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Look at me! I am The Woodsie Lord, The Trickster of legend!
The Trickster[1]
The Woodsie Lord, commonly referred as The Trickster, is the (main) god of the Pagans who represents the forces of chaos and nature and believed that the world should not progress with technology, adopting a Luddite-like stance by his very nature, and it was his desire to return the world to a more pure form without the great stone and metal buildings, when the forests covered the world and people lived off the land.[6]
Religion[]
Pagan's worshiping the Woodsie Lord.
According to Pagan lore the Woodsie Lord is the father of all nature, who gave life to all wild beings, including plant life—and brought shelter and food to those who respect the wilderness.[7] Some possible depictions have him playing the bagpipes and being in the company of beautiful women.[8][9]
The Hammerite religion depicted him as being a chaotic, god-like entity who wishes to stop technological progress. They called him a dark entity and a false god, describing his miracles as false promises and that stealing is one of his ways. Although the exact connection between The Trickster and the Builder is unknown, Hammerites believe that the Builder came upon humans and offered them tools to work the land, while the Woodsie Lord continued preaching about the love for the pure earth to the Pagans. It is possible that these two gods have been fighting each other since the dawn of time.
He was oft-quoted in Pagan texts and parchments, and he is mentioned in Hammerite texts as being an evil god or devil-like entity that opposes the progress of The Builder.
History[]
Unlike the Builder, the Woodsie Lord was actually recorded in history (via the Keepers and Kurshok) to have walked the earth. The Kurshok described him as being kindhearted, allowing them to construct cities and ships of immense size despite his hatred of those who cut down trees and change the form of raw materials. He had a great fondness of the Kurshok above all other races. But he later banished the Kurshok underground, below the current city docks as punishment after the Kurshok King Gruliac had proclaimed himself above the Woodsie Lord's importance, and refused to give him back his crown.[4]
Fifty years before the events of Thief: The Dark Project, the Trickster may have used The Eye in order to start the Cataclysm within Old Quarter, which caused hordes of the undead to pour into the City from a prestigious Hammerite Cathedral. However the Keepers managed to contain the evil by using ancient Elemental Wards on the cathedral, of which these wards were controlled by four Talismans. Later on the City Watch kept the undead at bay, and the City Council raised a wall around the haunted section of the city to stop the spreading of undead.
The Dark Project[]
In Garrett's time, the Woodsie Lord disguised himself as an obscure and eccentric nobleman named Constantine, who owns a bizarre mansion that is decorated in plant motifs, in addition to a habit of collecting rare and unusual objects. He tested Garrett's thieving skills by having him steal a magical sword from his own mansion. After retrieving the sword, Garrett was hired to obtain The Eye for him in exchange for 100,000 of the City's monetary currency.[10] When Constantine had finally obtained the magical artifact, he revealed himself as The Trickster and had Garrett's right eye removed and placed onto The Eye. This bloodied sacrifice seems to serve as a catalyst to focus Constantine's magic spell and create a portal to the true world.[1]
After recovering The Eye, he and minions rampaged through the city and attacked the Hammer Temple in Downtowne, reclaiming his ancient subterranean temple in the process. He later returned to the Maw to perform his ritual, but was killed by the exploding replica which Garrett had exchanged for the real Eye.
This did not seem to stop the Pagans from worshiping him as they believe that he shall return. It is not known if this is possible, although there is the possibility that as long as The Eye exists, so does the Woodsie Lord in some form.
Relations[]
The Trickster had a close relationship with the wood nymph Viktoria, they were "old associates" as she put it. Viktoria acted as his personal messenger and was his main contact with The City officials. Like him, she also disguised herself as a human but was better adjusted in society. The nobles and criminals did not seem to mind her obscure background.
Appearance[]
The trickster disguised himself as an old balding man with white hear and a sinister appearance but his true appearance was similar to a large satyr or faun of ancient myth, with a thick reptilian tail and the symbol of the third eye emblazoned on his forehead.
Powers and Abilities[]
It is clear that Woodsie Lord commanded vast (if not undefined) mystical power through will and ritual, allowing him to command the four elements, mutate and summon creatures, and distort space itself. Additionally, he likely had the ability to easily draw out or even create vast wealth out of nothing in the form of precious materials, funding his activities in collecting rare and unique artifacts, and the strange form of payment in raw gold to the architect of a mansion in exchange for its construction on Constantine's behalf. He could also freely change his appearance at will as he disguised himself as an elderly man.
He gave the Pagans the power to control plant growth and raise the undead, and both he and his minions could freely shapeshift between human and beast form. When he traveled in human guise, he took the form of an elderly, balding man, named Constantine.
His in-game persona, "MrCon", was intended to possess three additional powers: elemental summoning, flinging frogbeasts from his hand, and raining fireballs onto his enemies. Due to a bug in the targeting method, however, he cannot use any of these weapons.
Notes[]
- The Trickster is the main antagonist in Thief: The Dark Project/Thief Gold.
- He resides in a cavernous realm called The Maw of Chaos; the nexus through which he summons his forces.[11][12]
Behind the Scenes[]
The Woodsie Lord his appearance as well as his role in the Thief series is an amalgam between the Greek god Pan and the Norse god Loki.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Constantine's betrayal" cutscene
- ↑ TG_Sound_Folder:_Hammer1 HM1A0CH3
- ↑ TDS_Sound_Folder:_hammer1 h1_idle6
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kurshok history - the greath fall
- ↑ Kurshok history - after the fall
- ↑ M12DPROJ
- ↑ TDS Sound Folder: pagan1 p1_idle8: why the Leafy Lord makers itch ivy...I bes not know...
- ↑ Intrude.gif
- ↑ Picnic.gif
- ↑ TG_CS06
- ↑ TG_B14
- ↑ Objectives
