Campaign Announcement: The Old Lie - Age of Mythology Heaven Forums

posted 15 January 2006 06:19 PM EDT (US)

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PROJECT INFO:

Studio: Flying Solo (a resigned leader/member of LZS)
Progress: Unknown
Release Date: Unknown
Type: Mixed Campaign

Details: Sound;

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Character Description:

Amberle:

Amberle is a beautiful Elven girl and the �King of the Land Elves�� niece. She was selected by the Ellcrys tree to serve for her as one of the Chosen. She, like all of the Elves, feels a huge debt to the land that gave her life. A few weeks before Allanon arrived at Arborlon, she ran away from her heritage and her home and so shamed herself, her family and her race by neglecting her duties as a Chosen. Her location is unknown and her motives are hidden.

Wil Ohmsford:

Wil Ohmsford is the last youth of Shannaras heir. He is a healer whose only goal in life is to be accepted into the stors, a group of selfless Gnomes known throughout the land for their kindness and healing skills. No one outside the race of Gnomes has ever been permitted to work alongside them in written history.

Ander Elessedil:

Ander Elessedil is Eventine Elessedil�s son, as well as a caring and humble Elf. He has one older brother who is destined for the crown. Despite the talk of Amberle being a cause for cursing the Elves, he loves her deeply. He stands back to his brother in many aspects of life but does not fear him. He loves him, just like all his family, and is happy for his brother to take the responsibility of becoming king.

Allanon:

Allanon is the last of the Druids. He is a secretive being that isolated himself from the affairs of the races. The Druids, all but Bremen and his foretold apprentice and adopted son, Allanon, were slaughtered by their enemies in the night when the Druid councils refused to listen to warnings of war. Bremen died of old age over four hundred years ago. On that day all of the Druid teachings and the entire facility of Paranor disappeared without a trace. The truth behind the matter never came to light. Allanon continues to walk the four lands in hooded silence�

Eventine Elessedil:

Eventine Elessedil is the "King of the Land Elves". He loves his people and his land more so than himself. He fought along side Allanon to defeat a common enemy many years ago. The Elven army rode to the aid of Callahorn, which was horribly out numbered by its enemy and beaten back to its final defence. Eventine Elessedil is aging now but can still out work many youthful Elves.

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Briefing:

Some of you might be wondering why I named this The Old Lie instead of The Elfstones of Shannara. Well I did because when I read the book The Elfstones of Shannara it made a lot of subtle points that were similar to themes in the poems Dulce Et Decorum Est and Nothing Gold Can Stay, so I thought it would be nice to mix all the three things together. The Old Lie was simply the easiest name to make this thread to.

Content:

The storyline posted earlier is the official storyline to the "Elfstones of Shannara" by Terry Brooks. The extract of a poem posted underneath the main banner on this page is called "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. It is also commonly known as "The Old Lie". The second poem near the end of this page is called "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.

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posted 15 January 2006 06:30 PM EDT (US) 1 / 37

Interesting concept and title, nice showcase

I like your determination in getting it finished. Good luck and enjoy!

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posted 15 January 2006 06:59 PM EDT (US) 2 / 37

Looks like you've spent a lot of time thinking this out. That's what I like about you Glitch.

I wish you the best of luck on this project, but if it ever gets to hard or boring to continue, just email me.

But, didn't you say that this was going to be for Age of Empires 3?

posted 16 January 2006 06:20 PM EDT (US) 3 / 37

AOM! Yay!

Good luck!

posted 16 January 2006 07:10 PM EDT (US) 4 / 37

Yeah looking good Glitch, I glad you chose AoM to make it, it would be hard to make in Age of Empires...

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posted 17 January 2006 05:56 PM EDT (US) 5 / 37

Hey, thanks guys that was nice

@Archaeopterix

Thanks a load.. but the showcase is crappy I put no effort into making the text look good and I slacked off on the images.

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Good luck and enjoy!

Thank you.. I'll try

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Looks like you've spent a lot of time thinking this out. That's what I like about you Glitch.

Lol.. that's the best joke since Obsidian Games!

Or maybe I did I can't really remember..? Lets hope I did
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Thanks for the offer Pepsidude_123, I appreciate it!

Yeah.. it was going to be for AoE3 but I was just thinking through battles and eyecandy.. I realised that it wouldn't be worth the headaches.. and plus the mods wern't worth the effort when AoM can do it so much easier and better. And the editor is crappy.. AoM just seems like the better choice.

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Lol.. YAY!!!

Thank you.

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Thanks man.. funny the way things turn out.. after all the arguments and gamgingextremes going at zion going at lucky going at kalos we finally sorted it all out.

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posted 17 January 2006 06:32 PM EDT (US) 6 / 37

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Lol.. that's the best joke since Obsidian Games!

posted 20 January 2006 02:05 AM EDT (US) 7 / 37

This announcement looks really impressive

posted 28 January 2006 01:04 PM EDT (US) 8 / 37

Thanks Top Angel

I changed around the thread so it only has what's important.. sorry for my disorganisation so far... I'll try to make up for it.

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posted 28 January 2006 01:52 PM EDT (US) 9 / 37

Have you been able to get a new copy of AOM yet?

posted 28 January 2006 01:53 PM EDT (US) 10 / 37

Great showcase, very promising, the very best of luck!

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posted 28 January 2006 01:56 PM EDT (US) 11 / 37

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Have you been able to get a new copy of AOM yet?

If I'm lucky I'll have it tommorow.. thge guy said 7-10 days... tomorrow is the 7th.
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Sweet Slick thanks... I'll take all the luck I can get

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posted 28 January 2006 02:01 PM EDT (US) 12 / 37

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said 7-10 days... tomorrow is the 7th.

So you will have three days still to wait

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posted 28 January 2006 02:08 PM EDT (US) 13 / 37

I had to talk about that poem for my english coursework!

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posted 28 January 2006 08:47 PM EDT (US) 14 / 37

Thats the most nice looking announcement I've ever seen.

Sounds interesting Glitch, good luck with it.

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posted 29 January 2006 04:11 AM EDT (US) 15 / 37

I agree, but i would recommend using *.PNG files because you will get better quality

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posted 29 January 2006 12:19 PM EDT (US) 16 / 37

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So you will have three days still to wait

Probaly... the guys and girls you meet in stores arn't very reliable.

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I had to talk about that poem for my english coursework!

It's called Nautures first green is gold and was written by Robert Frost if that's what you're talking about... I like it... plus it goes with the theme of this story well so I said throw it in

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Thats the most nice looking announcement I've ever seen.

I beat The Vandhaal? ? Yay
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Thanks Sampson

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I agree

@Titan602

Thanks for the advice.. I might update them later.. but the quality is crappyish because I had to "printscreen" it for reasons I'll reveal when you're older The guys who made the builder wouldn't call it technically legal either so when they lift that law I'll e-mail you Joke

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posted 29 January 2006 03:41 PM EDT (US) 17 / 37

oh no, how the mighty have fallen, its the end of the world as we know it, nuclear holocaust, armageddon, the end of time! Okay I'm done now, sorry Glitch your announcement is neat and decent looking but I do still prefer The_Vandhaal's announcement styles...

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posted 29 January 2006 05:53 PM EDT (US) 18 / 37

The Vandhaal is more mature than me

Though every so often I get hit with waves of wisdom

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oh no, how the mighty have fallen, its the end of the world as we know it, nuclear holocaust, amargeddon, the end of time!

Er... I've kind of adapted to the way you think at this stage and I know that might of been an insult?
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But thanks for the comment.. it's no problem if you like The Vandhaal's better and thank you for calling it decent and nice. I'm going to try to make the sound part look a bit better proably in a little while.

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posted 16 February 2006 09:00 AM EDT (US) 19 / 37

A THULT THIS WAS ABOUT AGE OF MYTHOLAGY NOT FINYDODA

posted 18 February 2006 04:32 PM EDT (US) 20 / 37

Do you have a copy of Age of Mythology yet?

posted 18 February 2006 05:10 PM EDT (US) 21 / 37

Nice announcement, very nice. But of course, The Vandhaal's announcement for "The Corruptor" is better because of the character presentations and such.

Also, this seems to have a great potential.

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posted 18 February 2006 06:56 PM EDT (US) 22 / 37

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Do you have a copy of Age of Mythology yet?

Yeah... I've had it for a little while now... I just never expected we'd have to do such serious repair work on lzs... I'm really close to having the rts section ready too. Everything is back on track now it seems For better or worse.

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because of the character presentations and such.

I'll keep that in mind thanks

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Also, this seems to have a great potential.

Thanks again.. I'll try my best to live up to it!

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A THULT THIS WAS ABOUT AGE OF MYTHOLAGY NOT FINYDODA

I think I know what you're talking about,

If you're saying there isn't enough about AoM in this thread I agree... I screwed up there but it wasn't supposed to be like this... everything went to hell for a while.

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posted 19 February 2006 03:51 AM EDT (US) 23 / 37

Dulce et Decorem est Pro Patria Mori
I believe actually translates as:
Its is a sweet and honorable thing to die for ones country.
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Looking good though, keep it up!

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posted 19 February 2006 05:58 AM EDT (US) 24 / 37

Actually you're wrong.

There is no definite translation for those latin words into English. They could be sweet and seemily... or sweet and honourable... or sweet and fitting or anything that fits along those lines.

But saying it was sweet and honourable the direct translation would be:

"It is a sweet and honourable thing to die for ones fatherland".. except in Enlish we don't say fatherland we say country

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posted 19 February 2006 06:46 AM EDT (US) 25 / 37

It sounds good
I wish you luck

lol sig =D