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On the episode's website, John Romero provides exposition for Sigil: "After killing the Spider mastermind at the end of E4M8 (Unto the Cruel), your next tour of duty is eliminating the hellspawn that is causing unimaginable carnage in Earth’s cities.
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Like the rest of the Doom episodes, it contains no story or cutscenes, and the only in-game story comes at the end. It takes place in Hell, and, after the final mission, Doomguy goes to Earth, to fight the demons there, in Doom 2: Hell on Earth.
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The events of Sigil take place directly after Thy Flesh Consumed, the fourth episode of Doom.
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