Curse

kenneth darkblade · Mar 07, 2007, 10:39 AM // 10:39

Some time ago, friends from my guild made a comment on how much imagination I had, and that I should try some guildwars fan fiction. Wanna know what happened? I wrote down my own guildwars chapter. (very fast and very quick. But still, it was something)

Shared it with them on our own guilds forum, and now they tell me to share it with the rest of the guildwars world (i.e. putting it on gw guru)
What the heck, what have I got to lose.

So, ok. I’m gona post it. I do like to directly tell to everyone. It is FICTION, all of it is imaginated. Don’t start telling this will be the real new chapter. You will be making a fool out of yourself.

Some info to go ahead of the story:
- My native language is not English. So, spelling or grammar errors can happen. Please try to ignore those as best as possible.
- The idea of this writing style, is that you also try to use your own imagination. It’s mostly dialogue, no description. (told you I did it fast). Basically, if you like dramatic stories, fine, you can make it as dramatic as you like. If you don’t, then don’t.
- Best thing to do when reading it would be to try and imagine it play in front of you, as if you were watching a movie, or when watching an ingame guildwars mission movie. Most of the story is split up in mission 2, mission 3, …. Blablabla
- I also incorporated some of the older guildwars characters (for story purpose). I tried to keep their personalities as close to the original as possible, but some deviation can happen. You have been warned.
- I also created 2 new professions for it. 2 that I made myself. Now, of course you’ll be able to say “I once played that kind of profession in that game of this many years ago” chances are I don’t even know that game. I can honestly say, I didn’t steal those proffs from anywhere. There IS however a chance that “by coincidence” some stuff is similar. I’ll give some info on these professions before I start the story.
- I’ll not send the entire story in 1 post. It’s way to long for that. (about 58 pages in a word document). I’ll post it in several parts, every time leaving a week in between. Should give enough time for everyone (or as much people as possible) to read it before the next part comes out.
- If you have any questions, remarks or criticism. Please post. I should be viewing this forum enough and will answer as many things as I can.

Ok, this should be all of the introduction. Lets go to these new professions I incorporated in the story

Cosmologist.

A character that is capable of using both light and shadow magic. Sort of like a personification of yin and yang.

Cosmical unity (primary attribute): increases the rate at which energy is regenerated.
Creative powers: Skills that allow the creation of shadow creatures or light creatures, or skills that affect them
Cosmic powers: Skills of light or shadow magic that cause damage.
Constructive powers: skills that affect the terrain.

Cosmical unity skills
-passive, simply increases the rate of his energy regeneration by (the level in this attribute / 3). Level 3 in this attribute increases energy regeneration by 1. level 6 increases it by 2. level 12 increases by 4.

-cosmical understanding: Target ally his maximum amount of energy is increased by x points for 30 seconds.

-cosmical denial: Target hostile units maximum amount of energy is decreased by x points for 30 seconds.

-cosmical regeneration: The skills of target ally unit are recharged x% faster then usual for 30 seconds.

Creative powers skills:
-create shadow self: pulls your shadow from the ground and 3-dimensionalises it, forming it into a creature with your level and some cosmic power skills in his skill-bar. You can have only 1 of these shadows at the same moment. This skill can not be used if your shadow is not visible (standing inside a bigger shadow counts as not visible)

-animate shadow: Pulls the shadow of a friendly unit from the ground and 3D it, allowing it to fight by your side, being of the same profession as your ally and using the first 4 skills in the allys skillbar. Target ally unit gains health degen of 2. If target ally unit dies, this shadowy creature dies too. There can be only 1 shadow for each ally. This skill can not be used if target’s shadow is not visible.

-command shadow: Pulls the shadow of an enemy unit from the ground and 3D it. It has the same proff and attributes as the hostile unit it came from, and fights by your side. You can create only 1 shadow from any hostile unit. If target hostile unit dies, this shadowy creature dies to. This skill can not be used if target’s shadow is not visible.

- summon light elemental: Creates a being of lvl x and is made of pure light. It moves 100% faster (speed of light) and inflicts holy damage. This being has a weakness to shadow damage.

Cosmic powers skills
- grasp of darkness (elite): A shadowy hand jumps out of target enemy unit’s shadow, grabs him, and pulls him to the ground. Then he is held there for a x seconds, while his health is slowly degenned. He can’t use any skills like this. This skill can not be used if target’s shadow is not visible.

-hand of light: A hand, formed of pure white light, shoots out of the casters arm, reaches to target enemy unit and gives x holy damage.

-darts of light and shadow: Shoots 2 dart to target, 1 made of light causing holy damage, 1 made of shadow causing shadow damage.

-divine light: A ray of light comes down from the sky and shines upon target enemy unit for x seconds. Target foe is set on fire as long as he is within the ray of light. If he moves away, the ray will follow him. If any other hostile unit come within this ray of light, they shall be set on fire as well.

Constructive powers skills
-wall of light: Creates a wall of white light in front of the caster for x seconds. Reaching x feet to the left and x feet to the right.

-shadow fortress: Creates a round wall of x radius for x seconds. Hostile units, spells and attacks can’t reach through it. Friendly units can walk through it, attack through it and cast spells through it.

- sanctify area: area in x radius around the caster is infused with holy magic, causing units to freeze to the ground as if they stood upon ice, forcing them to move 25% slower

- putrify area: infuses target area with shadowy magic, creating a black tar-like bile, forcing units to move 10% slower if they touch it.

Pikeman

Pike => weapon that attacks from a bit more of a distance..
Warriors can attack only at a range of 1. pikeman can attack range 2 or 3
meaning, if a warrior is close enough to attack a pikeman, a pikeman can attack the warrior too. But when the pikeman can attack, the warrior can not always attack.

Armouring (primary): passive attribute, increases the armor level. Level 10 in this attribute = armor +10. also skills that temporary increase armor.
Pike mastery: Increases pike skill
Guardianship: Holds skills that pull attention to the user, increase health and protect
Weapons defence: increases the possibility for weapons to block incoming attacks.?

Pike mastery skills
Dazing slam (elite): User jumps into the air and holds the pike above his head. When the user of this skill comes back to the ground, he slams the pike on the head of his target, knocking down his target and hitting it for x damage. Target is also dazed for x seconds.

Impale: Can only be used on a knocked down opponent. User holds the pike above his head, with the point down, and brings the pike down, impaling target foe. That foe gains x damage, and suffers bleeding

Leg swing: Swings the pike across the legs of the target, causing the target to be crippled.

Slashing back jump: User jumps back, out of range of his foes while executing a single slash with his pike, causing x damage to each for adjacent to him but only in an arc of 180° in front of him. Foes inside this arc that tried to attack will miss their attack.

Pushing slash.: Swings the pike in front of the user, pushing his foes a few steps back. The user can still use his pike to reach his foes, but his foes are too far away to be able to strike back (with other melee weapons)

Ok, now for the first part of the story.

Guild wars duality

Cinematic trailer

(Fade in) guys feet moving across the forest (fade out)
Narrator: A long time ago, creatures were able to use all the magic’s of the gods
(Fade in) guys feet crossing from forest to stone(fade out)
Narrator: But then, the gods separated the magic, and bound them in 5 bloodstones
(Fade in) Black shadowy sword slashing in the stone, creating several fragments(fade out)
Narrator: But I have found a way, to combine them anyhow.
(Fade in) Holds a stone fragment in his hand and imbues it with his power(fade out)
Narrator: Soon I shall have all the pieces
(Fade in) viewing guy from behind, as he is gathering power, starts to glow with green and red energy
Narrator: And then vengeance will be mine.
Big explosion happens, plants that were too close both rot away and are burned to ash.
Narrator: It all began long ago, on my home continent.
(fade in) Shows a place made of dark stones with civilians walking around
Narrator: we lived peaceful lives. But they could not accept the fact that their way … was not the only way.
A wall explodes and soldiers come pouring into the town, slaying everyone
Narrator: we fought desperately, but it was of no use.
Group of warriors being overrun by the dozens of invading soldiers.
Narrator: they brought destruction everywhere
Shows the whole guildhall in flames.
Narrator: Even our greatest fighters were no match.
Shows a highly experienced warrior smacking down invaders left and right, but when he falls to the ground he gets swarmed.
Narrator: Luckily our champion could hold them off long enough.
Show a female pikeman standing her ground. Pushing her foes off the tower instead of finishing them off. Always using powerful skills to push them away from her
Narrator: in the end, she held them off just long enough for me to call upon the power of the god of death himself.
Shows her taking a hit from a spell and flying backwards. Then shows a big green glow enveloping the entire guildhall. (fade out)
(Fade in) follows the narrators footstep as he walks through the guildhall, only corpses around him.
Narrator: There was none who could have survived besides the one who cast the spell … that was me. It may have been an end to something, but not to everything.
Camera goes up to the narrator and shows his face, albeit a younger version of him.
Narrator: For now, many years later, I shall put an end to the story myself. And this time, it will end for good.
Narrators eyes glow black and dark smoke flows from them. (fade out)

New characters
The start
A young girl comes walking out of the temple academy. She might be tiny, but was nowhere near harmless (once she started using her abilities, that is). She had long white hair that was tied together in a braided tail, and had a cute face. She is very excited, but aren’t all girls of 16 who just finished school?
The high priest was already waiting for her
High priest: good morning, Agreyna. I see you’re very excited
Agreyna: I sure am. It’s the first time I can actually use my abilities to keep our lands safe.
High priest: well, honestly, there is not really that much evil in the world any more. But I do have a letter that needs to be brought to the priest of a town nearby.
Agreyna: so now I’m a post girl?
High priest: technically, yes. But practically, there are at least a dozen monsters between the temple academy and the town. So, you’ll still have your share of heroism.
Agreyna: wohoo. I’ll get right on it.
Agreyna took the message and started on her journey.
High priest: the youth of today is so easy to deal with once you understand them.

Agreyna: sigh, these monsters are no challenge for me. They are just way too easy. I hope I’ll be at that town fas… is that smoke? By Dwayna.
Agreyna starts running to the town.

Mission 1
Into movie
When she arrived at the town she saw that some wild monsters had driven a few civilians into a corner. The only one that defended them was a single fighter.
Once she was close enough to the monsters, she called upon the power of Dwayna and shot a ray of light. This spell was powerful enough to kill such a monster in 1 shot.
After the monsters were killed, she ran towards the fighter.
Fighter: pikeman Baldwyn reporting for duty.
Agreyna: reporting for duty? To me? I’m just a messenger.
Baldwyn: you are a cosmologist. And the cosmologists of our nation always have superiority. That is the law. I have no choice but to report to you for duty.
Agreyna: very well then. Tell me what happened here.
Baldwyn: These monsters just came from out of nowhere, and came in great numbers. They overwhelmed the city’s defences and swarmed in. It only happened a few moments ago. If we hurry then we can kill them before they have a chance to dig themselves in.
Agreyna: where is the priest of the town?
Baldwyn: He is probably in the town center
Agreyna: Then we must get to him now
Baldwyn: Very well, I’ll show you.

Agreyna and Baldwyn move into the town and destroy many monsters. Together they can save many civilians who were chased by the monsters. Then they meet up with the town priest and destroy a final wave of monsters

Outro movie
Agreyna: What happened here?
Priest: I don’t know, they just came out of nowhere and started attacking for no reason.
Agreyna: Do you know where they came from?
Priest: They came from the shore. These creatures are usually amphoebic. They live both on land and in the water, so I really don’t understand why they would give up the water they need to survive in.
Agreyna: Then I will check out that area.
Baldwyn: I will accompany her.
Priest: no Baldwyn, we need you here. Suppose more of them were to come.
Agreyna: actually, I think I might need his help. I request that he joins me.
Priest: sigh, very well then.
Agreyna: oops, I almost forgot. This message is for you, it’s from the high priest.
Priest: ow, I’ve been waiting for that one. Thanks for delivering it.

The search
Baldwyn: we have arrived at the shore.
Agreyna: So, where are the monsters?
Baldwyn: not here
Agreyna: yes, I can see they are not here. But if they are not here, then were are they.
Baldwyn: my guess is at the town.
Agreyna crosses her arms in front of her chest and looks at Baldwyn
Baldwyn: What I mean is that they probably fled from here in 1 big mass.
Agreyna: Fled? Why would you think they fled?
Baldwyn: you don’t run away from your home without a reason. Usually, the reason for leaving your home, is either because somewhere else it’s suddenly better then home, or home has suddenly lost the safety it once provided.
Agreyna: like, an even more horrible monster having come here?
Then, without a warning, Baldwyn swings his halberd around and smacks it against Agreyna, pushing her a few feet away from him. Just before a big black monster fell to the ground.
Agreyna: what in the underworld … what’s that?
The monster attacked Baldwyn, and Baldwyn used his halberd to block the monsters attack.
Baldwyn: must be the reason why the shore monsters left their home! We best kill it.
Agreyna put her hands together and invokes the magic of Dwayna again. Then she shoots an orb of light to the black creature
This gave Baldwyn the chance to finish the monster off and impale it on his halberd.
Agreyna: What in Grenths unholy name is this?
Baldwyn: I don’t know. But if you look to the ground, you can see more footprints more or like the ones this creature left.
Agreyna: which way do they go?
Baldwyn: I don’t know, I’m not a ranger. At least not the way we used to come here. Then we would have seen more of them.
Agreyna: so our best guess is to keep going.
Baldwyn: Just so happens to be that there’s another town, over there.
Agreyna: We best go there then. Maybe they know something more.

When Baldwyn and Agreyna get to the other town, they see it is under attack by several of there monsters. They fight and kill the monsters. Then they can safely enter the town

Mission 2
Intro movie
Agreyna: where is the priest of this town?
Towns Marshall: he was killed in the attack on the town.
Agreyna: sigh, bad news again. Who is in charge now?
Marshall: that would be me.
Agreyna: Do you know where these monsters came from?
Marshall: no, I’m sorry. They came without warning. A small part of them attacked us, but the largest part passed us by and went into the forest.
Agreyna: Why would they do that?
Baldwyn: Seems to me like they were not interested in destroying the town. Only in preventing anyone to stop them reaching their goal. By attacking the town, the town was not capable of sending any messengers to the capital
Agreyna: with as result that their presence remains unknown to our army.
Marshall: Should we then send a messenger now?
Agreyna: You will send a messenger. I will follow them. Such creatures of pure darkness and evil must not be allowed on our soil.

Agreyna and Baldwyn travel into the forest and hunt down the monsters until they stumble into a clearing. There they see a large number of the monsters has gathered, accompanied by a cosmologist boss that uses the magic’s of Grenth instead of the magic’s of Dwayna

Outro movie
Baldwyn: We did it, they have been destroyed.
Agreyna: For the best. This could have turned into a huge nightmare.
Baldwyn: They were just savage monsters. The worst they could do was harm villagers.
Agreyna: Then how do you explain what happened at the towns? The first town was weakened without them having to do any trouble at all. And the second town was clearly outmanoeuvred.
Baldwyn: I just can’t see how they could pose a threat to a company of Sulmir warriors
Agreyna: There is another thing. That big one over there. I could clearly notice that he was a cosmologist like me.
Baldwyn: No, impossible. He was using dark magic’s. A cosmologist can’t possibly use dark magic.
Agreyna: Yes, I know we can’t. but somehow he still did it.
Baldwyn: How can that be?
Agreyna: I don’t know, maybe forbidden magic from ancient times or so …
Then a huge explosion is heard. The ground starts to shake, throws Agreyna and Baldwyn to the ground and a dark-green glow covers the sky.
Agreyna: forbidden magic like that.

The Big cataclysm
movie
Agreyna and Baldwyn hurry towards the place of the explosion.
Agreyna: By Dwayna NO! That’s the capital!
Baldwyn: Hurry, if there are any of those monsters that we missed, then this would probably be their doing. The information about the monsters movements could be very important.

Agreyna and Baldwyn reach the capital where they find the captain of the holy guard.
Paltyn : Agreyna, thank Dwayna you’re all right.
Agreyna: don’t worry dad, you know I got my fighting spirit from you.
Baldwyn: Dad? You mean the captain of the holy guard is your father?
Paltyn: I think that’s never been a problem for her.
Agreyna: dad, what happened here?
Paltyn: I don’t know. I was giving orders to some soldiers like usual, then there was an explosion, the ground shook and the sky turned green. Then an army of these dark monsters came out of nowhere.
Agreyna: we know them. We’ve encountered them before.
Paltyn: What?
Agreyna: the high priest had me send to a town. There I met Baldwyn fighting some shore monsters. We went to check out their natural habitat, and that’s where we found the first monsters.
Baldwyn: After that we continued on to the next town and liberated it from the monsters attack.
Agreyna: Yet, the greater part of their army had already gone into the woods. So we followed them there and defeated their leader.
Paltyn: interesting information. This means they’ve landed on one of the few places we don’t guard, prevented a town from spreading word of their presence, used the forest to come close to the capital without us noticing and performed a sneak attack.
Agreyna: What do you mean?
Paltyn: I mean that we are purposefully being attacked by an unknown army of darkness, headed by a highly experienced general.
Baldwyn: how do we fight something like that?
Paltyn: first things first, we need supplies from the nearby city. As you might have already noticed, these monsters have occupied the road between the capital and the nearest city. If we don’t get those supplies then we won’t hold out against them for long.
Agreyna: We will make certain that you get those supplies, dad.
Paltyn: Good, now show them why our family needs to be feared in battle.

Mission 3
Intro movie
Baldwyn: everything is ready, we can proceed.
Agreyna: very well then lets move.
Caravan starts moving. That’s when monsters that had hidden themselves in nearby bushes turn their heads towards the caravan, and start moving out.
Agreyna: watch out all, here they come.
Monsters are killed.
Baldwyn: It would seem that these monsters are smart enough to realise these supplies are important to us. They will attacks us again later on.
Agreyna: then we’ll just have to get rid of them like we got rid of these. Keep going!

Baldwyn and Agreyna guard the caravan while it travels to the capital. Killing off many patrols of those monsters. In the end, they are ambushed and a high amount of low level monsters that surrounds them. They stand their ground, and some minutes later soldiers of the Sulmiran army, commanded by Paltyn, come from the capital to their aid.

Outro movie
Agreyna: Thanks dad, that was a close one.
Paltyn: Hey hey, it’s you and Baldwyn who could hold them off long enough for us to arrive.
Baldwyn: thank you, sir.
Paltyn: But I’m afraid I have bad news again.
Agreyna: What is it?
Paltyn: The docks are under attack. A messenger came from our port-city. By the time he was send to us, they had already taken over half the city. So the situation will be very bad thereby now.
Agreyna: Why would they attack the port and not the capital?
Baldwyn: supplies.
Paltyn: exactly. If they were to try a full attack on the capital, they would simply throw away their lives. It would seem they know this, so instead of attacking us, they lock us up and try to starve us by cutting our supply lines.
Agreyna: then we shall take back the port.
Paltyn: Be sure that this one is successful. Our port is the center of all trade from other continents. The surrounding villages can send us some supplies in emergency situations, but only the port can do it on constant basis.

Mission 4
Intro movie
Guard: who goes there?
Agreyna: Reinforcements from the capital.
Guard: oh thank god, come to the priest, quickly.
Guard brings them to the priest
Guard: your holiness, reinforcements from the capital
Priest: Where’s the rest?
Agreyna: We are all that could be spared, the capital itself is under attack as well, as are many towns.
Priest: we’re doomed.
Agreyna: don’t worry, sir. We have already gained a lot of experience fighting these monsters. Tell us the situation of the port.
Priest: We lost 3 quarters of the city. If the capital had send a company, we might be able to drive them out. But if you 2 are all they could spare, then we are doomed.
Agreyna: You still have some soldiers too, right?
Baldwyn: these need to stay and keep whatever we have left secure.
Guard: sir, sir!
Priest: what is it?
Guard: the spotter reports a ship is coming this way.
Priest: Not now, if the ship docks then it shall be destroyed.
Agreyna: how so?
Priest: the docks have been completely overrun. In fact, it was their main target. They knew exactly where to strike.
Baldwyn: The ship no doubt has some sailors on it. Maybe those can fight.
Agreyna: you’re right. Sir, I request that you and all of your guards abandon this place and join me to the docks to make certain that ship has a safe landing.
Priest: but that would be suicide.
Agreyna: So you prefer to just stand here and watch how the people on that ship get slaughtered, meanwhile thinking that if only you were down there things could be different?
Priest: allright then, we’ll go.

Agreyna and Baldwyn, together with the priest and some guards travel down towards the docks and clear it from the monsters. Then the ship starts docking.
As the ship is docking a wave of monsters appears.

Middle movie
Camera on the ship that has docked, turns towards Agreyna and her group, keeps turning to the approaching monsters.
Camera on Agreyna.
Agreyna: Get ready people. Here they come again.
Camera on monsters
Suddenly fire starts raining down from the sky and the monsters break off their attack.
Agreyna: what the?
Agreyna turns her head towards the docked ship.
Cynn: Might I interest you people in a little bit of fire?
Aidan: Some more monsters over there, cynn.
Cynn: Mine, mine, I wanna burn them!
Cynn runs to the monsters.
Mhenlo: Cynn, dear Dwayna, they fight back, you know.
Mhenlo runs after cynn
Devona to Agreyna: Don’t let her antics bug you, she’s a little cynical. Probably how she got her name.
Eve: As long as she keeps the corpses intact, I’ll have no problem with it.

Agreyna and co with Devona and co beat off several waves while a 2nd ship comes in and docks.

No movie this time, all ingame happenings.
Koss comes running down the ship to the heroes
Koss: Start your fearing, ugly beasts. The mighty koss is here!
Followed by melonni.
Melonni: Koss, you idiot, you’re gona get hurt!
Followed by tahlkora.
Tahlkora: don’t worry, I’ll patch him up for you.
Followed by dunkoro.
Dunkoro: I think she prefers to patch him up herself.
Followed by zhed.
Zhed: do you 2-legs always have to say some stupid 1liner?
Followed by master of whispers.
Master of whispers: oh, just shut up and fight.
Followed by margrid the sly.
Margrid the sly: as long as there is money to be gotten over here.
Followed by general morgahn
General morgahn: Why don’t we finish this fight first and talk later.
Followed by razah
Razah: Is it usual for humans to socialise with their enemies like this before slaughtering them?

Heroes keep fighting off the waves, and since they are with this many now, decide to take back the city. Then they kill all monsters in the mission

Outro movie
Priest: Thank Dwayna, they got here just in time.
Baldwyn: Please forgive my suspicion, but it’s not every day that we get 2 ships full of first class fighters.
Aidan: Well, it’s also not every day that people of the other continents can see a big green glow over your homeland from across the ocean.
Agreyna: You mean, you could see it from way over there?
Devona: And we instantly realised that an explosion of that size would be hard to overcome for anyone. As a result, we came to check.
Baldwyn: That would explain the motives of the Tyrians, but Elona lies on the other side of that continent.
Koss: don’t look at me, I didn’t know about anything.
Melonni: I’m afraid I’m the one responsible for that. You see, I often have visions in my dreams. At first, I thought it was just a bad dream, but since ronjok fell into night, I’ve decided that every dream I see 3 times is worthy of my attention. I dreamed about the green light over your continent 3 times, and then I told my friends to come take a look.
Master of whispers: honestly, I first didn’t want to believe her, since anything about her dream she told us could only be linked to happenings from before the exodus of the gods. But now I see something is amiss.
Tahlkora: You should have heard her. Green lights, big bangs and dark forms.
Koss: It wasn’t until she mentioned a big fight that we started taking it serious.
Dunkoro: We?
Koss: ok, I.
Dunkoro: serious?
Koss: fine then, interesting.
General morgahn: We also brought supplies with us. We thought they could be useful.
Aidan: same for us.
Agreyna: thank you very much for your concern. I’m certain the high priest and the captain of the holy guard will appreciate it.
Runner: Agreyna! Agreyna!!!
Agreyna: What is it?
Runner: The capital … /catchbreath … under heavy attack …/catchbreath … all forces are recalled.
Cynn: Well then, time for you to give us a tour around your capital.

kenneth darkblade · Mar 13, 2007, 05:42 PM // 17:42

no replies yet? doesn't have to be much, you know. just a simple "me like" or "me not like" is good enough.

Anyways, here's the next part. Hope you'll enjoy it.

The depart
movie
at ascalon settlement
Cynn: : I’m bored
Devona: I think that’s the first time I ever heard you say that
Cynn: Say what?
Devona: That you’re bored.
Cynn: Why would you think that?
Devona: Well, with your attention span problem, you usually get interested in every tiny little thing around you.
Cynn: I don’t have an attention span pro … oh look, a squirrel
Aidan: The universe is back in balance.
Devona: we’re saved, thank you mighty squirrel

Sky from beyond the ocean suddenly turns greenish.
Devona: what’s that?
Then a big rumbling sound is heard
Aidan: something putting the universe back out of balance, I think.
Mhenlo: Should we go help them?
Eve: wait a minute. Usually, you are always the first to say we have to help. And now you’re asking whether we should or shouldn’t?
Mhenlo: well, we were planning to join captain greywind on a journey back to ascalon and take it back. You know, with the better trained and equipped soldiers. And surely our knowledge of spells from cantha and elona would be of great help as well.
Devona: So either we help those people on the other continent now and wait with helping our own, or don’t help them and save our own people.
Cynn: Well, I don’t wanna go. I wanna save Ascalon.
Devona: What happened to your squirrel?
Cynn: I think I broke it.
Devona looks back and sees a small pile of ash
Devona: /moan
Eve: I think she secretly wants to be alone with Mhenlo a little more.
Cynn: that’s not true.
Eve: Cynn and Mhenlo are sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Cynn: what the … TAKE THAT BACK!
Eve: make me!
Cynn: NOW!
Eve: never!
Eve runs away
Cynn: come back here!!!
Cynn runs after Eve
Devona: Putting these 2 goofballs aside. What do you think we should be doing, Aidan?
Eve comes running behind aidan
Eve: you can’t catch me, lala lala la la.
Aidan: I’m thinking about who or what could create such an explosion
Cynn comes running behind Aidan
Cynn: YAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!
Devona: So you’re wondering if such an explosion could be repeated?
Eve comes running behind Devona
Eve: giggle giggle
Devona: Suppose that’s true, then it could be repeated anywhere else on this planet.
A fireball flies behind Devona going the same direction Eve went.
Camera shows Mhenlo, Devona and aidan standing together with eve and Cynn running circles around the 3.
Mhenlo: If what you say is true, then even if we successfully take back Ascalon, we could lose it again in just a matter of days.
Devona: Then it’s settled.
Devona put her leg behind her, tripping Cynn.
Cynn: what did you do that for, I almost had her.
Devona: Cynn, pack your bags. We’re crossing the ocean again.
Cynn: Forget it, I’m not travelling all that way.
Eve: She would rather do something with Mhenlo in a T-R-E-E.
Cynn: … /speechless … lets go, we’ll take the first ship.
Cynn starts going to Lions Arch
Eve: you’ve got to love the simplicity

The arrival
Agreyna, travels with the heroes of Ascalon and Elona to the capital, but reaches the capital without seeing any monsters on her way.
Agreyna: Dad.
Paltyn: Agreyna! Good that you’re back. How is the port?
Agreyna: liberated from the monsters. Also 2 ships came. 1 from Tyria and 1 from Elona, both carrying experienced fighters. It seems the explosion was seen far away, and they decided to offer us their help.
Paltyn: That’s is the best news I heard all day.
High priest: Well, in that case, I think we best greet our good friends.
Agreyna: high priest? You’re here too?
High priest: I would be more surprised if I were not here in a time like this. Now, how about your friends.
Devona: Devona, warrior from Ascalon
Aidan: Aidan, ranger from Ascalon
Mhenlo: Mhenlo, monk of Ascalon, trained at Shing Jea monastery in Cantha
Cynn: Cynn, elementalist from Ascalon, trained by myself
Eve: Eve, necromancer from …
Paltyn: a necro!
Paltyn and several sulmir warriors pull out their swords.
High priest: no, don’t.
Paltyn: Sir, you know the laws good enough. If we let any of them in here, they will spread their dark taint.
High priest: yes, I’m sure it was her fault about the monsters and the explosion while she was still on the other side of the ocean. No matter how much a society needs laws, you must never forget common sense, old friend.
Devona: What is this about your laws?
High priest: Rather simple, actually. A long time ago, there was a powerful guild called the “guild of the heretics”, also referred to as GOTH. They were a guild devoted entirely to darkness. They were the only ones on our entire continent who had necromancers, ritualists assassins and dervishes. And they spread the darkness everywhere they went.
Paltyn: We thought that by banishing everything that had anything to do with the darkness, we would attain a society devoted entirely to light, and as a result, devoted to peace and order. Which was indeed so for 15 long years.
High priest: But my friend Paltyn has forgotten that since you weren’t raised in this country, you probably know nothing of our laws and customs. Please forgive him, he merely does his best to uphold the laws.
Devona: But surely Eve was not responsible for anything that happened here. In fact, she even helped fight those dark monsters.
High priest: Which is exactly the reason why I’m going to grant you, and all of your friends, a special pardon.
Paltyn: SIR! You can’t be serious.
High priest: Like the warrior from across the ocean just said, her necromancer friend helped us destroying these monsters, and I’m sure she will help us again. In fact, we will even need her to help us again. All of them. Let us go to the command center. Much needs to be discussed.

Mission 5
Intro movie
Devona: What might be the problem?
High priest: the explosion you saw, that was on the other end of the capital. In fact, half of the capital has simply been blown away. I came here as fast as I could, but that’s when these monsters showed up. Paltyn, could you please tell them the details?
Paltyn: When the explosion happened, half the capital was destroyed. Our first plan was to gather any wounded we could find, but soon after the explosion, the monsters appeared and cut off our supply lines.
Aidan: Seems to me like it was a coordinated attack.
Paltyn: We too believe that it was indeed exactly that. We have been capable of securing whatever of the capital that was left, and the supply lines from neighbouring villages, as well as the port. But I believe that all of the enemy’s positions there were just a distraction.
Aidan: What do you mean?
Paltyn: You see, by sending soldiers out to defend our supply lines, we left ourselves vulnerable. Or perhaps it’s better to say, we left the destroyed part of the capital vulnerable.
High priest: While Agreyna was liberating the port, the capital was attacked by a large number of monsters. Only, they came from the destroyed part of the capital. The direction we thought they could never come from, was exactly that direction they did indeed came from.
Aidan: It would seem your foe knows exactly what you will do, before you even know it.
Paltyn: My plan was to gather all the soldiers here and secure our position.
Aidan: Don’t.
Paltyn: Why …?
Aidan: The movements of these monsters clearly shows that your enemy knows you. He knows how you will react on a certain attack, and that is how his strategy is made up. He knows you will call your soldiers back, he knows that will leave your supply lines vulnerable again, and THAT is when the real attack on your supply lines will start.
Paltyn: So you’re saying we should not fortify our position?
Aidan: I’m saying you should not do something he will expect. A chance from 9 to 10 that he expects you to recall your soldiers. So if he is as good as you say he is, the soldiers that are turning back right now are walking right into a trap.
High priest: Send runners out, everyone is to turn back to their posts.
Dunkoro: And second, you should do something he will not expect.
High priest: Which is?
Dunkoro: sending soldiers into the destroyed part of the capital. With as focal point, the center of the explosion?
Paltyn: why would you do that?
Dunkoro: because that is where I think you will find the mastermind behind this attack.
Paltyn: That’s impossible, that part is completely destroyed. Nobody could have survived that
Dunkoro: Strategy is all about knowing how your opponent thinks. Logically speaking, when you attack a highly fortified city, you fake the attack on the city and attack the supply lines for real. This time however, the city was attacked for real, and the attacks on the supply line were a fake. Our enemy does what we would never expect him to do, and we do whatever he expect us to do.
Paltyn: Even if we do as you suggest, we would not be able. Especially not when our soldiers have just been ordered to go back to their stations.
Eve: But your enemy must not have expected us to be here. Especially not a necromancer like me. So it can be expected he will have high defenses from everything you have, and no defenses from everything you banished. As a result, we fighters from Tyria and elona would have the best chance to defeat him.
High priest: There is merit to what you say. Very well, I will allow you to find out what happened.
Paltyn: Sir?
High priest: You and your friends are allowed to travel to the center of the explosion. Find out who or what created it, and if you find the leading power behind the attack on our capital, destroy it.
Paltyn: Sir!
High priest: But only if Agreyna and Paltyn can join you.
Eve: I have no problem with that.
Devona: neither do I.
Aidan: a guide would always be useful.
Cynn: What would be useful, is you not wasting any of our time any more. Come on, there are monsters who are waiting to be killed.

Heroes travel through the ruins of the capital. Killing monsters and helping survivors. After a while they find a barricade.

Koss: A barricade? Didn’t expect to see this in a ruin.
Guard: Who goes there?
Paltyn: The captain of the holy guard in search of survivors!
Guard: Holy guard? Open the gates, hurry!
(a half broken self-made gate opens slowly, allowing the heroes passage)
Guard: thank Dwayna you found us, sir. We almost gave up hope.
Paltyn: What happened here?
Guard: The explosion didn’t kill us. We started searching for other survivors, but then those monsters came. We quickly set up these barricades and brought any survivor we could find over here.
Paltyn: good job, soldier.
Other guard: Alert, new wave, coming up.
Paltyn: A new one?
Guard: Yes, a little further is some kind of portal. These monsters are coming out of it. One of our rangers has been able to get close enough to see that it’s powered by some sort of black stone, but we haven’t had a chance of closing it.
Paltyn: Lets first ward off this wave, then we’ll see about closing it.

Heroes kill of several groups of monsters.

Outro movie
Paltyn: Grenth be damned, we just won’t get close enough this way.
Agreyna looks up.
Agreyna: What’s that? /point
Some characters are running across a ledge.
Mhenlo: That’s Danika.
Cynn: what in the heck is she doing here? And stop looking at her.
Devona: Look, Argo and Nika are there too. And they are going straight towards the portal.

Some monsters notice as well. They attack the canthans, but Nika keeps them off while Danika heals Nika. In the meanwhile, Argo casts a spell, and throws a meteor on the black stone that keeps the portal open.
The stone is destroyed and the portal closes.

Mhenlo: It seems Cantha has received word about the explosion as well.
Danika: We had for some time, but those idiots of the ministry wanted us to fill out a hundred documents to legalise our ships departure for an emergency rescue.
Mhenlo: Those ministers are still the same, I see.
Danika: Well, we’re here now. At least that should count for something.
Agreyna: Yes, without your intervention we would never have been able to secure this place. Isn’t that right father?
Paltyn: I guess so.
Agreyna: Something wrong?
Paltyn: It’s just, my whole life I’ve been fighting all the forms of darkness. And now we’re saved by a necromancer, a dervish, an assassin and a kurzick. The very evil I’ve been fighting against my whole life. The very darkness that’s threatening our very lives right now. And now we’re saved by it.
Mhenlo: These people might be dark, but they are in no way evil. They would never be. Evil and darkness are not the same.
Dunkoro: Does it really matter whether they are dark or not. In the end, you have not just a place to gather survivors, but you also got a secure location inside the enemy stronghold.
Paltyn: How could you call this a stronghold, we haven’t seen any general or not even any lieutenants.
Dunkoro: If you were this enemy we are searching for, where would you place portals that create soldiers for you?
Paltyn: … good point. So, at the very least we’re getting closer.
Then a small explosion is heard.
Paltyn: Grenth be damned, that came from the unaffected part of the capital.
Dunkoro: Then some of us need to go back.
Paltyn: But what about the enemy leader then?
Eve: If you have nothing left to fight for, and you still choose to keep on fighting, then you fight for vengeance. That is selfish, that is dark. As long as you have a people to fight for, your deeds are noble instead of selfish, and that is light.
Paltyn: I never thought I would say this, but you are correct.
Eve: go back to your people and save them. We shall take care of this general.
Paltyn: How can I be sure you speak truth this time?
Mhenlo: I will personally make certain of it.
Paltyn: Very well then. But Agreyna and Baldwyn are going with you. As extra insurance.
Baldwyn: Affirmative, sir.
Agreyna: Yes, dad.

(from this point on, the Elonian heroes don’t follow the main story. Though Tyrian + Canthan heroes already form up 8 members = a full party)

Mission 6
Intro movie
Female narrator: Do you still remember? How it used to be? When our order guided this continent? When all was in balance?
(fade in) Shows people of all kinds walking through each other.
Male narrator: Do you still remember? How 1 individual wanted to change that? How he used his power of darkness to their extreme in a quest for selfish domination? How he nearly destroyed everything?
Shows a power-obsessed general leading his armies across the ruins of the continent
Female narrator: Do you remember how the order fought against him? How they brought him to his defeat?
Shows white and black fighters beating down the evil one.
Male narrator: Do you remember how he created a change after all? How after him all the people were filled with prejudice?
Shows black people being exiled.
Female narrator: But the exiled ones gathered together. Formed a new group. Survived and thrived.
Shows how black people gathered.
Male narrator: They were hunted down. Persecuted. Tortured and executed.
Shows how the black people were killed.
Female narrator: They would have been our hope for a restoration of the order.
Male narrator: Not any more, now they are dead.
Shows Devona and her group
Female narrator: Are you really so certain of that?
Shows a cave in the center of the cataclysmic explosion
Male narrator: Those few that still live, don’t seem to be very promising.
Shows abandoned place where nobody would see anything.
Female being of pure white light appears.
Female narrator: You never know until you try.
Male being of pure black shadow appears.
Male narrator: You saying we should make ourselves known to them?
Female narrator: If we don’t, they have a very high chance of failing, don’t they.
Male narrator: Pretty likely.
Female narrator: And without them, maybe our final hope for restoration of the order could be gone.
Male narrator: /sigh. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Very well then. Let’s give it a shot.

Heroes travel across ruins again towards the center of the explosion. There they see a cave of some sorts, guarded by a few bosses. They move in and kill the bosses.

Outro movie
Devona: Say Agreyna. Did you know about this cave?
Agreyna: No, never heard of it. Didn’t even thought there were such things in the capital.
Aidan: Best to check it out. They were guarding it for a reason.

Heroes go in and discover it’s more a dungeon then a cave.

Mhenlo: First a cave, then a dungeon. This is getting more and more mysterious.
Baldwyn: I think I’m starting to understand. Back in the villages, we have storytellers travelling from 1 town to another. This one storyteller once told me of secret dungeons, far below the capital where forbidden knowledge was kept.
Agreyna: That’s then 1 story I never heard.
Baldwyn: Honestly, I never believed this story either. But if it’s true, then that might be the reason why our enemy is here.
Aidan: Of course, the attack on the capital, attacks on supply lines, further attack on the capital, … It’s all to make people turn their attention to the remains of the capital and overlook whatever is happening outside. This here must have been his real target all along, and nobody who suspected a thing.

Heroes continue until they enter library-like room. There they see a pile of books gathered in the center and a person in black going through the books placed along the walls.
Devona: Who are you?
Person in black ignores her.
Devona: What are you doing here.
Person in black takes a book from the wall, and puts in on the stack in the center.
Devona: You are the one who controls those monsters, aren’t you?
Person in black ignores her and goes to another wall to search through the books.
Baldwyn: This place is a safe, to lock up forbidden knowledge. The fact that he is here collecting books is already a crime.
Cynn: Then let’s just destroy the books. (and casts a spell, which fails)
Baldwyn: Can’t, these books were mainly gathered from members of GOTH. Those people were very protective of their knowledge and put special incantations on it so their books would never be able to be destroyed.
Cynn looks at Baldwyn
Baldwyn: Or that’s how the story went.
Cynn: Well, then we’ll just kill him and be done with it.
Cynn starts casting a spell, but the person in black waves his hand and shadows come from the ground, ensnaring the heroes. (cynns spell is interrupted)
Shadowlord: I will not allow you to prevent me from completing my mission.
Cynn: Oh, so he’s not mute.
Shadowlord: Say that again, and you will become it.
Cynn: …
Agreyna: You were the one who created the explosion, right?
Shadowlord: I did.
Agreyna: You murdered my people, how can you possibly expect that I will not stand against you?
Shadowlord: First of all, your people were living under a form of psychological tyranny without even knowing it, so it’s more correct to say I freed them. And second, if you really insist that I killed them, then that would only be justice.
Agreyna: HOW CAN MURDER BE JUST?!
Shadowlord: 17 years ago, it seems your high priest thought that murder was just. For under his command, thousands of innocents were slaughtered.
Agreyna: What?
Shadowlord: If you were to meet him again, then tell him this was payback.
Shadowlord grabs another book from the wall and brings it to his stack in the center.
Eve: In other words, simple vengeance.
Shadowlord looks at eve, eyes grow wide.
Shadowlord: You.
Eve: Me?
Shadowlord: you were supposed to be far away from here! (getting angry)
Eve: What about me?! (getting angry too)
Shadowlord: Heed this warning, leave this continent. Leave it now and take your friends with you.
Eve: WHAT ABOUT ME??!!
Shadowlord casts spell, disappears with his books. Then his spell ensnaring the heroes disappears.
Eve: COME BACK HERE YOU COWARD! WHAT IS THERE ABOUT ME?
Male being of darkness appears: Whatever there is about you, as of now that is irrelevant.
Female being of light appears: Indeed it is, for there are much more pressing matters at hand.
Devona: And who in the name of the gods are you 2?
Female: A long time ago, this continent was guarded by a special order, which was simply called “the order”.
Male: There were mainly cosmologists, trained in the duality of light and darkness.
Female: They made certain that balance was kept. And everyone was free to do as they pleased.
Male: Until such a time when 1 of their members disobeyed the order, and created an army of darkness.
Female: The order used both light and darkness to destroy him, and after a long hard battle they were successful.
Male: Yet, the people of the land no longer trusted the darkness. Even those dark cosmologists that remained loyal to the order were looked upon with fear.
Female: That was when the laws to cast out all darkness were made. The order stood against those laws, fully knowing what horrible future those laws would result into.
Male: But it was of no avail. The order was attacked once again, this time by the light. This time it was too much.
Female: We are the last surviving members of the order. We knew the people of this continent were unknowingly walking a road that would lead to their own destruction, but we never lost hope.
Male: Because of this, we chose to ascend to this ethereal form. It would allow us to live for all eternity, and no one or nothing would be able to harm us. However, we would never be able to affect the solid world ever again.
Female: If we did, then that would result into our destruction.
Male: As such, we can only give advise.
Devona: Then what would you advise now.
Female: Don’t leave, you are our last hope to restore balance.
Male: This man is known as the Shadowlord, and he intends to cause greater destruction then what you have seen here.
Female: We have followed him some time, but we have already noticed that he cannot be reasoned with. He is unreachable for us.
Male: Travel to the other kingdom, there is a message that awaits you there.
Devona: Wait, can’t you give us the message now?
Female: All will be revealed, but must only be done so, at the correct time.
Male: The road you take, is sometimes more important then your destination. So keep your eyes open, as well as your mind.
Male and Female beings disappear.

kenneth darkblade · Mar 19, 2007, 08:58 AM // 08:58

Ok, time for another part. Hope you like the mystery i put in this one.

Another journey
The heroes travel back to the capital and see that the attacks have stopped. People are already starting to rebuild.
Paltyn: Agreyna, so good to see you’ve come back safely. Same for your friends of course. They were right, some of our supply caravans who didn’t got the message in time got ambushed. Those who got the message returned and could keep their towns safe from another assault.
High priest: And it was also by their return that the capital hasn’t fallen. It’s because they came back that they could assault our enemy from behind and have them flanked. But tell me, what did you find out?
Agreyna: The explosion was on top of a dungeon, created long ago. It was filled with books.
High priest: The forbidden vault. I had hoped everyone had forgotten about that.
Agreyna: You mean, you knew?
High priest: My predecessor told me that it existed, but he didn’t tell me where it was. He didn’t know himself. And his last order was to never search for it. The reason because, is so that it would never fall into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, his last order has now become my failure.
Paltyn: Did you find out anything else.
Agreyna: There was a man down there. I don’t know what he was, but he was called the Shadowlord. And then there were …
Devona: We overheard him, and he was going to the other country here.
Agreyna: Euh …
High priest: Hmm, Aq’daila.
Devona: Excuse me?
High priest: That’s the name of the other country here, Aq’daila. It’s on our borders, but their laws are much more strict then ours. In fact, I’m even afraid they would kill your necromancer friend on sight. But if you are really intend on going there, then I can arrange a way for it.
Devona: That would be greatly appreciated.
High priest: Very well. Agreyna and Baldwyn, you two will be their guides. Make sure they travel safely. I will send a runner to our contact there. You will be met at the border. Now, if you would please excuse me.

High priest walks away. Heroes walk away.

Agreyna: Just a minute Devona.
Devona: Yes?
Agreyna: You lied to the high priest.
Devona: I’m just wondering, you don’t dislike Eve, right?
Agreyna: No, I mean, I don’t like that she is dark, but I don’t hate her or anything. Why?
Devona: The Shadowlord knew Eve from somewhere. I don’t know from where or why myself, but if we were to tell that to the high priest, then he would certainly make a connection. I also don’t know what your laws against the darkness are or how complicated they are, and therefore I would like to take extra care and not tell those things that could endanger my friends.
Agreyna: But the high priest …
Devona: The high priest is a leader. And even though he might be a good leader, he is still wrapped up in laws, documents, orders and obligations. No matter how you turn it, a leader is still not above the law, also not above his own laws. And laws have no feelings, know no forgiveness.
Agreyna: I … I never thought of it that way.
Devona: It’s politics. A dirty game where every word you say can be turned against you. Rule 1, best you say as few words as possible.
Agreyna: Then, what about those two ethereal beings?
Devona: 2nd rule of politics. Keep it as simple as possible. The more complicated it gets, the more questions they ask. And the more questions they ask, the more you need to explain. The more you explain, the more words you use. Which brings us back to rule 1.
Agreyna: Ow, euh, ok.
Devona: By the way, do you really think they would believe us if we started talking about ethereal beings of so many centuries ago who know everything but still do nothing?
Agreyna: I guess not.
Devona: Look, it’s not like I want to lie. But if we want to stop this Shadowlord, we need to go to Aq’daila. And this seemed to be the easiest way. Once this is all over, I can have a nice long chat with him and tell the truth about everything.
Agreyna: Yes yes, I understand. I’m sorry for accusing you.
Devona: That’s ok. It’s perfectly understandable. Now then, to Aq’daila.

Heroes start travelling.

Mission 7
Intro movie
Heroes have travelled to an outpost near the Aq’dailan border. While walking across the road, the Male being of darkness appears again.
Male: Halt, this road is not safe.
Devona: What? What happened?
Female being of light appears.
Female: It’s the doings of the Shadowlord. He has created a shadow dragon. It now travels to your location to force you to leave.
Cynn: Don’t worry, I’ll be ready for him.
Male: Brave as you may be, there IS a very thin like between bravery and stupidity. But to charge in on a shadow dragon like that is plain madness.
Female: Many years ago, there was a guild of darkness. Many times the members of this guild were hunted like you are now. They created hideouts where they could be safe.
Male: These hideouts are saturated by the powers of Grenth. Darkness has the nature to remain hidden. These hideouts can not be found through magical means, not even by other dark magic’s or creatures.
Female: One of these hideouts is rather close. Once you are there, you will be hidden from the shadow dragon and his minions.
Male: You will also find a secret passage that leads near the borders to Aq’daila.
Cynn: Ok then. Tell us where to find it.
Female: That however, you will have to do by yourself.

Mission is to find the entrance to the hideout before time runs out. Trick is, hideout is well hidden by an illusionary wall. So heroes need to run against walls, until they run through one. And the map is a maze.
However, whenever they reach a possible entrance, Agreyna uses her magic of the light to reveal the entrance.

Outro movie
Agreyna: It’s here. The entrance is here.
Devona: Are you sure?
Agreyna runs toward a huge rock and runs through it. Then she walks back out.
Agreyna: Come on, this way. (walks back in)
Heroes run in one by one.
Mhenlo just not the last to run in.
Cynn, the last to run in, runs smack against a real rock.
Mhenlo walks back out.
Mhenlo: A little bit more to your right.
Cynn: Oh, shut up.
Cynn and Mhenlo walk in.
Camera stays on the big stone wall.
Cynn: You think we’re safe in here?
Just then several shadow drakes drop down from the sky.
A warrior, a ranger, a monk, a mesmer, an ele, a necro, an assassin, a ritualist, a dervish, a paragon, a cosmologist and a pikeman. All bosses.
Then the shadow dragon drops down. Much bigger then the shadow drakes.
Shadow drake ranger: Master, it would seem our targets have disappeared.
Shadow dragon hits the shadow drake.
Shadow dragon: Do not presume you need to tell me that which I already know.
Shadow drake ranger: My apologies, master.
Shadow drake elementalist: But what to do now?
Shadow dragon: Hmm, we can always search for them later. They are only 1 of our tasks. Lets continue with our other missions.
Shadow dragon spreads his wings and flies away.
Shadow drakes do the same.
Mhenlo: I think we are.

Mission 8
Intro movie
Aidan: So, now we’re supposed to be in an old hideout of GOTH.
Devona: Yeah, lets just hope they didn’t leave anything behind.
Heroes move further into the hideout and enter a big room, with at the center a big picture of Grenth. (depicted as someone who protects his followers)
Danika: Oh my. Look at this paining.
Nika: What about it?
Danika: Well, just look at it. Such art. How long has his creator been busy designing and painting? It must have taken him years.
Nika: Now that you say it like that, yeah. Look at the detail. They even took care of blood, severed limbs, exposed bones and organs.
Argo: Just a painting to me.
Baldwyn: The storytellers at the villages mostly told that the members of GOTH were nothing but savages, intend on destroying and conquering everything. But sometimes, a few of them told the opposite. That GOTH was a guild of artists who took their inspiration from the pain and misery they had to endure because of the conflict.
Danika: Then I’ll have to say the 2nd story was true. Art similar to this can only be found at House brauer back in the Echovald forest.
Agreyna: I just wish they didn’t make it this realistic. It’s just horrible to look at.
Eve: No, if they made it less realistic, it would no longer be honest.
Agreyna: huh?
Eve: Grenth is not only the god of darkness, he is also the god realisation. It is often speculated that not Grenth and Dwayna, but Grenth and Lyssa would be each others main foes. For Lyssa is the goddess of illusion, while Grenth is the god of reality. In order for this painting to be a tribute to Grenth, it HAD to be as real as possible. We should see the world for what it really is. Not for what we would like it to be.

Missions consists of traversing and exploring the hideout. There are several undead defenders and traps. Heroes travel past several rooms and give some comment on what they see.

2nd room
Danika: Look here, another piece of art
Agreyna: These small dark statues seem to be children.
Eve: And all are hiding behind a big one, their defender I guess.
Agreyna: But what are all these pieces of white stone in him?
Eve: I believe those are attacks from those who oppose him.
Danika: As if the artist is trying to tell us that the warriors of the light would strike down little children if it wasn’t for their dark defenders.
Argo: I think the artist who made this is long dead already.
Danika: But that’s just the hidden beauty of art. Even when the artist himself is long dead, his message still remains. He lives on through his art.

3rth room
Nika: This time it’s a mural.
Baldwyn: Wait, this seems like a story. You see that it’s been broken into fragments?
Nika: Yes.
Baldwyn: And you always see the same lone fighter in them. It’s as if he is the hero of this story.
Nika: You think one of their people did something heroic and got this mural painted after him?
Baldwyn: Could be. Like Eve said, they would prefer not to see the world for what they would like it to be. This means they would not make up stories, but only tell real story’s.

4th room
Danika: I wonder what we’ll find in this room.
Tuonetar: Who goes there?
Danika: Oops.
Loviatar: Intruders. After all these years, they have finally come to claim our lives.
Danika: No, wait. We don’t …
Tuonetar: Thou shalt not slay us cheaply!

Heroes find 2 survivors from GOTH. But are instantly suspected of trying to hunt them down. Loviatar, a female dervish, is a tank and keeps the heroes away from Tuonetar, a female necromancer, while Tuonetar casts death magic spells and raises minions whenever able. Both of them are bosses.
Heroes defeat both of them, but they are not dead.

Outro movie
Loviatar: Tuonetar, I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you.
Tuonetar: As am I, Loviatar. As am I.
Cynn: Would you 2 please knock it off. We’re not gona kill you.
Loviatar and Tuonetar: Huh?
Mhenlo: We were being hunted and sought shelter in this hideout. We didn’t know you were here.
Devona: And if we had known, then we would more likely have come to save you, not kill you.
Tuonetar: Are you then of GOTH as well?
Devona: No, we are not. We have come from across the sea.
Loviatar: Why would you come to this forsaken continent?
Devona: Some time ago, a huge explosion took place on the capital of Sulmir.
Tuonetar: Must have been the tremors we felt.
Devona: Anyways, there is a possibility that something like this can be repeated. So we have come here to find a way to prevent that from happening.
Loviatar turns to Tuonetar and says: You think we should help them?
Tuonetar: They didn’t kill us. We must do something.
Loviatar: But if we join them, then we’ll be going outside. And outside we’ll be hunted once again.
Aidan: You can’t stay in here forever.
Loviatar: That’s not it. I’m not afraid of being discovered, nor of being hunted. It’s what happens after being captured that I wish to prevent.
Devona: What happens then?
Tuonetar: Torture. For days and days, they torture. Not even allowing you a nights rest. Then they burn you on the stake.
Agreyna: No, that’s not true. We don’t do that.
Tuonetar: Then you must not be from Aq’daila.
Agreyna: No, I’m indeed not from Aq’daila. It’s true they are a lot more zealous, but I’m sure they are not so horrible. You shouldn’t believe every story you hear.
Loviatar: No, it’s are not story. It are … they … I ….
Tuonetar: She was once captured by the Aq’daila military. They had her for a few days before she was rescued. She experienced their tortures firsthand.
Agreyna: By the gods. (Stunned)
Tuonetar: They had her for only a few days before she was rescued. But she already looked more dead then alive.
Eve: That’s ok. We can handle ourselves.
Devona: Eve?
Eve: We can travel to Aq’daila without them, right? The only thing they need to do is tell us which road to take. After that, we can be on their way, and they can stay here. No need for them to risk themselves.
Tuonetar: But you are dark too.
Eve: Yes … so?
Tuonetar: They will treat you no better then they treated Loviatar.
Loviatar: We shall join them.
Tuonetar: What?
Loviatar: We can still travel across Aq’daila unnoticed. She can travel with us while her friends gather information in the towns. That way, she will remain safe.
Tuonetar: Are you sure you are up to it?
Loviatar whispers to Tuonetar: Look closely at her face, doesn’t it remind you of someone?
Tuonetar looks at Eve
Tuonetar: Oh my.
Eve: Is there something?
Tuonetar: No. No, there is nothing wrong. We will join you

Tuonetar and Loviatar show the heroes the way out. When they are back outside, they are just outside the Aq’dailan capital.
Tuonetar: Loviatar, Eve, Nika and me will stay out of sight. We can travel across the lands without attracting much attention. We will be going to a hidden clearing in the forest north of the capital. You can meet us there when you are done here.
Nika: Why should I join too?
Tuonetar: Every single bit of darkness is already enough for them to link you to GOTH. And once you are linked to GOTH, you are done for.
Danika: Lucky for me I’m a follower of Dwayna.
Tuonetar: Wait a minute. Are you a kurzick?
Danika: Yes.
Tuonetar: Then you run even more risk then Nika.
Danika: What?
Tuonetar: They view of all kurzicks as dark. And Kurzicks who follow Dwayna, are traitors. At least in the aq’dailan perspective.
Danika: Well then. Guess I have no choice.

The heroes minus Eve, Nika and Danika travel along and reach the gates of the Aq’dailan capital.
Sariel: Agreyna! /wave.
Agreyna: Mama?
Sariel: Good to see you. The high priest let me know you were coming. Although you’re here a lot faster then I expected.

kenneth darkblade · Mar 26, 2007, 03:21 PM // 15:21

time for another add. I some bit of plot twisting in here. Hope you'll like the way the story develops.

A new country
Heroes are brought before the leader of Aq’daila.
Agreyna: So, what are you actually doing here, mom?
Sariel: Discussing trade relations. It’s all rather boring talk, but someone has to do it, right.
Then the heroes reach the leader of Aq’daila.
Behind him is a big painting, showing a glorious holy warrior, standing on top of a mountain of dead ugly dark creatures.
Sariel: Good morning, Grand inquisitor.
Grand Inquisitor: Good morning Sariel. However, it is not so good to see your friends.
Sariel: They are travellers from far of nations who are not aware of our ways. I am certain that if they knew which things were forbidden, they would not do them.
Grand inquisitor: Fine, because they are ignorant I shall forgive them this time. But only because I expect they are not here to stay.
Devona: Do not worry, sir. We are merely on a mission to destroy a being of great darkness.
Grand inquisitor: Then you will not find it here. This is the purest of all the lands. Every ounce of darkness has been whipped out and still, our warriors patrol day and night in search for darkness that tries to rise from it’s ashes.
Devona: Of course, good sir. But we didn’t expect for this dark entity to be here, where it would undoubtly not survive very long. We had more like hoped to gain information about it, or failing that, gain safe passage to the next country, where it might be hiding.
Grand inquisitor: Then please tell me the name of this entity, so we might help you in your search.
Devona: It goes by the name of “Shadowlord”
Grand inquisitor: No such thing comes to mind. I will have my scholars perform a thorough search and have you informed when we have destroyed it. When that happens, you no longer have a reason to stay and thus you can leave.
Devona: But …
Grand inquisitor: You will however be given free passage through our lands to the other nations. And we would prefer it, if you would not return. Good day.
Devona: But sir, …
Sariel: I’m sorry, Devona. But I’m afraid it has been discussed. Good day, grand inquisitor.
Grand inquisitor: Good day, and me the light of Dwayna be with you.

Devona and Sariel turn around and leave.
Sariel: It would be best not to speak against the grand inquisitor. He is a very powerful man.
Devona: But this is not what we came for.
Sariel: None the less, you HAVE been granted safe passage. That is more then most foreigners can hope to expect. I would suggest you take it.

Mission 9
Intro movie
Devona and friends meet with Eve, Danika, Nika, Tuonetar and Loviatar. Agreyna’s mother is not with them. She stayed behind in Aq’daila’s capital.
Danika: How did it go?
Devona: Bad, didn’t get any information.
Tuonetar: Was to be expected. The Aq’daila usually always keep everything to themselves. They would never allow someone else to perform some great deed when they themselves could get the glory from it.
Devona: However we DID get safe passage to the other nation.
Tuonetar: Impressive, however useless none the less. Since the very moment you are spotted with us, you will be persecuted as well.
Devona: What is the name of the other country anyway?
Loviatar: That would be Rivacea
Devona: Very well, then we shall be going there now.
The heroes move out, but are unfortunate. Soon after they leave their hidden meeting place, they are discovered by Aq’dailan soldiers.
A battle occurs and the Aq’dailans are defeated, but 1 managed to run away. He is going to report it.

The mission consists of the heroes following Loviatars directions and staying away from Aq’dailan troops.

Middle movie
Heroes traverse a small mountain pass.
Loviatar: Hurry up, we will meet another hideout soon. It’s not far any more. We’ll be safe there.

Just then, some Aq’dailan soldiers drop down from the sides of the cliff by use of ropes and block the road
Behind the heroes, some more Aq’dailans come (joined by a ranger boss)
Agreyna: Oh no. We’re trapped.
Loviatar: Not if it’s up to me.
Loviatar run back a bit and slams her scythe against the left and right walls, causing stones to collapse. After that, there is a wall of stones with the heroes and some Aq’dailans on 1 side, Loviatar and many Aq’dailans on the other side.
Tuonetar: Loviatar! What are you doing!
Loviatar: Granting you a safe passage. Go now, hurry.

Mission continues with battle against the Aq’dailan soldiers until they are dead.

Outro movie
Tuonetar: Hurry, we have to move fast.
Eve: Wait, what about Loviatar.
Tuonetar: She’s already lost.
Eve: You mean you’re not gone help her?
Tuonetar: She’s already dead, Eve. There’s nothing left to do for her.
Eve: So you’re just gone leave her be…!
Tuonetar pushes eve to the ground.
Eve: Why in Grenths name did you …
Eve sees Tuonetar with an arrow in her chest. Eve looks to the pile of rocks that Loviatar had created to block the passage and the ranger boss is standing on top of it readying a new arrow (his elite is snipe)
Agreyna: That monster!!!
Then Agreyna shoots off a powerful light spell to the ranger, causing a knockdown and forcing him to fall off.
Tuonetar falls to her knees. Eve comes up to prevent her from dropping to the ground.
Eve: Tuonetar, you shouldn’t have risked your life for me.
Tuonetar: Of course I had too. You are more important then you can realise.
Eve: What are you talking about?
Tuonetar: Here, take this artefact. It will help you to find the other hideout.
Eve: Don’t say such things. You’re gona be fine.
Tuonetar: It was an honour to serve you.
Eve: Tuonetar, snap out of it. Tuonetar? Tuonetar!
Agreyna: This can’t be happening. This just can’t be happening.
Baldwyn: What do you mean?
Agreyna: This, this brutal killing. That’s not what Dwayna stands for. That’s not what her followers should do. What do these Aq’dailans think they are?!
Aidan: Tuonetar was right, you know. We should be moving. They are probably already trying to crawl over those rocks again.
Devona: Fine then, we’ll move. Eve, are you able?
Mhenlo: Don’t worry, I’ll help her.
Devona: Ok then. Let’s get out of here.

After heroes leave
Male being of darkness appears: They are starting to realise
Female being of light appears: Indeed they are. Let us follow them.
They both disappear.

Mission 10
intro movie
Nika: What now, Devona?
Devona: We search for that 2nd hideout.
Nika: But how are we gone find that when our guides are gone?
Devona: We’ll just have to.
Nika: Have you even seen the condition of our party? Agreyna is losing her faith and Eve has been acting like a minion.
Devona: We’ll get trough, I know we will.
Nika: How could you possibly know it so well like that?
Devona: We beated the Lich, we beated Shiro, we even destroyed Abaddon. This here is just a minor problem compaired to those.
Eve: She’s right. This is just a minor one.
Mhenlo: you alright Eve?
Eve: I am a necromancer for a reason. I am used to experiencing bad things. It shouldn’t take me long to fully recover from it.
Nika: But we still won’t be able to find a way to the other hideout.
Eve: Tuonetar has given me this artefact. It will help us.
Nika: You’ve never seen that artefact before. How would you know how to use it?
Eve: Adam will tell me.

Heroes travel across the lands while Eve gives them instructions. Eventually they arrive in the other hideout which happens to be 1 very huge cave. Then out of nowhere 2 new members of GOTH appear.
Verbti: You have ventured into the wrong cave.
Nekom: And you’re not coming out alive.
Then a battle happens.

Verbti is a male ritualist who can summon powerful defensive spirits.
Nekom is an assassin who’s elite allows him to create 2 shadow-duplicates of himself. His duplicates are completely black and shadowy, and have all the skills he has (except the elite)
The heroes need to defeat both Nekom and Verbti.

Outro movie
Cynn: Ok, time to talk some sense into you people.
Voice: Stop!
Heroes look around and see that they are surrounded by soldiers, elementalists, civilians with pitchforks, little children holding sticks, …
1 of the bystanders: We will not allow you to harm them any further.
Cynn: What the …?
Nekom: They are the reason why you cannot be allowed to leave.
Then it is revealed that a subterranean city lies a little beyond them.
Agreyna: By the gods, these people must live here.
Nekom: Yes, we are the last surviving city of GOTH, and we shall do anything we must to protect it.
Devona: But we have not come here to harm you. We need shelter ourselves.
Nekom: Lies.
Eve: I beg your pardon.
Nekom: What is a necromancer doing among you?
Devona: Like I said, we are in need of shelter. The Aq’dailans have been hunting us. We have already met some of GOTH before you and they gave us an artefact to find this hideout.
Verbti: What happened to them?
Eve: they were killed before we could get here.
Verbti: What were their names?
Eve: Tuonetar and Loviatar.
Verbti: Sigh, so they still lived. We had already given up on them long ago. So sad to hear. May they find rest in Grenths embrace.
Eve: Shall you allow us to have shelter here?
Nekom: Yes, of course. Follow me, we shall let you into our city.

Mission 11
Intro movie
Nekom: Shadowlord? Can’t say I ever heard of someone like that.
Devona: When we found him, he was gathering books. Certainly he was searching for knowledge of something, otherwise he would already have fulfilled his mission. If we have any chance of defeating him, we need the information he is searching for.
A female GOTH elementalist comes running to Nekom.
Yukinna: Officer Nekom!
Nekom: What is it?
Yukinna: A troop of Aq’dailan soldiers have entered the hideout.
Nekom: What?!
Devona: They must have followed us.
Nekom: If they can send out a messenger, then we will have to evacuate everyone from here.
Devona: Evacuate to where?
Nekom: To nowhere. This city is all we have left. If we go out, we’re like birds to a cat. So if we are to prevent an evacuation, we’ll need to kill every single one of them.
Devona: Me and my friends shall help. /sigh, if only we didn’t split up.
Nekom: Yukinna, gather the soldiers and get them ready for battle.
Yukinna: Of course, sir.
Nekom: Devona, go travel across the city and gather your friends. If any Aq’dailans try to breach our walls, get rid of them.
Devona: All right.
Nekom: Be sure to find Verbti. He must be told of this.

Devona goes around the town, gathering her friends. Some, like Cynn, are already fighting the Aq’dailans with the aid of GOTH militia. When the entire group has been gathered, they go to meet Verbti.

When they finally meet Verbti, they see how he is standing in the middle of a breach in the wall, trying to hold back a group of Aq’dailans on his own.
When the group reaches Verbti, they are just too late to save him. He dies.

Then they move out and kill the Aq’dailan forces which were waiting outside of the breach.

After that, the Aq’dailan leader tries to flee with his troops. But before they reach the exit, Nekom shadowsteps to them, and stops their escape.

The heroes rush to Nekom, but once again they are just too late. Agreyna sees the Aq’dailan leader and realises it’s the ranger boss that killed Loviatar and Tuonetar. She goes into a rage. Heroes kill the ranger boss.

Outro movie
Heroes stand around the corpses of Nekom and the Aq’dailan boss.
Female being of light appears.
Female: And so, your journey ends.
Male being of darkness appears
Male: Your destination, you have not yet reached. But the road itself, has already fulfilled it’s purpose. Now you have seen the truth of what happened in secret for generations.
Agreyna: So these people from GOTH have never been evil? They have never brought pain and suffering? It have always been us, the followers of the light?
Female: You must understand, light and darkness are merely tools, like hammer and anvil.
Male: When evil wields the tool of darkness, it can destroy. When it wields the tool of light, it can destroy as well.
Female: But when it is good that wields the tool of light, it can create. And when good wields the tool of darkness, it can create as well.
Agreyna: What are you saying?
Male: We are saying that your leaders have been abusing you.
Female: Your faith was honest and true, but it was blind. Thinking you were lead by an angel, while in reality, it was a demon.
Male: A demon of deception, gaining power through the common peoples desire of performing acts of good.
Female: Yet now, another demon comes. This time, not trying to deceive, but trying to destroy.
Devona: The Shadowlord.
Male: Indeed, however he is doing so in a manner thought to have been impossible.
Female: He is combining all the magics of the gods by gathering fragments from the bloodstones.
Mhenlo: Combining the magics? The gods have forbidden that. They have made it unable to do so.
Male: And yet, he has found a way to do it anyhow.
Female: You must go to the country of Rivacea. They have a bloodstone in their possession which has not yet been visited by the Shadowlord.
Male: The reason why you met him at the capital of Sulmir, is because he was gathering knowledge of the bloodstones locations.
Female: But if you hurry, then you can travel to Rivacea and wait for him there.
Male: Make haste, lest you be too late.
Male and female being disappear.
Cynn: Next stop, Rivacea.
Agreyna: Not now, first we need to see if this town is going to be fine.
Cynn: euhm, isn’t that going to make us be late?
Agreyna: I don’t care if we’ll be late. I care for these peoples lives.

Journey to Rivacea
Devona: I’m sorry that we need to leave you so soon.
Yukinna: Don’t worry, you saved the lives of many of people here.
Devona: But we brought them to you.
Yukinna: Yet, you did. But without knowing so. Verbti and Nekom were aware of it as well. I’m certain of it.
Mhenlo: But some people still died.
Yukinna: True, but it were not many. And on top of that, you also gave our people new hope for victory against the Aq’dailans. As well as having brought a great blow to Aq’daila. Once they realise their company has gone missing, they will organise search party’s, which can then be easy targets for our soldiers.
Baldwyn: you are already thinking of attacking Aq’daila?
Yukinna: Attacking? By the realm of torment, no. But there is a possibility that they find our hideout once again. Then the battle we just fought will need to be repeated. In which case, our soldiers need to be prepared. Destroying these search party’s will be great experience for our recruits. Especially since the victory today has improved the morale of many fighters.
Devona: Well then, if everything is settled, then we’ll be on our way.
Baldwyn: Wait, where is Agreyna.
Agreyna: (standing a little further) Over here. /Wave
Baldwyn: Agreyna?
Camera focuses on Agreyna, showing she has gotten rid of her white clothes and that she now wears black ones. Her white hair has also changed colour to black.
Agreyna: I’ve made a decision. I’ve joined GOTH.

From now on, Agreyna uses cosmologist spells associated with the darkness, no longer those of the light.

kenneth darkblade · Mar 30, 2007, 11:20 PM // 23:20

A little earlyer then usual, but i'll be leaving on vacation this evening. So, i'll post this next part a little earlyer.

I should be back in time so the next part should not be late. Altho, it's possible. So, don't panic.

This part will have some more action and suspense. like before, i hope you like it.

To the bloodstone
Rivacean Lieutenant: So so, what have we here. A couple of GOTH’s, I presume.
Cynn: Actually, it’s a couple of tyrians, you twit.
Devona: Cynn, don’t get us thrown out already.
Rivacean Lieutenant: Tyrians? What would Tyrians be doing all the way over here.
Cynn: To stop a certain dark and evil demon from stealing your bloodstone, perhaps.
Rivacean Lieutenant: Wait, what do you know about the bloodstone?
Devona: Cynn, don’t.
Cynn: Only that it’s going to be attacked very soon and that we intend to kill the one that wishes to steal it.
Devona: We’re dead.
Rivacean Lieutenant: Not many people know of the bloodstones, and even few know that we have one. You’ll better come with me to our leader.

Heroes are brought to the leader of Rivacea, the hierophant.
Rivacean hierophant: Hmm, I must agree that it is a distressing thought that some hidden horror is coming for our bloodstone.
Devona: It is not a thought, sir. We are certain of it. If we had proof we would show it immediately.
Rivacean hierophant: Yes yes, I understand. /sigh, I’m taking a great risk here, but ok. We shall take you to our bloodstone.
Devona: Thank you, sir.
Rivacean hierophant: But only under 2 conditions. First is that you will make certain no harm is to come to it.
Devona: It shall be as you wish it.
Rivacean hierophant: 2nd is that you never tell anyone where it can be found.
Devona: Our lips shall be sealed.

As heroes leave
Rivacean Lieutenant: Are you sure you want them to know where our bloodstone lies?
Rivacean hierophant: They offer to fight for us, free of charge. No need to waste money on extra defences, when we can get it for free.
Rivacean Lieutenant: But how can we be certain that they won’t tell anyone?
Rivacean hierophant: After they destroyed this so-called evil demon they spoke of, we kill them. Then we will be certain they’ll never tell.

(Primary quest, travel to the bloodstone)

Mission 12
Intro movie
Agreyna: I’m glad we’ve gotten to the bloodstone in time.
Devona: Agreyna, are you sure you made the right decision?
Agreyna: Decision about what?
Devona: About joining GOTH. Your mother and father probably won’t be happy with this.
Agreyna: I know, I know. But I just couldn’t continue living a lie.
Devona: True, lies are hard to live by.
Rivacean soldier: Movement ahead. Possible attack.
Devona: Showtime.

Mission is a defence again. Stay within the fort and hold of the hordes of monsters. Monsters come from a number of portals further on and are of low level, but come in huge numbers (and leave few drops, so not worthy of farming).
Eventually, the gates are smashed by the unending legion of monsters.
Then the Shadowlord appears in the middle of the monsters. He slowly walks to the bloodstone, the monsters making a way for him.
Heroes try to get to the Shadowlord, but the monsters simply body block them. And every time they kill a monster, another takes it’s place.
Finally the Shadowlord completes his goal of gathering a fragment of the bloodstone, then disappears.

Outro movie
Cynn: Dang it. How could this happen? We were prepared, weren’t we?
Aidan: Seems he was better prepared.
Cynn: Devona, what now?
Eve: We’ve got to keep moving.
Cynn: Where to?
Eve: Anywhere. This place just isn’t safe.
Cynn: What do you mean, we’re surrounded by allied soldiers.
Rivacean lieutenant: YOU SHALL DIE FOR THIS BLASPHEMY !!!
The lieutenant goes for Agreyna, but suddenly an unknown assassin teleports in and kills the lieutenant. Then it teleports away again.
Agreyna: What was that?
Nika: I don’t care, but Eve’s right. We must get out of here. We promised the bloodstone would remain undamaged, and we didn’t fulfil our promise. Now they will want payment.

Heroes run away into the wilderness.

Back in Sulmir
High priest is conversating with emperor Kisu, count Zu Helzer, elder Rhea and Lionguard Sergio.
Grand inquisitor: High priest!
High priest: Ah, grand inquisitor. How good to see you.
Grand inquisitor: Save that for your oversees friends, you traitor.
High priest: I beg your pardon?
Grand inquisitor: I got some visitors. Oversees people guided by 1 of your cosmologists. Soon after they left from my capital, they were sighted with some GOTH’s.
High priest: Impossible, Agreyna would never consort with them.
Grand inquisitor: Soon after, an entire company of by soldiers has disappeared. I thought I would bring such distressing news to you myself, So you would understand the severity of it. But now I see you have been consorting with dark powers as well.
High priest: I have most definitely not been consorting with dark powers.
Grand Inquisitor: Then what is that Kurzick doing here! Kurzicks are dark and evil. They live in a stone forest of darkness for Dwayna’s sake. And now their leader is standing here.
Count Zu helzer: I may be dark, but I can assure you, I am definitely not evil.
Grand inquisitor: Don’t you dare say another word, for I swear I’ll kill you.
Emperor kisu: You do realise you are speaking about 1 of my most trusted subjects, do you?
Grand inquisitor: Oh, how could I forget. You even have that ritualist with you. One that would allow murderous assassins to run around in his empire. You obviously don’t realise the evil they cause, seeing spirits everywhere.
Emperor kisu: I would kindly suggest you stop this talk before you say something you will regret.
Grand inquisitor: Regret? I’d like to see you make me regret anything.
Lionguard Sergio: I think the Emperor is right. You are way out of line, here.
Grand inquisitor: You, shut up. The white mantle were a source of light in kryta, and you didn’t even help them in their time of need. You have nothing to say to me.
High priest: Sir inquisitor, I’m afraid I have to ask you to leave.
Grand inquisitor: I’ll be happy to leave this corrupted nation. But know that I will come back to purify it.

When grand inquisitor has left
High priest: Paltyn.
Paltyn: Yes sir?
High priest: I think it would be best if you search for Agreyna. If Aq’daila is after her, then that means she is in danger.
Paltyn: But we have no idea where she would be.
High priest: The Shadowlord has taken information from our forbidden vault, information that once belonged to GOTH. And now words of Agreyna consorting with GOTH survivors? This cannot be a coincidence.
Paltyn: My daughter would never join GOTH.
High priest: I’m not saying she consorted with them. I’m saying maybe GOTH stands at the center of this. Maybe some weapon they created but never used. The Shadowlord might be searching for that. If Agreyna found some members of GOTH, then she might be able to extract some information from them. Information where to find this weapon. And a secret weapon from GOTH …
Paltyn: Will undoubtedly be in the darklands.
High priest: Indeed.
Paltyn: Then I shall go there and find her.
High priest: Do watch out.

Mission 13
Intro movie
Mhenlo: /catchbreath, don’t these guys get tired?
Aidan: Not likely.
Nika: I’m afraid we’re gona have to kill them if we’re ever gona get rid of them.
Cynn: Listen, I may be good, but I’m not THAT good.
Eve: I know a way.
Devona: Let’s hear it then.
Eve: There is a special ritual I can perform, invoking the raw power of Grenth. It will kill them instantly.
Cynn: How?
Eve: Doesn’t matter how, as long as it works. But we’ll need to find a place where the power of Grenth already concentrates itself, like a monument.
Danika: How do you know all this?
Eve: Adam tells me.

Mission consists of trying to reach the monument of grenth, then holding out until Eve completes her ritual.

Outro movie
Eve’s ritual is complete and a big dark green glow spreads from her, forming a dome, growing bigger and bigger. All Rivacean soldiers that are touched by it die instantly. Heroes remain unharmed.
Cynn: Woohoo, that was great Eve! … Eve?
Heroes look to the place Eve was, but she is no longer there.

Camera changes to a dark looking place. There, the Shadowlord is sitting in front of a statue of a female pikeman. Camera turns around revealing Eve is standing next to him.
Eve: When I was just a young girl, I was all alone in Ascalon. When they found me, they put me in an orphanage. They tried to teach me many different things, but I was only interested in 1 thing. Darkness.
Shadowlord: Not surprising, your origin is dark on its own. It would be only natural you would be attuned to the darkness.
Eve: And when I came here, I saw some horrible things. Done to those who were dark like me. It must have jogged my memory, for I’ve started to remember some things from before Ascalon.
(Start fading out)
Eve: Please tell me …
Almost faded out
Eve: Are you my daddy?
Complete dark screen.
Shadowlord: I am.

Fade in
Grand inquisitor and Rivacean hierophant are talking to each other.
Hierophant: You are correct. The nation of Sulmir has indeed been corrupted by the dark taint. I myself had to deal with those adventurers. They said they would protect us from a great evil, but instead, they brought the evil to us. In fact, they even fought alongside it against us.
Grand inquisitor: Darkness is full of pride, it enjoys showing it’s true nature when it THINKS it’s too late
Hierophant: Indeed it does. The cosmologist that was leading them had already turned completely to the darkness. No longer afraid of showing her true colors.
Grand inquisitor: So I have your support?
Hierophant: You have my funding?
Grand inquisitor: Of course, 9 chests. 3 of them filled with ruby’s, 3 with sapphires and 3 with diamonds.
Hierophant: Wonderful, you can expect my full cooperation.
Hierophant orders his subjects to take the chests, and disappears from screen.
Grand inquisitor: Uberes!
Some high ranking Aq’dailan pikeman covered in full white robes so they conceal his entire body comes forward.
Uberes: Yes, my lord?
Grand inquisitor: Is everything prepared?
Uberes: Indeed, it is, sir. The Rivacean soldiers shall be placed on our front lines and shall be used to lure the Sulmir, canthan, Tyrian and elonian forces. We expect the Rivacean soldiers to weaken the enemy’s forces, and be weakened at the same time, which will result in heavy losses for both sides. Then our own elite soldiers, not having suffered a single blow, will march out and destroy any opposition.
Grand inquisitor: Good, then all is in place. We shall take control over this entire continent and then I shall shape it the way Dwayna wanted it to be. With me to rule over all.

Camera zooms out and shows the grand inquisitor and Uberes standing on a hill. Below them, a seemingly endless army of aq’dailan soldiers marching in 8 rows. Sound of marching feet. From left to right, 1st row = all warriors, 2nd row = all rangers, 3rth row = all air elementalists, 4th row = all monks, 5th row = all cosmologists, 6th row = all mesmers, 7th row = all paragons, 8th row = all pikemen.

Mission 14
Intro movie
Cynn: WHERE IS EVE!!!
Agreyna: I told you, I don’t know. Nobody knows. She just disappeared.
Cynn: She CAN’T disappear, she must be somewhere. (lifts a rock) We just have to find her.
Female being of light appears.
Female: I fear she is already out of your reach.
Male being of darkness appears: She has chosen to teleport herself directly to the Shadowlord.
Agreyna: But she won’t have a chance against him, unless …
Female: Yes, she has chosen to join him.
Cynn: IMPOSSIBLE! I know my Eve, and she would never do that.
Female: Maybe, it would be best if you were shown history with your own eyes.
Male: Are you certain that you wish to do that?
Female: I am confident that if would be a huge step towards the restoration of balance.
Male: Very well then.
Female being of light creates a spell. Heroes becomes blinded for a few seconds, but when they open their eyes again. They are standing in front of the guildhall of GOTH. They are just a little beyond the walls, with dozens of Aq’dailan, Rivacean and Sulmirian soldiers around them.

Mission is a re-enactment of the dark guilds fall. And the heroes fight on the side of the light.
Aq’dailans call out for the heroes to join them as they charge the dark guildhall. There is an opening in the walls they all run towards.
In the middle of the opening stands a GOTH warrior (Hiulmity)blocking their way.
Hiulmity: I stand before my people as their servant. Thou shallt need to pass me before thou art allowed to harm them.

Heroes defeat him and move on to the outer sanctum.
There they find a GOTH cosmologist (Stachity)
Stachity: Thou hast defiled the purity of this hall. I shall cleanse it with the purity of darkness and clean it from thine putrefying touch.

After they defeat Stachity, they move toward the walls again. On top of the stairs is a group of water elementalsist that has blocked the way. The elementalists leader is a GOTH officer, rencamptee.
Rencamptee: Do not allow thineself to be commanded by fury. These people are merely fighting because they are told to fight. Hold thine anger and show them the compassion of a quick death instead.

After killing rencamptee, the heroes move along the walls to the inner sanctum of the guildhall
Along the walls they meet a GOTH necro boss, Kessnid.
Kessnid: Welcome to our hall, I hope you had a pleasant stay.

After that, the heroes move into the guilds inner sanctum (outer sanctum is living space like a town, inner sanctum is military training facility like a barrack)
There they need to open a gate that leads to the outer sanctum but an assassin boss (rychait) is blocking it.
Rychait: You came here to gain something, pleasure or glory or whatever. But I shall hand out daggers instead.

After Rychait is killed, the gate opens and the inner sanctum is flooded by dozens of soldiers.
One of the groups tells the heroes to follow them, which they do.
After a couple of turns, they meet a Dervish boss (Denclegii) with a couple of children behind him.
Denclegii: I have been charged with the protection of these children, and I shall protect them. No matter what.

When the heroes fight him, the Aq’dailans stay back. After Denclegii is killed, the Aq’dailans move in and kill the children.
Aq’dailan soldier: For the honour of Dwayna!
Then the heroes are brought to the main tower. In front of the main tower stands a ritualist boss (venigorfess)
Venigorfess: I pray that Grenth sees the folly in thine actions and finds it in his heart to forgive you for the horror thine hands hath created here.

After defeating venigorfess, the heroes travel further along the tower, with some Aq’dailans ahead of them.
Heroes hear a conversation.
Aq’dailan: Look, there’s another one. Let’s get her!
Lhimera: I shall not allow you to go any further.
Then a fight is heard with many Aq’dailans screaming out for help, often followed by a wet snap of breaking bone and flesh.

Ingame movie
When the heroes reach the top, they see a lot of Aq’dailan corpses. (about 20 – 30 or so)
A small little girl is standing there, making wells out of a few corpses.
Cynn: What the …
Lhimera: Eve, come back here.
Little girl stands up and runs to her mother.
Eve: I only wanted to help.
Lhimera: Go to Yukinna and stay with her.
Eve: Yes mommy.
Lhimera: Yukinna, you know what to do should the worst happen?
Yukinna: I know it.
Lhimera: Goods, then I can fight without fear for the 2 of you.
Lhimera turns around and the camera reveals the Shadowlord standing there, preparing a spell.
Lhimera: Don’t worry my love, I shall hold them off long enough for you.
Then Lhimera turns towards the heroes.
Lhimera: Many have already tried to overcome me, but none have yet been able. You may try as well if you like, but I warn you. I shall not go down easily.

For story purpose, this battle will be written.

Lhimera comes running to the heroes. Devona runs to Lhimera. Lhimera uses pushing slash to throw Devona out of her way. Then she disregards Devona and continues on to Mhenlo.
Devona: Mhenlo, watch out! She’s coming for you.
Cynn launched a spell, but just when it was supposed to hit, Lhimera preformed her dazing slam elite, causing cynn’s spell to miss.
Lhimera jumped up into the sky, high above Mhenlo. Mhenlo quickly cast protective spirit on himself. Just before Lhimera smacked her halberd down on his head. The protective spirit saved him from the worst damage, but he was knocked down and felt somewhat dazed.
He tried to get up, but Lhimera then used impale on him and stuck the top of her pike straight into his stomach, causing him to suffer from bleeding.
Nika then appeared and slashed at Lhimera.
Lhimera only took a scratch, but she let go of Mhenlo to get away from Nika. Nika first followed Lhimera, but Lhimera preformed a leg swing. Nika soon found herself crippled and could no longer keep up with Lhimera.
Then , Lhimera ran back to Mhenlo to finish him off.
Mhenlo was preparing to heal Nika from her condition, but Lhimera’s next attack interrupted him. He then tried to heal himself, but once again, Lhimera interrupted him. And she kept interrupting him, over and over again. Until Devona smacked her hammer against Lhimera’s side.
Lhimera quickly preformed a slashing backjump. She jumped backwards while swinging her pike, scratching Devona. It was not that much of a wound, but Lhimera was now effectively out of Devona’s range.
Devona came closer, but Lhimera preformed another slashing backjump, once again harming Devona and staying out of her reach. This went on until Lhimera accidentally jumped into a trap set by Aidan and got blinded.
Lhimera screamed out in anger. This time, Devona had a chance to come closer and damaged Lhimera again. Suddenly Nika shadow stepped in and started to attack Lhimera as well.
Lhimera then used whirling push and threw both Devona and Nika off of here. Then Lhimera ran off again, to Cynn, and preformed another dazing slam on her, followed by Impale.
Nika and Devona came from behind Lhimera, but this time Lhimera was ready for them. Lhimera turned around and preformed a leg sweep, crippling both Devona and Nika, followed by a slashing backjump.
She didn’t count on Aidan however, who used power shot at her from behind. Then followed a fireball from a recovered Cynn, and after that a meteor from Argo. By then, Devona and Nika had once again caught up with Lhimera and could finally put her down.

Outro movie
Eve: Mommy!
Yukinna: Eve, stay here.
More aq’dailan soldiers caught up with the heroes. Yukinna used he magic to create a portal by which she and Eve could escape.
Yukinna: Eve, jump in.
Eve: But mommy …
Yukinna grabbed Eve and threw her into the portal.
When Yukinna prepared to jump in, she got hit by a ball of light that knocked her down, causing her to lose control of the portal and thus it closed.
Yukinna: EVE, NO!
Shadowlord: Yukinna, make another portal and go.
Yukinna: But sir …
Shadowlord: Eve is no longer in the guildhall, that’s most important. You’re the only one who knows she’s still alive, you can search for her.
Yukinna: But I don’t know where …
Shadowlord: That is an order. Do it now.
Yukinna created another portal and jumped in it.
The Aq’dailan soldiers were charging in on the Shadowlord. Just before they could strike, The Shadowlord released his spell and created a dark green orb around himself which expanded. The Aq’dailans got touched by it and died instantly. It kept expanding and the heroes got touched by it, instantly dieing. It kept expanding, touching Aq’dailan, Rivacean and Sulmirian soldiers who were fighting a few GOTH’s that were still left. All died.
Then the camera shows how the Shadowlord walking along the remains of the battlefield.
Shadowlord: I swear to you, to all of you. I shall avenge you. Every single one of you! They will pay. Dear Grenth, I so will make them pay for this monstrosity.
Then his eyes glow black and dark smoke flows from them(fade out)

(Fade in)
Heroes are lying on the ground. Back in reality. They wake up and see that the Male being of darkness is waiting for them.
Cynn: By the gods. What did we do?
Male: In all honesty, you didn’t do anything. What you witnessed was something that happened long before any of you were able to fight decently.
Cynn: But it felt so real.
Male: You should have seen it for what it really is. Not for a more beautiful substitute. Not as you would like it to be.
Cynn: Poor Eve. No wonder she’s so introvert. I mean, I saw my parents die in front of my eyes too, but I was already that much older.
Devona: It would also explain how a few years later she was found in Ascalon, alone in the streets.
Mhenlo: And how she was able to read at an advanced level while still being so young. If she really is the daughter of the Shadowlord, then she is the heir of GOTH. That means she’s of noble blood.
Aidan: Actually, you could say that GOTH was also it’s own kingdom. Their own hall, their own lands, being in the service of nobody but themselves. In that point of view, Eve could very well be or royal blood.
Cynn: Who would ever have thought she was a princess.
Male: Yet now, she is with her father. In the ruins of the dark guildhall.
Danika: Wait a minute. Where is that woman of light.
Male: She is no more.
Danika: huh?
Male: If you recall, you will remember we once said that we could live for ever. But only for as long as we didn’t do anything. By allowing you to see history, she has sacrificed herself.
Danika: What?! And you didn’t stop her?
Male: I asked her if she was sure. She said she was. She lived through a few centuries, so she was old and wise enough to make her own decisions.
Aidan: The price of truth.
Devona: Tell us how to get there. To the dark guildhall. We’ll get Eve back.
Male: GOTH had made it’s guildhall deep in the darklands. A rocky mountainous region. To reach it, you will need to cross many canyons and cliffs.
Agreyna: Indeed, those mountains are known to be very rocky. Lucky we are already close to the darklands.

kenneth darkblade · Apr 10, 2007, 09:27 AM // 09:27

back again. here's another part. getting close to the end now

Mission 15
Intro movie
Back at the GOTH guildhall.
Eve: I still don’t remember much. I was still so young back then. Please, tell me about yourself.
Showing images from the past.
Shadowlord: At first, I used to be a promising cosmologist under the high priests of Sulmir. On a certain day, I watched how a someone was mistreated by an officer of the law. I avenged that person. But, as law dictates, vengeance is forbidden, for it is dark.
Eve: With as result that you were cast out.
Shadowlord: Some days later I was picked up by some GOTH members. At first I was afraid of them, but they showed me they were not the demons that I’ve been told they were. This is also where I met your mother. I saw her sometimes in the training halls, but always under the protection of several female bodyguards. She WAS the daughter of the current guild master.
Eve: Was it love on first sight?
Shadowlord: Grenths horns, no. She hardly ever came out, hardly anyone ever came near her. Her father was very protective over her. Understandably since he had already lost her mother. It was only after several hard battles that I finally got a promotion to officer. Only then I was able to enter the guild masters quarters.
Eve: you did this all for her?
Shadowlord: Actually, I just wanted to get back at the Aq’dailans for all the pain they caused. Not just to me, but to everyone. But secretly, I also did it because I was curious about her.
At one moment, the guild master even showed that he was concerned about Lhimera’s fighting skills. She might train every day, but she had never really fought against a living opponent. I offered him my help, saying I could create creatures of shadow energy. This way, she could fight monsters and learn about real battle, without hurting anyone.
Eve: But it didn’t stay with that.
Shadowlord: No. From time to time, she wanted a real challenge. First she started goofing around about how weak those shadow creatures were, and that she could easily beat me too. Eventually, I couldn’t resist. I just had to show her some real fighting skills. She could hit my weapon out of my hands. But I kicked her feet from under her body, threw myself on her and took her in a grip. Hard to get out of that one. But she just switched the tables by turning us around. Then I was the one being held in a grip. While she was above me, she gave me a quick kiss.
Eve: /laugh. The battle of love.
Shadowlord: At first, she was surprised by her own actions. But a few days later came a repeat. And then another, and another. From 1 thing came something else. And a few years later, you were born.

Just after crossing into the darklands.
Agreyna: There, that way.
Devona: I was wondering why the darklands were called dark lands. But now I see.
Agreyna: Yes, many clouds hang over it. Has always been so and probably will always be. Probably also the reason why it holds so many dangerous beasts.
Mhenlo: Honestly, I can’t see how anyone would want to live in a place like this. Let alone build a guildhall.
Male being of darkness appears
Male: That’s exactly the reason why. Many people, especially the followers of Dwayna, would hate this place. Result is they stay away from it, which is exactly what GOTH wanted the most. To be left alone. And these monsters were the perfect first line of defence against any invaders.
Cynn: So, we just burn lots and lots of beasts, and then we’re at that half standing hall?
Male: Do be warned, the Shadowlord has learned from the past and set up some additional defences. The first being a bridge over a large ravine.
Cynn: Just 1 bridge?
Male: A long time ago, there were other passageways. Those were the ones the army of light took when they came to destroy the guildhall. The Shadowlord has now destroyed them all. Only this single bridge remains. And it is guarded by 2 shadow drakes.
Cynn: Then we’ll burn those too.

Heroes travel along the map and after a while meet up with Paltyn (being the only survivor of the group he went with to find the heroes)

Paltyn: Good day heroes from beyond the sea. Good to see you once agai … Agreyna?
Agreyna: Yes?
Paltyn: What happened to your clothes? And your hair?
Agreyna: I have seen the truth father. People of GOTH were murdered with as only reason because they were alive. They were never the criminals, we were. Little children slaughtered just because they were born. The darkness has not been evil, it has done more good then the light. It were the light ones who were evil.
Paltyn: You don’t know what you’re talking about. (getting angry)
Aidan: People, people. We still have a villain to defeat. And we best do so before he fulfils his mission.
Paltyn: You’re right. But Agreyna, we will speak of this again. In the meanwhile, I want you to think about what your mother will say. For she will surely hear of this as well.

Heroes keep going and finally meet the 2 shadow drakes. A cosmologist and a pikeman. They defeat both of them.

Outro movie.
Paltyn is fighting 1 of the shadow drakes. At a certain moment, he is knocked down. The shadow drake intends to finish him off, but the an unknown assassin shadow walks to the shadow drake and interrupts it. (the same assassin as the one who saved Agreyna at the bloodstone in Rivacea.)
She keeps fighting the shadow drake until the gets a heavy hit and is thrown through the air. She smacks with her back against a rock and falls on the ground, her mask falling off, revealing her face.
Paltyn: Sariel?
The shadow drake now wants to finish off Sariel, but then Paltyn comes jumping in front and ragefully beats the shadow drake to death.
Sariel: Paltyn, I …
Paltyn: YOU owe me a good explanation!
Sariel: Indeed I do. You see, it all began when I still lived in Aq’daila. I was a little older then Agreyna is now. I had a crush on some boy there, but he already had someone. I told my best friend that I was jealous on that girl. That she had him and I hadn’t.
Paltyn: And jealousy is a dark emotion, thus forbidden.
Sariel: I thought I could trust her. But in the end, she ratted me out to the authorities. And so I was exiled.
Agreyna: Oh no, mom.
Sariel: I wandered around for many days. But when I thought I would die, some members of GOTH found me and took me in. Later, they allowed me to choose any profession to train in. I chose the assassin, for I wanted vengeance on my friend. Some years later, I met my friend again. She was married to the very man I used to have that crush on. And she was torturing captured members from GOTH with great joy.
Agreyna: See dad, those Aq’dailans enjoy it to cause pain. They are sick sadists. That’s darker then anything mom did.
Sariel: I killed them. My friend-turned-traitor and her man-former-crush both. Then I rescued the GOTH’s and brought them back to safety. One of them was even an officer called Loviatar.
Agreyna: Oh my gods.
Sariel: Because of such a heroic deed, I was promoted to the rank of officer myself. The day the guildhall fell, I had gone on a mission. When I came back, nothing was left. So I started wandering around again. After a few weeks, my clothes were nothing but rags and I was near death again. But then, you found me.
Paltyn: About 17 years ago. The failed attack on the GOTH guildhall had taken a great deal of our army, and thieves used this to their advantage. I thought you were just a victim, but apparently you were more then just that.
Sariel: I knew that if I told you I was of GOTH, that you would have killed me on the spot. So I hid my darkness and only showed you the few bits of light that were left.
Paltyn: But you still are mainly dark none the less. That means you have been lying to me all this time?
Sariel: Not entirely. You see, my feelings for you were always true. My light self and my dark self have both been in love with you. But only my light side was allowed to show her love. My darker self always had to keep it hidden. So to be true, you have never seen a fake me, just a half me.
Paltyn: But you are still dark?
Sariel: I am.
Paltyn: Then now I must do what I should have done so long ago. (raises his sword)
Agreyna: Dad, no!
Sariel: Very well.
Agreyna: Mom!
Sariel: I’m not scared of dieing. In fact, I don’t really care. Just promise me 1 thing.
Paltyn: And that is?
Sariel: Don’t do it with tears in your eyes … because I’m still in love with you.
Paltyn: … … … /sit. I can’t do it. You may look dark now, but I know that some part of you is still light. If I slay your darkness, then I also slay your light. I can’t do that without tears. I can’t do that at all.
Sariel: Don’t cry, honey. /hug. I’m here. Here to stay.
Agreyna: both of us , dad. /hug. Both of us.

After that, heroes travel from outpost, at the end of the bridge, to the next mission.

Mission 16
intro movie
In top of the guildhall of GOTH.
Eve: How was my mother? What kind of person was she?
Shadowlord: (looks at statue in front of them). She was really something. Fiery red hair to her shoulders. Always in an armor that was a mixture of black dress and steel plates. Carrying her halberd casually across he shoulder. /grin. And whenever she put up her pikemans hat she looked a little silly.
Eve: Indeed something.
Starts showing images form the past again.
Shadowlord: When you met her on the street, you would always see her smiling. Always happy, always funny, being a bit of a goof. Like many, she had not been given much joy in life. As a result, she would give herself all the joy that fate had denied her. She once explained that to me. At first it started as a fake, trying to laugh when there is nothing to laugh about. But it made things more durable, made things better. And in the end, she started to see enjoyment in everything. By then, it was no longer a fake. She honestly was enjoying herself. Even the smallest thing in life could be something to laugh about.
Eve: But that’s only when you don’t see her in battle.
Shadowlord: No, in battle she became an entirely different person. Then she would turn into a vicious being of darkness, merciless and cruel. Well, to her enemies at least. If you were her ally, then she would protect you as if her own life depended on it. From time to time, both me and her went on a mission against the Aq’dailans. When we fought them, it wasn’t a surprising thing when she would throw herself in front of me and take all attacks for herself. And she didn’t do that just for me, she would have done it for everyone.
Eve: Seems she was a really protective person. I feel sad that I don’t remember her. It’s as if I never even met her.
Shadowlord: In a way, maybe you still can.
Shadowlord casts a spell to created several shadow creatures. All of them resembling Lhimera.
Eve: Is that mom?
Shadowlord: Not exactly. It’s a shadow creature, but it looks exactly like her. However, it doesn’t have her soul, her spirit. It’s more like an empty shell of her. But still, it helps me remember your mother. Prevents me from forgetting how she was.

In front of the guildhall of GOTH.
Sariel: … home.
Agreyna: That’s right. You used to live here.
Paltyn: Just look at the sight of it. (in awe)
Agreyna: What do you mean?
Paltyn: 17 years ago, when we were called to form a great army to destroy GOTH once and for all, I wanted to join more then anything else. I was so convinced that I had to help them in destroying the evil, but in didn’t pass the tests. At first I hated myself for not being good enough. When later I found out the entire army was whipped out, I was happy I didn’t join. But since that day, I’ve heard tales and had dreams about this place as being a grotesque outpost of the realm of torment. With corpses hanging over the walls and the smell of death and brimstone wherever you went. But now that I see it with my own eyes, I realise I was wrong. This place simply has more beauty then the capital of Sulmir had. Even before half of Sulmirs capital was destroyed.
Sariel: Seems some part of you secretly admires the beauty of darkness.
Paltyn: Well, I admire you too.
Sariel: Flatterer.
Camera zooms out to Cynn and Mhenlo standing behind the trio.
Cynn: Yes, Mhenlo. Why don’t you say stuff like that about me?
Mhenlo: You mean to say you are dark too?
Cynn: /moan
Devona: Sariel.
Sariel: Yes?
Devona: Do you know that this Shadowlord is your old guildmaster?
Sariel: What the … you mean he still lives?
Devona: And trying to get vengeance by combining the magics of the gods.
Sariel: Can’t be, he is too honourable for that.
Devona: How do you know?
Sariel: In the past, he always wanted to do the best for the guild. If a house needed to be build, he would help. If soldiers needed to be trained, he would help. If food needed to be gathered, he would help.
Paltyn: You sure speak rather highly of him.
Sariel: You should have known him, Paltyn. The 2 of you would surely have been best of friends. Although, he has an inferiority complex.
Paltyn: How so?
Sariel: You see, he sometimes asked his officers if he was worthy of being the guildmaster. That mostly happened when we had to leave some one behind.
Devona: I see. He was also here when the guild was attacked. And it was he who called upon the power of Grenth to kill everyone present here.
Sariel: By the gods.
Paltyn: If what you said about him is true. Then he must feel very guilty.
Devona: And thus, very angry at the ones who attacked that day. So Sariel, I have to ask you. Can you fight against your guildmaster?
Sariel: Would it be possible for you to subdue him. Take him captive and not kill him?
Devona: We will if possible.
Sariel: In that case, I shall fight without hesitation.

Male being of darkness appears.
Male: Many have searched for this place after it’s destruction. Not many have been able to reach it. And even less left with their lives intact.
Cynn: Just tell us how to break it down.
Male: The Shadowlord has left the guild as equally destroyed as it was. He didn’t want to forget about the past. However, he is not stupid, and thus added some defences. The first is the breach in the wall. He has concentrated a strong portion of his army of shadow monsters there. After you pass the breach, you’ll come into the outer sanctum. There he creates his army of shadow monsters.
Agreyna: The ones that attacked the capital?
Male: Indeed. He made some construction by use of shadow crystals. These crystals are hard to find, but have very powerful magical capabilities and are attuned to the darkness. Each of these crystals has been set to automatically create new shadow monsters. This way, their numbers constantly grow. His army can be prevented from growing bigger by taking these crystals away from their pedestals.
Cynn: When the crystals are ashes, they count as “removed from”, right?
Male: 3rd is the inner sanctum. He has placed a magical barrier on the guilds main tower by used of the magics of the 5 gods. As long as the barrier exists, you will not be able to reach him. Thus allowing him to finish his plans undisturbed. Each of these seals is guarded by 2 shadow drakes.
Cynn: Kill the shadow drakes? Finally.

Heroes go in and fight their way in the guildhall. They can destroy the shadow crystals by option (for bonus). When they reach the inner sanctum, the 5 points guarded by the shadow dragons are shown. They stand in a circle around entrance of the huge tower, linked by lines in the form of a pentagram.
The point of Lyssa is guarded my mesmer and assassin shadow drakes. This point has a purple glow, and the lines that flow away from it glow purple as well, changing in colour as they near another point, adapting the colour of the other point.
The point of Grenth is guarded by necro and ritualist shadow drakes and it glows dark green.
Point of Balthazar is guarded by warrior and paragon shadow drakes and glows yellow.
Point of Dwayna is guarded by monk and air-ele shadow drakes and glows blue.
Point of Melandru is guarded by ranger and earth-prayers-dervish shadow drakes and glows light green.

When the heroes have defeated all the shadow drakes, the points vanish, along with the pentagram symbol. Opening the entrance.

But when the heroes want to enter, the shadow drake drops out of the sky and block the entrance.
Shadow dragon: I have sensed you for some time now. I don’t know how you got away from me the first time, but this time there shall be no escap … (fireball hits his face and shuts him up)
Cynn: And there’s more where that one came from. So either get out of our way and give us Eve back, or suffer.
Shadow dragon: Your friends will die swiftly. But you, foolish elementalists, will die slow.

Shadow dragon is first high level monster that uses monster only skills. Like shiro at the end of factions, or abaddon at the end on nightfall.
When the shadow dragon is finally defeated, the heroes can go on.

Outro movie
On to of the guildhalls tower, Eve and Shadowlord are still sitting there. Talking to each other.
Eve: So … what now?
Shadowlord: Now, it is time for payback.
Eve: Payback how?
Shadowlord: You see, darkness does not create evil. Not of it’s own accord. What darkness does is grant power. And it is power, that can corrupt a mortals heart into something evil. As long as the person who learns about the darkness is a person of great honor, the power will never be able to corrupt him. But if he is proud, selfish or greedy, then he will fall victim.
Eve: What does that have to do with any of this?
Shadowlord: Darkness is not the only thing that gives power. The light gives power too.
Eve: You’re talking about the Aq’dailans.
Shadowlord: Not only them. Also the Rivaceans and the Sulmirians. All of them gave in to the seductions of evil, and so evil started to use the light as it’s primary tool, not the darkness. And through the light, evil people have taken control over the continent. The only people they didn’t control, were GOTH. Or at least, until that fateful day when they allied with each other.
Eve: Yes, but …
Shadowlord: That was when I realised that all those who followed dwayna were either corrupted and turned to evil, or so foolish that they closed their eyes to the truth and believed any of the self serving lies that came from the corrupt ones. (getting angry)
Eve: No, I know …
Shadowlord: /stand. And now the time has come to cleanse this continent from their evil ways. /roar
Eve: But my friends …
Shadowlord takes out his focus item and shows it to Eve.
Shadowlord: The 5 pieces of the different bloodstones that I have gathered. I have forged them into this amulet. And with it, I can access the magics of the gods.
Eve: Burt how will you …
Shadowlord: The power of Lyssa will grant me the energy I need. The power of dwayna shall protect my body from the dangerously high amount of energy. The power of Balthazar shall prevent me from being interrupted. The powers of Melandru shall keep me healed. And The power of Grenth is the power that is shall put into my superspell. This spell will do the same to the entire continent, as I once did right here, 17 years ago.
Eve: Gods no …
Shadowlord: Unlike last time however, I will be able to separate the followers Dwayna out of the followers of the other gods. I will be able to seek them out, all of them. As a result, all the corrupt ones shall die and the pure ones shall be those who inherit this continent.
Shadowlord casts a lesser spell, creating a total of 8 shadow creatures that all look like Lhimera, each having a different profession. A monk, a healing ritualist, a pikeman, a warrior, an ele, a cosmologist, a necro and a mesmer.
Shadowlord: And just like last time, I shall be protected by my love. Only this time, she will not fail.

Mission 17
Intro movie
Heroes have reached the top of the tower.
Cynn: Eve, where are you?
Eve: Cynn? Agreyna? What the heck are you girls doing here?
Cynn: Hi Cynn, it’s good do see you again. Is that to much to ask?
Agreyna: We battled our way through half the darklands to rescue you.
Eve: You .. you guys … wait. The Shadowlord. He’s started remembering what happened to this place, and he suddenly lost it. I can’t even talk to him any more. And then he just started casting his super spell.
Cynn: His what?
Eve: He’s going to use the same spell as 17 years ago, but now he’s doing it on bigger scale. Enveloping the entire continent.
Agreyna: By the gods.
Eve: It will kill only the followers of Dwayna. Can’t say I care for the Aq’dailans, but the people in Sulmir are among the followers of Dwayna as well.
Cynn: You mean Mhenlo would die too?
Eve: You, no. But Mhenlo, yes.
Cynn: I’ll rip this sucker to pieces.
Eve: Cynn, no! We can’t kill him. He’s the only one from my past that still lives.
Cynn: Can’t we just kill him a little bit the?
Eve: No Cynn.
Cynn: Darn, then we’ll just interrupt him.
Eve: Can’t, he’s using the magic of Balthazar to not be interrupted.
Cynn: The bastard. /shakefist
Agreyna: I can deny him his energy.
Eve: Impossible, he uses the power of Lyssa to gain impossible amounts of energy that would even hurt him. That’s why he uses the powers of Dwayna and Melandru to keep him safe.
Agreyna: No, I didn’t mean suck energy away. I meant deny it. Cosmologists have the ability to either allow or deny energy.
Cynn: Why have you never given me more energy?
Agreyna: You never asked.
Eve: But will it be enough?
Agreyna: We’ll never know if we never try.
Cynn: Ok then. You deny his energy, and we beat up his shady defenders.

Heroes need to protect Agreyna while fighting against the 8 Lhimera’s. A timer will start as well. If they take too long to destroy the Lhimera’s, they die and the mission is a failure (gave Shadowlord enough time to complete his spell)
Heroes need to kill the Lhimera-troop before time runs out. Then an ingame cinematic will play.

Ingame cinematic.
Energy starts to leave the shadowlords body.
Shadowlord: No, nooo.
More and more keeps leaving him, until he has no more left. Since his spell no longer has energy to feed upon, it fades away and disappears.
Shadowlord: NOOO!
Turns himself to the heroes.
Shadowlord: How dare you interfere! This has nothing to do with you. You have never experienced the humiliations of Sulmir because they were too proud. You were never sold out by Rivaceans greed. You never were tortured by Aq’dailans wrath. This is none of your business, so just keep out of it!
Agreyna: A long time ago, the gods decided that their magics should not be combined, for it would grant the user too much power. You have broken this rule, and as such, you have committed a crime against this entire world.
Shadowlord: You have not been here when I was forced to kill everyone in this entire guildhall. You have never known what it is to see your greatest love die before you. You never had to experience killing those people you were supposed to protect. You never had to live with this kind of guilt for years.
Shadowlord pulls out a shadowy dragon sword to fight with.
Shadowlord: I promised my fallen friends that I would avenge them. And I shall not allow even a single being or entity to stand in my way.

Fight with Shadowlord begins.
Shadowlords skillbar.

1)Augment armour => pikeman elite => increases the casters global armour of x for 30 seconds. Armouring attribute

2)“keep it up”=> Warrior elite => shout that gives the user and his allies x energy and adrenaline every time they hit a foe with a weapon for x seconds. Tactics attribute.

3) Experts stance => Ranger elite => Stance. All of your attacks have x % less chance of being blocked. Wilderness survival attribute

4)Chaotic energy => Mesmer elite => enchantment for x seconds, whenever a foe forces you to lose energy, he gains x chaos damage for every point of energy you lost. Illusion magic attribute

5)Fire will spark=> Ele elite => foes adjacent to caster gain x fire damage and are set on fire for x seconds. Fire magic attribute

6)Blood to power=> Necro elite => target foe gains health degen of x and you gain energy regen of x for x seconds. Blood magic attribute

7)Vengeful mirror => Monk elite => enchantment spell for x seconds. Whenever you take damage from any source, the source takes the same amount of damage he inflicted to you + x. Smiting prayers attribute

8)Shadow blasts => Cosmologist elite => a pillar of dark energy falls from out of the sky, like a black laser beam and does x shadow damage to target foe. Then the foe closest to the original target will become the target of a 2nd blast. This same way, It goes to a 3rd target. (same like deadly swarm) cosmic powers attribute

Heroes fight the battle of their lives.
When the Shadowlord is defeated, some time is left to cap skills.

Outro movie.
Sariel teleports to the Shadowlord and slashes him. This way, he is forced to let go of the bloodstone amulet. The amulet flies through the air, and lands in front of Devona.
Devona: The gods once decided this power was forbidden.
Devona brings her hammer above her head
Devona: And with good reason.
SMAK. She brings her hammer down and destroys the bloodstone amulet.
Shadowlord: NO!!!
Shadowlord loses all his powers over the combined magics of the gods and becomes a regular cosmologist again.
Then the Shadowlord, exhausted, crawls to the big statue of Lhimera.
Shadowlord: I tried, my love. I tried to avenge you. But I just couldn’t do it.
Eve: Dad?
Shadowlord: Kessnid, Rychait, Stachity, please forgive me.
Mhenlo: Weren’t those the officers who died when the guildhall was attacked?
Shadowlord: Nekom, Yukinna, Tuonetar. You were wrong, I am unworthy.
Sariel: No, my lord. No, you’re not unworthy.
Shadowlord: Loviatar, Verbti, Sariel. Because of my failure all of you now have died in vain.
Sariel: My lord, I’m not dead.

Suddenly, some Aq’dailan griffin riders come up from the sides of the tower.
Griffin rider: He’s weakened. Get him.
Griffin riders fly though the air towards the Shadowlord.
Heroes start fighting back.
Danika: Where in the realm of torment did these come from?
Griffin rider: Evil must be destroyed.
Cynn: Good idea, so die already.
Aq’dailan leader notices they’re not gone win.
Leader: Over there, grab that necro
Griffin rider grabs Eve
Eve: No! Let me go.
Leader: The grand inquisitor will have at least one.
Griffin riders leave.
Eve: Let me go, you freaks! Father, help me!
Shadowlord looks up.
Shadowlord: Eve? Where’s Eve?
Shadowlord sees Eve is being kidnapped.
Shadowlord: EVE!!!
Devona: Darn it. We lost her.
Shadowlord: Not if I can help it.
Shadowlord starts running down the tower. Heroes follow.

Shadowlord runs to the base of the tower where the shadow dragon lies.
Shadowlord: Hi there, shady.
Shadow dragon: Do you really have to call me that with our enemy’s nearby?
Shadowlord: They are not enemy’s. Well, not any more.
Shadow dragon: Aq’daila griffon riders?
Shadowlord: You saw them?
Shadow dragon: Yeah, they passed here. But in this weakened state, they would have killed me easily. Thus, I pretended I was dead.
Shadowlord: Can you fly?
Shadow dragon: Gone take some time before I regain enough power.
Shadowlord: Good, once you are ready you are to bring us to the Aq’dailan capitol. That’s where’s they’ll be bringing Eve for a public execution.
Sariel: If you are going after her, then I will join?
Shadowlord: That voice. (turns around) Sariel? You’re alive?
Sariel: Yes, haven’t you noticed. Just before Eve got kidnapped?
Shadowlord: I … I only recall that a group of people preventing me to accomplish my mission, and then there was a rage. A great rage. Don’t really remember much about what happened during that battle. But that no longer matters. What matters is that we need to save Eve.
Paltyn: So, you no longer want to avenge your fallen friends?
Shadowlord: Screw them, they don’t live any more. Eve however does.

Somewhere in Aq’daila.
Count zu helzer: I never thought you and I would fight together in a great battle like this.
Elder Rhea: Neither did I. Maybe we should, considering the progress we’re making.
Count zu helzer: I only wish putting our differences aside could be done without needing a common enemy like Aq’daila.
High priest: Those are not Aq’dailan soldiers. These are from Rivacea.
Emperor Kisu: Why would the Rivaceans fight for the Aq’dailans.
High priest: The Rivaceans are greedy. Their services can always be bought. The moment you offer a better price, they become your allies.
Count zu helzer: Wait, we are already so far in Aq’dailan lands, yet we’ve only seen Rivacean soldier?
Lionguard Sergio: Seems the Aq’dailans are saving their own forces until the final moment. I wonder why.

Rivacean hierophant: Inquisitor! What is the meaning of this?
Grand inquisitor: Meaning of what?
Rivacean: My soldiers are being slaughtered. What are your men doing?
Grand inquisitor: Making certain that al evil is going to be destroyed. Just like I’m doing now.
Grand inquisitor uses a cosmologist spell of light magic and kills the Rivacean hierophant.
Grand inquisitor: Soon I will take control over your lands, and I shall whipe away the dark taint of greed that holds sway over it.
Griffon riders approach. One of them promptly falls dead.
Eve crawls from below it’s corpse.
Eve: And the next one to touch me will have the same fate.
Grand inquisitor: Aha, an evil follower of GOTH. Been such a long time that I myself could give 1 of those what it deserved. I’m going to enjoy this.
Eve: My friends will come to save me.
Grand inquisitor: Oh really? Uberes.
Uberes: Yes sir?
Grand inquisitor: Go out and keep your eyes open for those friends of hers. Kill them when you find them.
Uberes: Yes sir.

Back at GOTH guildhall.
Shadow dragon raises stands up and raises his wings. /roar
Shadowlord: Seems shady is ready. Come on everybody, jump on.
Paltyn: Wait a minute. Where is Agreyna?
Agreyna: Over here.
Paltyn and Sariel: Agreyna?
Camera shows Agreyna’s feet. 1 shoe black, 1 shoe white.
Agreyna: I’ve decided again.
Camera shows Agreyna’s skirt, turned into a mix of black and white colours.
Agreyna: Back in Sulmir, I saw the light was capable of much good. While in Aq’daila it was capable of much evil.
Camera shows Agreyna’s gloves. 1 glove black, 1 glove white. Also shows her chestarmor, turned into a mix of black and white colours.
Agreyna: Back in Aq’daila, I saw the darkness was capable of good. While here, the darkness almost created great evil.
Camera shows Agreyna’s head. Her hair 1 side black, other side white.
Agreyna: Then I realised, light and darkness are only tools. It’s the one that wields them that can choose wether it is for good or evil.
Shows Agreyna’s head from behind. Revealing her braided tail being a mixture of white and black hairs.
Agreyna: And so, I will from now on use both the tools of light and darkness. And I shall wield them against any form of evil.
Shadowlord: A very noble sentiment. I hope you don’t lose yourself in your values like I once did.
Agreyna: Don’t worry, if I ever were to lean over to any 1 side too much, then I have my father to pull me back towards the light, and my mother to pull me back towards the darkness.
Shadowlord: Well then, let us depart. Eve will be needing us.

From now on, Agreyna uses both light and dark cosmologist spells.
Shadow dragon takes them to an outpost close to Aq’dailan capital.

kenneth darkblade · Apr 16, 2007, 09:17 PM // 21:17

ok, this is going to be my last post about the story. it's coming to a close. hope you like it

Mission 18
Intro movie
Emperor Kisu: Everything ready?
Count zu Helzer: The siege weapons have been deployed and our engineers have calculated the perfect angles of how to shoot in order to cause maximum damage enemies troops.
Elder Rhea: And my warriors have taken position around them to keep them from harm.
Emperor Kisu: Very well, then we can now start the bombardment of the Aq’dailan capital.
Lionguard Sergio: Once the bombardment stops, the lionguard, together with the sunspears, will rush forward and storm the gates.

Bombardments follow and dozens of Rivacean soldiers die.
Aq’dailan soldier: Sir, the Rivacean troops are as good as defeated. Hardly any one of them still stands.
Uberes: Perfect, send out the Aq’dailan elites. Tell them to clean up everything they see. Even the Rivacean leftovers.

Shadow dragon comes flying over the capital of Aq’daila. The capital is in somewhat of a ruins.
Shadow dragon: This is as far as I can bring you. To weaken myself too much in this hostile a place would be asking to be destroyed.
Shadowlord: We must move. Hurry.
Shadowlord starts running.
Devona: No, wait …
Some rocks shot from catapults come down causing buildings to collapse. Shadowlord got past, and keeps running. Heroes are trapped on the other side.
Devona: Darn it. We got to find another road.

Heroes travel along some ruins of the city and take on the Aq’dailan elite troops.
First boss they meet is a monk boss called Bolgreeph.
Bolgreeph: Some enemy’s? Oh well, my troops well kill you.

After a while they find the Elonian heroes (who are under attack) together with some sunspears and some lionguards.
Heroes run to their Elonian friends and help them. (like vizunah square mission in Cantha)
While they are helping their Elonian friends, they meet a cosmologist boss called Zeubelba.
Zeubelba: Haha, they left some for me. I’m gona enjoy you all as if you were desert.

After that, The heroes and their Elonian friends continue on in an attempt to aid the high priest.
When they meet up with the high priest, there comes a little movie.

Ingame movie
Sulmir soldier: It’s no good sir, they are coming from all sides.
High priest: Must this then really be the end?
Camera shows high priest and his followers, being stormed my some Aq’dailan elites.
High priest: At the ready. Show no fear. If this is where we die, then let us die with honour.
Just when the Aq’dailans were to reach them, the male being of darkness appears and uses a spell to call shadowy hands from out of the ground.
High priest: What the? A dark one?
Male: You are too important for this continent, high priest. You may not be allowed to die.
High priest: Why would a dark one like you help a light one like me?
Male: It’s the duality. Without you, the order can never be reborn. Then the duality of light and darkness can never be reinstituted, and this continent will never find balance again.
Then Tyrian, Canthan and Elonian heroes come in.
Agreyna: NO!
Male: I granted you the time you needed to make it here.
High priest: Agreyna?
Agreyna: But you’re affecting the mortal world. You will die now.
High priest: Die?
Camera shows Aq’dailan elite soldiers being eaten by the shadowy hands.
Male: Like I said, he is too important. More important then me. And if my death can save him, then I’ll just die.
High priest: He’s sacrificing himself?
More Aq’dailans come, and more hands come out to ensnare them too.
Male: You were our hope, Agreyna. In more than dozens of decennia, you are the first cosmologist who uses both light and dark spells. You are the only who can re-create the order. The only who can bring back balance to this continent and destroy the true face of evil. But you can not do it alone. Faith is a good quality, but everything must come in moderation. I just hope the high priest can prevent his faith to blind him to the truth. If not, he could become the next grand inquisitor.
Agreyna: But how can I possibly bring back the order without you or your partner of light to guide me?
High priest: A dark creature with a partner of light?
Male: Your father shall be your guide to the light, and your mother your guide to the darkness. They can teach you.
Male being begins to disappear.
Male: Never forget, extremism will only lead you away from your true path and alienate you from yourself. Stay moderate, and stay who you are.
Male being disappears completely.

Mission continues
Then comes an Aq’dailan ranger boss, Thiavelna.
Thiavelna: What’s this? He has friends? You think you’re the only one with friends! I have friends too, just you wait and see.
Thiavelna calls for a great number of Aq’dailan elite soldiers.
Heroes need to fight them off and stay alive for 5 minutes. (and keep the high priest alive)

After 5 minutes, out of nowhere, assassins of GOTH shadow step into the battle.
GOTH assassin: Death to the oppressors!.
GOTH assassin: Time for vengeance is now!
GOTH assassin: Show these Aq’dailans the same they showed us. Reprisal is at hand.
Then other GOTH warriors come running in. Several patrols run into the battleground, under the command of Yukinna.

In the meantime, an Aq’dailan mesmer boss, Duemossa, comes to join the party.
Duemossa: Our foes of the dark have come here? Just for me? And so many even. Oh, I’ll make sure I have a good time with them.
GOTH elementalist: Behold the power of ice.
GOTH elementalist: None can withstand the icewind. (icewind being an elite skill GOTH ele’s use)

After fighting
Ingame movie
Yukinna: Good to see you again heroes. And my regards to the high priest.
High priest: What’s happening here?
Yukinna: Some being of darkness showed itself to me, and said that today would be the end of Aq’daila’s tyranny. But it would only be so if GOTH and Sulmir worked together. If Sulmir is prepared to form peace with GOTH, then GOTH is willing to accept it.
High priest: How do I know I can trust a dark one like you?
Sariel: I know her, sir. She would never break her word.
High priest: Sariel?
Paltyn: And I trust Sariel.
Yukinna: Good to see you again, Sariel.
Sariel: Likewise, Yukinna.
High priest: But how …?
Paltyn: It’s a long story, sir. I promise to tell you everything, but right now we need your help to fight against the Aq’dailans.
High priest: Very well then. But you better give me a long explanation, then.

Then the entire group travels onwards through a densely packed area of Aq’dailan elites. Somewhere over there, they meet the Shadowlord.

Yukinna: My lord?
Shadowlord: Yukinna? What are you doing here?
Yukinna: I … I was told today would be the day Aq’daila falls. But I never thought that you …
Shadowlord: Doesn’t matter how or why. You got your spells equipped?
Yukinna: Always.
Shadowlord: Then use them, we need to free Eve and fast.
Yukinna: Understood.
Among Yukinna’s spells happen to be
1) Icewind: Elite. Causes a whirlwind for x seconds around target foe, slowing target foe and all adjacent foes for 50% and damaging foe and all adjacent foes for x damage/second. Water magic

2) Blizzard: Equivalent for fire storm, but then for water magic. Large pieces of snow come falling from the sky. All foes in the area of effect are slowed and receive x damage/ second. Received damage = lower then the damage received from fire storm. Water magic

3) Ice stone: Ele creates a block of ice above his head, then throws it to his foe. Foe is knocked down and receives x damage. Water magic
Other GOTH ele’s have these too, but Yukinna is of higher level (24) so hers are more powerful.

Troop of heroes + GOTH + Sulmir + Shadowlord reaches Uberes and 3 Aq’dailan bosses.
Shadowlord: We got to split up. You keep these guys busy, I’ll get around them and save Eve. Shadowlord then leaves the group and runs off, past Uberes.

Uberes doesn’t fight at the start, first he lets his bosses fight.
Paragon boss, cefuril
Cefuril: Do these weaklings really think they can stand against us? How dare they even think they are our equal.
Ele boss, Monma
Monma: I want them, I want them. Let me have them, I WANT THEM!
Warrior boss, Nasta.
Nasta: Kill them. Kill them all, I say. Kill. Kill! KILL!!! I WANT TO SEE THEIR BLOOD!!!

Heroes kill all 3 bosses.

Uberes: Do you really think you can make a difference? None of you will survive. All shall perish.

Uberes throws off his white cloak and reveals his true form. He has 8 white wings. 2 covering his face, 2 covering his feet, and 4 to fly with. Holds a Pike, which also carries the Aq’dailan flag.
Uberes: My lord, the grand inquisitor, has improved my body. Thanks to the power of Dwayna, I have become the most powerful being on this entire planet. And all who stand against her glory MUST perish.

Uberes is a level 30 monster who uses monster only skills, like Shiro and Abaddon.

After a long hard battle, Uberes finally dies.

Outro movie.
Eve is held on the stake. (Like jean d’arc when she was killed)
Grand inquisitor: Soon, the evil that you represent will be destroyed. And this world shall be 1 step closer to purity.
Grand inquisitor uses a spell and puts the wood of the stake on fire.
Suddenly the fire becomes dark and the Shadowlord shadowsteps out of the flames, giving fire damage to all foes nearby. He turns to an Aq’dailan soldier, and uses his shadowy dragon sword to kill him. Then he runs to another and kills him too.
Grand inquisitor: Destroy him!
3 paragons come in and start throwing spears. The Shadowlord runs to the paragons (ignoring the spears that hit his body) and kills the paragons.
Grand inquisitor: I want him dead. NOW!
Then some air ele’s come. The Shadowlord quickly uses the spell “shadow armour” which encases him and protects him.
While he runs to the ele’s, he is being attacked by them, but they can’t harm him. Eventually, he kills the ele’s too.
Then a blast of light smacks the Shadowlord to the ground.
Grand inquisitor: You are dark. The only thing you can ever do I bring death and destruction. Only if you and your darkness are destroyed can true peace prevail.
Shadowlord: You blind fool. You were the one who started all the killing. Even now you continue your killing spree. Thinking that putting a sword into somebody’s chest is going to create life.
Grand inquisitor: You are dark. It is in the nature of darkness to lie, to cheat and deceive. I shall not listen to you. I am light, I am the opposite of you, so I speak truth.
Grand inquisitor pulls out a holy dragon sword and slashes with it at the Shadowlord.
Shadowlord blocks it with his shadowy dragon sword.
Shadowlord: So you really think you are the source of all light. Very well then. Suppose you are the source of light, then you shine upon the world. But the world is and object, and whenever there is an object to block the light, you will find a shadow behind the object. That is me.
Grand inquisitor: So you admit that you need my light in order to survive.
Grand inquisitor kicks Shadowlord and knocks him down.
Shadowlord: But as long as the object is still there, you will never be able do kill me. The only way for you to destroy the darkness is if you destroy the object that blocks your light. Thus, you have to destroy the planet. The very planet you live upon.
Grand inquisitor: I don’t care what I have to destroy. As long as the light prevails, good will triumph!
Grand inquisitor casts “divine light” elite skill. A ray of light comes down from the sky and puts the Shadowlord in flames.
The Shadowlord runs away, (with use of another dark cosmologist skill to increase speed) and runs out of range of the inquisitors skill. No longer target of burning, even tho the inquisitors skill follows him.
When the inquisitors skill stops, the Shadowlord attacks again, swinging his shadowy dragon sword. Inquisitor blocks him.
Shadowlord: There is another way to end this.
Grand inquisitor: I shall never agree on anything you have to say.
Shadowlord: You don’t need to agree. You see, the aspects of darkness you summed up. They are of evil, not of darkness.
Grand inquisitor: Lies, I know the darkness better then anyone else.
Shadowlord: Then you should know 1 of the true aspects of darkness is … to consume.
Shadowlord casts a skill in the form of a black orb around both himself and the grand inquisitor.
Grand inquisitor: /laugh. You can’t kill me. Like you said before, darkness needs the light to survive.
Shadowlord: Who says I intend to survive.
Grand inquisitor: What?
Shadowlord: Your life means death to everyone. If you don’t kill their lives, then it will be their personalities. You would create a world with living creatures of flesh and blood but with dead brains. You can not be allowed to do that, so you must die. And if your death means that I must die as well, then that shall only be a small price to pay.
Grand inquisitor: You can’t do this.

Heroes who have fought Uberes arrive and see what’s happening. Orb around Shadowlord and grand inquisitor is growing darker.

Shadowlord: It’s rather simple, actually. I allow the darkness inside me to take full control over me. It shall consume you and me both. We 2 shall die, and the rest of the world shall survive. Like I said. Only a small price to pay.

Heroes set Eve free of the stake. Orb around Shadowlord and grand inquisitor is growing very dark.

Grand inquisitor: You don’t have to do this. You can still serve the light. Then you can be my most trusted servant. My right hand man.
Shadowlord: You still don’t get it, do you. You power-obsessed seed of evil that calls itself a man.
Orb around Shadowlord and grand inquisitor grows completely black. Then the orb shrinks and takes the form of the Shadowlord, floating in the air, with the same wings as Uberes. Instead, this time, his wings are black and not white.

Shadowlords thoughts: What’s this? And abnormality. My body should have been consumed, not taken over by pure darkness. Unless, ah yes, the light represented by the grand inquisitor. It held a certain power. That power was consumed, and now it feeds my darkness. It makes me feel, like I once felt before. When I held the bloodstone amulet. It’s the power. I can already feel myself going down that same road again. This power is different, feels different, but still follows the very same road.
Eve: Dad!
Shadowlords thoughts: Ah, Eve. The reason why I came here. Not this power, but my daughter. Power like this would only make me blind to what is really important in my life. Once again, I would lose myself in it. Then I will truly have been consumed, and I would be no better then the grand inquisitor.
Eve: Dad, please. Don’t leave me.
Shadowlords thoughts: Power like this would allow me to change the world as I see fit. But this world, it is not of me alone. And my way, is not the only way.

Shadowlords dark wings explode and fall in pieces on the grounds. His body stops glowing black energy, and he falls to the ground.

Eve runs to her father and grabs him at his shoulders.
Eve: Dad! Are you oke?
Shadowlord: Eve, please listen.
Eve: No! don’t you dare tell me you’re gone die. I won’t let you. Mhenlo! Where are you?
Shadowlord: Who said I was gone die?
Eve: Huh?
Shadowlord: I ain’t dieing.
Eve: But … I thought …
Shadowlord: I was gone say, sorry. For having lost myself. In my emotions, my desires. I could no longer think with a clear mind. But you were the one who pulled me back out of it.
Eve: oh dad. /hug

Cynn: Mhenlo, get over it will you.
Mhenlo: /sniff. Ow come on Cynn /sob, you know I have a soft spot for these things.