I have seen two regular players running around with a flaming sword on the Karana server. I am not sure if it is the one you are looking for. It was not GM's, and it looked very cool!

Miragul...

He is supposed to be in EverFrost Peaks somewhere. In beta there was an underwater cave in Everfrost. You got to it by swimming under the ice, as there are several cracks in it (first time I 'found' a crack I drowned cause I couldn't find my way out).

1H Slash
35/35 OR 40/35 dmg/delay (unsure which is true)
Procs some lvl 29 wizzie spell that does 300 dmg

don't know if this is true.... oubt it but I might as well throw info into the frey.... oh and I was once killed by a_sea_monster00 or something like that in beta.... one hit of 300+... never saw the monster tho

Yes, Soulfire is the other sword with flames on it. That's the main reason it is so sought after (I understand there are better Paladin weapons). Also, I'd love to believe FA was 35/35 stats, but I can't believe it would have a 40/35 stat. Paladins are supposed to get the best weapon in the game, but I doubt there are any weapons with better than a 1.000 damage average (and if there were, Brad wouldn't mention it). I'm also hoping it will be 1hs (I just like them better).

If you swim in to the network of caves under the north end of the frozen river, there is an NPC caster of sometype. He coned red to me at about 15 and I have never been back.

This moderatly decorated network of caves has the caster, and a house with 3 skeletons guarding an part of the Tarton's Wheel quest.

What is beyond that caster and what else lies in this small maze?

I think it is so cool that EverQuest has so many rumors and such.
Mazes, secret zones, intense and involved quests. I like to think that all these things exist because it really adds a lot of character to the game.

Look in your EQ directory, you should see these files:
akanon_snbnk.eff
akanon_sounds.eff
akanon.s3d
akanon_chr.s3d
akanon_obj.s3d

-and-

various "airplane" files

Which says 2 things:
1. There might be a Ak'anon zone. (Read: there is.)
2. If you have ever done a GM list, their location could be "Airplane" and _your_ copy of EQ has the ability to show the "Airplane."

Anybody know a GM well enough to get them to teleport you into the "Airplane?" Take screenshots.

also it really isnt hard to find the island since you can see it from the boat that goes through OOT. Also today after a quick hunt to OOt with a group to hunt the dino, the ranger in our group picked up megalodon on tracking. after binding to the island, equiping my fish bone earring I went to follow the ranger into the depths to search for the creature (being an enchanter I was there to mez it if we did see it so we could swim back to an island and not die in the abyss) well to make a long story short we swam in circles for 15 mins then gave up and spent another 15 mins looking for the island when i just got tired... said goodbye to the ranger and gated (he did eventually get back to the island).

So megaladon does exist (atleast if the ranger was pulling my chain) and if it does... its one fast mofo.

Also what is the purpose of all the kings in norrath? imagine the loot they might have.

I know for a fact that the dwarf kin kazon stormhammer is in game and is a paladin as i've seen him cast spells... king ak'anon of the gnomes is in game and is an enchanter who loves to cast illusion human. i've seen King Therris thex of the high elves... both the npc and gm controlled version of him, I ehard rumors of the Dark elf king and queen once appearing in neriak... theres sir lucen in freeport... Although he's not a king commander bayle in qeynos and also kane bayle in the sewers. I've seen antonious bayle once, and he smashed a newbie sk for 350+ damage.. so he is no push over.. but havent seen him since.

If you read the legend, Miragul was a student of all the schools of magic. All though it doesnt actually say it, it means he is a Magician, Wizard, Enchanter, Necromancer and maybe one of the others. I'm sure it really meant the types of casters Erudites can be. Also, Miragul ventured to the Planes to collect research and items, it says so in the story, so you bet you'll find so Fear/Hate gear in his lair. Then again, no one will ever get the gear because they will be dead.

Imagine...
Miragul's Magician Pet hits you for 500 damage!
Miragul Liche hits you with an Ice Comet for 1200 damage!
Miragul Ghost hits you with a lifetap for 700 damage!
You have been charmed by Miragul Ghost!
Miragul Liche's Necro pet hits you for 500 damage!
Miragul Ghost's Enchanter pet hits you for 500 damage!
You have attacked your freind while charmed!
You have been Feared!
You are drowning!
LOADING...PLEASE WAIT

All in the space of 3 seconds.

Ouch. Also, it is a fact that Antonius Bayle hits for around 500, no kidding.

I would love to know where the High Elf royalty are, as well.

About that 'arrow-launching tank' that the gnomes are driving on the cover of the book, I know someone RL who says he met some gnomes who challenged him to a deul and then drove up this tank. Of course he was a barbarian and he said it was more like a short wall with holes in it, and it barely reached up to his waist. He also said he was hit by arrows...for about one damage apeice. The gnomes gave up quickly. Personally, I think the last bit of info is a bit...off. But I cant personally contradict him, so I shouldnt complain.

First off,

To the guy commenting on the game box, LOL its a **BOX** buddy, do you buy a box of Lucky CHarms cerial and expect a little green man to pop out?

Everfrost Underwater cave.

It DOES exsist, I swam into the caves about a month ago and explored around. After becoming hopelessly lost I stumbled upon a large room with a weird white box in the middle. Upon exploring the other side of the box i noticed it had a door and no roof, it was also guarded by 2 ice bones skeletons. After killing them i tried to enter the box but was thrown back to the entrance of the box. This is usually a tell tale sign of an unimplemented zone.

Concerning the Air Plane, this is not fact so dont take my words as the truth. But the Air Plane will probably be implemented in the near future, I have reasons to believe this that I will be keeping to myself for the time being.

Never seen Lord Mistmoore or any of the sea monsters. And you can bet on me going to akanon and exploring a bit more.

To everybody who is chattering about items and things being found that blows the plane equipment away.. nuh uh, it aint going to happen. plane gear is and probably will always be the best equipment you can possibly obtain.

But you have to understand where Verant is coming from. This is a massively multiplayer game, with about 1500 people on the average server. Its extremely hard to coordinate dynamic quests with clues and special items and npcs. For many different reasons.

One day in Oasis there was a gm who made all the specters start to moan and shout that the boatman or something like that was coming. I run down to the boat that takes you to Specter Isle and there is a gm names the "Boatman" or something of that effect. I was the first person there =). He asked for a gold coin so I went and sold some raw hide armor to a gypsy. I then walk back to the Boatman and Hail him. I ask him a few questions and maybe two more people arrive. Then we all tell our frieds so it got kind of crowded. Back on the story, however, I started to ask him how to pass from this life into permanant Lichdom. He pauses and emotes that his eyes go dull and fall back into his skull". After about 3 minutes, he returns and says that only Miragul knows how to become a Lich. I then ask (using up several gold coins up until now, selling more Raw Hide) where Miragul is. After a minute long pause or so, he says that Miragul is in the land of Ice. He is about this exact with every question. I go into full roleplay mode and ask INCREDIBLY detailed and fullproof questions and finally he says that I could find him in Velious. I ask him a few more questions but, alas, I have to log off before I find out how I could travel there and when I could. So basically, Miragul cannot be found until the next expansion. Too bad, maybe I'll have to organize a player quest to find out the secret to lichedom... hmmm...

I bet all these "Unsolved Mysteries of Norrath" (Pictures a Gnome in a trench coat) were intentional and are leading to bigger better things.

For example: There was a rumor a wile back on Bristlebane that a Gnome rouge had been practaceing pick locks on the fire pot in Odus and actually unlocked it.

It was said he was surrounded by the teleport animation and got the "loading please wait" message and was transported to the plain of air(sky?).

Supossedly he was told by the GMs there (I wonder if there is a Godly Tim Hortens in that plane and thats why all the GMs hang out there) to not tell anyone and the pot was dissabled.

After that part things get weird. People said everything from he was given a special item (been told everything from a fiery dagger to special armor that makes him almost invinceable) to that he actually saw Veshaan.

Now if this little rumer gets around just because of a simple locked pot, imagine what else will be said in the future. If Verants smart they will put in NPCs for short durrations to start rumers and then take them out to keep people guessing till the REAL answer comes (No Megladon in OOT Please, I fall off the boat all the time and the last thing I need to see is a Shark the size of Vox swiming towards me =] ).

As for Allizesauraus, with the new clipping plane adjustment if you have it set all the way out, you can easily (and often I might add) see him from the boat as you ride back from Butcher. Merely looked off to the portside (thats left isnt it?).

Heres another lil bit many people over look. Ever notice the programmers enjoy a backwards sense of humor? Like these:

Qeynos = Sony EQ
Allizetaeew (Faction for Cazic Lizzies) =
Wee Ate Zilla
Allizevoleew (another faction= Wee Love Zilla

These are just a few of the ones I noticed perhpas you have some to post as well?

Secondly, it was mentioned that there are two sphynx's in Rathe Mountains that are supposed to give quests. I found one of them by accident when I was just messing around. He conned red/indifferent to me at 20 and had an enchanter pet with him (also red). I cast the level 11 bard song to gain faction with him and was then amiable. Tried to hail him but got no response. Anyone know any more about this?

I believe I am going to run to Lake Rathe tomorrow to search for any sea monsters there. Gonna put my stuff in the bank and sacrifice some xp for screenshots =) After that, Everfrost.

Does anyone have any more info about possible high level gnolls in BB? Seems kind of odd that the gnolls there are a little weaker then the ones in Paw but I have never seen a named gnoll to lead them, and commanders and high shamans are pretty weak.

1)Miragul's "Lair"
I completely agree earlier that the odd device found under the ice of Everfrost is a broken teleporter to some as of yet obvious unimplemented place. The caster found down there was most likely a sentry, albeit a weak one for someone of Miragul's power. However, why Miragul would need a sentry is beyond me. Perhaps it's merely an overzealous fan of him, or a spawn to ward of curious lower levels. At any rate, if this is ever implemented, I imagine one of two things. 1) It'll lead to some piece of land added to the Everfrost zone, but inaccessable in every way except the teleporter. It would most likely have to be entirely indoors, otherwise snow would play a factor, as would OOCs from people looking for binds in Halas...hehe. 2)It'll lead to a completely new zone, filled with nastiness.
Miragul probably wouldn't warrent his own plane, but it could be a bizarre "land" that bent to his will. Something similar to Mistmoore, only more bizarre, and certainly much more dangerous. Most likely a place that would (or should) be as difficult as a plane. Of course, Miragul himself would rule over the place, and probably wouldn't bother with the petty mortals until one was foolish enough to cross him.

2) The Clockwork Dragon and other Gnomish Oddities. Well, if anyone recalls the History of Norrath from the instruction book(remember that story you read while running the EQ installation? Good! Hehe)it mentions that Brell Serilis created the Plane of Underfoot, with which he seeded his creations and sealed "his portal within a labyrinthine of mystical Living Stone". To me, "Living Stone" a dungeon populated with Golems and other such creatures. These would protect the entrance to the PoU, (or PU for the comedians out there) as spectres and the like protect the entrance to PoF. Or perhaps this would be an entirely new dungeon, where the Clockwork Dragon could be found, assuming it is still in the game. I would imagine someone high in the hierchy of Ak'Anon could have easily put the Dragon away there. This is assuming the story of the dragon continues to be he was "refurbished" by the gnomes. I haven't been to Ak'anon in RL months, but I do remember a few watery caves there. Most notably was one which followed a drop from a waterfall at the end of the town. From there, the only way was down....but there was no way I could tell how deep, and without the aide of water breathing I quickly turned away. Of course, hiding a dragon directly under the city, meaning in the zone, seems a bit odd to me. Of course, that mysterious door people hear opening could lead to a zone back into Steamfont Mtns, however, deep under the surface. Deep enough where people couldn't "hear" "A Clockwork Dragon begins to cast a spell" when it buffed itself. But I digress.

3)The Fiery Avenger.
This I don't know too much about, and won't pretend to, but I find the piece of (unconfirmed) information that it "Starts with a favor" most interesting. It is quite possible to have left one small stone unturned, despite the amount of people playing. I seriously doubt the quest starts off with someone wielding a huge flaming sword asking if "You'd [desire] a [flaming sword] like mine?" Who knows after all....maybe some sort of item from Vox is need to cool the sword while it's being made, and some item from Na***en is needed to give it that lovely glow. Or the dragons could have absolutley nothing to do with it.

4)Sea/Lake Monsters
Well, if in OOT does exist, I imagine there's a few ways to narrow down the search, or at least get a better idea if it's possible to exist. All the information thus far seems to suggest that it's a roaming creature. If it roams throughout the entire OOT, it must be timed very carefully so that some poor sap on the boat never sees "Medalodon bites YOU for XXX points of damage". That'd be rather difficult to explain if it is some sort of sercret. If it was out there, it may simply spawn on one side of the ships path and swim near the way off islands (such as Alis's island which although visible from the boat, isn't quite so close). After a while, it spawns on the other side doing the same. There's a lot of seeming empty space out in the OOT, and I've never heard of someone just swimming around the whole thing. Levitate is no good unless you can track, of course...unless you get lucky and it smacks you out of the sky. Hehe.

As for a Lake Rathe beast being in the game currently, I am most skeptical. Although I've never explored the underwater caves, I do believe there is a small city or castle or somesort for the goblins down there. Once again, I haven't been, nor do I know anyone who has....

5)Random Tidbits
-Someone mentioned how Allisewuar (who I'd like to butcher as badly as I just did the name) killed the gnolls on his island. Makes you wonder as to what they're doing there. Sacrificial gnolls perhaps? You'd think the lizardmen would be out there worshipping him. Also, there is sort of temple on the island? Sounds like someone is keeping Alis "alive" for a reason.
-The Sphinxes. I had the chance to see both Sphinxes a long, long time ago. In fact, I nearly ran straight into Ankh who conned aggro. Later, on a whim, I tracked down Zaza to whom I conned either dubious or apprehensive. Not wanting to push my luck, I didn't bother hailing only to be wiped out in one swipe and having my corpse rot beneath it. I haven't been to the Sphinxes since, but perhaps I should drop in for a spell. I've heard one gives the quest to kill the other, but whether this plays a part in a larger scheme remains unknown.
-Those odd little egyptian totems.
I may just be uninformed on this topic, but I have no clue as to what those totems are. They're sandy in color, usually slightly tilted, with small steps leading up to them. Everyone must have passed one at some point or another since they're everywhere. For instance, there's one near the coast in NRO/Oasis border I believe. One in Nektulos which the halflings are standing on. One in Lake Rathe, and another in the Rathe Mtns which is surrounded by Ankh's(the aforementioned Sphinx)scarab beetles.

The Paineel Zone has never been opened to my knowledge. We tried going there every phase of beta.

I have seen Plane of Air myself. Pretty much it looks odd, and very dangerous. Cause of mobs? No! Cause it looks like you can fall off the side! Looks like several floating islands, rocky like.

I got summoned there by accident in beta. Supposedly, you will be able to fight the GM's there, since I didn't see any baddies around, I believe that to be true.

I think this could be a great thing for players who get bored or are looking for an extra dimension to their questing, and for those who just like a good mystery. How about it? If anyone gives me a kick I'll probably start making it tonight.