Gnoll
Hyena-like humanoid race in EverQuest, major inhabitants of zones like Blackburrow and Splitpaw, and among the primary residents of Brell's Rest in the Underfoot afterlife.
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Overview
Drawn from My Brethren, — in-game book.EQ1Primary · official · best available source
Today we embark on a journey that will lead us past the boundaries of our known world. It is by our choice that we make this journey, to dis- cover new lands, and to make a new home for ourselves. It is an honor to call you countrymen and friends. Let us rejoice in our accomplishments as we take the lands of our pitiful brothers, and show them the way of the true gnoll. Be well, my brothers, and may the gods guide your hands.
Ishva Verishe Val
Tesch Val,
you must recover, from the archives, the incantation to speed our transit to the new continent. Let not one of the council members see you, or you will surely be slain. You must complete this task I have laid before you, or they will eventually find us and slay us. The accursed council knows of my location, so I must be off. Slay the messenger of this note when you have finished reading it.
Good journey to you, my faithful.
Ishva
Rosch Val,
Overview
No EQ2 source leads this topic — its EQ2 accounts are listed below.
Official Lore
4Collected official lore pieces, from in-game and out.
The Direwind Gnolls
The Clan Direwind gnolls have dedicated themselves to the art of necromancy and corruption over many years of living in the Serpent Spine Mountains. Their leaders, Severan and Narseekin, have mastered a ritual which enables them to carve and erect Direwind Totems, great wooden monoliths which call plagued winds from the sky.
Read the full sourceRedmoon Massacre of the Nymphs
…Nymphs of all manner flew over the crest dividing the lands around Goru'kar Mesa and cried in terror and anger with what they saw. A haggard gnoll with rotting flesh hanging from his limbs had summoned winds of fury and death upon their sisters. His name was Severan. The first nymphs who dove in to rescue their sisters were caught up in Severan's whirlwind of…
Read the full sourceUnderfoot: Unfolding the Lore – Brell’s Rest
…Brell's Rest is the place where the worthy of Brell's worshippers go when their time on Norrath ends. Some worshippers are given places amongst those of the Underfoot, to work on the world, but few find such a thing to their liking. Many spend their afterlife in an "ideal" setting for their race.
Read the full sourceThe Advent of Oblivion
One must ever be watchful of the creature they call Oblivion in the northern wastes of Sunderock. It is an sticky ooze of unimaginable proportions and while few have seen it and lived, it is rumored to have grown because of an ancient artifact lost to the Direwind Gnolls. Among the lands of Sunderock where the Direwind Gnolls live and work on their dark arts,…
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Community articles
3Fan-written encyclopedia entries — useful overviews, lower authority than the primary sources above.