Beyond the Eternal Morning

[KameRamen]

Greetings, I am KameRamen. This is the general development thread for the campaign "Beyond the Eternal Morning" that is currently in creation. It was coded for version 1.18 of the game.

In another universe where humans thrive. Earerion, young officer of the Empire of Aigalas, encounters an onslaught of orcs with newfound powers. Their battle soon develops into warfare that engulfs the entire world...

(Unfinished, 4 scenarios completed.)

This campaign will run on different world lines than the regular Wesnoth.
It is planned to create 10 scenarios for each of the two episodes. This campaign is still in the process of being created and may undergo significant changes in the future.

Since it is still in the beta stage, I wasn't sure whether or not to release it to the public, but I wanted everyone to be able to play with it as soon as possible, so I released it As noted above, this campaign does not conform to the official Wesnoth history. It feels like parallel worlds. As for the genre, it is created with epochal fantasy in mind.

After you play with it, please give me your feedback.
I am mainly looking forward to hearing about the story line and the map, but any feedback is welcome. I hope you will enjoy it

[Roge_Tebnelok]

The plot seems to be slightly too simple, but the story isn't finished yet.

In the first scenario the AI could be more agressive and care less about villages far from the frontline;

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the lighthouse could be closer to the bridge, unless it's useless

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Earerion should be a Lieuntenant or even a Sergeant with red color

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why are fire elementals helping orcs raise undead, the ghosts (without ghost recruits) or necromancers (maybe orcish shamans, with animations when undead is recruited) would be more fitting, wouldn't they?

In the second, everyone should have more different lines,

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especially Mal Iselas,

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Earerion shouldn't be stated as an undead, including black color, dark aura, arcane damage and effests

Also, there could be more allies and enemies to fight off, and the map could be more cave-like, with bits of void;

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Ghosts would be more fitting than everyoune else.

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Mal Iselas could himself be a Ghost, who will serve as a hero unit without Mal in the name until the end of scenario, and other ghosts can be split in three or four groups, one being curious benevolent who would serve as AI allies with direction to protect the only living human in the Land of Dead, the other being agressive for different reasons, the third being curios, but unwilling to suffer for the human, the possible forth being indifferent. Reshan should be called a Gatekeeper than Administrator, and fight with him would be more climactic without arcane damage from Earerion.

In the third, allies could have (more) villages from start;

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the first contact with the elves from either side should reveal the whole map.

In the forth,

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the Knight and gold should be switched leaders who drop them after their defeat.

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Earerion could be more surprised and Calonie should be more attentive.

Tested on Normal difficulty.

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Waiting for the continuation !

[KameRamen]

The plot seems to be slightly too simple, but the story isn't finished yet.

In the first scenario the AI could be more agressive and care less about villages far from the frontline;

Spoiler:

the lighthouse could be closer to the bridge, unless it's useless

Spoiler:

Earerion should be a Lieuntenant or even a Sergeant with red color

Spoiler:

why are fire elementals helping orcs raise undead, the ghosts (without ghost recruits) or necromancers (maybe orcish shamans, with animations when undead is recruited) would be more fitting, wouldn't they?

In the second, everyone should have more different lines,

Spoiler:

especially Mal Iselas,

Spoiler:

Earerion shouldn't be stated as an undead, including black color, dark aura, arcane damage and effests

Also, there could be more allies and enemies to fight off, and the map could be more cave-like, with bits of void;

Spoiler:

Ghosts would be more fitting than everyoune else.

Spoiler:

Mal Iselas could himself be a Ghost, who will serve as a hero unit without Mal in the name until the end of scenario, and other ghosts can be split in three or four groups, one being curious benevolent who would serve as AI allies with direction to protect the only living human in the Land of Dead, the other being agressive for different reasons, the third being curios, but unwilling to suffer for the human, the possible forth being indifferent. Reshan should be called a Gatekeeper than Administrator, and fight with him would be more climactic without arcane damage from Earerion.

In the third, allies could have (more) villages from start;

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the first contact with the elves from either side should reveal the whole map.

In the forth,

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the Knight and gold should be switched leaders who drop them after their defeat.

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Earerion could be more surprised and Calonie should be more attentive.

Tested on Normal difficulty.

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Waiting for the continuation !

Thanks for the detailed feedback and replays I am in the process of making many improvements based on your input. Perhaps it will be updated in a few more days, just wait and see.

[KameRamen]

Version 0.0.4 Beta

New version is now available! While tentative, it is also certainly fairly major update. All units in the campaign were original units. Various other improvements have been made especially in S2, where events and AI have been revamped

Please update and enjoy.
Backward compatibility is maintained, but please let me know if you find any problems. Please keep the feedback coming

[Roge_Tebnelok]

I've got some ideas that could improve the story.
For the first scenario:

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First, the intro. Instead of "During that time, there were several wars. Rebellions, invasions, wars of independence, and civil wars. They have ravaged many people, but each time we have risen to the occasion and won peace and order." I suggest something like "Countless wars ravaged our lands and took the lives of many people, but every time we rose up and achieved peace and order.". "Humans, Elves, and Dwarves have formed an alliance. They are free to travel to and from each other's nations, and they shelter each other at all times. However, the Orcs and some other races did not have good attitudes toward us and were hostile. They did not understand the meaning of peace, remained rough and acted on instinct." could be like "Now humans, elves and dwarves prosper, united in an alliance in which everyone can travel freely through each other's lands, and each helps each other. However, the orcs and other races who believed migth makes right did not understand the meaning of peace and raided our lands, causing destruction and death." I suggest increasing the period of time since defeat of orcish great chief from 50 to at least 100 years, so instead of "We have always had trouble dealing with people like them. It was about 50 years ago that our heroes defeated their great chieftain, the King of the Orcs. It was a shocking event for them. They were now exhausted and had abandoned all their frequent acts of aggression against us. We succeeded in containing our enemies and henceforth our daily lives became more orderly." it could be like "100 years ago, our heroes defeated their greatest chieftain, inflicting a defeat on our enemies from which they could not recover, and forcing them to abandon any acts of aggression against us for good. A long time of peace and prosperity followed.". "But we were not to be complacent; the Emperor of Aigalas was a wise man." might be just like "But we did not lose our vigilance.". And finally, "The fortress here at Gharatiel is a relatively new outpost, built in about 10 year of Meonnyn II's reign. I was assigned to this place last summer for border defense duty. Order had been maintained throughout and there had been no notable incidents. Only minor hassles like fighting off robbers and bandits occurred. But soon in the fall, my long nightmare would begin. No one had expected it, and no one was counting on it." could be shortened to something like "The outpost of Gharatiel is a realtively new one, built in about 10 year of Meonnyn II's reign. I was assigned to this place last summer for border defense duty. Order had been maintained throughout and there had been no notable incidents aside from occasional bandit raids. But soon in the fall my long nightmare began.". All these changes are small, but they could improve your writing. Now about the scenario itself. What if news of the attack came not from a random soldier, but from peasants fleeing the orcs? You could add a third side consisting of these villagers, who would run from their homes under the protection of Gharatiel's walls and whom Earerion and his men would have to protect. The fortress itself could be close to the river, perhaps in or near the delta, the walls could extend along the water at least on the west side, and where there are none, there could be forests and swamps that are difficult to cross, so that it would more difficult to get around them from the side by fording and swimming, at least in this place, and also there could be a place inside for peasants to hide during an attack. The bridge should be made of stone or at least well maintained, but not rotten or crumbling. I suggest increasing the distance between the fortress and the orc camp by moving them closer to the corners of the map, removing pits and lighted parts, which don't make any sense ouside of a cave, replacing mountains with hills and moving them further from the water, moving villages from corners to the center of the valley between Gharatiel and orcs, with a few behind the fortress. The lighthouse could be inside the fortress to light up the bridge and tiles aroud it. There could be even a script that turns is off when it is captured, with some lines from both sides. I'm not sure if it is possible to increase it's area of light, but it would be great. The income and maybe even healing could be turned off, to emphasise it's emptiness. Instead of recruiting, Earerion could have a set number of soldiers on the walls and in the keep, which can vary depending on the difficulty level, mostly bowmen, some spearmen and a few cavalrymen. He himself is still level 3, and now he can even upgrade to level 4, which is even more powerful because he is using old unit type, which is more powerful than current general or marshal. I suggest, as I did before, making him level 2 lieutenant or even level 1 sergeant, which also can vary depending on the difficulty level. The orcs could also start with set number of units, including and mostly consisting of wolf riders and without a camp, but each turn more and more enemy units with higher and higher levels would arrive, the rate also depending on the difficulty level. Whenever they enter the village, they would set it ablaze so it would light up tiles around it, and maybe damage everyone who starts their turn there, for a few turns before burning to ashes. To ensure they won't give income, heal, or have flags they could be placed as the decorative objects on the map, not as regular villages. The first objective would be to defeat enemy leader as usual, but after a few turns, orcs would use the help from thier shamans, necromancer or ghost allies, to raise their dead warriors, and maybe even Earerion's dead soldiers, and from this point if anyone dies, he would rise again as enemy of humans, while orcs would be getting reinforcements as usual. For the resurrection to work, I suggest placing a corresponding corpse image whenever someone die, and when the time is up, they would rise again as undead versions of themselves, with differences being their vulnerability to arcane damage, which won't help on in this scenario, slightly decreased movement health, speed and damage, zombie sounds on being hit and killed, and second death without resurrection. This would change the plans. It would be either Earerion's decision to send the messanger to the Emperor but to stay behind to buy some time for the peasants to escape south-west, acting as a hero and keeping his soldiers from fleeing, with objective to resist as long as possible, or be that messanger himself and be accused for being coward and trying to flee with his life, abandoning his men and the villagers, similar to reaction on his current plan of temporary retreat, which would be great if they didn't have to protect those who can't do it themselves, with losing control over his men and maybe even some turning hostile and hindering his movement and objective to flee. Speaking of the peasants, they should be color-coded as Earerion's side, and could be split in two sides, the one fleeing from the start, and the other trying to protect their homes and dying for them. And some lines. I don't know what you meant in "Ah, you have appeared <i>before</i> us again. The operation is going well... But isn't the power you've given us a bit unwieldy?", spirits appeared again or they appeared again before orcs? This should be more clear. Also, I suggest cutting "Activate it like this." out, replacing "operation" with "battle", wish for luck with a bit longer and solemn one and Earerion's bad feeling with reaction on the undead rising. Earerion's final breath could change as the story progresses, from the beginning to the end. Orcish battle cries could be more simple and numerous. And lines about new of an orc attack from peasants, they intentions to fight or run, reaction on resurrections and final plan, with variatons depending if every soldier is already dead or even possibility to choose to act like as a hero or as a coward. There could even be Earerion's death on screen. Also, the map could be more fall like, with more farms and windmills all over the fiels, not centered in one place.

For the second:

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The intro could depend on decisions made in the previous scenario and how was it going. I still suggest making Iselas a playable unit, with lines about the Land of Dead and things related to it, who if would be going to die will release his grip on Earerion's life, so damage will be dealt to him until his death, so Mal Iselas will survive anyway, but to do so he would have to sacrifice Earerion, removing Bats, mountains, lighted bits, stones and bonfires, moving Reshan further and making the road fully of dark stones, withous cave tiles, with unusual named ghosts and spirits of living beings, looking like they did before, with personalities, along the way, around it there could be endless chasm with regular Ghosts with their names and most of their personality lost. Reshan could be an undead or even alive version of some unit, who looks like a guardian, even a Skeletal Dragon and shouldn't summon more ghosts and spirits. Spirits could look like regular units, but have arcane attacks instead of their normal, except for mages, who could retain their magic, less hitpoints and damage, ghost resistances, vulnerabilities and movement costs. Those who look like humans, elves or dwarves could be more willing to help, those who look like orcs and other warlike races could be more hostile, those with lesser levels could be curios to the point of following, but not to the point of fighting, those with higher levels could be less interested in Earerion and won't follow him. Iselas, no matter would he look like a ghost or something else, though he can use some kind of illusion to appear not like necromancer he really is, who keeps Earerion alive for who knows what reason, could inroduce himself right when Earerion would awaken. All ghost and spirit lines could be longer and more solemn, as well as Reshan's, and Earerion could ask more questions. Iselas could use his power to force ghosts and spirits to protect him and Earerion, but it could show he is not who Earerion thinks he is, making it harder to manipulate Earerion. Iselas shouldn't mention his kinship with Earerion, his position in his heart and his plans to escape the Land of Dead until the end. Ghosts and spirits could roam freely until they encounter Earerion and Iselas. Also, to avoid spoilers from scenario's name, I suggest replacing it with something like the Land of Dead, which wouldn't explicidly mean Earerion would return to earth.

For the third:

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There are too much unused space on south-west and north. I still suggest Earerion or evlish reaction to one another, intead of reachin elvish keep from nowhere, the objective could be find the elves. Their reaction would be instead of "There is something strange going on! It is strangely noisy!". Earereion should be surprised to hear Iselas, who didn't do anything to him yet, so there would be no need fo "What the hell did you do to me...?", and his request could sound not like "Calónie, just do me one favor.", but like "Calónie, can I ask you one favor?" and Calonie instead of "Thank you very much. Please be in command." could say something inspiring, and rather than suggesting she and her elves joining Earerion, it would be the other way around. Before Iselas's "I was ignored..." there should be a response from Calonie. Calonie should be able to recruit elvish scouts, have more gold and control all villages from the start, so the should not be orcish villages and windmills. Earerion could or couldn't recruit at all. To assist him in battle, Iselas could heal him every time he kills an enemy. As with the second, I suggest renaming scenario, to somethink like Return to Earth.

For the fourth:

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As with second scenario, the intro could vary depending on how did the first battle go. They died not because of his responsibility, but simply because of him, which could not be true if he didn't lose most of them in battle. Instead of "I am not speaking against you." Earerion could say something like "I didn't say anything.", Calonie could say Earerion talks to himself without "funny", "are you feeling well?" instead of "are you in <i>bad</i> shape...?", and his response being not "I have a bit of a stalker. And you, are you okay physically and mentally?", but something like "I still can't let go of that battle at the outpost. And how are you feeling?' (Or just "And you?"), universe with world, skeletal warriors who like terrorize could be replaced with undead who terrorize this world (Irdya, right?), idiot with fool, rather than "Orcs are camped there too." just "orcs were here not so long ago", and making them one side without a camp, but with a number of units, who won't even move towards elves until they see each other. The Knight could be not alone, but with a few companions and when seen by Earerion and his elves, they could break their chains and become a third side, allied with Earerion, and than orcish is dead, whose who survived would join Earerion. The objectives could be defeat all enemies, not just their leader, though after his death surviving orcs could try to escape, disappearing when reaching the corner. Also, after all orcs are defeated, there should be more gold or no gold. Also, I suggest removing windmills and replacing all willages with their burned, or at least damaged versions, which still could give no income.

And finally, I suggest returning back to mainline units, the old ones are stronger, but have slower animations, no descriptions, reused names on higher levels and their sprites didn't age well, they are beautiful, but the newer look even better.

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These are major changes, but they could make the story even better. Can't wait for the continuation.

[KameRamen]

I've got some ideas that could improve the story.
For the first scenario:

Spoiler:

First, the intro. Instead of "During that time, there were several wars. Rebellions, invasions, wars of independence, and civil wars. They have ravaged many people, but each time we have risen to the occasion and won peace and order." I suggest something like "Countless wars ravaged our lands and took the lives of many people, but every time we rose up and achieved peace and order.". "Humans, Elves, and Dwarves have formed an alliance. They are free to travel to and from each other's nations, and they shelter each other at all times. However, the Orcs and some other races did not have good attitudes toward us and were hostile. They did not understand the meaning of peace, remained rough and acted on instinct." could be like "Now humans, elves and dwarves prosper, united in an alliance in which everyone can travel freely through each other's lands, and each helps each other. However, the orcs and other races who believed migth makes right did not understand the meaning of peace and raided our lands, causing destruction and death." I suggest increasing the period of time since defeat of orcish great chief from 50 to at least 100 years, so instead of "We have always had trouble dealing with people like them. It was about 50 years ago that our heroes defeated their great chieftain, the King of the Orcs. It was a shocking event for them. They were now exhausted and had abandoned all their frequent acts of aggression against us. We succeeded in containing our enemies and henceforth our daily lives became more orderly." it could be like "100 years ago, our heroes defeated their greatest chieftain, inflicting a defeat on our enemies from which they could not recover, and forcing them to abandon any acts of aggression against us for good. A long time of peace and prosperity followed.". "But we were not to be complacent; the Emperor of Aigalas was a wise man." might be just like "But we did not lose our vigilance.". And finally, "The fortress here at Gharatiel is a relatively new outpost, built in about 10 year of Meonnyn II's reign. I was assigned to this place last summer for border defense duty. Order had been maintained throughout and there had been no notable incidents. Only minor hassles like fighting off robbers and bandits occurred. But soon in the fall, my long nightmare would begin. No one had expected it, and no one was counting on it." could be shortened to something like "The outpost of Gharatiel is a realtively new one, built in about 10 year of Meonnyn II's reign. I was assigned to this place last summer for border defense duty. Order had been maintained throughout and there had been no notable incidents aside from occasional bandit raids. But soon in the fall my long nightmare began.". All these changes are small, but they could improve your writing. Now about the scenario itself. What if news of the attack came not from a random soldier, but from peasants fleeing the orcs? You could add a third side consisting of these villagers, who would run from their homes under the protection of Gharatiel's walls and whom Earerion and his men would have to protect. The fortress itself could be close to the river, perhaps in or near the delta, the walls could extend along the water at least on the west side, and where there are none, there could be forests and swamps that are difficult to cross, so that it would more difficult to get around them from the side by fording and swimming, at least in this place, and also there could be a place inside for peasants to hide during an attack. The bridge should be made of stone or at least well maintained, but not rotten or crumbling. I suggest increasing the distance between the fortress and the orc camp by moving them closer to the corners of the map, removing pits and lighted parts, which don't make any sense ouside of a cave, replacing mountains with hills and moving them further from the water, moving villages from corners to the center of the valley between Gharatiel and orcs, with a few behind the fortress. The lighthouse could be inside the fortress to light up the bridge and tiles aroud it. There could be even a script that turns is off when it is captured, with some lines from both sides. I'm not sure if it is possible to increase it's area of light, but it would be great. The income and maybe even healing could be turned off, to emphasise it's emptiness. Instead of recruiting, Earerion could have a set number of soldiers on the walls and in the keep, which can vary depending on the difficulty level, mostly bowmen, some spearmen and a few cavalrymen. He himself is still level 3, and now he can even upgrade to level 4, which is even more powerful because he is using old unit type, which is more powerful than current general or marshal. I suggest, as I did before, making him level 2 lieutenant or even level 1 sergeant, which also can vary depending on the difficulty level. The orcs could also start with set number of units, including and mostly consisting of wolf riders and without a camp, but each turn more and more enemy units with higher and higher levels would arrive, the rate also depending on the difficulty level. Whenever they enter the village, they would set it ablaze so it would light up tiles around it, and maybe damage everyone who starts their turn there, for a few turns before burning to ashes. To ensure they won't give income, heal, or have flags they could be placed as the decorative objects on the map, not as regular villages. The first objective would be to defeat enemy leader as usual, but after a few turns, orcs would use the help from thier shamans, necromancer or ghost allies, to raise their dead warriors, and maybe even Earerion's dead soldiers, and from this point if anyone dies, he would rise again as enemy of humans, while orcs would be getting reinforcements as usual. For the resurrection to work, I suggest placing a corresponding corpse image whenever someone die, and when the time is up, they would rise again as undead versions of themselves, with differences being their vulnerability to arcane damage, which won't help on in this scenario, slightly decreased movement health, speed and damage, zombie sounds on being hit and killed, and second death without resurrection. This would change the plans. It would be either Earerion's decision to send the messanger to the Emperor but to stay behind to buy some time for the peasants to escape south-west, acting as a hero and keeping his soldiers from fleeing, with objective to resist as long as possible, or be that messanger himself and be accused for being coward and trying to flee with his life, abandoning his men and the villagers, similar to reaction on his current plan of temporary retreat, which would be great if they didn't have to protect those who can't do it themselves, with losing control over his men and maybe even some turning hostile and hindering his movement and objective to flee. Speaking of the peasants, they should be color-coded as Earerion's side, and could be split in two sides, the one fleeing from the start, and the other trying to protect their homes and dying for them. And some lines. I don't know what you meant in "Ah, you have appeared <i>before</i> us again. The operation is going well... But isn't the power you've given us a bit unwieldy?", spirits appeared again or they appeared again before orcs? This should be more clear. Also, I suggest cutting "Activate it like this." out, replacing "operation" with "battle", wish for luck with a bit longer and solemn one and Earerion's bad feeling with reaction on the undead rising. Earerion's final breath could change as the story progresses, from the beginning to the end. Orcish battle cries could be more simple and numerous. And lines about new of an orc attack from peasants, they intentions to fight or run, reaction on resurrections and final plan, with variatons depending if every soldier is already dead or even possibility to choose to act like as a hero or as a coward. There could even be Earerion's death on screen. Also, the map could be more fall like, with more farms and windmills all over the fiels, not centered in one place.

For the second:

Spoiler:

The intro could depend on decisions made in the previous scenario and how was it going. I still suggest making Iselas a playable unit, with lines about the Land of Dead and things related to it, who if would be going to die will release his grip on Earerion's life, so damage will be dealt to him until his death, so Mal Iselas will survive anyway, but to do so he would have to sacrifice Earerion, removing Bats, mountains, lighted bits, stones and bonfires, moving Reshan further and making the road fully of dark stones, withous cave tiles, with unusual named ghosts and spirits of living beings, looking like they did before, with personalities, along the way, around it there could be endless chasm with regular Ghosts with their names and most of their personality lost. Reshan could be an undead or even alive version of some unit, who looks like a guardian, even a Skeletal Dragon and shouldn't summon more ghosts and spirits. Spirits could look like regular units, but have arcane attacks instead of their normal, except for mages, who could retain their magic, less hitpoints and damage, ghost resistances, vulnerabilities and movement costs. Those who look like humans, elves or dwarves could be more willing to help, those who look like orcs and other warlike races could be more hostile, those with lesser levels could be curios to the point of following, but not to the point of fighting, those with higher levels could be less interested in Earerion and won't follow him. Iselas, no matter would he look like a ghost or something else, though he can use some kind of illusion to appear not like necromancer he really is, who keeps Earerion alive for who knows what reason, could inroduce himself right when Earerion would awaken. All ghost and spirit lines could be longer and more solemn, as well as Reshan's, and Earerion could ask more questions. Iselas could use his power to force ghosts and spirits to protect him and Earerion, but it could show he is not who Earerion thinks he is, making it harder to manipulate Earerion. Iselas shouldn't mention his kinship with Earerion, his position in his heart and his plans to escape the Land of Dead until the end. Ghosts and spirits could roam freely until they encounter Earerion and Iselas. Also, to avoid spoilers from scenario's name, I suggest replacing it with something like the Land of Dead, which wouldn't explicidly mean Earerion would return to earth.

For the third:

Spoiler:

There are too much unused space on south-west and north. I still suggest Earerion or evlish reaction to one another, intead of reachin elvish keep from nowhere, the objective could be find the elves. Their reaction would be instead of "There is something strange going on! It is strangely noisy!". Earereion should be surprised to hear Iselas, who didn't do anything to him yet, so there would be no need fo "What the hell did you do to me...?", and his request could sound not like "Calónie, just do me one favor.", but like "Calónie, can I ask you one favor?" and Calonie instead of "Thank you very much. Please be in command." could say something inspiring, and rather than suggesting she and her elves joining Earerion, it would be the other way around. Before Iselas's "I was ignored..." there should be a response from Calonie. Calonie should be able to recruit elvish scouts, have more gold and control all villages from the start, so the should not be orcish villages and windmills. Earerion could or couldn't recruit at all. To assist him in battle, Iselas could heal him every time he kills an enemy. As with the second, I suggest renaming scenario, to somethink like Return to Earth.

For the fourth:

Spoiler:

As with second scenario, the intro could vary depending on how did the first battle go. They died not because of his responsibility, but simply because of him, which could not be true if he didn't lose most of them in battle. Instead of "I am not speaking against you." Earerion could say something like "I didn't say anything.", Calonie could say Earerion talks to himself without "funny", "are you feeling well?" instead of "are you in <i>bad</i> shape...?", and his response being not "I have a bit of a stalker. And you, are you okay physically and mentally?", but something like "I still can't let go of that battle at the outpost. And how are you feeling?' (Or just "And you?"), universe with world, skeletal warriors who like terrorize could be replaced with undead who terrorize this world (Irdya, right?), idiot with fool, rather than "Orcs are camped there too." just "orcs were here not so long ago", and making them one side without a camp, but with a number of units, who won't even move towards elves until they see each other. The Knight could be not alone, but with a few companions and when seen by Earerion and his elves, they could break their chains and become a third side, allied with Earerion, and than orcish is dead, whose who survived would join Earerion. The objectives could be defeat all enemies, not just their leader, though after his death surviving orcs could try to escape, disappearing when reaching the corner. Also, after all orcs are defeated, there should be more gold or no gold. Also, I suggest removing windmills and replacing all willages with their burned, or at least damaged versions, which still could give no income.

And finally, I suggest returning back to mainline units, the old ones are stronger, but have slower animations, no descriptions, reused names on higher levels and their sprites didn't age well, they are beautiful, but the newer look even better.

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These are major changes, but they could make the story even better. Can't wait for the continuation.

Hello, thanks for all the ideas. They are really helpful. Regarding S1, I have adopted your suggestions for the intro, the map, and almost all of the other events. It is safe to say that this is an entirely new scenario I think we are probably pretty close to the image we have in mind at this point.

S2 to S4 are also currently undergoing improvements. as for S2, I'm still exploring, but like your idea, I'll try to bring Iselas on board as the hero unit. S5 is also being conceived. Please look forward to the update.
One more thing, and I've thought about it after hearing your input, but I would still revert the units back to mainline with some exceptions.

[KameRamen]

Version 0.0.6 Beta

New version is now available! This is an experimental and the largest update ever. The scenario has been fully remade, and it is safe to say that this is an entirely new campaign. Overall, RPG-like elements were added in reference to various feedback

This update does not maintain compatibility and I would ask that you restart the campaign from the beginning.
And please share your feedback with me. S4 in particular is experimental and not very well balanced. Note that the units were returned to mainline with some exceptions.

EDIT: S5 has already created the map and will be added in the near future. It would be the scenario of crossing large rivers and heading to the King's Landing.

[Roge_Tebnelok]

The scenario has been fully remade, and it is safe to say that this is an entirely new campaign.

It is indeed. The tone of the story has changed quite a lot.
Issues and suggestions: in the first scenario:

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The fire causes too much damage, regardless of too great a distance, only to humans, only illuminates the burned hexes and does not go out. Change ignition time to the beginning of the side's turn, reduce the maximum distance and damage, increase the lighting area, set the fading and gradual destruction of the village, create a dependency between them, allow enemies to burn. Orcs and peasants do not leave corpses after death and do not resurrect.Make living enemies and allies leave corpses after death, resurrection happen every turn for a few random units from any side at a time. Allies act too late. Сhange the sides' turn order so that the allies act second. Enemy reinforcements are few in number and arrive late. Set the first reinforcement for the second turn, a quantitative and qualitative increase in strength. The garrison, peasants and orcs are too few in number. Add more starting units to each side. The gap in the outpost's fortifications is too big. Fill the gap with walls. There are too few villages. Place more villages both in and outside of the outpost. The inner could be the barracks. A few northernmost villages could already be burning with some soldiers, orcs and peasants, lying dead and waiting for resurrection, while the last could open the scenario with their lines about the attack. So the fields could be clear from rubble. As Gharatiel is a relatively new outpost, the walls and the bridge could be made mostly of wood rather than stone, with possibility of spreading fire. Earerion could even order to destroy the bridge to hinder the enemies. The cavalry units could fit in the garrison better than the mages. Orcs could one side rather than two. Pillagers could be the only units capable of setting the villages on fire, so there could be two or three of the at the start. Orcs could resort to raising the dead one or two turns after they begin to lose to the original and current garrison in the number of living and dead units, their level and health. Their chiefs could ask shamans, spirits and necromancers for this at the same time, but it could be better if only shamans or just necromancers. They could stand and perform their rituals to raise the dead every turn, so killing them could reduce the number of undead, both already resurrected and still lying. The undead could have sound hit, death and attack mixed with zombie. Some soldiers in the garrison could panic one or two turns after the orcs outmatch them in numbers, level and health, and even more likely after the first resurrection, with the growing number of undead human soldier. Earerion could make a fateful decision a couple turns after the enemies significantly overpower them, for example, three times. Instead of sending a surviving mounted messenger and remaining to cover the escape of the peasants, or leaving personally with the intention of reporting the situation, he could order the temporary retreat of the garrison along with the villagers, and each option could be viewed differently by soldiers, so there would be disapproving, supportive, and undecided ones. He could die on screen. How long will they hold out and kill could affect future scenarios.

In the second:

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I take it Iselas no longer hides his true nature and from the very beginning makes it clear who he is, what he wants, how he plans to achieve it and what awaits those who stand in his way. Iselas's name could be hidden up until he introduces himself to Earerion or someone else introduces him. Spirits are too slow, and they sound like zombies. Change their speedand sounds to their normal. They could have sound hit, death and attack mixed with ghost. There are too few ghosts and spirits. There could be more. Ghosts and spirits don't move until Earerion sees them. Ghosts and spirits could move on their own. Earerion could be a spirit. Iselas could be either secretive and manipulative Ghost or good or neutral spirit who secretely share health with Earerion or straight up evil Wraith, Specter, Shadow, Nightgaunt, Necromancer or some other evil spirit who takes life from Earerion openly. Reshan could use either old or new sprite and have less attacks which deal more damage. Iselas could call for every ghost and spirit around to attack Reshan to flee the Land of Dead.

In the third:

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The south-western corner is too empty. It could be cut out or contain something other than villages. Orcs destroy villges too quickly. Use suggestions for the first scenario. Pillagers could set the forest on fire as they move.The fire could spread. The objective could be to outmatch orcs in numbers, levels and health or defeat all enemy leaders. Iselas could use his magic to gain life from enemies secretly or openly, and store excessive health points gained this way to use them in future. It could be drain ability on both melee and ranged attacks which is not stated and affects even whose who immune. Also it could drain life at the beginning of the turn or if someone else deals damage to adjacent unit secretly or openly, animated or not, including or excluding allies. Everyone could leave corpses after their death. Orcs could be one side and recruit either only living orcs or use shamans to raise undead from corpses.

In the fourth:

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Earerion and Calonie start only with their veterans. Calonie could have some guards if there aren't enough veterans or they are mostly Shamans, Druids or Sorceressess. Orcs don't move. They could move to the south, and drag whomever they captured as their slightly slowed allies. The objective could be to outmatch orcs in numbers, levels and health. They could run to any corner of the map. The undead could run if ordered. If orcs or allies can see Earerion and Elves from a far, they could react.

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Until the next update then.