Jophiel wrote:
Keara wrote:
People seem to be underestimating the size of Veeshan. As noted, she first claimed Norrath for her "brood" by striking her claw near the northern region of the world (i.e. Velious) The great divide was created using part of her claw.
No, the chasms in Western Wastes were her temple and the Necropolis are located where caused by her striking the ground. Which is why they are there: because it's the holiest place to the dragons. The Great Divide is just a standard mountain valley.
Of course, by the time we're talking about divine dragons permanently scarring the global landscape with their talons, orders of magnitude seems fairly moot.
And just to be pedantic, Velious is in the southern reaches of Norrath, not the north Edited, Sun Jan 15 14:46:29 2006 by Jophiel Wierd... I always assumed that Velious was in the north. Have you played EQ for a long time? If you played during the first few years of it's release, you may remember the "EQ Creation Story" where it shows Veeshan's actual size in prespective to the planet. Furthermore, if you did indeed watch this, then she strikes the northern part of the world. I guess this is why I always thought Velious was north. I tried finding some lore to suggest which pole It really is at (other than world maps, which I find very unreliable).
But, I also wanted to bring this to your attention:
http://eq.ogaming.com/gallery/albums/album03/map_velious_hi.gif I'm very sure this map is one that shipped with the actual Velious box.
Notice the 3 great scars? 2 of which you speak of, belongs to the Western Wastes (and, if you've run through there.. they're quite evident too!) and the final one is the Great Divide. These are perfectly inline with a dragon's talon. However, I believe you are partially correct with your thinking with the Temple of Veeshan & the Western Wastes being their holy land. Veeshan "deposited" her brood likely AT the western wastes, and hence forth it developed into a holy land.
I can't say that for sure, but I can at least show that the great divide was created by Veeshan :)
Edited, Sat Jan 21 01:05:14 2006 by Keara