If Snowblind Studios sounds familiar, it’s because they were the developers behind the wildly popular Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance title. It’s no surprise that Champions of Norrath shares similar gameplay elements as that game. Most players of Everquest have become used to the history of Norrath itself, even relating legends to current events. Well, time to disregard these stories, because of when Champions is set. Taking place more than six hundred years before the start of the first Everquest game, Champions’ plot revolves around the elven city of Faydwer and a growing threat from goblin and orcish forces. Summoned to the city to investigate the reasons behind this newly organized threat, players are soon dispatched into the wilderness of Norrath itself.