Antonica · EverQuest (original release)
The Feerrott
The dark, swampy forest of southern Antonica: the ogres’ home and newbie ground, lizard man camps, marsh bears, the ruined temple of Cazic-Thule, and caves leading to the Plane of Fear.
Ogres and lizard men
The Feerrott is the dark, swampy home of the ogres and lizard men of Antonica. The ogres live in a cave system at the edge of the swamp, Oggok, and the lizard men keep camps scattered throughout. It also holds the ancient ruined temple of Cazic-Thule, the god of fear. Allakhazam adds that the lizard men’s temple lies in the south and that in the southwest a spectre-haunted network of caves leads to a portal into the Plane of Fear.
Monsters run from about level 1 to 30: snakes and bats, shadow wolves, scarabs, froglok tads, jungle spiders, lizard man broodlings, hatchlings, foragers, mystics, scouts and warriors, gorillas, swamp alligators, undead, marsh bears, and the Tae Ew of every rank.
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): The Feerrott · Allakhazam: The Feerrott (zone) · Project 1999 Wiki: The Feerrott
East of the river
As the newbie area for ogres and many trolls, most wanderers east of the river are low-level and passive. The only aggressive ones, broodlings, shadow wolves and tads, are first level. The real danger is the marsh bears, which can be high level and wander throughout; avoid them. The trails usually avoid the big spawn spots, so the zone is fairly safe to cross.
Higher-level creatures here are groupers: spiders help each other and are hard to catch alone, and lizard man camps usually include a spellcaster.
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): The Feerrott
West of the river
The west is more dangerous. Large stretches are empty, but the end of the only branch trail is crawling with spawns fit for a pair of fifth- or sixth-level characters, and there are aggressive undead. Roror, the lizard man priest of Cazic-Thule, roams there, always with a pet. For good races, the Bouncers of Oggok are aggressive, fast and hard-hitting.
On the island, small temples hold lone or paired lizard men who look easy, but they flee to neighbours; the guide saw a train of eight chase a troll across the bridge to Oggok.
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): The Feerrott
Neighbours
The Feerrott borders the Rathe Mountains, Oggok, the Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule, the Plane of Fear and Innothule Swamp, which lies to its east. Through the Rathe the road runs north to Karana; through Innothule, east to the Desert of Ro and Freeport.
The ogres’ god is Rallos Zek; the god of the temple is Cazic-Thule, whose realm is the Plane of Fear.
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): The Feerrott · EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): Oggok · EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): Innothule Swamp
Lore tied to this zone
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): The Feerrott · Allakhazam: The Feerrott (zone) · Project 1999 Wiki: The Feerrott