Easter Eggs

Everquest 2 features a lot of sly jokes, references, and the occasional hidden surprise.

=Hidden Quests= See the Hidden Quests page.

=Backwards Names= In many places you may notice that an odd name is actually much less odd when read backwards:


 * Qeynos
 * Names of the Lizardmen Tribes
 * Alliz Evol Ew in
 * Alliz Tae Ew in
 * Alliz Raef Ew in
 * Thalz'Iz'Zaz in the
 * Tsol Ew in the
 * Froglok Names
 * Tolaspmuj
 * Eltilapumj
 * Chief Kaorf
 * Oemor
 * Teiluj
 * Pikspoh
 * Pohpiks
 * Repmuj
 * Reppoh
 * Timrek

=References=

References to Other Games

 * The messages you see in the Loping Plains at sunrise and [sunset] are a reference to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
 * Sergeant Quackers
 * At the bottommost level of Najena's Hollow Tower, Najena may be found casting a spell, "Val Kas'Flam", an homage to Ultima Online's spell, "Kal Vas Flam".
 * The Adventures of Bonk hails back to the TurboGrafx-16 game, Bonk's Adventure.

Music References

 * The Tower of Vhalen, a famous bard.
 * At the Butcherblock Docks, you pick up a quest called Nautical Disaster during which you must find a tome, At the Hundredth Meridian, references that are tragically hip.
 * Grunty from the Moors of Ykesha offers the quests Over the Hills and Far Away, Ramble On, Communication Breakdown, and Bring It On Home. The reward is a zeppelin.
 * The Shadow Odyssey, Chapter 1: Come Sail Away quest recalls a certain Styx song.

TV and Movie References

 * Gubbo Chaley on the docks in The Enchanted Lands rants Fritz! They've killed Fritz! Those dirty, stinking yellow fairies have killed Fritz!.
 * Maladominus Poxbringer's dialogue during the quest Bixie Distraction is a Monty Python and the Holy Grail tribute.
 * In Gnomeland Security Headquarters (itself a reference), the gnomes Adam Cogbuster and beret-wearing, mustachioed Jamie Sprocketbreaker are the Mythbusters.
 * In the quest Kaedrin's Fate, part of The City of Qeynos Timeline, the dialogue ("Mercy is the mark of a great person. Guess I'm just a good person.") is a Firefly reference.

Literary References

 * In the Moors of Ykesha, you will find the cyclops Polyphemus: he is taken from Homer's epic, The Odyssey. The cyclops is located on an island in a cave with sheep, just as recorded by the Greek poet.
 * Captain Azhub sends you on a quest for a giant creature, a callback to Captain Ahab of Moby Dick fame.
 * The Arena in Qeynos Harbor is a replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

Popular Culture Nods

 * Lord Marcus Thex in Evernight Abbey summons a sun-like ball called "Diaf Sun Sphere". Unless you take precautions, you then die in a fire of his 10K strike.
 * In the Moors of Ykesha, the tailor Tandy has a quest for you to go pick up trash.

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