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| <maintainer type="project"> |
| <email>games@gentoo.org</email> |
| <name>Gentoo Games Project</name> |
| </maintainer> |
| <longdescription> |
| Loki, god of deception and mischief was the bane of the gods, a black sheep who |
| tormented all the heavens with his persistent schemes for personal power. |
| Asgard, the high heaven where the gods dwelt while determining the fates of man |
| and beast was often filled with the howls of pain and anguish as god after god |
| fell victim to one of Loki's plots. Having one day taken these malicious schemes |
| against his Asgardian brethren too far for a final time, Loki, lord of lies, was |
| imprisoned by Odin the All Father and his, Thor, the god of thunder: |
| |
| Loki was chained to a bleak promontory hundreds of miles below the surface of |
| the earth. A venomous snake of immense proportions was wound around the |
| stalactites above him. From the mouth of this fearsome reptile dripped a steady |
| supply of acidic venom. The torment was horrific. The steady drops would eat |
| away the exiled god's midriff right down to the backbone. In turn, his immortal |
| powers of healing would slowly re-issue the flesh, only to have it burned away |
| again. The snake was unfailing, as were Loki's immortal healing powers. |
| |
| And the excruciating agony for Loki was unending. |
| |
| As Thor chained him to the rock, Odin All Father proclaimed that Loki would |
| remain under the constant drip of the venom until the day of Ragnarok; when |
| gods, men and giants would enter into a final battle and all reality as it |
| existed would perish. Then, and only then, would Loki be freed from his torment. |
| |
| In that distant climactic battle between the gods of heaven and the monsters who |
| dwelt deep in the earth, it was assumed that Loki would fulfill his fate and |
| take up sides against the Asgardians. Of course, Loki was the bane of fate, and |
| he had other plans. |
| |
| Rune was ported to Linux by Loki Entertainment Software and is a commercial |
| game, requiring the original media for installation. |
| </longdescription> |
| </pkgmetadata> |