Curse

Rossaroni · Jul 11, 2005, 11:48 PM // 23:48

I'm wanting to know why Gwen is in the game, and why her mother is in the UW. I've found her broken flute post-searing before, and I kept it on one character, but from what I hear, there are 2 or 3 more items you can find related to Gwen?

BTW, if there's another thread about this, a link would do.

Yorrix · Jul 12, 2005, 10:27 AM // 10:27

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Originally Posted by Rossaroni

BTW, if there's another thread about this, a link would do.

I look foward to seeing more 'Gwen stuff' in the future as the game progresses.

Until then, have a look here for information pertaining to the mini-bint with the flute. :P

Odai · Jul 12, 2005, 07:15 PM // 19:15

I just noticed the merchant in Copperhead is named Krogur.

I wonder if he is related the Kroger fellow with all the groceries?

Andy_M · Jul 12, 2005, 08:14 PM // 20:14

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Originally Posted by cup-o-noodles

Oh, sorry I've been away from my computer a while now. But here is that picture you requested:

As for the UW boss, I'm just going off of what a friend told me so.....

That looks a bit like the boss from the 2nd attribute quest.

Glasswalker · Jul 12, 2005, 10:11 PM // 22:11

From the Department of Useless Information:

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Originally Posted by Kashrlyyk

philos is Greek and means friend! Theo is Greek too and means "god"! So Theophilus would mean "Friend of God"! Which makes sense!

Philos does in fact mean Lover in Greek as in Philos Deliphia or Philadephia the 'City of Brotherly Love'. But they had messed up ideas of Love and Friendship, so that isn't TOO bad a translation. But the modern word philosophy is accepted as meaning 'Love of Knowledge'.

In other news, I must add that Shith Mal Hacto has a few interesting anagrams:

Aha! Cloth Smith.
Halo Hats Mitch.
Hal Itch To Mash
Ah, Sam Hit Cloth!
Almost Hath Chi
Athsma Hitch, Lo!
Atom Hitch Lash
Hit Hal Stomach

Um, none of them really seem to apply though...

cup-o-noodles · Jul 12, 2005, 11:16 PM // 23:16

I actually found some kind of interesting stuff on Shith Mal Hacto. The name Shith means "the gift of god". Shith was also one of the prophets in the bible.(or somthing like that)http://www.aicp.org/IslamicInformati...earYouth04.htm
That is the site I found that on.(just scroll down to the part that says A prophet of islam)

Then I came up with a couple things for Mal.
mal-
pref.
1. Bad; badly: maladminister.
2. Abnormal; abnormally: malformation

mal (ml, mäl)
n.

1. A disease or disorder.

There was some other stuff to, but I didn't think it fit. If you wish to see the rest though, then just go to Dictionary.com and put in Mal. Ok, now hacto, I got nothing. Really the only thing I could find is that it was a trade association founded in 1983. Yeah, and that's pretty much it.

Chipsa · Jul 14, 2005, 07:40 AM // 07:40

Can't believe no one's mentioned this yet, but Tyria is the name of a city in the Song of Ice and Fire series. It's on the map near Valyria.

Tourist · Jul 14, 2005, 10:14 AM // 10:14

From an online Catholic Encyclopedia:

Ascalon

"It was one of the five chief cities of the Philistines (Josue, xiii, 3). Its location, on the sea-coast between Gaza and Jamnia made it a stronghold, and as such it was held by the Arabs after their conquest of it in the seventh century. The city was taken by the crusaders, but was destroyed, in 1270, by Sultan Bihars, and its port blocked up to prevent the place ever again falling into Christian hands. Its extensive ruins still remain, and present a scene of mournful desolution."

So even the historical Ascalon seems to have fallen on hard times, although I don't see any record of it getting blasted by large crystal meteors...

bobrath · Jul 15, 2005, 02:26 PM // 14:26

EverBlue · Jul 15, 2005, 02:38 PM // 14:38

[email protected] Guards.

Those are great. I wonder if he says anything differently according to gender/profession?

Also, nice murals of the gods. I've seen a few of them, but never Balthazar, Lyssa or Melandru. I saw Dwayna and Grenth at my guild hall. Grenth was actually in a window, and Dwayna on an upright piece of stone identical to that.

Zexion · Jul 17, 2005, 05:21 PM // 17:21

That ghost in Ashford is actually the wailing lord from the Fissure of Woe.
Oh well:/

_Zexion

Angry penguins · Jul 17, 2005, 06:40 PM // 18:40

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Originally Posted by Havoc of PhoeniX

1) On the Nolani Academy Mission, theres is a Flaming Statue outside the Front gate which looks curiously like a Titan, seen later in the game. Also, the flaming effigies seen throught Ascalon Post Searing look like Mursaat, and the crystals that landed during the searing look kinda like Mursaat material, but maybe im just reading too much into it :P

Hey, your right! i've never picked up on that before...

Antilles · Jul 17, 2005, 11:03 PM // 23:03

There's a merchant at frontier gate whose name is Rolf, but not ROFL

EverBlue · Jul 18, 2005, 12:03 AM // 00:03

Quote:

1) On the Nolani Academy Mission, theres is a Flaming Statue outside the Front gate which looks curiously like a Titan, seen later in the game. Also, the flaming effigies seen throught Ascalon Post Searing look like Mursaat, and the crystals that landed during the searing look kinda like Mursaat material, but maybe im just reading too much into it :P

The flaming statues are not the Mursaat. There's not a single thing pointing to them being Mursaat. The closest anyone can hook those statues up to is the lich. And if you compare the searing crystals to Mursaat material.. Well, you'll immediately pick up the difference.

Tindalos · Jul 18, 2005, 12:12 AM // 00:12

There is a cape design with little paw prints. Straight out of Samurai Jack.

NFiNiTE · Jul 18, 2005, 12:21 AM // 00:21

well, to continue with the Divine Comedy references... the Dante Alighieri is mayor of the underworld

well... his name is spelled somewhat differently... but the reference is there...

EverBlue · Jul 18, 2005, 12:30 AM // 00:30

Eventually I'll finish reading The Divine Comedy.. It's just so boring and confusing..

Soup4Brains · Aug 01, 2005, 08:39 PM // 20:39

Get one of the versions with summaries following each chapter.

Hailfall · Aug 16, 2005, 12:58 AM // 00:58

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Originally Posted by Asplode

- This one might not be an easter egg, but am I the only person who is convinced there are some facial likenesses in the game? For example...

Ghostly Hero = Al Borland from Home Improvement.
and...
Aidan = Tommy Lee Jones?!
Little Thom = Super Mario!

:O

One of the Ranger faces looks like Orlando bloom when he played in Pirates of the Carribien (spelling?)

At least that is what I thought..

Check for yourselves

smurfhunter · Aug 16, 2005, 01:18 AM // 01:18

actually if you watch that scene from pulp fiction the dance with vince and the other one are almost exactly the dances of the warriors (male and female).

if anyone watched sin city the ranger dance is basically that one strippers dance in the night club, the one the cop went to jail for like 10 years over (forget the name)