Cazic Thule and his minions have been watching adventurers trying to invade and plunder his realm. While Cazic has thus far congratulated his guardians for keeping the adventurers away, he has grown bored of counting the cracks in the walls surrounding his chamber and has decided to change around his trials a bit to give the heartiest of travelers another chance to face, and be slain by the god of fear himself. In the Desert of Ro the Remnant Forces of Takish'Hiz desperately cling to what few patches of their forest remain and defend the ruins of their ancestors from teir'dal invaders that continue to unearth and pillage new elven artifacts. Unfortunately for both the light and dark elves, the ruins of Takish'Hiz are being overtaken from within by the minions of discord. Muniel's Tea Garden, a place of unity, peace, and tranquility in the wartorn coastal deserts of Tunaria. Now adventurers may visit Muniel's Tea Gardens to forget their mistakes or troubles and find a new balance between their body and mind. Adventurers may normally only take advantage of the Rehabilitator's services twice in their careers but there are rumors of a rare magical rose that the Rehabilitator will accept in exchange for additional use of her services.

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Quest: There is a new triggered event that occurs on an island off the coast of Envar. Merchant: Costume Merchants are back in town. Bug Fixes: Certain quest NPC’s were attackable, charmed and had incorrect dialog. These issues have been corrected. Guides: Added items and changes to support guides.

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A new event designed for level 60 characters has been implemented in the Unkempt Forest, playing out storyline in that region that was started with the Lycanthropy updates. Please be kind to your fellow players when organizing to attempt this event and have fun! Quests Implemented additional Kill Task quests in the area of the Unkempt Forest. Priests who previously completed the Bearwere ability quest should revisit Elijah Dawngreeter to receive the correct reward. Class Mastery Druid's who follow the Wilding Master Class Wild Nature ability can now choose to transform into a Faun or Satyr. Level 39 obtainable Geomancy 3 will now summon the correct level of pet. Corrected an issue with Enchanter Entrancing Allure ability that was causing it to not scale correctly and charm the correct levels of monsters. NPCs The Avatar of Fear is now more deadly to pets. Some creatures in the Plane of Sky are now more deadly to pets.

Sorry for getting out late, i've been moving in my new place. Brave citizens have begun to take up arms against the growing number of lycanthropes. Some necromancer and enchanter abilities have had their icons changed. The Enchanter mastery ability line Glimmering Reality will now grant greater statistic modifiers that will stack with most other buffs. Werewolf and Werebear feral and dire forms have been changed to use the shadow wolves and black bears regardless of the characters race. Druid and Shaman wolf and bear form's stat modifiers now stack with most other buffs. Form of the Hunter now changes the user to a dire gray wolf. Form of the Predator now changes the user to a dire arctic wolf. Nature's Guise now changes the user to a Faerie. The stat modifiers granted by the Druid's Nature's Sway mastery ability line now stack with most other buffs. New quests are available for Lycanthropes to obtain archetype specific abilities. The gypsies of tunaria will now train those who have earned their respect, and are free from lycanthropy, in the ways of the Were-Hunter.

Straight From Bordael: To fill out the backstory and lore behind the recent update that included quests allowing players to become Lycanthropes, we added a new Lore feature to the EverQuest Online Adventures Web Site. Take a look! http://everquestonlineadventures.station.sony.com/lore_4.jsp

Corrected an issue with the Werelion quests that was not allowing class masteries to be obtained on that path. Changed the Primal Weregator form to be something a bit smaller. The Lion, Wolf, and Ratwere Hunt quests will now accept tails within the proper faction range. For those infected with Lycanthropy, be wary of using your new abilities in cities and towns, as many guards will not allow such activity in their presence.

EverQuest Online Adventures brings up a new In Development Forum for announcements and discussion about what new changes and additions the Development Team is working on. The first post details some of the additions coming to the Lycanthropy content. http://eqoaforums.station.sony.com/eqoa/board?board.id=indev