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Lord Nagafen

Nagafen

The great red dragon dwelling in Nagafen's Lair beneath Lavastorm; mate of Lady Vox.

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Ruleszone:nagafens-lairHome regionszone:soluseks-eyeEQ2Member offaction:ring-of-scaleCursed bydeity:erollisi-marr
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Overview

Drawn from Nagafen's Lair zone description.EQ1Community article · best available source

NAGAFEN'SLAIR (aka Sol B) ========================= Source: https://eqatlas.ca/nagafenslair

Description

Nagafen's Lair is a large set of caverns that lie deep in the Lavastorm Mountains. Buried deep inside these caves is the lair of the Fire Giants, who are the personal servants of the mighty dragon, Lord Nagafen. The caverns leading to the dragon are infested with all manner of bats and insects, as well as kobolds that have taken up residence in the entrance to them.

Dangers

This dungeon is generally regarded as one of the two toughest dungeons in all of Antonica. There are many specific dangers that I will describe below, however there are some general dangers as well. First is that everything in this zone sees through invisibility, which means that corpse retrieval and quickly moving through the dungeon are not really possible. You will need to fight your way through everything you meet in order to move further in the dungeon.

The second general danger has to do with the physical layout of the dungeon. The tunnels themselves are winding and confusing, which makes getting lost or getting trapped in a place you don't want to be, as well as a quick getaway, very dangerous. There are zones to Solusek's Eye nearby when you are hunting kobolds, but the path to them is usually very twisty. There also exists within the zone a great deal of lava. People who fall into the lava here will take quite a bit of damage, and although there is usually a nearby place to exit the lava, you have to live until you reach it. Many longtime hunters have entire suits of protection from fire jewelry that they don when hunting here.

Now for specific dangers. The kobolds are probably the easiest to fight in the dungeon, but that's not saying much. They can hit pretty hard and take a lot of damage, and there are a lot of them in the outer areas, so it's recommended to have a group when taking them on.

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Overview

Drawn from Nagafen text compiled history.EQ2Community article · best available source

You say, “Hail, The Sage of Ages”

The Sage of Ages says to you, “Thank you my friends, thank you! I do not understand why those Drakota attacked me. I cannot be of any threat to them; I am but a humble chronicler!”

You say to The Sage of Ages, “Who are you?”

The Sage of Ages says to you, “I am known as the Sage of Ages, a neutral historian charged with scribing the events of history so that their lessons will not be forgotten, or repeated. It surprises me that these creatures would be sent to attack me.”

You say to The Sage of Ages, “These Drakota were sent?”

The Sage of Ages says to you, “Yes, Drakota rarely act of their own initiative. They are weapons used by Dragonkind to fulfill their own designs. I do not know what I could have done to anger the Scalelords. I only scribe the truth and have done so for many centuries.”

You say to The Sage of Ages, “Who could have sent these?”

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Official Lore

2

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

EQ1Primary · mirroredMajor source

To Slay a Dragon

In-game bookVerant/SOE

We’ve made it past the kobolds and the spiders. Everything here is quite aggressive, and equally strong. We were coordinated, however, and were able to defeat each of the enemies we encountered.

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Zordak Ragefire, Nagafen's Lair

NPC dialogueVerant/SOE

"Welcome to the new fortress of the Plasmatic Priesthood! It's a shame about Lord Nagafen's untimely death, really it is! Such a powerful and noble creature should not perish at the hands of mortals."

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Further sources

4

Lore that mentions this in passing.

Community articles

8

Fan-written encyclopedia entries — useful overviews, lower authority than the primary sources above.

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deity:erollisi-marr
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Lord Nagafen — Library of Erudin