WileECoyote383 on 29/2/2016 at 23:59
Hello, long-time lurker and first-time poster here. I just wanted to point something out that I thought was interesting. So the Thief series has three factions, the Hammerites, the Pagans and the Keepers. The Hammers represent Order, the Pagans represent Chaos, and the Keepers try to keep the balance between the two. In each of the first two Thief games, an evil entity tries to tip the balance to either side, and it’s up to Garrett to stop them with the help of the opposing faction. Constantine threatened to plunge the world into Chaos, so Garrett teamed up with the Hammers to blow him up, and Karras threatened to eliminate all organic life and leave only Orderly machines, so Garrett joined forces with Viktoria and melted him with his own rust gas. What’s interesting is that the names of these two villains indicate the opposite force they stand for. What do I mean by that? Well, Constantine is the villain of TDP, and he stands for Chaos. His name, however, is Constantine, as in Constant, another word for Orderly, the opposite of what he stands for. Karras is the villain of TMA, and he stands for Order. However, his name, Karras, sounds a lot like Chaos, the opposite of what he stands for. Is this intentional by the developers or just a cool coincidence? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
TheDarkOne93 on 1/3/2016 at 01:02
Interesting, this is my reasoning (which could be taken with a grain of salt), I believe that the coincidence of the names for these villain's was for the understanding that each side of the spectrum needs each other in order to strengthen and maintain power in their perspective realms. Without each side in constant conflict, then there would be no reasoning for these factions and no existence for what is chaos, order, and balance.
User 205 on 1/3/2016 at 12:53
Well Illuminati confirmed...I guess
Peanuckle on 3/3/2016 at 14:11
Another thing is that Constantine was the name of a Roman emperor who converted to Christianity from Paganism, while in-game Constantine is a Pagan God.
Viktoria, a name meaning victory, loses. (Too soon?)
