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After being awakened, Kerafyrm rampaged through much of Velious, slaughtering everything in its path from Sleeper's Tomb to Skyshrine.

Formerly of Sleeper's Tomb, Kerafrym the now awakened currently resides in Crystallos, Lair of the Awakened.

Part of text written by Portingya, 84 Druid of AB :)

Picture is courtesy Blood of the Spider

Category: EverQuest
This page last modified 2009-05-26 11:51:11.

Level: 75
Expansion: Scars of Velious
NPC Added: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
NPC Last Updated: 2020-09-11 01:46:00

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Ok, just something I am thinking about.
# Nov 30 2003 at 7:59 PM Rating: Decent
Alright, from what I hear SOE is disappointed that the sleeper has been slain because it has something to do with the story line of EQ II right? So instead of making it ALMOST impossibly hard, why dont they actually make it IMPOSSIBLY hard, for instance make the sleepers level be like lvl 90 or something, just so no guild(s), no matter how powerful their man power may be, will be able to take it down.Just a suggestion though.
RE: Ok, just something I am thinking about.
# Dec 14 2003 at 3:46 PM Rating: Decent
He was intended to be unkillable, MG's already said that hes going to be in EQII so I imagine they're just going to overwrite the fact that he was killed, because he wasnt supposed to be. So, not real big deal I imagine.
I am just blown away
# Nov 29 2003 at 7:20 AM Rating: Decent
Sleeper died...... Woah.... A mob that got ownd by people who have the power of 5 extra expansions... Congratulations Wudan, AD and MM
MY grats
# Nov 23 2003 at 8:39 PM Rating: Default
I never really did get to say MY congrats to Wudan, AD and MiM [sorry, I'd spell it out if I knew what MiM stood for :-D]... so here it is...

WOOT!! GRATS :-D. I didn't see anyone from E'Ci server giving you your much deserved GRATS on these boards, but we were cheering when we heard the GREAT NEWS!

Anyways, I don't think gear made a difference if you're take 7k shots and he is DTing faster than Michael Jackson is in the news. What made the DIFFERENCE is this, to me - you're a PvP server. THAT made my day :-D Shows true strength.

And the script had to be changed. Verant / SoE couldn't have made SoVelious, and said to themselves, "Y'know I have this feeling that 3 guilds from Rallos Zek server will be the ONLY ones to kill Kerafyrm. They'll be AD, MiM, and Wudan - no one else will kill him. Others will try, and utterly fail, but only RZ will do it - just base the script on THEM only."

Then again...
RE: MY grats
# Jan 15 2004 at 4:45 PM Rating: Default
sigh >< ..another one with their head in the clouds I see...
The designers did no such thing (base script on a certain guild) in fact as of now most everyone here in Cali has forgotten what has happened on Rallos Zek and who did what. The script is being written as was planned all along - and who did what has been left far back along the wayside.
.rm video *(sigh)*
# Nov 23 2003 at 12:11 PM Rating: Default
can someone change the video from .rm to a windows-media-player readable video plz?
simply awesome
# Nov 23 2003 at 12:29 AM Rating: Decent
never mind about the arguements going on here.

the feat was awesome.

news spread not only on the RZ server but to MM and im sure every other server that the battle had begun........it was like an old time radio event with people gathered in pok waiting for the next update on what percentage you all had the sleeper down too. it was the talk for hours even after the sleeper had gone down.

wish i had been there.

congratulations to you all.

and for what its worth it doesnt sound like anything but god mode would have helped as far as armor.
Gear didn't change this fight !!!!
# Nov 22 2003 at 1:33 PM Rating: Good
For those who think that the Magelo accounts and profiles you seen of Wudan ( I am in Wudan ). Or even Ascending Dawn, or Magus, changed the tide of this fight you are sadly misinformed. You tell me you can live through a 7K hit .. ( immediately followed by another one ) ... we are talking 14K faster than you can get a quick heal off, plus a DT for 20K every few seconds. ( I don't care what gear you have ) Noone can live through that. So gear didn't make or break this fight. Gear is irrelevant. This could have been done back in Velious days. ( noone took enough rezz'ers). They had clickable cleric epics back then. That was the ONLY ( I repeat... ONLY ) thing that made the fight work. Dmg / dly didn't matter either .. they had tantor's tusks... HOW MANY TIMES YOU EXPECT TO HIT HIM ? .. one or 2 max. So what advantage did we have? Only the fact that we heard he was hard.. and we took alot of people. ( every server, except the first to wake him, Had the same chances.)

Don't try to make everyone think that it was any easier cause we waited. It was just as hard as it would have been in velious. But we went prepared ( with lots of rez'ers, and we adapted to the rez'ing technique fast enough to survive. )

If you are mad cause you didn't go prepared, or adapt fast enough to out rez him, then that was your flaw. Don't say that Rallos server ONLY won cause the POP gear. Our Magelo meant absolute crap in that fight. I should know ( I was there ).

Grats Wudan, AD, and MiM ... we did the it, and made a all time first !!!


Iyabuta...
Lord of the Gnomes


P.S. that crap about a server killing him before Rallos ..... ( Rallos Zek was the first SONY server to ever kill him... It was NEVER done before us.




Edited, Sat Nov 22 13:37:50 2003
RE: Gear didn't change this fight !!!!
# Dec 03 2003 at 11:25 AM Rating: Decent
although the RZ server is the first server to kill sleeper , but i think the cle epic and zerg idea is from Taiwan after the PoF guild let his hp down to 13%...just a little bit sad that the sleeper here first has been took back after GM found he was a nerfed sleeper(but still hurts,7k+ dmg and 20k DT/15 sec...)...or maybe we will be the first to kill him...haha...
RE: Gear didn't change this fight !!!!
# Nov 22 2003 at 5:56 PM Rating: Default
exactly what i said thanks for backing me up man but there is one thing you forgot to tell them that the fight lasted 3hours plus i mean talk about **** everyone of those clerics must have been toliet trained at gun point to live with that much stress
Story line?
# Nov 22 2003 at 10:01 AM Rating: Good
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Ok, I'm a bit unsure of this, Was Kerafyrm killed in his tomb? And if so, how will the story work? All the other attempts failed, he broke free and flew off. SUPPOSEDLY from what I have read, he is gaining power elsewhere. And rumours have it he will make an appearance in the PoT ultimatly stronger, better in every way, ect.

How does that work now? lol
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with the sleeper dead...
# Nov 21 2003 at 10:20 PM Rating: Default
with the sleper dead is eq2 kind of scrued
RE: with the sleeper dead...
# Nov 22 2003 at 2:52 PM Rating: Decent
I wouldn't worry 'bout it too much. Sony has some good minds who can change a script if need be :)....


...and "Legends in Their own Minds" have a way of becoming quite irrelevant as time passes :)
Hes dead??!
# Nov 21 2003 at 5:20 PM Rating: Default
I also would like to see a movie. Any links?
RE: Hes dead??!
# Nov 22 2003 at 12:40 AM Rating: Good
ftp://ftp.play119.com/onlinegame/eq/the_final_battle.rm
sleeper down by China local EQ, King of theives server,Silent Oracle guild

this is movie
Video?
# Nov 21 2003 at 1:29 AM Rating: Decent
Ok, just curious but did anyone get a video of this by chance? This would be a SWEET battle to watch, (Not to mention you could Ebay that video for cash) Heh, anyways, if there were any videos, reply to this or email to me at xanderinragnarok@juno.com. I would love to see some of this incredible fight.

Baron Xanderin Ragnarok
Crusader of the Underfoot
Sign of One
Karana Server
meant to tell you this to
# Nov 20 2003 at 3:39 PM Rating: Default
sorry i meant that he does harmtouch which pretty much instant kills you every 4 sec
to clear a couple things up
# Nov 20 2003 at 3:35 PM Rating: Default
Ok here is to clear a couple things up first of the guilds didnt have PoP armor because they where not that far into ST they wherent even into ssra so that means only couple had primals rest had epics or lower wepons...........no one has ever touched the way the sleeper is he is the same always will be the same.......unfortunatly the sleeper drop nothing (except for these eggs which is possible to be just a rumor)but GMs are thinking of giving prizes out.......the GMs nvr expected that the sleeper would be killed so they nvr put anything on it because they thought even if they had a massive ammout of 150+ it would be to laggy to even play and they also thought there was no stratgy to get around him since he claws for 6999 and has a harm touch every seconds ........the guild that killed him had about 30 clerics rezing and couple more healing and there was about 20 tanks they where rezed looted and attacked again due to the fact that he has 2 billion HP it took 3.5 hours to kill him .......so all you ppl saying that RZ took him down for PoP armor or anything other then that are jackasses the members of , Ascending Dawn, Wudan and Magus deserve every bit of credit for what they did esspecially when it has nvr been done b4 with better armor and better wepons then epics and primals
everything i have told to you has been researched and has been proven so if anyone tries to tell you otherwise they are saidly mistaken
RE: to clear a couple things up
# Nov 28 2003 at 2:49 AM Rating: Default
settle down cowboy
RE: to clear a couple things up
# Nov 21 2003 at 12:11 PM Rating: Default
Why don't you take a look at the magelo profiles for the people who were involved it this. Most HAVE PoP armor or full suits of it. All had better than their epics most of which were PoT drops. My wife was curious and looked at the magelo profiles for all of Wudan, they had most flags and keys and serious stats, most well into 300+. The sleeper was designed to be unkillable when he came out but lets look what has come about since then.
Luclin - Better Gear
Planes of Poer - EVEN BETTER GEAR, and advanced organization tatics.
2 More expansions with more spells and armor

Any current player has advanced beyond the best of when velious came out and as such the odds have shifted to what happened last week is possible. My kudos go out to those guilds for the determination and the effort to make it happen.
sleeper down by Silent Oracle
# Nov 20 2003 at 2:46 PM Rating: Decent
ftp://ftp.play119.com/onlinegame/eq/the_final_battle.rm
sleeper down by China local EQ, King of theives server,Silent Oracle guild
#REDACTED, Posted: Nov 20 2003 at 7:54 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Hes gotta be for some sort of quest, just that no ones found him yet? or is he really ment to be woken, but then what? The entire matter was never entirely solved. right?
RE: Quest
# Nov 21 2003 at 7:05 AM Rating: Default
The Sleeper has to do with EQII.
RE: Quest
# Nov 20 2003 at 8:28 AM Rating: Decent
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SLEEPER WAS KILLED A FEW DAYS AGO (November 2003) ON RALLOS ZEK SERVER !
Grats peeps :-)

http://www.waster.net/wudan/
#REDACTED, Posted: Nov 28 2003 at 3:05 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) sorry...pretty gay
been killed
# Nov 19 2003 at 10:56 PM Rating: Decent


Edited, Wed Nov 19 23:03:35 2003
How Many Times Killed?
# Nov 19 2003 at 9:27 PM Rating: Decent
How Many Times Killed?

Lol I am quite retarded. I saw the message on tholuxe the sleeper had been killed and assumed he had been killed on tholuxe. Sorry for any misconseptions you might have gotten. Gratz to everyone on rallos for killin him

Edited, Mon Nov 24 21:12:11 2003
RE: How Many Times Killed?
# Nov 21 2003 at 2:05 AM Rating: Decent
nope didn't know that...but yes congrats to those who took him down on all servers..just as congrats to those who took down Quarm and the other big name mobs ever...but this has been just what I have been reiterating with all the new stuff out now i.e. spells, equipment, abilities... if every server had a chance at killing the sleeper again most would succeed...so those people who did this act on Rallos Zek need to take it down a notch... no one's going to make you gods or anything else of that nature whether you like it or not...Rallos Zek server is not "the best" for doing this deed. One guild had the foresight to stop all advances on the sleeper - whereas the other servers had no such rule...therefore the dragon was taken down without competition from other servers which makes it a win by default over the Sleeper.
RE: How Many Times Killed?
# Nov 21 2003 at 1:42 AM Rating: Decent


Edited, Fri Nov 21 01:43:04 2003
#REDACTED, Posted: Nov 19 2003 at 7:15 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) HES DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that goes to show that all u guys were wrong and this ***** can die. grats to all that helped out on RZ. it was quite a fight.
RE: DEAD!!!
# Nov 19 2003 at 9:09 PM Rating: Default
Gee, maybe he's dead because they made him killable? Dumbass.
Thats it?
# Nov 19 2003 at 2:06 AM Rating: Decent
Ok, While that serverwide message was cool...did the GM's mention giving you anything else? I mean you did what was thought to be impossible...well even if you didnt get anything, you go down in EQ history as being the ONLY ones to kill Kerafrym. Congratz

Baron Xanderin Ragnarok
Crusader of the Underfoot
Sign of One
Karana Server[quote][/quote]
So what?
# Nov 19 2003 at 1:16 AM Rating: Default
Sorry guys...but this is no big deal. now with the new expansions and PoP armor and spells makes it so that just about anyone could kill this guy now...They didn't change the dragon's structure at all from before when people tried to kill him, you just got better equipment to do so.... so all you game nerds for whom this is the hype of your life need to take it down a notch or two... this happened because it needed to happen as it was time to further the storyline. And for those of you who think that he wasn't meant to be killed..think about this..If he was killed when he wasn't meant to be killed, no script would have been written for his death and the zone or possibly the server would have crashed.
RE: So what?
# Nov 22 2003 at 2:38 PM Rating: Default
Its obvious your mind is grappling with the fact that Kerafyrm was killed, almost in disbelief. You probably told all your friends, guildmates and anyone else that would listen that Kerafyrm would never be killed, and you now have to double back. Why would anyone say this is not a big deal? You are either too adolescent to understand or too foolish to realize that this is one of the greatest accomplishments that anyone could achieve in the game.

I suggest you sit down, shut up and open the fleshy flaps you call ears. Your education has arrived and it doesn't like you already.

"It's easy to be wise. Just think of something really stupid to say, then don't say it."
RE: So what?
# Jan 15 2004 at 5:05 PM Rating: Good
I don't need to do any doubling as I was there and helped kill him -- some idiot rated my post down and you probably did not see my post. And as for it being a great accomplishment - it is an accomplishment, but sorry bud...life in EQ goes on and this "great accomplishment" has already been forgotten by too many to count. I know this is a late response to the answer posted in Nov. You need to sit down, shut up and take your own advice about "saying something stupid"

P.S. and as far as me telling anyone who or what is killed in EQ I could care less... I have a "real" life that I like to talk about unlike you game nerds who think killing a dragon is the best thing since processed cheese and who have no skills or education to concentrate on in "real life." And as far as YOU being MY education - I'm in stitches already.
RE: So what?
# Nov 21 2003 at 3:21 AM Rating: Default
RE: So what?
Its pretty angering that some small number of @#%^s (yes im calling you @#%^s if your reading this) decided to wake the sleeper on maelin, i mean, like 15 people woke him and now the server wont even the chance to kill him.

Edit- btw equiv, you should really shut it, trying to steal the thunder of people who have just accomplished the "impossible."

Edited, Fri Nov 21 03:41:19 2003
RE: So what?
# Nov 22 2003 at 2:39 PM Rating: Default
Sorry I don't need "thunder" - as you call it... I have enough on my own. Also if you had read the posts you would have read that I WAS there.

Edit: and by no means was it impossible.

Edited, Sat Nov 22 14:41:05 2003
#REDACTED, Posted: Nov 19 2003 at 7:34 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) You know its people like you who make the game not fun. I hate the way people dont congradulate others on something EQ historic. I wasnt there but Cmon "no big deal" please its you that should get a life. Lets see u beat it! If u can get 3 of the top guilds on your server, get them all into ST, defeat all the warders, and take out the sleeper then maybe you can try to judge.
RE: So what?
# Nov 21 2003 at 2:44 AM Rating: Decent
Then I guess I can try to judge now then:)
#REDACTED, Posted: Nov 19 2003 at 2:33 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Lol either your jealous or just plain ignorant! Seems you stand alone in your belief that it was no big deal. Why don't you go down to the tomb and kill the sleeper on your (most likely BLUE) server and then tell us how it was no big deal. Though I was not there, I was one of the many who awaited certain death outside in EW if they should fail, both times, Fighting for over 7 hours total is nothing to be scoffed at. Goodjob Guys and Gals, we on Rallos will forever remember your heroics, soon to become legends! All hail the Sleeper Slayers!
RE: So what?
# Nov 21 2003 at 1:17 AM Rating: Default
...and lose the big head ok...just because Rallos Zek had a Dragon left was only because of some guild stopped others from killing it earlier...like I mentioned before anyone could take him down now, it just so happens that Rallos Zek had the only dragon left so no one else could prove that they were good enough to take him down as well. So the only win is by default.
P.S. what you rated my post down cause you were trying to hide the truth...asI said the WIN WAS BY DEFAULT ONLY
RE: So what?
# Nov 19 2003 at 5:08 PM Rating: Default
...and lose the big head ok...just because Rallos Zek had a Dragon left was only because of some guild stopped others from killing it earlier...like I mentioned before anyone could take him down now, it just so happens that Rallos Zek had the only dragon left so no one else could prove that they were good enough to take him down as well. So the only win is by default.
RE: So what?
# Nov 19 2003 at 4:49 PM Rating: Default
Excuse me bub ...I was there FYI and I am for certanly not the only one who feels this way either..so why don't you just take a chill pill noob.
RE: So what?
# Nov 19 2003 at 2:16 AM Rating: Decent
pop expansion really had nothing to do with this, just made it faster. if 3 guilds had worked together when he first came out, they could have done it. would have taken longer naturaly cuz of less dps, but enough clerics clicking in enough people would have got it done. and yes the sleeper was made to be unkillable, sony never thought 3 top guilds would work together to get it, and yes thats one of the reasons sleeper despawned, he wasnt programed to die, was programed to leave the zone, would the zone have crashed? who knows, thus why they despawned him in the first place.
RE: So what?
# Nov 19 2003 at 9:54 AM Rating: Decent
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I would have to agree.

And also, to me, it's not just that they killed him, but that on a PvP server, they managed to get three guilds together (plus straglers) for over 180 people working together on this common goal. Now that's one LARGE raid. :)
RE: So what?
# Aug 22 2004 at 11:30 PM Rating: Decent
I was skimming through the posts, when I noticed that the one who started this thread said he was a GM in another. How could he have slain Kerafyrm?
gone down 11/18
# Nov 18 2003 at 10:15 PM Rating: Default
kerafym went down november 18 2003 he went down on the rallos zek. i think. ascendingda.com fer more info
SYSTEMWIDE_MESSAGE
# Nov 18 2003 at 9:42 PM Rating: Decent
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There were several Systemwide Messages regarding this kill, and here they are. Brenlo announced it.

In the darkness the shout to engage was heard. Seconds later a huge burst of magical energy could be felt as the Wizards and Shadow Knights engaged, and huge volleys of arrows begin to rain down as one against their target.

The massive infantry then moved in to intercept Kerafrym in mortal combat, supported by a compliment of warriors. The clashing of steel and screams of chaos echoed in the beasts tomb.

Over three hours had past since the epic confrontation began, then there was silence. As a cold freezing wind blew across the field of battle, hundreds had died and many more lay injured on the ground.

All was silent again for a brief moment as the image of the legendary Kerafyrm lay lifeless at their feet. Suddenly, the cries of joy and accomplishment began to echo through the decrepit hall and then rain across the land of Norrath.

The once warring clans of Ascending Dawn, Wudan, and Magus Imperialis had put their personal battles aside and come together united as one to accomplish the impossible.

They had triumphed where all others before them had failed, they had slain the Legendary Kerafyrm. As the victors departed the ancient tomb, rumors began to spread across the world of Rallos Zek. Rumors became Stories. Stories became Legend.

Yet, the Legend of the impossible task they had accomplished together could only be truely told by those that were there. Their story will be remembered on Norrath forever.

Edited, Tue Nov 18 21:45:50 2003
RE: SYSTEMWIDE_MESSAGE
# Nov 23 2003 at 8:29 PM Rating: Default
When I saw this, I cheered! it was really amazing - then...

*sighs* n00bs in PoK [E'Ci server] began to /ooc spam that the GM was spamming... so I had to scroll up, and I didn't get a chance to take screenshots of it, which I really wanted to do.

Sucks that people had to spoil it like that...
RE: SYSTEMWIDE_MESSAGE
# Nov 18 2003 at 11:38 PM Rating: Decent
I wasnt on to see the systemwide messages as I have moved on to EQOA, but BIG grats to those who were involved in killing him from everyone on EQOA, you have done the impossible. GRATZ!
Nothing to show for it
# Nov 18 2003 at 4:40 PM Rating: Decent
The people who kileld her got nothing, not even a system wide message to show for their deeds. I just thought it'd be nice for everyone to know how ignorant GM's are
RE: Nothing to show for it
# Nov 20 2003 at 10:17 PM Rating: Decent
1) GM's are ignorant (or at least 99/100 are)
2) I posted that BEFORE the systemwide grats
3) That grats was only after people got super pissed
RE: Nothing to show for it
# Nov 21 2003 at 2:28 AM Rating: Default
so what are they gonna do if they are "super pissed?" boycott the game?...ooooh actually that would rid us of some of the top heavy levels and balance us out much more :)...it's not like we have to beg people to play here ..heh
RE: Nothing to show for it
# Nov 21 2003 at 2:29 AM Rating: Default
wait..I know...maybe the "super pissed" people would then have to GET A LIFE!!
RE: Nothing to show for it
# Nov 19 2003 at 4:59 PM Rating: Default
heh..us "GM's" know quite a bit...we sure aren't "ignorant." and there was a system wide message as well.
RE: Nothing to show for it
# Nov 18 2003 at 9:31 PM Rating: Decent
They sure did get a system wide message, I saw it on Povar... It was a big story of victory.
Congrats on the kill :D
Tekas....LOL
# Nov 18 2003 at 11:48 AM Rating: Decent
Tekas = pwned!!! punk!
Lootless
# Nov 18 2003 at 10:26 AM Rating: Decent
He had NO loot when killed last night. Someone in my guild told me that he was killed 2 years ago and had some super necklace but I dont know for sure. I also was told hes been increased in strength big time since then.
RE: Lootless
# Nov 19 2003 at 2:28 PM Rating: Decent
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Kerafyrm has never truly been killed until just now on RZ..

There have been rumors of a kill that was done due to an exploit...and so it's not a kill, and Kerafyrm was reset by the GM's. Rumors or not...it's never been truly done until now.

So, in regards to loot. Kerafyrm was never designed to be killed, which is why he had no loot table.
RE: Lootless
# Nov 21 2003 at 7:31 PM Rating: Good
Actually some guild in China or Japan killed him they were called silent oracle or sumthin
#REDACTED, Posted: Jan 15 2004 at 5:53 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) hmmm... I wonder why someone from Rallos Zek Rated this post down... they must be from Rallos Zek... who else would try to hide or cover up the truth and try to make themselves gods?
Gratz
# Nov 18 2003 at 5:18 AM Rating: Decent
Congrats on the kill!
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