Easter Eggs
From EQ KnowledgePit
Easter Eggs are little things thrown into the game that are non-obvious or have a non-obvious double meaning.
These Easter Eggs are listed in no particular order.
- The port city of Qeynos is Sonyeq (SonyEQ) backwards.
- Kurron Ni, in The Overthere who starts the Shadow Knight epic 1.0 quest is a slight variation of the traditional SK god, Innoruuk, spelled backwards.
- In Thurgadin, the two bankers are Mort and Gage, standing next to each other this appears as "Mortgage."
- The beetle Ringo can be found in Paludal Caverns (Ringo, of the Beatles).
- A quest for Breezeboot's Frigid Gnasher (BFG) was removed from the game shortly after the launch of Velious... it looked like a big gun.
- Some names are anagrams
- The elemental gods' names are all anagrams (or nearly) of their element
- In the Gorge of King Xorbb, there's a dwarf named Digs Duggin, resembling the name of the hero of the Nintendo game Dig Dug.
- In the Bazaar, the vendor that sells trader satchels is named Merchant Tekarma (A Market backwards).
- Halfling Soulbinder Hoggle Grubbytoe shares the same first name as a Halfling-like character from the movie "Labyrinth."
- In Western Wastes, on the crashed pirate ship, there is a mob named Chief Engineer Tocs (Scot backwards, homage to Scottie from Star Trek)
- In Thurgadin, there is Meg Tucter and Talem Tucter - anagrams of "Gem Cutter" and "Metal Cutter" - can you guess what they sell?
- As expected, the Plane of Mischief is full of silly names, like a Spectre (reminiscent of death itself) being called "Life". Or how about the giant hand called "My Finger" ("Hey - Monk - pull My Finger!"). Finally, check out these scarecrows in a lovely little upside-down room in the Plane: Mees, Gono, Keel and Uuuz ("Mees gonna kill yous").
- "At Kurn's Tower, everything must go!" Bargynn, famous inhabitant of this tower of the undead and burynai, resides in the basement, with his yard-sale collection of merchandise. "Bargynn basement"
- In High Keep, there once was a High-Elven princess being kept captive. She has since been moved to somewhere... else... Her name is Princess Lenya. When she was still a resident, if you hailed her, she said "Aren't you a little short for a High Keep Guard?" There is still a "Princess Lenia" in a jail cell downstairs - but she's a little different...Anyway, her name (and her comment) referred to Princess Leia in Star Wars
- Guards Regis and Philbin in the Qeynos Hills area.
- In South Karana, you'll find a Bard at the fountain named Vhalen which could be interpreted as an abbreviation for Van Halen, a rock and roll band.
- Vhalen also has some interesting things to say about a bard named "Metala" - perhaps a rivalry between Van Halen and Metallica?
- Speaking of Metallica, check out the two Barbarians in West Karana - Lars and Ulrich. Lars Ulrich is Metallica's drummer.
- A bard merchant in Freeport is named Jekel Enheid - like "Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde", a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- In Kedge Keep, two high-powered sharks go by the names of "Cauldronboil" and "Cauldronbubble" - reference's to Shakespeare's MacBeth.
- In Steamfont Mountains, you will find a lovely little clockwork spider named Charlotte - after the title spider in Charlotte's Web
- In Dagnor's Cauldron, there are two rats by the names of Flotsam and Jetsam, homage to the Little Mermaid
- In Innothule Swamp is an elf named Jars Legola. This could be a reference to the elf Legolas from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- Qeynos was ready for newbies from day one. Even the guards knew that. Ask Guard Wenbie (anagram of Newbie) and Guard Kwint (anagram of Twink). Both guards are involved in very low-level quests.
- Tolapumj (or, rarely, Tolapmuj - two different names), the Froglok assistant to Trakanon in Sebilis, is an anagram of "Jump a lot".
- In Skyshrine..
- Guardian Selucreh = Hercules
- Anex = Xena
- Suez = Zeus
- Commander Leuz = Zuel, from Ghostbusters
- Yaced = Decay
- Corrupt Guard McCluskey in West Karana is reminiscent of corrupt Police Captain McCluskey...better watch out for horse heads
- Nintendo fans... Everfrost Peaks is also the name of a level in Super Mario Kart Racing for the SNES, while the Lake of Ill Omen and Swamp of No Hope can be found in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, also for the SNES.
- Felwithe is an anagram of White Elf.
- Innothule Swamp is easy enough to figure out - Innoruuk + Cazic-Thule = Innothule.
- Next time you're in Halas, stop by McDaniels Smokes and Spirits, and buy a bottle of Jack.
- Looking for a new breastplate? I've got a number you can call: 867-5309. For those of you who remember the song, then this little piece of work should be really familiar: Jenniy's Two Tone Cuirass - which is, of course, a tribute to the song "Jenny (867-5309)" by Tommy Tutone. The stat bonuses on the breastplate are +8 STR, +6 DEX, +7 STA, +5 CHA, +30 WIS, +9 INT - which, of course, make the numbers for the song. This song, of course led to the law stating all phone numbers in songs/movies/tv must start with 555, hence the rest of the stats on the item, +50 MANA: +50 ENDUR: +50 SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 SV POISON: +5.
- In Dagnor's Cauldron, there are four NPCs that hang around a campsite. When the High Elf in the party attacks, he shouts "Fabulous Four, attack!" The Dwarf in the party attacks, he says, "It's bashing time!" This is quite obviously a reference to Marvel Comics' famous Fantastic Four.
- Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) taught us that you should always have your towel - a lesson perhaps learned by Alrik Farsight, a Druid living in the Timorous Deep. If you hail him, he says, "Too many towels. Oh well, someone told me they were good to have once."
- Guard Captain Parvus of Katta Castrum, when hailed, opens with the line "Well you're rather small for a your race here aren't you?" This is a reference to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope; when Luke Skywalker enters Princess Leia's holding cell aboard the Death Star, she says to him, "Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?"
- The ballroom dancers in Dreadspire Keep are placeholders for a named dance, Aryon. Aryon, the dancer, is one of the first NPCs you encounter in the original Final Fantasy game for the NES.
