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To celebrate the launch of EQII's sixth expansion, Sentinel's Fate, we have acquired twenty highly coveted Sentinel's Fate Retail Keys and three Sentinel's Fate Collector's Edition Keys.  These are real retail box, which will not only give your account full Sentinel's Fate access, but set you up for the 7-day early access on February 16!

All you have to do to win is stop by and say hi!  Click here for rules and instructions!

I've decided Kiara just likes to keep my head spinning.  In my mailbox today are some pictures with only a note that says: "A puzzle!"  I'm no good at this stuff and she knows it.  Hopefully our steadfast lore junkies can make something of them!  They are called, in order, "Cazic", "cereal" and "bread".  Click any thumbnail for a full sized image.

Antonia Bayle, The Bazaar, and Sebilis servers are getting some lag-fixin' lovin' tomorrow morning.  Kiara posted on the official forums:

Greetings Norrathians.

Starting at 4:45am PST  Antonia Bayle, The Bazaar, and Sebilis will come down for an estimated 5 hour downtime.  During this time, the database software will be upgraded to address lag issues.

We will update this thread as needed should any issues arise.

Thank you for your patience!

Here's our handy Time Zone Conversion Tool to help you plan!

Seems like they just changed the racial traditions, doesn't it?  They did, it was Game Update 53 this summer.  With Sentinel's Fate racial traditions receive further tweaking.  Here's our wiki article on the upcoming changes.

Sentinel's Fate Racial Traditions

On the 22nd of January, 2010 Calthine and Kain were privileged to be invited on the EverQuest II Beta Tour for the new Sentinel's Fate expansion. Sentinel's Fate will have an early access launch on February 16 and will open for everyone February 22.  Christine “Kiara” Renzetti, EQII Community Manager, did a good job of wrangling people into the right areas and explaining a little about each of them. Developers Carl “Gninja” Mora and Brett “Timetravelling” Scheinert were on-hand to give us a more in-depth information regarding each area, as they are responsible for the majority of the zone layouts and quests.  Click on any picture for a full-sized image, or see the whole gallery.

Odus was an island continent in the original EverQuest, and fans have long wondered what happened to it in EverQuest II.  Like Echoes of Faydwer, there is a lot of nostalgia for old EQ players in Sentinel's Fate.  Several of us spent the tour going “I remember this” and “wow, do you remember....”  The developers and artists have done a lovely job of incorporating the Odus we knew with Norrath some 500 years in the future.  As you play the expansion you'll discover just what did happen to make it go missing.