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Title : Shadows In Our Blood
Filename : Shadows.zip
Author : Ali Pouladi (Haplo)
Contact info : Private message through TTLG forums
Date of Release : 28.06.2012
Version : 2.0

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* Playing Information *

Game : Thief 2: The Metal Age
File Name : miss20.mis
Difficulty Settings : Yes (AI)
Equipment Store : No
Map : Blank
Automap : No
New Graphics : Yes
New Objects : Yes
New Sounds : Yes
EAX Support : No
Briefing : Yes (Ending, 54 seconds)


* Construction *

Base : From scratch using Dedx gamesys
Size : Small
Build Time : ~110 hours


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* Story *

(This story occurs around the time of Eavesdropping)

Tohid was a very popular politician who was very vocal against both
the Mechanists and Sheriff Truart. He had foreseen the rise of a
totalitarian regime made of an alliance between the Mechanists and the
Sheriff. In his numerous speeches and rallies he managed to gather a
strong following and become a serious threat. However, about two weeks
ago, he suddenly "disappeared". People started asking questions at first but
as often happens, gradually forgot about him. That was until last
night when he reappeared on the scene, having become a Mechanist
and ardent fan of the Sheriff. In a speech in the Soulforge he
denounced all his previous claims and called himself a servant of
Karras. This caused outrage among his followers who subsequently
abandoned him.

Of course I never cared about any of this, up until now that
is. Now that the Mechanists and the Sheriff want me dead,
I need to find out what exactly went on with the Tohid
affair. My only clue is that his disappearance happened in this
small nearby city where he was going to give a speech. Checking out the
local police station is a good start...It's a long way; I'd better travel light tonight.

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* Credits *

- Tashrifat for the original inspiration (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1087656/)
- Marukpa as usual for her help with everything.
- Sterlino for his help with setting up a certain gadget.
- LarryG for making me an object.
- DarkMax for creating a few AIs.
- I have also used meshes, textures and objects by: Targa, Vigil(http://thief.washboardabs.net/),
Jason Otto, Telliamed, Yandros, Christine, Von Eins, DarkMax, TDBonko. I hope I haven't missed anyone.
- Nameless Voice for custom scripts and various useful tools.
- Telliamed for custom scripts.
- Rob Hicks for Dedx
- Yandros, intruder and the people at The Editors' Guild on TTLG forum
- Tannar and Dussander for the testing forum.
- The beta testers for their help and patience.
- Audio credits:
Burzum - Spell of Destruction
Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Autumn's Grief (ending video music)
A DarkMod ambient sound track



* Beta Testers *

- Marukpa
- Nightwalker
- ffox
- Gloria Creep
- Nickie
- Peter Smith


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* Loading Information *

Darkloader ready. Do not unzip -- Place in fan mission folder and install using Darkloader 4.2 or later.


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* Copyright Information *

This Mission is (c) by Ali Pouladi (Haplo) 2012

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package is kept intact.
No one may edit and re-distribute this mission without my expressed permission.

This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios, Eidos Interactive,
or Ion Storm.