Websites Timeline Reconstruction

## Description

Reconstruction of the timelines of official EverQuest websites in order to put together a usable list of Official Sources.

## Release Dates

* 1999-03-16 - EverQuest
* 2000-04-24 - Ruins of Kunark
* 2000-12-05 - Scars of Velious
* 2001-12-04 - Shadows of Luclin
* 2002-10-29 - Planes of Power
* 2003-02-25 - Legacy of Ykesha
* 2003-09-09 - Lost Dungeons of Norrath
* 2004-02-10 - Gates of Discord
* 2004-09-14 - Omens of War
* 2005-02-15 - Dragons of Norrath
* 2005-09-13 - Depths of Darkhollow
* 2006-02-21 - Prophecy of Ro

## EverQuest Website

Historical Snapshots - The Wayback Machine

1. http://www.everquest.com
	* 1998-02-18 - First snapshot, preview information about the game and some in-dev screenshots
	* 1998-12-02 - Site offline with a "Station is being updated" message
	* 1999-02-08 - Site is redirecting to www.station.sony.com/everquest (Site #2)
	* 2001-03-31 - Site briefly fully displays straight from EverQuest.com before resuming prev redirection
	* 2001-04-04 - Site begins redirecting to everquest.station.sony.com (Site #3)
	* 2004-01-08 - Site briefly fully displays straight from EverQuest.com before resuming prev redirection
	* 2004-05-10 - Site begins redirecting to eqlive.station.sony.com (Site #4)
	* 2005-12-17 - Site begins redirecting to escapetonorrath.com
	* 2006-01-18 - Site briefly fully displays straight from EverQuest.com before resuming prev redirection
	* 2006-03-23 - Site begins redirecting to everquest.station.sony.com again
	* 2007-03-10 - Site briefly displays Flash intro before resuming prev redirection
	* 2008-09-07 - Site is displaying Flash intro in this snapshot and from now on
	* 2009-05-16 - Site becomes portal to EverQuest Universe with EQ1 (Flash intro), EQ2, and LoN
	* 2011-04-01 - Site is updated to new version that links only to EQ1 (Flash intro) and EQ2
	* TBC
2. http://www.station.sony.com/everquest
	* 1999-05-08 - First snapshot, links to everquest.station.sony.com (Site #3) and to ./kunark
	* 1999-10-12 - Broken redirect to station.sony.comeverquest [sic], persists for months
	* 2000-05-10 - Begins displaying "Station is being updated" message
	* 2000-08-15 - Working again, linking to Site #3. Kunark site has been merged into Site #3.
	* 2000-11-22 - Begins displaying "Station is being updated" message again
	* 2001-01-24 - Working again, displays the front page from Site #3
	* 2001-03-22 - Redirecting to Site #3
	* 2002-10-04 - A new "Station is being updated" message
	* 2002-10-13 - 404 File Not Found error
	* 2004-12-07 - Resumes redirecting to Site #3
	* 2010-07-07 - Changes redirection to soe.com/everquest
	* TBC
3. http://everquest.station.sony.com
	* 1999-11-22 - First snapshot. Front page links to ./everquest\_h.html
	* 2001-01-18 - Front page begins displaying natively. ./everquest\_h.html no longer used.
	* 2001-11-30 - Front page replaced with Flash intro linking to eqlive.station.sony.com (Site #4)
4. http://eqlive.station.sony.com
	* 2001-11-27 - First snapshot. **This is the working EQ website URL from Luclin through Darkhollow**
	* 2002-01-26 - Last snapshot of original layout w/ expansion sites & Harpy's Head Tavern
	* 2002-05-26 - First snapshot of revamped layout w/ expanded Library but no HHT historical lore
	* 2005-12-15 - Final snapshot of this version of site #4
	* 2005-12-16 - Starts redirecting to eqplayers.station.sony.com (Site #5)
	* TBC
5. http://eqplayers.station.sony.com
	* 2005-12-14 - First crawling. Temporarily redirecting to stationplayers.station.sony.com (EQ2 service)
	* 2005-12-16 - First snapshot of EQPlayers website
	* TBC
6. http://www.escapetonorrath.com always redirects to escapetonorrath.station.sony.com (below)
7. http://escapetonorrath.station.sony.com
	* 2005-10-13 - First snapshot
8. 2004 to 2012 Forum Archive - https://forums.daybreakgames.com/(As of 2018-06-05, still up on the Daybreak Games web forums.)
9. EverQuest News Archive (2004 and later) including occasional lore articles
	* Splitpaw Revamp
	* Mistmoore Revamp
	* Mischief of the Heart (?)
	* Report from the Wilds (DoD Release Timeframe) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
	* Evil Frogloks
	* A New God (Mistmoore, PoR Release)
	* Theater of Blood (Plane of Music)
	* Historical Lore Bookmarks (Note: Should use archive.org backups since these will go down):
		+ Benevolent Knight
		+ Ruins of Kunark
		+ Creation of Norrath (Updated)
		+ Ocean of Tears (w/ ~SoF timeframe graphics revamp)
		+ Rivervale
		+ Misty Thicket revamp
		+ Crescent Reach
		+ Keith Parkinson EQ artwork examples (look for bigger ones online)
		+ Innothule Swamp revamp
		+ SoF Lore Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, SoF & Mistmoore
		+ Pirates of EverQuest
		+ Steamfont Mountains revamp
		+ Ak'anon
		+ Grobb
		+ Kelethin
		+ Halas
		+ Felwithe
		+ Lost Dungeons of Norrath Lore (archive of LDoN site)
		+ Oggok
		+ Planes of Power Lore Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
		+ Note: Zone keying changes
		+ Guk
		+ Blackburrow
		+ Qeynos
		+ Surefall Glade
		+ Paineel
		+ Desert of Ro
		+ Scholars of Refreshing Knowledge added to PoK
		+ Riwwi
		+ Solusek's Eye
		+ Kaladim
		+ Crypt of Nadox
		+ Erudin
		+ Akheva Ruins
		+ Crescent Reach (OOC)
		+ Tides of Anachronism - Herald of Druzzil Ro in PoK (instanced missions?)
		+ Battle of Bloody Kithicor Part 1, 2, 3 (is it same as the original from HHT?)
		+ Shar Vahl
		+ Freeport
		+ Cabilis
		+ Unrest
		+ Temple of Cazic-Thule
		+ Frostcrypt (TSS) Part 1, 2, 3
		+ Mayong Mistmoore Background Lore
		+ Underfoot expansion, Lore Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
		+ Eastern Wastes
		+ Velketor's Labyrinth
		+ Western Wastes
		+ Giants across Norrath event
		+ Iceclad Ocean
		+ Kael Drakkel
		+ The Hole
		+ Neriak
		+ Old Blackburrow
		+ Loping Plains
		+ Elddar Forest
		+ House of Thule - Al'Kabor, Miragul, Feerrott, PoFear, Erudin, Morell Thule, Grounds, House, Sanctum
		+ Firiona Vie (place)
		+ Broodlands
		+ Expeditions
		+ Absor Interview about old times
		+ Dzarn interview about old times (and followup)
		+ Call of the Forsaken - Neriak 4th Gate, West Karana, Bixie Warfront,
		+ Producer's Letter about releasing Plane of War (supposed to release with PoP)
		+ Release of Wood Elf Beastlords and Froglok Monks
		+ Plane of War
		+ Empires of Kunark
		+ Restored old quests on Kunark
		+ Scars of Velious Progression Server Primer
		+ Shadows of Luclin Progression Server Primer
		+ Planes of Power Progression Server Primer
		+ Ruins of Kunark Progression Server Primer