It's a definite possibility, but can't conclude anything really. __________________ As the speed of light is superior to that of sound, most people look bright until they start talking.

12-20-2005, 04:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
Camerous Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Overthere next to that place Posts: 2,159 -11 Internets	Also look at the design on the cloth hanging from his belt. That design is in the MM LDoNs as well on some banners if I remmeber correctly. __________________

12-20-2005, 04:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,687 +10 Internets	Come forth Aakla! Thou art summoned! __________________ -retrosabotage-

12-20-2005, 05:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
FuckYou snape kills razorgore Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,704 -1 Internets	i would wager that 10% of the people playing eq1 could even tell you who mayong mistmoore is. __________________ vagoo the belf paladin and yiff the belf rogue just the tip - black dragonflight

12-20-2005, 05:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Grady Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 92 -4 Internets	Could be. I never did get the whole "I have a hard-on for all things Mayong" thing, though.

12-20-2005, 05:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
Magnum PI Closing in on Makata Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,180 -28 Internets	If remember correctly back in 1999 MM was active in the zone initally, deep in the castle, and he was as buggy a mob as you could want, and boy was he tough, remember this was back when having a langsax of the wolves meant you were the shit, we would always end up with him at the zone entrance, bodies everwhere, and he'd never path all the way back to the castle and when people zoned back in for CR's he would be immeadately back at the zone entrance giving everyone deep massaging anal. So, the dev's couldn't get rid of the bugs and nerfed him altogether. That's how I remember it, it's been quite a long time and he was only up briefly during my tenure. __________________

12-20-2005, 06:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
Elerion My milkshake Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,025 +1 Internets	Mayong has, to my knowledge, not been ingame since beta.

12-20-2005, 06:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
Andric d'Regor Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London Posts: 393 -1 Internets	ya was only on live for coupe of special events. Heard was so bugged in beta that he'd get agroe'd and he woud one shot the entire zone with his ae - and as that zone was so bugged with agro anyways.... __________________ Staniforth -Swashbuckler The Blackhand Runnyeye

12-20-2005, 06:29 AM	#11 (permalink)
FuckYou snape kills razorgore Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,704 -1 Internets	the MM character is special to old school eq people because he was used as part of (one of the first?) major GM / world events. the reverence / interest remains because SOE never fucked it up by putting him in to a shitty expansion or something. until now __________________ vagoo the belf paladin and yiff the belf rogue just the tip - black dragonflight

12-20-2005, 06:33 AM	#12 (permalink)
Runnen CEO of MillieDolls Ltd. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: France Posts: 2,162	Well, as I had briefly explained in a previous thread, Mayong Mistmoore isn't really "just" a Vampire. He is THE Vampire. It's more and more plausible that Mayong Mistmoore was the very first Vampire of Norrath and spread Vampirism around to become the plague it is today. There are many Vampires in the Tower of Frozen Shadow created by Tserinna Syl'Tor, but she was herself made a Vampire by Mayong Mistmoore eons ago when they were lovers (thus the many ripped-off paintings and portraits of Mayong in the Tower of Frozen Shadow). The Vampires of Luclin (Tenebrous Mountains, Katta Castellum and Maiden's Eye mostly) were created by Valdanov Zevfeer, an alchemist from Norrath who followed the massive exile to Luclin ages ago, and who had been in the employ of Mayong Mistmoore (and was apparently contaminated by him prior to his exile, thus spreading the Vampirism to Luclin). The only thing that Mayong did not create was the Werewolves, since he stole the secrets of Lycantropy from Venril Sathir, thanks to his Drachnid agents spying on Karnor's Castle (Mayong created the Drachnids himself, by mixing Teir'dal and Recluses). Mayong's court grew to a fearsome size as his Werewolves, Vampires and other geomantic creatures (Gargoyles for instance) became more and more numerous, but even as his minions filled the Catacombs of Mistmoore and became too many for their own survival, Mayong disappeared. Clans and factions arose among his followers, like the Progeny and the Trueborn among the Vampires, or the Savagefang and the Nightrage among the Werewolves. Since Mayong disappeared around the time of the discovery of Zebuxoruk, it's possible that he went after the same arcane mysteries as the Forsaken to find the secrets of the Cypher of Divine Language and be granted divine powers himself. If this Master of Dreadspire is indeed Mayong Mistmoore, then it would seem he has partly succeeded and has become the ruler of one of the dark Planes. EDIT : Yes I'm quite a freak about lore (and not just EverQuest's either). I was very knowledgeable about the lore prior to the release of Omens of War, and have barely followed what's happened since. But if you're interested in anything before that, I can probably tell you quite a lot about it. And it's not taken from crappy fan-fictions either. __________________ As the speed of light is superior to that of sound, most people look bright until they start talking. Last edited by Runnen : 12-20-2005 at 06:36 AM.

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