Title                   : Phantasm - The Nightmare Awakens
Filename                : PHANTASM.WAD
Designer                : Jason McCallister
Episode and Level #     : E1M1 for HERETIC
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Sounds/Music        : Yes
New Graphics            : No (will be in part II)
Design time             : 40+
Editors used            : WADED v1.81, HEU v1.1, DCK v8.3, NWT v1.1
Can be contacted at     : COM-LINK/Dragon's Den BBS (540) 463-3462

                                Coming Soon!
   The adventure continues in Hexen with Phantasm II - Voyage of the Damned
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                    Phantasm: The Nightmare Awakens

  The day has come.  You find yourself searching for the words you will
need to defend yourself, as you are removed from the dark, dank cell you
have come to call home for the last few weeks.  It is hopeless you know,
for you have been accused of heresy, and now you are being brought before
the "Council of Six" for an inquistion.  You glance up at the sky, an odd
storm brews overhead, you notice a flash of red lightning amongst
the black clouds.  The trials have become more or less a witch hunt.
The Church has abused its power to execute anyone it fears.

  The loud clank of the heavy wooden doors closing behind you snap you
from your thoughts.  You now stand in an inner chamber of the church.
The room is dark, lit only by torches on the walls opposite your sides
and the glimmer of daylight through the stained-glass overhead.
Directly in front of you sits the "Six" behind a large, cresent moon
shaped oak table.  You glimpse their emotionless eyes under the hoods
of their black robes.

  The tower bell rings the noon hour and the proceedings begin.
"You are accused of heresy by members of the Church."  You try to find
those words, but the sounds are drowned by the knot in your throat.
"We six, through the great wisdom of God, have determined that thou
art guilty." "Guilty, guilty, guilty"... echoes through your head with
a huge clap of thunder from above.  "We hereby sentence you to die by
burning at the stake, and may God have mercy on your soul."  The elder's
final words are silenced by the sound of a bolt of lightning shattering
through the skylight above.  It strikes the center of the oak table,
splitting it in two.

  Unharmed, you stand, brushing off the splinters of wood and bits
of glass from your back.  The council appears dazed.  Having nothing
else to lose, you seize the opportunity and dash for the door.  As you
near it, the door springs open and the guards approach.  You grab the
staff one of the elders dropped, deciding that you are going to escape
no matter what.  The guards draw their swords and command you to halt.
You step back, not noticing the strange ball of spiraling red lights
behind you.  As you spin to see what has engulfed you, you are blinded
by a bluish-white light for a few seconds, then it is gone.

  As your eyes adjust, you find yourself standing at the base of
a mountain, in front of an ornate entrance.  Waterfalls and rivers flow
everywhere.  "What is this strange place." you think to yourself.
"What in the..." and you find yourself a lost for words a second time
as several winged creatures come flying towards you.  You must me
dreaming.  That is it... you must be unconscious on the stone floor
back in the church... but then why has that fireball the vile
red demon tossed at you, burnt a hole in your cloak, and your body
wenched in pain as it scorches your flesh???