Carandor
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Deren/Stormfallen
«Scene: A burning village. The ground is littered with the corpses of Demon and Pria Knights. You can skip the cutscene at anytime.»
Queen Tyranna: It's as I suspected. Rennd was trying to use this village on the edge of our territory to sneak its troops into our borders.
Queen Tyranna: I didn't expect them to rout my forces, though. Perhaps Tathlin's built his army more than I realized.
Cerin: That's certainly a possibility. Or perhaps he had help.
Queen Tyranna: From whom? There are no bodies in the battlefield besides those of Rennd and Stormfallen.
Queen Tyranna: ...come to think of it, there's no trace of the refugees who lived here, either. Where did they go?
Queen Tyranna: Did Tathlin take them hostage under the guise that he's 'protecting' them from us?
Cerin: What makes you think he doesn't actually believe he's saving them?
Queen Tyranna: Because when the refugees make the mistake of admitting that we supply all of their food and supplies, he'll have them labeled as demon sympathizers and imprisoned.
Queen Tyranna: This is the sort of man who will find any excuse he can make to justify his cause as righteous.
Queen Tyranna: The sort of man that, up until recently, your forces have been supporting and providing with aid...
Cerin: But we aren't now.
Queen Tyranna: I am not a fool, human. My kingdom has not stood for so many years because I was foolish enough to place all of my trust in a leader from a human kingdom.
Queen Tyranna: We are partners for the time being, until the arrest and trial of Tathlin and Herous. But I will not trust you or Deren until I have proof that you truly intend to follow through on that promise.
«You enter»
«You»: Reporting for duty!
Cerin: It's good to see you, «You».
Cerin: Hrm, you're right, though. Something about this situation feels wrong.
Queen Tyranna: Besides the lack of civilian casualties in a refugee village, you mean? You have an annoying habit for stating the obvious, Cerin.
Cerin: I'm not talking about just that. Not only are the villagers missing, but Rennd's troops as well.
Cerin: If Rennd was planning to use this city as a hiding place for their forces to sneak into your lands, then where are those troops?
Cerin: You said it yourself. Only a single scout managed to make it back to Stormfallen. So where did his forces go?
Queen Tyranna: ...he must have retreated to somewhere out of sight, so he could wait to ambush us when we arrived.
Queen Tyranna: He's used that strategy on us before. And it didn't work then, either.
Queen Tyranna: Prepare the legions for battle! Our enemy will be approaching shortly.
War!
Clash in the West
The war in the West has begun again! Rennd was attempting to sneak troops into Stormfallen's territory, using a nearby village as cover. The village was destroyed in the crossfire, and now Rennd is trying to use this incident to force the advantage. Drive them back!
Fight!
Return to Town
Labal: The human kingdoms of Rennd and Granemor have caused such destruction here. See to it that they pay for their crimes!
Labal: If you need to be healed I can help you.
Heal me please
Let me handle this!
Labal: You've been healed. You may feel a slight burning sensation, but that'll fade. Get back to the battlefield!
Thank you!
Clickies
Potion Bag - Refills potions if you have less than 4 on hand. (Guardian Only)
Cerin, leader of the Frogzard Knights of Deren!
Queen Tyranna, leader of the Demon Knights of Stormfallen!
To Battle!
2 BATTLES
«If you are a Frogzard Knight»
Nel: I can heal you now if you need help!
Heal Me
Battle On!
Nel: That should be sufficient. Please end this fight swiftly.
Thanks Nel!
«If you are a Demon Knight»
Labal: I can heal you now if you need help!
Heal Me
Battle On!
Labal: You're at full strength! Fight well!
Thanks Labal!
2 BATTLES
Full Heal
«After 100% of Deren/Stormfallen forces were defeated...»
Deren
«Cerin meets with Tyranna. A Demon Knight waits nearby.»
Cerin: Queen Tyranna, I'm here as you requested. What did you want to know?
Queen Tyranna: I want to hear the full truth from you, Cerin.
Cerin: I'm... not certain I understand the question.
Queen Tyranna: I may not be as good at gathering intelligence as you, Cerin, but I am no fool. You've been spying on us. I want to know why.
Cerin: ...I see. Well, as it happens, I was researching into the Flame of Truth. An 'unbiased' source of history, I believe you called it?
Queen Tyranna: Correct.
Cerin: Not correct. I have conclusive data to suggest that the Flame was your creation. If that is true, you could easily have manipulated its records of history.
Queen Tyranna: Is that all you're accusing me of, Cerin?
Cerin: I'm not accusing you of anything. I merely wish access to the Flame again to verify my data.
Queen Tyranna: Not a chance, human. You want access to the Flame for quite another reason. I may not know what quite yet, but I will figure it out.
Cerin: I had hoped it wouldn't come to this, but very well. On my authority as Deren's Head Knight.....
Queen Tyranna: You are not arresting anyone, Cerin of Deren. On the contrary, I'll be taking you into MY custody. At least until you tell me what it is you're really after.
«The Demon Knight approaches Cerin and the scene fades out. You meet with another Frogzard Knight.»
«You»: The demons have turned on us! Where is Cerin?
Deren Knight: He was called to meet with the Demon Queen earlier, but he hasn't returned...
«You»: If that's true, the it's rather likely that Cerin's been captured.
Deren Knight: Oh no! What will we do?
«You»: Keep calm and think things through, as Cerin would expect us to do.
Deren Knight: Y-yes. Of course.
«You»: The real question is, why are Stormfallen's troops turning on us now? Was this always part of Tyranna's plan?
«You»: Why not wait until we've pushed back Rennd and Granemor? This seems like a bad time to start turning on allies, when there are plenty of enemies still out there.
«You»: I'm not sure what's going on here, but it's hard to deny the evidence. It seems the demons are not as innocent as they wanted us to believe.
«You»: I'll assume command for now. Go inform the rest of the troops to treat the Demon Knights as hostiles as well. We will fight them back and retrieve Cerin!
Deren Knight: Sir!
War!
Clash in the West
The battle lines have broken down! Queen Tyranna has engaged in deception, and when it was revealed, she captured Cerin! We need to win this war to free him from confinement!
Fight!
Change Allegiance!
Cutscene
Return to Town
The war camp is now occupied by Nel and Generic Frogzard Knight; the former can be clicked on, but doing so does not currently bring up the heal dialogue due to a glitch.
Clickies
Potion Bag - Refills potions if you have less than 4 on hand. (Guardian Only)
To Battle!
2 BATTLES
Nel: I can heal you now if you need help!
Heal Me
Battle On!
Nel: That should be sufficient. Please end this fight swiftly.
Thanks Nel!
2 BATTLES
Full Heal
Stormfallen
«A Demon Knight meets witth Tyranna.»
Queen Tyranna: I see... so Cerin has finally decided to try and make his move.
Demon Knight: It seems so, my Queen.
Queen Tyranna: Very well. Go retrieve him.
«The Demon Knight leaves the scene, and you enter the scene.»
«You»: My Queen, I am here as ordered.
Queen Tyranna: Excellent. I want you to be prepared for battle. Cerin will be coming here shortly, and he means to arrest me.
«You»: What?! Why?
Queen Tyranna: When Deren first joined the war, it was always under suspicious circumstances. Deren's troops are rarely seen in battle, primarily acting as intelligence gatherers.
Queen Tyranna: It didn't seem to make much sense for them to invest their troops into a war so far from their home, which meant that they were undoubtedly here for a reason.
Queen Tyranna: Which is why, when Cerin offered to aid us, I restricted his access significantly to our home, so he couldn't spy on us more easily.
Queen Tyranna: But Cerin is a clever man, and a dangerous one. His order gathers intel like no other. And he will undoubtedly manipulate that intel to frame us for some absurd crime.
Queen Tyranna: If he were to succeed in framing me, he could use the excuse to seize records... or anything else he may have wanted.
«You»: I understand. Fear not, my Queen, he will not be permitted to do so.
«Cerin enters the scene.»
Cerin: Queen Tyranna, I'm here as you requested. What did you want to know?
Queen Tyranna: I want to hear the full truth from you, Cerin.
Cerin: I'm... not certain I understand the question.
Queen Tyranna: I may not be as good at gathering intelligence as you, Cerin, but I am no fool. You've been spying on us. I want to know why.
Cerin: ...I see. Well, as it happens, I was researching into the Flame of Truth. An 'unbiased' source of history, I believe you called it?
Queen Tyranna: Correct.
Cerin: Not correct. I have conclusive data to suggest that the Flame was your creation. If that is true, you could easily have manipulated its records of history.
Queen Tyranna: Is that all you're accusing me of, Cerin?
Cerin: I'm not accusing you of anything. I merely wish access to the Flame again to verify my data.
Queen Tyranna: Not a chance, human. You want access to the Flame for quite another reason. I may not know what quite yet, but I will figure it out.
Cerin: I had hoped it wouldn't come to this, but very well. On my authority as Deren's Head Knight.....
Queen Tyranna: You are not arresting anyone, Cerin of Deren. On the contrary, I'll be taking you into MY custody. At least until you tell me what it is you're really after.
1 BATTLE: Cerin
Full Heal
Queen Tyranna: He's gone! That snake. Serves me right for trusting the humans...
«You»: We will find him and make him pay, my Queen.
Queen Tyranna: For the time being, focus on crushing his army in battle. We can worry about him later.
«The scene fades to black...»
War!
Clash in the West
The battle lines have broken down! Cerin tried to betray us, and now he's gone missing... and Deren's forces blame us! Fight the humans off and crush them all!
Fight!
Change Allegiance!
Cutscene
Return to Town
Labal: I knew we should never have trusted those humans! Let's just push them all off of our land already!
Labal: If you need to be healed I can help you.
Heal me please
Let me handle this!
Labal: You've been healed. You may feel a slight burning sensation, but that'll fade. Get back to the battlefield!
Thank you!
Clickies
Potion Bag - Refills potions if you have less than 4 on hand. (Guardian Only)
To Battle!
2 BATTLES
Labal: I can heal you now if you need help!
Heal Me
Battle On!
Labal: You're at full strength! Fight well!
Thanks Labal!
2 BATTLES
Full Heal
«After Deren's war meter reached 100%...»
Deren
«Scene: Tyranna, Tathlin and General Herous stand in the burning village»
Queen Tyranna: You two are hundreds of years too young to be a match for me, and you both know it.
Tathlin: That doesn't matter. When Rennd wins this battle, it'll all be over at last.
General Herous: I can't let you do that, Tathlin. We need this war to continue.
Queen Tyranna: Ah yes, you need more corpses to fuel your undead armies. But I wonder if the necromancers will have any use for either of yours when I'm finished with you.
Tathlin: You're hardly one to talk. You started this fight in the first place!
Queen Tyranna: This village is in our territory! You invaded it, we defended it.
General Herous: The real question is, where's that snake, Cerin? I saw your forces battling each other, too. Did you have a little lovers' quarrel?
Queen Tyranna: Enough. Draw your weapons, so I can give you the 'honorable' matyrdom that you long for. Then I'll crush your kingdoms beneath my feet.
«Tyranna fights Tathlin and Herous, easily beating them both. You enter the scene»
«You»: Deren is victorious! Now, Queen Tyranna, you will release Cerin to me. Then all three of you are coming with me.
Queen Tyranna: I've just crushed two of the best knights in Lore. Deren's 'knights' will pose no threat to me.
«You»: We'll just see about that.
Tathlin: The Demon Queen will die by my blade, «You». Don't get in my way!
General Herous: I'll tell you what I told Tathlin: I won't let you end the war here, «You».
«You»: I guess we'll have to do this the hard way!
1 BATTLE: Tathlin
Full Heal
1 BATTLE: General Herous
Full Heal
1 BATTLE: Tyranna
Full Heal
Queen Tyranna: Enough of this foolishness. I'm leaving to reorganize my troops.
General Herous: My lady will not be pleased when she hears of this.
Tathlin: I may be beaten, but we will be back to cleanse this land soon enough.
«Scene fades to black.»
«Scene: Cerin and the player stand outside Deren.»
«You»: Thank goodness you're alright, Cerin! Everyone's been worried sick.
Cerin: I'm fine. I managed to free myself from the clutches of the demons, but I felt it was necessary to keep myself hidden.
Cerin: So I let the battle play out, and while it was going on, I did some intelligence gathering.
«You»: You trusted me that much?
Cerin: Indeed, I had faith in your abilities. Besides, winning this battle wasn't critical to our next move, anyways.
Cerin: The demons will fight until the walls of Stormfallen collapse around them, and I suspect Rennd would, as well. This skirmish wasn't going to end the war.
«You»: I see. Well, did you discover anything of importance?
Cerin: Indeed I have. It seems my earlier suppositions were correct: the Flame of Truth is an article under Tyranna's own control.
Cerin: We cannot rely on it for an accurate representation of history.
«You»: How did you manage to prove that?
Cerin: I snuck into Stormfallen, naturally.
«You»: By yourself? That's reckless, Cerin! What if they'd caught you for real?
Cerin: It's nothing I couldn't handle. Her fortress was relatively poorly defended, with barely any troops present.
Cerin: Unfortunately, the Flame was not cooperative, so I had to use some alternative methods to get my information.
Cerin: At any rate, I have another concern to bring up with you, «You».
«You»: What's that?
Cerin: The entire conflict in that village exists under bizarre circumstances.
Cerin: Both Stormfallen and Rennd lay claim to the territory for some reason. Yes, it's on the edge of Stormfallen's lands, but there is no question that it's theirs.
Cerin: They built the village and have supplied its refugees for some time, so far as I can tell. So Rennd's forces had no reason to be here.
Cerin: But there is no strategic value in that village, either, so rennd has no reason to station troops there. And then there's Granemor to consider.
Cerin: What exactly were Granemor's forces thinking, sending their undead into the battle, knowing full well that Rennd was bound to notice?
Cerin: Even the Queen, who was formely quite cooperative with us, seemed out of sorts and quick to accuse me of trying to arrest her.
«You»: You think that something, perhaps an outside force, has provoked them all into a more aggressive stance?
Cerin: Perhaps. But none of this is necessarily outside of their individual characters, either.
Cerin: For now, without any evidence to suggest that other forces are at work, we must presume that they are all acting of their own accord.
Cerin: We'll have to arrest all of them, and once we've got them under control, we can sort out what's going on.
«Scene fades to black.»
Stormfallen
«Scene: Tyranna, Tathlin and General Herous stand in the burning village»
Queen Tyranna: You two are hundreds of years too young to be a match for me, and you both know it.
Tathlin: That doesn't matter. When Rennd wins this battle, it'll all be over at last.
General Herous: I can't let you do that, Tathlin. We need this war to continue.
Queen Tyranna: Ah yes, you need more corpses to fuel your undead armies. But I wonder if the necromancers will have any use for either of yours when I'm finished with you.
Tathlin: You're hardly one to talk. You started this fight in the first place!
Queen Tyranna: This village is in our territory! You invaded it, we defended it.
General Herous: The real question is, where's that snake, Cerin? I saw your forces battling each other, too. Did you have a little lovers' quarrel?
Queen Tyranna: Enough. Draw your weapons, so I can give you the 'honorable' matyrdom that you long for. Then I'll crush your kingdoms beneath my feet.
«Tyranna fights Tathlin and Herous, easily beating them both. You enter the scene»
«You»: Retreat! Deren's knights have outflanked us!
Queen Tyranna: I've just crushed two of the best knights in Lore. Deren's 'knights' will pose no threat to me.
«You»: And besides, I won't allow either of you to lay another hand on my Queen!
Tathlin: Spoken like a true traitor to your kind!
Queen Tyranna: Hardly, You lack the strength to face me at this point.
General Herous: Your queen may be difficult, but you'll be no challenge at all!
1 BATTLE: Tathlin
Full Heal
1 BATTLE: General Herous
Full Heal
General Herous: My lady will not be pleased when she hears of this.
Tathlin: I may be beaten, but we will be back to cleanse this land soon enough.
«Scene fades to black.»
«Scene: Tyranna and the player stand outside Stormfallen.»
«You»: The human kingdoms have refused to surrender, it seems.
Queen Tyranna: Naturally. Humans are a stubborn lot. Win or lose, they keep fighting anyways.
Queen Tyranna: It's safe to presume that Rennd and Granemor, despite their alliance's dissolution, will continue to resist us together.
Queen Tyranna: Which is fine by me. I have no interest in the lands to the East.
«You»: Why is that, my Queen?
Queen Tyranna: There is no need to go there any longer. The Paladins are gone, and the only ancient enemy of ours that remain all rest in Rennd's walls.
Queen Tyranna: When Rennd falls, the demons will rule the West unopposed.
Queen Tyranna: But this isn't the time for looking ahead.
«You»: What troubles you, my Queen?
Queen Tyranna: It's Cerin. After he vanished, I expected him to return to Stormfallen to seek out the Flame of Truth.
Queen Tyranna: Which is why I had already stationed a legion of our troops to defend it.
«You»: Wise planning, my Queen.
Queen Tyranna: But apparently not though. Our scouts have reported that the entire division was slaughtered to the last man.
«You»: Impossible! Cerin may be a head knight, but....
Queen Tyranna: Agreed. Cerin is a communicant, and an able fighter, but he cannot work miracles. Which means....
«You»: You believe he had help. Some of his own men?
Queen Tyranna: If that were the case. then there would be casualties from his attacking force as well. There wasn't a single Deren knight's body in there.
«You»: Perhaps he carried the dead away with him?
Queen Tyranna: Plausible, but unlikely. We couldn't find any traces of any human blood, either. Not so much as a shred of evidence that they were here.
Queen Tyranna: And the Flame of Truth reported only meeting with Cerin. It told him nothing, of course.
«You»: Then it seems unlikely that he brought company. For his force to invade Stormfallen without so much as a single injury is unheard.
Queen Tyranna: Which means that we may have more than just humans to worry about, now.
«You»: But....what else could it be?
«Scene fades to black.»
Whichever Kingdom you fought for, the Clash in the West shop opens after the final cutscene.
Clash in the West
Weapons:
Bow of Rennd [L. 10, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110, 130 | 150 G]
Bow of Granemor [L. 10, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110, 130 | 150 G]
Bow of Deren [L. 10, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110, 130 | 150 G]
Bow of Stormfallen [L. 10, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110, 130 | 150 G]
Misc:
Gauntlet of the Western Horizon [L. 10, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110, 130 | 150 G]
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Write up in part thanks to Razen, The Jop, Rhowena and Whackybeanz. Monster list thanks to In Media Res.
Monster List
When fighting for Rennd+Granemor at the beginning, you fight Deren and Stormfallen monsters (and vice-versa). When fighting for a single kingdom at the middle, you fight monsters from the other three kingdoms.
Rennd monsters:
Pria Knight (10/30/50/70/90/110/130/150)
Black Knight (11/45/60/75/90/105/120/135/150)
Fire Knight (11/45/60/75/90/105/120/135/151)
Green Knight (0/20/40/60/80/100/120/140/160)
Granemor monsters:
'Emoran Knight (10/30/50/70/90/110/130/150)
Undead Archer (5/25/45/65/85/105/125/135/145)
Undead Mage (5/25/45/65/85/105/125/135/145)
Undead SpelSword (5/25/45/65/85/105/125/135/145)
Deren monsters:
Frogzard Knight (10/30/50/70/90/110/130/150)
Drakel Enforcer (7/27/47/67/87/107/127/147)
Drakel Water Mage (4/14/34/54/74/94/114/134/144)
Fire Drakel Wizard (10/30/50/70/90/110/130/150)
Stormfallen monsters:
Demon Knight (10/30/50/70/90/110/130/150)
Dark Djinni (11/45/60/75/90/105/120/135/150)
[normal] Djinni (11/45/60/75/90/105/120/135/150)
Hellhound (11/35/45/60/75/90/105/120/135/150)
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