Shattered Lands

Introduced on November 8, 2004, Shattered Lands was the initial product launch for EverQuest II. Set in an alternate future 500 years after the events of the first EverQuest, it features characters and locations from the original that have been altered by centuries of war and destruction.

Due to events that occurred in the original Everquest, the Gods abandoned Norrath. Their departure started The Age of Cataclysms, which is marked by two key events. The first, known as The Rending, is when the the planet began to under major geological shifts in a short time period. Earthquakes and tsunamis caused the land to split and shift, throwing everything into disarray. Around this time Luclin, the major moon of Norrath, broke apart in orbit in the second key event of the Age of Cataclysms, The Shattering. Chunks of Luclin, propelled out of orbit by the force of the explosion, fell onto Norrath and caused even more destruction on a world already in upheaval.

As a result of these events, the entire surface world of Norrath was changed permanently: the all-encompassing continent of Antonica shattered into smaller pieces. Qeynos and its outlying lands broke off to form Karan; Freeport and its surroundings became D'Lere; Halas was completely destroy; Maj'Dul and the Desert of Ro were lost; Lavastorm, The Feerrott, and Rivervale all went their own way.

You start your adventure in The Age of Destiny. Will you let new events transpire around you, or will you be the one transpiring?