Sisters of the Blade

Sisters of the Blade is a near total conversion scenario plugin for Myth II: Soulblighter created by Giant and Demosthenes of Creation Games, and it was released on December 12, 2001. This plugin serves as the final project to ever come from the group.

Sisters of the Blade is a four level campaign with new units (14 of them), maps, scenery, and models.

Prologue
''My name is Asher, and I'm the apprentice of Ezrath, historian and prophet of the Order of the Blade. My job is to assist Ezrath in chronicling the events of the world, and to record his prophecies when he isn't able. I've only had this position for three years, since I first reached the age of a full Order member. In these last three years, things have been... interesting.''

''I was only six years old when conflicts in doctrine tore the Order apart and almost half our number fled to the Skadi Waste, a harsh and dry region outside our borders. I still remember when my best friend Isac came to my barrack window before the sun had come up, and told me that his parents were taking him away. The next morning, my teacher said that Isac and his family was guilty of heresy, and they were dead to the Order. To this day I don't fully understand what happened. "Ours is not to question, but to do."''

''But understand or not, that's all in the past. After the Schism, a small group of mercenaries started causing trouble on the border between the Waste and our farmlands. They started calling themselves the Grey Circle, and worked for whoever had enough money to hire them. They weren't a big problem, until they recruited the godless race called Grunes. My barrack-mother used to tell scary stories about the Grunes, but it's now pretty obvious that they're more than just stories.''

''I said, being a historian is an interesting job lately. It's even more interesting when your superior is a prophet. When Ezrath has a vision, he sometimes starts babbling strange things. It's my job to write down his ravings, and help him decipher them after he comes out of it. Sometimes he scares me, but I think he scares himself just as much. His visions have been happening more frequently in these last few months. Lately they all seem to center around a young woman and her baby, and something vague about treachery and betrayal.''

''Ezrath believes it's all incredibly important, but none of the Cardinals pay much attention. Personally, I don't know what to believe. Whether he's right or not, Ezrath's prophecies won't come true in my lifetime, he's said as much. "Ours is not to question, but to do."''

-Historian Asher, Anno Creare 5027

Factions

 * The Order of the Blade: For thousands of years, the Order had covered the entire known world. This noble religious order protected the peasantry from bandits and evil doers, and spread justice and civilization across the land. But a millennia ago, the Order's ranks were cracked in two by a doctrinal dispute, and a third of it's followers fled into the wilderness. The Order's power has slowly waned since that time, but it remains the largest and strongest power around.
 * The Skadi: After traveling far from the Order's land, the "heretics" settled in a dry and hostile region known as the Skadi Waste. A thousand years of fighting for survival in this land has transformed this Order offshoot into half a dozen primitive, nomadic tribes. The Skadi keep largely to themselves, but occasionally come into conflict with the Order and with mercenary groups.
 * The Grey Circle: Following the chaos of the Schisim within the Order, a group of assassins took advantage of the infighting, and consolidated themselves into a single company of mercenaries. Eventually the Grey Circle expanded their services from assassinations to full blown military operations, working for any would be warlord or small time usurper. The Circle's shady dealings often bring them into conflict with the Order, especially in the outlying borderlands.

Credits

 * Project Lead: Giant


 * Story and Level Design: Demosthenes


 * Unit Models: Jon Malis, Kalypso, Korgath, Giant


 * Unit Animation and Amber: Giant, Korgath


 * Fear: Silicon Dream, Demosthenes


 * Special F/X: Silicon Dream, Giant


 * Color Maps: Giant, Dozer, Clem, Omac


 * Scripting: Ghost, Synapsed, Giant, Silicon Dream


 * Scenery: Clem, Giant


 * Pregames: Clem, Giant


 * New Models: Pope, Amadeus


 * Model Retextures: Doz, Giant


 * Unit Flavor: Silicon Dream, Demosthenes


 * Voice Acting: Giant, Mrs. Giant, Silicon Dream, Ms. Silicon Dream, Pope.


 * Web Page: Clem, Giant


 * Beta Testers: Macros, Inferno, Iron Duke, Khellek, Maug and Team Creation.