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Many books and paintings in the Thief series are inspired by real world documents, including
Captain John Phillips; pirate code and Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer." Additionally,
all of Thief III's portraits are members of the IonStorm development team.
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Thief was originally a medieval fantasy game called Dark Camelot, based on a reimagined
Arthurian mythology where Arthur and Merlin were insane despots. However, the original
engine handled breaking and entering better than swordfighting, so the team rebuilt it
around stealth.
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Viktoria's voice actress also voices SHODAN from the System Shock series, while Benny
the Dumb Guard voices XERXES. The latter's role in Thief was alluded to in Fallout: New
Vegas and Skyrim, where Harold the Tree shared Benny's accent and Mercer Frey was in charge
of the Thieves Guild.
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