Firiona Vie

Kunark Era (added 2000)

The land of Firiona Vie, named after a High Elf princess, is a very wild forest, and also happens to be the site of a beachhead established long ago by the elves of Faydwer. After being long-abandoned, the elves are now returning to this land to rebuild their fortress.

Level of Monsters: 25-35 Types of Monsters: Pilgrims, Venomous Lamprey, Frenzied Leech, Drolvarg Savages, Scavengers, Snarlers, and Growlers, Froglok Ton Knights, Shin Warriors, Shin Knights, Tal Shamans, and Nok Shamans, Goblin Battlecasters, Marauders, Plaguebringers, Pillagers, Adepts, and Raiders, Drachnid Webspinners, Weblurkers, Webstranders, Silkspinners, Silkstranders, and Silklurkers, Firiona Drixie, Forest Giant Arbors and Verdants Notable NPCs: An Ancient Jarsath, Mister Fizzle, Red Eye Jack, Pirate Destroyer, a pirate cartographer, Sergeant Daelione, Vekis Unique Items: Axe of the Iron Back Axe of the Iron Back MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 37 DMG: 16 WT: 12.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD Race: ALL , Forest Loop Forest Loop MAGIC ITEM Slot: EAR AC: 2 DEX: +3 WIS: +3 AGI: +3 WT: 0.1 Size: TINY Class: ALL Race: ALL , Giant Foreman's Tunic Giant Foreman's Tunic MAGIC ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 13 CHA: -5 SV COLD: +5 WT: 8.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD SHM Race: BAR TRL OGR , Giant Lord's Tunic Giant Lord's Tunic MAGIC ITEM Slot: CHEST AC: 18 CHA: -5 SV COLD: +5 WT: 8.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD SHM Race: BAR TRL OGR , Gunthak Harpoon Gunthak Harpoon LORE ITEM NO DROP NO RENT Slot: PRIMARY Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 33 DMG: 15 WT: 20.0 Size: GIANT Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG Race: ALL , Hammer of Flattening Hammer of Flattening MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 50 DMG: 13 WT: 10.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD Race: BAR TRL OGR , Dark Oak Shillelagh Dark Oak Shillelagh MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Charges: 3 Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 36 DMG: 9 Effect: Beguile Plants (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 29 WT: 7.5 Size: LARGE Class: DRU Race: ALL , Shin Gauntlets Shin Gauntlets MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: HANDS AC: 7 SV POISON: +5 WT: 5.0 Size: SMALL Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD Race: ALL except IKS , Shin Greaves Shin Greaves MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Slot: LEGS AC: 10 SV DISEASE: +5 WT: 7.5 Size: LARGE Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD Race: ALL except IKS , A Weighted Axe A Weighted Axe MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 150 DMG: 45 WT: 9.4 Size: LARGE Class: WAR SHD Race: BAR TRL OGR , Leg-Chopper Leg-Chopper MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 42 DMG: 10 WT: 9.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR Race: BAR TRL OGR , Giant Grub Digger Giant Grub Digger MAGIC ITEM Slot: PRIMARY Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 49 DMG: 12 HP: +20 SV DISEASE: +5 WT: 8.0 Size: LARGE Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD Race: ALL Related Quests: Crusader's Khukri, Drolvarg Teeth, Dragon Scales, Goblin Battlemasters, Guard of Ik Quest, Handy Shillelagh, Kwinn's Quest, Rare Coins, Revenant Skullcap, Shackle of Bronze, Shackle of Copper, Dreadscale Armor Quests Spell Quests: Brain Bite (Good), Cleric Spells (Good), Druid Spells, Enchanter Spells (Good), Illusion: Iksar Quest, Cannibalize II (Good), Magician Spells (Good), Shaman Spells (Good), Wizard Spells (Good) Adjacent Zones: Dreadlands, Lake of Ill Omen, Swamp of No Hope, Timorous Deep Name in /who: firiona Succor/Evacuate: -2392, 1440 (Just outside gate to city) ZEM Value: 75 82.5 (110%)

Map

Firiona Vie 1. Empty Ruins 2. Empty Camp 3. Ruins 4. "Leech Field" - Ruins with leeches 5. Drolvarg Camp 6. Forest Giant Camp 7. Empty Ruins 8. Empty Ruins 9. Drolvarg Ruins and Camp 10. Underground Tunnel to Building 4 on Firiona Vie Docks 11. Firiona Vie Docks A. To Drolvarg Underground

Firiona Vie - Docks 1. Merchant selling Food, Water, Cookbooks, and Mixing Bowl 2. Merchants selling Bags and Boxes 3. Merchants selling Weapons, Medium Plate and Chain Armor, Oven and Forge outside 4. Tunnel inside that leads to west side of the bay 5. Merchants selling Bard Songs, Alcohol, Brewing Supplies and Brew Barrel 6. Merchant selling Monk Weapons 7. Merchant selling Unfinished Bard Instruments and torches for pets 8. Ranger Trainer, Merchants selling All Bow and Arrow Fletching Supplies, High Level Ranger Spells 9. Bank (Front door at -3316, 2683) 10. Merchant selling Medium Leather Armor 11. Underwater Tunnel that opens at area 19, also Warrior Trainer 12. Enchanter, Wizard, and Magician Trainers, Merchants selling Enchanter, Wizard, and Magician Spells 13. Merchants selling Most Jewelry Supplies 14. Rogue Trainer, Merchant selling Poison Supplies 15. Merchants selling Large and Small Sewing Kits and Patterns 16. Merchants selling Magic Stones, Potions, High Level Druid Spells 17. Paladin Trainer, Merchant selling Cleric and Paladin Spells 18. Merchants selling Fishing Supplies, Bows and Arrows, Alchemy Supplies, Bags, and High Level Shaman Spells 19. Underwater Tunnel that opens to area 11 20. Boat to Butcherblock Mountains 21. Empty Building with Tracker Azeal standing outside.

Dangers

This zone is highly dangerous. Virtually every monster in this zone (Firiona Drixies excluded) will attack every creature, no matter what. For that reason, the only "safe" place in this zone is the high elf compound of Firiona Vie, which lends its name to this region (although from a gameplay perspective sitting right along the cliffs is also safe as the wandering mobs will not path near enough to aggro).

Specifically there are two new creatures in this zone that are the bane of every traveller. First are the Drolvarg, a highly aggressive breed of wulfwares that has taken up residence in an abandoned tomb in the eastern part of the woods. These Drolvargs are a constant nuisance to a traveler in that direction, and have very large, fast moving patrols, forcing you to keep your eyes open.

The other, probably more important, creature are the drachnids. These abominations can be seen wandering the whole forest, although they are more frequent in the western part. They are spellcasters that are around 30th level and are highly aggressive. They also have a tendency to pop into appearance, which I'm not sure is that they are hiding, but more likely related to my computer. Nonetheless, watch for these as well while moving through the forest, as they tend to frequent the route travelled by younger adventurers who arrive at the dock and want to go to Lake of Ill Omen.

Also, druids should be careful to not travel to the guards in wolf form, as they will be killed. Evil races should be wary of travelling near the Docks area, and also the caverns that lead from here to the Dreadlands are frequented by high level guards that will attack evils on sight.

Also a note on the Drolvarg tunnel in the eastern part of the zone since it does not appear to be mapped here. The tunnel is relatively long with several spawns both inside and outside the entrance and exit. There are also wandering Drolvargs that path between the entrance/exit and roughly the middle of the tunnel. The tunnel itself opens onto an open outdoor area on the other side which is filled with several ruins and a combination of a lot of Drolvargs and some Goblins (both wandering and static spawns). The Drolvarg spawns can spawn any type of Drolvarg. Overall, I found the open area after the tunnel to be a great EXP spot once I figured out where the safe spots to sit were.

Benefits

This zone provides a large number of creatures to hunt from, and they tend to get more powerful the more easterly you go. It is also safe to pull from either the dock area (although others will hate you) or to the zone by Lake of Ill Omen, although none are super.

Probably the best thing in this zone are the drixies. They may not like you, but they seem to hate everything else in the forest. I doubt you could ever make this work to your advantage, but if you are being chased by something that's going to kill you, run it into a couple of drixies and watch the fun (while you can), knowing that whatever killed you has likely seen its last day as well. Petty, I know... I had the pleasure of watching three drixies drive off two drachnids that had wandered too close. A short time later, I saw a large Drolvarg nearly kill a drixie, only to have two more drixies wander by, heal the injured one, and proceed to beat the crap out of the drolvarg. They may not help you, but they're fun to watch...

Traveling To and From Firiona Vie

The boat to Timorous Deep and Butcherblock Mountains arrives at the dock located at -4400, 1400.

To travel to Lake of Ill Omen, follow the stream just west of the ramp to the mainland. This stream will take you into some hills and to the Lake at approximately 1290, 3500. In the Lake the location is 1300, -4300.

There are several zones to the Swamp of No Hope scattered across the northern edge of the forest.

Zone Loc to Dreadlands is (299,6010) but Tunnel Entrance is (-193,3590)

Zone Loc to Lake of Ill Omen is (1291,3516)