The War of Fay
An EQ2-era conflict in which Teir'Dal forces launched a coordinated naval invasion of Faydwer, attacking both the dwarves of Kaladim and the high elves of Felwithe.
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Overview
Drawn from War of Fay: Crossing the Faydark — in-game book.EQ2Primary · mirrored · best available source
This is another part of a journal written by a young Teir'Dal soldier during the War of Fay.
During the War of Fay, many things changed or were forgotten. This book provides one person's perspective, all the more interesting as this person was part of a secretive Teir'Dal unit during the War of Fay.
Travel by dark, rest during the day. The pattern repeats.
The Cantor and I hear the skirmishes around us but do not become involved; our mission is different.
At least mine is. Or was. The team leader pushed the Cantor to group with me and said it had always been the plan.
If that is so, then no one had bothered to tell me. I resent it.
The Cantor sense my anger. She does not speak with me, communicating only by gestures and glances.
Overview
No EQ1 source leads this topic — its EQ1 accounts are listed below.
Official Lore
4Collected official lore pieces, from in-game and out.
War of Fay: Death
This is the last in a series of journals written by a young Teir'Dal soldier during the War of Fay. The Teir'Dal are often considered deceitful and conceited. The perspective of this young diarist provides a different insight into the thoughts of at least one of them during the War of Fay. Days pass and still the illusions hold. I venture into Felwithe alone,…
Read the full sourceWar of Fay: Felwithe (Item)
This is the fifth book based on the journal of a young Teir'Dal soldier during the War of Fay. The journals of this young Teir'Dal soldier chronicle the crossing Faydwer on a mission to Felwithe during the War of Fay with the Cantor, an illusionist. Our journey takes many days for we are careful to travel as far from the actual fighting as possible.
Read the full sourceWar of Fay: The Eve of Battle (Item)
This book tells the story of a young sailor aboard a ship bound for Faydwer on the eve of the War of Fay, during Norrath's Age of Turmoil. The young Teir'Dal who wrote this wanted to preserve a record of the eve of a battle. It seems the tale is not yet finished in this volume. I hope to someday find the rest of it.
Read the full sourceWar of Fay: Kaladim (Item)
This book tells the continued story written by a young Teir'Dal at the beginning of the War of Fay. There are many stories from the War of Fay. This one is collected from the journal of a young Teir'Dal soldier. The Cantor and I run from the ship, our shoulder curled forward and heads down until we pass into the surrounding trees.
Read the full sourceFurther sources
1Lore that mentions this in passing.
Community articles
4Fan-written encyclopedia entries — useful overviews, lower authority than the primary sources above.