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Shadow Knight

Shadowknight · SK

Dark anti-paladin wielding fear, disease, and necromantic power.

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Connections

Patron deitiesdeity:cazic-thulePatron deitiesdeity:innoruukPatron deitiesdeity:rallos-zekPatron deitiesdeity:bertoxxulous

At a glance

Type: Class
Attested in: EQ1EQ2
Sources: 62 texts

Overview

Drawn from The First Vision — in-game book.EQ1Primary · official · best available source

Hidden in the bowels of

Night Keep in the early days of Grobb lay a tunnel leading to a small cave.

No torches donned the walls of this place and a small wooden altar was the only object within.

Those initiated into the order of shadowknights in

Night Keep knew this place as The Eyes of Cazic.

It was here that the Warlord

Grimgash, after he and the

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Overview

Drawn from The First Vision (Item) — in-game book.EQ2Primary · mirrored · best available source

Hidden in the bowels of Night Keep in the early days of Grobb lay a tunnel leading to a small cave. No torches donned the walls of this place and a small wooden altar was the only object within.

Those initiated into the order of shadowknights in Night Keep knew this place as The Eyes of Cazic. It was here that the Warlord Grimgash, after he and the Warlord Jurglash completed their clan's victory over the residents of Innothule swamp came to give thanks to Cazic Thule for their dominance. After three days of disciplined meditation in this chamber with neither food nor drink Grimgash received a vision from the Lord of Fear. Through his mind he foresaw a great order of disciplined troll warriors mixing their natural fighting skills with the dark powers of Cazic Thule, spreading terror throughout the swamps of Innothule and beyond. Grimgash ordered a keep built around the cave. Thus began the order now called the Shadowknights of Night Keep. The newly initiated troll shadowknights under Warlord Grimgash were sent into this cavern to receive a vision from Cazic Thule thus setting the path of their destiny. Through the guidance of the visions granted by The Eyes of Cazic Thule, the shadowknights of Night Keep led several successful campaigns against the Frogloks of Guk. The eyes revealed to Cazic's faithful trolls the hiding places of the Frogloks and the Froglok advances on Grobb before they came to pass.

As the years passed and the swamps rose beneath Grobb, water and sludge began to swallow The Eyes of Cazic Thule. The shadowknights of Night Keep tried to keep the swamp at bay but eventually the cavern became submerged beneath Grobb, The Eyes of Cazic Thule lost to the new generations of Shadowknights. Without the influence of The Eyes of Cazic Thule, the Teir'dal of Neriak found it easier to persuade young trolls into the service of Innoruuk, and Night Keep became an army divided between two Gods. It is whispered in the shadows of Night Keep that should one of Cazic's faithful reach The Eyes of Cazic Thule beneath the waters and sludge of the swamp and survive, they shall become the mightiest of all shadowknights and shall lead Grobb in victories unparalleled by the great warlords of days gone by.

Credits Athen

Official Lore

Collected official lore pieces, from in-game and out.

EQ2Primary · mirroredPrincipal account

The First Vision (Item)

In-game book — SOE-EQ2

Hidden in the bowels of Night Keep in the early days of Grobb lay a tunnel leading to a small cave. No torches donned the walls of this place and a small wooden altar was the only object within. Those initiated into the order of shadowknights in Night Keep knew this place as The Eyes of Cazic.

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EverQuest Manual — Shadow Knight

Manual — Verant/SOE · 2001

Shadow Knight The antithesis of a Paladin, a Shadow Knight derives power from the evil gods he serves. He's part Warrior, part Necromancer and has the innate ability to Harm Touch.

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Fortifying Innoruuk's Realm, Vol. IX

In-game book — Verant/SOE

Volume IX As she entered the portal to Antonica, Kzaeka Ta'Vra, a master dark knight of Innoruuk, prepared for her journey to the Commonlands to aide her brothers and sisters in the time of Hate. Upon her arrival to the forsaken land, she quickly raised several evil creatures from the dead. Her newly created minions roamed the Commonlands slaying anyone that…

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Azaliil Tra'Kash

Official article — Verant

…Shadowknight Mist clings to the ground in a desperate attempt to remain a part of the city. It knows that its visit will be ended in the ritual fashion. The sun will takes its place, holding court over the noise and the stench that is Freeport once wakened.

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Rogkasth Vr'l

Official article — Verant

…A cold and cunning killer, Rogkasth is the troll Shadowknight in the service of the Dark Elven wizard Valhai Ka'Izal. Though Rogkasth abhors her, and often entertains images of the wizard's severed head hanging from the tip of his blade, he is inextricably bound to Valhai as a consequence of the horrific experiment that left him with a heightened intelligence…

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Rogkasth Vr'l

Character Profile — Verant

…Rogkasth is the troll Shadowknight in the service of the Dark Elven wizard Valhai Ka'Izal. Though Rogkasth abhors her, and often entertains images of the wizard's severed head hanging from the tip of his blade, he is inextricably bound to Valhai as a consequence of the horrific experiment that left him with a heightened intelligence, above and beyond that of…

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CABSHADINTRO

In-game book — Verant/SOE

The Age of Rebirth has been reached. You are hereby summoned to Cabilis and the spired towers of the Temple of Terror. Under the watchful eye of the Lords of Pain shall you become a shadowknight of the Crusaders of Greenmist, should you survive. Bring this summons to me and receive your orders. Arch Duke Xog Crusaders of Greenmist

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Gnome Shadowknight Note

In-game book — Verant/SOE

The Dark Reflection has taken notice of your devotion to Bertoxxulous, the Plague Lord. You have been chosen to serve as a Shadowknight, an elite member of The Dark Reflection trained in both the arts of warfare and the dark art of necromancy. Deliver this note of acknowledgment to Garret Zethkog in the Mines of Malfunction.

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