DJ Riff on 22/1/2009 at 17:56
Seems like it's never mentioned on TTLG and Thief Wiki (or the Search function plays tricks on me :weird:).
Quote Posted by M9BOOK.STR
page_1: "Hodge died this morning. I tried desperately to care for him, but to no avail. He was delirious and gibbering and he cried out in pain, clawing the abysmal ground beneath him. I tried to calm him, but when he grabbed my hair and pulled my ear close to his lips, he said but one thing before expiring... 'burning water'."
It's a reference to a Dragonslayer movie:
(
ftp://djriff.homeftp.net/media/video/secret_places/thief1/Lost_City_Hodge_en.avi)
Here, old Hodge dies, and his last words are "burning water".
jtr7 on 22/1/2009 at 18:21
A-HA! Thanks! I knew there was something about that line. Now I know exactly what.:cool:
What "other" eggs are you sitting on?
EDIT: I haven't yet been able to view the clip, so I looked up the shooting script for the film:
[INDENT] Galen races up the trail rounds a bend and sees the Urlanders
coming toward him. Hodge precedes the group with an unsteady
gait. He sees Galen, raises up his arms and flops face down
on the trail. A long arrow protrudes from his back. Galen
kneels beside him. The uneasy company keeps its distance.
Hodge struggles to speak.
HODGE
Galen? Can you hear me?
GALEN
I hear you.
HODGE
You know, somebody shot me, but I
can still talk. There's something
that has to be done.
GALEN
I know.
HODGE
Not that cockatrice. Ulrich's ashes.
Here.
Hodge's hand comes out from under his coat gripping the
leather pouch. Galen tugs at it, but Hodge can't let go.
HODGE
Take it. Sorry, you'll have to peel
it loose.
Galen pries the sack out of Hodge's clenched fingers. Suddenly
the hand comes up, grabs Galen by the hair, and pulls him
near.
HODGE
(a croak)
...burning water... find the lake,
throw it in...
GALEN
(holding up the pouch)
What are you doing with this, Hodge?
HODGE
...burning water...
He dies. Galen frees himself from his grasp.
GALEN
Hodge, don't die. Listen to me. You're
not going to die.
Galen is frantic. He pulls out the amulet and wraps his hand
around it.
GALEN
Excede, mortem! Revoca, vitam!
(he shakes the body)
Excede, mortem! Revoca, vitam!
But Hodge has passed on, and Galen's magic has no way to
reach him. Suddenly the youth cries out in pain. He drops
the amulet and looks at his palm. The device has burned his
flesh. Now he becomes aware of troubled Urlanders looking
over his shoulder, witness to his failure.
[/INDENT]
Aside from the lake of fire, satan as dragon, judgment, hell and damnation, and the Trickster as Pan, lord of the underworld, and all those symbols, there is also this:
From M9MAILU: "Hundreds of magical fires float on the surface of the water."
Maybe as Keeper Hodge passed on he was astonished to see some of Karath-Din as it was. :erg::D
clearing on 28/1/2009 at 04:33
:cheeky: :thumb:
kamyk on 28/1/2009 at 05:03
Lol. I was wondering when someone besides me would notice this.
jtr7 on 28/1/2009 at 05:11
Haha! Don't wonder...speak up!:cheeky:
What else have you noticed?
kamyk on 28/1/2009 at 05:48
I have A.D.D. so I tend to notice things and then forget them just as quickly as I notice them, lol. If something kicks my noggin again, I'll try to point it out before I forget.
jtr7 on 28/1/2009 at 06:29
Understood, and I'd be much obliged. Even if it's a private message if it's something off-topic.:thumb:
