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
Salt as Wolves "Othello".) "Blues for Jessie Mae" is a tribute to blues singer Jessie Mae Hemphill. Writing for The New York Times, critic Ben Ratliff wrote that "Foucault sings in a rich, textured, word-smearing voice about subjects of burned-out middle age: love, lying, regret, highways, hauntings, escape, aloneness, forgiveness, the value of a simple thing, the void without it." He called the album " immaculately tailored within a certain tradition... It is aesthetically informed up to the eyes. It sounds casual, but it can grow oppressive quickly. All songs by Jeffrey Foucault unless otherwise noted. Salt as Wolves Salt as Wolves is