Lord Brinne was the handle of Bill Iburg, a Might and Magic fan from way back who was active on the 3DO forums and, as Elf says was one of the world's nicer people. When he died during the development of MM8, the dungeon was created as a tribute to him. Other tributes in other games were:– his ashes can be found in Morrowind, his tombstone in Deus Ex, and his grave in Ultima IX: Ascension.

The Tomb's Guardians are members of the Guild of the Wooden Flute. The Wooden Flute appeared originally in MM6, where it was nothing but a red herring (and the amount of effort it took to establish that!!!! . . .) but in this game, it is that key to the New Worlds Dungeon.

I was at least acquainted with most but not all of the Guild, but pretty well the only two still active in the Taverns are Bones and Chlala. The one that I know we've lost was Flamestryke, often known as Flame. Her name was Erika Walters, and she was a truly great-hearted lady, from whom the milk of human kindness flowed in abundance. She had far more than her fair share of ill-health and ill-fortune, and I hope that the next life treats her more kindly than this one did. She died from breast cancer and its complications in April 2008. Another great guy we lost and with whom I got on very well was Zedd, but I cannot remember whether or not he was a member ofthe Guild.

The Easter Eggs are all over the place. They are hidden in all sorts of places – trees, rocks, walls and so on. Just hover the cursor over something. If its description is given in anything except lower case letters, there's something odd about it. Be careful, though, with some of them, you need certain abilities/skill levels to gain the benefit. Also, if there is NO description, that too means there is an Easter Egg.