Requiem: Avenging Angel within the game manual with a Biblical quote. For example, one of Malachi's attacking powers turns an enemy into a statue of salt. This power is explained via the following quote: "But Lot's wife looked back from behind him and she became a pillar of salt. - Genesis 19:26." Certain locations have followed this theme too, with humanity's starship named Leviathan after a sea monster from the Old Testament. The game's concept and premise were heavily inspired by John Milton's poem "Paradise Lost". In contrast to the interconnected world seen in the final game, early in development the plan was
Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery time about the king's real motive in pushing religious toleration. "Sodom" is popularly classified as closet drama, which means it has not had a major performance for centuries. The play was publicly performed in 1986 for six weekends at Broom Street Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. "Sodom" was revived at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011 by the Movement Theatre Company, in what is described as a "reconstructed" version. In the film "The Libertine", Johnny Depp, as Rochester, is seen staging "Sodom" in front of an outraged Charles II, with Rochester taking the role of the King of Sodom. Sodom, or