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Najena

A dungeon fortress carved by the dark wizard Najena in the Lavastorm Mountains.

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Ruled bynpc:najenaLocated inzone:lavastorm
At a glance
Type
Zone
Levels
10-25
Inhabitants
Skeletons,Ogres,Dark Elves,Tentacle Terrors
Notable NPCs
Najena
Attested in
EQ1EQ2
Sources
20 texts

Overview

Drawn from The Maps of Myrist — Najena zone description.EQ1Primary · official

Carved into the face of the largest peak in the Lavastorm Mountains, Najena's lair is a dark compound that has fallen into ruin. Constructed in a lost age for a purpose long forgotten, Najena is now a desolate structure of crumbling pillars and deteriorating walls. However, the compound has been recently revived for a most nefarious purpose.

The brilliant Teir`Dal magician and rumored niece of Cristanos Thex, Queen of the Teir`Dal, has occupied Najena. Undead constructs, summoned elementals, unnatural spiders and subdued ogre and Teir`Dal servants roam every inch of the withering compound, violently defending their mistress' territory from all intruders.

In addition, creatures of unknown and presumably unnatural origin called the Tentacle Terrors dwell in the uppermost levels of the ruined compound. They are infamous for their ability to siphon the life force out of their victims, using the energy to heal their own wounds.

In a hidden section of the compound, veiled by a false wall in a small dungeon room, resides the lair of the creature known as Bonecracker – an undead froglok necromancer that has a loose alliance with Najena. Many of Najena's Teir`Dal servants lurk in the Bonecracker's sinister domain where they aid him in his gruesome experiments upon the unfortunate adventurers they manage to capture alive.

Overview

No EQ2 source leads this topic — its EQ2 accounts are listed below.

Map

From the EverQuest Atlas: The Maps of Myrist (SOE, 2002).

Map of Najena

Official Lore

1

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

EQ1Primary · mirroredMajor source

Najena’s City

NPC dialogueVerant/SOE

…Archpriest Del`Maque says, in Elder Teir’Dal, ‘Guess!’ He grins. ‘How do ye think? ‘Tis a foolish woman indeed that trusts the heart of Del`Maque. I do hope that her downfall was not too.. crushing.’ He laughs quietly. ‘Of course, treachery to a witch is strictly against the letter of the law, ye ken.

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Further sources

13

Lore that mentions this in passing.

Community articles

5

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

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Field notes

Adventuring notes from the atlas — what to watch for and what the zone offers. Flavor, not lore.

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Ruled by
npc:najena
Founded by
npc:najena
Located in
zone:lavastorm
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