"Slide closer to me and hold me in your arms... We will keep the cold at bay."
The softly spoken words followed by the tenderest of kisses send you drifting off to sleep; deeply snuggled in Aribeth's warm embrace. Your contentment provides fertile ground for a long night of pleasant dreaming. Scenes from the past few months of your heroic accomplishments are relived; squaring off against Obould Many-Arrows, your battle against the ancient, mighty Red Wyrm Klauth, your world-saving venture into the Source Stone. Every sequence, though, ultimately returns to a focus on Aribeth. The day you received her letter, the first time your eyes met, the first battle within the Graduation Chamber... The first time she spoke your name, the first embrace and kiss.
Aribeth gradually becomes the sole object of your peaceful dreaming.
Aribeth, herself, has drifted off to sleep into a night filled with long and vivid dreaming. Heartwarming scenes from her youth occupy her dream world; reliving conversations with her parents or a dear friend, and remembering how they cultivated her hopes and dreams. Passing over the trauma in her life, ultimately, her dreams also shift to visions of you. Her strong attraction the moment your eyes met and how she felt a nervous quivering; making her feel like a silly child. The fear that Fenthick would discover her feelings for you. And then to your touch, your caress, your eyes and smile... and your kiss. Dashed hopes and broken dreams have found their way into Aribeth's life, but they have led her into your arms, and tonight, while dreaming peacefully by your side, she smiles.
"Then all is silent and the snow falls, settling soft and slow. The evening deepens, and the grey folds closer earth and sky. The world seems shrouded, far away; its noises sleep, and I, as secret as yon buried stream, plod dumbly on, and dream." Archibald Lampman
Assumptions/Presumptions on player perspective. This module series mainly focuses on Aribeth and the player character's developing relationship. It is a module that is geared to those player characters, such as my own, that were attentive to Aribeth in the official campaign.
It is a ROMANCE, there is no friendship storyline for male or female player characters, that would be an entirely different storyline and module.
Aribeth's Revival is a niche module that is devoted to following a specific storyline that was present in the Official Campaign.
It is for those of us that acquired the necessary evidence that suggested that she should be shown mercy and those who entered the Source Stone with a hopeful outlook after having a positive dialogue with prisoner Aribeth; regarding your mutual/shared feelings.
I make the assumption that a significant relationship had developed over the span of many months where the PC and Aribeth spent many hours, days, weeks, etc., in close contact.
I emphasize this because if you don't, or are unwilling to, view the modules from this perspective, then they probably won't be something you'd want to download.
Did I mention:
It is a ROMANCE, there is no friendship storyline for male or female player characters, that would be an entirely different storyline and module. It would be a great idea for a module, but that would be too much for me to handle.
Aribeths_Revival_II_CEP.rar
Older CEP VERSION (1.52 and patch 1.66) of Aribeth's Revival. Be aware! This module might be more buggy than the non-CEP. Updated August 5th, 2007 8:00PM US East. Contains the CEP HAK and other files.
Aribeth's Revival II PATCH 1.66. This is the older 1.66 version for anyone who has yet to update to 1.68. Posted Jan. 15th, 2008. This ZIP compressed file also has the older 1.66 HAK for part II.
Aribeth II Epilogue.zip (post-BETA Sep 21st, 2006 2:30PM US EST)
Now included in the main module files, both CEP and non-CEP! You won't need to download this one if you have the updated module files.
An epilogue module that adds more content to the end of Aribeth's Revival II. It is sort of an experimental endeavor. It requires the non-CEP hakpacks from part I and II and the ari_rev_music.hak. It will play a music file from part I if you have previously downloaded them.
New, posted June 27th, 2007- This music file should have been available in the main music hak back from the start. It is the song that is played in the opening cutscene. I'll add it to the main music hak, so you only need to download this if you have already downloaded the main hak and want to hear the intro.
Aribeth's Revival II - Main module file in zipped format, with the generic music .hak file and readme.doc. Latest UPDATE on Jan 15th, 2008. This is now the patch 1.68 module file, which does have some newer content compared to the patch 1.66 version. --This is the most recent and up to date module version--
Aribeth's Revival II-HAK in ZIPPED format. UPDATED Jan 15th, 2008 for patch 1.68 and with Aribeth Armor changes -- You only need to download the RAR or the ZIP hak, you don't need both. RAR is a faster download, but some people depend on ZIP files, so I'll post both. You need to get this update if you haven't already.
This is Aribeth's Revival II built with CEP 2.0 and patch 1.68, posted February 29th, 2008. The most up to date CEP module. It has been tested a few times, but I don't think there should be any issues. The compressed zip package also contains the required HAK (ari_rev_2_cep.hak) file and the generic music hak file. If you want custom music, then you still need to download the music files and hak that are posted here in this list.
Aribeth's Revival II-HAK in RAR format. UPDATED to patch 1.68 with Aribeth Armor changes, Jan 15, 2008-- If you have RAR, then you don't need the ZIPs. Choose one or the other, not both. Updated elven heads; included 7 heads from commonwealth hak.
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