Terri Brosius (

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Barous) is an American

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, and

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, best known in

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circles as the voice of

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in the ''

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'' series.

Biography

Terri was a member of the

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band

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as a keyboardist and occasional vocalist. On Tribe's albums ''

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'' and '' Abort'', she sang the song "Rescue Me". On Tribe's album '' Sleeper'', she sang the song "Mr. Lieber". Following the band's separation in 1994, she and Tribe guitarist

Eric Brosius Eric Brosius is a musician and video game developer, and a former employee of Looking Glass Studios. He is a former member of the band Tribe and is married to Terri Brosius. He is currently a member of the bands Eddie Japan and Dark Wheels. Bro ...

married. Terri is currently a keyboardist and backup vocalist for the Boston-based band The Vivs. Brosius and her husband, along with Tribe bass player Greg LoPiccolo, joined video game developer

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, where they worked on various game projects until its closure in 2000. She and her husband continue to work on various projects with

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. Brosius performed the voice of the character

in the CD enhanced version of ''System Shock'', and also in the

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co-developed sequel, ''

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'', in addition to several other characters. Brosius voiced the character Viktoria in '' Thief: The Dark Project'' and '' Thief II: The Metal Age'', and did some level and cutscene design for '' Thief: Gold'' and ''

Thief II ''Thief II: The Metal Age'' is a 2000 stealth video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Like its predecessor '' Thief: The Dark Project'', the game follows Garrett, a master thief who works in and arou ...

'', and co-wrote '' Thief: Deadly Shadows story with Randy Smith. She also voiced Ava Johnson in '' Deus Ex: Invisible War''. She is set to reprise her role as

in '' System Shock 3''. Brosius was announced to be voicing a character in the upcoming game '' Gloomwood'' in a trailer for the 2022 PC Gaming Show.

Voice acting roles

*''

'' – CD enhanced version (1994) (also writer) *'' Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri'' (1996) *'' Thief: The Dark Project'' (1998) (also writer) *'' Thief: Gold'' (1999) (also writer, level designer) *''

'' (1999) *'' Thief II: The Metal Age'' (2000) (also writer, level designer) *'' Deus Ex: Invisible War'' (2003) *'' Thief: Deadly Shadows'' (2004) (also writer) *''

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'' (2012) (also writer) *'' Interstellar Marines'' (2013) *'' Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon'' (2015) (also writer) *''

Dishonored 2 ''Dishonored 2'' is a 2016 Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the sequel to 2012's ''Dishonored''. After ...

'' (2016) (also writer) *''

'' – Remake (2022) *'' Gloomwood'' (2022) *'' System Shock 3'' (TBA)Twitter Announcement
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