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Temple of Veeshan

The vast dragon temple beneath Velious, seat of the Claws of Veeshan.

Temple of Veeshan
Connections
Capital offaction:claws-of-veeshanLocated inzone:western-wastesSacred todeity:veeshan
At a glance
Type
Zone
Levels
45-65
Inhabitants
Racnars,Drakes,Dragons,Faerie Dragons,Wurms,Wyverns
Notable NPCs
Vulak`Aer
Attested in
EQ1
Sources
23 texts

Overview

Drawn from The Maps of Myrist — Temple of Veeshan, The zone description.EQ1Primary · official

Located in the most remote of the Scars of Veeshan, the temple is similar to Veeshan's Peak, but linked to the Plane of Sky where Veeshan herself dwells in unassailable might.

Where the Ring of Scale upon Norrath is loud, active and brash, the dragons of Velious are quiet, reserved, and most often, withdrawn. The Velious dragons are ancient beyond reckoning, having existed almost since the beginning of the creation of the other gods' children and well before any recorded history. Their age, experience and wisdom make the dragons prone to bouts of long contemplation. They spend much of their time resting or in devout meditation to Veeshan.

This isn't to say they cannot, or will not, stretch their wings. They keep a watchful eye on the holy scars and the rest of their domain, venting their wrath upon all intruders. Such have the Storm Giants learned after their attempts to expand their domain into the dragons' lands ended in disaster.

The Temple of Veeshan is a place of gathering and devotion to the great crystalline mother, Veeshan. Here dragons will spend months of quiet prayer. It is their most holy, spiritual place.

A strange gateway of proportions so immense that it would take every craftsman in every known continent decades to construct, stands alone in the Western Wastes, with no visible walls or support structure. The gate itself is a color-shifting swirl of magic, pulsing with raw power. Nothing else beyond the gate can be seen.

Passing through the gateway is committing oneself to an experience best left untold, other than to say it is as if the universe itself was splitting your soul by digging through it with a great scaled claw. After this ordeal, one's first sight is of the long Hall of Remembrance. Hundreds of feet long and twice as tall as the tallest of the first race of Norrath, the hall has stone walls with intricately carved historical murals and jeweled with gems that would make a man as rich as any city in the world.

Maps

3

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

Level 1
Map of Temple of Veeshan — Level 1
Level 2
Map of Temple of Veeshan — Level 2
Level 3
Map of Temple of Veeshan — Level 3

Official Lore

1

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

EQ1Primary · officialMajor source

Into the Depths of: Western Wastes

Official articleSOE/Daybreak · 2009

…The northern scar holds the Temple of Veeshan, lined with a row of statues on each side of the arched entry. Sculpted from the scar itself, the Temple is at once beautiful and awe inspiring. The southwestern corner of the scar holds a path leading down to the floor of the scar.

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Further sources

17

Lore that mentions this in passing.

Community articles

4

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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Connections
Capital of
faction:claws-of-veeshan
Located in
zone:western-wastes
Sacred to
deity:veeshan
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Temple of Veeshan — Library of Erudin