Sony Online Entertainment announced today that The Scars of Velious, the second expansion for the extremely popular online role-playing game, EverQuest, will be released this winter. According to the announcement, The Scars of Velious will have significant new gameplay elements and updated graphics. The expansion will include Norrath's frozen continent of Velious, a huge new land that will consist of over 16 new zones to explore, such as frozen ice caves, ancient towers, and more. Velious will also be home to an all new set of dangerous monsters, including storm giants, snow gnolls, and a race of "vicious ottermen." In addition, the Velious gameworld will offer three times the polygons and larger textures than the existing zones in the game.