Sony Online Entertainment has announced that the EverQuest 14th anniversary celebration has begun. The fete includes in-game events, five player-created quests and epic weapons quests that will be a permanent addition to the game.

EverQuest at 14, did you know:

• There are nearly as many NPCs in EverQuest as there are people in Tampa, Florida:The total population of Norrathian NPCs is well over 344,935!
• The oldest characters are more than twice the age of the oldest person to have lived: A day in EQ is 72 minutes; that said, a character that was created when the game launched on March 16, 1999, is 280 years old this year.

Find out more on the EverQuest site.