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Plane of Earth

Vegarlson the Earthen Badlands: the diverse elemental plane of The Rathe Council, containing jungles, caverns, and mud lakes; home to the Vegorogs, ogre soldiers from Murdunk's invasion who were twisted by The Rathe into plant-bodied servants.

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Ruled byfaction:rathe-councilInvolvesdeity:rallos-zekInvolvesnpc:murdunk
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Type
Zone
Notable NPCs
The Rathe
Attested in
EQ1EQ2
Sources
23 texts

Overview

Drawn from The Maps of Myrist — Plane of Earth, The zone description.EQ1Primary · official

The Plane of Earth is home to The Rathe, the consciousness and pure embodiment of the primal element. The terrain of this realm is varied and includes jungles, caverns, muddy lakes, and burrows. The lush, beautiful lands are filled with precious jewels forged by the inherent powers of the earth.

The many structures found within the plane are symbolic of The Rathe and the earth element that fuels the plane's existence. These consist of temples built in monumental proportions quite beyond the engineering capabilities of mortal civilizations. Servants of The Rathe Council and other denizens of the plane live in the temples.

Among The Rathe's minions are the Vegorogs, large humanoids resembling ogres with bodies composed of rotting vegetation, moss and fungus. Planar scholars claim the Vegorogs were once ogre soldiers that were led by their hero Murdunk during the ogre invasion of the Plane of Earth. The Rathe twisted these ogres to become servants of the plane, and cursed them with bodies of decaying vegetation and hearts of solid stone.

The Rathe themselves reside within the vast open space of the plane where their essence intertwines with ever fiber of the realm. Their bodies of earth and flora feed eternally upon the life-giving warmth of the plane's own sun.

Overview

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Official Lore

8

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

EQ1Primary · officialPrincipal account

Seeds of Destruction: Unfolding the Lore - Part 5

Official articleSOE/Daybreak · 2008

Toskirakk, Korascian Warrens, Rathe Council Chambers Invasion of Earth During the Elder Age of Norrath, the first Rallosian forces led by the great ogre Murdunk invaded the Plane of Earth - the realm ruled by The Rathe, Council of Thirteen. Under the command of Rallos Zek, the Warlord, Murdunk was instigated to invade this realm by Rallos Zek's son, Eriak.

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EQ1Primary · officialPrincipal account

The Fabled Planes of Power Lore – Part 21

Official articleSOE/Daybreak · 2008

Vegarlson, the Earthen Badlands Vegarlson, the Earthen Badlands is a representation of all different types of living earth with the Plane of Earth - containing muddy, rocky and heavily wooded areas. Different creatures guarding them each being forged out of their own environment commonly separate these areas.

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EQ1Primary · mirroredMajor source

The Rathe - The Council

Deity descriptionfan-archive

The Rathe is a council of twelve beings that rule over the Plane of Earth. Each member of the Council maintains an identical presence of grass-green hair and earthen skin with veins of gold and turquoise. The Council is an extension of the plane itself. Thus, if one member is cut down another will shortly rise to take its place.

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EQ1Primary · officialMajor source

War for Earth: The Passing of an Empire Vol. III

In-game bookVerant/SOE

Diary of High Lorekeeper Baeldon --The Battle-- When the portal opened and the Rallosian Army marched through, we were not there to see it. It must have been terrible to behold. Rows and columns of giants, ogres, orc and even goblins, armor gleaming and blades raised. At their head was the god of war himself, Rallos Zek.

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Doomfount: An Element of War

In-game bookVerant/SOE

When the Rallosian Army opened the portal to the Plane of Earth in the Steppes of the Serpent Spine Mountains, great waves of earthen minions flooded through it into Norrath's mortal realm. They tumbled through the army's first lines like rushing sands through an hourglass, crushing all in their path.

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EQ1Primary · officialMajor source

The Burning Lands Expansion Preview: Mearatas

Official articleSOE/Daybreak · 2018

Mearatas is the capital of the duende realm, tucked away in the mountains on the Plane of Earth and locked behind a heavy stone gate. The duende have purposefully closed themselves off to all but the most persistent jann.

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EQ1Primary · officialMajor source

ZSQuint

In-game bookVerant/SOE

…Plane of Earth, to assault the Rathe's Vault to steal the Quintessence. His assault failed, but resulted in the death of the Council and the locking of mortals from the Planes of Power. The four elementals realized the danger of allowing the Quintessence to exists, and realized the danger should any one of them possess it in its entirety, so they agreed to br…

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Into the Depths of: Frostcrypt – Part 2

Official articleSOE/Daybreak · 2009

…There is much to tell you in so little time, so pay heed. I must explain why I commanded our Krithgorian giants to stay behind when Rallos Zek mounted the second assault upon the Plane of Earth. You have asked me many times to explain how I could dare defy the Warlord. Now I shall. Before our first passage into the Plane of Earth, the noble House Dromrek sent…

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Further sources

7

Lore that mentions this in passing.

Community articles

7

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

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