Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Mirage – Zeke Quest, The Oases

Zeke Quest Mirage
The Oases – Oasis
https://finalbastion.com/wizard101-guides/w101-training-point-guides/mirage-zeke-quest-oasis-locations/
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Midday_At_The_Oasis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderwall
https://youtu.be/bx1Bh8ZvH84

Prospector Zeke in Caravan

Looky here, Zeke shoulda known your wizard would turn up in Mirage. It’s hot in Mirage, hot enough that it feels like someone has turned up the sun. Zeke needs some relief from the heat and needs you to make note of every Oasis you run across while you’re explorin’.

After you’ve found all the Oases, Zeke asks if you happened to find a Wonderwall in the desert. No, he ain’t got no idea what a Wonderwall is neither.

The Alkali Barrows Oasis
Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis performing in San Diego on September 18, 2005.

Oasis was an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as the Rain, the group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher (lead vocals, tambourine), Paul Arthurs (guitar), Paul McGuigan (bass guitar) and Tony McCarroll (drums), with Liam’s older brother Noel (lead guitar, vocals) joining as a fifth member a few months after their formation. During the course of their existence, they had various lineup changes, with the Gallagher brothers remaining the only stable members.

Album cover for the “Wonderwall” single

As of 2024, Oasis have sold over 100 million records worldwide. They are among the most successful acts on the UK Singles Chart and Albums Chart, with eight UK number-one singles and eight UK number-one albums. The band also achieved three Platinum albums in the US. They won 17 NME Awards, nine Q Awards, four MTV Europe Music Awards and six Brit Awards, including one in 2007 for Outstanding Contribution to Music and one for the “Best Album of the Last 30 Years” for (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?. They were also nominated for two Grammy Awards.

“Wonderwall” is a song by English rock band Oasis, written by lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher. The song was produced by Gallagher and Owen Morris for the band’s second studio album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, released in 1995. According to Gallagher, “Wonderwall” describes “an imaginary friend who’s gonna come and save you from yourself”.

“Wonderwall” remains one of the band’s most popular songs. In Australia, it was voted No. 1 on the alternative music radio station Triple J’s Hottest 100 of 1995 and “20 Years of the Hottest 100” in 2013. Many artists have also covered the song, such as Ryan Adams, Cat Power, and Brad Mehldau. In October 2020, it became the first song from the 1990s to reach one billion streams on Spotify.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Prospector Zeke and Oasis images are from Wizard101, and are copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment. The Oasis Image is borrowed from Final Bastion

Oasis image is borrowed from Wikipedia. It is copyright Will Fresch and is shared under the CC BY-SA 2.0 Creative Commons license

Wonderwall album cover is borrowed from Wikipedia. It is copyright Creation Records

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

The other Zeke quest references can be found here.

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