*********** Coven Of Ebony ************
A Quake Single Player Mission Pack

Maps and skins by Dustin "Tronyn" Geeraert
Coding and additional help by Rob "Fat Controller" Cruickshank
Both of us worked on the story.
 
Fragwiz.mdl by Dave Wallin and used with permission.
Hell Lord sounds are from Raven Software's Hexen II.
Hell Knight, Ogre, and Shambler skins by Kona.
Cut-scene code by Darin McNeil.
Axeman.mdl modified by Murderous Martin.
Mage1 skin uses parts of Steve Rescoe's shambler skin.
New knight and hellknight sounds from An Old, Old Evil.
New textures used from both Mission Packs.
Thanks to Lem for demo editing help.
Tested by Kindred, Kore, Lem, Fat Controller, and Tronyn.


* Visit The Phantasmal Garrison at http://www.planetquake.com/tronyn

*** Startup Information ***

Unzip all files to your X\Coe, where X is your Quake directory.
Example: C:\Quake\Coe

Start the game by typing: Quake -winmem 16 -game coe
Or, for Glquake users: Glquake -game coe

When you're ready to play, bring down the console and type 'map coestart'.

*** The Story ***

Eight months ago, a bloody, battered soldier stumbled through a slipgate early in the morning 
in the new Slipgate Complex.  No one knew who he was and no one could communicate with him.  
For weeks and months, the doctors tried their hardest to restore him to a regular state.  But 
despite their efforts, the man would only stare vacantly and mutter in a quick, arachnid tongue
 unfamiliar to the best of languists.  One bright morning he was found dead in the sick ward, with no sign of a struggle.  An autopsy revealed mechanical devices within him, and after many more months of decoding these electronics, a very rough log of the man's journeys was recovered. It is from this information that we percieve a current threat.

Besides this man, few have been through the slipgates.  Most are cut off from communication 
with home within several minutes and are never heard of again.  Less than ten have ever made 
it back, and most of these refuse to ever return.  The Earth Guard, in the beginning a valiant effort to protect our world from netherworldly threats, has been reduced to an underfunded 
group of badly shaken men.  The lapse in attacks has led wistful officials to believe that 
Quake has really been destroyed.  But droids sent through slipgate portals are still not 
coming back.  

Everything we know about Quake is merely theory; hypothesis.  Based on this sketchy information, we reason that Quake is a force which has been conquering worlds since before mankind existed.  
The multitude of factions and races in his armies are probably held together by some common bond.
But if Shub-Niggurath was truly the source of that bond, as many believe, then the beings in 
his army would be free from their servitude to him.

The effects of Shub-Niggurath's death, supposing she was the source of the bond, would have been similar to the fall of Rome,  but on a scale much, much larger.  Some would welcome their freedom. Some, corrupted with the power of Quake's influence, would not.  

Some conflict between the two groups was inevitable.

The faction we are truly frightened of is the Coven of Ebony.  This group of wizards seems 
intent on seizing Quake's unholy throne.  The Coven was last heard of running secretive underground meetings, and led by a master as yet unknown.  If we are right, the shockwave created by this being's death would badly upset Quake's armies again. You are one of our finest men, and in this dark hour we have no choice.  You must travel deep into the heart of the Coven Ebony, 
and assassinate their master.

*** Play Information ***

Single Player: Yes (Begin at the map coestart.bsp)
Cooperative: Yes (Begin at the map coe1.bsp)
Difficulty Settings: Yes
Demos Replaced: Yes
Music Tracks: In order: 8,2,4,5,9.  For use with any Quake soundtrack or your favorite compact disc album.
GLQuake Supported: Yes
Deathmatch: No

*** Sequencing ***

1. Hall of Fates
2. Ebon Church
3. The Twisting Caverns
4. Double Barbican
5. Dark Avatar's Haunt
6. Exit Demo

*Also included is coe_m.bsp, Fat Controller's monster testing map.

*** Contact Information ***

We map authors love feedback, so feel free to email us with comments.
Tronyn - tronyn@quakemail.com
Fat Controller - fatty@planetquake.com

*** Copyright / Permissions ***

Commercial distribution of this material, in whole or in part, requires
prior agreement with the author.  Commercial distribution includes any
means by which the user has to pay either for the support (e.g. CD-ROM,
or magazine CD-ROM)or for the material itself.  Unauthorized commercial
distribution is prohibited.

© 2000 Dustin Geeraert

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