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Faerie Dragons

2018-09-22T19:59:30Z

Narwen: Created page with "Third scenario of the Dragon Slayer campaign. == Campaign == === Right-click text === Now seeking the famed and elusive Azure Dragons you hear of sightings to the west...."

Third scenario of the [[Dragon Slayer]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Now seeking the famed and elusive Azure Dragons you hear of sightings to the west. Following the leads you find only a mischevious Faerie Dragon playing tricks on the locals. Disappointed at first, but soon you discover there are several such dragons and they are relocating towns, maidens and generally mucking about. This should prove challenging enough for you.

=== Prologue ===
I have never seen a Faerie Dragon. Little is known about these notorious troublemakers. What is known is found more in storybooks than magical tomes. Some say they are invisible. Some say they can cast spells. Some say they are only three feet high. Some say they are the henchmen of the Azure Dragons. I do not know what to expect or how my skills will be tested. Nevertheless, the more I know, the better I will be prepared for the Azure Dragons.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
You have six months to find and defeat the Faerie Dragons to cleanse this territory. If Dracon dies, the quest is over. Dracon, his skills, spells and Experience up to level 24 will carry over to the next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | It has come to your attention there are Faerie Dragons lurking about somewhere on the Western Border. Feeling you could use the practice before taking on the Azure Dragons you have decided to help the people of Bracada rid themselves of the threat. If the Faerie Dragons aren't disposed of within six months then they will destroy every village along the coast.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 8 - Neclace'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you are traveling down the road you and your army come across an old lady that says she can foretell your future. Not being a spoilsport you decide to give the old lady some gold in return for a palm reading.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 8 - Neclace 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | What the old lady tells you is quite surprising, "The Celestial Necklace of Bliss will be of great help in the near future." Feeling the old lady earned her money you watch as she walks off smiling to herself.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 20 - Get pendant'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Once the Pendant of Life was used to keep evil at bay. Recently it was stolen. Rumor has it that the person who brings the pendant of life back to the owner will receive great riches.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT ONE.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | HA,HA,HA..This isn't the right one either!
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Just as you are about to attack the dragon you think you hear the leprechaun's voice in your ear "Are you sure this is the right one....?"
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11, 53, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | After the disorienting feeling of the teleporter wears off you start down the path. You come across a leprechaun sitting on the what looks to be a very old Stump. "Hello again." Says the leprechaun with a grin on his face. "Hello." You said wondering why he isn't mad that you tried to take his head off with your bare hands. All of your wondering ceases when you see the leprechaun shimmer and fade away. Where once one leprechaun sat now three sets of Faerie Dragons sit. Realizing this dragon has been playing with you all of this time you look at the Faerie Dragons wondering which is the real one.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 11, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | After you beat the Faerie Dragons you look around you only to notice the image around, wavers. Then just as quickly as it began, the illusion disappeared. Looking around you again, you notice the town wasn't abandoned at all. It was actually a prospering city.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you walk towards the town you notice it is abandoned. Perhaps you can turn this town into something nice, you think to yourself. Unfortunately you are so deep in thought you don't notice you are surrounded by Faerie Dragons.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you walk towards the town you notice it is abandoned. Perhaps you can turn this town into something nice, you think to yourself. Unfortunately you are so deep in thought you don't notice you are surrounded by Faerie Dragons.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 53, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The leprechaun appears before you shaking his head and laughing to himself. Expecting the leprechaun about now you look at him and ask him what he is laughing at. "Do you purposely not pay any attention to anyone?" said the leprechaun again laughing to himself. Not feeling like listening to him you walk right past him thinking if you ignore him he will go away. To your dismay he doesn't go away. He just walks with you lecturing on why you should listen to him. After hours and hours of listening to him you come to the conclusion you are really getting tired of his antics. So you turn around angrily and attempt to take his head off with the back of your hand. But in the instant your hand makes contact with his body, he disappears. He irritated you so much that you actually start mumbling to yourself as you continue your journey to find the Faerie Dragon.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 85, 10, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you approach the garrison you notice there is no activity whatsoever. Standing in the bushes a short distance away from the garrison, you ponder what is happening. Finally you see the garrison gates open and two Faerie Dragons walk through the gate then disappear into thin air. "Ah" you think to yourself. You should have known. You stride towards the garrison telling yourself it is time to rid this land of the Faerie Dragons once and for all. Just as you start to head toward the garrison you stop and start to wonder where the sorry excuse for a leprechaun is now.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 88, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you step through the garrison you see a faint shimmer just over the small hill that lies in front of you. You know who is there. You just wonder if there is another way around the hill. Coming to the conclusion there isn't, you venture forth. As you top the hill you see the leprechaun and notice he is waving at you. The leprechaun strides forward coming to a stop directly in front of you. "I figured that since you wouldn't listen to me anyway, I wouldn't bother to warn you about the Faerie Dragons that were guarding the garrison," said the leprechaun. "Thank you very much. It was actually pleasant with you not there," losing your patience with the leprechaun. "If you are going to be like that then I won't tell you that one Faerie Dragon got away and is now returning with more," said the leprechaun again disappearing like he wasn't here to begin with.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 58, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Just shortly after you leave the castle you see a man lying in the ground, trying his hardest to get back to the castle. Being the honorable person you are you decide to help him. It takes you about an hour or so to take him back to his house, but just as soon as you are sure that he is home and safe, you turn to leave. As you reach for the door the old man regains consciousness and tells you the reason he was so hurt. He said he and the rest of his party who are now dead were ambushed on the road to the great Redwood Tree.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 73, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Wanting to get as much space between you and the Faerie Dragons you hurry on down the path. Turning your head to see how much distance is already between you and that...that...thing, you see that you are approximately 50 paces away. As you turn your head back to the road you nearly fall to the ground with surprise as the leprechaun appears directly in front of you. "I told you so!" said the leprechaun "Come on. What did I say? Say it with me now 'Don't under any circumstances open this box'. Well you didn't listen to me did you? Hehe, next time you will listen." The leprechaun laughs. Again, right before you can ask the leprechaun any questions, he disappears, leaving behind a four-leaf clover.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 102, 54, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | After long hours of walking down this path you approach a Redwood Observatory. Sitting at the base of the observatory you see some Swordsmen. As you approach them you notice their Archers have already notched their arrows and are about to fire. You wonder what you have done to upset them.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 104, 55, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reaching the base of the Redwood Observatory you see why these men attacked as they did. Smacking yourself in the face you tell yourself that you should have known they were protecting something.
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 103, 61, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Dracon|Wizard}}
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 19, 18, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You have chosen...
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 19, 19, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You have chosen...
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 45, 59, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you are walking through the forest you see a big box barring your entrance to the clearing up ahead. Remembering what happened the last time you opened a box similar to this you hesitate, deciding whether to open the box or leave it alone.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 53, 68, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Okay. Let's try this again" Says the leprechaun as he appears a little off to your left. It doesn't surprise you any more that the leprechaun just appears. So you talk to him like he has been there all along, "Let me guess. 'Don't open the box.' " "Hey, you catch on quick." Said the leprechaun, again disappearing. As you think of how weird all of this is, you shake your head. You decide to put up with the little leprechaun, remembering your ultimate goal is to kill the Faerie Dragons.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 72, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As the wind blows through the trees you think you hear laughter, but then you shake your head figuring it is only your imagination.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 84, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ouch! This one's gonna hurt.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 84, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you approach the box you hear a faint whisper in your left ear. "Good Luck with this one...." Shrugging the sound off as the wind, you decide to open the box.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 93, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Open carefully!
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 72, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you are walking through the forest you come across a box. You have seen these boxes before and quickly decide not to open it. After you take a few steps away from the box you realize curiosity just got the better of you. So you turn around and reach your hand out to open it. Suddenly a Leprechaun jumps out of the forest and sits on the lid, not letting you open it. Not really understanding what just happened and having never before seen a leprechaun you just sit there and study him. After a few long moments he breaks the silence, "I am Erik! And who might you be?" While you are telling him your name you wonder what this little guy is up to. "I know what is going on around here. Knowing this I just wanted to give you some advice.... Don't, under any circumstances open this box" says the leprechaun as he pats the side of the box. Then right before you are about to ask him why you shouldn't open the box. The leprechaun disappears in a puff of smoke. Leaving only you and the box.
|}

==== Signs ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22, 17, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | One box gives you riches, the other...?
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 73, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Crystal Valley
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Rust Dragons

2018-09-22T15:55:28Z

Narwen: Created page with "Second scenario of the Dragon Slayer campaign. == Campaign == === Right-click text === Now in search of the mighty Azure you hear of disturbances to the North. Burned v..."

Second scenario of the [[Dragon Slayer]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Now in search of the mighty Azure you hear of disturbances to the North. Burned villages and destroyed mines are causing the region to suffer. Without the mines in full production the region will not have the resources to defend themselves against Krewlod invasions or eat. Knowing you are the destined Dragon Slayer, it is time to follow the road north in search of ways to hone your skills.

=== Prologue ===
Rust dragons have taken to feeding from the mines near the town of Ochre. These uncommon beasts have chased off the peasantry and now their livelihoods are in jeopardy. As a hero, I should do this for the town's people. Yet, I do this to hone my skills. Where rust dragons abound, the Azure may be nearby.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Rust dragons have invaded the area, halting mine production. Flag all of the mines within six months, but do not lose the Dragon Slayer or your cause will be lost. Dracon, his skills, spells and Experience up to level 24 will carry over to the next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The people of Bracada have kept the Krewlodians at bay by controlling the mines. Now Rust Dragons have taken control and all of this lands resources will be gone in six months. The people are in need of help and your skills could use some sharpening.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 7 - Collar CarryOver'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | After a few drinks you and your troops start to exchange war stories. One of the tales that was told stuck out in your head. Unfortunately after all of the drinking you only remember some of it. The words that stuck out in your head were "...Collar of Conjuring...great riches."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 8 - Carry over of Crown'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Not wanting to make a habit of getting drunk every night you decide to go to sleep early. Your night was anything but restful. Sometime in the night you started to have a dream. You surprisingly remembered much of it.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 8 - carry over of crown 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You remember seeing yourself fighting a Blue Dragon, awesome in size. What really caught your eye though was the crown you were wearing. It was the Crown of Dragontooth. Realizing what you must do you set out in search for the crown.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16, 46, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you walk towards the entrance you notice it is unusually quiet. Then just before you enter the cave two dragons appear out of nowhere and block you from pressing on. Then as you turn to back up a little to give yourself some fighting room you are surrounded from behind.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16, 47, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you approach the mine you notice that it is very very quite.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 50, 69, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Hidden behind an unused part of the Water Mill is what looks like a very old book.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 93, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Tower}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Talirindë
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 53, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Tower}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ochre
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Tower}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Asenius
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 74, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Rust Dragon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you enter the crystal mine you hear death filled screams that would make any other man go mad. You head towards a faint light that looks to be deep within the cave. As you approach the light you see a dragons holding a man, who turns his head toward you and in a faint whisper says "Help us".
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 104, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Rust Dragon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | It has been a long trek through the mountains and trees. Up ahead of you is the gem pond that the dragons are said to have taken control of. Just as you are about to break through the trees you feel the sting of acid on your shoulder. You look up just in time to see that the dragons are attacking you.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 23, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Rust Dragon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | While you are hiking through the mountains you see a glint of reddish orange in the not too distant sky. As you walk up to the gold mine you feel a slight breeze. Seeing the dragons land you smile at your precise timing. " Nobody but the dragons will get hurt this time, you tell yourself."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 53, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Rust Dragon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | On your travels you come across a very old man lying on the ground. With a bandage over his head and a sling around his neck, he looks to be unconscious if not dead. Closing your eyes and shaking your head you decide to rid the land of the dragons that did this.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 53, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Rust Dragon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | It took you all day to get to the sawmill. Then again, the people in the nearby village said it would. The sun was just setting below the horizon when you spotted the dragons that put all the people in the nearby village out of work. After taking a hefty breath you set out to kill the dragons.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 82, 34, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Rust Dragon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The smell is excruciatingly bad. The sun is beating down on the blood covering the sulfur. The dragons have done a number here. It was time to find the dragons and rectify the situation.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 100, 106, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Rust Dragon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you approach the pond you are almost run down by an avalanche of prospectors. At a quick glance you take notice of how battered and broken the people are. Not wanting the people to suffer any longer you quickly run in to slay the dragons who are tormenting them.
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 8, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Shiva|Barbarian}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 87, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Crag Hack|Barbarian}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 101, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Dracon|Wizard}}
|}

==== Signs ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 93, 102, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Castle Asenius------- NorthCastle Talirindë------ East
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 73, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Crystal Valley
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Crystal Dragons

2018-09-22T11:29:45Z

Narwen: Created page with "First scenario of the Dragon Slayer campaign. == Campaign == === Right-click text === You face the last challenge in becoming a Dragon Slayer. You must complete the test..."

First scenario of the [[Dragon Slayer]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
You face the last challenge in becoming a Dragon Slayer. You must complete the test course in six months or fail the test. The Crystal Dragons will be well guarded, the paths watched by other creations. Golems, Gargoyles and Elementals will try and stop you before you can kill the Crystal Dragon.

=== Prologue ===
My mother has finished preperations for my final test. The finest crystal, stealthly taken from the caverns of Krewlod, has been used to create a great dragon golem. This creature's construction is a feat of magical prowess. To destroy it... is an even greater feat. Yet, I have heard the greatest feat a dragon slayer can accomplish is to kill the rare a mighty Azure Dragon.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
To pass the test you must kill the Crystal Dragon. Fail to kill the dragon within two months and you will not become a Dragon Slayer. Dracon, his skills, spells, experience and remaining troops will transfer to the next scenario along with the Diplomat's Ring. Dracon will be limited to level eight.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Your mother has been training Dragon Slayers for as long as she can remember. It is now time that she train her only son. Your mother knows how smart you are and therefore she can't give you any ordinary task. Approximately 30 or so years ago your mother went to the Festival of Life. The events of the festival inspired her. She took red crystal and, with the idea of a Golem in her head, created Crystal Dragons. She then set them loose in this little valley. The only thing going for you is your ability to train priests and mages into enchanters. You have control of a small village. Your task is to kill the Crystal Dragons with the troops given to you so you can prove to your mother and to everyone else you are ready to be a Dragon Slayer. The task is great so be careful.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 8 - Lost'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you are sitting down by the morning fire you remember the words of your mother, "If you get lost, put your right or left hand on the wall and follow the wall until you get to your destination."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 12 - Diplomat's Ring'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Something came to you last night. You couldn't sleep and so you decided to take a little walk. On your walk you remembered the last piece of advice that your mom gave you. She said that the Ring of a Diplomat will brighten your future.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Lying on the ground are small cracked shards of red crystal. Recognizing the shards you figure the Crystal Dragons must not have been pleased that their minions failed to stop you. Smirking to yourself, your confidence grows. You are ready for this...so you tell yourself.<center>[[File:Morale small.gif]] +2 [[Morale]]</center>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Lying on the ground are small cracked shards of red crystal. Recognizing the shards you figure the Crystal Dragons must not have been pleased that their minions failed to stop you. Smirking to yourself, your confidence grows. You are ready for this...so you tell yourself.<center>[[File:Morale small.gif]] +2 [[Morale]]</center>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 57, 11, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you approach the clearing you notice there are several ways to go. Not knowing which way is the correct way you decide to spin a bottle and go the way the bottle stops.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 59, 61, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Straight ahead you see the crystal dragons. Mother will be pleased, you think to yourself as you charge into battle.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | On your way to the Black Market you stumble across a camp. As you approach, you notice that the people in the camp aren't friendly. Realizing only too late you aren't welcome anywhere near their camp, you look around to see that you are surrounded. Not wanting to fight you bribe your way out.<center>{{w}} -100 [[Wood]], {{m}} -100 [[Mercury]], {{o}} -100 [[Ore]], {{s}} -100 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} -100 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} -100 [[Gems]], {{g}} -35000 [[Gold]]</center>
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Tower}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Camp Dracon
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Dracon|Wizard}}
|}

==== Signs ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7, 48, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Not all teleporters lead to the place you seek.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Greed is one of the seven deadly sins.
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Savaging the Scavengers

2018-09-22T11:00:42Z

Narwen: /* Heroes */

Second scenario of the [[Dragon's Blood]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Interrogation reveals Ordwald didn't personally defend his lands because he is seeking the fabled Vial of Dragon Blood. Unfortunately, Caomham and Preuet have also heard about the Vial. They will certainly follow you into the Deep Caverns after Ordwald if they can. You need to dispose of them first.

=== Prologue ===
Ordwald is absent. No wonder his lands were so easy to take. It seems he has spent his life and his father's fortune in pursuit of the fabled Vial of Dragon Blood. It is said to hold blood taken from the Dragon Father. It is believed drinking it will transform the user into a sentient dragon. Orwald isn't as stupid as I believed. Still, he is old. I will find him and the vial, but first, I must dispose of the young lords who have heard the news and nip at my heels.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Obliterate your opponents, but once again do not lose the hero Mutare. To do so would mean instant destruction. Mutare will be limited to eighteenth level, but will carry over the Dragon Scale Shield to use in the next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Vial of Dragon Blood will give me the edge I need to force my way into the ranks of powerful Nighon lords. To get the Vial I need to defeat the Vial's guardians or Ordwald or both. I also have to prevent Lords Caomham and Preuet from following me and attacking from behind when I seize the Vial. Finally, I am loath to yield anything of mine. Having any of my lands taken while pursuing the Vial would be... annoying. My current armies should be sufficient to hold Rauric and Ordwalds old lands, especially if I leave all my magic items, except the Charm of Mana, with my generals.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro (con)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | General Miah will mop up the last resistance in Ordwald's old lands and then rebuild the castle defenses and local garrisons. General Sengana will assume command of my home guard, castles, and garrisons. When the word gets out about the Vial of Dragon Blood, the borderlands are going to be crawling with Nighon Lords looking for it. While Miah and Sengana slow down the other Nighon Lords, I will take a small force, establish a base camp near the access to the Deep Caverns and drive Caomham and Preuet from the area so they can't follow me. Meanwhile my scouts will locate Ordwald. Once Caomham and Preuet are defeated, I'll follow Ordwald to the Vial and take it for myself.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 3 - Charm of Mana'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I kept the Charm of Mana, a worthless trinket if I've ever seen one, because the Seer near Sinkhole Castle seemed to think I would need it in the near future. I hope so for his sake. If it doesn't prove useful before too long, I'll have him hung.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 6 - No Quarter Scouting Report'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My scouts found a second Dungeon Castle called No Quarter to the northwest of Gloom Lake. There is still no sign of Lords Caomham and Preuets forces.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 10 - Tan Lord Scouting Report'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Some of my scouts found Lord Preuet's base. His troops are flying a tan banner and he has apparently seized a castle to the west called Dank Rock. Dank Rock appears to be his base of operations.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 14 - Green Lord Scouting Report'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Several days ago, scouts spotted Lord Caomham's green bannered troops at a castle called Fetid Cavern. Fetid Cavern is apparently a few days northeast of Gloom Lake.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 16 - Questgate Scouting Report'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today, the Master of Scouts reported a strange Border Guard who will only let one pass with a Charm of Mana. The scouts say the Border Guard is located though the subterranean gate near No Quarter Castle. I guess I won't have to hang the Seer after all.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 23 - Tactics'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: It will be a lot harder to take out Preuet and Caomham if they were smart enough to have allied. I don't think they are allied, though. They are probably each hoping the other Lord will hurt me and himself enough that they will have an easy victory over both of us. This should give me the initiative. If they aren't allies, I'll take out first one then the other and avoid fighting them both at once.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 27 - Dead Scout'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I had to kill a scout today. He was whining about being outnumbered 2 to 1. I overheard him talking and came up behind him. My form was excellent, I got a clean behead with the head falling right on top of his body. I then explained 2 to 1 meant twice as much loot. That cheered the troops up.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 39 - Ordwald's Forces'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My scouts have located some of Ordwald's forces in the Deep Caverns. From the interrogations, I know he doesn't know the exact location of the Vial of Dragon Blood. Still, I can't let him get too far ahead of me. I need to finish here and move on.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 54 - The Heat is On'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I received word from General Miah today. The word is out along the Nighon borderlands that Ordwald, Caomham, Preuet, and myself are after the Vial, but no one knows where we are. Miah has repulsed numerous probes and several recons in force from other border lords. They're not trying to take land, he says, they are looking for information.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 69 - Matter of Time'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Miah reports the border lords have changed tactics. They are flooding the area with scouts. He has caught dozens of them, but thinks it is just a matter of time before they discover my base of operations. Apparently, Caomham and Preuet lands are being overrun. Maybe I'll send condolences.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 92, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dank Rock
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 19, 61, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gruen Point
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 53, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | No Quarter
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 70, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Red Spider
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 90, 87, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gloom Cave
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 97, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Fetid Cavern
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 100, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Deemer|Warlock}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 104, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Lorelei|Overlord}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 104, 105, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Mutare|Overlord}}
|}

==== Signs ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 0, 100, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To Upper Tunnels
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 100, 100, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Road to Castle Gloom Cave
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 104, 107, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To Upper Tunnels
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 105, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To Upper Tunnels
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Blood Thirsty

2018-09-22T10:50:50Z

Narwen: /* Timed events */

Fourth and final scenario of the [[Dragon's Blood]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Ordwald lied to three powerful Nighon Lords. He told them, if they were to drink your blood they would also transform into dragons. Now your old opponent Ordwald and three powerful lords block your access to the upper tunnels. They want to kill you and drink your blood. You plan to drink theirs.

=== Prologue ===
I am successful. Now Ordwald and his lacky's seek to slay me and drink my blood. They believe it will transform them as the vial transformed me. They will never drink my blood. I will be the one to drink their blood.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Once again you must crush your enemies before they crush you. If Mutare dies then all is lost. With your two best aides this will still be a difficult battle.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Defeating the Lords blocking your access to the surface tunnels and the Nighon borderlands will prove my power to the rest of the Nighon Lords. You find yourself laughing with glee at the thought of the battles to come. You pause to admire your beautiful new claws, and then roar for messagers to summon your best two Heroes from the prior campaign. It's time to show the doubters I'm worthy to join the ranks of Nighon's powerful nobles. So they want to drink my blood, do they? I'll drink theirs!
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 2 - Campaign Journal 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Things are going according to plan. I have established a base in the tunnels below my enemies and I don't believe they know I am here. Locals say there are two more castles nearby. I plan to quickly take them and then launch a surprise assault up through the subterranean gates.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 3 - Scout Report Gold and Leprechaun'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My Master of Scouts reported the Subterranean Gate near Castle Bat Fang leads to an enchanted area with a Leprechaun and Gold Mine.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 4 - Scout Report NW Castle'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today the Master of Scouts reported his scouts found a neutral castle in the caverns to the northwest of our starting castle. They're still searching for other castles.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - Scout report SE Castle'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My scouts have located another neutral castle to the southeast from my starting castle.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 10 - Campaign Journal 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: A messager from General Miah, arrived today. He has obtained information, which he believes to be true, that at least two of the lords blocking my access into Nighon have formed an alliance. I would not be surprised if this is true. None of the lords I'm fighting now are fools. I'll beat them anyway. It will just be harder and victory will be sweeter.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 17 - Scout Reinforcements from Deep Caverns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My Master of Scouts had good news and bad news today. The good news was a group of my forces from the Deep Caverns have arrived nearby to reinforce me. The bad news is they can't reach me 'til some monsters are cleared from the road to the Deep Caverns. Fortunately the road ends near Castle Bat Fang.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 23 - Scout report Dragon Utopias'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: A while back scouts located a Dragon Utopia to the northwest, near a subterranean gate. A few days ago they found another Dragon Utopia located through a subterranean gate to the southwest. The Dragon Utopia is a day or so east of the gate.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 33 - Campaign Journal 3'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I'm going to have to counter Ordwald's lies. If people actually believe they can turn into a sentient dragon by drinking my blood, every Lord in the world is going to try to kill me. The cleverest lies are the ones people want to hear.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 43 - Campaign Journal 5'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today I sent a messager to the Sage by Sinkhole Castle. I asked him to do some research to prove that you have to drink the blood of the Dragon Father, NOT my blood, to turn into a sentient dragon. I offered him enough gold, he better prove it.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 50 - Campaign Journal 6'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I got a message back from the sage agreeing to do the research. Unfortunately, he requires some additional precious resources to conduct the research, blah, blah, blah. FINE, he can have them! If he asks for anything else, though, I will have him for supper! My other lands can pay the gold, I'll pay the resource cost.<center>{{m}} -5 [[Mercury]], {{s}} -5 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} -5 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} -5 [[Gems]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 55 - Campaign Journal 4'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today I sent a message to General Miah to leak word to the borderlands that drinking my blood just makes people sick. He's to spread rumors that I had some of my heroes' drink some of my blood and all it did was make them sick for a week or so. The rumors will spread from borderlands to the rest of Nighon. Hopefully they will make me less of a target.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 72, 58, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reinforcements arrive from your lands in the Deep Caverns.<center>27 {{cn|Troglodyte|name=Troglodytes}}, 12 {{cn|Harpy|name=Harpies}}, 10 {{cn|Beholder|name=Beholders}}, 6 {{cn|Medusa|name=Medusas}}, 3 {{cn|Minotaur|name=Minotaurs}}, 3 {{cn|Manticore|name=Manticores}}</center>
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7, 70, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 23, 45, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 30, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 86, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 47, 104, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 55, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Bat Fang
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 99, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 77, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 96, 50, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 55, 53, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Mutare Drake|Overlord}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 87, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ordwald|Druid}}
|}

==== Signs ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5, 107, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To Upper Tunnels
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 62, 58, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To the Deep Caverns
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 107, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To the Surface Tunnels
|}

== Epilogue ==
Ordwald is dead. His lackeys are dead. Their lands and riches belong to me. Soon, all of Nighon will belong to me.
[[Category: Campaign]]

Blood Thirsty

2018-09-21T23:42:34Z

Narwen: Created page with "Fourth and final scenario of the Dragon's Blood campaign. == Campaign == === Right-click text === Ordwald lied to three powerful Nighon Lords. He told them, if they were..."

Fourth and final scenario of the [[Dragon's Blood]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Ordwald lied to three powerful Nighon Lords. He told them, if they were to drink your blood they would also transform into dragons. Now your old opponent Ordwald and three powerful lords block your access to the upper tunnels. They want to kill you and drink your blood. You plan to drink theirs.

=== Prologue ===
I am successful. Now Ordwald and his lacky's seek to slay me and drink my blood. They believe it will transform them as the vial transformed me. They will never drink my blood. I will be the one to drink their blood.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Once again you must crush your enemies before they crush you. If Mutare dies then all is lost. With your two best aides this will still be a difficult battle.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Defeating the Lords blocking your access to the surface tunnels and the Nighon borderlands will prove my power to the rest of the Nighon Lords. You find yourself laughing with glee at the thought of the battles to come. You pause to admire your beautiful new claws, and then roar for messagers to summon your best two Heroes from the prior campaign. It's time to show the doubters I'm worthy to join the ranks of Nighon's powerful nobles. So they want to drink my blood, do they? I'll drink theirs!
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 2 - Campaign Journal 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Things are going according to plan. I have established a base in the tunnels below my enemies and I don't believe they know I am here. Locals say there are two more castles nearby. I plan to quickly take them and then launch a surprise assault up through the subterranean gates.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 3 - Scout Report Gold and Leprechaun'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My Master of Scouts reported the Subterranean Gate near Castle Bat Fang leads to an enchanted area with a Leprechaun and Gold Mine.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 4 - Scout Report NW Castle'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today the Master of Scouts reported his scouts found a neutral castle in the caverns to the northwest of our starting castle. They're still searching for other castles.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - Scout report SE Castle'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My scouts have located another neutral castle to the southeast from my starting castle.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 10 - Campaign Journal 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: A messager from General Miah, arrived today. He has obtained information, which he believes to be true, that at least two of the lords blocking my access into Nighon have formed an alliance. I would not be surprised if this is true. None of the lords I'm fighting now are fools. I'll beat them anyway. It will just be harder and victory will be sweeter.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 17 - Scout Reinforcements from Deep Caverns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | My Master of Scouts had good news and bad news today. The good news was a group of my forces from the Deep Caverns have arrived nearby to reinforce me. The bad news is they can't reach me 'til some monsters are cleared from the road to the Deep Caverns. Fortunately the road ends near Castle Bat Fang.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 23 - Scout report Dragon Utopias'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: A while back scouts located a Dragon Utopia to the northwest, near a subterranean gate. A few days ago they found another Dragon Utopia located through a subterranean gate to the southwest. The Dragon Utopia is a day or so east of the gate.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 33 - Campaign Journal 3'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I'm going to have to counter Ordwald's lies. If people actually believe they can turn into a sentient dragon by drinking my blood, every Lord in the world is going to try to kill me. The cleverest lies are the ones people want to hear.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 43 - Campaign Journal 5'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today I sent a messager to the Sage by Sinkhole Castle. I asked him to do some research to prove that you have to drink the blood of the Dragon Father, NOT my blood, to turn into a sentient dragon. I offered him enough gold, he better prove it.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 50 - Campaign Journal 6'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I got a message back from the sage agreeing to do the research. Unfortunately, he requires some additional precious resources to conduct the research, blah, blah, blah. FINE, he can have them! If he asks for anything else, though, I will have him for supper! My other lands can pay the gold, I'll pay the resource cost.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 55 - Campaign Journal 4'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today I sent a message to General Miah to leak word to the borderlands that drinking my blood just makes people sick. He's to spread rumors that I had some of my heroes' drink some of my blood and all it did was make them sick for a week or so. The rumors will spread from borderlands to the rest of Nighon. Hopefully they will make me less of a target.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 72, 58, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reinforcements arrive from your lands in the Deep Caverns.<center>27 {{cn|Troglodyte|name=Troglodytes}}, 12 {{cn|Harpy|name=Harpies}}, 10 {{cn|Beholder|name=Beholders}}, 6 {{cn|Medusa|name=Medusas}}, 3 {{cn|Minotaur|name=Minotaurs}}, 3 {{cn|Manticore|name=Manticores}}</center>
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7, 70, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 23, 45, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 30, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 86, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 47, 104, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 55, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Bat Fang
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 99, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 77, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 96, 50, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 55, 53, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Mutare Drake|Overlord}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 87, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ordwald|Druid}}
|}

==== Signs ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5, 107, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To Upper Tunnels
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 62, 58, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To the Deep Caverns
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 107, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To the Surface Tunnels
|}

== Epilogue ==
Ordwald is dead. His lackeys are dead. Their lands and riches belong to me. Soon, all of Nighon will belong to me.
[[Category: Campaign]]

Blood of the Dragon Father

2018-09-21T22:48:46Z

Narwen: Created page with "Third scenario of the Dragon's Blood campaign. == Campaign == === Right-click text === Whoever gains the Vial of Dragon Blood and drinks the Blood of the Dragon Father wit..."

Third scenario of the [[Dragon's Blood]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Whoever gains the Vial of Dragon Blood and drinks the Blood of the Dragon Father with transform into a Sentient Dragon. You MUST beat Ordwald to the Vial and defeat its guardians. Nothing else matters. Nothing!

=== Prologue ===
I have found Ordwald. He is close to the vial, but his conservative actions and slow thinking leaves the way open for me to surpass him. As much as I must worry about Ordwald, I must consider the vial. Once I have passed him, there is the vial, and no doubt, it will have guardians... dragon guardians.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Find the Vial of Dragon Blood before Ordwald or lose the race. Also, losing the hero Mutare means instant destruction. Mutare and two of her best heroes will be transferred to the next scenario, without level limitations.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Rust Dragons'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Supposedly somewhere in the Deep Caverns are a new type of Dragon called a Rust Dragon. This dragon is supposed to be more powerful than a Black Dragon.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Crystal Dragon'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | There is said to be a strange type of Dragon guarding a great treasure in the Deep Caverns. The dragon is supposedly made of crystal.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | I always thought I would be a powerful noble one day. Taking Rauric's Lands was only the first step. But I thought it wouldn't be possible 'til I was old, like 26 or 27. The Vial changes all my calculations. Whoever transforms into the Dragon will be able to muscle into the highest ranks of Nighon nobility.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro (cont)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | General Miah will take command of the troops in my old staging area (and new castles) near the access to the Deep Caverns. He should be able to make things tough on any Lords trying to follow me, by raiding them, killing their scouts, laying false trails and stomping any overly bold Lords. Meanwhile I'll take a small force and setup a camp in the Deep Caverns near where my scouts saw some of Ordwald's troops. A small force should be able to slip in without being noticed by anyone.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 2 - Scouting Report 1st Castle'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today some of my scouts reported Ordwald's troops hold a castle to the West. They are flying a blue banner. They say there are four passages leading to the castle. Wild monsters block each passage. The scouts don't believe my forces have been spotted yet.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - Campaign Journal 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I imagine Ordwald's troops near here are picket or screening troops. As soon as I take them out he'll know I'm in the Deep Caverns. Getting the Vial first is why I'm here, but I don't think Ordwald is going to let me walk up and take it without a fight.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 17 - Scout Report River'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today my scouts reported that further on to the west past the first enemy castle and a border guard is an underground river. The river appears to be the only exit from these series of caverns. My Master of Scouts is convinced Ordwald's armies passed through here about 6 to 8 months ago.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 24 - Scout report prison'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My scouts found a prison along the river today. A warlock named Alamar is imprisoned there. He is willing to join the side of anyone who frees him. He says he will also contribute his Endless Bag of Gold to his rescuer.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 31 - Campaign Journal 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I talked to the castle's Barkeep the other day. After tossing him a few gold and tickling him under his chin with my dagger, he told me an interesting story. Apparently there are rumors of a new type of dragon called a "Fay" or "Faerie" Dragon. They apparently have the soul of a leprechaun
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 31 - Campaign Journal 2 (cont)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | and the power of a normal dragon. I was fascinated. I love my Red and Black Dragons and even the Green and Gold ones respond well to me (too bad they live in the Bright Lands). I wonder if my affinity would work with these Fairy Dragons?
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 38 - Campaign Journal 3'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Certain resources seem scarce in this part of the Deep Caverns. I haven't been able to locate any Gem or Crystal mines. No sulfur dunes either, but at least the dungeon castles have resource silos. I hate having to deal with Merchants. I'd kill them all, but then who would trade with me?
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 63 - Campaign Journal 4'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I've been thinking about the magical plain areas containing trees and other Bright Land things. I wonder if I could relocate some Green or Gold Dragons into those areas. It would be some consolation for these areas' hideous green color. Plants should be brown not green.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 74 - Campaign Journal 5'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I have to wonder if the Father of All Dragons may have once lived in the Deep Caverns. That would be a worthy quest - finding the Father of Dragons. I think he might still live, maybe sleeping through the eons. It could be something I do when I get old.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 84 - Campaign Journal 6'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Good commanders have to plan for all the things that might happen. That way whatever happens, you can still win or at least survive your defeat. Rauric did not understand that. Which is why I killed him so easily and took his lands. If Ordwald gets the Vial first, I may be forced to flee Nighon.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 99 - Campaign Journal 7'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Miah sent a message that three powerful Nighon Lords are heading for the Borderlands. Apparently, they have heard about the Vial. I can't win if I get caught between them and Ordwald, unless I have the Vial. Still, it will take time for them to find the way down here and find me.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5, 6, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Some of my scouts report they have discovered strange types of Dragons. I'll have to see if I can recruit some for myself, when this campaign is over.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 88, 50, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A group of returning scouts report Ordwald and his armies are near. The scouts report Ordwald's main base camps are through the Subterranean Gate. The Vial of Dragon Blood must be on the other side of the gate.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Town
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16, 66, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 24, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 57, 89, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 78, 74, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 89, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 99, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 95, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Alamar|Warlock}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ordwald|Druid}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 98, 100, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Mutare|Overlord}}
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 22, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Pandora's_Box.gif|link=Pandora's Box]] [[Pandora's Box]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The caverns here seem to have grown around an ancient ornate box.<center>'''Guardians:''' 30 {{cn|Red Dragon|name=Red Dragons}}, 22 {{cn|Black Dragon|name=Black Dragons}}, 16 {{cn|Rust Dragon|name=Rust Dragons}}, 14 {{cn|Crystal Dragon|name=Crystal Dragons}}, 18 {{cn|Faerie Dragon|name=Faerie Dragons}}, 26 {{cn|Gold Dragon|name=Gold Dragons}}, 36 {{cn|Green Dragon|name=Green Dragons}}</center><center>{{an|Vial of Dragon Blood}}</center>
|}

==== Quest Guards ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 7, 21, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| The spirits of legendary knights guard this tower. They will only let pass one who is worthy. To prove your worth, you must first defeat the Crystal Dragons of the northern underground region.<center>{{cn|Crystal Dragon|name=Defeat the Crystal Dragons at (42, 32, 1)}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| You have not yet proved your worth. Go defeat the Crystal Dragons of the northern underground region. Only then may you pass.
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| We have received word of the defeat of the Crystal Dragons. Kindred spirit, do you wish to pass?
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 18, 22, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| The White Belted Knights of Erathia guard this tower. They will only let one of their own pass. To join the order, you must first defeat the Ghost Dragons of the northwestern underground region.<center>{{cn|Ghost Dragon|name=Defeat the Ghost Dragons at (17, 13, 1)}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| The White Belted Knights still will not let you pass, so you have not conquered the Ghost Dragons of the northwestern underground region.
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| News of your defeat of the Ghost Dragons of the northwestern underground region travelled quickly. Do you wish to pass, newest of the White Belted Knighst?
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 26, 30, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| The Red Belted Knights of Erathia guard this tower. They will only let one of their own pass. To join the order, you must first defeat the Red Dragons of the northwestern underground region.<center>{{cn|Red Dragon|name=Defeat the Red Dragons at (29, 12, 1)}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| The Red Belted Knights still will not let you pass, so you have not conquered the Red Dragons of the northwestern underground region.
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| News of your defeat of the Red Dragons of the northwestern underground region travelled quickly. Do you wish to pass, newest of the Red Belted Knights?
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 29, 13, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| The Green Belted Knights of Erathia guard this tower. They will only let one of their own pass. To join the order, you must first defeat the Green Dragons of the northwestern underground region.<center>{{cn|Green Dragon|name=Defeat the Green Dragons at (17, 21, 1)}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| The Green Belted Knights still will not let you pass, so you have not conquered the Green Dragons of the northwestern underground region.
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| News of your defeat of the Green Dragons of the northwestern underground region travelled quickly. Do you wish to pass, newest of the Green Belted Knights?
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 32, 32, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| The Black Belted Knights of Erathia guard this tower. They will only let one of their own pass. To join the order, you must first defeat the Black Dragons of the northern underground region.<center>{{cn|Black Dragon|name=Defeat the Black Dragons at (37, 14, 1)}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| The Black Belted Knights still will not let you pass, so you have not conquered the Black Dragons of the northern underground region.
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| News of your defeat of the Black Dragons of the northern underground region travelled quickly. Do you wish to pass, newest of the Black Belted Knights?
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 36, 15, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| The Gold Belted Knights of Erathia guard this tower. They will only let one of their own pass. To join the order, you must first defeat the Gold Dragons of the northwestern underground region.<center>{{cn|Gold Dragon|name=Defeat the Gold Dragons at (25, 31, 1)}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| The Gold Belted Knights still will not let you pass, so you have not conquered the Gold Dragons of the northwestern underground region.
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| News of your defeat of the Gold Dragons of the northwestern underground region travelled quickly. Do you wish to pass, newest of the Gold Belted Knight?
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 40, 22, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| Evil spirits guard this tower. They will only let you pass if you defeat the Faerie Dragons of the northwestern underground region.<center>{{cn|Faerie Dragon|name=Defeat the Faerie Dragons at (33, 33, 1)}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| You may not pass until you defeat the Faerie Dragons of the northwestern underground region.
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| A bargain is a bargain. Do you wish to pass?
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 41, 31, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| Monsters with blood dripping from their eyes guard this tower. They will only let pass the one who defeats the Rust Dragons of the northern underground region.<center>{{cn|Rust Dragon|name=Defeat the Rust Dragons at (41, 21, 1)}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| You may not pass. Go defeat the Rust Dragons of the northern underground region to pass.
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| Word of your defeat of the Rust Dragons traveled quickly. Do you wish to pass now?
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Savaging the Scavengers

2018-09-21T21:34:00Z

Narwen: Created page with "Second scenario of the Dragon's Blood campaign. == Campaign == === Right-click text === Interrogation reveals Ordwald didn't personally defend his lands because he is seek..."

Second scenario of the [[Dragon's Blood]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Interrogation reveals Ordwald didn't personally defend his lands because he is seeking the fabled Vial of Dragon Blood. Unfortunately, Caomham and Preuet have also heard about the Vial. They will certainly follow you into the Deep Caverns after Ordwald if they can. You need to dispose of them first.

=== Prologue ===
Ordwald is absent. No wonder his lands were so easy to take. It seems he has spent his life and his father's fortune in pursuit of the fabled Vial of Dragon Blood. It is said to hold blood taken from the Dragon Father. It is believed drinking it will transform the user into a sentient dragon. Orwald isn't as stupid as I believed. Still, he is old. I will find him and the vial, but first, I must dispose of the young lords who have heard the news and nip at my heels.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Obliterate your opponents, but once again do not lose the hero Mutare. To do so would mean instant destruction. Mutare will be limited to eighteenth level, but will carry over the Dragon Scale Shield to use in the next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Vial of Dragon Blood will give me the edge I need to force my way into the ranks of powerful Nighon lords. To get the Vial I need to defeat the Vial's guardians or Ordwald or both. I also have to prevent Lords Caomham and Preuet from following me and attacking from behind when I seize the Vial. Finally, I am loath to yield anything of mine. Having any of my lands taken while pursuing the Vial would be... annoying. My current armies should be sufficient to hold Rauric and Ordwalds old lands, especially if I leave all my magic items, except the Charm of Mana, with my generals.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Intro (con)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | General Miah will mop up the last resistance in Ordwald's old lands and then rebuild the castle defenses and local garrisons. General Sengana will assume command of my home guard, castles, and garrisons. When the word gets out about the Vial of Dragon Blood, the borderlands are going to be crawling with Nighon Lords looking for it. While Miah and Sengana slow down the other Nighon Lords, I will take a small force, establish a base camp near the access to the Deep Caverns and drive Caomham and Preuet from the area so they can't follow me. Meanwhile my scouts will locate Ordwald. Once Caomham and Preuet are defeated, I'll follow Ordwald to the Vial and take it for myself.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 3 - Charm of Mana'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I kept the Charm of Mana, a worthless trinket if I've ever seen one, because the Seer near Sinkhole Castle seemed to think I would need it in the near future. I hope so for his sake. If it doesn't prove useful before too long, I'll have him hung.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 6 - No Quarter Scouting Report'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My scouts found a second Dungeon Castle called No Quarter to the northwest of Gloom Lake. There is still no sign of Lords Caomham and Preuets forces.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 10 - Tan Lord Scouting Report'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Some of my scouts found Lord Preuet's base. His troops are flying a tan banner and he has apparently seized a castle to the west called Dank Rock. Dank Rock appears to be his base of operations.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 14 - Green Lord Scouting Report'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Several days ago, scouts spotted Lord Caomham's green bannered troops at a castle called Fetid Cavern. Fetid Cavern is apparently a few days northeast of Gloom Lake.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 16 - Questgate Scouting Report'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today, the Master of Scouts reported a strange Border Guard who will only let one pass with a Charm of Mana. The scouts say the Border Guard is located though the subterranean gate near No Quarter Castle. I guess I won't have to hang the Seer after all.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 23 - Tactics'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: It will be a lot harder to take out Preuet and Caomham if they were smart enough to have allied. I don't think they are allied, though. They are probably each hoping the other Lord will hurt me and himself enough that they will have an easy victory over both of us. This should give me the initiative. If they aren't allies, I'll take out first one then the other and avoid fighting them both at once.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 27 - Dead Scout'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I had to kill a scout today. He was whining about being outnumbered 2 to 1. I overheard him talking and came up behind him. My form was excellent, I got a clean behead with the head falling right on top of his body. I then explained 2 to 1 meant twice as much loot. That cheered the troops up.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 39 - Ordwald's Forces'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My scouts have located some of Ordwald's forces in the Deep Caverns. From the interrogations, I know he doesn't know the exact location of the Vial of Dragon Blood. Still, I can't let him get too far ahead of me. I need to finish here and move on.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 54 - The Heat is On'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I received word from General Miah today. The word is out along the Nighon borderlands that Ordwald, Caomham, Preuet, and myself are after the Vial, but no one knows where we are. Miah has repulsed numerous probes and several recons in force from other border lords. They're not trying to take land, he says, they are looking for information.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 69 - Matter of Time'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Miah reports the border lords have changed tactics. They are flooding the area with scouts. He has caught dozens of them, but thinks it is just a matter of time before they discover my base of operations. Apparently, Caomham and Preuet lands are being overrun. Maybe I'll send condolences.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 92, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dank Rock
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 19, 61, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gruen Point
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 53, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | No Quarter
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 70, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Red Spider
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 90, 87, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gloom Cave
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 97, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Fetid Cavern
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 104, 105, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Mutare|Overlord}}
|}

==== Signs ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 0, 100, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To Upper Tunnels
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 100, 100, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Road to Castle Gloom Cave
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 104, 107, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To Upper Tunnels
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 105, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | To Upper Tunnels
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Culling the Weak

2018-09-21T21:01:07Z

Narwen: Created page with "First scenario of the Dragon's Blood campaign. == Campaign == === Right-click text === Ordwald, your near neighbor, is the oldest lord in Nighon. Age has started to effec..."

First scenario of the [[Dragon's Blood]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Ordwald, your near neighbor, is the oldest lord in Nighon. Age has started to effect the old warlock, but he is still able to beat off the other young lords. Unlike the others, you have patiently waited for Ordwald to stumble before you move. Last week, Ordwald slipped. Time to take him down.

=== Prologue ===
Ordwald. I find the name distasteful. This old man has held rich Nighon lands given to him by a much greater father. He has squandered his time and done little to earn his stature. I have stood in his shadow and by his borders too long. His lands will be mine.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Crush your enemies, but be careful not lose Mutare. Mutare will be limited to level ten, but will transfer to the next scenario. Gain the Charm of Mana from the Seer's Hut and carry it into the next scenario to access a bonus area.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Day 1 Intro'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | My spies have brought news; two young and hungry lords have launched near simultaneous attacks on Ordwald. Surprisingly, they are doing well. A year ago he would have easily beat off the young lords' attacks. Ordwald must have lost his edge for them to do so well.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Day 1 Intro (con)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The time is ripe to kick out the young upstart lords and seize the old warlock's lands. Ordwald's banner is blue, while the young lords are flying green and tan. The time has come to advance my red banner. The time has come to cull the weak.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 3 - War Diary Red Dragons'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today my scouts reported a small group of wild Red Dragons have built a nest blocking the most direct route to Ordwald's remaining lands.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 4 - War Diary Green Lord'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My western scouts report Lord Caomham's green banner is flying over Harpy's Rock Castle. Harpy Rock use to be one of Ordwald's castles.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - War Diary Tan Lord'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: This evening an out of breath scout reported Lord Preuet's tan troops have seized Ordwald's Dead Timber Castle. Dead Timber is located to the north of Death Kiss Castle.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 9 - War Diary Upper Caverns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: My scouts say there are at least three castles in the upper caverns. The nearest is called Sinkhole; they don't know the names of the others or even exactly where they are located. The Master of Scouts says there is some sort of random teleport system, which connects a series of upper level caverns.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 11 - War Diary Sage's Note'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today I receive a note from a sage near Sinkhole Castle asking for a visit. He apparently needs help with a personal matter and he is willing to pay for my help with something that will be useful to me in the near future. I decided to visit or send an embassy when time allows. Sages have been cryptic, but useful in the past.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 14 - War Diary Town Revolts'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Today, a group of scouts reported that four of Ordwald's towns have revolted and are now neutral. Apparently there were so few garrison troops, the occupants of the towns chased out the remaining troops. Ordwald is known for a heavy hand with his subjects. Still, now I wonder where are the troops that were guarding those towns?
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 20 - War Diary Missing Garrisons'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Ordwald has not yet been spotted. Whatever his flaws, he is a powerful warlock and if all the missing garrison forces are with him, he should have a powerful army. I've ordered the Master of Scouts to find him. I don't want him launching a surprise attack on me or any of my other forces.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 36 - War Diary Troops Need to Guard Homeland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I received a message today from General Maih. The neighboring Lords around my original holdings have finally noticed my invasion of Ordwald. Miah says they are probing to see if they can take my lands while I am occupied here. I know these Lords. If there is any sign of weakness they will swarm across the borders. On the other hand none of the neighboring Lords have anything personal against me. Strong castle garrisons and a strong home army under a competent general, like Maih, will deter an invasion. I refuse to lose any land. I'm going to send Maih some of the low-level recruits here to strengthen the home castle garrisons.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 42 - War Diary Miah's extra recruits'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: I received a message from Miah today. The Lords surrounding my home lands have quit testing the home defenses. Miah reports skirmishing around Lord Preuet's and Caomham's lands now. If either was a fool enough to not leave an adequate defense they will pay for it now. Miah thinks he can spare a few high level recruits now if I want them. I sent an order allowing him to release the extra troops to me.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 47 - War Diary Recruits arrived'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: The extra recruits arrived today. I distributed then evenly over all of my new castles.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''(16, 33, 0) Dungeon: Day 47 - Recruits'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Additional recruits arrived here today.<center>{{Cn|Minotaur|noname=}}{{Cn|Minotaur King|name=3 Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings}}, {{Cn|Manticore|noname=}}{{Cn|Scorpicore|name=2 Manticores and Scorpicores}}, {{Cn|Red Dragon|noname=}}{{Cn|Black Dragon|name=1 Red Dragon and Black Dragon}}</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Harpy's Rock: Day 47 - Recruits from home'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Additional recruits arrived at Harpy's Rock Castle today.<center>{{Cn|Minotaur|noname=}}{{Cn|Minotaur King|name=3 Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings}}, {{Cn|Manticore|noname=}}{{Cn|Scorpicore|name=2 Manticores and Scorpicores}}, {{Cn|Red Dragon|noname=}}{{Cn|Black Dragon|name=1 Red Dragon and Black Dragon}}</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''(35, 57, 1) Dungeon: Day 47 - Recruits from home'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Additional recruits arrived here today.<center>{{Cn|Minotaur|noname=}}{{Cn|Minotaur King|name=3 Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings}}, {{Cn|Manticore|noname=}}{{Cn|Scorpicore|name=2 Manticores and Scorpicores}}, {{Cn|Red Dragon|noname=}}{{Cn|Black Dragon|name=1 Red Dragon and Black Dragon}}</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Dead Timber: Day 47 - Recruits from home'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Additional recruits arrived at Dead Timber Castle today.<center>{{Cn|Minotaur|noname=}}{{Cn|Minotaur King|name=3 Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings}}, {{Cn|Manticore|noname=}}{{Cn|Scorpicore|name=2 Manticores and Scorpicores}}, {{Cn|Red Dragon|noname=}}{{Cn|Black Dragon|name=1 Red Dragon and Black Dragon}}</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Death Kiss: Day 47 - Reinforcements from Home'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Additional recruits arrived at Death Kiss Castle today.<center>{{Cn|Minotaur|noname=}}{{Cn|Minotaur King|name=3 Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings}}, {{Cn|Manticore|noname=}}{{Cn|Scorpicore|name=2 Manticores and Scorpicores}}, {{Cn|Red Dragon|noname=}}{{Cn|Black Dragon|name=1 Red Dragon and Black Dragon}}</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''(57, 38, 1) Dungeon: Day 47 - Recruits from home'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Additional recruits arrived here today.<center>{{Cn|Minotaur|noname=}}{{Cn|Minotaur King|name=3 Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings}}, {{Cn|Manticore|noname=}}{{Cn|Scorpicore|name=2 Manticores and Scorpicores}}, {{Cn|Red Dragon|noname=}}{{Cn|Black Dragon|name=1 Red Dragon and Black Dragon}}</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''(58, 30, 0) Dungeon: Day 47 - Recruits'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Additional recruits arrived here today.<center>{{Cn|Minotaur|noname=}}{{Cn|Minotaur King|name=3 Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings}}, {{Cn|Manticore|noname=}}{{Cn|Scorpicore|name=2 Manticores and Scorpicores}}, {{Cn|Red Dragon|noname=}}{{Cn|Black Dragon|name=1 Red Dragon and Black Dragon}}</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Sinkhole: Day 47 - Reinforcements from Home'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Additional recruits arrived at Sinkhole Castle today.<center>{{Cn|Minotaur|noname=}}{{Cn|Minotaur King|name=3 Minotaurs and Minotaur Kings}}, {{Cn|Manticore|noname=}}{{Cn|Scorpicore|name=2 Manticores and Scorpicores}}, {{Cn|Red Dragon|noname=}}{{Cn|Black Dragon|name=1 Red Dragon and Black Dragon}}</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 56 - War Diary ?'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | War Diary: Strange, still no sign of Ordwald. The Master of Scouts has not located him and cringes whenever I look at him. The fool, he doesn't realize he does too good a job for me to make an example of him. I'm starting to wonder if one of the young lords got lucky and actually had Ordwald assassinated.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 9, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16, 33, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 19, 18, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 38, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22, 57, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Harpy's Rock
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 57, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 14, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 52, 19, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dead Timber
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 52, 57, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Death Kiss
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 57, 38, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 30, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" |
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Dungeon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sinkhole
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 38, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Red Dragon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You see a nest of wild Red Dragons up ahead. Do you wish to attack?
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 52, 58, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Mutare|Overlord}}
|}

==== Seer's Huts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 69, 53, 0
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| I have a personal experiment which requires 13 Sulfur, 7 Crystal and 13 Gems. If you or minions supply me with these items, I will give you a magic item. I have devined this item will be useful in the next year or so on or around a Castle called No Quarter. Bring me the resources and the item is yours.<center>{{s}} 13 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} 17 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} 13 [[Gems]]</center>
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| <center>{{an|Charm of Mana}}</center>
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Oblivion's Edge

2018-09-21T18:59:31Z

Narwen:

Eighth and final scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
The Kreegan race borders on extinction, yet remains defiant. King Lucifer has sent for aid from the Overlords of Nighon. It is estimated that it shall take no more than 60 days for an army to arrive and reinforce the Kreegan king. The tide has turned as Catherine's army now has the Blade and the irony of Lucifer's downfall under the Blade he created to destroy the world has not escaped Catherine. She intends to bring the Blade to Hell itself if need be.

=== Prologue ===
Armageddon's Blade is no longer a threat. However, King Lucifer Kreegan still sits upon the throne of Eeofol. What few clans remain have rallied to defend their king and his lost cause. Erathian spies tell us the demon king has requested support from the dungeon overlords of Nighon. We cannot confirm this. If it is true, we cannot allow Lucifer to receive this aid. We must dethrone the demon king. Time is short, but now we wield Armageddon's Blade. It is time we take armageddon into the heart of hell itself.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
You have 60 days for Gelu to take Armageddon's Blade to the Eeofol capitol of Kreelah before the forces of the Dungeon Overlords arrive to reinforce King Lucifer. If Gelu, Roland, or Catherine is lost, your war ends here.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron has been defeated, but managed to teleport away before he could be finished off. Still, we now possess the Blade and it is time to end this. The last remnants of the Kreegan clans have chosen their capital city of Kreelah to make their stand. We outnumber them, however they are still powerful and may yet take the day, with some help.Our spies have learned that King Lucifer, in desperation, has sent an emissary to the Overlords and Warlocks of Nighon to beseech them for aid. We have no way of knowing if they said yes or not, therefore we must fear the worst. At the earliest, it would take an army from Nighon some 60 days to reach this valley. We must hurry. King Lucifer must be slain before that time.All that stands in our way is the remaining members of the Sons of Erebus and supposedly Xeron has chosen to stand by his king to the very last. They will be dug in quite heavily, so gathering powerful forces is imperative. May the Light shine down upon and bless this undertaking. All of Antagarich is depending on our success. Good luck to us all.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 4 - Nighon Emissary Captured'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | During the early hours after breakfast, a runner reports to Catherine that some outer patrols have captured an apprentice Warlock apparently on his way to Kreelah. On his person they found a note addressed to King Lucifer.Upon closer inspection of the note, it reveals their worst fears: the Overlords of Nighon have indeed allied themselves with the devils of Eeofol once again. A sizeable army travelling underground from the land of Nighon is on its way and is expected in some 50 days or so.Catherine blanches at the news, yet shows nothing to the people under her command. She has to be strong at this most dangerous point in their war. Any sign of weakness might lessen their chances of success. Time is not only of the essence at this point, it's a crucial obstacle to overcome.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 10 - Seduced by the Blade'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Last eve as Gelu lay sleeping in his bunk; an odd dream came to him. It was filled with visions of glorious battles and immense personal power being heaped upon him. He saw himself chosen by General Kendal as the new king of Erathia. Later he saw himself as ending the feuds in Antagarich and being named leader of the entire continent. He saw Antagarich finally at peace. All the while in the background was this lovely woman, her eyes the color of emeralds, her skin like fine silk, her hair the color of steel. She was intoxicating, invigorating, and mysterious. In every sequence of this possible future he saw, there she was and she gave him a sense of calm and strength. The last image he witnessed before waking was that of a finely crafted sword. Instantly he knew this was his key to which he dreamt of. He immediately knew this sword was to be his and had been instrumental in creating the world in which he lived during that dream. That sword looked mysteriously like Armageddon's Blade.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 14 - Tamar's Return'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In the darkest hours before dawn, Catherine is awoken by a soft wind blowing across her body, caressing it like Roland often had, pleasant and loving. She turns, expecting to see her loving husband there with her, when she sees a figure in azure robes trimmed in silver runic writing. The figure simply stands there, not saying a word."Greetings Tamar. What are you doing here? What visions have you come to warn me about now?" Catherine asks, quite annoyed at the fact it is not Roland."I have come to impart some wisdom to you, Queen of Enroth," Tamar says in that soft whisper of a voice. "The pale warrior often called Devil's Bane I have foreseen to be of great import in your endeavor. He alone is the key to victory here. You must see he is given the Blade and sent to Kreelah to face King Lucifer. He has a destiny to fulfill that no one must be allowed to interfere with, for if he is to fall, everything shall turn to chaos. Oceans will boil, the ground shall swallow entire cities, and everyone will die a horrifying death. I do not think that you would want this possibility to come to pass, am I wrong?"Catherine stares at the shadow shrouded face of this Elemental Lord and sighs, "No, of course not.""As I suspected. So, rest now, Catherine Ironfist, for the days ahead shall be plagued by troubles and filled with glorious victories. You shall prevail if you trust your heart and relax your mind. Heart is the one thing the devils cannot crush; use it as your most prominent weapon. Good luck. I pray you will be well, as I do for those under your command." With that, Tamar vanishes as if he had never come, as if he were a mere dream. Exhausted and confused somewhat, Catherine goes back to sleep, her task set before her. Gelu is the one who must bear the Blade to Kreelah and kill King Lucifer. It seems a task easier said than done.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 16 - Sleen Sentenced'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A message was received by all this morning informing the leaders of Catherine's army about the fate of Sleen. Sleen was judged by General Kendal's appointed judicator, Johannes Bonn, and sentenced to live out his miserable life in prison, performing acts of hard labor and housed alone so he may contemplate that which he has done.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 25 - Tavin's Guerillas Strike Again'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Early in the morning a legion of halfling slingers from Tavin's Guerillas stopped by to inform Gelu they had struck a blow for his army. A lackey of Xeron's had been slain while on a mission for his lord. The Archdevil Xex was now and forever dead.Gelu, smiling, addresses his troops and tells them the good news. Once the cheers begin to die down, he sets upon them the task of taking Kreelah sooner. Their spirits high, they accept his challenge with great aplomb. Nothing could stop them now.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 33 - Ghosts of Conscience'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Roland lay sleeping in his bed last eve, drenched in sweat, his mind racing and filled with visions of vengeance and malice. As he slept, the heat brought with it dreams, dreams of places and people long forgotten as well as specters of recent events.As the heat rose, so did the intensity of these dreams, each coming faster and more powerful than the last. Some came as ghosts others as visions of warning, but all pointed to one thing; he was headed down the dark path.One of the most powerful of these dreams was a visit from a longhaired old man with long wizened features and gnarled fingers. He spoke in the raspy voice of the dead."King Roland, I come to you with a tale. 'Tis a tale of vengeance and suffering, pain and loss. I was once a mage of great repute in Bracada, but was stripped of my title of Archmage and sentenced to become just a lowly alchemist for the crime of being far too mercenary in my ways. This, however, was where I thrived. My skills as a weaponsmith and alchemist went unchallenged and I was hailed as a hero by some. I made weapons for kings and priests, lords and ruffians. Anyone and everyone with the gold could purchase my services, both on the side of light and dark. I did not care. But then, came Xeron and his terrible request. He fed my greed and anger at being used and abused by those who claimed to be my superiors by giving me gold and a chance at revenge. This burning desire blinded me to the reality that Xeron was a truly evil man and I paid for my mistake with my life and immortal soul.I stand before you now, Roland Ironfist, to make you see that you are treading down the dark path, a path that will lead you away from your loving wife and son. Turn back now and all shall be forgiven. Ignore my warnings and forever shall you be like your brother, Archibald. Your innocence may be lost, but do not allow your good humor and noble heart go with it."The image faded and was replaced by that of his father, old King Ironfist. The image of his father was one long ago nearly forgotten. It had been so many years since his beloved father had passed away. This brought up memories of the indignities and pain he had suffered at the hands of his brother. It also reminded him of the strength he had back then and how he persevered during the Succession Wars. His father's countenance carried with it a look of disappointment in his noble son. King Ironfist simply shook his head and walked away, back into the shadowy fog of death.Roland awoke with a shot, calling out his father's name and reaching for his hand. Realizing it had been a mere dream, he lay back down to return to sleep. As he tried to drift back into sleep's grasp, he could not help shake the image of his father turning his back on his favored son. Roland understood at the moment, what Khazandar's ghost and Catherine's letter had been trying to tell him. He immediately got dressed and sought out a cleric. He had strayed from the path of light; it was time to return to the way.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 14, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Staeverin
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 61, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Andershire
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Calembria
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 36, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[Kreelah]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Aglorande
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 59, 8, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Socon
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 48, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Decotta
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Halfling}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We are members of Tavin's Guerillas and have been instructed to aid you. Tavin is quite pleased that you are helping us regain our homeland."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Gelu|Ranger}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 36, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Zydar|Heretic}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Catherine|Knight}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Calid|Heretic}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 39, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Xeron|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 32, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Calh|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Roland|Knight}}
|}

== Epilogue ==
Lucifer Kreegan is dead. The few remaining Kreegan clans have gone into hiding. All but a few of the elemental Confluxes have disappeared. I am sure we will see them again... if needed. As for myself and Roland, we will soon depart for Enroth and I will see my son again. As for Gelu, I left Armageddon's Blade in his hands. Following our victory, he and his guerilla army vanished into the Erathian forests. I do not know if he intends to destroy the weapon... or keep it for himself. In time, I am sure we will all know.
[[Category: Campaign]]

To Kill A Hero

2018-09-21T18:48:06Z

Narwen:

Seventh scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Catherine has lost support in Erathia. They are tired of war and do not wish to pursue this any further. To ensure victory, Catherine has stepped down as Queen and joined Roland with the Conflux army, pushing deeper into Eeofol. General Kendal has been left to see to the task of picking Erathia's next ruler. In secret, he has dispatched Gelu and his Forestguard to help his former Queen and good friend in this most serious of endeavors.

=== Prologue ===
With the majority of the Kreegan forces destroyed, Erathia's lords have grown weary of this war and have withdrawn their support. They do not understand. This is a critical moment. To continue this war, I have stepped down as Erathia's Queen. Myself, Roland, and the Conflux forces will continue to press to the capitol of Eeofol. However, between us and the demon king stands the hero Xeron. We are told he wields Armageddon's Blade. We must succeed for the safety of Erathia, and the world.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Catherine, Gelu and Roland must defeat the Demoniac hero Xeron. If any one of them falls, all is lost. Catherine, Roland and Gelu will be allowed to reach 36th Level and carry over all spells, skills, and experience to the next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halflings 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Halfling spies have infiltrated the palace.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halflings 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron has taken several Halflings as slaves. These slaves are actually planted spies.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu killed Xeron's mother and he wants revenge as a result of it.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron's mother, a succubus, seduced an Erathian knight who was changed as a result of their encounter. His soul was tainted irrevocably.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron 3'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron wears the Blade on his back nearly all the time and even sleeps with it.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Armageddon's Blade 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Armageddon's Blade allows the wielder to cast the spell Armageddon.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Armageddon's Blade 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | It is said that he who wields the Blade is immune to the spell of its namesake.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Armageddon's Blade 3'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | He who wields the Blade is nigh invincible.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halflings 3'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tavin's Guerillas are operating in the area in secret.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Armageddon's Blade 4'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Armageddon's Blade was born of Chaos, shaped by Magic, and bound by steel and flesh.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Armageddon's Blade 5'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Blade feeds on the souls of the dead.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Armageddon's Blade 6'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Blade was forged of all four elements mixed with demon ichor.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron 4'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron has been feeding the Blade by sowing the seeds of chaos. It thrives on turmoil and strife.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Support has greatly waned amongst the Erathian nobility, for this war in the past few months. It has been costly in both gold and lives, precious commodities all to be certain. However, this endeavor is of utmost import if what the soothsayer said is true. Should they really have Armageddon's Blade, King Lucifer must not be allowed to continue in his mad quest. The line must be drawn here and now.Seeing as how the Erathian people see this war as being over, they have refused to fund your war any longer. Disheartened, as you were, you decreed General Morgan Kendal would act as Regent in your stead, his primary task to find a new leader for the kingdom your father made so great. You chose to abdicate the Erathian throne and ally yourself with the Elemental Confluxes in an effort to destroy this mad king and his demonic hordes once and for all.Teary eyed, yet stoic, you transferred control of the kingdom of your birth to General Kendal and rode off towards your destiny. When all was said and done, you and Roland were going to return to Enroth and your son Nicolai at last. Erathia was free to rule itself, without interference from Enroth. Its destiny was now it's own. You had a war to win, a world to save, and could not be burdened by grief over the terrible choices you were forced to make.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening Part II'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The days ahead will be filled with rough terrain and sleepless nights. Roland and your forces marched across the fire-ravaged plains of Eeofol en route to Kreelah, the capital city. Word soon spread of your approach and you were met with great resistance. Though the fighting was brutal, your tactical prowess and Roland's tenacity proved to be the better of the enemy and you forced them back nearly to the capitol itself. Now, you have a firm hold on the majority of Eeofol, Conflux fortresses sprouting up everywhere.The problem came when word was sent that Xeron, Eeofol's brilliant warlord, had arrived with the near totality of his Sons of Erebus, Eeofol's elite royal guard. Worse still, spies report he bears a great sword of immense power. It appears in fact that your worst fears have been realized; Armageddon's Blade is not only real, but here on the field of battle as well.Xeron must fall and the Blade recovered if this assault is to succeed. Once he has been defeated, the rest will be mere practice.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 2 - Cat Learns Gelu is here'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A runner from the north approaches your encampment with caution. He wears the markings of a Forest Guard scout and bears a scroll in hand.You wave him over, take the scroll, open it and read its contents. After a brief reading, you turn to the runner and tell him to inform King Roland of this message. The runner leaves to go inform King Roland that Gelu has been sent along as well, at the request of General Kendal. Erathia still supports your quest, just not as it has in the past. It is a good feeling to know this war will be won and won much more easily now that Gelu and his forces have arrived as well. However, the nagging feeling that Xeron is not going to be easy to defeat continues to plague you in the back of your mind. This is a dangerous time, a possible turning point, one you cannot back away from. That Blade has to be taken from the terrible hands which now wield it, no matter the cost.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 11 - Conflux Warning'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A shadowy figure slips into the meeting chamber where you sit with your advisors. This wispy figure takes shape, that of a humanoid made of pure wind. It's voice, one of crackling lightning and booming thunder, rips through the meeting area gaining everyone's attention."I represent the Elemental Lords of the Great Conflux. I come before you to bring a warning. The use of Armageddon's Blade will soon tear this world asunder. It must be contained else it consumes us all. Do not dally with this Xeron. He is cunning and treacherous. Be wary of his power, be warned of his might."It's warning having been issued; the elemental being dissipates and returns to its masters. Those in attendance sit stock-still; unable to comment on the proclamation of dread just uttered here this day. You clear your throat and draw their attention back to you."My friends and compatriots, we have now seen proof positive these Conflux Lords are indeed working for our benefit and the benefit of the world as a whole. We must heed this warning and take Armageddon's Blade for ourselves. This way, WE control the weapon, thus controlling our enemy. If we can locate and defeat this Xeron, we can contain his terrible weapon of annihilation before he gets an opportunity to use its complete power. Now, let's get back to work and figure out a way to stop these madmen."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 20 - Roland's Semi-Evil Speech'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Roland stood to address his troops, marching back and forth across the makeshift stage he had set up expressly for this purpose. The need for a morale boost became an almost tangible feeling, for tensions were high and some infighting had taken place. No major injuries reported, but there were some incidents. He needed to do something quickly to rally the troops."Lo these many months we have pressed onward, trudging through the bleak desolate regions of this accursed land. The time has come where again we are the ones on the attack. Our enemy is in sight and the opportunity has arisen to deliver a crushing blow to these twisted freaks. As you all know, I was held captive by these animals for many years, so I know of which I speak when I say we cannot allow these things to exist ANY longer in our world! They must be excised from the face of Antagarich like the boil they are! To that end I need you, your strength, your courage. We must press forward, on to Kreelah, and obliterate these monsters once and for all; send them back to Hell! There shall be no quarter; no survivors."The crowd's cheers bring Roland's speech of genocide to a rousing close. Upon leaving the stage, Roland is near visibly shaking. The rage in his heart on the surface at last, bringing with it a cloud to his once sparkling eyes; a dark cloud showing the damage done to his soul. Captivity has marred his spirit such that nothing short of total victory can bring him peace. The Kreegans must pay for what they have done to him, regardless of the cost to him and his immortal soul.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 25 - Kendal Sends Covert Aid'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A small supply wagon shows up with a note proclaiming this wagon is a gift from a friend. Upon reading this note, you smile and allow your thoughts to drift back to Steadwick and an old friend.<center>{{w}} 3 [[Wood]], {{m}} 1 [[Mercury]], {{o}} 3 [[Ore]], {{s}} 1 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} 1 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} 1 [[Gems]], {{g}} 5000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 31 - Portents of Doom'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "My Queen," reports a page to you, "you have a visitor. He is claiming he represents the Conflux."You wave the boy to show the man in and off he goes to retrieve this visitor. He returns moments later with a tall slender man dressed in long robes, his face hidden behind an azure hood. The silver runic trim of the deep blue robes glimmers slightly, diverting attention away from his withdrawn countenance. All that is visible of this mysterious man's face is his neatly trimmed black beard and strong lower jaw. He speaks in low tones, barely above a whisper, with a slight accent noticeable."Greetings Catherine Ironfist of Enroth. I am called Tamar the Wanderer. I am a walker of the planes, a seeker of knowledge, a protector of lives worth saving. I am also the Elemental Lord of Air. I come here this day to share with you a vision I have had. In this vision I saw possible futures, both of light and of shadow. You just passed a crossroads, Catherine, choosing the path of Light. There are others, loved ones and those trusted deeply, who now face that same crossroad. They are beginning to choose a path, which may be divergent from yours. It is not too late to alter their course. They can be persuaded to return to the path carved in the sun, as opposed to the one entrenched in the night. Choose wisely Catherine, for if you do not help those whom you love and trust, I fear you will know much grief."A flash of lightning rips across the stormy sky and when your eyes clear from the momentary blindness, Tamar the Wanderer is no longer in your presence. The warnings of this so-called Elemental Lord stir in your mind and give you to pause. Could he have meant Roland? His pain and suffering might be getting the better of him. Perhaps you should speak to him about this war and it's effect on his mind. Your fear that he might slip away and let his need for revenge consume him is almost overwhelming.You send a letter to Roland immediately. Dispatching the messenger brings a slight lift to your wounded soul and allows you to sleep, albeit not well.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 35 - Atrocities'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A report comes in to Roland. The message tells of horrible atrocities committed by the Kreegans. Tales of slaves being stripped and beaten, impaled upon spikes for apparent sport, used for hideous black magic rites, even used as food for monstrous beasts.As he reads, the fires of vengeance burn deep in Roland's breast. These monsters are doing the unthinkable. The memories of torture and the screams flood his mind once again, bringing with them the smells and sounds of his capture. He seethes in rage, slowly shredding the parchment he is reading. When the pressure finally gets to him, he bellows out in rage. "I shall kill them all!!! No matter where they hide, no matter where they choose to flee. There will be no escape from my wrath. Know this King Lucifer, your minion's will all drown in lakes of their own ichor. I will have my vengeance!"After tossing the torn parchment to the ashen ground, he storms off to gather his armor and weapons to prepare for battle once more.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - A Letter to Roland from Catherine'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Roland awoke early this morning to a messenger bringing with him a letter bearing the scent of perfume he knew immediately belonged to Catherine, a scent she knew he loved. He tore open the seal and read it immediately."Dearest husband Roland, I have recently received a visit from someone who brought me a warning. His warning spoke of crossroads we all reach and I had made my choice recently, taken my path. His warning also spoke of others whom I love and trust deeply, who face these same crossroads and are on a road different than mine. I fear that he speaks of you and your recent imprisonment. I do hope you are not taking the road cloaked in shadow, but are preparing to join me on the path of light. Please write me back and make me believe I have not lost you to revenge. I do not want to walk the path alone. I love you my husband and shall always do so, no matter the path you choose, but do not expect me to allow you down the road of shadow without a fight. This journey can be altered. If you have become consumed with feelings of revenge and hate, I will be there to help, any way I can. Take care my love. I shall meet you once we have defeated this Xeron and his Sons of Erebus."Roland rolled up the scroll and returned to his tent, eyes filled with tears, for he was beginning to suspect she might be right.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 65, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reyn Tarrina
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 46, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tormentalis
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Fayadon
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xent'a
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 35, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Kelvishen
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shadowden
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 9, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shanimar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 61, 43, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xent'ara
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |59, 10, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Sharpshooter}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Armed and ready sir. What are your orders?"
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 61, 10, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Sharpshooter}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Armed and ready sir. What are your orders?"
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 66, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Catherine|Knight}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 48, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ignatius|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17, 68, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Roland|Knight}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 24, 14, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Olema|Heretic}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 59, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Nymus|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Xeron|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 57, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Gelu|Ranger}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 61, 45, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Pyre|Demoniac}}
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

A Blade in the Back

2018-09-21T18:09:12Z

Narwen: /* Events */

Sixth scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Gelu must take his army to cut off any escape routes the Eeofol army might be able to use. King Roland and general Kendal are moving against the Kreegans and pushing them towards him, along with Queen Catherine's forces. To ensure King Lucifer is defeated, the Kreegans must not be allowed to escape.

=== Prologue ===
In my operations, information is always scarce, and never given full trust. Now I am told the elemental Confluxes we have encountered, have allied with Queen Catherine in her war to destroy King Lucifer Kreegan. I have orders to move deep into Eeofol, behind the main Kreegan force Catherine holds at the border. There I am to cut off any potential escape route. I pray this is not a trap.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Gelu must defeat all of the Eeofol armies in this region and cut off any escape route. Without him, this quest shall fail. Gelu will be allowed to advance to 24th Level and all of his skills, spells, and experience will be carried over to his next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halfling Assault Squads'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A group calling themselves Tavin's Guerillas has begun attacking Kreegan trade caravans and barracks in and around Kreelah.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halflings 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Several halfling corpses were found in a battle site near Moortanis.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Sons of Erebus'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer's most elite unit, the Sons of Erebus, is getting ready to march.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron and the Blade'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron, King Lucifer's right hand man, has acquired Armageddon's Blade, or so it is said.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Lucifer 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer is not going to leave Kreelah supposedly because of his big plan.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Lucifer 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer wants to destroy the world.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The message sent last night told you the following:"Gelu, you have been doing well thus far in your guerilla attacks, but the time has come to make our push towards the Eeofol capital city of Kreelah and end this once and for all. While my husband and I march from the south, you are to invade through Avlee and cut off any escape route the Kreegans may have. I do not wish to be traversing the Eeofol countryside looking for this King Lucifer. We cannot allow him to use Armageddon's Blade. Not now, not ever! Do not fail me, my loyal Gelu. Too much is at stake."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 2 - Political Unrest'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A letter arrives from Queen Catherine by griffin rider. The rider, in an obvious hurry, simply leaves the letter without even so much as dismounting the great winged beast. Upon ripping open the sealed message, you read in total shock and disbelief."Gelu, my faithful servant, I am sending this letter to inform you the nobility in Erathia is becoming increasingly difficult to work with on this war. They are beginning to refuse to support me with monies and supplies. Troops are even beginning to be withheld or delayed. They tell me they consider this war at its end. Little do those shortsighted fools understand the gravity of the situation we face. As such, I am recommending we utilize our newfound allies more as we shall need them to win this war. I have a plan to deal with the nobles, but the timing must be just right.Good luck, we are all counting on you." -- Catherine
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 3 - Sleen Captured'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Stemming the tide of escaping refugees when one is looking for the enemy is never an easy task and this time is no exception. Your troops are combing the countryside seeking out those who would be fleeing their homeland in an attempt to cheat fate. You have been ordered to put pressure on the Kreegans from the north and that you shall.Towards that end, you have set up several teams of people whose job it is to watch the floods and look for potential targets. One of these teams sent word they had captured a rather important "refugee", the Arbiter candidate named Sleen. Under orders from you, he was brought to you immediately for questioning.After several hours of questioning, Sleen finally broke and gave the following information: Xeron indeed does have the Blade and is intending to use it very soon. Also, Sleen mentioned a great smith who was "convinced" to make the weapon. Pressing, Sleen refuses to give up the name of the smith. You figure it is unimportant for now. The fact of the matter is the Blade is real and unleashed upon the world. Now the difficult part is to locate the weapon and deal with it.Sleen, in chains, will be taken to Steadwick to stand trial for his crimes.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - Guerilla Raid'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A note is delivered to you via a strange messenger, a corpse spiked to a tree. When you get the note, you are told of how it was delivered. This makes you wince slightly, as it was truly cruel.The note reads; "To the murderer Gelu, this is the only warning you will receive and is to inform you I will be killing you and all that you love as you have done to me. This message is revenge for my mother, you monster." -- Xeron, Leader of the Sons of Erebus, and bearer of Armageddon's Blade.Confused, you have to think back on those that you had slain recently. No women come to mind. There was a succubus on that raid 2 weeks ago, but the thought of her being anyone's mother was the furthest thing from your mind as she was trying to drink your soul.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 12 - Halfling Guerrillas'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Kieran, one of your most trusted scouts, reports that yesterday his team was on a watchdog patrol of the area near Moortanis. There they watched as a group of demons tried to sneak across the border into Avlee, but before his team could act, the devils were cut down by a horde of smallish humanoid warriors wielding slings and shortswords. While the numbers of these little people were not very numerous, the demons never stood a chance. They did manage to slay a few, but not enough to make an account for themselves.When the demons were all dead, the little people disappeared into well-hidden tunnel entrances. Kieran and his team were stunned by the swiftness and ferocity of the attack, but eventually went down to take a look at the battlefield. The little people were in fact Halflings. It has been believed by many that the Halflings who used to live in Eeofol were all killed, but apparently this is not true. Interesting.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 21 - Note From Roland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A letter is delivered by griffin rider this morning bearing the seal of the King of Enroth. Opening it quickly, you read it twice to make sure you know its contents completely, then destroy it. It read as follows:"Gelu, this letter is to inform you my army is on the move. General Kendal is returning to Steadwick to deal with some political problems back home, but his presence is felt with us still. You've done an excellent job thus far with your skillful guerilla attacks and have the enemy scrambling. Keep up the good work and may the Light shine down upon you." -- Roland.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 22 - Gelu sends a runner'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | All this talk of the Sons of Erebus has you wondering, so you summon a runner to visit with Judge Fairweather and deliver a message. Knowing the Judge to be the wisest sage in all Antagarich, you send this runner with a long list of queries on subjects broad and narrow. Your priority is to keep the demon hordes from fleeing your way, but it never hurts to know thy enemy.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 33 - Halflings Strike Back'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Your spies report several halfling guerillas have won a minor victory and taken the supply route from the south away from the Kreegans. They shall not hold it long, for the Sons of Erebus have begun to rally. If you hurry, you can aid them in getting their homeland back. They are timid, so do not expect them to help you openly.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - Runner returns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Early in the morning, the runner you sent to consult with Judge Fairweather returns. He is tired, weak, and suffering from lack of sleep, yet he has returned. A letter is stored in his things and found after he collapsed. The letter opened, you read the following:"In answer to your queries, I shall tell you this, young Gelu of the Forest Guard. The Unholy Order of the Sons of Erebus is a near monastic order of demoniacs and heretics sharing one desire, to carry out the wishes of their liege, King Lucifer.All are well trained and seasoned veterans. The most evil and devious of their order is the one called Xeron. According to what I have been able to learn, he is their current leader; hand picked by King Lucifer himself for the job.Though times for them may look grim, never count one out, for they enjoy cheating. There is always some trick up their sleeve. Trust them not even if they should choose to surrender. Good fortune on your quest." -- Judge Fairweather, Arbiter and Sage
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 50 - Smith name revealed'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | At dusk last night a small boy came running into camp, seeking the pale warrior called Devil's Bane. He stumbled in, all haggard and underfed, falling at your feet. He looked up, gazing into your face and passed out.A couple of hours later, the boy revived and spoke of his time as an apprentice to the Grand Forgesmith, Khazandar. He then spun a tale of working as a simple boy in a simple forge, when along came these mysterious people looking like fantastical creatures, who spoke in hush tones to Khazandar and the whole lot of them vanished in a puff of blue smoke.Weeks later, he was summoned to again work for Khazandar as his primary apprentice, a great honor it was indeed. The difference this time was the people around Khazandar were not the mysterious figures from before, but rather these people were demonic and frightening. A tall, powerful-looking devil sneered at the boy day in and day out. And when they had completed that which they were being forced to create, the devil, called Xeron by his minions, ordered them taken to Jagos for their execution. Khazandar, the boy said, was taken away and the boy left to die in a cell. He never saw him again. After only a few days, the boy managed to escape and just now reached here. He had heard of this pale warrior who was steadily defeating the devils these past few months and chose to seek him out. The boy wanted to warn you of the thing that he helped to create, a weapon dubbed Armageddon's Blade.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
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|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A group of demons appears to be fleeing. Either that or they've been sent on a suicide mission. What a pathetic array of troops; they should be no match for your troops.<center>'''Guardians:''' {{Cn|Imp|name=6 Imps}}, {{Cn|Demon|name=3 Demons}}, {{Cn|Gog|name=4 Gogs}}</center>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 43, 17, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You see ahead what appears to be a battlefield with several dozen dead on both sides of the conflict. The dead demons' ichor fills the mid-morning air with a crisp smell of evil, while their opponents' corpses confirm the rumors that the Halflings want their land back.Sickened by the hundreds of dead Halflings, you are forced to leave the scene or wretch. Your men are not so lucky, for not all of them have horses as agile as yours and must pass through the carnage much more slowly. Many empty their stomachs, adding to the virtually impregnable wall of odors assaulting them as they march.<center>[[File:Morale small.gif]] -2 [[Morale]]</center>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 65, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As your army approaches the city of Jagos, you can see a peculiar thing. There are scores of men crucified upon the battlements. One in particular stands out. He has longish gray hair, a full beard, mustache, and a strange aura about him, even while dead. It appears as though Grand Forgesmith Khazandar has met his untimely end, and not in a pleasant manner either. Rather, not only has he been killed, but he has been humiliated and put on display for others to mock and jeer as well.You can smell the carnage for miles, yet you are drawn to this place inexplicably. Something must be done to stop this madness. Those who follow the dark one called Lucifer shall pay with their lives is the silent vow you mutter to yourself as you continue up the road.
|}

==== Towns ====
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! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Rampart}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Asha's Cairn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 23, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Flann
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15, 59, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ultana
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 30, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Caledoorn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 35, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Zaridon
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Moortanis
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jagos
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Gog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We do not like you. You die now."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Son of Erebus almost here. They'sa gonna paste you for attacking us."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Magog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Advance no further meat. Our flames of purification shall be your end if you defy us."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 36, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Gog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We are the lesser Sons of Erebus. Prepare yourself for oblivion."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 19, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Demon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Ye shiver and despair for the Sons of Erebus shall feast upon thy bloodied husks."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Son of Erebus coming. Watch out! They'sa gonna eat you!"
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 18, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Magog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Never more shall you walk in the light. The Sons of Erebus are on their way."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Gog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Your entrails shall decorate our lair. Flee now, for it is your only hope of salvation."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 10, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We'sa gonna eat your knuckles!" shouts the leader. "KNUCKLES! KNUCKLES!" chant the rest of the familiars at his back, peeking out from behind the leader. Brave warriors indeed.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 38, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "You'sa gonna get eaten by big nasty Sons of Erebus. We'sa gonna taste you'sa first."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 38, 9, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "If you'sa sees em big Sons of Erebus, you'sa gonna be a scared. We'sa are."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 39, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Magog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We, the lesser Sons of Erebus, shall not allow you to pass. Stand fast and die, else turn your tail and flee from us. We neither ask quarter nor shall we give it."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 8, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Gelu|Ranger}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Erdamon|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 31, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ciele|Elementalist}}
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

A Blade in the Back

2018-09-21T18:06:38Z

Narwen:

Sixth scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Gelu must take his army to cut off any escape routes the Eeofol army might be able to use. King Roland and general Kendal are moving against the Kreegans and pushing them towards him, along with Queen Catherine's forces. To ensure King Lucifer is defeated, the Kreegans must not be allowed to escape.

=== Prologue ===
In my operations, information is always scarce, and never given full trust. Now I am told the elemental Confluxes we have encountered, have allied with Queen Catherine in her war to destroy King Lucifer Kreegan. I have orders to move deep into Eeofol, behind the main Kreegan force Catherine holds at the border. There I am to cut off any potential escape route. I pray this is not a trap.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Gelu must defeat all of the Eeofol armies in this region and cut off any escape route. Without him, this quest shall fail. Gelu will be allowed to advance to 24th Level and all of his skills, spells, and experience will be carried over to his next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halfling Assault Squads'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A group calling themselves Tavin's Guerillas has begun attacking Kreegan trade caravans and barracks in and around Kreelah.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halflings 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Several halfling corpses were found in a battle site near Moortanis.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Sons of Erebus'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer's most elite unit, the Sons of Erebus, is getting ready to march.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron and the Blade'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron, King Lucifer's right hand man, has acquired Armageddon's Blade, or so it is said.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Lucifer 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer is not going to leave Kreelah supposedly because of his big plan.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Lucifer 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer wants to destroy the world.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The message sent last night told you the following:"Gelu, you have been doing well thus far in your guerilla attacks, but the time has come to make our push towards the Eeofol capital city of Kreelah and end this once and for all. While my husband and I march from the south, you are to invade through Avlee and cut off any escape route the Kreegans may have. I do not wish to be traversing the Eeofol countryside looking for this King Lucifer. We cannot allow him to use Armageddon's Blade. Not now, not ever! Do not fail me, my loyal Gelu. Too much is at stake."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 2 - Political Unrest'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A letter arrives from Queen Catherine by griffin rider. The rider, in an obvious hurry, simply leaves the letter without even so much as dismounting the great winged beast. Upon ripping open the sealed message, you read in total shock and disbelief."Gelu, my faithful servant, I am sending this letter to inform you the nobility in Erathia is becoming increasingly difficult to work with on this war. They are beginning to refuse to support me with monies and supplies. Troops are even beginning to be withheld or delayed. They tell me they consider this war at its end. Little do those shortsighted fools understand the gravity of the situation we face. As such, I am recommending we utilize our newfound allies more as we shall need them to win this war. I have a plan to deal with the nobles, but the timing must be just right.Good luck, we are all counting on you." -- Catherine
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 3 - Sleen Captured'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Stemming the tide of escaping refugees when one is looking for the enemy is never an easy task and this time is no exception. Your troops are combing the countryside seeking out those who would be fleeing their homeland in an attempt to cheat fate. You have been ordered to put pressure on the Kreegans from the north and that you shall.Towards that end, you have set up several teams of people whose job it is to watch the floods and look for potential targets. One of these teams sent word they had captured a rather important "refugee", the Arbiter candidate named Sleen. Under orders from you, he was brought to you immediately for questioning.After several hours of questioning, Sleen finally broke and gave the following information: Xeron indeed does have the Blade and is intending to use it very soon. Also, Sleen mentioned a great smith who was "convinced" to make the weapon. Pressing, Sleen refuses to give up the name of the smith. You figure it is unimportant for now. The fact of the matter is the Blade is real and unleashed upon the world. Now the difficult part is to locate the weapon and deal with it.Sleen, in chains, will be taken to Steadwick to stand trial for his crimes.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - Guerilla Raid'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A note is delivered to you via a strange messenger, a corpse spiked to a tree. When you get the note, you are told of how it was delivered. This makes you wince slightly, as it was truly cruel.The note reads; "To the murderer Gelu, this is the only warning you will receive and is to inform you I will be killing you and all that you love as you have done to me. This message is revenge for my mother, you monster." -- Xeron, Leader of the Sons of Erebus, and bearer of Armageddon's Blade.Confused, you have to think back on those that you had slain recently. No women come to mind. There was a succubus on that raid 2 weeks ago, but the thought of her being anyone's mother was the furthest thing from your mind as she was trying to drink your soul.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 12 - Halfling Guerrillas'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Kieran, one of your most trusted scouts, reports that yesterday his team was on a watchdog patrol of the area near Moortanis. There they watched as a group of demons tried to sneak across the border into Avlee, but before his team could act, the devils were cut down by a horde of smallish humanoid warriors wielding slings and shortswords. While the numbers of these little people were not very numerous, the demons never stood a chance. They did manage to slay a few, but not enough to make an account for themselves.When the demons were all dead, the little people disappeared into well-hidden tunnel entrances. Kieran and his team were stunned by the swiftness and ferocity of the attack, but eventually went down to take a look at the battlefield. The little people were in fact Halflings. It has been believed by many that the Halflings who used to live in Eeofol were all killed, but apparently this is not true. Interesting.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 21 - Note From Roland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A letter is delivered by griffin rider this morning bearing the seal of the King of Enroth. Opening it quickly, you read it twice to make sure you know its contents completely, then destroy it. It read as follows:"Gelu, this letter is to inform you my army is on the move. General Kendal is returning to Steadwick to deal with some political problems back home, but his presence is felt with us still. You've done an excellent job thus far with your skillful guerilla attacks and have the enemy scrambling. Keep up the good work and may the Light shine down upon you." -- Roland.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 22 - Gelu sends a runner'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | All this talk of the Sons of Erebus has you wondering, so you summon a runner to visit with Judge Fairweather and deliver a message. Knowing the Judge to be the wisest sage in all Antagarich, you send this runner with a long list of queries on subjects broad and narrow. Your priority is to keep the demon hordes from fleeing your way, but it never hurts to know thy enemy.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 33 - Halflings Strike Back'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Your spies report several halfling guerillas have won a minor victory and taken the supply route from the south away from the Kreegans. They shall not hold it long, for the Sons of Erebus have begun to rally. If you hurry, you can aid them in getting their homeland back. They are timid, so do not expect them to help you openly.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - Runner returns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Early in the morning, the runner you sent to consult with Judge Fairweather returns. He is tired, weak, and suffering from lack of sleep, yet he has returned. A letter is stored in his things and found after he collapsed. The letter opened, you read the following:"In answer to your queries, I shall tell you this, young Gelu of the Forest Guard. The Unholy Order of the Sons of Erebus is a near monastic order of demoniacs and heretics sharing one desire, to carry out the wishes of their liege, King Lucifer.All are well trained and seasoned veterans. The most evil and devious of their order is the one called Xeron. According to what I have been able to learn, he is their current leader; hand picked by King Lucifer himself for the job.Though times for them may look grim, never count one out, for they enjoy cheating. There is always some trick up their sleeve. Trust them not even if they should choose to surrender. Good fortune on your quest." -- Judge Fairweather, Arbiter and Sage
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 50 - Smith name revealed'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | At dusk last night a small boy came running into camp, seeking the pale warrior called Devil's Bane. He stumbled in, all haggard and underfed, falling at your feet. He looked up, gazing into your face and passed out.A couple of hours later, the boy revived and spoke of his time as an apprentice to the Grand Forgesmith, Khazandar. He then spun a tale of working as a simple boy in a simple forge, when along came these mysterious people looking like fantastical creatures, who spoke in hush tones to Khazandar and the whole lot of them vanished in a puff of blue smoke.Weeks later, he was summoned to again work for Khazandar as his primary apprentice, a great honor it was indeed. The difference this time was the people around Khazandar were not the mysterious figures from before, but rather these people were demonic and frightening. A tall, powerful-looking devil sneered at the boy day in and day out. And when they had completed that which they were being forced to create, the devil, called Xeron by his minions, ordered them taken to Jagos for their execution. Khazandar, the boy said, was taken away and the boy left to die in a cell. He never saw him again. After only a few days, the boy managed to escape and just now reached here. He had heard of this pale warrior who was steadily defeating the devils these past few months and chose to seek him out. The boy wanted to warn you of the thing that he helped to create, a weapon dubbed Armageddon's Blade.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A group of demons appears to be fleeing. Either that or they've been sent on a suicide mission. What a pathetic array of troops; they should be no match for your troops.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 43, 17, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You see ahead what appears to be a battlefield with several dozen dead on both sides of the conflict. The dead demons' ichor fills the mid-morning air with a crisp smell of evil, while their opponents' corpses confirm the rumors that the Halflings want their land back.Sickened by the hundreds of dead Halflings, you are forced to leave the scene or wretch. Your men are not so lucky, for not all of them have horses as agile as yours and must pass through the carnage much more slowly. Many empty their stomachs, adding to the virtually impregnable wall of odors assaulting them as they march.<center>[[File:Morale small.gif]] -2 [[Morale]]</center>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 65, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As your army approaches the city of Jagos, you can see a peculiar thing. There are scores of men crucified upon the battlements. One in particular stands out. He has longish gray hair, a full beard, mustache, and a strange aura about him, even while dead. It appears as though Grand Forgesmith Khazandar has met his untimely end, and not in a pleasant manner either. Rather, not only has he been killed, but he has been humiliated and put on display for others to mock and jeer as well.You can smell the carnage for miles, yet you are drawn to this place inexplicably. Something must be done to stop this madness. Those who follow the dark one called Lucifer shall pay with their lives is the silent vow you mutter to yourself as you continue up the road.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Rampart}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Asha's Cairn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 23, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Flann
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15, 59, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ultana
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 30, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Caledoorn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 35, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Zaridon
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Moortanis
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jagos
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Gog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We do not like you. You die now."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Son of Erebus almost here. They'sa gonna paste you for attacking us."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Magog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Advance no further meat. Our flames of purification shall be your end if you defy us."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 36, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Gog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We are the lesser Sons of Erebus. Prepare yourself for oblivion."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 19, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Demon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Ye shiver and despair for the Sons of Erebus shall feast upon thy bloodied husks."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Son of Erebus coming. Watch out! They'sa gonna eat you!"
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 18, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Magog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Never more shall you walk in the light. The Sons of Erebus are on their way."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Gog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Your entrails shall decorate our lair. Flee now, for it is your only hope of salvation."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 10, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We'sa gonna eat your knuckles!" shouts the leader. "KNUCKLES! KNUCKLES!" chant the rest of the familiars at his back, peeking out from behind the leader. Brave warriors indeed.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 38, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "You'sa gonna get eaten by big nasty Sons of Erebus. We'sa gonna taste you'sa first."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 38, 9, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Familiar}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "If you'sa sees em big Sons of Erebus, you'sa gonna be a scared. We'sa are."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 39, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Magog}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We, the lesser Sons of Erebus, shall not allow you to pass. Stand fast and die, else turn your tail and flee from us. We neither ask quarter nor shall we give it."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 8, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Gelu|Ranger}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Erdamon|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 31, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ciele|Elementalist}}
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Return of the King

2018-09-21T17:45:42Z

Narwen:

Fifth scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
King Roland and General Morgan Kendal are on the western shores of the Great Lake and must take a mixed Erathian-Conflux army deep into Kreegan territory. They must cross the lake and go through the mountains and prepare to make a push towards Catherine's army in the north, thus trapping the devils between the two forces.

=== Prologue ===
Heroes from the Confluxes tell us the elemental gods have sent them to us, so together, we might destroy Lucifer Kreegan and his quest to set the world on fire. Catherine trusts these new allies. I am not as giving. However, we do not have a choice as support for the war wanes and our forces dwindle. If these elemental heroes are to be our allies, they will prove themselves in this forthcoming battle... under my command.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Roland must defeat the demonic armies camped on the other side of the Great Lake. Without Roland, the men will go their separate ways. Roland will be allowed to attain 24th Level. All of his experience, skills, and spells will carry over to his next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Black Market'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Hidden away on an island in the middle of the Great Lake is a thieves haven for stolen goods of a magical variety.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Gold Mine'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The near inexhaustible treasure of some Regnan pirates can be found on an island east of Faler-on-Sea.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Regnan Pirates 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Great Lake was once a hiding place for Regnan pirates escaping the Erathian Navy. Many a ship may yet still be there, awaiting plunder.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Regnan Pirates 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Erathian Admiral Magnus Bonn cornered the dread female pirate Pirouette in this lake. Here she was defeated in battle and thus the Regnans ceased using this lake as a hiding place.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halflings 1'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | I recently saw some Halflings and they looked mean, like they were getting ready for a fight or something.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halflings 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Eeofol used to be the homeland of the Halflings. That is, until the Night of Shooting Stars when the devils came.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Halflings 3'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A Kreegan supply wagon was destroyed inexplicably last week and the only indication of who did it was a note carved in the wood that read "Tavin's Guerillas were here."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron's Helper'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Someone of great knowledge is helping the Kreegan general Xeron. I hear that he was once in contention for some arbiter post somewhere.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Standing on the edge of the Great Lake, you, the King of Enroth, contemplate the situation. Your army stands on the western shores looking out over the smoldering fields of the Eeofol controlled regions to the east. Yours and General Kendal's forces have arrived recently on a mission of great import.Here you have met with your new allies from the Elemental Conflux to cut off the Kreegan supply routes and push the Eeofol army back from the Erathia/Eeofol border right into Catherine and Gelu's troops. If successful, the Kreegans from Eeofol will be forced to wage a defensive war.You must keep this alliance together, for Erathian support is growing increasingly difficult to maintain. Even Catherine herself is facing increasing pressure to end the conflict quickly. It is obvious those fools truly have no idea of the gravity of consequences of failure. Should you be ineffective in stopping King Lucifer in his mad campaign of terror and destruction, not just Erathia will suffer his wrath, but all of Antagarich. Perhaps even your beloved Enroth may fall under the flames of this accursed demon king.Shuddering at that dark thought, you compose yourself, straighten your tunic, and stride back to your officers. Mounting your powerful Erathian-bred stallion, you shout the order to move out. There is a war to be waged and a world to be won.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - Letter from Catherine'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A letter arrived in your encampment last night from Catherine. You lit up like a child at Solstice time. The note smelled of many things, the most important being her special perfume, the one you loved so much for her to wear."My dearest Roland, I write you to bring you bad news. My spies have reported the Kreegan hero called Xeron has achieved the unthinkable, he has built Armageddon's Blade. Be warned, for I hear he is sending a great force to your position. Come back safe to me and give my best to General Kendal. I know you will succeed, for I have faith in you both." -- Catherine.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 11 - Spies Find Gold'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A message came in late last night that some scouts located an island east of Faler-on-Sea that was unapproachable. The glitter of gold could be seen on its shores. Perhaps this is where the dreaded Regnan Pirates' treasure troves are kept. The trouble is how does one get to the island? There must be some way, either a tunnel or monolith.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 13 - The Farmer'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As General Kendal prepares to address his troops for the morning, a timid farmer is brought before him. This farmer tells the noble General of the encroachment by these wicked devilkin and how he feels they are the ones responsible for stealing his cattle.General Kendal, being the diplomat that he is, made the farmer feel that he personally was going to see that this man's cattle was returned or avenged. The farmer leaves, contented and assured, as he knows that Morgan Kendal is a man of his word.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 22 - Centaur Messenger'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A young centaur messenger arrives this morning just after breakfast was being cleared up, presenting you a message from Gelu. You thank the young scout and the centaur trots off to return to his master. You open the letter and read it's contents."My lord and husband of my Queen, I have sent Hrisleagh here with this message to report on our status. Our guerilla actions are proceeding well and the enemy is feeling the sting of loss due to our attacks. He has been pulling back steadily, but I have lost a great many men doing it. I have begun integrating the troops from our new allies and have found them to be very effective. They fight hard and well. You would do well to trust them, for they are loyal and fierce. Good fortune be with you my lord. May the Light always shine upon thee." -- Gelu, Captain of the Forest Guard.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 33 - Roland's Nightmare'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Images and sounds swirl through your mind as you sleep; terrible images brought forth from your damaged soul which cries out for peace of mind. You had been held captive for nearly seven years and the torture inflicted upon you was unimaginable. Now you suffer the ill effects of those seven years.The dream is the same every time. You are locked in a cell; the walls made of some dank, cool gray stone, with a single door the only egress. You are chained to a bed, your flesh crawling with bugs of some sort, and forced to listen to the screams of the tortured souls that accompany you on your road to hell. The sickening sounds of a whip cracking on flesh tear at your very being with each snap and wail from the lash's victims. You struggle to be free of this terrible nightmare, but are instead dragged down even further.As the sounds of suffering continue, your door is opened and several grotesque figures enter the cell, unchain you, and drag your near useless body out into a courtyard. There you are placed in the stocks and have your skin slowly peeled away. You try desperately not to cry out, but can only hold out for so long. While you are being flayed alive, you catch a glimpse of the demons' lords, all of who are laughing at the helpless king. You grit your teeth at the pain and hold back the tears that want to flow heavily.After finishing their fun, they throw you back in your cell, healed of the wounds, but not relieved of the pain. Unable to move from the sheer agony of your injuries, you simply lie there, writhing in a near fetal position. Lifting your head from the cold stone floor, you peer through eyes swollen shut from fists and see the spectral face of your twisted brother laughing at you. Archibald's dreamghost points at you and laughs a chilling laugh, one that angers you beyond your knowing. You have never been so helpless as then. Not since your banishment during the Succession Wars have you felt so alone.You want to die, to simply cease to exist, but the devils come again and whisk you away to be beaten once more. As they reach for your arms your eyes shoot open and you curl deeper into your bedding. This is not the first night that this nightmare has visited you, but is the first time in many weeks. You must find a way to quiet these inner demons, something to chase away the nightmares once and for all.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - Nicolai's Birthday'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You stand atop a small rise and look out over the Great Lake, eyes filled with tears, for today is the 16th anniversary of your son Nicolai's birth and here you are, far away fighting a war. The pang of loss and the grief of missing your son fuels your depression even more, what with the nightmares returning and now this. Life did not seem very fair.In a far off land your son is becoming a man while you stay here to battle these accursed demons once more. You hope this time will be the last. You have had enough of war.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17, 56, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | This small tidal pool is in fact the resting place of a powerful Aquamancer. Upon disturbing his final resting place, the guardians he ensorcelled into protecting his body commence their brutal attack.<center>'''Guardians:''' {{Cn|Magic Elemental|name=20 Magic Elementals}}, {{Cn|Storm Elemental|name=50 Storm Elementals}}, {{Cn|Ice Elemental|name=50 Ice Elementals}}</center>
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Castle}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Highcastle
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5, 68, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Castle}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Faler-on-Sea
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 33, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Castle}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Keventry
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shaynda
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelliston
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 34, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Chillwater
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Bane Bridge
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 53, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reaver Cove
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Death's Gate
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Doom's Crest
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sorrow Glen
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Roland|Knight}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 8, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|General Kendal|Knight}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 46, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ash|Heretic}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 30, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Fiona|Demoniac}}
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Maker of Sorrows

2018-09-21T17:16:03Z

Narwen:

Fourth scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Xeron must seek out the Grand Forgesmith, Khazandar. He is the only man with the knowledge and skill to build Armageddon's Blade and it is vital that he "convince" him to do this. There shall be interference from the accrused Conflux towns. He must complete this quest and then return to the capitol.

=== Prologue ===
My king seeks to build Armageddon's Blade. With this fabled weapon he will set the world on fire. I have the elements to build the blade, but only the grand forgesmith Khazandar can fashion it from the relics I carry. Again, a collection of mysterious heroes gather to end my quest. Ironically, they have surrounded Khazandar, but have not killed him as I would. This proves they are soft. They will not stand in my way.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Xeron must seek out Grand Forgesmith Khazandar and force him to make Armageddon's Blade. If Xeron falls, all is lost. Xeron is only allowed to advance to 24th Level.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron's Mom'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron is born of the union between an Erathian knight and a succubus.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron's Dad'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron's father was seduced by a succubus but not slain afterward. Rather he was tainted and never the same again.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Khazandar's Homeland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Khazandar was once an alchemist in Bracada.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Khazandar's Mercenary Ways'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Khazandar was once a wizard who got kicked out of Bracada for acting too mercenary.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Khazandar's Former Profession'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Forgesmith was once a wizard, but never finished his studies.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Khazandar's Ties'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | It is said that Khazandar apprenticed as a smith under Galen, a smith who built a powerful sword for Lord Haart.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Khazandar's Ties 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | I hear Khazandar once lived in Tarach's Cove and was commissioned to make an adamantine hammer for the high priest of the Temple of Baa.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Tarach's Cove'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tarach's Cove is a port town in Bracada with a reputation for being a home for people who live on the shadowy side of the law. It's not a nice place.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Xeron's Minion'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xex is a childhood friend of Xeron's. He has been a loyal follower of his for a very long time.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Kreegan Stuff'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Kreegans worship dark gods like Erebus, the God of Darkness and Destruction.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Sleen has provided us with the name of the man whom you will seek out. Grand Forgesmith Khazandar, an alchemist and weaponsmith of great repute is the sole man in all Antagarich who has the knowledge and skill to build Armageddon's Blade. Find him Xeron. Find him and force him to construct the Blade, for if he does not consent, make him suffer until he does. My vision will become reality and you will carry it out for me.According to Sleen, he is being held somewhere in this area of the Contested Lands, protected by those accursed Confluxes. Destroy them. Make them suffer for daring to stand in the way of destiny. You are too close to achieving my victory to be held off by this rabble. Succeed and the rewards will be glorious. I shall wear your skin as a cloak and your eyes shall adorn my rings should you fail me."As the vision fades from the red crystal shard, you stand and summon Sleen to your side. Xex, your faithful servant, "bamfs" away and returns shortly with the slimy human. "So Sleen, here is my task for you. Find me the location of that smith. Failure is not an option."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 6 - Guerilla Attacks News'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xex teleports into your presence with a message on his lips. Kneeling before his lord and master, Xex begins his report."My master, I have come to regretfully inform you that our enemy has again begun their shadowy attacks on our supply lines. We lost three more caravans and the mark of that accursed pale warrior was left behind on one of the wagons.""Arise Xex, my faithful companion. I have a task for you. Seek out Sleen and put a name to this mysterious pale warrior. I wish to know his name, so I might know it when I kill him."<center>{{w}} -4 [[Wood]], {{m}} -2 [[Mercury]], {{o}} -4 [[Ore]], {{s}} -2 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} -2 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} -2 [[Gems]], {{g}} -2000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 11 - Khazandar's Location'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sleen stumbles into the meeting area, having been pushed there by Xex. You turn and face the little man who has provided you with much worthy information. He is visibly sweating and you know that fear courses through his veins. It is obvious that Sleen is still worried if you are going to carry out your threat to eat his heart."I bring news Your Eminence," Sleen states fearfully. "The Grand Forgesmith Khazandar is being held in a simple hut somewhere in the tunnels left behind by the Overlords of Nighon when they invaded Erathia not long ago. He should be easy to find as he will be heavily guarded.""Congratulations Sleen, you have managed to exceed my expectations as to how skilled and useful you are. Perhaps you will not need to be eaten after all. However, I wouldn't be making any long term plans if I were you."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 21 - New about Catherine'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A hurried messenger demon rushes into your planning session early in the pre-dawn hours. Infuriated at the intrusion, you grasp the demon by the throat and lift him off the ground. Your fetid breath in his face, you ask him why you are being interrupted."My master, I come to pass on a message sent by our spies in The Contested Lands. They tell of a meeting between the Elemental Lords of the Conflux and Queen Catherine. They also say an agreement has been reached between the two armies. They are now allies!" the demon manages to croak out just before you crush his windpipe.Throwing his lifeless corpse to the ground, you bellow out in rage."Bring me Sleen! I want to know why this little piece of information escaped his attention. I want to know why Queen Catherine is still alive! I want to know why incompetents SURROUND me so! Xex! Get this useless sack of griffin droppings out of my sight. I need to think."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 38 - Gelu Kills Xeron's Mother'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A forlorn-looking Xex enters your chambers, a long look on his face. He obviously bears grave news. He kneels down as is tradition, but is waved to stand and give his report."My master I regret to inform you that your mother has been slain in battle. It was the pale warrior who has been plaguing us so. She fought bravely yet was slain by that accursed one during one of the raids that he has been leading. I am truly sorry my lord," Xex states as he takes a step backward."Leave me."When the tent is clear you drop to your knees and sob. Soon your sobs turn to laughter; laughter with no humor; laughter filled with insane rage. Moments later, the tent erupts in a steady stream of swearing and the crashing sounds of destruction.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 48 - Spirits of the Dead'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In your sleep, you are visited by haunting dreams. In it spirits come to you, with a warning. Your present course of action is leading towards your destruction. You laugh in their faces and the visions get worse. Still you laugh at their pathetic attempts to sway you from your appointed task. You have suffered far worse fates than some insipid ghosts haunting you in your sleep.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 66 - Cat Marches on Kreelah'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xex "bamfs" in and kneels before you while you are deeply involved in examining tactical maps. You turn and put your hand on Xex's shoulder."What is it my trusted friend? Is it bad news again? You may feel at ease when speaking to me.""I have grave news to bring you my master. Our spies have informed me that Queen Catherine and her forces now march on Kreelah itself. Our northern lines have failed to breach her defenses enough to gain a foothold in Erathia and I have reason to believe King Roland has reinforced her position and made his own push into Eeofol. My lord, I fear we might be beaten.""NEVER!"You backhanded Xex across the face, sending him sliding across the floor."I cannot believe what they have brought me to. No longer shall I tolerate failure. I want them all slaughtered. Kill everything. Leave no survivors. GO!!!"Xex quickly flees his master's presence just as you unleash your fury on the map table in front of you. Maps and markers fly across the tent, scattering like spores in the wind."Know this Catherine Ironfist, I shall have my revenge. I swear by Erebus the Dark I will flay the skin from your child's bones as you watch. You shall suffer my wrath for this insolence!"
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 34, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ahead is an entrance to an old Nighon tunnel system. At last Sleen's information is starting to pay off.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 44, 72, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The musty smell down here is stifling. A feeling of uncertainty is nagging at the backside of your brain. Too bad Sleen couldn't actually find the bloody hut. Is that crackling flames you hear?
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 45, 63, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The dank, moldy smell of dragon dung hangs thick in the air. Perhaps this way is not a good idea.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 53, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Echoing off the walls of the caverns comes a sound you've never heard before. It's a sort of wail mixed with a crackle. Not entirely sure what is making it, yet it could just be a trick of the wind down here. . . or maybe not.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 67, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | There is the crackling of electricity up ahead and several of your men have their hair standing on end. 'Tis an odd feeling indeed.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 62, 68, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Washes of heat are coming from down this passageway. Perhaps a nice cozy lava pool is up ahead. At least there you could relax and loosen up the toughness of your muscles. However, with your luck, you're not too hopeful of that.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 9, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Diacara
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 94, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Frelin
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Kaffinar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 48, 96, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ciara
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Soal
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 43, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shelindria
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 73, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Azrael Field
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 97, 79, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Scorch
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 99, 48, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dagger Peak
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 102, 16, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Vandal Hall
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 11, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Labetha|Elementalist}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Thunar|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 95, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Luna|Elementalist}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 27, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Inteus|Elementalist}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 48, 98, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ignissa|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 69, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Gelare|Elementalist}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 46, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Pasis|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 73, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Calid|Heretic}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 97, 81, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Rashka|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 102, 18, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Xeron|Demoniac}}
|}

==== Seer's Huts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 21, 67, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| "My master said you would be coming. He told me to meet you here and to expect that several artifacts would be delivered. Do you have the Sword of Hellfire, Breastplate of Brimstone, Shield of the Damned? Oh yes, he also mentioned you would be bringing my Sphere of Permanence. I've been missing that for many months now. Do you have all of these things?"<center>{{an|Sword of Hellfire}}, {{an|Shield of the Damned}}, {{an|Breastplate of Brimstone}}, {{an|Sphere of Permanence}}</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| "If you do not bring all that you are supposed to, how do you expect my master and I to work on your Blade? We must do everything properly, else the intricate workings shall fail and the Blade will be useless."
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| Khazandar and his apprentice go in the back and soon is heard the sounds of spells being cast, the pounding of hammer on steel, and the swearing of an injured hand now and again. After some time, old man Khazandar emerges from the forge bearing a blade wrapped in thick cloth.He unwraps the cloth slowly and a pulsating light emanates from the weapon so recently forged. The blade looks odd, like none ever seen in Antagarich before. The hiltguard is shaped like an eagle and the blade has a strange shape to it, yet it bears the unmistakeable appearance of a weapon most foul."Here is your blade, Dark One. Thank you for your payment. Now leave me be."<center>{{an|Armageddon's Blade}}</center>
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 27, 50, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| As you approach the hut, you hear some odd whistling emanating from within. The song is a sad, angry tune, filled with a sense of bitterness and angst. Finding the tune strangely intriguing, you go up to the door and kick it open. Sitting calmly in a rocking chair is an old man with a long white beard smoking a pipe. His eyes stare out into oblivion, unblinking. Clearing your throat, you get his attention, somewhat."Yeah? What do you want?" the old man asks most irritatedly. "Speak quickly, I'm a busy man.""I have come a long way old man. I hear you are the one called Khazandar, the Grand Forgesmith, and you are he who can harness Armageddon. I've brought the legendary artifacts needed for the ritual. All I need now is for you to make me Armageddon's Blade."The old man looks at you, contemplates his words carefully, and puffs on his pipe. "So, you have finally come to ask me to build my last great piece. Yes, I'm Khazandar and yes, I'll make your Blade. A few conditions though. First, I want to be spared your Armageddon. Second, I want to be paid. . .well paid. I figure 30,000 pieces of Gold ought to do it. Once I get that, you may take the artifacts to my apprentice and I shall build your sword."<center>{{g}} 30000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| Staring deeply into your eyes, Khazandar wheezes, coughs, and spits a glob of greenish fluid at your feet. "When you have my 30,000 Gold I'll make your Blade. Not a moment before. Begone!"
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| "Finally! Here, give the 30,000 Gold to me! By the way, since you are going there anyway, take this to my apprentice, he's been looking for it. I will be along shortly once my work here is done. Then I shall make your weapon."<center>{{an|Sphere of Permanence}}</center>
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Seeking Armageddon

2018-09-21T16:46:30Z

Narwen: /* Heroes */

Third scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
The greatest hero in all Eeofol is Xeron the Terrible. He has been attempting to fulfill King Lucifer's vision for some time now, but every time he has gotten close to one of the objects needed to build Armageddon's Blade, a hero from the Elemental Conflux has arrived to take it. Now he has them cornered in Avlee and they are ripe for the picking.

=== Prologue ===
My quest is sacred, given to me by the king himself. I have searched the continent for the relics he desires. When I have come close, a mysterious hero has spirited my prize away. I have pursued these heroes for months. Now, I have them cornered. They will either surrender the relics, their lives... or both.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Xeron must gather the Sword of Hellfire, Breastplate of Brimstone, and Shield of the Damned. If he dies, Eeofol's hopes die with him. He will be able to advance to 12th Level, all of his experience, skills, and spells shall transfer with him to the next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "You, my faithful Xeron, have been given the glorious task of locating the artifacts needed to construct Armageddon's Blade. Your past failures aside, you are the one best suited to this task. My visions have told me such," the visage of Lucifer speaks in gentle but powerful tones."The three Elemental heroes who bested you in the past have been located and seem contained for the moment. Though they have taunted you by gathering that which you seek prior to your arrival, you must concentrate on your quest. Do not let petty things like pride get in your way. Xenofex was a fool and allowed himself to be arrogant and prideful. It was these things that lead to his demise at the hands of those heroes from Erathia.""You have been given the Shackles of War as a method of ensuring that these heroes will not get away. Corner them, locate the artifacts you need, and punish them for their transgression. How dare they stand in our way.""You were chosen for your loyalty and tenacity. Do not fail me. I will be watching your progress." With that, the image fades and you are left to your own devices and planning. This time, you vow by all that is dark and unholy, failure is no longer acceptable. To fail is to die; to succeed, your only purpose in life.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 2 - A Visit from Sleen'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | With a "bamf" sound and a cloud of brimstone teleports in Xex, the messenger you sent to locate a knowledgeable sage. Xex has in his clutches a smallish human with dark features and a bushy mustache. The man dusts himself off as if he could simply brush away the noxious smell of the demonic teleportation."Are you that which I seek human?"Sleen looks a bit nervous, but bows deeply and replied "I am he, Judge Sleen, Master Sage and Arcane Historian.""Tell me all you know of the three Conflux heroes who have eluded me so these many weeks. I shall know that which you know or I shall rip your heart from your breast and have myself a little snack."Gulping deeply, Sleen replies "They are Fiur of the Fire Domain, Ciele of the Eternal Ocean, and Erdamon, he of the Plane of Earth. Fiur guards the Shield of the Damned; Ciele the Sword of Hellfire; and Erdamon the Breastplate of Brimstone. When combined correctly, the three can be formed into a weapon of immense power, dubbed most aptly Armageddon's Blade.""Excellent, human. You may live yet another hour. And tell me, where might I find these heroes?" You then begin drumming your fingertips against one another in a contemplative fashion."Fiur can be found to the Southwest. I know not the location of the other two your unholiness," Sleen oozes. "But I would be most pleased and honored if you would allow me to discover the whereabouts of this elusive pair.""Very well, Sage, but if you do not bring me that which I seek in one week I shall send Xex to retrieve your still beating heart for my supper. Now GO!"With that Xex grabs the frightened sage and "bamfs" away. You smile an evil smile and call to your captains. Fiur is again within your grasp with nowhere to go this time.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - Treasure!!!'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | One of your spies reports a large cache of gold and resources lies to the north.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 9 - Sleen Returns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The flap to your tent is flung aside and a human figure thrown to the floor at his feet. You twist your face into a toothy grin and gaze down upon the pathetic excuse for a man that lay there, broken and battered."Good morning Sleen, what brings you to my door on this fine dreary day?"Sleen simply rolls over onto his back and tries to focus his eyes, which are glazing over due to injuries caused by your rather overanxious guards."I bring news to you, Your Eminence, of the two Conflux heroes you seek. Ciele the Waverider is to be found near the town of Phaedral and is heavily fortified. Erdamon the Earth Channeler is located southeast of that town, and not too far away either," the slippery human reports, his eyes darting about the tent seeking a way out should this dark lord become displeased with the report."Very well, human. You may return to your wretched little life. I shall spare you as I said I would. Now go! Leave my presence before I decide it is time to snack. XEX! Get this pathetic worm away from here. Take him someplace. . .unpleasant."With that, the big devil Xex grasps Sleen by the wrist and "bamfs" out. Returning moments later, Xex reports he dropped Sleen in the midst of a battle between some young wizard's army of Archmagi and a group of purple dragons with butterfly wings. He figured it was as unpleasant as he could get without killing him.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 15 - Guerilla Raid (every 14 days)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Your minions report that several key supply trains have been ambushed, the contents looted, and the wagons smashed. Unfortunately the bandits escaped before any could be captured. This will be a costly problem.<center>{{w}} -4 [[Wood]], {{m}} -2 [[Mercury]], {{o}} -4 [[Ore]], {{s}} -2 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} -2 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} -2 [[Gems]], {{g}} -2000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 16 - Bad News Guerillas'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reports start pouring in from all across the land. Someone has been hitting small encampments and even a few daring runs into cities. They are small in number, yet very powerful. These hit and fade style attacks are difficult to guard against, but you manage to convince your minions it is indeed possible to stop these guerilla raids.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 35 - To Catch a Spy'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You were out pacing in the darkness last night, pondering the possibilities, when you suddenly heard a noise to your left. Slowly you spun to see the source of said noise. To your delight you noticed a small elven man shimmying up a tree with a spyglass and quiver of arrows. You grinned to yourself and teleported to the man's position. The stench of brimstone filled the elf's nostrils and nearly caused him to gag. You smiled evilly at the spy and snatched him away to interrogate him.The interrogation was long and excruciatingly painful for the elf, but alas, he would not talk. The Erathians train their Forestguard well, or so it would appear. The leader of these raids must be located and dealt with.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - Sit Rep'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "King Lucifer wishes to know what you are doing to acquire the pieces needed to build that which he has dreamt of non-stop for weeks now, Armageddon's Blade," came the deep baritone voice in the red crystal shard kept in the Chamber of Speaking. Your heart leapt into your throat."I have learned the location of the three heroes you seek, my master. All that is left is to destroy these excuses for armies. I shall have them in my possession soon. Fear not, for failure is not an option for me.""See that you do, Xeron. I would hate to think what would happen should you fail." The voice then trails off into the blackness, the crimson stone strangely silent and dull in color, and you are left alone.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 66 - A Union is Formed'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A young pit fiend strides into the center of the encampment and makes his way to you. Once there, he snaps a salute and informs you that rumor has it Queen Catherine and these accursed Elemental Confluxes have reached an agreement allying themselves against the might of Eeofol."No matter of great concern. Once the Blade has been constructed, nothing may stand in the way. They shall all drown in lakes of blood, with fire as their only epitaph."
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shantalla
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Phaedral
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Havoc Peak
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 27, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sevenar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 28, 35, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tieldis
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 21, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Mourningdale
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Blackpool
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ciele|Elementalist}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Fiur|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 24, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Erdamon|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ash|Heretic}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 65, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Xeron|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 22, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Olema|Heretic}}
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{an|Sword of Hellfire}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Lying atop a small altar is a sword, its blade forged in the putrid flames of Hell itself. It calls to you and you oblige its wicked desire for carnage by strapping it to your side.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 56, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{an|Shield of the Damned}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As the ground glistens from the coursing magical energy surrounding it, you notice a shield that is charged with hellish flame. Red and black flames lick about its surface and outline it in an ominous way.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{an|Breastplate of Brimstone}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gleaming in the sun is a breastplate that glows with an eerie orange light. As you get closer, you notice that flames appear to dance within the metal, under its surface. It is an odd looking sight to be sure. You immediately recognize that which you have sought for so long, The Breastplate of Brimstone.
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Seeking Armageddon

2018-09-21T16:42:59Z

Narwen:

Third scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
The greatest hero in all Eeofol is Xeron the Terrible. He has been attempting to fulfill King Lucifer's vision for some time now, but every time he has gotten close to one of the objects needed to build Armageddon's Blade, a hero from the Elemental Conflux has arrived to take it. Now he has them cornered in Avlee and they are ripe for the picking.

=== Prologue ===
My quest is sacred, given to me by the king himself. I have searched the continent for the relics he desires. When I have come close, a mysterious hero has spirited my prize away. I have pursued these heroes for months. Now, I have them cornered. They will either surrender the relics, their lives... or both.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Xeron must gather the Sword of Hellfire, Breastplate of Brimstone, and Shield of the Damned. If he dies, Eeofol's hopes die with him. He will be able to advance to 12th Level, all of his experience, skills, and spells shall transfer with him to the next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "You, my faithful Xeron, have been given the glorious task of locating the artifacts needed to construct Armageddon's Blade. Your past failures aside, you are the one best suited to this task. My visions have told me such," the visage of Lucifer speaks in gentle but powerful tones."The three Elemental heroes who bested you in the past have been located and seem contained for the moment. Though they have taunted you by gathering that which you seek prior to your arrival, you must concentrate on your quest. Do not let petty things like pride get in your way. Xenofex was a fool and allowed himself to be arrogant and prideful. It was these things that lead to his demise at the hands of those heroes from Erathia.""You have been given the Shackles of War as a method of ensuring that these heroes will not get away. Corner them, locate the artifacts you need, and punish them for their transgression. How dare they stand in our way.""You were chosen for your loyalty and tenacity. Do not fail me. I will be watching your progress." With that, the image fades and you are left to your own devices and planning. This time, you vow by all that is dark and unholy, failure is no longer acceptable. To fail is to die; to succeed, your only purpose in life.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 2 - A Visit from Sleen'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | With a "bamf" sound and a cloud of brimstone teleports in Xex, the messenger you sent to locate a knowledgeable sage. Xex has in his clutches a smallish human with dark features and a bushy mustache. The man dusts himself off as if he could simply brush away the noxious smell of the demonic teleportation."Are you that which I seek human?"Sleen looks a bit nervous, but bows deeply and replied "I am he, Judge Sleen, Master Sage and Arcane Historian.""Tell me all you know of the three Conflux heroes who have eluded me so these many weeks. I shall know that which you know or I shall rip your heart from your breast and have myself a little snack."Gulping deeply, Sleen replies "They are Fiur of the Fire Domain, Ciele of the Eternal Ocean, and Erdamon, he of the Plane of Earth. Fiur guards the Shield of the Damned; Ciele the Sword of Hellfire; and Erdamon the Breastplate of Brimstone. When combined correctly, the three can be formed into a weapon of immense power, dubbed most aptly Armageddon's Blade.""Excellent, human. You may live yet another hour. And tell me, where might I find these heroes?" You then begin drumming your fingertips against one another in a contemplative fashion."Fiur can be found to the Southwest. I know not the location of the other two your unholiness," Sleen oozes. "But I would be most pleased and honored if you would allow me to discover the whereabouts of this elusive pair.""Very well, Sage, but if you do not bring me that which I seek in one week I shall send Xex to retrieve your still beating heart for my supper. Now GO!"With that Xex grabs the frightened sage and "bamfs" away. You smile an evil smile and call to your captains. Fiur is again within your grasp with nowhere to go this time.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 5 - Treasure!!!'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | One of your spies reports a large cache of gold and resources lies to the north.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 9 - Sleen Returns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The flap to your tent is flung aside and a human figure thrown to the floor at his feet. You twist your face into a toothy grin and gaze down upon the pathetic excuse for a man that lay there, broken and battered."Good morning Sleen, what brings you to my door on this fine dreary day?"Sleen simply rolls over onto his back and tries to focus his eyes, which are glazing over due to injuries caused by your rather overanxious guards."I bring news to you, Your Eminence, of the two Conflux heroes you seek. Ciele the Waverider is to be found near the town of Phaedral and is heavily fortified. Erdamon the Earth Channeler is located southeast of that town, and not too far away either," the slippery human reports, his eyes darting about the tent seeking a way out should this dark lord become displeased with the report."Very well, human. You may return to your wretched little life. I shall spare you as I said I would. Now go! Leave my presence before I decide it is time to snack. XEX! Get this pathetic worm away from here. Take him someplace. . .unpleasant."With that, the big devil Xex grasps Sleen by the wrist and "bamfs" out. Returning moments later, Xex reports he dropped Sleen in the midst of a battle between some young wizard's army of Archmagi and a group of purple dragons with butterfly wings. He figured it was as unpleasant as he could get without killing him.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 15 - Guerilla Raid (every 14 days)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Your minions report that several key supply trains have been ambushed, the contents looted, and the wagons smashed. Unfortunately the bandits escaped before any could be captured. This will be a costly problem.<center>{{w}} -4 [[Wood]], {{m}} -2 [[Mercury]], {{o}} -4 [[Ore]], {{s}} -2 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} -2 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} -2 [[Gems]], {{g}} -2000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 16 - Bad News Guerillas'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reports start pouring in from all across the land. Someone has been hitting small encampments and even a few daring runs into cities. They are small in number, yet very powerful. These hit and fade style attacks are difficult to guard against, but you manage to convince your minions it is indeed possible to stop these guerilla raids.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 35 - To Catch a Spy'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You were out pacing in the darkness last night, pondering the possibilities, when you suddenly heard a noise to your left. Slowly you spun to see the source of said noise. To your delight you noticed a small elven man shimmying up a tree with a spyglass and quiver of arrows. You grinned to yourself and teleported to the man's position. The stench of brimstone filled the elf's nostrils and nearly caused him to gag. You smiled evilly at the spy and snatched him away to interrogate him.The interrogation was long and excruciatingly painful for the elf, but alas, he would not talk. The Erathians train their Forestguard well, or so it would appear. The leader of these raids must be located and dealt with.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - Sit Rep'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "King Lucifer wishes to know what you are doing to acquire the pieces needed to build that which he has dreamt of non-stop for weeks now, Armageddon's Blade," came the deep baritone voice in the red crystal shard kept in the Chamber of Speaking. Your heart leapt into your throat."I have learned the location of the three heroes you seek, my master. All that is left is to destroy these excuses for armies. I shall have them in my possession soon. Fear not, for failure is not an option for me.""See that you do, Xeron. I would hate to think what would happen should you fail." The voice then trails off into the blackness, the crimson stone strangely silent and dull in color, and you are left alone.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 66 - A Union is Formed'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A young pit fiend strides into the center of the encampment and makes his way to you. Once there, he snaps a salute and informs you that rumor has it Queen Catherine and these accursed Elemental Confluxes have reached an agreement allying themselves against the might of Eeofol."No matter of great concern. Once the Blade has been constructed, nothing may stand in the way. They shall all drown in lakes of blood, with fire as their only epitaph."
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shantalla
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Phaedral
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Havoc Peak
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 27, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sevenar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 28, 35, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tieldis
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 21, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Mourningdale
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Blackpool
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ciele|Elementalist}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Fiur|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 24, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Erdamon|Planeswalker}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Ash|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 65, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Xeron|Demoniac}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 22, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Olema|Heretic}}
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{an|Sword of Hellfire}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Lying atop a small altar is a sword, its blade forged in the putrid flames of Hell itself. It calls to you and you oblige its wicked desire for carnage by strapping it to your side.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 56, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{an|Shield of the Damned}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As the ground glistens from the coursing magical energy surrounding it, you notice a shield that is charged with hellish flame. Red and black flames lick about its surface and outline it in an ominous way.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{an|Breastplate of Brimstone}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gleaming in the sun is a breastplate that glows with an eerie orange light. As you get closer, you notice that flames appear to dance within the metal, under its surface. It is an odd looking sight to be sure. You immediately recognize that which you have sought for so long, The Breastplate of Brimstone.
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Shadows of the Forest

2018-09-21T16:27:59Z

Narwen:

Second scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Gelu, the half-Vori elf leader of Erathia's elite unit known as the Forestguard, has been ordered to wage a shadow war along the Avlee-Eeofol border. This area is rife with small garrisons and outposts. It is from these levies that Gelu shall draw his guerilla force.

=== Prologue ===
Messengers inform me Queen Catherine and Roland Ironfist are retreating to the Erathian border. Avlee has chosen to turn a blind eye toward the war, but have purposely left local heroes to their own will. Under the Queen's orders we are to wage a 'hit-and-run' war along the Avlee border. Our only support will be local militia hostile toward the Kreegans. Should we be captured, Erathia and Avlee will disavow any knowledge of our actions. Otherwise... this task is no different than before.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Gelu must defeat all enemies in this area using guerilla tactics. He is the only one with the skills to lead this raid, for without him all is lost. Gelu will be allowed to advance to 12th Level and carry over his skills, experience, and spells to the next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Birth'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was a foundling child discovered by a member of the Talon Brigade under Captain Catherine Gryphonheart. That member is now a General in Erathia's army.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Homeland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The leader of the Forest Guard is said to be a half-breed child of Human and Vori Elf descent.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Hair'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu's flame-red hair is not a color found in Vori Elves normally.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Kendal'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | General Morgan Kendal once served in the Talon Brigade.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Catherine'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Queen Catherine was once a Captain in the Talon Brigade.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Talon Brigade'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Talon Brigade is an elite unit in the Erathian Army.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Gelu's Skill'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was born with a knack for the bow. He is an expert shot.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Forest Guard'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Forest Guard are Erathia's eyes and ears before a battle. Stealth is their greatest weapon.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Diasamere'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The town of Diasamere is a great place to work and live.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Diasamere 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In Diasamere, there is a wealth of information on things like the Kreegan demons.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Kreegans'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Kreegan demons first appeared during the Night of Shooting Stars.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Childhood'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was raised by a noted Erathian General.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu, early this morning you received word your special skills are needed for a daring plan. While Catherine and the Erathian forces keep the Eeofol army locked in conflict on the western border, you have been ordered to slip in through Avlee with a small guerilla force to harry the enemy there.You have also been instructed to recruit allies from the local populace. To that end, you have set up your base camp in the city of Diasamere along the Avlee-Eeofol border. The elves there have offered shelter and aid in the coming fight. The region is dotted with small garrisons and outposts. A large number of mercenaries, some of whom fought in the recent wars, call this area home. Many are loyal to Avlee, but there are those who prefer to remain neutral and will fight for that choice.Movement, stealth, and cunning tactics will win this Shadow War, not brute force, for the enemy is indeed powerful. Good luck!
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 15 - Guerilla Raids (every 14 days)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The men you sent in to raid the enemy supply lines have returned with a healthy take.<center>{{w}} 4 [[Wood]], {{m}} 2 [[Mercury]], {{o}} 4 [[Ore]], {{s}} 2 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} 2 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} 2 [[Gems]], {{g}} 2000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 25 - Gypsy Fortuneteller'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A travelling caravan of gypsies passes near your encampment and several of the men decide to have their fortunes told. As this is a time of great strife and with the possibility of death being quite high, you agree to let your men partake of this little distraction. You even decide to join them.The gypsy, a woman calling herself Nayestra the Oracle, reads their futures, one by one, some good, some not so good. Eventually she reaches you. Upon seeing your pale complexion, solid jet black eyes, and flame-red hair, she backs away, startled. Your odd appearance and striking presence both intrigue and frighten her, but she is a professional. She takes your hand, sits you down at her table and begins to read your palm. What she sees is very strange. Your lifeline is uncertain and yet your destiny is clear. Your are to be a widely known figure, one of great import, yet there is a dark road as well. Something in your future gives her pause. She sees great evil in your future, yet cannot be sure if it is an outside force influencing your destiny or something from within. A strange dichotomy to be sure, this Gelu is. Both where you came from and where you were going are blurred, something Nayestra has never seen before. Each one of these things is told to you in turn and you listen in rapt attention, hanging on her every word.As you get up to exit her tent, you press a gem and several gold coins into her palm and leave, bowing deeply as if she were royalty. She glows at the overpayment, for normally all she asks is a few silver coins and a promise to live up to one's potential. You are indeed a hero, at least to her.<center>{{gem}} -1 [[Gems]], {{g}} -7 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 34 - A Message From Ciele'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you pass a small puddle, you hear a voice call out to you, gentle and soft. The voice is that of a woman, or so it sounds. You kneel down beside the tiny pool and peer into its stillness. To your surprise there is a face of a beauteous woman. She is beckoning you to her, whispering your name on warm winds blowing across the puddle causing slight ripples on it's surface."I am Ciele the Waverider. I represent the Elemental Plane of Water and am one of many called here to protect this world from those who would see it harmed. I am sending this message to you, Gelu, because your destiny lies along a similar path to ours. Beware the Dark Lord, for he is assembling a weapon of near immeasurable power."At that point a stiff wind comes up and scatters the water about, sending the image of Ciele away. Confused at this warning, yet drawn to this woman somehow, you mount your horse and continue on with your mission. Figuring out the cryptic message will have to wait, time is of the essence.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - A Message From Erdamon'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You are awoken to an odd feeling in the back of your neck, a tingling sensation warning of danger. You spin; blade in hand faster than the eye can catch, and are faced with a small figure grown from the earth itself. This figure is vaguely humanoid and stands approximately two feet tall.The figure bows deeply, introduces itself as a minion of Erdamon, and claims he bears a message for the ears of Gelu alone. Confused, you agree, albeit warily."You are the one known as Gelu, are you not? Very well, I am Erdamon the Earthshaper. I have come from the Elemental Plane of Earth and have been sent to protect this world from those who would see it harm. Ciele told me you have spoken to her. I trust you have already met the minions of the Dark Lord? Excellent.The Dark Lord has many names and many minions, the worst of which is Xeron, he who was born of man and demon. Be wary of this one, for he is most skilled in the dark arts as well as having an affinity for devilkin." Then the small figure melded back into the ground as if it never had been. Thinking you were merely dreaming, you lay back down and contemplate what this Erdamon has told you.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 50 - A Message From Fiur'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sitting around the campfire last night, you and several of your most trusted advisors were knocked off your feet when the flames suddenly exploded outward. The flames licked skyward and coalesced into a humanoid shape, it's eyes glowing a brilliant green."I come to speak to the half-human warrior known as Gelu, he with eyes of obsidian darkness, skin of alabaster white, and hair the color of flame. I am called Fiur the Flamewalker. I am he, born of fire, come here to protect this world from those who would harm it. A tide of growing darkness is flowing across this world, gaining momentum with every day. The one known as Xeron is a servant to the Dark Lord and is even now seeking the tools needed to build a weapon of terrible destructive power, Armageddon's Blade. My fellow Conflux heroes, Ciele and Erdamon, have secreted these tools away in a far off land. Yet this Xeron has located us anyway. He is powerful and we shall attempt to stop him, but we now fear that we cannot stop the weapon's creation. We can, however, let you know the wielder of the Blade is not invincible."That said, the flames form into a great fiery phoenix which gouts its breath into the sky, shoving aside the darkness of night for the merest of moments. It then poured back down into the firepit and returned to being a simple campfire, as if nothing had happened.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 54 - Talon Brigade Member Found'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A pair of warriors dragging a third enters the encampment early in the morning. The dragged man is gravely wounded and appears near death. Healers rush for the man and begin their work as you approach.As he gets closer, you can see that this man is a member of the Talon Brigade. How he has gotten this far north, you cannot understand, but the fact remains he is here. As you kneel beside him, the swordsman grasps you by the edges of your cloak and in a raspy voice speaks his warning."There is one out there milord, a devil named Xeron ..cough.. who is the one seeking Armageddon's Blade. ..cough.. My unit was sent here by ..cough.. General Kendal to aid you. ..choke.. I am all that is left of us. Xeron is close to ..choke.. completing the Blade. He is going to use ..choke.. it to destroy ..cough.. us aaalllll."His words trail off into silence as he collapses into death. His body limp and lifeless, the man's last words hang in your mind. What is this Armageddon's Blade and who is this Xeron you keep hearing about? Answers are needed and needed quickly, for Erathia is running out of time.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | What manner of oddity is this? The architecture matches nothing seen in Erathia, Avlee or any other place, save maybe Bracada. But what would a Bracadan city be doing so far from its homeland? Worse still, how did it get here when it was not here a few months ago? All good questions, perhaps going inside will net some answers.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 17, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Rampart}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dova Saera
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Moribund
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dragonbane
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Whitespire
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jakta
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reavers Gate
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 27, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Rampart}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Diasamere
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 29, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Pixie}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A smiling band of little fairies stand milling about looking for something to do. As you approach, they beam and flock to your side. It seems these are pixies and they are eager to fight against the evil beings that have come.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Sharpshooter}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We found these gauntlets. We thought you might like to have them."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Gelu|Ranger}}
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{an|Spell Scroll}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Half buried in the ground near the edge of the ore pit, there appears to be a small tube. Uncovering it, you see the magical writing swimming before your eyes. A sage rushes over to tell you what spell it is.
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Shadows of the Forest

2018-09-21T16:24:54Z

Narwen:

Third scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Gelu, the half-Vori elf leader of Erathia's elite unit known as the Forestguard, has been ordered to wage a shadow war along the Avlee-Eeofol border. This area is rife with small garrisons and outposts. It is from these levies that Gelu shall draw his guerilla force.

=== Prologue ===
Messengers inform me Queen Catherine and Roland Ironfist are retreating to the Erathian border. Avlee has chosen to turn a blind eye toward the war, but have purposely left local heroes to their own will. Under the Queen's orders we are to wage a 'hit-and-run' war along the Avlee border. Our only support will be local militia hostile toward the Kreegans. Should we be captured, Erathia and Avlee will disavow any knowledge of our actions. Otherwise... this task is no different than before.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Gelu must defeat all enemies in this area using guerilla tactics. He is the only one with the skills to lead this raid, for without him all is lost. Gelu will be allowed to advance to 12th Level and carry over his skills, experience, and spells to the next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Birth'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was a foundling child discovered by a member of the Talon Brigade under Captain Catherine Gryphonheart. That member is now a General in Erathia's army.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Homeland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The leader of the Forest Guard is said to be a half-breed child of Human and Vori Elf descent.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Hair'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu's flame-red hair is not a color found in Vori Elves normally.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Kendal'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | General Morgan Kendal once served in the Talon Brigade.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Catherine'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Queen Catherine was once a Captain in the Talon Brigade.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Talon Brigade'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Talon Brigade is an elite unit in the Erathian Army.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Gelu's Skill'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was born with a knack for the bow. He is an expert shot.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Forest Guard'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Forest Guard are Erathia's eyes and ears before a battle. Stealth is their greatest weapon.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Diasamere'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The town of Diasamere is a great place to work and live.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Diasamere 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In Diasamere, there is a wealth of information on things like the Kreegan demons.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Kreegans'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Kreegan demons first appeared during the Night of Shooting Stars.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Childhood'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was raised by a noted Erathian General.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu, early this morning you received word your special skills are needed for a daring plan. While Catherine and the Erathian forces keep the Eeofol army locked in conflict on the western border, you have been ordered to slip in through Avlee with a small guerilla force to harry the enemy there.You have also been instructed to recruit allies from the local populace. To that end, you have set up your base camp in the city of Diasamere along the Avlee-Eeofol border. The elves there have offered shelter and aid in the coming fight. The region is dotted with small garrisons and outposts. A large number of mercenaries, some of whom fought in the recent wars, call this area home. Many are loyal to Avlee, but there are those who prefer to remain neutral and will fight for that choice.Movement, stealth, and cunning tactics will win this Shadow War, not brute force, for the enemy is indeed powerful. Good luck!
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 15 - Guerilla Raids (every 14 days)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The men you sent in to raid the enemy supply lines have returned with a healthy take.<center>{{w}} 4 [[Wood]], {{m}} 2 [[Mercury]], {{o}} 4 [[Ore]], {{s}} 2 [[Sulfur]], {{c}} 2 [[Crystal]], {{gem}} 2 [[Gems]], {{g}} 2000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 25 - Gypsy Fortuneteller'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A travelling caravan of gypsies passes near your encampment and several of the men decide to have their fortunes told. As this is a time of great strife and with the possibility of death being quite high, you agree to let your men partake of this little distraction. You even decide to join them.The gypsy, a woman calling herself Nayestra the Oracle, reads their futures, one by one, some good, some not so good. Eventually she reaches you. Upon seeing your pale complexion, solid jet black eyes, and flame-red hair, she backs away, startled. Your odd appearance and striking presence both intrigue and frighten her, but she is a professional. She takes your hand, sits you down at her table and begins to read your palm. What she sees is very strange. Your lifeline is uncertain and yet your destiny is clear. Your are to be a widely known figure, one of great import, yet there is a dark road as well. Something in your future gives her pause. She sees great evil in your future, yet cannot be sure if it is an outside force influencing your destiny or something from within. A strange dichotomy to be sure, this Gelu is. Both where you came from and where you were going are blurred, something Nayestra has never seen before. Each one of these things is told to you in turn and you listen in rapt attention, hanging on her every word.As you get up to exit her tent, you press a gem and several gold coins into her palm and leave, bowing deeply as if she were royalty. She glows at the overpayment, for normally all she asks is a few silver coins and a promise to live up to one's potential. You are indeed a hero, at least to her.<center>{{gem}} -1 [[Gems]], {{g}} -7 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 34 - A Message From Ciele'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you pass a small puddle, you hear a voice call out to you, gentle and soft. The voice is that of a woman, or so it sounds. You kneel down beside the tiny pool and peer into its stillness. To your surprise there is a face of a beauteous woman. She is beckoning you to her, whispering your name on warm winds blowing across the puddle causing slight ripples on it's surface."I am Ciele the Waverider. I represent the Elemental Plane of Water and am one of many called here to protect this world from those who would see it harmed. I am sending this message to you, Gelu, because your destiny lies along a similar path to ours. Beware the Dark Lord, for he is assembling a weapon of near immeasurable power."At that point a stiff wind comes up and scatters the water about, sending the image of Ciele away. Confused at this warning, yet drawn to this woman somehow, you mount your horse and continue on with your mission. Figuring out the cryptic message will have to wait, time is of the essence.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - A Message From Erdamon'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You are awoken to an odd feeling in the back of your neck, a tingling sensation warning of danger. You spin; blade in hand faster than the eye can catch, and are faced with a small figure grown from the earth itself. This figure is vaguely humanoid and stands approximately two feet tall.The figure bows deeply, introduces itself as a minion of Erdamon, and claims he bears a message for the ears of Gelu alone. Confused, you agree, albeit warily."You are the one known as Gelu, are you not? Very well, I am Erdamon the Earthshaper. I have come from the Elemental Plane of Earth and have been sent to protect this world from those who would see it harm. Ciele told me you have spoken to her. I trust you have already met the minions of the Dark Lord? Excellent.The Dark Lord has many names and many minions, the worst of which is Xeron, he who was born of man and demon. Be wary of this one, for he is most skilled in the dark arts as well as having an affinity for devilkin." Then the small figure melded back into the ground as if it never had been. Thinking you were merely dreaming, you lay back down and contemplate what this Erdamon has told you.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 50 - A Message From Fiur'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sitting around the campfire last night, you and several of your most trusted advisors were knocked off your feet when the flames suddenly exploded outward. The flames licked skyward and coalesced into a humanoid shape, it's eyes glowing a brilliant green."I come to speak to the half-human warrior known as Gelu, he with eyes of obsidian darkness, skin of alabaster white, and hair the color of flame. I am called Fiur the Flamewalker. I am he, born of fire, come here to protect this world from those who would harm it. A tide of growing darkness is flowing across this world, gaining momentum with every day. The one known as Xeron is a servant to the Dark Lord and is even now seeking the tools needed to build a weapon of terrible destructive power, Armageddon's Blade. My fellow Conflux heroes, Ciele and Erdamon, have secreted these tools away in a far off land. Yet this Xeron has located us anyway. He is powerful and we shall attempt to stop him, but we now fear that we cannot stop the weapon's creation. We can, however, let you know the wielder of the Blade is not invincible."That said, the flames form into a great fiery phoenix which gouts its breath into the sky, shoving aside the darkness of night for the merest of moments. It then poured back down into the firepit and returned to being a simple campfire, as if nothing had happened.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 54 - Talon Brigade Member Found'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A pair of warriors dragging a third enters the encampment early in the morning. The dragged man is gravely wounded and appears near death. Healers rush for the man and begin their work as you approach.As he gets closer, you can see that this man is a member of the Talon Brigade. How he has gotten this far north, you cannot understand, but the fact remains he is here. As you kneel beside him, the swordsman grasps you by the edges of your cloak and in a raspy voice speaks his warning."There is one out there milord, a devil named Xeron ..cough.. who is the one seeking Armageddon's Blade. ..cough.. My unit was sent here by ..cough.. General Kendal to aid you. ..choke.. I am all that is left of us. Xeron is close to ..choke.. completing the Blade. He is going to use ..choke.. it to destroy ..cough.. us aaalllll."His words trail off into silence as he collapses into death. His body limp and lifeless, the man's last words hang in your mind. What is this Armageddon's Blade and who is this Xeron you keep hearing about? Answers are needed and needed quickly, for Erathia is running out of time.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | What manner of oddity is this? The architecture matches nothing seen in Erathia, Avlee or any other place, save maybe Bracada. But what would a Bracadan city be doing so far from its homeland? Worse still, how did it get here when it was not here a few months ago? All good questions, perhaps going inside will net some answers.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 17, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Rampart}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dova Saera
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Moribund
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dragonbane
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Whitespire
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jakta
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reavers Gate
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 27, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Rampart}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Diasamere
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 29, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Pixie}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A smiling band of little fairies stand milling about looking for something to do. As you approach, they beam and flock to your side. It seems these are pixies and they are eager to fight against the evil beings that have come.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Sharpshooter}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We found these gauntlets. We thought you might like to have them."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Gelu|Ranger}}
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{an|Spell Scroll}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Half buried in the ground near the edge of the ore pit, there appears to be a small tube. Uncovering it, you see the magical writing swimming before your eyes. A sage rushes over to tell you what spell it is.
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Catherine's Charge

2018-09-21T16:05:06Z

Narwen:

First scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Eeofol troops have pushed to Erathia's border. Queen Catherine herself has chosen to stay the tide of these invaders by controlling the border and digging in until reinforcements can arrive. Catherine must not fail.

=== Prologue ===
I have underestimated my opponent's strength and resolve. During the Restoration Wars, the Kreegans were of minor concern. Now they fight with an urgency neither I nor Roland have encountered. I have pulled the bulk of my forces back behind Erathia's border. Between us and the Kreegans lies Moss Valley. It is one of Erathia's more beautiful landscapes. Tactically, it is ideal. If I can hold this valley, I can close the border. Then I can determine how to destroy the demon king Lucifer and his quest to set the world on fire with Armageddon's Blade.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Catherine must defeat all of her enemies or they will flood Erathia with their evil. If Queen Catherine dies then all hope is lost and the devils of Eeofol will easily win. Catherine will be allowed to advance to 18th level and carry over her experience, skills, and spells into her next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Following the initial invasion of Eeofol, you ran into the elite force of Kreegans known as the Fist of Unholy Might. These battle-hardened regiments pushed you back clear across the border and now threaten to push deeper into Erathia. It is here, in the Contested Lands that lie betwixt Erathia and Eeofol, where you plan to make your stand. Digging in until reinforcements can arrive is your plan and quite possibly Erathia's only hope.Should you fail or be defeated, Erathia will forever know emptiness, despair, and shall suffer an eternity of darkness. May the blessings of the Temple of Light be upon you and those who serve under your command.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 6 - An alert'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A scout comes racing to your camp bearing a message. He bows deeply before you and presents a scroll from General Morgan Kendal. His trembling fingers release the rolled parchment into your hands as sweat beads on his brow. This is not good news he brings."My Queen, I regret to inform you that the dark forces of Eeofol have broken through our eastern lines. I have failed you, but I swear to you on the grave of your beloved father that I shall fall back and protect Steadwick from these foul creatures." -- Morgan
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 10 - A Second Message From Kendal'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A rider enters your camp carrying a message scroll that bears the seal of General Morgan Kendal. You accept the scroll from the rider, break the seal, unroll the parchment, and peruse its contents."Pray pardon my Queen, but I must bring you grave news. Recently I have been witness to the strangest of occurrences. A town of odd architecture simply appeared from thin air. It had roofs like tulip bulbs made of bronze, brightly colored tent cloth everywhere, and the walls were guarded by elementals of all types. Since that first sighting, I have seen several more similar citadels dotting the countryside. I do not know the nature of these towns, nor do I know if they are hostile. Perhaps they might be persuaded to join us in our fight; perhaps we shall need to guard against them. I do not believe anyone in this region can remain neutral for long." -- Morgan
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 15 - Good News at Last'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A runner leaps off his steed in a hurry to bring urgent news to his Queen. You take the message scroll from the smiling runner and unfurl it. The note is smudged from water stains, but legible. Reading it brings some much-needed light to your soul. Good news at last has come."My dearest Catherine, I have amassed a sizeable force outside Steadwick. It will take some time to reach your position, as we will be first shoring up the eastern front. I plan to meet Kendal's army somewhere near Killian's Wake and push back those forces plaguing him there.Once that task is completed and the Kreegan troops are routed, I shall bring our combined forces to your aid. You must hold out my love. Erathia's fate depends upon you holding the region. I will see you again. That I swear." -- Your loving husband, Roland
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 21 - A Message from Lucifer'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Pacing across the field, you wrack your brain for a way to make sense of this insane war you are waging. For what purpose could Lucifer be engaging in such insanity? What was there to gain from this? The answers to such questions will not come easily, nor without a heavy price attached.As you ponder these and other matters, a timid monk clears his throat quietly to announce his presence. Spinning on your heels to face the sudden sound, your flame colored hair frames your face in such a way as to bring fear to the poor cleric. He shakily informs you that a crystal shard has been delivered moments ago with express instructions that it be shown to you immediately. Fearing it is a trap; the mages in your council choose to study it. Finding no magical traps or spells to harm their Queen, they show it to you.A demonic face appears from inside the shard as soon as you approach. The face is bearded, horned, and has glistening sharp teeth. A wicked grin is firmly in place which rapidly becomes a sneer as it speaks."Ah, the famed Catherine Gryphonheart, or should I say Ironfist. Seems a much more appropriate name for you. In case you did not know, I am Lucifer Kreegan, King of Eeofol and Bringer of Doom.I hope you realize your efforts to engage me are fruitless as was proven by my pushing your pathetic invasion back nearly to your own capitol. You cannot win against the might of my armies or the power of my secret weapon. This day shall see the end of your precious Antagarich, Enroth, and all that I survey. Prepare yourself for oblivion Catherine, Queen of Erathia, for it is coming soon."With that, the image fades out and you are left alone with the threat hanging in the air. Muttering something about madmen, you go back to your planning session and prepare for the coming battles.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 29 - Delays and Despair'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A bedraggled and forlorn looking runner arrived at your tent. He was wounded but waved off the attendants who tried to aid him. He had a message to bring. You could tell immediately by his countenance that the news was grave."My dearest wife, I must regret to inform you that we have met with great resistance in our journey to join up with General Kendal's forces. The minions of Eeofol are formidable indeed, much more so than I had anticipated.Several hundred loyal warriors have fallen and I fear that many more will be sacrificed before this is over. I am now unable to predict when we will be available to fortify your position. You will need to hold out longer than I had originally been planning on.I miss you terribly. Know that I will be there, no matter the price I must pay. Nothing shall keep me from your side. Perhaps one day soon we shall be able to return to Enroth and our beloved son, Nicolai." -- Roland.Crushing the scroll, you entered your tent, eyes filled with tears.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 31 - Rains Come'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A torrential rain begins. The rain bears an odd odor and seems to be eating away at steel weapons and armor. The court wizards do what they can to protect the troops from this acidic rain, but their powers are severely limited against such an assault. It will cost dearly to fix the damaged items.<center>{{o}} -3 [[Ore]], {{g}} -2000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 33 - Rains Are Useful'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The chief alchemist reports to you that they have found a way to collect the rain and extract some trace elements from it. This means a small quantity of sulfur can be gleaned from this otherwise gloomy downpour.<center>{{s}} 6 [[Sulfur]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 51 - A Ray of Hope'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | On the First Day of the Festival of Life, the fearsome clouds that brought the hateful rainfall break. A brilliant light shines down upon the fields and bathes over you as you step out to view your troops, soothing your troubled soul. Perhaps the gods are favoring you at last.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 60 - Terrible News'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A panic stricken man arrives in your camp one day with a message. Tearing it open, you pour over the letter, utter despair rapidly overcoming your otherwise noble visage. News that King Roland has been injured has arrived. Grief stricken, you retire to your tent in great haste.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 62 - A Letter from Roland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you continue on your quest to exact revenge on the followers of the mad King Lucifer, your rage grows. The shadow that covers your soul threatens to engulf you fully, but a small light flickers when another runner arrives, haggard but smiling."My dearest Catherine. I am truly sorry I have not written, but I did hear you had received word of my injury. Let me assure you there is nothing to fear. The injuries I received were not severe, nor should you have been burdened with being informed of them.I received the injuries when we finally met up with General Kendal's forces. A large army of demons and hellhounds had been guarding a pass and we needed to punch through. I led the charge but received some minor wounds as a result. I killed the thing responsible, fear not. All is well, as I hope it is with you and your campaign." -- Roland
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 66 - Assassin'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Last night, during the Hour of the Wolf, a lone assassin armed with demonic magic artifacts infiltrated your encampment with murder in his heart. As he passed near your tent opening, someone spotted him and Ketai, a young swordsman, captured him.Upon his capture, you were immediately awoken, much to your chagrin. Your steely-eyed countenance later stared down this would be assassin. He was questioned for only a short time before you turned to your advisor."Have him drawn and quartered, then put on display as a warning."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 72 - Catherine Sends For Gelu'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The forces of Eeofol have proven to be mighty indeed. As such, daring plans and cunning tactics are going to be needed to win this conflict. You summon one of your most trusted runners. You have need of a different type of soldier for the plan forming in your mind.The Forest Guard has been acting as Erathia's eyes and ears for generations, perhaps now it is time to employ them for a different purpose. Quickly scribing a note on a piece of parchment, you send word to Gelu, the Forest Guard's captain, to undertake a special mission for you.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 90 - Nicolai'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In the long months since you left Enroth, your days have been filled with strife, terror, grief, and triumph, yet you have never lost sight of what is important to you, your son Nicolai. Your thoughts drift now to him, as your worry for him, for he is alone in Enroth and has been ever since you were summoned home to Erathia and Roland was taken captive on the Night of Shooting Stars. Only the knowledge that Nicolai has the aid of Wilbur Humphrey, Roland's appointed Regent, consoles your aching heart. You miss your son terribly and desire greatly to return home. Perhaps when this war is over and peace finally settles on the land of your birth, you can return home to your son, even if for only a little while.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 112 - Catherine's Speech'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You call your troops before you. Their morale is low and all are exhausted from the constant fighting and marching. You sit astride your steed, noble and proud in appearance, and ride to the top of a small rise. There you thrust high the banner of Erathia and speak."It has been one hundred and twelve days since the minions of this King Lucifer have invaded our land. We have held out bravely so far, but the true test of our courage and prowess is yet to come. King Roland and General Kendal are currently battling to save the eastern border, while we defend this region from Kreegan forces. However, we do battle with a powerful foe. The abominations we face in this conflict are hideous and fierce warriors, armed with potent elements of magic.You have done well, my warriors, and I ask that you continue to do so in the fights to come. This will not be easy, but I promise you we will win, for we are of Erathia. We defeated the combined forces of Deyja, Eeofol, and Nighon before. This is only one third of that triumvirate. Fight on my warriors, for not just Erathia, but all of Antagarich depends on our victory here."You sit tall and proud as the cheers of your men rise to meet you. You smile, knowing the coming fight, while difficult, will be won. You are confident of that.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 121 - The War Drags On'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As the conflict drags on into its fourth month, the men seemed inspired yet weary. Reports from Steadwick have been trickling in from time to time, but it is getting longer and longer between messengers. Roland hasn't even sent a message for weeks.Refusing to show weakness, you dispatch a messenger to learn about the fate of your husband's army. Concern for his safety and the need for your army's waning strength of resolve to improve pushed you to act. The messenger is urged to make sure the scroll is delivered to Roland's hands personally.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 135 - The Messenger Returns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A horseman approaches bearing a scroll. The man is the same one sent by you to locate Roland's forces. He bows deeply and passes his helm to a nearby page. Dusting himself off, he accepts an offered waterskin and takes a long drag from it. The cool water washes away some of the road's dirt."King Roland is deep in battle with the Kreegan forces and is unable to divert troops to you at this time. In the next few weeks some forces should be available for your use my Queen. He regrets he cannot be here to fight at your side."Sending him away, you wander back to your tent.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 149 - Troops Trickle In'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A messenger arrives, snaps a scroll into your hand, salutes, and leaves. Quickly you open the message and read, your face lighting up as you do so. As soon as you finish, you roll it back up and stuffed it into the pouch it came in, snap some orders, and press onward."My dearest Catherine, I have found it possible to order a small contingent of troops to your position. They have not been paid in a long while, so they will need that as well. They should arrive at Fort Defiance by the time you receive this letter. Walk with the Light my love." -- Roland
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Defiance: Day 149 - Troops Trickle In'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The following reinforcements have arrived.<center>{{Cn|Pikeman|noname=}}{{Cn|Halberdier|name=60 Pikemen and Halberdiers}}, {{Cn|Archer|noname=}}{{Cn|Marksman|name=35 Archers and Marksmen}}, {{Cn|Griffin|noname=}}{{Cn|Royal Griffin|name=25 Griffins and Royal Griffins}}, {{Cn|Swordsman|noname=}}{{Cn|Crusader|name=15 Swordsmen and Crusaders}}, {{Cn|Cavalier|noname=}}{{Cn|Champion|name=10 Cavaliers and Champions}}</center>
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 68, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Standing before you is a city whose architecture you do not recognize. The rounded roofs, the tall spires, the strange sounds emanating from within all coalesce to form some sort of strange entity your scholars cannot explain. This town wasn't here the last time you passed through. Where did it come from? Who built it? These are all questions racing through your mind. All you hope is the answers within will not lead you to a worse fate than the one that already befalls Erathia should you fail in your endeavor.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | This gleaming citadel stands tall and defiant against the darkening skies that lay overhead. A sense of hope and wonderment overcomes you as you approach the front gates. At this point a scout from your outrider group trots back to report of creatures not spotted in Erathia for quite some time. They stand atop the walls and prepare for an assault. They seem wary of strangers but oddly are prepared for war. Is there something they know and you do not? With only one way to find out, you press on.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 51, 38, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Eeofol, land of demons and devilkin. It is said that the Kreegans were a punishment from the gods for the sins committed by a people who strayed from the path of righteousness. The Night of Shooting Stars is seen by many as some sort of terrible omen of doom and despair. The once fertile land of Eeofol now lies burned and blackened, rivers of magma have replaced sparkling clear water and bubbling brooks now bubble with molten rock. It is a depressing sight indeed, but the need for perseverance has never presented itself more. King Lucifer must be stopped, else the whole of Antagarich suffer the same fate as the former homeland of the Halflings.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The blackened walls of the border gate that once protected these lands from the horrors that lay beyond now bears the heraldry of the Kreegan Clans of Eeofol. A sickening smell permeates the area, seeping beneath your clothing and into the pores of your skin. The noxious vapors of the volcanic lands of Eeofol have polluted the land and killed a great many trees. This is the fate that threatens to befall all of Erathia should the mad King Lucifer get his way. This is all you have to look forward to if you fail. This realization both terrifies you and strengthens your resolve.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Beyond these walls lies the dread land of Eeofol, a land of tremendous volcanic rifts and prodigious lava flows. Demons of all types and forms patrol the land, a land once fertile and green and populated by a peaceful race of little people called Halflings. That was until the Night of Shooting Stars when the Kreegans came. Now all that is left of their race is a few pocket villages. The demons scattered them to the four winds and turned them into an embittered people with little hope and no place to truly call home.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 14, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | This city is Darqtane, named for a dark god long ago thought forgotten by the people of this land. His spirit lives on within the walls of this monument to his twisted soul, for Darqtane was a god of torture and suffering. The screams of Kreegan torture victims are like prayers to his glory.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 39, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Castle}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Defiance
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Castle}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Marshallston
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Castle}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Pandathalyn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Southerdale
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Conflux}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Nothenden
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 24, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Castle}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Endelstadt
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 50, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Castle}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Goldenton
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jhantaqua
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 60, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Noximaar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{town|Inferno}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Darqtane
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Devil}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Welcome, Your Highness", the devil sneers. "King Lucifer sends his regards for the small part you played in his ascension to the throne. He also would like to pay his respects . . .over your cold grave for helping to slaughter his kin." With that, the group of devilkin launches into a brutal assault, bent on your destruction.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 23, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Horned Demon}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "No one may pass. Take your best shot. We will defeat you."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 24, 69, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Fire Elemental}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Standing before you is a troop of men made of living flame. Their unblinking eyes stare at you. They do not speak but instead move to attack. They appear to be protecting something or some place.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Pixie}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We pixies have been entrusted to maintain the sanctity of this Elemental Conflux. Enter if you dare. This is a sacred valley and we will not let it be disturbed lightly. If we deem you worthy, perhaps we shall let you in."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 41, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | {{cn|Earth Elemental}}
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The walls of the mountain to your left and right suddenly shift and out from them meld several dozen large man-shaped creatures. Staring into their eyeless sockets is highly unnerving, but you do what you must to protect your men.
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Catherine|Knight}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 16, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Cuthbert|Cleric}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12, 58, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Sorsha|Knight}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 55, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Olema|Heretic}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 39, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | {{H|Fiona|Demoniac}}
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

User talk:Narwen

2018-09-21T15:34:19Z

Narwen: /* Templates */

== [[Catherine's Charge]] ==
Cool page! Did you get all of that info manually or do you have another method? ―[[user:imahero|imahero]] 03:12, 20 August 2018 (CEST)
:Hi! Thanks for the compliments. It's a mix of manual and automatic work. I ripped the text from the map, but compiled and formatted most of the other info myself. I'll make an effort to cover other campaign maps as time allows. ―[[User:Narwen|Narwen]] ([[User talk:Narwen|talk]]) 15:46, 20 August 2018 (CEST)

== Templates ==
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* {{an|Spell Scroll}}
* {{cn|Devil}}
* {{town|Inferno}} {{town|Inferno|noname=}}
* {{H|Gelu|0=}} {{H|Gelu|Barbarian}}
* {{g}} {{w}} {{o}} {{c}} {{m}} {{s}} {{gem}}
--[[User:ShushMaster|ShushMaster]] ([[User talk:ShushMaster|talk]]) 13:20, 21 September 2018 (CEST)

: saves time --[[User:ShushMaster|ShushMaster]] ([[User talk:ShushMaster|talk]]) 13:20, 21 September 2018 (CEST)
:: a bit --[[User:ShushMaster|ShushMaster]] ([[User talk:ShushMaster|talk]]) 13:20, 21 September 2018 (CEST)
::: sometimes --[[User:ShushMaster|ShushMaster]] ([[User talk:ShushMaster|talk]]) 13:21, 21 September 2018 (CEST)
::::Thanks a lot, will do! --[[User:Narwen|Narwen]] ([[User talk:Narwen|talk]]) 17:34, 21 September 2018 (CEST)

Shadows of the Forest

2018-09-21T10:53:48Z

Narwen:

Third scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Gelu, the half-Vori elf leader of Erathia's elite unit known as the Forestguard, has been ordered to wage a shadow war along the Avlee-Eeofol border. This area is rife with small garrisons and outposts. It is from these levies that Gelu shall draw his guerilla force.

=== Prologue ===
Messengers inform me Queen Catherine and Roland Ironfist are retreating to the Erathian border. Avlee has chosen to turn a blind eye toward the war, but have purposely left local heroes to their own will. Under the Queen's orders we are to wage a 'hit-and-run' war along the Avlee border. Our only support will be local militia hostile toward the Kreegans. Should we be captured, Erathia and Avlee will disavow any knowledge of our actions. Otherwise... this task is no different than before.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Gelu must defeat all enemies in this area using guerilla tactics. He is the only one with the skills to lead this raid, for without him all is lost. Gelu will be allowed to advance to 12th Level and carry over his skills, experience, and spells to the next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Birth'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was a foundling child discovered by a member of the Talon Brigade under Captain Catherine Gryphonheart. That member is now a General in Erathia's army.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Homeland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The leader of the Forest Guard is said to be a half-breed child of Human and Vori Elf descent.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Hair'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu's flame-red hair is not a color found in Vori Elves normally.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Kendal'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | General Morgan Kendal once served in the Talon Brigade.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Catherine'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Queen Catherine was once a Captain in the Talon Brigade.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Talon Brigade'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Talon Brigade is an elite unit in the Erathian Army.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Gelu's Skill'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was born with a knack for the bow. He is an expert shot.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Forest Guard'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Forest Guard are Erathia's eyes and ears before a battle. Stealth is their greatest weapon.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Diasamere'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The town of Diasamere is a great place to work and live.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Diasamere 2'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In Diasamere, there is a wealth of information on things like the Kreegan demons.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Kreegans'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Kreegan demons first appeared during the Night of Shooting Stars.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Childhood'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was raised by a noted Erathian General.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu, early this morning you received word your special skills are needed for a daring plan. While Catherine and the Erathian forces keep the Eeofol army locked in conflict on the western border, you have been ordered to slip in through Avlee with a small guerilla force to harry the enemy there.You have also been instructed to recruit allies from the local populace. To that end, you have set up your base camp in the city of Diasamere along the Avlee-Eeofol border. The elves there have offered shelter and aid in the coming fight. The region is dotted with small garrisons and outposts. A large number of mercenaries, some of whom fought in the recent wars, call this area home. Many are loyal to Avlee, but there are those who prefer to remain neutral and will fight for that choice.Movement, stealth, and cunning tactics will win this Shadow War, not brute force, for the enemy is indeed powerful. Good luck!
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 15 - Guerilla Raids (every 14 days)'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The men you sent in to raid the enemy supply lines have returned with a healthy take.<center>[[File:Wood_symbol_for_text.png|link=Wood]] 4 [[Wood]], [[File:Mercury_symbol_for_text.png|link=Mercury]] 2 [[Mercury]], [[File:Ore_symbol_for_text.png|link=Ore]] 4 [[Ore]], [[File:Sulfur_symbol_for_text.png|link=Sulfur]] 2 [[Sulfur]], [[File:Crystal_symbol_for_text.png|link=Crystal]] 2 [[Crystal]], [[File:Gem_symbol_for_text.png|link=Gems]] 2 [[Gems]], [[File:Gold_symbol_for_text.png|link=Gold]] 2000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 25 - Gypsy Fortuneteller'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A travelling caravan of gypsies passes near your encampment and several of the men decide to have their fortunes told. As this is a time of great strife and with the possibility of death being quite high, you agree to let your men partake of this little distraction. You even decide to join them.The gypsy, a woman calling herself Nayestra the Oracle, reads their futures, one by one, some good, some not so good. Eventually she reaches you. Upon seeing your pale complexion, solid jet black eyes, and flame-red hair, she backs away, startled. Your odd appearance and striking presence both intrigue and frighten her, but she is a professional. She takes your hand, sits you down at her table and begins to read your palm. What she sees is very strange. Your lifeline is uncertain and yet your destiny is clear. Your are to be a widely known figure, one of great import, yet there is a dark road as well. Something in your future gives her pause. She sees great evil in your future, yet cannot be sure if it is an outside force influencing your destiny or something from within. A strange dichotomy to be sure, this Gelu is. Both where you came from and where you were going are blurred, something Nayestra has never seen before. Each one of these things is told to you in turn and you listen in rapt attention, hanging on her every word.As you get up to exit her tent, you press a gem and several gold coins into her palm and leave, bowing deeply as if she were royalty. She glows at the overpayment, for normally all she asks is a few silver coins and a promise to live up to one's potential. You are indeed a hero, at least to her.<center>[[File:Gem_symbol_for_text.png|link=Gems]] -1 [[Gems]], [[File:Gold_symbol_for_text.png|link=Gold]] -7 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 34 - A Message From Ciele'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you pass a small puddle, you hear a voice call out to you, gentle and soft. The voice is that of a woman, or so it sounds. You kneel down beside the tiny pool and peer into its stillness. To your surprise there is a face of a beauteous woman. She is beckoning you to her, whispering your name on warm winds blowing across the puddle causing slight ripples on it's surface."I am Ciele the Waverider. I represent the Elemental Plane of Water and am one of many called here to protect this world from those who would see it harmed. I am sending this message to you, Gelu, because your destiny lies along a similar path to ours. Beware the Dark Lord, for he is assembling a weapon of near immeasurable power."At that point a stiff wind comes up and scatters the water about, sending the image of Ciele away. Confused at this warning, yet drawn to this woman somehow, you mount your horse and continue on with your mission. Figuring out the cryptic message will have to wait, time is of the essence.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 40 - A Message From Erdamon'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You are awoken to an odd feeling in the back of your neck, a tingling sensation warning of danger. You spin; blade in hand faster than the eye can catch, and are faced with a small figure grown from the earth itself. This figure is vaguely humanoid and stands approximately two feet tall.The figure bows deeply, introduces itself as a minion of Erdamon, and claims he bears a message for the ears of Gelu alone. Confused, you agree, albeit warily."You are the one known as Gelu, are you not? Very well, I am Erdamon the Earthshaper. I have come from the Elemental Plane of Earth and have been sent to protect this world from those who would see it harm. Ciele told me you have spoken to her. I trust you have already met the minions of the Dark Lord? Excellent.The Dark Lord has many names and many minions, the worst of which is Xeron, he who was born of man and demon. Be wary of this one, for he is most skilled in the dark arts as well as having an affinity for devilkin." Then the small figure melded back into the ground as if it never had been. Thinking you were merely dreaming, you lay back down and contemplate what this Erdamon has told you.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 50 - A Message From Fiur'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sitting around the campfire last night, you and several of your most trusted advisors were knocked off your feet when the flames suddenly exploded outward. The flames licked skyward and coalesced into a humanoid shape, it's eyes glowing a brilliant green."I come to speak to the half-human warrior known as Gelu, he with eyes of obsidian darkness, skin of alabaster white, and hair the color of flame. I am called Fiur the Flamewalker. I am he, born of fire, come here to protect this world from those who would harm it. A tide of growing darkness is flowing across this world, gaining momentum with every day. The one known as Xeron is a servant to the Dark Lord and is even now seeking the tools needed to build a weapon of terrible destructive power, Armageddon's Blade. My fellow Conflux heroes, Ciele and Erdamon, have secreted these tools away in a far off land. Yet this Xeron has located us anyway. He is powerful and we shall attempt to stop him, but we now fear that we cannot stop the weapon's creation. We can, however, let you know the wielder of the Blade is not invincible."That said, the flames form into a great fiery phoenix which gouts its breath into the sky, shoving aside the darkness of night for the merest of moments. It then poured back down into the firepit and returned to being a simple campfire, as if nothing had happened.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 54 - Talon Brigade Member Found'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A pair of warriors dragging a third enters the encampment early in the morning. The dragged man is gravely wounded and appears near death. Healers rush for the man and begin their work as you approach.As he gets closer, you can see that this man is a member of the Talon Brigade. How he has gotten this far north, you cannot understand, but the fact remains he is here. As you kneel beside him, the swordsman grasps you by the edges of your cloak and in a raspy voice speaks his warning."There is one out there milord, a devil named Xeron ..cough.. who is the one seeking Armageddon's Blade. ..cough.. My unit was sent here by ..cough.. General Kendal to aid you. ..choke.. I am all that is left of us. Xeron is close to ..choke.. completing the Blade. He is going to use ..choke.. it to destroy ..cough.. us aaalllll."His words trail off into silence as he collapses into death. His body limp and lifeless, the man's last words hang in your mind. What is this Armageddon's Blade and who is this Xeron you keep hearing about? Answers are needed and needed quickly, for Erathia is running out of time.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | What manner of oddity is this? The architecture matches nothing seen in Erathia, Avlee or any other place, save maybe Bracada. But what would a Bracadan city be doing so far from its homeland? Worse still, how did it get here when it was not here a few months ago? All good questions, perhaps going inside will net some answers.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 17, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Rampart_small.gif|link=Rampart]] [[Rampart]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dova Saera
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Moribund
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dragonbane
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Whitespire
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jakta
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reavers Gate
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 27, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Rampart_small.gif|link=Rampart]] Rampart
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Diasamere
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 29, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Pixie_small.gif|link=Pixie]] [[Pixie]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A smiling band of little fairies stand milling about looking for something to do. As you approach, they beam and flock to your side. It seems these are pixies and they are eager to fight against the evil beings that have come.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Sharpshooter_small.gif|link=Sharpshooter]] [[Sharpshooter]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We found these gauntlets. We thought you might like to have them."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Ranger_portrait.gif|link=Ranger]] [[Ranger]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Gelu_small.gif|link=Gelu]] [[Gelu]]
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Spell_Scroll_artifact.gif|link=Spell Scroll]] [[Spell Scroll]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Half buried in the ground near the edge of the ore pit, there appears to be a small tube. Uncovering it, you see the magical writing swimming before your eyes. A sage rushes over to tell you what spell it is.
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Catherine's Charge

2018-09-21T10:18:18Z

Narwen:

First scenario of the [[Armageddon's Blade (campaign)|Armageddon's Blade]] campaign.
== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Eeofol troops have pushed to Erathia's border. Queen Catherine herself has chosen to stay the tide of these invaders by controlling the border and digging in until reinforcements can arrive. Catherine must not fail.

=== Prologue ===
I have underestimated my opponent's strength and resolve. During the Restoration Wars, the Kreegans were of minor concern. Now they fight with an urgency neither I nor Roland have encountered. I have pulled the bulk of my forces back behind Erathia's border. Between us and the Kreegans lies Moss Valley. It is one of Erathia's more beautiful landscapes. Tactically, it is ideal. If I can hold this valley, I can close the border. Then I can determine how to destroy the demon king Lucifer and his quest to set the world on fire with Armageddon's Blade.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Catherine must defeat all of her enemies or they will flood Erathia with their evil. If Queen Catherine dies then all hope is lost and the devils of Eeofol will easily win. Catherine will be allowed to advance to 18th level and carry over her experience, skills, and spells into her next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 1 - Opening'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Following the initial invasion of Eeofol, you ran into the elite force of Kreegans known as the Fist of Unholy Might. These battle-hardened regiments pushed you back clear across the border and now threaten to push deeper into Erathia. It is here, in the Contested Lands that lie betwixt Erathia and Eeofol, where you plan to make your stand. Digging in until reinforcements can arrive is your plan and quite possibly Erathia's only hope.Should you fail or be defeated, Erathia will forever know emptiness, despair, and shall suffer an eternity of darkness. May the blessings of the Temple of Light be upon you and those who serve under your command.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 6 - An alert'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A scout comes racing to your camp bearing a message. He bows deeply before you and presents a scroll from General Morgan Kendal. His trembling fingers release the rolled parchment into your hands as sweat beads on his brow. This is not good news he brings."My Queen, I regret to inform you that the dark forces of Eeofol have broken through our eastern lines. I have failed you, but I swear to you on the grave of your beloved father that I shall fall back and protect Steadwick from these foul creatures." -- Morgan
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 10 - A Second Message From Kendal'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A rider enters your camp carrying a message scroll that bears the seal of General Morgan Kendal. You accept the scroll from the rider, break the seal, unroll the parchment, and peruse its contents."Pray pardon my Queen, but I must bring you grave news. Recently I have been witness to the strangest of occurrences. A town of odd architecture simply appeared from thin air. It had roofs like tulip bulbs made of bronze, brightly colored tent cloth everywhere, and the walls were guarded by elementals of all types. Since that first sighting, I have seen several more similar citadels dotting the countryside. I do not know the nature of these towns, nor do I know if they are hostile. Perhaps they might be persuaded to join us in our fight; perhaps we shall need to guard against them. I do not believe anyone in this region can remain neutral for long." -- Morgan
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 15 - Good News at Last'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A runner leaps off his steed in a hurry to bring urgent news to his Queen. You take the message scroll from the smiling runner and unfurl it. The note is smudged from water stains, but legible. Reading it brings some much-needed light to your soul. Good news at last has come."My dearest Catherine, I have amassed a sizeable force outside Steadwick. It will take some time to reach your position, as we will be first shoring up the eastern front. I plan to meet Kendal's army somewhere near Killian's Wake and push back those forces plaguing him there.Once that task is completed and the Kreegan troops are routed, I shall bring our combined forces to your aid. You must hold out my love. Erathia's fate depends upon you holding the region. I will see you again. That I swear." -- Your loving husband, Roland
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 21 - A Message from Lucifer'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Pacing across the field, you wrack your brain for a way to make sense of this insane war you are waging. For what purpose could Lucifer be engaging in such insanity? What was there to gain from this? The answers to such questions will not come easily, nor without a heavy price attached.As you ponder these and other matters, a timid monk clears his throat quietly to announce his presence. Spinning on your heels to face the sudden sound, your flame colored hair frames your face in such a way as to bring fear to the poor cleric. He shakily informs you that a crystal shard has been delivered moments ago with express instructions that it be shown to you immediately. Fearing it is a trap; the mages in your council choose to study it. Finding no magical traps or spells to harm their Queen, they show it to you.A demonic face appears from inside the shard as soon as you approach. The face is bearded, horned, and has glistening sharp teeth. A wicked grin is firmly in place which rapidly becomes a sneer as it speaks."Ah, the famed Catherine Gryphonheart, or should I say Ironfist. Seems a much more appropriate name for you. In case you did not know, I am Lucifer Kreegan, King of Eeofol and Bringer of Doom.I hope you realize your efforts to engage me are fruitless as was proven by my pushing your pathetic invasion back nearly to your own capitol. You cannot win against the might of my armies or the power of my secret weapon. This day shall see the end of your precious Antagarich, Enroth, and all that I survey. Prepare yourself for oblivion Catherine, Queen of Erathia, for it is coming soon."With that, the image fades out and you are left alone with the threat hanging in the air. Muttering something about madmen, you go back to your planning session and prepare for the coming battles.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 29 - Delays and Despair'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A bedraggled and forlorn looking runner arrived at your tent. He was wounded but waved off the attendants who tried to aid him. He had a message to bring. You could tell immediately by his countenance that the news was grave."My dearest wife, I must regret to inform you that we have met with great resistance in our journey to join up with General Kendal's forces. The minions of Eeofol are formidable indeed, much more so than I had anticipated.Several hundred loyal warriors have fallen and I fear that many more will be sacrificed before this is over. I am now unable to predict when we will be available to fortify your position. You will need to hold out longer than I had originally been planning on.I miss you terribly. Know that I will be there, no matter the price I must pay. Nothing shall keep me from your side. Perhaps one day soon we shall be able to return to Enroth and our beloved son, Nicolai." -- Roland.Crushing the scroll, you entered your tent, eyes filled with tears.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 31 - Rains Come'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A torrential rain begins. The rain bears an odd odor and seems to be eating away at steel weapons and armor. The court wizards do what they can to protect the troops from this acidic rain, but their powers are severely limited against such an assault. It will cost dearly to fix the damaged items.<center>[[File:Ore_symbol_for_text.png|link=Ore]] -3 [[Ore]], [[File:Gold_symbol_for_text.png|link=Gold]] -2000 [[Gold]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 33 - Rains Are Useful'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The chief alchemist reports to you that they have found a way to collect the rain and extract some trace elements from it. This means a small quantity of sulfur can be gleaned from this otherwise gloomy downpour.<center>[[File:Sulfur_symbol_for_text.png|link=Sulfur]] 6 [[Sulfur]]</center>
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 51 - A Ray of Hope'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | On the First Day of the Festival of Life, the fearsome clouds that brought the hateful rainfall break. A brilliant light shines down upon the fields and bathes over you as you step out to view your troops, soothing your troubled soul. Perhaps the gods are favoring you at last.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 60 - Terrible News'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A panic stricken man arrives in your camp one day with a message. Tearing it open, you pour over the letter, utter despair rapidly overcoming your otherwise noble visage. News that King Roland has been injured has arrived. Grief stricken, you retire to your tent in great haste.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 62 - A Letter from Roland'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you continue on your quest to exact revenge on the followers of the mad King Lucifer, your rage grows. The shadow that covers your soul threatens to engulf you fully, but a small light flickers when another runner arrives, haggard but smiling."My dearest Catherine. I am truly sorry I have not written, but I did hear you had received word of my injury. Let me assure you there is nothing to fear. The injuries I received were not severe, nor should you have been burdened with being informed of them.I received the injuries when we finally met up with General Kendal's forces. A large army of demons and hellhounds had been guarding a pass and we needed to punch through. I led the charge but received some minor wounds as a result. I killed the thing responsible, fear not. All is well, as I hope it is with you and your campaign." -- Roland
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 66 - Assassin'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Last night, during the Hour of the Wolf, a lone assassin armed with demonic magic artifacts infiltrated your encampment with murder in his heart. As he passed near your tent opening, someone spotted him and Ketai, a young swordsman, captured him.Upon his capture, you were immediately awoken, much to your chagrin. Your steely-eyed countenance later stared down this would be assassin. He was questioned for only a short time before you turned to your advisor."Have him drawn and quartered, then put on display as a warning."
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 72 - Catherine Sends For Gelu'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The forces of Eeofol have proven to be mighty indeed. As such, daring plans and cunning tactics are going to be needed to win this conflict. You summon one of your most trusted runners. You have need of a different type of soldier for the plan forming in your mind.The Forest Guard has been acting as Erathia's eyes and ears for generations, perhaps now it is time to employ them for a different purpose. Quickly scribing a note on a piece of parchment, you send word to Gelu, the Forest Guard's captain, to undertake a special mission for you.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 90 - Nicolai'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In the long months since you left Enroth, your days have been filled with strife, terror, grief, and triumph, yet you have never lost sight of what is important to you, your son Nicolai. Your thoughts drift now to him, as your worry for him, for he is alone in Enroth and has been ever since you were summoned home to Erathia and Roland was taken captive on the Night of Shooting Stars. Only the knowledge that Nicolai has the aid of Wilbur Humphrey, Roland's appointed Regent, consoles your aching heart. You miss your son terribly and desire greatly to return home. Perhaps when this war is over and peace finally settles on the land of your birth, you can return home to your son, even if for only a little while.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 112 - Catherine's Speech'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You call your troops before you. Their morale is low and all are exhausted from the constant fighting and marching. You sit astride your steed, noble and proud in appearance, and ride to the top of a small rise. There you thrust high the banner of Erathia and speak."It has been one hundred and twelve days since the minions of this King Lucifer have invaded our land. We have held out bravely so far, but the true test of our courage and prowess is yet to come. King Roland and General Kendal are currently battling to save the eastern border, while we defend this region from Kreegan forces. However, we do battle with a powerful foe. The abominations we face in this conflict are hideous and fierce warriors, armed with potent elements of magic.You have done well, my warriors, and I ask that you continue to do so in the fights to come. This will not be easy, but I promise you we will win, for we are of Erathia. We defeated the combined forces of Deyja, Eeofol, and Nighon before. This is only one third of that triumvirate. Fight on my warriors, for not just Erathia, but all of Antagarich depends on our victory here."You sit tall and proud as the cheers of your men rise to meet you. You smile, knowing the coming fight, while difficult, will be won. You are confident of that.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 121 - The War Drags On'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As the conflict drags on into its fourth month, the men seemed inspired yet weary. Reports from Steadwick have been trickling in from time to time, but it is getting longer and longer between messengers. Roland hasn't even sent a message for weeks.Refusing to show weakness, you dispatch a messenger to learn about the fate of your husband's army. Concern for his safety and the need for your army's waning strength of resolve to improve pushed you to act. The messenger is urged to make sure the scroll is delivered to Roland's hands personally.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 135 - The Messenger Returns'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A horseman approaches bearing a scroll. The man is the same one sent by you to locate Roland's forces. He bows deeply and passes his helm to a nearby page. Dusting himself off, he accepts an offered waterskin and takes a long drag from it. The cool water washes away some of the road's dirt."King Roland is deep in battle with the Kreegan forces and is unable to divert troops to you at this time. In the next few weeks some forces should be available for your use my Queen. He regrets he cannot be here to fight at your side."Sending him away, you wander back to your tent.
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Day 149 - Troops Trickle In'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A messenger arrives, snaps a scroll into your hand, salutes, and leaves. Quickly you open the message and read, your face lighting up as you do so. As soon as you finish, you roll it back up and stuffed it into the pouch it came in, snap some orders, and press onward."My dearest Catherine, I have found it possible to order a small contingent of troops to your position. They have not been paid in a long while, so they will need that as well. They should arrive at Fort Defiance by the time you receive this letter. Walk with the Light my love." -- Roland
|-
| style="background-color:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" | '''Defiance - Day 149 - Troops Trickle In'''
|-
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The following reinforcements have arrived.<center>[[File:Creature_portrait_Pikeman_small.gif|link=Pikeman]][[File:Creature_portrait_Halberdier_small.gif|link=Halberdier]] 60 [[Pikeman and Halberdier|Pikemen and Halberdiers]], [[File:Creature_portrait_Archer_small.gif|link=Archer]][[File:Creature_portrait_Marksman_small.gif|link=Marksman]] 35 [[Archer and Marksman|Archers and Marksmen]], [[File:Creature_portrait_Griffin_small.gif|link=Griffin]][[File:Creature_portrait_Royal_Griffin_small.gif|link=Royal Griffin]] 25 [[Griffin and Royal Griffin|Griffins and Royal Griffins]], [[File:Creature_portrait_Swordsman_small.gif|link=Swordsman]][[File:Creature_portrait_Crusader_small.gif|link=Crusader]] 15 [[Swordsman and Crusader|Swordsmen and Crusaders]], [[File:Creature_portrait_Cavalier_small.gif|link=Cavalier]][[File:Creature_portrait_Champion_small.gif|link=Champion]] 10 [[Cavalier and Champion|Cavaliers and Champions]]</center>
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 68, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Standing before you is a city whose architecture you do not recognize. The rounded roofs, the tall spires, the strange sounds emanating from within all coalesce to form some sort of strange entity your scholars cannot explain. This town wasn't here the last time you passed through. Where did it come from? Who built it? These are all questions racing through your mind. All you hope is the answers within will not lead you to a worse fate than the one that already befalls Erathia should you fail in your endeavor.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | This gleaming citadel stands tall and defiant against the darkening skies that lay overhead. A sense of hope and wonderment overcomes you as you approach the front gates. At this point a scout from your outrider group trots back to report of creatures not spotted in Erathia for quite some time. They stand atop the walls and prepare for an assault. They seem wary of strangers but oddly are prepared for war. Is there something they know and you do not? With only one way to find out, you press on.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 51, 38, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Eeofol, land of demons and devilkin. It is said that the Kreegans were a punishment from the gods for the sins committed by a people who strayed from the path of righteousness. The Night of Shooting Stars is seen by many as some sort of terrible omen of doom and despair. The once fertile land of Eeofol now lies burned and blackened, rivers of magma have replaced sparkling clear water and bubbling brooks now bubble with molten rock. It is a depressing sight indeed, but the need for perseverance has never presented itself more. King Lucifer must be stopped, else the whole of Antagarich suffer the same fate as the former homeland of the Halflings.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The blackened walls of the border gate that once protected these lands from the horrors that lay beyond now bears the heraldry of the Kreegan Clans of Eeofol. A sickening smell permeates the area, seeping beneath your clothing and into the pores of your skin. The noxious vapors of the volcanic lands of Eeofol have polluted the land and killed a great many trees. This is the fate that threatens to befall all of Erathia should the mad King Lucifer get his way. This is all you have to look forward to if you fail. This realization both terrifies you and strengthens your resolve.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Beyond these walls lies the dread land of Eeofol, a land of tremendous volcanic rifts and prodigious lava flows. Demons of all types and forms patrol the land, a land once fertile and green and populated by a peaceful race of little people called Halflings. That was until the Night of Shooting Stars when the Kreegans came. Now all that is left of their race is a few pocket villages. The demons scattered them to the four winds and turned them into an embittered people with little hope and no place to truly call home.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 14, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | This city is Darqtane, named for a dark god long ago thought forgotten by the people of this land. His spirit lives on within the walls of this monument to his twisted soul, for Darqtane was a god of torture and suffering. The screams of Kreegan torture victims are like prayers to his glory.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 39, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] [[Castle]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Defiance
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Marshallston
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Pandathalyn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Southerdale
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Nothenden
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 24, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Endelstadt
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 50, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Goldenton
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jhantaqua
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 60, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Noximaar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Darqtane
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Devil_small.gif|link=Devil]] [[Devil]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Welcome, Your Highness", the devil sneers. "King Lucifer sends his regards for the small part you played in his ascension to the throne. He also would like to pay his respects . . .over your cold grave for helping to slaughter his kin." With that, the group of devilkin launches into a brutal assault, bent on your destruction.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 23, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Horned_Demon_small.gif|link=Horned Demon]] [[Horned Demon]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "No one may pass. Take your best shot. We will defeat you."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 24, 69, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Fire_Elemental_small.gif|link=Fire Elemental]] [[Fire Elemental]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Standing before you is a troop of men made of living flame. Their unblinking eyes stare at you. They do not speak but instead move to attack. They appear to be protecting something or some place.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Pixie_small.gif|link=Pixie]] [[Pixie]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We pixies have been entrusted to maintain the sanctity of this Elemental Conflux. Enter if you dare. This is a sacred valley and we will not let it be disturbed lightly. If we deem you worthy, perhaps we shall let you in."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 41, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Earth_Elemental_small.gif|link=Earth Elemental]] [[Earth Elemental]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The walls of the mountain to your left and right suddenly shift and out from them meld several dozen large man-shaped creatures. Staring into their eyeless sockets is highly unnerving, but you do what you must to protect your men.
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] [[Knight]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Catherine_small.gif|link=Catherine]] [[Catherine]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 16, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Cleric_portrait.gif|link=Cleric]] [[Cleric]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Cuthbert_small.gif|link=Cuthbert]] [[Cuthbert]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12, 58, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] Knight
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Sorsha_small.gif|link=Sorsha]] [[Sorsha]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 55, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Heretic_portrait.gif|link=Heretic]] [[Heretic]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Olema_small.gif|link=Olema]] [[Olema]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 39, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] [[Demoniac]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Fiona_small.gif|link=Fiona]] [[Fiona]]
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Oblivion's Edge

2018-08-20T21:20:04Z

Narwen: Created page with "== Campaign == === Right-click text === The Kreegan race borders on extinction, yet remains defiant. King Lucifer has sent for aid from the Overlords of Nighon. It is estima..."

== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
The Kreegan race borders on extinction, yet remains defiant. King Lucifer has sent for aid from the Overlords of Nighon. It is estimated that it shall take no more than 60 days for an army to arrive and reinforce the Kreegan king. The tide has turned as Catherine's army now has the Blade and the irony of Lucifer's downfall under the Blade he created to destroy the world has not escaped Catherine. She intends to bring the Blade to Hell itself if need be.

=== Prologue ===
Armageddon's Blade is no longer a threat. However, King Lucifer Kreegan still sits upon the throne of Eeofol. What few clans remain have rallied to defend their king and his lost cause. Erathian spies tell us the demon king has requested support from the dungeon overlords of Nighon. We cannot confirm this. If it is true, we cannot allow Lucifer to receive this aid. We must dethrone the demon king. Time is short, but now we wield Armageddon's Blade. It is time we take armageddon into the heart of hell itself.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
You have 60 days for Gelu to take Armageddon's Blade to the Eeofol capitol of Kreelah before the forces of the Dungeon Overlords arrive to reinforce King Lucifer. If Gelu, Roland, or Catherine is lost, your war ends here.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Day
! Name
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron has been defeated, but managed to teleport away before he could be finished off. Still, we now possess the Blade and it is time to end this. The last remnants of the Kreegan clans have chosen their capital city of Kreelah to make their stand. We outnumber them, however they are still powerful and may yet take the day, with some help.Our spies have learned that King Lucifer, in desperation, has sent an emissary to the Overlords and Warlocks of Nighon to beseech them for aid. We have no way of knowing if they said yes or not, therefore we must fear the worst. At the earliest, it would take an army from Nighon some 60 days to reach this valley. We must hurry. King Lucifer must be slain before that time.All that stands in our way is the remaining members of the Sons of Erebus and supposedly Xeron has chosen to stand by his king to the very last. They will be dug in quite heavily, so gathering powerful forces is imperative. May the Light shine down upon and bless this undertaking. All of Antagarich is depending on our success. Good luck to us all.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | Nighon Emissary Captured
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | During the early hours after breakfast, a runner reports to Catherine that some outer patrols have captured an apprentice Warlock apparently on his way to Kreelah. On his person they found a note addressed to King Lucifer.Upon closer inspection of the note, it reveals their worst fears: the Overlords of Nighon have indeed allied themselves with the devils of Eeofol once again. A sizeable army travelling underground from the land of Nighon is on its way and is expected in some 50 days or so.Catherine blanches at the news, yet shows nothing to the people under her command. She has to be strong at this most dangerous point in their war. Any sign of weakness might lessen their chances of success. Time is not only of the essence at this point, it's a crucial obstacle to overcome.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | Seduced by the Blade
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Last eve as Gelu lay sleeping in his bunk; an odd dream came to him. It was filled with visions of glorious battles and immense personal power being heaped upon him. He saw himself chosen by General Kendal as the new king of Erathia. Later he saw himself as ending the feuds in Antagarich and being named leader of the entire continent. He saw Antagarich finally at peace. All the while in the background was this lovely woman, her eyes the color of emeralds, her skin like fine silk, her hair the color of steel. She was intoxicating, invigorating, and mysterious. In every sequence of this possible future he saw, there she was and she gave him a sense of calm and strength. The last image he witnessed before waking was that of a finely crafted sword. Instantly he knew this was his key to which he dreamt of. He immediately knew this sword was to be his and had been instrumental in creating the world in which he lived during that dream. That sword looked mysteriously like Armageddon's Blade.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | Tamar's Return
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In the darkest hours before dawn, Catherine is awoken by a soft wind blowing across her body, caressing it like Roland often had, pleasant and loving. She turns, expecting to see her loving husband there with her, when she sees a figure in azure robes trimmed in silver runic writing. The figure simply stands there, not saying a word."Greetings Tamar. What are you doing here? What visions have you come to warn me about now?" Catherine asks, quite annoyed at the fact it is not Roland."I have come to impart some wisdom to you, Queen of Enroth," Tamar says in that soft whisper of a voice. "The pale warrior often called Devil's Bane I have foreseen to be of great import in your endeavor. He alone is the key to victory here. You must see he is given the Blade and sent to Kreelah to face King Lucifer. He has a destiny to fulfill that no one must be allowed to interfere with, for if he is to fall, everything shall turn to chaos. Oceans will boil, the ground shall swallow entire cities, and everyone will die a horrifying death. I do not think that you would want this possibility to come to pass, am I wrong?"Catherine stares at the shadow shrouded face of this Elemental Lord and sighs, "No, of course not.""As I suspected. So, rest now, Catherine Ironfist, for the days ahead shall be plagued by troubles and filled with glorious victories. You shall prevail if you trust your heart and relax your mind. Heart is the one thing the devils cannot crush; use it as your most prominent weapon. Good luck. I pray you will be well, as I do for those under your command." With that, Tamar vanishes as if he had never come, as if he were a mere dream. Exhausted and confused somewhat, Catherine goes back to sleep, her task set before her. Gelu is the one who must bear the Blade to Kreelah and kill King Lucifer. It seems a task easier said than done.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16
| style="text-align:center;" | Sleen Sentenced
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A message was received by all this morning informing the leaders of Catherine's army about the fate of Sleen. Sleen was judged by General Kendal's appointed judicator, Johannes Bonn, and sentenced to live out his miserable life in prison, performing acts of hard labor and housed alone so he may contemplate that which he has done.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25
| style="text-align:center;" | Tavin's Guerillas Strike Again
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Early in the morning a legion of halfling slingers from Tavin's Guerillas stopped by to inform Gelu they had struck a blow for his army. A lackey of Xeron's had been slain while on a mission for his lord. The Archdevil Xex was now and forever dead.Gelu, smiling, addresses his troops and tells them the good news. Once the cheers begin to die down, he sets upon them the task of taking Kreelah sooner. Their spirits high, they accept his challenge with great aplomb. Nothing could stop them now.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33
| style="text-align:center;" | Ghosts of Conscience
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Roland lay sleeping in his bed last eve, drenched in sweat, his mind racing and filled with visions of vengeance and malice. As he slept, the heat brought with it dreams, dreams of places and people long forgotten as well as specters of recent events.As the heat rose, so did the intensity of these dreams, each coming faster and more powerful than the last. Some came as ghosts others as visions of warning, but all pointed to one thing; he was headed down the dark path.One of the most powerful of these dreams was a visit from a longhaired old man with long wizened features and gnarled fingers. He spoke in the raspy voice of the dead."King Roland, I come to you with a tale. 'Tis a tale of vengeance and suffering, pain and loss. I was once a mage of great repute in Bracada, but was stripped of my title of Archmage and sentenced to become just a lowly alchemist for the crime of being far too mercenary in my ways. This, however, was where I thrived. My skills as a weaponsmith and alchemist went unchallenged and I was hailed as a hero by some. I made weapons for kings and priests, lords and ruffians. Anyone and everyone with the gold could purchase my services, both on the side of light and dark. I did not care. But then, came Xeron and his terrible request. He fed my greed and anger at being used and abused by those who claimed to be my superiors by giving me gold and a chance at revenge. This burning desire blinded me to the reality that Xeron was a truly evil man and I paid for my mistake with my life and immortal soul.I stand before you now, Roland Ironfist, to make you see that you are treading down the dark path, a path that will lead you away from your loving wife and son. Turn back now and all shall be forgiven. Ignore my warnings and forever shall you be like your brother, Archibald. Your innocence may be lost, but do not allow your good humor and noble heart go with it."The image faded and was replaced by that of his father, old King Ironfist. The image of his father was one long ago nearly forgotten. It had been so many years since his beloved father had passed away. This brought up memories of the indignities and pain he had suffered at the hands of his brother. It also reminded him of the strength he had back then and how he persevered during the Succession Wars. His father's countenance carried with it a look of disappointment in his noble son. King Ironfist simply shook his head and walked away, back into the shadowy fog of death.Roland awoke with a shot, calling out his father's name and reaching for his hand. Realizing it had been a mere dream, he lay back down to return to sleep. As he tried to drift back into sleep's grasp, he could not help shake the image of his father turning his back on his favored son. Roland understood at the moment, what Khazandar's ghost and Catherine's letter had been trying to tell him. He immediately got dressed and sought out a cleric. He had strayed from the path of light; it was time to return to the way.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 14, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Staeverin
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 61, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Andershire
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Calembria
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 36, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[Kreelah]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Aglorande
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 59, 8, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Socon
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 48, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Decotta
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Halfling_small.gif|link=Halfling]] [[Halfling]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We are members of Tavin's Guerillas and have been instructed to aid you. Tavin is quite pleased that you are helping us regain our homeland."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Ranger_portrait.gif|link=Ranger]] [[Ranger]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Gelu_small.gif|link=Gelu]] [[Gelu]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 36, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Heretic_portrait.gif|link=Heretic]] [[Heretic]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Zydar_small.gif|link=Zydar]] [[Zydar]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] [[Knight]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Catherine_small.gif|link=Catherine]] [[Catherine]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] [[Demoniac]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Calid_small.gif|link=Calid]] [[Calid]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 39, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] Demoniac
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Xeron_small.gif|link=Xeron]] [[Xeron]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 32, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] Demoniac
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Calh_small.gif|link=Calh]] [[Calh]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] Knight
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Roland_small.gif|link=Roland]] [[Roland]]
|}

== Epilogue ==
Lucifer Kreegan is dead. The few remaining Kreegan clans have gone into hiding. All but a few of the elemental Confluxes have disappeared. I am sure we will see them again... if needed. As for myself and Roland, we will soon depart for Enroth and I will see my son again. As for Gelu, I left Armageddon's Blade in his hands. Following our victory, he and his guerilla army vanished into the Erathian forests. I do not know if he intends to destroy the weapon... or keep it for himself. In time, I am sure we will all know.
[[Category: Campaign]]

To Kill A Hero

2018-08-20T20:58:04Z

Narwen: Created page with "== Campaign == === Right-click text === Catherine has lost support in Erathia. They are tired of war and do not wish to pursue this any further. To ensure victory, Catherine..."

== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Catherine has lost support in Erathia. They are tired of war and do not wish to pursue this any further. To ensure victory, Catherine has stepped down as Queen and joined Roland with the Conflux army, pushing deeper into Eeofol. General Kendal has been left to see to the task of picking Erathia's next ruler. In secret, he has dispatched Gelu and his Forestguard to help his former Queen and good friend in this most serious of endeavors.

=== Prologue ===
With the majority of the Kreegan forces destroyed, Erathia's lords have grown weary of this war and have withdrawn their support. They do not understand. This is a critical moment. To continue this war, I have stepped down as Erathia's Queen. Myself, Roland, and the Conflux forces will continue to press to the capitol of Eeofol. However, between us and the demon king stands the hero Xeron. We are told he wields Armageddon's Blade. We must succeed for the safety of Erathia, and the world.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Catherine, Gelu and Roland must defeat the Demoniac hero Xeron. If any one of them falls, all is lost. Catherine, Roland and Gelu will be allowed to reach 36th Level and carry over all spells, skills, and experience to the next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Name
! Text
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Halflings 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Halfling spies have infiltrated the palace.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Halflings 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron has taken several Halflings as slaves. These slaves are actually planted spies.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu killed Xeron's mother and he wants revenge as a result of it.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron's mother, a succubus, seduced an Erathian knight who was changed as a result of their encounter. His soul was tainted irrevocably.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron 3
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron wears the Blade on his back nearly all the time and even sleeps with it.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Armageddon's Blade 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Armageddon's Blade allows the wielder to cast the spell Armageddon.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Armageddon's Blade 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | It is said that he who wields the Blade is immune to the spell of its namesake.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Armageddon's Blade 3
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | He who wields the Blade is nigh invincible.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Halflings 3
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tavin's Guerillas are operating in the area in secret.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Armageddon's Blade 4
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Armageddon's Blade was born of Chaos, shaped by Magic, and bound by steel and flesh.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Armageddon's Blade 5
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Blade feeds on the souls of the dead.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Armageddon's Blade 6
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Blade was forged of all four elements mixed with demon ichor.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron 4
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron has been feeding the Blade by sowing the seeds of chaos. It thrives on turmoil and strife.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Day
! Name
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Support has greatly waned amongst the Erathian nobility, for this war in the past few months. It has been costly in both gold and lives, precious commodities all to be certain. However, this endeavor is of utmost import if what the soothsayer said is true. Should they really have Armageddon's Blade, King Lucifer must not be allowed to continue in his mad quest. The line must be drawn here and now.Seeing as how the Erathian people see this war as being over, they have refused to fund your war any longer. Disheartened, as you were, you decreed General Morgan Kendal would act as Regent in your stead, his primary task to find a new leader for the kingdom your father made so great. You chose to abdicate the Erathian throne and ally yourself with the Elemental Confluxes in an effort to destroy this mad king and his demonic hordes once and for all.Teary eyed, yet stoic, you transferred control of the kingdom of your birth to General Kendal and rode off towards your destiny. When all was said and done, you and Roland were going to return to Enroth and your son Nicolai at last. Erathia was free to rule itself, without interference from Enroth. Its destiny was now it's own. You had a war to win, a world to save, and could not be burdened by grief over the terrible choices you were forced to make.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening Part II
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The days ahead will be filled with rough terrain and sleepless nights. Roland and your forces marched across the fire-ravaged plains of Eeofol en route to Kreelah, the capital city. Word soon spread of your approach and you were met with great resistance. Though the fighting was brutal, your tactical prowess and Roland's tenacity proved to be the better of the enemy and you forced them back nearly to the capitol itself. Now, you have a firm hold on the majority of Eeofol, Conflux fortresses sprouting up everywhere.The problem came when word was sent that Xeron, Eeofol's brilliant warlord, had arrived with the near totality of his Sons of Erebus, Eeofol's elite royal guard. Worse still, spies report he bears a great sword of immense power. It appears in fact that your worst fears have been realized; Armageddon's Blade is not only real, but here on the field of battle as well.Xeron must fall and the Blade recovered if this assault is to succeed. Once he has been defeated, the rest will be mere practice.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Cat Learns Gelu is here
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A runner from the north approaches your encampment with caution. He wears the markings of a Forest Guard scout and bears a scroll in hand.You wave him over, take the scroll, open it and read its contents. After a brief reading, you turn to the runner and tell him to inform King Roland of this message. The runner leaves to go inform King Roland that Gelu has been sent along as well, at the request of General Kendal. Erathia still supports your quest, just not as it has in the past. It is a good feeling to know this war will be won and won much more easily now that Gelu and his forces have arrived as well. However, the nagging feeling that Xeron is not going to be easy to defeat continues to plague you in the back of your mind. This is a dangerous time, a possible turning point, one you cannot back away from. That Blade has to be taken from the terrible hands which now wield it, no matter the cost.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | Conflux Warning
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A shadowy figure slips into the meeting chamber where you sit with your advisors. This wispy figure takes shape, that of a humanoid made of pure wind. It's voice, one of crackling lightning and booming thunder, rips through the meeting area gaining everyone's attention."I represent the Elemental Lords of the Great Conflux. I come before you to bring a warning. The use of Armageddon's Blade will soon tear this world asunder. It must be contained else it consumes us all. Do not dally with this Xeron. He is cunning and treacherous. Be wary of his power, be warned of his might."It's warning having been issued; the elemental being dissipates and returns to its masters. Those in attendance sit stock-still; unable to comment on the proclamation of dread just uttered here this day. You clear your throat and draw their attention back to you."My friends and compatriots, we have now seen proof positive these Conflux Lords are indeed working for our benefit and the benefit of the world as a whole. We must heed this warning and take Armageddon's Blade for ourselves. This way, WE control the weapon, thus controlling our enemy. If we can locate and defeat this Xeron, we can contain his terrible weapon of annihilation before he gets an opportunity to use its complete power. Now, let's get back to work and figure out a way to stop these madmen."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| style="text-align:center;" | Roland's Semi-Evil Speech
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Roland stood to address his troops, marching back and forth across the makeshift stage he had set up expressly for this purpose. The need for a morale boost became an almost tangible feeling, for tensions were high and some infighting had taken place. No major injuries reported, but there were some incidents. He needed to do something quickly to rally the troops."Lo these many months we have pressed onward, trudging through the bleak desolate regions of this accursed land. The time has come where again we are the ones on the attack. Our enemy is in sight and the opportunity has arisen to deliver a crushing blow to these twisted freaks. As you all know, I was held captive by these animals for many years, so I know of which I speak when I say we cannot allow these things to exist ANY longer in our world! They must be excised from the face of Antagarich like the boil they are! To that end I need you, your strength, your courage. We must press forward, on to Kreelah, and obliterate these monsters once and for all; send them back to Hell! There shall be no quarter; no survivors."The crowd's cheers bring Roland's speech of genocide to a rousing close. Upon leaving the stage, Roland is near visibly shaking. The rage in his heart on the surface at last, bringing with it a cloud to his once sparkling eyes; a dark cloud showing the damage done to his soul. Captivity has marred his spirit such that nothing short of total victory can bring him peace. The Kreegans must pay for what they have done to him, regardless of the cost to him and his immortal soul.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25
| style="text-align:center;" | Kendal Sends Covert Aid
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A small supply wagon shows up with a note proclaiming this wagon is a gift from a friend. Upon reading this note, you smile and allow your thoughts to drift back to Steadwick and an old friend.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 31
| style="text-align:center;" | Portents of Doom
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "My Queen," reports a page to you, "you have a visitor. He is claiming he represents the Conflux."You wave the boy to show the man in and off he goes to retrieve this visitor. He returns moments later with a tall slender man dressed in long robes, his face hidden behind an azure hood. The silver runic trim of the deep blue robes glimmers slightly, diverting attention away from his withdrawn countenance. All that is visible of this mysterious man's face is his neatly trimmed black beard and strong lower jaw. He speaks in low tones, barely above a whisper, with a slight accent noticeable."Greetings Catherine Ironfist of Enroth. I am called Tamar the Wanderer. I am a walker of the planes, a seeker of knowledge, a protector of lives worth saving. I am also the Elemental Lord of Air. I come here this day to share with you a vision I have had. In this vision I saw possible futures, both of light and of shadow. You just passed a crossroads, Catherine, choosing the path of Light. There are others, loved ones and those trusted deeply, who now face that same crossroad. They are beginning to choose a path, which may be divergent from yours. It is not too late to alter their course. They can be persuaded to return to the path carved in the sun, as opposed to the one entrenched in the night. Choose wisely Catherine, for if you do not help those whom you love and trust, I fear you will know much grief."A flash of lightning rips across the stormy sky and when your eyes clear from the momentary blindness, Tamar the Wanderer is no longer in your presence. The warnings of this so-called Elemental Lord stir in your mind and give you to pause. Could he have meant Roland? His pain and suffering might be getting the better of him. Perhaps you should speak to him about this war and it's effect on his mind. Your fear that he might slip away and let his need for revenge consume him is almost overwhelming.You send a letter to Roland immediately. Dispatching the messenger brings a slight lift to your wounded soul and allows you to sleep, albeit not well.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35
| style="text-align:center;" | Atrocities
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A report comes in to Roland. The message tells of horrible atrocities committed by the Kreegans. Tales of slaves being stripped and beaten, impaled upon spikes for apparent sport, used for hideous black magic rites, even used as food for monstrous beasts.As he reads, the fires of vengeance burn deep in Roland's breast. These monsters are doing the unthinkable. The memories of torture and the screams flood his mind once again, bringing with them the smells and sounds of his capture. He seethes in rage, slowly shredding the parchment he is reading. When the pressure finally gets to him, he bellows out in rage. "I shall kill them all!!! No matter where they hide, no matter where they choose to flee. There will be no escape from my wrath. Know this King Lucifer, your minion's will all drown in lakes of their own ichor. I will have my vengeance!"After tossing the torn parchment to the ashen ground, he storms off to gather his armor and weapons to prepare for battle once more.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" | A Letter to Roland from Catherine
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Roland awoke early this morning to a messenger bringing with him a letter bearing the scent of perfume he knew immediately belonged to Catherine, a scent she knew he loved. He tore open the seal and read it immediately."Dearest husband Roland, I have recently received a visit from someone who brought me a warning. His warning spoke of crossroads we all reach and I had made my choice recently, taken my path. His warning also spoke of others whom I love and trust deeply, who face these same crossroads and are on a road different than mine. I fear that he speaks of you and your recent imprisonment. I do hope you are not taking the road cloaked in shadow, but are preparing to join me on the path of light. Please write me back and make me believe I have not lost you to revenge. I do not want to walk the path alone. I love you my husband and shall always do so, no matter the path you choose, but do not expect me to allow you down the road of shadow without a fight. This journey can be altered. If you have become consumed with feelings of revenge and hate, I will be there to help, any way I can. Take care my love. I shall meet you once we have defeated this Xeron and his Sons of Erebus."Roland rolled up the scroll and returned to his tent, eyes filled with tears, for he was beginning to suspect she might be right.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 65, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reyn Tarrina
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 46, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tormentalis
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Fayadon
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xent'a
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 35, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Kelvishen
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shadowden
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 9, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shanimar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 61, 43, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xent'ara
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |59, 10, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Sharpshooter_small.gif|link=Sharpshooter]] [[Sharpshooter]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Armed and ready sir. What are your orders?"
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 61, 10, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Sharpshooter_small.gif|link=Sharpshooter]] Sharpshooter
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Armed and ready sir. What are your orders?"
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 66, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] [[Knight]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Catherine_small.gif|link=Catherine]] [[Catherine]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 48, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] [[Demoniac]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Ignatius_small.gif|link=Ignatius]] [[Ignatius]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17, 68, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] Knight
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Roland_small.gif|link=Roland]] [[Roland]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 24, 14, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Heretic_portrait.gif|link=Heretic]] [[Heretic]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Olema_small.gif|link=Olema]] [[Olema]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 59, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] Demoniac
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Nymus_small.gif|link=Nymus]] [[Nymus]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] Demoniac
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Xeron_small.gif|link=Xeron]] [[Xeron]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 57, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Ranger_portrait.gif|link=Ranger]] [[Ranger]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Gelu_small.gif|link=Gelu]] [[Gelu]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 61, 45, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] Demoniac
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Pyre_small.gif|link=Pyre]] [[Pyre]]
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

A Blade in the Back

2018-08-20T20:01:47Z

Narwen: Created page with "== Campaign == === Right-click text === Gelu must take his army to cut off any escape routes the Eeofol army might be able to use. King Roland and general Kendal are moving a..."

== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Gelu must take his army to cut off any escape routes the Eeofol army might be able to use. King Roland and general Kendal are moving against the Kreegans and pushing them towards him, along with Queen Catherine's forces. To ensure King Lucifer is defeated, the Kreegans must not be allowed to escape.

=== Prologue ===
In my operations, information is always scarce, and never given full trust. Now I am told the elemental Confluxes we have encountered, have allied with Queen Catherine in her war to destroy King Lucifer Kreegan. I have orders to move deep into Eeofol, behind the main Kreegan force Catherine holds at the border. There I am to cut off any potential escape route. I pray this is not a trap.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Gelu must defeat all of the Eeofol armies in this region and cut off any escape route. Without him, this quest shall fail. Gelu will be allowed to advance to 24th Level and all of his skills, spells, and experience will be carried over to his next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Name
! Text
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Halfling Assault Squads
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A group calling themselves Tavin's Guerillas has begun attacking Kreegan trade caravans and barracks in and around Kreelah.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Halflings 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Several halfling corpses were found in a battle site near Moortanis.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Sons of Erebus
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer's most elite unit, the Sons of Erebus, is getting ready to march.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron and the Blade
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron, King Lucifer's right hand man, has acquired Armageddon's Blade, or so it is said.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Lucifer 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer is not going to leave Kreelah supposedly because of his big plan.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Lucifer 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | King Lucifer wants to destroy the world.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Day
! Name
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The message sent last night told you the following:"Gelu, you have been doing well thus far in your guerilla attacks, but the time has come to make our push towards the Eeofol capital city of Kreelah and end this once and for all. While my husband and I march from the south, you are to invade through Avlee and cut off any escape route the Kreegans may have. I do not wish to be traversing the Eeofol countryside looking for this King Lucifer. We cannot allow him to use Armageddon's Blade. Not now, not ever! Do not fail me, my loyal Gelu. Too much is at stake."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Political Unrest
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A letter arrives from Queen Catherine by griffin rider. The rider, in an obvious hurry, simply leaves the letter without even so much as dismounting the great winged beast. Upon ripping open the sealed message, you read in total shock and disbelief."Gelu, my faithful servant, I am sending this letter to inform you the nobility in Erathia is becoming increasingly difficult to work with on this war. They are beginning to refuse to support me with monies and supplies. Troops are even beginning to be withheld or delayed. They tell me they consider this war at its end. Little do those shortsighted fools understand the gravity of the situation we face. As such, I am recommending we utilize our newfound allies more as we shall need them to win this war. I have a plan to deal with the nobles, but the timing must be just right.Good luck, we are all counting on you." -- Catherine
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | Sleen Captured
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Stemming the tide of escaping refugees when one is looking for the enemy is never an easy task and this time is no exception. Your troops are combing the countryside seeking out those who would be fleeing their homeland in an attempt to cheat fate. You have been ordered to put pressure on the Kreegans from the north and that you shall.Towards that end, you have set up several teams of people whose job it is to watch the floods and look for potential targets. One of these teams sent word they had captured a rather important "refugee", the Arbiter candidate named Sleen. Under orders from you, he was brought to you immediately for questioning.After several hours of questioning, Sleen finally broke and gave the following information: Xeron indeed does have the Blade and is intending to use it very soon. Also, Sleen mentioned a great smith who was "convinced" to make the weapon. Pressing, Sleen refuses to give up the name of the smith. You figure it is unimportant for now. The fact of the matter is the Blade is real and unleashed upon the world. Now the difficult part is to locate the weapon and deal with it.Sleen, in chains, will be taken to Steadwick to stand trial for his crimes.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | Guerilla Raid
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A note is delivered to you via a strange messenger, a corpse spiked to a tree. When you get the note, you are told of how it was delivered. This makes you wince slightly, as it was truly cruel.The note reads; "To the murderer Gelu, this is the only warning you will receive and is to inform you I will be killing you and all that you love as you have done to me. This message is revenge for my mother, you monster." -- Xeron, Leader of the Sons of Erebus, and bearer of Armageddon's Blade.Confused, you have to think back on those that you had slain recently. No women come to mind. There was a succubus on that raid 2 weeks ago, but the thought of her being anyone's mother was the furthest thing from your mind as she was trying to drink your soul.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | Halfling Guerrillas
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Kieran, one of your most trusted scouts, reports that yesterday his team was on a watchdog patrol of the area near Moortanis. There they watched as a group of demons tried to sneak across the border into Avlee, but before his team could act, the devils were cut down by a horde of smallish humanoid warriors wielding slings and shortswords. While the numbers of these little people were not very numerous, the demons never stood a chance. They did manage to slay a few, but not enough to make an account for themselves.When the demons were all dead, the little people disappeared into well-hidden tunnel entrances. Kieran and his team were stunned by the swiftness and ferocity of the attack, but eventually went down to take a look at the battlefield. The little people were in fact Halflings. It has been believed by many that the Halflings who used to live in Eeofol were all killed, but apparently this is not true. Interesting.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| style="text-align:center;" | Note From Roland
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A letter is delivered by griffin rider this morning bearing the seal of the King of Enroth. Opening it quickly, you read it twice to make sure you know its contents completely, then destroy it. It read as follows:"Gelu, this letter is to inform you my army is on the move. General Kendal is returning to Steadwick to deal with some political problems back home, but his presence is felt with us still. You've done an excellent job thus far with your skillful guerilla attacks and have the enemy scrambling. Keep up the good work and may the Light shine down upon you." -- Roland.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
| style="text-align:center;" | Gelu sends a runner
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | All this talk of the Sons of Erebus has you wondering, so you summon a runner to visit with Judge Fairweather and deliver a message. Knowing the Judge to be the wisest sage in all Antagarich, you send this runner with a long list of queries on subjects broad and narrow. Your priority is to keep the demon hordes from fleeing your way, but it never hurts to know thy enemy.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33
| style="text-align:center;" | Halflings Strike Back
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Your spies report several halfling guerillas have won a minor victory and taken the supply route from the south away from the Kreegans. They shall not hold it long, for the Sons of Erebus have begun to rally. If you hurry, you can aid them in getting their homeland back. They are timid, so do not expect them to help you openly.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" | Runner returns
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Early in the morning, the runner you sent to consult with Judge Fairweather returns. He is tired, weak, and suffering from lack of sleep, yet he has returned. A letter is stored in his things and found after he collapsed. The letter opened, you read the following:"In answer to your queries, I shall tell you this, young Gelu of the Forest Guard. The Unholy Order of the Sons of Erebus is a near monastic order of demoniacs and heretics sharing one desire, to carry out the wishes of their liege, King Lucifer.All are well trained and seasoned veterans. The most evil and devious of their order is the one called Xeron. According to what I have been able to learn, he is their current leader; hand picked by King Lucifer himself for the job.Though times for them may look grim, never count one out, for they enjoy cheating. There is always some trick up their sleeve. Trust them not even if they should choose to surrender. Good fortune on your quest." -- Judge Fairweather, Arbiter and Sage
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 50
| style="text-align:center;" | Smith name revealed
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | At dusk last night a small boy came running into camp, seeking the pale warrior called Devil's Bane. He stumbled in, all haggard and underfed, falling at your feet. He looked up, gazing into your face and passed out.A couple of hours later, the boy revived and spoke of his time as an apprentice to the Grand Forgesmith, Khazandar. He then spun a tale of working as a simple boy in a simple forge, when along came these mysterious people looking like fantastical creatures, who spoke in hush tones to Khazandar and the whole lot of them vanished in a puff of blue smoke.Weeks later, he was summoned to again work for Khazandar as his primary apprentice, a great honor it was indeed. The difference this time was the people around Khazandar were not the mysterious figures from before, but rather these people were demonic and frightening. A tall, powerful-looking devil sneered at the boy day in and day out. And when they had completed that which they were being forced to create, the devil, called Xeron by his minions, ordered them taken to Jagos for their execution. Khazandar, the boy said, was taken away and the boy left to die in a cell. He never saw him again. After only a few days, the boy managed to escape and just now reached here. He had heard of this pale warrior who was steadily defeating the devils these past few months and chose to seek him out. The boy wanted to warn you of the thing that he helped to create, a weapon dubbed Armageddon's Blade.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A group of demons appears to be fleeing. Either that or they've been sent on a suicide mission. What a pathetic array of troops; they should be no match for your troops.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 43, 17, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You see ahead what appears to be a battlefield with several dozen dead on both sides of the conflict. The dead demons' ichor fills the mid-morning air with a crisp smell of evil, while their opponents' corpses confirm the rumors that the Halflings want their land back.Sickened by the hundreds of dead Halflings, you are forced to leave the scene or wretch. Your men are not so lucky, for not all of them have horses as agile as yours and must pass through the carnage much more slowly. Many empty their stomachs, adding to the virtually impregnable wall of odors assaulting them as they march.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 65, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As your army approaches the city of Jagos, you can see a peculiar thing. There are scores of men crucified upon the battlements. One in particular stands out. He has longish gray hair, a full beard, mustache, and a strange aura about him, even while dead. It appears as though Grand Forgesmith Khazandar has met his untimely end, and not in a pleasant manner either. Rather, not only has he been killed, but he has been humiliated and put on display for others to mock and jeer as well.You can smell the carnage for miles, yet you are drawn to this place inexplicably. Something must be done to stop this madness. Those who follow the dark one called Lucifer shall pay with their lives is the silent vow you mutter to yourself as you continue up the road.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Rampart_small.gif|link=Rampart]] [[Rampart]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Asha's Cairn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 23, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Flann
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15, 59, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ultana
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 30, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Caledoorn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 35, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Zaridon
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Moortanis
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jagos
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Gog_small.gif|link=Gog]] [[Gog]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We do not like you. You die now."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Familiar_small.gif|link=Familiar]] [[Familiar]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Son of Erebus almost here. They'sa gonna paste you for attacking us."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Magog_small.gif|link=Magog]] [[Magog]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Advance no further meat. Our flames of purification shall be your end if you defy us."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 36, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Gog_small.gif|link=Gog]] Gog
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We are the lesser Sons of Erebus. Prepare yourself for oblivion."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 19, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Demon_small.gif|link=Demon]] [[Demon]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Ye shiver and despair for the Sons of Erebus shall feast upon thy bloodied husks."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Familiar_small.gif|link=Familiar]] Familiar
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Son of Erebus coming. Watch out! They'sa gonna eat you!"
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 18, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Magog_small.gif|link=Magog]] Magog
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Never more shall you walk in the light. The Sons of Erebus are on their way."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21, 1, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Gog_small.gif|link=Gog]] Gog
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Your entrails shall decorate our lair. Flee now, for it is your only hope of salvation."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 10, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Familiar_small.gif|link=Familiar]] Familiar
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We'sa gonna eat your knuckles!" shouts the leader. "KNUCKLES! KNUCKLES!" chant the rest of the familiars at his back, peeking out from behind the leader. Brave warriors indeed.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 38, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Familiar_small.gif|link=Familiar]] Familiar
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "You'sa gonna get eaten by big nasty Sons of Erebus. We'sa gonna taste you'sa first."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 38, 9, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Familiar_small.gif|link=Familiar]] Familiar
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "If you'sa sees em big Sons of Erebus, you'sa gonna be a scared. We'sa are."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 39, 12, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Magog_small.gif|link=Magog]] Magog
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We, the lesser Sons of Erebus, shall not allow you to pass. Stand fast and die, else turn your tail and flee from us. We neither ask quarter nor shall we give it."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 8, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Ranger_portrait.gif|link=Ranger]] [[Ranger]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Gelu_small.gif|link=Gelu]] [[Gelu]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Planeswalker_portrait.gif|link=Planeswalker]] [[Planeswalker]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Erdamon_small.gif|link=Erdamon]] [[Erdamon]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 31, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Elementalist_portrait.gif|link=Elementalist]] [[Elementalist]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Ciele_small.gif|link=Ciele]] [[Ciele]]
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Return of the King

2018-08-20T17:54:45Z

Narwen: Created page with "== Campaign == === Right-click text === King Roland and General Morgan Kendal are on the western shores of the Great Lake and must take a mixed Erathian-Conflux army deep into..."

== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
King Roland and General Morgan Kendal are on the western shores of the Great Lake and must take a mixed Erathian-Conflux army deep into Kreegan territory. They must cross the lake and go through the mountains and prepare to make a push towards Catherine's army in the north, thus trapping the devils between the two forces.

=== Prologue ===
Heroes from the Confluxes tell us the elemental gods have sent them to us, so together, we might destroy Lucifer Kreegan and his quest to set the world on fire. Catherine trusts these new allies. I am not as giving. However, we do not have a choice as support for the war wanes and our forces dwindle. If these elemental heroes are to be our allies, they will prove themselves in this forthcoming battle... under my command.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Roland must defeat the demonic armies camped on the other side of the Great Lake. Without Roland, the men will go their separate ways. Roland will be allowed to attain 24th Level. All of his experience, skills, and spells will carry over to his next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Name
! Text
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Black Market
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Hidden away on an island in the middle of the Great Lake is a thieves haven for stolen goods of a magical variety.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold Mine
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The near inexhaustible treasure of some Regnan pirates can be found on an island east of Faler-on-Sea.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Regnan Pirates 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Great Lake was once a hiding place for Regnan pirates escaping the Erathian Navy. Many a ship may yet still be there, awaiting plunder.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Regnan Pirates 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Erathian Admiral Magnus Bonn cornered the dread female pirate Pirouette in this lake. Here she was defeated in battle and thus the Regnans ceased using this lake as a hiding place.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Halflings 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | I recently saw some Halflings and they looked mean, like they were getting ready for a fight or something.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Halflings 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Eeofol used to be the homeland of the Halflings. That is, until the Night of Shooting Stars when the devils came.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Halflings 3
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A Kreegan supply wagon was destroyed inexplicably last week and the only indication of who did it was a note carved in the wood that read "Tavin's Guerillas were here."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron's Helper
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Someone of great knowledge is helping the Kreegan general Xeron. I hear that he was once in contention for some arbiter post somewhere.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Day
! Name
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Standing on the edge of the Great Lake, you, the King of Enroth, contemplate the situation. Your army stands on the western shores looking out over the smoldering fields of the Eeofol controlled regions to the east. Yours and General Kendal's forces have arrived recently on a mission of great import.Here you have met with your new allies from the Elemental Conflux to cut off the Kreegan supply routes and push the Eeofol army back from the Erathia/Eeofol border right into Catherine and Gelu's troops. If successful, the Kreegans from Eeofol will be forced to wage a defensive war.You must keep this alliance together, for Erathian support is growing increasingly difficult to maintain. Even Catherine herself is facing increasing pressure to end the conflict quickly. It is obvious those fools truly have no idea of the gravity of consequences of failure. Should you be ineffective in stopping King Lucifer in his mad campaign of terror and destruction, not just Erathia will suffer his wrath, but all of Antagarich. Perhaps even your beloved Enroth may fall under the flames of this accursed demon king.Shuddering at that dark thought, you compose yourself, straighten your tunic, and stride back to your officers. Mounting your powerful Erathian-bred stallion, you shout the order to move out. There is a war to be waged and a world to be won.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | Letter from Catherine
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A letter arrived in your encampment last night from Catherine. You lit up like a child at Solstice time. The note smelled of many things, the most important being her special perfume, the one you loved so much for her to wear. "My dearest Roland, I write you to bring you bad news. My spies have reported the Kreegan hero called Xeron has achieved the unthinkable, he has built Armageddon's Blade. Be warned, for I hear he is sending a great force to your position. Come back safe to me and give my best to General Kendal. I know you will succeed, for I have faith in you both." -- Catherine.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | Spies Find Gold
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A message came in late last night that some scouts located an island east of Faler-on-Sea that was unapproachable. The glitter of gold could be seen on its shores. Perhaps this is where the dreaded Regnan Pirates' treasure troves are kept. The trouble is how does one get to the island? There must be some way, either a tunnel or monolith.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | The Farmer
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As General Kendal prepares to address his troops for the morning, a timid farmer is brought before him. This farmer tells the noble General of the encroachment by these wicked devilkin and how he feels they are the ones responsible for stealing his cattle.General Kendal, being the diplomat that he is, made the farmer feel that he personally was going to see that this man's cattle was returned or avenged. The farmer leaves, contented and assured, as he knows that Morgan Kendal is a man of his word.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
| style="text-align:center;" | Centaur Messenger
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A young centaur messenger arrives this morning just after breakfast was being cleared up, presenting you a message from Gelu. You thank the young scout and the centaur trots off to return to his master. You open the letter and read it's contents."My lord and husband of my Queen, I have sent Hrisleagh here with this message to report on our status. Our guerilla actions are proceeding well and the enemy is feeling the sting of loss due to our attacks. He has been pulling back steadily, but I have lost a great many men doing it. I have begun integrating the troops from our new allies and have found them to be very effective. They fight hard and well. You would do well to trust them, for they are loyal and fierce. Good fortune be with you my lord. May the Light always shine upon thee." -- Gelu, Captain of the Forest Guard.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33
| style="text-align:center;" | Roland's Nightmare
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Images and sounds swirl through your mind as you sleep; terrible images brought forth from your damaged soul which cries out for peace of mind. You had been held captive for nearly seven years and the torture inflicted upon you was unimaginable. Now you suffer the ill effects of those seven years.The dream is the same every time. You are locked in a cell; the walls made of some dank, cool gray stone, with a single door the only egress. You are chained to a bed, your flesh crawling with bugs of some sort, and forced to listen to the screams of the tortured souls that accompany you on your road to hell. The sickening sounds of a whip cracking on flesh tear at your very being with each snap and wail from the lash's victims. You struggle to be free of this terrible nightmare, but are instead dragged down even further.As the sounds of suffering continue, your door is opened and several grotesque figures enter the cell, unchain you, and drag your near useless body out into a courtyard. There you are placed in the stocks and have your skin slowly peeled away. You try desperately not to cry out, but can only hold out for so long. While you are being flayed alive, you catch a glimpse of the demons' lords, all of who are laughing at the helpless king. You grit your teeth at the pain and hold back the tears that want to flow heavily.After finishing their fun, they throw you back in your cell, healed of the wounds, but not relieved of the pain. Unable to move from the sheer agony of your injuries, you simply lie there, writhing in a near fetal position. Lifting your head from the cold stone floor, you peer through eyes swollen shut from fists and see the spectral face of your twisted brother laughing at you. Archibald's dreamghost points at you and laughs a chilling laugh, one that angers you beyond your knowing. You have never been so helpless as then. Not since your banishment during the Succession Wars have you felt so alone.You want to die, to simply cease to exist, but the devils come again and whisk you away to be beaten once more. As they reach for your arms your eyes shoot open and you curl deeper into your bedding. This is not the first night that this nightmare has visited you, but is the first time in many weeks. You must find a way to quiet these inner demons, something to chase away the nightmares once and for all.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" | Nicolai's Birthday
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You stand atop a small rise and look out over the Great Lake, eyes filled with tears, for today is the 16th anniversary of your son Nicolai's birth and here you are, far away fighting a war. The pang of loss and the grief of missing your son fuels your depression even more, what with the nightmares returning and now this. Life did not seem very fair.In a far off land your son is becoming a man while you stay here to battle these accursed demons once more. You hope this time will be the last. You have had enough of war.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17, 56, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | This small tidal pool is in fact the resting place of a powerful Aquamancer. Upon disturbing his final resting place, the guardians he ensorcelled into protecting his body commence their brutal attack.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] [[Castle]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Highcastle
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5, 68, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Faler-on-Sea
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 33, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Keventry
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shaynda
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelliston
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 34, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Chillwater
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Bane Bridge
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 53, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reaver Cove
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Death's Gate
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Doom's Crest
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sorrow Glen
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] [[Knight]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Roland_small.gif|link=Roland]] [[Roland]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 8, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] Knight
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_General_Kendal_small.gif|link=General Kendal]] [[General Kendal|Gen. Kendal]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35, 46, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Heretic_portrait.gif|link=Heretic]] [[Heretic]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Ash_small.gif|link=Ash]] [[Ash]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 30, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] [[Demoniac]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Fiona_small.gif|link=Fiona]] [[Fiona]]
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Maker of Sorrows

2018-08-20T16:47:22Z

Narwen: Created page with "== Campaign == === Right-click text === Xeron must seek out the Grand Forgesmith, Khazandar. He is the only man with the knowledge and skill to build Armageddon's Blade and i..."

== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Xeron must seek out the Grand Forgesmith, Khazandar. He is the only man with the knowledge and skill to build Armageddon's Blade and it is vital that he "convince" him to do this. There shall be interference from the accrused Conflux towns. He must complete this quest and then return to the capitol.

=== Prologue ===
My king seeks to build Armageddon's Blade. With this fabled weapon he will set the world on fire. I have the elements to build the blade, but only the grand forgesmith Khazandar can fashion it from the relics I carry. Again, a collection of mysterious heroes gather to end my quest. Ironically, they have surrounded Khazandar, but have not killed him as I would. This proves they are soft. They will not stand in my way.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Xeron must seek out Grand Forgesmith Khazandar and force him to make Armageddon's Blade. If Xeron falls, all is lost. Xeron is only allowed to advance to 24th Level.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Name
! Text
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron's Mom
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron is born of the union between an Erathian knight and a succubus.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron's Dad
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xeron's father was seduced by a succubus but not slain afterward. Rather he was tainted and never the same again.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Khazandar's Homeland
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Khazandar was once an alchemist in Bracada.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Khazandar's Mercenary Ways
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Khazandar was once a wizard who got kicked out of Bracada for acting too mercenary.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Khazandar's Former Profession
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Forgesmith was once a wizard, but never finished his studies.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Khazandar's Ties
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | It is said that Khazandar apprenticed as a smith under Galen, a smith who built a powerful sword for Lord Haart.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Khazandar's Ties 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | I hear Khazandar once lived in Tarach's Cove and was commissioned to make an adamantine hammer for the high priest of the Temple of Baa.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Tarach's Cove
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tarach's Cove is a port town in Bracada with a reputation for being a home for people who live on the shadowy side of the law. It's not a nice place.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Xeron's Minion
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xex is a childhood friend of Xeron's. He has been a loyal follower of his for a very long time.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Kreegan Stuff
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Kreegans worship dark gods like Erebus, the God of Darkness and Destruction.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Day
! Name
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Sleen has provided us with the name of the man whom you will seek out. Grand Forgesmith Khazandar, an alchemist and weaponsmith of great repute is the sole man in all Antagarich who has the knowledge and skill to build Armageddon's Blade. Find him Xeron. Find him and force him to construct the Blade, for if he does not consent, make him suffer until he does. My vision will become reality and you will carry it out for me.According to Sleen, he is being held somewhere in this area of the Contested Lands, protected by those accursed Confluxes. Destroy them. Make them suffer for daring to stand in the way of destiny. You are too close to achieving my victory to be held off by this rabble. Succeed and the rewards will be glorious. I shall wear your skin as a cloak and your eyes shall adorn my rings should you fail me."As the vision fades from the red crystal shard, you stand and summon Sleen to your side. Xex, your faithful servant, "bamfs" away and returns shortly with the slimy human. "So Sleen, here is my task for you. Find me the location of that smith. Failure is not an option."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | Guerilla Attacks News
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xex teleports into your presence with a message on his lips. Kneeling before his lord and master, Xex begins his report."My master, I have come to regretfully inform you that our enemy has again begun their shadowy attacks on our supply lines. We lost three more caravans and the mark of that accursed pale warrior was left behind on one of the wagons.""Arise Xex, my faithful companion. I have a task for you. Seek out Sleen and put a name to this mysterious pale warrior. I wish to know his name, so I might know it when I kill him."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | Khazandar's Location
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sleen stumbles into the meeting area, having been pushed there by Xex. You turn and face the little man who has provided you with much worthy information. He is visibly sweating and you know that fear courses through his veins. It is obvious that Sleen is still worried if you are going to carry out your threat to eat his heart."I bring news Your Eminence," Sleen states fearfully. "The Grand Forgesmith Khazandar is being held in a simple hut somewhere in the tunnels left behind by the Overlords of Nighon when they invaded Erathia not long ago. He should be easy to find as he will be heavily guarded.""Congratulations Sleen, you have managed to exceed my expectations as to how skilled and useful you are. Perhaps you will not need to be eaten after all. However, I wouldn't be making any long term plans if I were you."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| style="text-align:center;" | New about Catherine
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A hurried messenger demon rushes into your planning session early in the pre-dawn hours. Infuriated at the intrusion, you grasp the demon by the throat and lift him off the ground. Your fetid breath in his face, you ask him why you are being interrupted."My master, I come to pass on a message sent by our spies in The Contested Lands. They tell of a meeting between the Elemental Lords of the Conflux and Queen Catherine. They also say an agreement has been reached between the two armies. They are now allies!" the demon manages to croak out just before you crush his windpipe.Throwing his lifeless corpse to the ground, you bellow out in rage."Bring me Sleen! I want to know why this little piece of information escaped his attention. I want to know why Queen Catherine is still alive! I want to know why incompetents SURROUND me so! Xex! Get this useless sack of griffin droppings out of my sight. I need to think."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 38
| style="text-align:center;" | Gelu Kills Xeron's Mother
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A forlorn-looking Xex enters your chambers, a long look on his face. He obviously bears grave news. He kneels down as is tradition, but is waved to stand and give his report."My master I regret to inform you that your mother has been slain in battle. It was the pale warrior who has been plaguing us so. She fought bravely yet was slain by that accursed one during one of the raids that he has been leading. I am truly sorry my lord," Xex states as he takes a step backward."Leave me."When the tent is clear you drop to your knees and sob. Soon your sobs turn to laughter; laughter with no humor; laughter filled with insane rage. Moments later, the tent erupts in a steady stream of swearing and the crashing sounds of destruction.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
| style="text-align:center;" | Spirits of the Dead
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In your sleep, you are visited by haunting dreams. In it spirits come to you, with a warning. Your present course of action is leading towards your destruction. You laugh in their faces and the visions get worse. Still you laugh at their pathetic attempts to sway you from your appointed task. You have suffered far worse fates than some insipid ghosts haunting you in your sleep.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66
| style="text-align:center;" | Cat Marches on Kreelah
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Xex "bamfs" in and kneels before you while you are deeply involved in examining tactical maps. You turn and put your hand on Xex's shoulder."What is it my trusted friend? Is it bad news again? You may feel at ease when speaking to me.""I have grave news to bring you my master. Our spies have informed me that Queen Catherine and her forces now march on Kreelah itself. Our northern lines have failed to breach her defenses enough to gain a foothold in Erathia and I have reason to believe King Roland has reinforced her position and made his own push into Eeofol. My lord, I fear we might be beaten.""NEVER!"You backhanded Xex across the face, sending him sliding across the floor."I cannot believe what they have brought me to. No longer shall I tolerate failure. I want them all slaughtered. Kill everything. Leave no survivors. GO!!!"Xex quickly flees his master's presence just as you unleash your fury on the map table in front of you. Maps and markers fly across the tent, scattering like spores in the wind."Know this Catherine Ironfist, I shall have my revenge. I swear by Erebus the Dark I will flay the skin from your child's bones as you watch. You shall suffer my wrath for this insolence!"
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 34, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ahead is an entrance to an old Nighon tunnel system. At last Sleen's information is starting to pay off.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 44, 72, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The musty smell down here is stifling. A feeling of uncertainty is nagging at the backside of your brain. Too bad Sleen couldn't actually find the bloody hut. Is that crackling flames you hear?
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 45, 63, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The dank, moldy smell of dragon dung hangs thick in the air. Perhaps this way is not a good idea.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 53, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Echoing off the walls of the caverns comes a sound you've never heard before. It's a sort of wail mixed with a crackle. Not entirely sure what is making it, yet it could just be a trick of the wind down here. . . or maybe not.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 58, 67, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | There is the crackling of electricity up ahead and several of your men have their hair standing on end. 'Tis an odd feeling indeed.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 62, 68, 1
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Washes of heat are coming from down this passageway. Perhaps a nice cozy lava pool is up ahead. At least there you could relax and loosen up the toughness of your muscles. However, with your luck, you're not too hopeful of that.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 9, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Diacara
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 94, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Frelin
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Kaffinar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 48, 96, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Ciara
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Soal
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 43, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shelindria
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 73, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Azrael Field
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 97, 79, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Scorch
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 99, 48, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dagger Peak
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 102, 16, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Vandal Hall
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13, 11, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Elementalist_portrait.gif|link=Elementalist]] [[Elementalist]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Labetha_small.gif|link=Labetha]] [[Labetha]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Planeswalker_portrait.gif|link=Planeswalker]] [[Planeswalker]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Thunar_small.gif|link=Thunar]] [[Thunar]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20, 95, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Elementalist_portrait.gif|link=Elementalist]] [[Elementalist]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Luna_small.gif|link=Luna]] [[Luna]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 27, 51, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Elementalist_portrait.gif|link=Elementalist]] [[Elementalist]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Inteus_small.gif|link=Inteus]] [[Inteus]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 48, 98, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Planeswalker_portrait.gif|link=Planeswalker]] [[Planeswalker]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Ignissa_small.gif|link=Ignissa]] [[Ignissa]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 69, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Elementalist_portrait.gif|link=Elementalist]] [[Elementalist]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Gelare_small.gif|link=Gelare]] [[Gelare]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 46, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Planeswalker_portrait.gif|link=Planeswalker]] [[Planeswalker]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Pasis_small.gif|link=Pasis]] [[Pasis]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 73, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Heretic_portrait.gif|link=Heretic]] [[Heretic]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Calid_small.gif|link=Calid]] [[Calid]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 97, 81, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] [[Demoniac]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Rashka_small.gif|link=Rashka]] [[Rashka]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 102, 18, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] [[Demoniac]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Xeron_small.gif|link=Xeron]] [[Xeron]]
|}

==== Seer's Huts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 21, 67, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| "My master said you would be coming. He told me to meet you here and to expect that several artifacts would be delivered. Do you have the Sword of Hellfire, Breastplate of Brimstone, Shield of the Damned? Oh yes, he also mentioned you would be bringing my Sphere of Permanence. I've been missing that for many months now. Do you have all of these things?"
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| "If you do not bring all that you are supposed to, how do you expect my master and I to work on your Blade? We must do everything properly, else the intricate workings shall fail and the Blade will be useless."
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| Khazandar and his apprentice go in the back and soon is heard the sounds of spells being cast, the pounding of hammer on steel, and the swearing of an injured hand now and again. After some time, old man Khazandar emerges from the forge bearing a blade wrapped in thick cloth.He unwraps the cloth slowly and a pulsating light emanates from the weapon so recently forged. The blade looks odd, like none ever seen in Antagarich before. The hiltguard is shaped like an eagle and the blade has a strange shape to it, yet it bears the unmistakeable appearance of a weapon most foul."Here is your blade, Dark One. Thank you for your payment. Now leave me be."
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! 27, 50, 1
|-
! Proposal Message
|-
| As you approach the hut, you hear some odd whistling emanating from within. The song is a sad, angry tune, filled with a sense of bitterness and angst. Finding the tune strangely intriguing, you go up to the door and kick it open. Sitting calmly in a rocking chair is an old man with a long white beard smoking a pipe. His eyes stare out into oblivion, unblinking. Clearing your throat, you get his attention, somewhat."Yeah? What do you want?" the old man asks most irritatedly. "Speak quickly, I'm a busy man.""I have come a long way old man. I hear you are the one called Khazandar, the Grand Forgesmith, and you are he who can harness Armageddon. I've brought the legendary artifacts needed for the ritual. All I need now is for you to make me Armageddon's Blade."The old man looks at you, contemplates his words carefully, and puffs on his pipe. "So, you have finally come to ask me to build my last great piece. Yes, I'm Khazandar and yes, I'll make your Blade. A few conditions though. First, I want to be spared your Armageddon. Second, I want to be paid. . .well paid. I figure 30,000 pieces of Gold ought to do it. Once I get that, you may take the artifacts to my apprentice and I shall build your sword."
|-
! Progress Message
|-
| Staring deeply into your eyes, Khazandar wheezes, coughs, and spits a glob of greenish fluid at your feet. "When you have my 30,000 Gold I'll make your Blade. Not a moment before. Begone!"
|-
! Completion Message
|-
| "Finally! Here, give the 30,000 Gold to me! By the way, since you are going there anyway, take this to my apprentice, he's been looking for it. I will be along shortly once my work here is done. Then I shall make your weapon."
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Seeking Armageddon

2018-08-20T15:08:36Z

Narwen: Created page with "== Campaign == === Right-click text === The greatest hero in all Eeofol is Xeron the Terrible. He has been attempting to fulfill King Lucifer's vision for some time now, but..."

== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
The greatest hero in all Eeofol is Xeron the Terrible. He has been attempting to fulfill King Lucifer's vision for some time now, but every time he has gotten close to one of the objects needed to build Armageddon's Blade, a hero from the Elemental Conflux has arrived to take it. Now he has them cornered in Avlee and they are ripe for the picking.

=== Prologue ===
My quest is sacred, given to me by the king himself. I have searched the continent for the relics he desires. When I have come close, a mysterious hero has spirited my prize away. I have pursued these heroes for months. Now, I have them cornered. They will either surrender the relics, their lives... or both.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Xeron must gather the Sword of Hellfire, Breastplate of Brimstone, and Shield of the Damned. If he dies, Eeofol's hopes die with him. He will be able to advance to 12th Level, all of his experience, skills, and spells shall transfer with him to the next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Day
! Name
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "You, my faithful Xeron, have been given the glorious task of locating the artifacts needed to construct Armageddon's Blade. Your past failures aside, you are the one best suited to this task. My visions have told me such," the visage of Lucifer speaks in gentle but powerful tones."The three Elemental heroes who bested you in the past have been located and seem contained for the moment. Though they have taunted you by gathering that which you seek prior to your arrival, you must concentrate on your quest. Do not let petty things like pride get in your way. Xenofex was a fool and allowed himself to be arrogant and prideful. It was these things that lead to his demise at the hands of those heroes from Erathia.""You have been given the Shackles of War as a method of ensuring that these heroes will not get away. Corner them, locate the artifacts you need, and punish them for their transgression. How dare they stand in our way.""You were chosen for your loyalty and tenacity. Do not fail me. I will be watching your progress." With that, the image fades and you are left to your own devices and planning. This time, you vow by all that is dark and unholy, failure is no longer acceptable. To fail is to die; to succeed, your only purpose in life.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | A Visit from Sleen
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | With a "bamf" sound and a cloud of brimstone teleports in Xex, the messenger you sent to locate a knowledgeable sage. Xex has in his clutches a smallish human with dark features and a bushy mustache. The man dusts himself off as if he could simply brush away the noxious smell of the demonic teleportation."Are you that which I seek human?"Sleen looks a bit nervous, but bows deeply and replied "I am he, Judge Sleen, Master Sage and Arcane Historian.""Tell me all you know of the three Conflux heroes who have eluded me so these many weeks. I shall know that which you know or I shall rip your heart from your breast and have myself a little snack."Gulping deeply, Sleen replies "They are Fiur of the Fire Domain, Ciele of the Eternal Ocean, and Erdamon, he of the Plane of Earth. Fiur guards the Shield of the Damned; Ciele the Sword of Hellfire; and Erdamon the Breastplate of Brimstone. When combined correctly, the three can be formed into a weapon of immense power, dubbed most aptly Armageddon's Blade.""Excellent, human. You may live yet another hour. And tell me, where might I find these heroes?" You then begin drumming your fingertips against one another in a contemplative fashion."Fiur can be found to the Southwest. I know not the location of the other two your unholiness," Sleen oozes. "But I would be most pleased and honored if you would allow me to discover the whereabouts of this elusive pair.""Very well, Sage, but if you do not bring me that which I seek in one week I shall send Xex to retrieve your still beating heart for my supper. Now GO!"With that Xex grabs the frightened sage and "bamfs" away. You smile an evil smile and call to your captains. Fiur is again within your grasp with nowhere to go this time.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | Treasure!!!
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | One of your spies reports a large cache of gold and resources lies to the north.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | Sleen Returns
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The flap to your tent is flung aside and a human figure thrown to the floor at his feet. You twist your face into a toothy grin and gaze down upon the pathetic excuse for a man that lay there, broken and battered."Good morning Sleen, what brings you to my door on this fine dreary day?"Sleen simply rolls over onto his back and tries to focus his eyes, which are glazing over due to injuries caused by your rather overanxious guards."I bring news to you, Your Eminence, of the two Conflux heroes you seek. Ciele the Waverider is to be found near the town of Phaedral and is heavily fortified. Erdamon the Earth Channeler is located southeast of that town, and not too far away either," the slippery human reports, his eyes darting about the tent seeking a way out should this dark lord become displeased with the report."Very well, human. You may return to your wretched little life. I shall spare you as I said I would. Now go! Leave my presence before I decide it is time to snack. XEX! Get this pathetic worm away from here. Take him someplace. . .unpleasant."With that, the big devil Xex grasps Sleen by the wrist and "bamfs" out. Returning moments later, Xex reports he dropped Sleen in the midst of a battle between some young wizard's army of Archmagi and a group of purple dragons with butterfly wings. He figured it was as unpleasant as he could get without killing him.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | Guerilla Raid
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Your minions report that several key supply trains have been ambushed, the contents looted, and the wagons smashed. Unfortunately the bandits escaped before any could be captured. This will be a costly problem.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16
| style="text-align:center;" | Bad News Guerillas
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reports start pouring in from all across the land. Someone has been hitting small encampments and even a few daring runs into cities. They are small in number, yet very powerful. These hit and fade style attacks are difficult to guard against, but you manage to convince your minions it is indeed possible to stop these guerilla raids.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35
| style="text-align:center;" | To Catch a Spy
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You were out pacing in the darkness last night, pondering the possibilities, when you suddenly heard a noise to your left. Slowly you spun to see the source of said noise. To your delight you noticed a small elven man shimmying up a tree with a spyglass and quiver of arrows. You grinned to yourself and teleported to the man's position. The stench of brimstone filled the elf's nostrils and nearly caused him to gag. You smiled evilly at the spy and snatched him away to interrogate him.The interrogation was long and excruciatingly painful for the elf, but alas, he would not talk. The Erathians train their Forestguard well, or so it would appear. The leader of these raids must be located and dealt with.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" | Sit Rep
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "King Lucifer wishes to know what you are doing to acquire the pieces needed to build that which he has dreamt of non-stop for weeks now, Armageddon's Blade," came the deep baritone voice in the red crystal shard kept in the Chamber of Speaking. Your heart leapt into your throat."I have learned the location of the three heroes you seek, my master. All that is left is to destroy these excuses for armies. I shall have them in my possession soon. Fear not, for failure is not an option for me.""See that you do, Xeron. I would hate to think what would happen should you fail." The voice then trails off into the blackness, the crimson stone strangely silent and dull in color, and you are left alone.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66
| style="text-align:center;" | A Union is Formed
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A young pit fiend strides into the center of the encampment and makes his way to you. Once there, he snaps a salute and informs you that rumor has it Queen Catherine and these accursed Elemental Confluxes have reached an agreement allying themselves against the might of Eeofol."No matter of great concern. Once the Blade has been constructed, nothing may stand in the way. They shall all drown in lakes of blood, with fire as their only epitaph."
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3, 44, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Shantalla
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Phaedral
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Havoc Peak
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 27, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sevenar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 28, 35, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Tieldis
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 21, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Mourningdale
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Blackpool
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Elementalist_portrait.gif|link=Elementalist]] [[Elementalist]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Ciele_small.gif|link=Ciele]] [[Ciele]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Planeswalker_portrait.gif|link=Planeswalker]] [[Planeswalker]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Fiur_small.gif|link=Fiur]] [[Fiur]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14, 24, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Planeswalker_portrait.gif|link=Planeswalker]] [[Planeswalker]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Erdamon_small.gif|link=Erdamon]] [[Erdamon]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 64, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Heretic_portrait.gif|link=Heretic]] [[Heretic]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Ash_small.gif|link=Ash]] [[Ash]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 65, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] [[Demoniac]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Xeron_small.gif|link=Xeron]] [[Xeron]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 22, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Heretic_portrait.gif|link=Heretic]] [[Heretic]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Olema_small.gif|link=Olema]] [[Olema]]
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Sword_of_Hellfire_artifact.gif|link=Sword of Hellfire]] [[Sword of Hellfire]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Lying atop a small altar is a sword, its blade forged in the putrid flames of Hell itself. It calls to you and you oblige its wicked desire for carnage by strapping it to your side.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1, 56, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Shield_of_the_Damned_artifact.gif|link=Shield of the Damned]] [[Shield of the Damned]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As the ground glistens from the coursing magical energy surrounding it, you notice a shield that is charged with hellish flame. Red and black flames lick about its surface and outline it in an ominous way.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11, 25, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Breastplate_of_Brimstone_artifact.gif|link=Breastplate of Brimstone]] [[Breastplate of Brimstone]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gleaming in the sun is a breastplate that glows with an eerie orange light. As you get closer, you notice that flames appear to dance within the metal, under its surface. It is an odd looking sight to be sure. You immediately recognize that which you have sought for so long, The Breastplate of Brimstone.
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

Shadows of the Forest

2018-08-20T14:13:48Z

Narwen: Created page with "== Campaign == === Right-click text === Gelu, the half-Vori elf leader of Erathia's elite unit known as the Forestguard, has been ordered to wage a shadow war along the Avlee-..."

== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Gelu, the half-Vori elf leader of Erathia's elite unit known as the Forestguard, has been ordered to wage a shadow war along the Avlee-Eeofol border. This area is rife with small garrisons and outposts. It is from these levies that Gelu shall draw his guerilla force.

=== Prologue ===
Messengers inform me Queen Catherine and Roland Ironfist are retreating to the Erathian border. Avlee has chosen to turn a blind eye toward the war, but have purposely left local heroes to their own will. Under the Queen's orders we are to wage a 'hit-and-run' war along the Avlee border. Our only support will be local militia hostile toward the Kreegans. Should we be captured, Erathia and Avlee will disavow any knowledge of our actions. Otherwise... this task is no different than before.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Gelu must defeat all enemies in this area using guerilla tactics. He is the only one with the skills to lead this raid, for without him all is lost. Gelu will be allowed to advance to 12th Level and carry over his skills, experience, and spells to the next scenario.

=== Rumors ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Name
! Text
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Birth
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was a foundling child discovered by a member of the Talon Brigade under Captain Catherine Gryphonheart. That member is now a General in Erathia's army.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Homeland
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The leader of the Forest Guard is said to be a half-breed child of Human and Vori Elf descent.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Hair
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu's flame-red hair is not a color found in Vori Elves normally.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Kendal
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | General Morgan Kendal once served in the Talon Brigade.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Catherine
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Queen Catherine was once a Captain in the Talon Brigade.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Talon Brigade
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Talon Brigade is an elite unit in the Erathian Army.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Gelu's Skill
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was born with a knack for the bow. He is an expert shot.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Forest Guard
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Forest Guard are Erathia's eyes and ears before a battle. Stealth is their greatest weapon.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Diasamere
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The town of Diasamere is a great place to work and live.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Diasamere 2
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In Diasamere, there is a wealth of information on things like the Kreegan demons.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Kreegans
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The Kreegan demons first appeared during the Night of Shooting Stars.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Childhood
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu was raised by a noted Erathian General.
|}

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Day
! Name
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Gelu, early this morning you received word your special skills are needed for a daring plan. While Catherine and the Erathian forces keep the Eeofol army locked in conflict on the western border, you have been ordered to slip in through Avlee with a small guerilla force to harry the enemy there.You have also been instructed to recruit allies from the local populace. To that end, you have set up your base camp in the city of Diasamere along the Avlee-Eeofol border. The elves there have offered shelter and aid in the coming fight. The region is dotted with small garrisons and outposts. A large number of mercenaries, some of whom fought in the recent wars, call this area home. Many are loyal to Avlee, but there are those who prefer to remain neutral and will fight for that choice.Movement, stealth, and cunning tactics will win this Shadow War, not brute force, for the enemy is indeed powerful. Good luck!
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | Guerilla Raids
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The men you sent in to raid the enemy supply lines have returned with a healthy take.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25
| style="text-align:center;" | Gypsy Fortuneteller
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A travelling caravan of gypsies passes near your encampment and several of the men decide to have their fortunes told. As this is a time of great strife and with the possibility of death being quite high, you agree to let your men partake of this little distraction. You even decide to join them.The gypsy, a woman calling herself Nayestra the Oracle, reads their futures, one by one, some good, some not so good. Eventually she reaches you. Upon seeing your pale complexion, solid jet black eyes, and flame-red hair, she backs away, startled. Your odd appearance and striking presence both intrigue and frighten her, but she is a professional. She takes your hand, sits you down at her table and begins to read your palm. What she sees is very strange. Your lifeline is uncertain and yet your destiny is clear. Your are to be a widely known figure, one of great import, yet there is a dark road as well. Something in your future gives her pause. She sees great evil in your future, yet cannot be sure if it is an outside force influencing your destiny or something from within. A strange dichotomy to be sure, this Gelu is. Both where you came from and where you were going are blurred, something Nayestra has never seen before. Each one of these things is told to you in turn and you listen in rapt attention, hanging on her every word.As you get up to exit her tent, you press a gem and several gold coins into her palm and leave, bowing deeply as if she were royalty. She glows at the overpayment, for normally all she asks is a few silver coins and a promise to live up to one's potential. You are indeed a hero, at least to her.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 34
| style="text-align:center;" | A Message From Ciele
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you pass a small puddle, you hear a voice call out to you, gentle and soft. The voice is that of a woman, or so it sounds. You kneel down beside the tiny pool and peer into its stillness. To your surprise there is a face of a beauteous woman. She is beckoning you to her, whispering your name on warm winds blowing across the puddle causing slight ripples on it's surface."I am Ciele the Waverider. I represent the Elemental Plane of Water and am one of many called here to protect this world from those who would see it harmed. I am sending this message to you, Gelu, because your destiny lies along a similar path to ours. Beware the Dark Lord, for he is assembling a weapon of near immeasurable power."At that point a stiff wind comes up and scatters the water about, sending the image of Ciele away. Confused at this warning, yet drawn to this woman somehow, you mount your horse and continue on with your mission. Figuring out the cryptic message will have to wait, time is of the essence.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" | A Message From Erdamon
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You are awoken to an odd feeling in the back of your neck, a tingling sensation warning of danger. You spin; blade in hand faster than the eye can catch, and are faced with a small figure grown from the earth itself. This figure is vaguely humanoid and stands approximately two feet tall.The figure bows deeply, introduces itself as a minion of Erdamon, and claims he bears a message for the ears of Gelu alone. Confused, you agree, albeit warily."You are the one known as Gelu, are you not? Very well, I am Erdamon the Earthshaper. I have come from the Elemental Plane of Earth and have been sent to protect this world from those who would see it harm. Ciele told me you have spoken to her. I trust you have already met the minions of the Dark Lord? Excellent.The Dark Lord has many names and many minions, the worst of which is Xeron, he who was born of man and demon. Be wary of this one, for he is most skilled in the dark arts as well as having an affinity for devilkin." Then the small figure melded back into the ground as if it never had been. Thinking you were merely dreaming, you lay back down and contemplate what this Erdamon has told you.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 50
| style="text-align:center;" | A Message From Fiur
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Sitting around the campfire last night, you and several of your most trusted advisors were knocked off your feet when the flames suddenly exploded outward. The flames licked skyward and coalesced into a humanoid shape, it's eyes glowing a brilliant green."I come to speak to the half-human warrior known as Gelu, he with eyes of obsidian darkness, skin of alabaster white, and hair the color of flame. I am called Fiur the Flamewalker. I am he, born of fire, come here to protect this world from those who would harm it. A tide of growing darkness is flowing across this world, gaining momentum with every day. The one known as Xeron is a servant to the Dark Lord and is even now seeking the tools needed to build a weapon of terrible destructive power, Armageddon's Blade. My fellow Conflux heroes, Ciele and Erdamon, have secreted these tools away in a far off land. Yet this Xeron has located us anyway. He is powerful and we shall attempt to stop him, but we now fear that we cannot stop the weapon's creation. We can, however, let you know the wielder of the Blade is not invincible."That said, the flames form into a great fiery phoenix which gouts its breath into the sky, shoving aside the darkness of night for the merest of moments. It then poured back down into the firepit and returned to being a simple campfire, as if nothing had happened.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54
| style="text-align:center;" | Talon Brigade Member Found
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A pair of warriors dragging a third enters the encampment early in the morning. The dragged man is gravely wounded and appears near death. Healers rush for the man and begin their work as you approach.As he gets closer, you can see that this man is a member of the Talon Brigade. How he has gotten this far north, you cannot understand, but the fact remains he is here. As you kneel beside him, the swordsman grasps you by the edges of your cloak and in a raspy voice speaks his warning."There is one out there milord, a devil named Xeron ..cough.. who is the one seeking Armageddon's Blade. ..cough.. My unit was sent here by ..cough.. General Kendal to aid you. ..choke.. I am all that is left of us. Xeron is close to ..choke.. completing the Blade. He is going to use ..choke.. it to destroy ..cough.. us aaalllll."His words trail off into silence as he collapses into death. His body limp and lifeless, the man's last words hang in your mind. What is this Armageddon's Blade and who is this Xeron you keep hearing about? Answers are needed and needed quickly, for Erathia is running out of time.
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 6, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | What manner of oddity is this? The architecture matches nothing seen in Erathia, Avlee or any other place, save maybe Bracada. But what would a Bracadan city be doing so far from its homeland? Worse still, how did it get here when it was not here a few months ago? All good questions, perhaps going inside will net some answers.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 17, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Rampart_small.gif|link=Rampart]] [[Rampart]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dova Saera
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10, 63, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Moribund
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Dragonbane
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Whitespire
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 52, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jakta
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 62, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Reavers Gate
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 27, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Rampart_small.gif|link=Rampart]] Rampart
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Diasamere
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 29, 3, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Pixie_small.gif|link=Pixie]] [[Pixie]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A smiling band of little fairies stand milling about looking for something to do. As you approach, they beam and flock to your side. It seems these are pixies and they are eager to fight against the evil beings that have come.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Sharpshooter_small.gif|link=Sharpshooter]] [[Sharpshooter]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We found these gauntlets. We thought you might like to have them."
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 65, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Ranger_portrait.gif|link=Ranger]] [[Ranger]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Gelu_small.gif|link=Gelu]] [[Gelu]]
|}

==== Artifacts ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26, 2, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Spell_Scroll_artifact.gif|link=Spell Scroll]] [[Spell Scroll]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Half buried in the ground near the edge of the ore pit, there appears to be a small tube. Uncovering it, you see the magical writing swimming before your eyes. A sage rushes over to tell you what spell it is.
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]

User talk:Narwen

2018-08-20T13:46:46Z

Narwen:

Catherine's Charge

2018-08-19T18:08:27Z

Narwen: Created page with "== Campaign == === Right-click text === Eeofol troops have pushed to Erathia's border. Queen Catherine herself has chosen to stay the tide of these invaders by controlling th..."

== Campaign ==
=== Right-click text ===
Eeofol troops have pushed to Erathia's border. Queen Catherine herself has chosen to stay the tide of these invaders by controlling the border and digging in until reinforcements can arrive. Catherine must not fail.

=== Prologue ===
I have underestimated my opponent's strength and resolve. During the Restoration Wars, the Kreegans were of minor concern. Now they fight with an urgency neither I nor Roland have encountered. I have pulled the bulk of my forces back behind Erathia's border. Between us and the Kreegans lies Moss Valley. It is one of Erathia's more beautiful landscapes. Tactically, it is ideal. If I can hold this valley, I can close the border. Then I can determine how to destroy the demon king Lucifer and his quest to set the world on fire with Armageddon's Blade.

== Scenario ==
=== Map description ===
Catherine must defeat all of her enemies or they will flood Erathia with their evil. If Queen Catherine dies then all hope is lost and the devils of Eeofol will easily win. Catherine will be allowed to advance to 18th level and carry over her experience, skills, and spells into her next scenario.

=== Timed events ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Day
! Name
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Opening
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Following the initial invasion of Eeofol, you ran into the elite force of Kreegans known as the Fist of Unholy Might. These battle-hardened regiments pushed you back clear across the border and now threaten to push deeper into Erathia. It is here, in the Contested Lands that lie betwixt Erathia and Eeofol, where you plan to make your stand. Digging in until reinforcements can arrive is your plan and quite possibly Erathia's only hope.Should you fail or be defeated, Erathia will forever know emptiness, despair, and shall suffer an eternity of darkness. May the blessings of the Temple of Light be upon you and those who serve under your command.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | An alert
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A scout comes racing to your camp bearing a message. He bows deeply before you and presents a scroll from General Morgan Kendal. His trembling fingers release the rolled parchment into your hands as sweat beads on his brow. This is not good news he brings."My Queen, I regret to inform you that the dark forces of Eeofol have broken through our eastern lines. I have failed you, but I swear to you on the grave of your beloved father that I shall fall back and protect Steadwick from these foul creatures." -- Morgan
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | A Second Message From Kendal
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A rider enters your camp carrying a message scroll that bears the seal of General Morgan Kendal. You accept the scroll from the rider, break the seal, unroll the parchment, and peruse its contents."Pray pardon my Queen, but I must bring you grave news. Recently I have been witness to the strangest of occurrences. A town of odd architecture simply appeared from thin air. It had roofs like tulip bulbs made of bronze, brightly colored tent cloth everywhere, and the walls were guarded by elementals of all types. Since that first sighting, I have seen several more similar citadels dotting the countryside. I do not know the nature of these towns, nor do I know if they are hostile. Perhaps they might be persuaded to join us in our fight; perhaps we shall need to guard against them. I do not believe anyone in this region can remain neutral for long." -- Morgan
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | Good News at Last
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A runner leaps off his steed in a hurry to bring urgent news to his Queen. You take the message scroll from the smiling runner and unfurl it. The note is smudged from water stains, but legible. Reading it brings some much-needed light to your soul. Good news at last has come."My dearest Catherine, I have amassed a sizeable force outside Steadwick. It will take some time to reach your position, as we will be first shoring up the eastern front. I plan to meet Kendal's army somewhere near Killian's Wake and push back those forces plaguing him there.Once that task is completed and the Kreegan troops are routed, I shall bring our combined forces to your aid. You must hold out my love. Erathia's fate depends upon you holding the region. I will see you again. That I swear." -- Your loving husband, Roland
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| style="text-align:center;" | A Message from Lucifer
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Pacing across the field, you wrack your brain for a way to make sense of this insane war you are waging. For what purpose could Lucifer be engaging in such insanity? What was there to gain from this? The answers to such questions will not come easily, nor without a heavy price attached.As you ponder these and other matters, a timid monk clears his throat quietly to announce his presence. Spinning on your heels to face the sudden sound, your flame colored hair frames your face in such a way as to bring fear to the poor cleric. He shakily informs you that a crystal shard has been delivered moments ago with express instructions that it be shown to you immediately. Fearing it is a trap; the mages in your council choose to study it. Finding no magical traps or spells to harm their Queen, they show it to you.A demonic face appears from inside the shard as soon as you approach. The face is bearded, horned, and has glistening sharp teeth. A wicked grin is firmly in place which rapidly becomes a sneer as it speaks."Ah, the famed Catherine Gryphonheart, or should I say Ironfist. Seems a much more appropriate name for you. In case you did not know, I am Lucifer Kreegan, King of Eeofol and Bringer of Doom.I hope you realize your efforts to engage me are fruitless as was proven by my pushing your pathetic invasion back nearly to your own capitol. You cannot win against the might of my armies or the power of my secret weapon. This day shall see the end of your precious Antagarich, Enroth, and all that I survey. Prepare yourself for oblivion Catherine, Queen of Erathia, for it is coming soon."With that, the image fades out and you are left alone with the threat hanging in the air. Muttering something about madmen, you go back to your planning session and prepare for the coming battles.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 29
| style="text-align:center;" | Delays and Despair
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A bedraggled and forlorn looking runner arrived at your tent. He was wounded but waved off the attendants who tried to aid him. He had a message to bring. You could tell immediately by his countenance that the news was grave."My dearest wife, I must regret to inform you that we have met with great resistance in our journey to join up with General Kendal's forces. The minions of Eeofol are formidable indeed, much more so than I had anticipated.Several hundred loyal warriors have fallen and I fear that many more will be sacrificed before this is over. I am now unable to predict when we will be available to fortify your position. You will need to hold out longer than I had originally been planning on.I miss you terribly. Know that I will be there, no matter the price I must pay. Nothing shall keep me from your side. Perhaps one day soon we shall be able to return to Enroth and our beloved son, Nicolai." -- Roland.Crushing the scroll, you entered your tent, eyes filled with tears.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 31
| style="text-align:center;" | Rains Come
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A torrential rain begins. The rain bears an odd odor and seems to be eating away at steel weapons and armor. The court wizards do what they can to protect the troops from this acidic rain, but their powers are severely limited against such an assault. It will cost dearly to fix the damaged items.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33
| style="text-align:center;" | Rains Are Useful
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The chief alchemist reports to you that they have found a way to collect the rain and extract some trace elements from it. This means a small quantity of sulfur can be gleaned from this otherwise gloomy downpour.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 51
| style="text-align:center;" | A Ray of Hope
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | On the First Day of the Festival of Life, the fearsome clouds that brought the hateful rainfall break. A brilliant light shines down upon the fields and bathes over you as you step out to view your troops, soothing your troubled soul. Perhaps the gods are favoring you at last.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60
| style="text-align:center;" | Terrible News
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A panic stricken man arrives in your camp one day with a message. Tearing it open, you pour over the letter, utter despair rapidly overcoming your otherwise noble visage. News that King Roland has been injured has arrived. Grief stricken, you retire to your tent in great haste.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 62
| style="text-align:center;" | A Letter from Roland
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As you continue on your quest to exact revenge on the followers of the mad King Lucifer, your rage grows. The shadow that covers your soul threatens to engulf you fully, but a small light flickers when another runner arrives, haggard but smiling. "My dearest Catherine. I am truly sorry I have not written, but I did hear you had received word of my injury. Let me assure you there is nothing to fear. The injuries I received were not severe, nor should you have been burdened with being informed of them.I received the injuries when we finally met up with General Kendal's forces. A large army of demons and hellhounds had been guarding a pass and we needed to punch through. I led the charge but received some minor wounds as a result. I killed the thing responsible, fear not. All is well, as I hope it is with you and your campaign." -- Roland
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 66
| style="text-align:center;" | Assassin
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Last night, during the Hour of the Wolf, a lone assassin armed with demonic magic artifacts infiltrated your encampment with murder in his heart. As he passed near your tent opening, someone spotted him and Ketai, a young swordsman, captured him. Upon his capture, you were immediately awoken, much to your chagrin. Your steely-eyed countenance later stared down this would be assassin. He was questioned for only a short time before you turned to your advisor."Have him drawn and quartered, then put on display as a warning."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 72
| style="text-align:center;" | Catherine Sends For Gelu
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The forces of Eeofol have proven to be mighty indeed. As such, daring plans and cunning tactics are going to be needed to win this conflict. You summon one of your most trusted runners. You have need of a different type of soldier for the plan forming in your mind.The Forest Guard has been acting as Erathia's eyes and ears for generations, perhaps now it is time to employ them for a different purpose. Quickly scribing a note on a piece of parchment, you send word to Gelu, the Forest Guard's captain, to undertake a special mission for you.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 90
| style="text-align:center;" | Nicolai
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | In the long months since you left Enroth, your days have been filled with strife, terror, grief, and triumph, yet you have never lost sight of what is important to you, your son Nicolai. Your thoughts drift now to him, as your worry for him, for he is alone in Enroth and has been ever since you were summoned home to Erathia and Roland was taken captive on the Night of Shooting Stars. Only the knowledge that Nicolai has the aid of Wilbur Humphrey, Roland's appointed Regent, consoles your aching heart. You miss your son terribly and desire greatly to return home. Perhaps when this war is over and peace finally settles on the land of your birth, you can return home to your son, even if for only a little while.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 112
| style="text-align:center;" | Catherine's Speech
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | You call your troops before you. Their morale is low and all are exhausted from the constant fighting and marching. You sit astride your steed, noble and proud in appearance, and ride to the top of a small rise. There you thrust high the banner of Erathia and speak."It has been one hundred and twelve days since the minions of this King Lucifer have invaded our land. We have held out bravely so far, but the true test of our courage and prowess is yet to come. King Roland and General Kendal are currently battling to save the eastern border, while we defend this region from Kreegan forces. However, we do battle with a powerful foe. The abominations we face in this conflict are hideous and fierce warriors, armed with potent elements of magic.You have done well, my warriors, and I ask that you continue to do so in the fights to come. This will not be easy, but I promise you we will win, for we are of Erathia. We defeated the combined forces of Deyja, Eeofol, and Nighon before. This is only one third of that triumvirate. Fight on my warriors, for not just Erathia, but all of Antagarich depends on our victory here."You sit tall and proud as the cheers of your men rise to meet you. You smile, knowing the coming fight, while difficult, will be won. You are confident of that.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 121
| style="text-align:center;" | The War Drags On
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | As the conflict drags on into its fourth month, the men seemed inspired yet weary. Reports from Steadwick have been trickling in from time to time, but it is getting longer and longer between messengers. Roland hasn't even sent a message for weeks.Refusing to show weakness, you dispatch a messenger to learn about the fate of your husband's army. Concern for his safety and the need for your army's waning strength of resolve to improve pushed you to act. The messenger is urged to make sure the scroll is delivered to Roland's hands personally.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 135
| style="text-align:center;" | The Messenger Returns
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A horseman approaches bearing a scroll. The man is the same one sent by you to locate Roland's forces. He bows deeply and passes his helm to a nearby page. Dusting himself off, he accepts an offered waterskin and takes a long drag from it. The cool water washes away some of the road's dirt."King Roland is deep in battle with the Kreegan forces and is unable to divert troops to you at this time. In the next few weeks some forces should be available for your use my Queen. He regrets he cannot be here to fight at your side."Sending him away, you wander back to your tent.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 149
| style="text-align:center;" | Troops Trickle In
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | A messenger arrives, snaps a scroll into your hand, salutes, and leaves. Quickly you open the message and read, your face lighting up as you do so. As soon as you finish, you roll it back up and stuffed it into the pouch it came in, snap some orders, and press onward."My dearest Catherine, I have found it possible to order a small contingent of troops to your position. They have not been paid in a long while, so they will need that as well. They should arrive at Fort Defiance by the time you receive this letter. Walk with the Light my love." -- Roland
|}

=== Objects ===
==== Events ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 68, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Standing before you is a city whose architecture you do not recognize. The rounded roofs, the tall spires, the strange sounds emanating from within all coalesce to form some sort of strange entity your scholars cannot explain. This town wasn't here the last time you passed through. Where did it come from? Who built it? These are all questions racing through your mind. All you hope is the answers within will not lead you to a worse fate than the one that already befalls Erathia should you fail in your endeavor.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 5, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | This gleaming citadel stands tall and defiant against the darkening skies that lay overhead. A sense of hope and wonderment overcomes you as you approach the front gates. At this point a scout from your outrider group trots back to report of creatures not spotted in Erathia for quite some time. They stand atop the walls and prepare for an assault. They seem wary of strangers but oddly are prepared for war. Is there something they know and you do not? With only one way to find out, you press on.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 51, 38, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Eeofol, land of demons and devilkin. It is said that the Kreegans were a punishment from the gods for the sins committed by a people who strayed from the path of righteousness. The Night of Shooting Stars is seen by many as some sort of terrible omen of doom and despair. The once fertile land of Eeofol now lies burned and blackened, rivers of magma have replaced sparkling clear water and bubbling brooks now bubble with molten rock. It is a depressing sight indeed, but the need for perseverance has never presented itself more. King Lucifer must be stopped, else the whole of Antagarich suffer the same fate as the former homeland of the Halflings.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The blackened walls of the border gate that once protected these lands from the horrors that lay beyond now bears the heraldry of the Kreegan Clans of Eeofol. A sickening smell permeates the area, seeping beneath your clothing and into the pores of your skin. The noxious vapors of the volcanic lands of Eeofol have polluted the land and killed a great many trees. This is the fate that threatens to befall all of Erathia should the mad King Lucifer get his way. This is all you have to look forward to if you fail. This realization both terrifies you and strengthens your resolve.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56, 7, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Beyond these walls lies the dread land of Eeofol, a land of tremendous volcanic rifts and prodigious lava flows. Demons of all types and forms patrol the land, a land once fertile and green and populated by a peaceful race of little people called Halflings. That was until the Night of Shooting Stars when the Kreegans came. Now all that is left of their race is a few pocket villages. The demons scattered them to the four winds and turned them into an embittered people with little hope and no place to truly call home.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 14, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | This city is Darqtane, named for a dark god long ago thought forgotten by the people of this land. His spirit lives on within the walls of this monument to his twisted soul, for Darqtane was a god of torture and suffering. The screams of Kreegan torture victims are like prayers to his glory.
|}

==== Towns ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Name
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4, 39, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] [[Castle]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Defiance
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 15, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Marshallston
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12, 57, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Pandathalyn
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] [[Conflux]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Southerdale
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Conflux_small.gif|link=Conflux]] Conflux
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Nothenden
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 24, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Endelstadt
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36, 50, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Castle_small.gif|link=Castle]] Castle
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Goldenton
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 60, 37, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] [[Inferno]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Jhantaqua
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 63, 60, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Noximaar
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 64, 13, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Town_portrait_Inferno_small.gif|link=Inferno]] Inferno
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Darqtane
|}

==== Monsters ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Type
! Message
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Devil_small.gif|link=Devil]] [[Devil]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "Welcome, Your Highness", the devil sneers. "King Lucifer sends his regards for the small part you played in his ascension to the throne. He also would like to pay his respects . . .over your cold grave for helping to slaughter his kin." With that, the group of devilkin launches into a brutal assault, bent on your destruction.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 23, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Horned_Demon_small.gif|link=Horned Demon]] [[Horned Demon]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "No one may pass. Take your best shot. We will defeat you."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 24, 69, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Fire_Elemental_small.gif|link=Fire Elemental]] [[Fire Elemental]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | Standing before you is a troop of men made of living flame. Their unblinking eyes stare at you. They do not speak but instead move to attack. They appear to be protecting something or some place.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25, 4, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Pixie_small.gif|link=Pixie]] [[Pixie]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | "We pixies have been entrusted to maintain the sanctity of this Elemental Conflux. Enter if you dare. This is a sacred valley and we will not let it be disturbed lightly. If we deem you worthy, perhaps we shall let you in."
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 41, 67, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px; white-space: nowrap;" | [[File:Creature_portrait_Earth_Elemental_small.gif|link=Earth Elemental]] [[Earth Elemental]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | The walls of the mountain to your left and right suddenly shift and out from them meld several dozen large man-shaped creatures. Staring into their eyeless sockets is highly unnerving, but you do what you must to protect your men.
|}

==== Heroes ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" cellpadding=5px
! Location
! Class
! Hero
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8, 40, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] [[Knight]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Catherine_small.gif|link=Catherine]] [[Catherine]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9, 16, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Cleric_portrait.gif|link=Cleric]] [[Cleric]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Cuthbert_small.gif|link=Cuthbert]] [[Cuthbert]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12, 58, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Knight_portrait.gif|link=Knight]] Knight
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Sorsha_small.gif|link=Sorsha]] [[Sorsha]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37, 55, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Heretic_portrait.gif|link=Heretic]] [[Heretic]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Olema_small.gif|link=Olema]] [[Olema]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 39, 29, 0
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Demoniac_portrait.gif|link=Demoniac]] [[Demoniac]]
| style="padding-left:7px; padding-right:5px;" | [[File:Hero_Fiona_small.gif|link=Fiona]] [[Fiona]]
|}
[[Category: Campaign]]