Chapter two has now been released, and chapter one has been modified heavily. If you have already read it, you will need to read it again! (It's about 35% longer). As far as the actual writing of the story goes, we are on chapter 7, and appear to be about halfway done.

"Bottled at Centauri Vineyards, New Hope"

What we see here are bottles, green bottles, inside Lord Bafford's kitchen fireplace. They are doing something that one does not normally expect bottles to do. See for yourself.

I compare my site to your thief-darkproject. You have more stuff, but I think my strategy section is better (IMHO), and I also have the only Thief mailing list I have yet to see. My site isn't "Finished" and never will be (unless all new content stops to exist). I update it weekly. I also have streaming thief music and all of the web-art (background, icons, logos) were created by yours truly. My site isn't as fancy as a good Flash site, but it is much faster and to the point, which was my goal. I also have a lot of un-original content, but I wanted my site to be a catch-all info and media site for Thief, not an original work of art.

"I saw a Hammerite on the street with a pouch of gold, so I snuck up on him to take it, but I tripped on a stone and fell on my face! The Hammerite quickly turned around and said with a sadistic grin 'I shalt enjoy crushing thee, taffer.' He raised his hammer and I shut my eyes, knowing this was the end, but what's this? No strike? I opened my eyes and was amazed, all is shining in a purple hue, then I notice the hammer in it's swing a few inches above my skull, frozen solid! I crawled away and stood up. 'Some trouble I see?', I heard a voice say. I turned around, and there he was, the purple caped figure with his green glowing eyes! He laughs slightly and said, "I have more to give to you, a gift from me, the lord of purple.". The figure tossed a package to me and said "If I were you I would look back" and suddenly a thick cloud of purple smoke appeared and the figure vanished into it! I turned around and noticed that the purple hue is gone, and the Hammerite is recovering. "How didst thou escape my blow?! Come here craven, and die!" he said. I decided it would be best to run away, so I did!"

Garrett's Portrait -
Garrett's face is usually mostly obscured in shadow or by his hood, only giving us slight glimpses of his actual features. Finally we get a clear view of what he really looks like.

Dark Poster 1 -
This was the first design for Thief's "poster". In it we see a rather fighter-like Garrett being stalked by Hammers, while the ghostly face of Constantine looks on.

Dark Poster 2 -
The 2nd draft of said poster, we see an abstract scene of Hammers, whisps, the Trickster's eye, and a creature that I'm guessing to be Viktoria in her 'monster' form.

Thief: The Dark Site WAS under "heavy construction" but I have been spending much time with it lately and though it will still be changed around from time to time (whenever possible), I feel that perhaps you should have another look: http://thief-thedarksite.8m.com . I am very excited about the amount of traffic I am receiving (nothing, of course, in comparison to your own) and if it is any indication of the interest in Thief, it shouldn't be long before fan sites begin sprouting up all over the place. BTW: thanks for the "potential" bit, sure it will attract hordes ;)