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4th of December 2025
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Author                  : Adeveth
Game                    : Thief II: The Metal Age
Mission Title	        : Interregnum
File Name               : miss17

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*Briefing:

I was out enjoying a drink early in the day, when I noticed an armed group hurrying through the door,
I couldn't understand what they were saying, but they were clearly pointing towards where I was sitting. They seemed like knights, not any of the Baron's men, though I haven't seen their colours anywhere in the City before.
Preparing for the worst, I was already getting ready to slip out the back, but only two of them approached me as the rest stayed behind.
Muttering something again among each other, they finally turned to look at me and introduced themselves.

They were from the House of Alrynth, a royal family which used to have a great amount of influence in the City long ago, having used to live in their ancestral home in the City.
Evidently, they were forced out of their home, to reasons still disputed to this day, from simply financial issues to rumours that they were exiled from being accused of robber barony.
They argued for a while after this, making me think again about just getting out of there.
However, they calmed down to explain to me the reason they are back in the City:
When the Alrynth family was forced to leave their home years ago, they also had to leave everything within their family crypt buried underneath the castle grounds, including their trinkets and importantly, the remains of their father, who died just before they were forced out.

My role in all this is that they have asked me to help them retrieve the remains of their father, Sir Alrynth from their former castle grounds, as they are not allowed anywhere near it.
Their former home lays on the very outskirts of the City, nearing the countryside and the mountains. With this sentimental task, I was paid in advance, and given a basic plan of the compound to help me navigate.
The state of the castle is unknown to even them, and I was told a few parts of it are ruined. It was built with a smaller Hammerite compound connected to the castle, where the crypt is located. With that, I just need to retrieve their father's burial urn, get back out and meet them again in the countryside after it is done.
It's just up to me now to get there.

 
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* Play Information:

Difficulty Settings     : Normal/Hard/Expert 
Equipment store         : No
Map/Automap             : Yes/No
New graphics            : No
New sounds              : No
Subtitles               : No
New models              : Yes
EAX Support             : No
Multi language support  : No

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* Construction:

Base                    : Scratch
Build Time              : 1 year

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* Thank you to:
scoop
Jenny
Greenman - custom objects used troughout the level
nicked
vfig
Random_Taffer
marsupial
skacky
Firemage
marbleman
Jazz Apple
Jayrude
for always helping me out in all the channels when I was having problems with DromEd.
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Many textures in this level are custom, mainly from:
- Feuillade Industries (DirkBogan, DrKubiac, FireMage, marbleman, Schlock, Prinxellier, Skacky)
- PukeyBrunster and Tannar for their edited stock textures used in The Scarlet Cascabel
- "A Thief's Training" by Snake
 
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This level is ©2025 by Adeveth.

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as the archive and this file are kept intact.
This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive.
 
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