With the Chronoportals finally sealed for this year, another festival is upon us in Everquest 2! Bristlebane Day is here, with all the fun of the Master of Mirth himself. Fun and frolic, ho!!!
Maltheas: Bristleybane is the annoyings, always he playing the mean tricks! Why nobody celebrate the gods who is behavings themselves!? Shiny Rodcets, Karana the Freshmaker, or pretty Tunare?
Oh, right. I forgot that Bristlebane is another one of the gods that Maltheas takes a dim view of. There are those that say that Bristlebane assisted Brell in the creation of the Ratonga, and like Brell, promptly lost interest in them and went off to play with something new. The Ratonga are still a little bitter about that. It left them open to approaches from other gods, who lacked children of their own, but perhaps that’s a tale best saved for another day.
In any case, everybody who isn’t being unreasonably grumpy is having a lovely time playing pranks, and getting sent to slay seemingly never-ending tens of rats. While he was quite determined to not enjoy a moment of it, Maltheas could not resist the plea of Galan Jokepeddler who had had his joke supplies stolen. By pirates!!! It’s a new quest for this years event, though several of the old quests have new rewards for this year. They’re mostly based around the Enchanted Lands docks, with an extra questline that exists in multiple low level zones outside the cities.
Gnome Pirates. They're usually the good sort of Pirate, but Gnoggin was a bad lot.
No quest is complete without a reward, and Maltheas chose the Bristlebane Jester house item. He could also have chosen a magical colourchanging steed, “The Horse of a Different Color”, but he has quite enough mounts for one person already, while you can never have too much junk in your home, especially if it plays “Pop goes the Weasel”!
Don't ask. Fippy is stuck here since the Chronoportals shut. In probably unrelated news, Maltheas got an A on his history presentation.
On April the 1st there is a questline that only appears for that day, and this year there’s a second part to it, so Maltheas will be grouching his way through that too! After all, it would be wrong to refuse the Stone of Gygax.
Not only that, but an Aether Race throughout Antonica has been added to the Qeynos City festival which begins on the same day! Truly, it always seems like there’s something going on in Norrath these days, and Maltheas will be in the thick of it if he has anything to say about it