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[Solifuge]

[~♫] Let's Play Fall From Heaven 2
An epic fantasy Total-Conversion Mod, for Sid Meiers Civilization IV
Featuring the "Rise from Erebus" content mod!


Click the [~♫] button for musical cues!

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: End of Winter
Chapter 2: Exploration
Mini-Update 1: The Grigori stance on Gods and Religion
Chapter 3: Angels and Demons
Chapter 4: Of Elves and Dwarves
Chapter 5: Who're you gonna call?

CONTINUED IN THIS THREAD

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- Combat Strength
- Indirect Fire Strength

Fall From Heaven 2 is an extensive Civilization IV Mod, set in a High Fantasy setting. The world of Erebus was a failed prototype of creation, its people trapped within it alongside a pantheon of discarded gods, all abandoned by an overgod named "The One". Severed from the heavens, the world was doomed to destruction... but luckily for all involved, this wouldn't happen for a long time!

A long time later, though, the god Mulcarn tried to halt the prophecy by putting the world in stasis, freezing it in endless Ice Age. He was defeated, however, and for the sake of Erebus the gods signed a compact to never again get directly involved in the world. What few civilizations survived the Ice Age are now attempting to rebuild and recover what was lost. Meanwhile, the absence of divine involvement, and the prophesied Fall From Heaven hints that the real Apocalypse may be yet to come...

The first step in embarking on this journey is choosing which Civilization we want to play. Each one is a small tribe of humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, or other folk that survived the Ice Age. Each civilization retains different knowledge from the world before the Ice Age, and have drastically different playstyles.

Which Tribe will we play?

Spoiler: The Clan of Embers: (click to show/hide)

An orc tribe who worship the fire goddess Bhall. They start at peace with Barbarian nations, and can convert them to their cause.

Spoiler: The Illians: (click to show/hide)

A human tribe led by a prophet of the dead god Mulcarn. Using powerful priests and rituals, they seek to make their prophet the new God of Winter.

Spoiler: The Amurites: (click to show/hide)

A tribe of humans with a strong magical background. They are the heirs of the mage who defeated Mulcarn, and seek knowledge and raw power.

Spoiler: The Grigori: (click to show/hide)

A tribe of humans who refuse to worship or fight for the gods of Erebus. They attract refugees and heroes, and incorporate other civs into their own.

Spoiler: The Luchurip: (click to show/hide)

A dwarf tribe, with a heritage of artificers and enchanters. They know the secrets of Golem making, and employ this in both industry and warfare.

Spoiler: The Svartalfar: (click to show/hide)

A ruthless tribe of elves who build hidden cities in the forests, command powers of illusion and shadow, and specialize in espionage and assassination.

Spoiler: The Bannor: (click to show/hide)

A tribe of religious warriors, sworn to a vengeful Angel. They have a strongly militarized heritage, and are bound to oppose the forces of the hells.

Spoiler: The Sheaim: (click to show/hide)

A tribe of human occultists, who seek to bring about the end of days. They command summoning magic, and bind monsters and demons to their will.

[Svarte Troner]

Black Elves! Or the Sheaim

[Darvi]

Black Elves! Or the Sheaim

HERESY!

Luchurip or nothing!

[Aklyon]

Illians! We shall have the God of Winter on our side soon(ish)!

[Projeck37]

Illians! We must be the Epic Beards!

[Bluerobin]

I like the "screw the world"-ness of the Grigori, so my vote's for them.

[Phantom]

Hippus for Horselord Master Race! Destroy your enemies! Death to the list of available tribes!

After all, who can go wrong with one of the most powerful war mongering races or economical races?

[RulerOfNothing]

A nitpick: unless Rise from Erebus significantly changed the backstory of Fall from Heaven, the Compact significantly predates the Age of Ice (in fact, the physical embodiment of the Compact, the Godslayer, was used to end the Age of Ice by killing Mulcarn). Also I vote we play as the Luchurip.

[Furtuka]

Either Illians, Sheaim, or Luchurip

[Solifuge]

So, basically you guys want to destroy the world and/or play Dwarves. Remind me why I thought I needed to ask which Tribe you wanted to play?

Spoiler: Also, on the subject of Lore: (click to show/hide)

A nitpick: unless Rise from Erebus significantly changed the backstory of Fall from Heaven, the Compact significantly predates the Age of Ice (in fact, the physical embodiment of the Compact, the Godslayer, was used to end the Age of Ice by killing Mulcarn).

You are correct. Though it's liable to rankle some lore-junkies out there, I'm going to be simplifying things for the purposes of this LP, and letting it tell its own story (however it goes). My depiction of characters won't be entirely accurate, and along with Rise from Erebus' additions I may be taking some liberties with the plot, and even the initial game setup, to make things interesting. I'll still be sticking to the core themes and ideas presented in the game and lore, though.

Also, I'm going to be taking advantage of the Minor Leaders mechanic to let each Leader evolve through the decisions they make, and using an expanded alignment system, so that a leader's alignment reflects more than just their choice of religion. FFH fans might not see as many familiar faces, but I'm hoping it winds up being a more organic story overall.

EDIT: There weren't enough cool Minor Leaders to pull this off, without doing some modding. Sad Face.

[Darvi]

Yeah I'm cool with destroying the world too.

Duh.

[Scaraban]

Woo, a let's play I'm not super late to!

[Xanatos Jr.]

Luchurip or Grigori.

[Aklyon]

If we aren't having the God of Winter's help, the Luchurip is a good second choice.

[Lysabild]

Winter is coming.