Mageslayer
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MageSlayer is a computer game released in 1997. It was based on the Vampire engine, developed by Raven Software
, along with Take No Prisoners
. The engine provides a top-down view with 2d sprites for the character and monsters in a full 3d environment with dynamic and coloured lighting. The score was composed by Kevin Schilder
. MageSlayer marked another Raven Software collaboration with the fantasy artist Brom, who produced the box cover artwork for the title.
The five MageSlayer clans were formed to free the people of the lands from the power hungry Mages that had enslaved them. The MageSlayers learned to harvest the power of two very powerful meteors that fell from the sky. The first, the SunOrb, was studied and they learned to control powerful magic, without the megalomaniac side effects that the Mages experienced.
The second, the StarStone, was crafted into five powerful Relics. Using these two forces the MageSlayers drove the Mages into retreat. When the Mages fought back, the Clan of Knowledge was sacrificed in order to save the other clans. The MageSlayers were victorious, but it cost them the five Relics crafted from the StarStone and the Clan of Knowledge was destroyed. Each of the clans passed the knowledge of the SunOrb down through the generations. A single leader of each of the clans was selected to guard the most revered of the Clan secrets.
A millennium has passed since the Clan of Knowledge was destroyed in the Mage War. The Lore Thane, Leader of the Clan of Knowledge and descendent of one of the five powerful Mageslayers seeks revenge for what he sees was a betrayal. Now the Lore Thane is ready to take revenge on the other four Guilds that refused to help him against the Mages which led to his clan's destruction. He's unearthed the five StarStone relics that won the Mage Wars and placed them under the protection of his minions. The four remaining MageSlayer clans have joined forces and sent their leaders to fight their way through the dominions of the Lore Thane's allies in order to recover the relics. Scribes, named Archivists, have foretold a coming conflict with a powerful and evil undead LoreThane named Wyark, who has been growing in terrible strength with the aim of complete conquest of the world. The archivists have determined that the retrieval of the five special relics will enable the Mageslayer forces of good to defeat the evil Wyark. The players takes on the role of the Mageslayer tasked with retrieving the artifacts and ultimately defeat Wyark.
Raven Software
Raven Software is an American video game developer. The company was founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel. In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with Activision and was subsequently acquired by them...
, along with Take No Prisoners
Take No Prisoners (video game)
Take No Prisoners is a computer game released in 1997. It was based on the Vampire engine, developed by Raven Software, along with Mageslayer. The engine provides a top-down view with NPC and props being sprites. The score was composed by Kevin Schilder.- Plot :The whole game is set in San...
. The engine provides a top-down view with 2d sprites for the character and monsters in a full 3d environment with dynamic and coloured lighting. The score was composed by Kevin Schilder
Kevin Schilder
Kevin Schilder is a video game composer. He mostly composes synthesizer scores for Raven Software video games. His style is quite similar to the John Carpenter style, especially in Take No Prisoners....
. MageSlayer marked another Raven Software collaboration with the fantasy artist Brom, who produced the box cover artwork for the title.
Plot
On a world of fantasy far away, a shower of meteorites called Starfall dominates a time in history. The meteorites lie about everywhere pulsing with radioactive power which the people of the land scramble to exploit. Of the people only three professions had the power to exploit the radioactive stones; Mages, MageSlayers, and LoreThanes. The Mages in their hungry studies of the meteorites gained knowledge of the use of the stones and gained terrible power. Consumed by their lust for the power of the stones they dominated over all.The five MageSlayer clans were formed to free the people of the lands from the power hungry Mages that had enslaved them. The MageSlayers learned to harvest the power of two very powerful meteors that fell from the sky. The first, the SunOrb, was studied and they learned to control powerful magic, without the megalomaniac side effects that the Mages experienced.
The second, the StarStone, was crafted into five powerful Relics. Using these two forces the MageSlayers drove the Mages into retreat. When the Mages fought back, the Clan of Knowledge was sacrificed in order to save the other clans. The MageSlayers were victorious, but it cost them the five Relics crafted from the StarStone and the Clan of Knowledge was destroyed. Each of the clans passed the knowledge of the SunOrb down through the generations. A single leader of each of the clans was selected to guard the most revered of the Clan secrets.
A millennium has passed since the Clan of Knowledge was destroyed in the Mage War. The Lore Thane, Leader of the Clan of Knowledge and descendent of one of the five powerful Mageslayers seeks revenge for what he sees was a betrayal. Now the Lore Thane is ready to take revenge on the other four Guilds that refused to help him against the Mages which led to his clan's destruction. He's unearthed the five StarStone relics that won the Mage Wars and placed them under the protection of his minions. The four remaining MageSlayer clans have joined forces and sent their leaders to fight their way through the dominions of the Lore Thane's allies in order to recover the relics. Scribes, named Archivists, have foretold a coming conflict with a powerful and evil undead LoreThane named Wyark, who has been growing in terrible strength with the aim of complete conquest of the world. The archivists have determined that the retrieval of the five special relics will enable the Mageslayer forces of good to defeat the evil Wyark. The players takes on the role of the Mageslayer tasked with retrieving the artifacts and ultimately defeat Wyark.