Websites Timeline Reconstruction

Description
Reconstruction of the timelines of official EverQuest websites in order to put together a usable list of Official Sources.

Release Dates

 * 1999-03-16 - EverQuest
 * 2000-04-24 - Ruins of Kunark
 * 2000-12-05 - Scars of Velious
 * 2001-12-04 - Shadows of Luclin
 * 2002-10-29 - Planes of Power
 * 2003-02-25 - Legacy of Ykesha
 * 2003-09-09 - Lost Dungeons of Norrath
 * 2004-02-10 - Gates of Discord
 * 2004-09-14 - Omens of War
 * 2005-02-15 - Dragons of Norrath
 * 2005-09-13 - Depths of Darkhollow
 * 2006-02-21 - Prophecy of Ro

EverQuest Website
Historical Snapshots - The Wayback Machine
 * 1) http://www.everquest.com
 * 2) * 1998-02-18 - First snapshot, preview information about the game and some in-dev screenshots
 * 3) * 1998-12-02 - Site offline with a "Station is being updated" message
 * 4) * 1999-02-08 - Site is redirecting to www.station.sony.com/everquest (Site #2)
 * 5) * 2001-03-31 - Site briefly fully displays straight from EverQuest.com before resuming prev redirection
 * 6) * 2001-04-04 - Site begins redirecting to everquest.station.sony.com (Site #3)
 * 7) * 2004-01-08 - Site briefly fully displays straight from EverQuest.com before resuming prev redirection
 * 8) * 2004-05-10 - Site begins redirecting to eqlive.station.sony.com (Site #4)
 * 9) * 2005-12-17 - Site begins redirecting to escapetonorrath.com
 * 10) * 2006-01-18 - Site briefly fully displays straight from EverQuest.com before resuming prev redirection
 * 11) * 2006-03-23 - Site begins redirecting to everquest.station.sony.com again
 * 12) * 2007-03-10 - Site briefly displays Flash intro before resuming prev redirection
 * 13) * 2008-09-07 - Site is displaying Flash intro in this snapshot and from now on
 * 14) * 2009-05-16 - Site becomes portal to EverQuest Universe with EQ1 (Flash intro), EQ2, and LoN
 * 15) * 2011-04-01 - Site is updated to new version that links only to EQ1 (Flash intro) and EQ2
 * 16) * TBC
 * 17) http://www.station.sony.com/everquest
 * 18) * 1999-05-08 - First snapshot, links to everquest.station.sony.com (Site #3) and to ./kunark
 * 19) * 1999-10-12 - Broken redirect to station.sony.comeverquest [sic], persists for months
 * 20) * 2000-05-10 - Begins displaying "Station is being updated" message
 * 21) * 2000-08-15 - Working again, linking to Site #3. Kunark site has been merged into Site #3.
 * 22) * 2000-11-22 - Begins displaying "Station is being updated" message again
 * 23) * 2001-01-24 - Working again, displays the front page from Site #3
 * 24) * 2001-03-22 - Redirecting to Site #3
 * 25) * 2002-10-04 - A new "Station is being updated" message
 * 26) * 2002-10-13 - 404 File Not Found error
 * 27) * 2004-12-07 - Resumes redirecting to Site #3
 * 28) * 2010-07-07 - Changes redirection to soe.com/everquest
 * 29) * TBC
 * 30) http://everquest.station.sony.com
 * 31) *1999-11-22 - First snapshot. Front page links to ./everquest_h.html
 * 32) *2001-01-18 - Front page begins displaying natively. ./everquest_h.html no longer used.
 * 33) *2001-11-30 - Front page replaced with Flash intro linking to eqlive.station.sony.com (Site #4)
 * 34) http://eqlive.station.sony.com
 * 35) *2001-11-27 - First snapshot. This is the working EQ website URL from Luclin through Darkhollow
 * 36) *2002-01-26 - Last snapshot of original layout w/ expansion sites & Harpy's Head Tavern
 * 37) *2002-05-26 - First snapshot of revamped layout w/ expanded Library but no HHT historical lore
 * 38) *2005-12-15 - Final snapshot of this version of site #4
 * 39) *2005-12-16 - Starts redirecting to eqplayers.station.sony.com (Site #5)
 * 40) *TBC
 * 41) http://eqplayers.station.sony.com
 * 42) *2005-12-14 - First crawling. Temporarily redirecting to stationplayers.station.sony.com (EQ2 service)
 * 43) *2005-12-16 - First snapshot of EQPlayers website
 * 44) *TBC
 * 45) http://www.escapetonorrath.com always redirects to escapetonorrath.station.sony.com (below)
 * 46) http://escapetonorrath.station.sony.com
 * 47) *2005-10-13 - First snapshot
 * 48) 2004 to 2012 Forum Archive - https://forums.daybreakgames.com/(As of 2018-06-05, still up on the Daybreak Games web forums.)
 * 49) EverQuest News Archive (2004 and later) including occasional lore articles
 * 50) * Splitpaw Revamp
 * 51) * Mistmoore Revamp
 * 52) * Mischief of the Heart (?)
 * 53) * Report from the Wilds (DoD Release Timeframe) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
 * 54) * Evil Frogloks
 * 55) * A New God (Mistmoore, PoR Release)
 * 56) * Theater of Blood (Plane of Music)
 * 57) * Historical Lore Bookmarks (Note: Should use archive.org backups since these will go down):
 * 58) ** Benevolent Knight
 * 59) ** Ruins of Kunark
 * 60) ** Creation of Norrath (Updated)
 * 61) ** Ocean of Tears (w/ ~SoF timeframe graphics revamp)
 * 62) ** Rivervale
 * 63) ** Misty Thicket revamp
 * 64) ** Crescent Reach
 * 65) ** Keith Parkinson EQ artwork examples (look for bigger ones online)
 * 66) ** Innothule Swamp revamp
 * 67) ** SoF Lore Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, SoF & Mistmoore
 * 68) ** Pirates of EverQuest
 * 69) ** Steamfont Mountains revamp
 * 70) ** Ak'anon
 * 71) ** Grobb
 * 72) ** Kelethin
 * 73) ** Halas
 * 74) ** Felwithe
 * 75) ** Lost Dungeons of Norrath Lore (archive of LDoN site)
 * 76) ** Oggok
 * 77) ** Planes of Power Lore Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
 * 78) ** Note: Zone keying changes
 * 79) ** Guk
 * 80) ** Blackburrow
 * 81) ** Qeynos
 * 82) ** Surefall Glade
 * 83) ** Paineel
 * 84) ** Desert of Ro
 * 85) ** Scholars of Refreshing Knowledge added to PoK
 * 86) ** Riwwi
 * 87) ** Solusek's Eye
 * 88) ** Kaladim
 * 89) ** Crypt of Nadox
 * 90) ** Erudin
 * 91) ** Akheva Ruins
 * 92) ** Crescent Reach (OOC)
 * 93) ** Tides of Anachronism - Herald of Druzzil Ro in PoK (instanced missions?)
 * 94) ** Battle of Bloody Kithicor Part 1, 2, 3 (is it same as the original from HHT?)
 * 95) ** Shar Vahl
 * 96) ** Freeport
 * 97) ** Cabilis
 * 98) ** Unrest
 * 99) ** Temple of Cazic-Thule
 * 100) ** Frostcrypt (TSS) Part 1, 2, 3
 * 101) ** Mayong Mistmoore Background Lore
 * 102) ** Underfoot expansion, Lore Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
 * 103) ** Eastern Wastes
 * 104) ** Velketor's Labyrinth
 * 105) ** Western Wastes
 * 106) ** Giants across Norrath event
 * 107) ** Iceclad Ocean
 * 108) ** Kael Drakkel
 * 109) ** The Hole
 * 110) ** Neriak
 * 111) ** Old Blackburrow
 * 112) ** Loping Plains
 * 113) ** Elddar Forest
 * 114) ** House of Thule - Al'Kabor, Miragul, Feerrott, PoFear, Erudin, Morell Thule, Grounds, House, Sanctum
 * 115) ** Firiona Vie (place)
 * 116) ** Broodlands
 * 117) ** Expeditions
 * 118) ** Absor Interview about old times
 * 119) ** Dzarn interview about old times (and followup)
 * 120) ** Call of the Forsaken - Neriak 4th Gate, West Karana, Bixie Warfront,
 * 121) ** Producer's Letter about releasing Plane of War (supposed to release with PoP)
 * 122) ** Release of Wood Elf Beastlords and Froglok Monks
 * 123) ** Plane of War
 * 124) ** Empires of Kunark
 * 125) ** Restored old quests on Kunark
 * 126) ** Scars of Velious Progression Server Primer
 * 127) ** Shadows of Luclin Progression Server Primer
 * 128) ** Planes of Power Progression Server Primer
 * 129) ** Ruins of Kunark Progression Server Primer
 * 1) ** Ruins of Kunark Progression Server Primer