It's a big patch today! Making their debut are two new race/class combinations (Froglok Monk & Wood Elf Beastlord) as well as Heroic Characters (check out this link for SOE's FAQ about this new feature). You can find the full patch notes posted here.

If you're starting a heroic character, you'll probably want to take note of two things:

• The "dream" version of the Feerrott has been set up to be very "new character-friendly" (clearly intended as a start zone for newly created Heroic Characters):
• A large area in the northern part of the Feerrott has been made non-hostile (protective NPCs surround the area, keeping hostile mobs away).
• A soulbinder, a banker, a parcels vendor, and a mercenary liaison have been added.
• Most (possibly all) Feerrott quest NPCs, spell vendors, and adventure merchants have been moved to this same area.
• The Plane of Knowledge portal stone to Oggok now points to both the original Feerrott as well as the "dream" Feerrott (an option window pops up). 
• If you have a Heroic Character and want access to Tier V Journeyman Mercenaries, you'll want to run through the task "No Heroism Without Fear" (given by Investigator Drolmer in the Feerrott).

With that, here are some midweek updates for you:

New Items: Shoulders of Purity ;  Fearlinked Plate Boot Seal of the Berserker

New Recipe: Fearlinked Plate Boot Seal of the Berserker

New Quests: No Heroism Without Fear ;  Storage: Ancestral Wood Elven Armor - Pattern

New Bestiary: Skrasa Ka`rok ;  Guardian Vartek [Mercenary Liaison] ;  Investigator Drolmer ;  Investigator Vekman ;  Investigator Spelner ;  Investigator Elgron ;  Merc Boldron ;  Merc Draven ;  Nogrok Silverstomp ;  Soulbinder Grok ;  Zari Ikura ;  a crate ;  a crazed mercenary ;  a lizardman corpse ;  a lizardman dreamwalker ;  a mercenary`s corpse ;  a shield against dreams ;  a thoughtbleeder ;  a worry wraith ;  an amygdalan

Updated Zone: Feerrott, the Dream

Updated Items: Teir`Dal Scimitar ;  Roll of Plain Parchment ;  Large Bottle of Ink ;  Compacted Backpack ;  Ancestral Wood Elven Armor

Updated Quests: EQ Fifth Anniversary Scavenger Hunt ;  An Uncursed Shoulder

Updated Bestiary: a goblin scryer ;  Adjutant D`kan ;  The Fabled Allizewsaur ;  Treasurer Siofra