MALEVOLENT

MALEVOLENT 1. 02 =============== By Paul \'Simyaz\' Thomson CONTENTS: ========= 1 - MOD DESCRIPTION 1. 1 - Malevolent - In Brief 1. 2 - Malevolent - In Detail 1. 3 - Malevolent - Design Focus 2 - UPDATE DETAILS 3 - INSTALLATION 4 - TROUBLESHOOTING 5 - CREDITS 6 - ADDITIONAL 1 - MOD DESCRIPTION =================== 1. 1 - MALEVOLENT - IN BRIEF =========================== Malevolent is a complex, multi-pathed, story-driven quest MOD revolving around the Player\'s relationship (be it good or bad) with a sentient suit of armour called \"The Armour of Malevolence.\" The Armour himself is a charismatic, manipulative and deceptive personality who likes to consider himself \"Articulate Evil\" and -after the Player dons the Armour for the first time- decides to invade a quiet corner of the Player\'s mind and call it his home. The story that evolves from that point changes depending on the relationship the player has with the Armour, and whether or not you choose to resist the Armour\'s whims, or submit to them (or any combination of the two.) There are essentially 3 primary paths through Malevolent that reflect this: ALIGNMENT::RELATIONSHIP::DESCRIPTIVE CONTEXT::PATH-SPECIFIC CONTENT Good::Parasitic::Resistance::50% Neutral::Mutuality::Self-Preservation::15% Evil::Symbiotic::Allegiance::35% Malevolent features a quest that spans more than 10 hours of gameplay, made up of: More than 5000 lines of dialogue (about 1/4 of which are voice acted). Dozens of new areas (including the \"Armour\'s Realm\", a colourless void of irrationality), created with hundreds of new textures and meshes. Highly complex scripted \"cinematic\" sequences, and tactically orientated combat encounters interspersed with logic puzzles of various designs. New music, sound effects, 2D Art, books, etc. 1. 2 - MALEVOLENT - IN DETAIL ============================ Malevolent begins where Oblivion (and potentially Shivering Isles) left off. Mankar Cameron and Mehrunes Dagon have both been defeated, and the Player has been ordained the Champion of Cyrodiil. By chance the Player happens across a Black Horse Courier article in Imperial City detailing a \"Military Build-Up East of Skingrad\", The article itself goes on to tell of a large number of Imperial Guardsmen who have been dispatched under the command of Captain Maelin -an Aspiring champion of Cyrodiil- to defeat a Lich that resides within a remotely located tower some distance from Skingrad. Intrigued by the article, the Player uses the information contained within to locate this \"Military Build-Up\", and travels there to survey the situation first-hand. There he is greeted by Captain Maelin, who recognises him as the Champion of Cyrodiil and promptly requests his aid in defeating the Lich. The player accepts and subsequently works with Maelin and his soldiers to storm the Lich\'s tower, and gain access to his underground lair. It is in the bowels of t