Antonica · EverQuest (original release)
Innothule Swamp
The trolls’ dank home in the far south: alligators, moccasins and fungus men, deep water that kills poor swimmers, Grobb in the hills and the froglok dungeon of Guk.
A swamp named for gods
Innothule Swamp is the ancient home of the trolls, dank and soggy, on the far southern edge of Antonica beyond the Southern Desert of Ro and beside the Feerrott. Allakhazam tells the legend behind the name: an evil pact between the rulers of the planes of Fear and Hate, Cazic-Thule and Innoruuk, spawned the wetland, and the trolls named it in pride. Willows twist up like Innoruuk’s gnarled fingers, and mossy slime covers the shores.
Monsters run from about level 1 to 10, with a few from 25 to 30: rats, skeletons and zombies, snakes and water moccasins, alligators, kobolds, froglok scouts and ghouls, bleeders and larvae, fungus men. Allakhazam records a remake in July 2007.
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): Innothule Swamp · Allakhazam: Innothule Swamp 2.0 (zone) · Allakhazam: Innothule Swamp 1.0 (zone) · Project 1999 Wiki: Innothule Swamp
Swarmed and drowned
Innothule is deadly to young and old alike: many monsters are aggressive and group, and with few players around it is easy to be swarmed. The swamp itself is a danger: avoid deep water unless you swim well, since most creatures here swim better than you; stay near the zone edges. A few human NPCs near Guk are aggressive to the evil races.
It is also a fine hunting ground, with variety, numbers and good treasure: a troll never has to wander far for adventure, and can hunt here to eighth or ninth level before moving into Guk.
The frogloks rise
The EQ Atlas records that an uprising in Guk led to the frogloks, newly empowered and transformed by Mithaniel Marr, taking Grobb and exiling the trolls to Neriak. Allakhazam dates the takeover to February 24, 2003, and the trolls’ return to August 11, 2005. The story is told in Gukta, Outpost of Marr and Ykesha and the Fall of Grobb.
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): Innothule Swamp · Allakhazam: Grobb (zone)
Ways out
North is the Southern Desert of Ro, dangerous below sixth or seventh level. West is the Feerrott, home of the ogres. East is Guk, the frogloks’ ancient home. Grobb lies in the hills beside the swamp, the trolls’ city, and in the froglok years Gukta stood there.
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): Innothule Swamp · EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): Grobb
Lore tied to this zone
Sources: EQ Atlas (eqatlas.ca): Innothule Swamp · Allakhazam: Innothule Swamp 2.0 (zone) · Allakhazam: Innothule Swamp 1.0 (zone) · Project 1999 Wiki: Innothule Swamp