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THE TALE OF ARCHON:
By: Ian "Iron_Ian" Hedges

Requires: Approx. 20 mb Free Space, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Recommended System: 900 mhz Athlon with 320 mb ram and a 32 mb 
TNT 2 graphics accelerator card or better.

Hosted By: Wc3campaigns (http://www.wc3campaigns.com/)
Site Located At: http://ttoa.wc3campaigns.com

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Chapter 1: The Fall of Shinengua
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Installation: Create a folder in your Warcraft III Maps directory called TTOA,
then extract TTOA-Part1.w3x to that folder.

To Play: 
1. Open Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
2. Select Single Player
3. Select Custom Game
4. Open the TTOA Folder
5. Select "The Tale Of Archon - Part 1"
6. Enjoy!

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The History of Arasil and other documents about the world in which 
"The Tale of Archon" takes place can be viewed online here:  
http://ttoa.wc3campaigns.com

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Coming Soon: 

"The Tale of Archon" is planned to be released in late 2004.
It will feature 12 great cinematic maps. 
It will be several hours long.

TTOA may be released in two parts, depending on how long it actually ends up
being. As about halfway through the cinematic there is a point in which
it could easily be split up into two parts. The second part would then be 
released later.

This version does not include a custom loading screen, or minimap preview, but
in the final version these files will be included.

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Credits:
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Characters, storyline, and names for "The Tale of Archon" are by Ian "Iron_Ian" Hedges 

Terrain by: Ian "Iron_Ian" Hedges 

Cinematics by: Ian "Iron_Ian" Hedges 

Skins and Models (featured in this part) by:

Team Art:
Iron_Ian

Requested Art:
Cookie
RaBiDmOfO
SC Shavar

Public Art:
Chelo
Clotaire
Exn
Z3n
nicoli_s
PencilGod
Razorclaw X
Rommel
Smeagol
Toofik
Z3n

And of course Blizzard Entertainment :)

Sounds from:
Baldur's Gate Series
Icewind Dale Series
Gladiator
Rune
Sounddogs.com
Unreal Series

Music by:
James Horner

Beta Testers:
Nuladion
Zurg

Also special thanks to my friends/family for putting up with me spending 
all my time on my computer.

Thanks to my coworkers at Reverie Entertainment 
(http://reverieentertainment.net/) for their support as well!

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Disclaimer:
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"The Tale of Archon" TM is  2003 by Ian Hedges. Any similarities of 
characters, places, or other content is purely coincidental.

Authors may NOT use this cinematic as a base to build additional cinematics
without my written consent.

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this cinematic for profit in any way,
including but not limited to, putting it on a CD ROM or any other medium that 
is sold in or out of retail channels, for any amount of money.  You must obtain
written permission from me to exploit this cinematic commercially.

You MAY distribute this cinematic through any electronic network (Internet,
FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file, leave the archive
intact, and do not charge a fee for access to this file.

You may advertise "The Tale of Archon" so long as the location in which you are 
advertising permits it.

The music and sounds included in "The Tale of Archon" are copyright by 
their respective owners. This content is for sampling use only. Do not
distribute it in any way shape or form. If you wish to have any of the sounds,
buy the CD or download them from a freeware source off of the internet.

"The Tale of Archon" is not created or supported by Blizzard Entertainment.

 1994-2003 Blizzard Entertainment. All rights reserved. Warcraft I-III, 
Beyond the Dark Portal and The Frozen Throne game titles are trademarks 
and Blizzard Entertainment is a trademark or registered trademark of 
Davidson & Associates, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Email questions and comments to ironian@wideopenwest.com

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Also be sure to check out:

Darky27's: Nature's Call - Return of the Dragons (http://www.wc3sear.ch/rotd)

Realm Design's: The Dawn of Chaos (http://www.wc3campaigns.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=219)

alpengeist36's: In The Shadows of the Old Gods (http://www.wc3campaigns.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=386)

Bloodslaughter's: The Hobbit (http://www.wc3campaigns.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31710)

Daemonkillar's: Creatures of the Nights (http://cotn.wc3campaigns.com)

Zurg's: Cult of the Damned (http://www.wc3modforge.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=137)

And Of Course:

Reverie Entertainment, the company I work for :) (http://reverieentertainment.net/)