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A LONG AWAITED PARTY
THE SURVIVORS STRIKE DEEPER INTO THE OLD DWARVEN TERRITORIES. |
Tuesday May 24, Myrgard
What I record next is hearsay, though the Dwarves who remained
with us after Forest Heart swear by its truth. It seems impossible
that they could have any knowledge of events occurring hundreds
of miles away, deep in territory long held by the Ghôls, yet their
conviction does not yield.
I repeat here their story, and allow the reader to come to his
own decision.
Led by their pathfinder, Balin, the Dwarves landed in the midst
of a sea of Ghôls and laid waste to them with grenades and satchel
charges. But the enemy boiled like ants from their burrows in
the mountain, and each one that was killed seemed to be replaced
by two others.
Yet at last the attacks ceased, and the Dwarves found themselves
masters of the bloody patch of ground where they had taken their
stand. Bodies and pieces of bodies lay everywhere.
A swift council followed their unexpected victory, and the survivors
resolved to locate the Ghôl's ancestral stone godhead and blast
it to fragments. The Ghôls have worshipped this enormous piece
of unworked stone since the birth of their race, rolling its hundred
tons wherever their migrations have taken them.
The continued presence of the Ghôl's idol at Myrgard is a blasphemy,
and to destroy it would be to spit in the face of their entire
race.
Now more than ever, the Dwarves expected to die. |
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Go to the Field Guide Entry documenting this level's easter eggs and points of interest with
pictures.
Mission Objective: Destroy the Ghôl idol.
Notes: May 24th was on a Sunday, not a Tuesday as it is recorded in
the Journal. Nitpicking again.
Jason Jones left us a secret hex message that is worth reading
in the field guide. |
| The following image is an actual pregame pic cut from the final release. |
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"Led by their pathfinder, Balin, the dwarves landed in the midst
of a sea of Ghôls and laid waste to them with grenades and satchel
charges. But the enemy boiled like ants from their burrows in
the mountain, and each one that was killed seemed to be replaced
by two others."
Balin launches a ghôl. How come my grenades were never that powefull? |
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"The survivors resolved to locate the Ghôl’s ancestral stone godhead
and blast it to fragments. The Ghôls have worshipped this enormous
piece of unworked stone since the birth of their race, rolling
its hundred tons wherever their migrations have taken them."
They roll it with them wherever they go eh? What is this idea
derived from? |
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If you win this level you see a a dwarf on a throne.
The edges of the symbol of Myrgard is shown in three seperate
spots above the throne. We can assume the dwarf shown is Balin.
If you lose you see some unlucky little dwarves looking quite sorry for themselves.
Level Origins
John Miller unlocks the secrets of the name of the secret level.
"And finally, the title of the level 'A Long Awaited Party' was
taken from the Lord of the Rings series. In 'The Hobbit', the
first chapter was entitled "An Unexpected Party". The first chapter
in 'The Fellowship of the Ring', the first chapter is entitled
'A Long Expected Party', but I'm not entirely sure about the second,
for I can't find the book at the moment."
Well, not much more to say besides good work. |
Written and compiled by the Myth Nontoxic crew. |
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