History VideoGame / ThiefIITheMetalAge

Following the events of ''[[VideoGame/ThiefTheDarkProject The Dark Project]]'', Garrett returned back to his old profession as he observed more technological advances in the hands of the Mechanists, an offshoot to the Order of the Hammer. When overhearing its leader making deals with a corrupt sheriff, Garrett sought to investigate the intentions of the new sect.

* CharacterDevelopment: The game where Garrett goes through the most of it. He starts the Metal Age a [[AntiHero selfish loner]], snarking about the follies of feelings and losing one's taste for thievery and professionalism, but over the course of the story he is drawn up into the escalating events of the Metal Age, is forced to work together with [[EnemyMine Viktoria]] to survive, someone he hates for personal reasons, and in the process grows closer to her and aids her people against their mutual foes, the Mechanists. He gradually drifts away from his usual selfishness and becomes more selfless and heroic, coming to care about her and what is happening to the world, her [[MoralityChain bringing out the best of him]]. Unfortunately, when the danger of death draws near, he panics and tries to revert back to his former cold, distant, selfish self at the worst possible time, abandoning Viktoria, before changing his mind and going back to save her, but failing to do so. In the end, after losing Viktoria when she is forced to carry out a HeroicSacrifice, he chooses to defeat [[BigBad Karras]] and save the world, accepting and fulfilling a part of his destiny. In the wake of the Metal Age, [[HurtingHero vulnerable and devastated]], Garrett at last decides he CantRefuseTheCallAnymore and asks his old mentor Keeper Artemus for the answers the Keepers possess, and that he has been running away from his entire life.

* CantRefuseTheCallAnymore: After spending his life running away from it, after Viktoria's death shocks and devestates [[HeartbrokenBadass Garrett]], he finally resigns himself to it.

* CharacterDevelopment: The game where Garrett goes through the most of it. He starts the Metal Age a [[AntiHero selfish loner]], snarking about the follies of feelings and losing one's taste for thievery and professionalism, but over the course of the story he is drawn up into the escalating events of the Metal Age, is forced to work together with [[EnemyMine Viktoria]] to survive, someone he hates for personal reasons, and in the process grows closer to her and aids her people against their mutual foes, the Mechanists. He gradually drifts away from his usual selfishness and becomes more selfless and heroic, coming to care about her and what is happening to the world, her [[MoralityChain bringing out the best of him]]. Unfortunately, when the danger of death draws near, he panics and tries to revert back to his former cold, distant, selfish self at the worst possible time, abandoning Viktoria, before changing his mind and going back to save her, but failing to do so. In the end, after losing Viktoria when she is forced to carry out a HeroicSacrifice, he chooses to defeat [[BigBad Karras]] and save the world, accepting and fulfilling a part of his destiny. In the wake of the Metal Age, [[HurtingHero vulnerable and devastated]], Garrett at last decides to become ResignedToTheCall and asks his old mentor Keeper Artemus for the answers the Keepers possess, and that he has been running away from his entire life.

-->'''Garrett''': All this... it was written?
-->'''Artemus''': All.
-->'''Garrett''': [[spoiler:[[WellExcuseMePrincess Viktoria's]] [[HeroicSacrifice death?]] And [[OmnicidalManiac Karras?]]]] Was it written? In your books?
-->'''Artemus''': All is, as it was written.
-->'''Garrett''': And there's more?
-->'''Artemus''': [[BluntYes Yes]].
-->'''Garrett''': [[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Tell]] [[ResignedToTheCall me]].

* DramaticIrony: Garrett begins the game snarking about his fellow criminal and partner Basso falling in love with a chambermaid and losing his taste for thievery, talking about how feelings get in the way of professionalism, and how he never lets that happen to him. By the end of the game he has developed feelings for the worst possible candidate that he could over the course of working together, the very being who betrayed and ripped out his eye, and is visibly [[HurtingHero emotionally devastated]] by her HeroicSacrifice.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:On the sweet side Garrett and Viktoria succeed in sabotaging Karras' plans to destroy the world and remake it in his own insane, metallic image. Saving the City, the world, killing the madman and bringing about the downfall of the Mechanist order in the process. On the bitter side, Viktoria is forced to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]] herself in order to do so, [[HeartbrokenBadass devastating]] [[HurtingHero Garrett]]. To make things worse, Garrett is informed that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ThiefDeadlyShadows more trouble]] [[SequelHook awaits him]] in the Keepers' glyph books.]] In the end, the devastated Garrett finally accepts his destiny and becomes ResignedToTheCall, ceases running away from it.

* CantRefuseTheCallAnymore: After spending his life running away from it, after Viktoria's death Garrett finally resigns himself to it.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:On the sweet side Garrett and Viktoria succeed in sabotaging Karras' plans to destroy the world and remake it in his own insane, metallic image. Saving the City, the world, killing the madman and bringing the downfall of the Mechanist order in the process. On the bitter side, Viktoria is forced to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]] herself in order to do so, [[HeartbrokenBadass devastating]] [[HurtingHero Garrett]]. To make things worse, Garrett is informed that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ThiefDeadlyShadows more trouble]] [[SequelHook awaits him]] in the Keepers' glyph books.]]

* DramaticIrony: Garrett begins the game snarking about his fellow criminal and partner Basso falling in love with a chamber maid and losing his taste for thievery, talking about how feelings get in the way of professionalism, and how he never lets that happen to him. By the end of the game he has developed feelings for the worst possible candidate that he could over the course of working together, the very being who ripped out his eye, and is visibly [[HurtingHero emotionally devastated]] by her HeroicSacrifice.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: How Garrett [[spoiler:defeats Karras]].

* DummiedOut: Due to the map size of "Life of the Party" being slightly shrunk down, a rooftop had a level event changed from two drunk guards standing beside each other and talking (in the ''Thief II'' demo) to the release version, which had a single drunk guard and the corpse of the second guard laying on the street below (implying he fell off in his stupor).

* BloodOath: When [[spoiler:Viktoria]] and Garrett forge a truce in ''Thief II,'' they seal it with this. [[spoiler:It's more of a "Sap Oath" in Viktoria's case, since she's a dryad and bleeds sticky green fluid.]]

* MissionPackSequel

* TakeYourTime: The objective description for "Eavesdropping" stressing that the meeting you need to listen in on will begin at midnight makes it sound like it's going to be a TimedMission, but in reality midnight conveniently arrives only when you've made it to one of the doors to the conference hall that the meeting takes place in.

* BittersweetEnding: On the sweet side Garrett and Viktoria succeed in sabotaging Karras' plans to destroy the world and remake it in his own insane, metallic image. Saving the City, the world, killing the madman and bringing the downfall of the Mechanist order in the process. On the bitter side, Viktoria is forced to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]] herself in order to do so, [[HeartbrokenBadass devastating]] [[HurtingHero Garrett]]. To make things worse, Garrett is informed that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ThiefDeadlyShadows more trouble]] [[SequelHook awaits him]] in the Keepers' glyph books.

-->'''Garrett''': [[WellExcuseMePrincess Viktoria's]] [[HeroicSacrifice death?]] And [[OmnicidalManiac Karras?]] Was it written? In your books?
-->'''Artemus''': All is, as it was written.\\
'''Garrett''': And there's more?

* DeadpanSnarker: As usual, Garrett shows this off a lot. Perhaps the best example occurs when [[spoiler:Viktoria]] nonchalantly declares he'll join them and help them. Garrett immediately blurts out "Join you ?" in what sounds like a mix of surprise and irritation, and then follows it up with a sarcastic "Not exactly my first choice...".

-->'''Artemus''': All is, as it was written.
-->'''Garrett''': And there's more?

* ThankTheMaker: The Mechanist robots ''reeeally love this trope''. "Praise Karras", "All should hear the words of Karras, the words of Karras...", etc. Needless to say, [[MostAnnoyingSound it can get annoying]]. A full list of the phrases can be seen [[http://thief.wikia.com/wiki/T2_Sound_Folder:_Robots here]]. This trope is [[PlayingWithATrope slightly played with]] though - every robot uses ''a voice track recorded by Karras himself''. It can become creepy hearing him speak from all of their mouths, even after you work out their limited speech patterns.

-->'''Garrett''': [[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore Tell me]].

-->'''Garrett''': All this...it was written?

-->'''Garrett''': [[spoiler:Viktoria's death? And Karras?]] Was it written? In your books?

-->'''Artemus''': Yes.
-->'''Garrett''': Tell me.

* GainaxEnding: The ending cutscene.
-->'''Garrett''': All this...it was written?
-->'''Artemus''': All.
-->'''Garrett''': [[spoiler:Viktoria's death? And Karras?]] Was it written? In your books?
-->'''Artemus''': All is, as it was written.
-->'''Garrett''': And there's more?
-->'''Artemus''': Yes.
-->'''Garrett''': Tell me.

* BittersweetEnding: On the sweet side Garrett and Viktoria succeed in sabotaging Karras' plans to destroy the world and remake it in his own insane, metallic image. Saving the City, the world, killing the madman and bringing the downfall of the Mechanist order in the process. On the bitter side, Viktoria is forced to [[heroicsacrifice sacrifice]] herself in order to do so, [[HeartbrokenBadass devastating]] [[HurtingHero Garrett]]. To make things worse, Garrett is informed that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ThiefDeadlyShadows more trouble]] [[SequelHook awaits him]] in the Keepers' glyph books.

* AltumVidetur: The Mechanists called their submarine the ''Cetus Amicus'', Latin for "friendly whale".

* TrailOfBlood: Literally the name of a mission, wherein Garrett peruses a Pagan agent through a destroyed Pagan village, and then through the Maw of Chaos from the original game. The trail goes on for so long that Garrett begins to hope that the agent doesn't run out of blood. [[spoiler: He does, but not before leading Garrett right to Viktoria.]]