Brad McQuaid - Aradune Mithara

Aradune Mithara

Aradune Mithara is the alias McQuaid originally used for his player character in the MUD Sojourn, its successor TorilMUD, and other MMORPGs, as well as the name of a fictional character in the MMORPGs he has designed.

In an IRC interview, McQuaid revealed that Aradune was a character from a series of books he started writing in his teens. He first used the name as his pseudonym in MUDs and then later for his test character in the development of EverQuest. Early screenshots often featured Aradune and players began to associate the name with him.

Despite McQuaid having left Sony Online Entertainment, the memory of his character remains, as does the jestful graffiti of the sewers of the city of Qeynos, stating simply, "Aradune is stinky".