Sand artist Joe Castillo performed "The Founding of Qeynos" live at the debut.

The EverQuest Next debut jumped off to what many thought was an odd start with a sand art performance titled "The Founding of Qeynos: An EverQuest Next SandStory" by Joe Castillo. Here's a couple of facts that many people, including a good portion of the live audience, were unaware of: the entire 14 minute presentation was performed live on stage, and the music playing during it was by legendary composer Jeremy Soule. Check out the video below!