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as heretics and waged war against them. The Sidhe are forced to take a drastic measure to sever the natural power of the kings destroying them and their armies, but at the cost of weakening the elves' power, giving the
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1796:"Heretic gets a 2024 update"
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1716:. November 1996. p. 107
1601:"Maximum Reviews: Heretic".
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2240:id Software
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2134:Black Crypt
1974:Black Ops 6
1800:Riscository
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1805:2024-07-14
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1623:"Finals".
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1290:Future plc
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1117:August 15,
1084:References
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972:Activision
963:Heretic II
915:its sequel
554:programmer
392:once again
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380:Heretic II
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679:Linux
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