Laura Genender at MMORPG.com got a peek (more of a safari tour) of the new EQ2 expansion, Rise of Kunark, and guess what? She lived to tell about it! I mean with her mortal enemies the anthro-parrot Spiroc's and all that, it's a wonder she made it out alive.

Creating my character, I arrived in Timorous Deep, a gorgeous zone made up of islands. I started in a small coastal village called Chrykori, surrounded by my racial enemies, the Spiroc. For those of you who did not play EverQuest, the Spiroc are an anthro-parrot type race, formerly found in the Plane of Sky. The detail of my starting area was amazing; there were waves crashing against the rocks, and birds that flew away when I approached.

Of course there's more to Kunark than parrots, the tour was fairly in depth and covered the starting zone of the new player race the Sarnak, various zones, a castle, and some end-game content.

Get the full scoop here.