Jusal on 7/2/2007 at 13:02
So the next step would be considering the chances of him being Karras? That would be pretty traditional *Smith-in-Exile thread flashback*. Argh! What if Constantine was actually Karras in disguise? Or what if Garrett's father is Karras and it's all one big conspiracy? "Garrett... I am your father...". *Explodes*
Okay it went a bit offtopic after the first sentence, don't take it too seriously. ;)
taffer9 on 8/2/2007 at 05:00
The Master Builder?????;)
jtr7 on 8/2/2007 at 06:12
Heh heh heh....
Lightfall on 8/2/2007 at 07:50
As wonderful as it would be to give this guy a mystical capitalized title, I think you're reading too much into a number on a welding mask. I see nothing to indicate he's anything other than Joe Forger working his shift, wearing the gear that was assigned to him. You know how those uptight Hammers are, they probably label and assign everything right down to their skivvies, using numbers instead of names for the sake of convenience. As we all know, the turnover rate for the brotherhood is fairly high thanks to all the pagans, zombies and cranky garretts mucking about The City. No sense wearing out the giant steam-powered Label Stuff™ machine every time a brother bites the dust.
jtr7 on 8/2/2007 at 08:28
To quote myself from the first post: "And all those quotes attributed to 'im....":
"Make thou a fortress of thy heart, for thy most valuable treasures art those words given to thee by the Builder. - Words of the Sixth Forger"
"Each moment of thy life hath a choice - accept the trial the Builder hath set for thee, or lay down thy burden and die. - Words of the Sixth Forger"
"Make thou a fortress of thy heart, for thy most valuable treasures art those words given to thee by the Builder. - Words of the Sixth Forger"
The devs. made him mysterious, not I.
Every thread like this requires a disclaimer that this is only speculation and fun. Some people get it, some don't. :o
dlw6 on 10/2/2007 at 01:12
Quote Posted by jtr7
Every thread like this requires a disclaimer that this is only speculation and fun. Some people get it, some don't. :o
Except that you put "Spoiler?" in the title which implies that you're serious. I just think the Hammers were labeling everything ISO-9000 style.
While the quotes seem familiar, I don't recall them being attributed to anyone called "the sixth forger." Is my memory that bad (having not played T1 in a couple years), or are they from T3?
Don
Lightfall on 10/2/2007 at 01:29
Bah, you're right. I guess I was too busy patting myself on the back for coming up with my oh so hilarious labelmaker zing to stop and consider whether I was full of shite or not. If my world-class reading comprehension skills hadn't missed the last line of your post, I'm sure I would have dug deeper to find those quotes. I honestly don't recall even where they might be. I did skim the videos to find the one you got the screenshots from, but I didn't see anything special in them concerning a Sixth Forger, so I thought you were just being dramatic. I guess this is what I get for assuming. :erg:
It has been quite a few years since I've played through the games. I recently took up the torch for a full runthough, but life kept getting in the way before I even made it through TDP. If only I'd finished before this thread came up...
jtr7 on 10/2/2007 at 07:03
:o "Spoiler?" implies to me that something might possibly be spoiled for somebody since this is in the spoiler-free ThiefGen. Traffic in Spoilers&Hints is way too slow. Sorry for the misunderstanding, Don. And yes, the quotes are from T3, including the name of the quoter, while the pics are from Gold.
While compiling texts, transcribing the *.wav's, and scrutinizing the movies for the Thief Encyclopaedia, I've come across a few purposeful links the devs. threw in to tie the games to each other a bit more. This was just the latest, and a TTLG search for any other Encyclopaedia-worthy comments on the Sixth Forger yielded no results. There are quite a few speculative threads about the Order of the Hammer, and so, to kill many birds with one post, I shared this with my fellow taffers to see what would come of it.:)
