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[GreatJustice]

Pyro

[Delta Foxtrot]

Update #5, Mission 5

Now where was I?

Spoiler: Allegiance, pt.II (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: Hearing this animosity, I began to question the choices that had brought me here.
Mithras: What did you do?
Zyzyx: He told everyone just what he was thinking
vonHavsvik: I will be a party to this wickedness no longer! I renounce my ties to Pyro and Charnel and pledge to serve justice.
Persephone: Words alone will not satisfy Our judgement. You must prove yourself with deeds worthy of Our mercy.
James: Same here.

Spoiler: Recruitment Office (click to show/hide)

Persephone: Marduk may be able to draw allies from the Demon Gate. Go to Golgotha and destroy it, and you will destroy his base of power.

James: Most of the captured farmers have been taken to a place called Cindercrag. We've got to get in there before they're lost forever.

Good guys got more votes than the bad, and James got more than Persephone. So off to rescue some peasants.

Spoiler: Mission #5 James (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: With aid from Stratos, James' champion Charlotte seized the Pyro border isle of Ash. I moved ahead to assault Cindercrag.

James: We're a little too late. All them farmers are now slaves inside that building marked 'Pyrodraulic Dynamo™'. I hate to say it, but destroy that thing before it starts doing whatever it does. That'll spare them some misery at least.
Zyzyx: It doesn't look like it is doing anything yet.



Meet the Pyrodraulic Dynamo™. Whatever that is.



Some of you might remember Gammel from when we last helped James out. Some of you might even remember when I said that we'd see the regular unit version of him in the future. The smaller guy next to him is Ikarus, a 3-soul flying melee unit from James.









I take a look around. The map is a large roundish shape with plenty of space to move in the middle. All places of importance (like our altar) are situated near the edges. Pyrodraulic Dynamo™ can be seen as the middle tower in that last picture. That's our objective.



I attack a factory. Minimap indicates there are units hiding behind it. Something you may have noticed earlier; Sirocco seems to always be the first to hit the scene. She's just ridiculously fast, though I'm not sure if that's because of her hero status or the fact that she's a dragon.













Souls for the harvest. These will come in handy. Pyrodraulic Dynamo™ can be seen as the tower in the distance, second from the right.









We're about to cross that hill to get a clear view at Pyrodraulic Dynamo™ and forces defending it. I also wanted to show you guys our new spell, the Halo of Earth. I conjure up half a dozen or so boulders that hover around over my head. They will fly towards any enemies that get close to me.



Just as I've finished the spell and am ready to advance, I notice that an enemy wizard is launching an attack to my altar.



I'm not sure if I've mentioned the Teleport spell before. It allows me and units close to me to teleport to any friendly structure on the map.



Buta is preparing to descerate my altar while majority of his forces are off-screen to my right.











Am I the only one who thinks Freespace when those red beams start flying?









Pyromaniacs are gnomes who have given themselves to Pyro. They are an efficient long range unit.



Souls for the soulbox.



Pyro: The Pyrodraulic Dynamo™ is now operational. All will bow before the might of Pyro!
vonHavsvik: It turned out the Dynamo™ could convert ore under an island's crust to magma, thus initiating a violent eruption.
Zyzyx: But it could only do it once in a while.

The Pyrodraulic Dynamo™ turns the midsection of this map into a killzone, preventing any major movements that doesn't take place hugging the edges of the map.



Finally getting around to it, I summoned a number of sylphs, basilisks and some more ikarus'.





Ready to move out, I spot Buta making a run for it after Pyrodraulic Dynamo™ started recharging.



Faced with a dragon, the lone wizard quickly succumbs.





Pyrodraulic Dynamo™ reactivates while my fliers are still mauling the manahoars.



We quickly teleport to safety.









To gather some more souls and to take away some of Buta's mana regeneration abilities, I order my armada to take out a nearby manalith.





Back in my base, I see that Buta is making another assault.



Behold! The gravity defying petrified pyrodactul. Overwhelmed on all sides, Buta's attack fails to impress.





Finally getting to cross that hill between my holdings and the flatland that leads to Pyrodraulic Dynamo™, I see Buta hanging out by his Manalith.



I scout a bit and see that there are at least pyrodactuls and bombards guarding the Pyrodraulic Dynamo™. Pyrodactuls are Pyro-Ikarus and bombards are a heavy long range AOE unit. Pretty badass.

Knowing that my sylphs would all die from just one or two fireballs, and wanting to distract some fire away from my flyboys, I summon up a good sized group of firefists. Have I mentioned I love firefists.





Suck that damage like sponges, boys!



I of course forget that Sirocco likens herself to Speedy Gonzales.



Just a flesh wound.



At least two bombards, some pyrodactuls and a bunch of others.









I lose a lot of guys, but so do they. And they don't have animate dead. Soon in the heat of battle the Dynamo™ crumbles.

James: Well that does it for ole Mister Dynamo™.
Zyzyx: Let's hope they don't have the resources to build another one.

Spoiler: Desperate Measures (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: As time went on, the situation looked more and more grim. I was no closer to defeating Marduk, and the tensions between the gods had grown deeper.

Pyro: Congratulations. You have destroyed the Dynamo™ prototype, but rest assured, I can and will make more. I will crush you!
James: Talk is cheap, and I done heard enough of your hot air.

James: We can't afford to let up. It's time we put an end to Pyro's reign of terror. Break his power once and for all.

No voting for this round. Enjoy the update.

[FuzzyZergling]

Is it just me, or did James just take a level in badass?

[Ahra]

more like a level in "Oh fuck it, gloves of now chaps"

[Mech#4]

Very much a "beware the nice guy" type. All that like the earth. Slow moving but unstoppable when it gets going.

Ah, Sacrifice was great fun, I should get it sometime.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Update #6, Mission 6

This update is twice as big as anything I've previously done. For your scrolling comfort I've divided it into four segments of 20-30 pictures each.
Was a pretty good fight. Enjoy:

Spoiler: Mission #6 James pt.I (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: Cindercrag was but a short distance from Pyro's from home of Helios. I hurried to face him there, before his sorcerers fully recovered from their recent defeats.
Zyzyx: But in Helios there'd be no help from James, in one god's home the others cannot interfere.

Pyro: So, you destroy one little doomsday device, and now you think you can defy me in Helios. You are as foolish and shortsighted as that worm you follow.
vonHavsvik: You have done everything in your power to prevent anyone from stopping the rise of Marduk and you call others shortsighted?
Pyro: Marduk, Ha! If James has won you over with that bit of fiction, then you are an even greater fool than I thought.









Two unclaimed manafounts up ahead and a guarded Pyro manalith further up. Let's go.



Before I even finish securing the manalith right next to my altar, a gnome interrupts us.

Faestus: Wait. Don't kill me!
vonHavsvik: Why not?
Faestus: I can help. You see that device, the Magnifryer?





Faestus: It cannot focus on anything directly adjacent to its base. Rush it with lesser creatures if you would destroy it.
Zyzyx: And to think that Faestus used to be one of Persephone's brightest gnome inventors. Well, I guess it's best that he's on our side now...



This guy here is a boulderdash. Probably the most awesome ranged unit in the game. With a 4-soul price tag he doesn't come cheap, but he's definitely worth the cost. He shoots three long range boulders, on close range all rocks can hit the same target for massive damage, on long range they spread out shotgun style increasing the volume of fire immensely.



I summon another boulderdash and start building another manalith when I spot Sorcha charging ahead with some units.







That thing is the dragonfire spell. It's dragonfire in the form of a dragon that flies against several targets in a row, damaging each as it hits them.





Holy carp, that's a warmonger. Short ranged with staggering amounts of firepower. Needless to say I directed all my spells and units to fire at that (thankfully rather fragile) thing.





I quickly retreated several steps to avoid the fire from the warmonger.



With the long range support from my boulderdashes and my vast array of spells, the warmonger is slain.





Sorcha brings in some bombards to join the fight. I counter by casting my new spell wall of spikes to block some of her movement.



I take some heavy damage from the bombards and lose my manalith.







I'm badly injured, but the first clash turned in my favour. Four souls from the bombard and a determined look forward. This is good.



I summon three brainiacs for support.



I cast spike wall to hinder Sorcha.



All three brainiacs are taken out by a bombard's fireball.





Deeming the manalith too heavily defended, I retreat under fire.

Spoiler: Mission #6 James pt.II (click to show/hide)

I regroup outside the bombards' range and summon a third boulderdash. I order all of them to attack a single enemy so that I might make a dent at those bombards.



I draw the bombards' fire a bit too succesfully. At least my boulderdashes get shots out unhindered.





I charge in to do some damage with my halo of earth.





... It didn't quite pan out.



But hey, at least we got a player death in this LP. When you die you become incorporeal, incredibly fast and retain the ability to control your units. You just can't cast any spells. To resurrect yourself you need to go near a manasource (manahoar/-well/-lith) and wait until you get yourself charged up enough to rematerialize.







Unsupervised and unsupported, my boulderdashes started taking hits.



I gather up my souls and retreat.









I summon two boulderdashes and leave them guarding the manalith while I scout what's in the other direction.



Manafount and the magnifryers in the distance.





Unclaimed manawell and some slaves. Each god's realm has civilians; peasants, farmers, snowmen, slaves and zombies. Useless apart from the souls they give you.



I summon a frostwolf to help me out with the harvest.







I return to my manalith only to spot Sorcha retreating to her altar. Now is the time to strike.



I summon some more frostwolves to rush the guardianed bombards before they have time to fire.





The boulderdashes fire at the manalith, damaging its guardians while the forstwolves slice up the bombards. I have to say, I was quite surprised at how deadly these frostwolves were. Sure they died in the end, but that's what expendable lvl 1's are for.



Soooouls!



Your ass is grass.



If it worked before...



I sped up the boulderdashes to better get them to the fight as well.





What's the price of a mile?



To the victor go the spoils, unless you're frostwolf. Then you're going to get splattered on the altar.



Sorcha's not going to go down without a fight. I quickly summon some frostwolves to tie her up.







Down goes the empress.

Spoiler: Mission #6 James pt.III (click to show/hide)

Keeping my distance from the magnifryers, I look around and spot a manalith to my right.



Before advancing any further I stock up on frostwolves. Faestus did say to charge them with lesser creatures.





I get a bit too close to the magnifryers and lose some manahoars.



I summon another 12 frostwolves, bringing their total number to 24. Now we're ready to take on the magnifryers.











One...



... two





After all the magnifryers are down, I have my wolves charge the centre. Among defenders is a dreaded warmonger. My boulderdashes are still lagging behind as I kept them safe from the magnifryers.







There's still about three or four live frostwolves under my lightning bolt.



Buta rebuilds his manalith while my two remaining frostwolves and the boulderdashes keep pressure on him.



Buta summoned some sac doctors to convert my frostwolf souls. Not going to happen.





I return to find Buta dead, along with my frostwolves. I should mention the reason my wolves got killed by Buta so readily is because of Buta's shield spell. My stone skin merely protects me. Buta's fireform actively damages any melee units attacking him.



I decide to try something a little different than frostwolves now that I've got the souls to burn.



Buta comes to say hi to my netherfiends.





I get three juicy bombard corpses out of the deal.





With this victory I can begin my final assault on Buta's altar.

Spoiler: Mission #6 James pt.IV (click to show/hide)

Guarding Buta's altar is a phoenix. That's Pyro's 5-soul super unit. True to Pyro's design philosophy, it's a bit flimsy for a 5-soul unit but does pretty good damage.



I summon a bunch of sylphs to augment my boulderdashes. I have my netherfiends attack the manalith. Even if they can't damage the flying phoenix directly, any attack they make at the manalith damages the guardians instead. There's also a bombard and some other assorted creatures there. Obligatory warmonger alert. One can be seen left of the big boulder, striding towards my ranged troops.







A guardianed warmonger is exacting a toll on my netherfiends.



Bringing the full strength of my force to bear on the manalith quickly brings it down, despite the casualties endured.



Sacrifice begins, and I order my units to charge the final manalith to prevent Buta from disrupting the desecration.





Damaged by the desecration and mauled by my fiends, Buta falls.



James: With his prime altar ruined and his champions defeated, Pyro's done as a god. I mean, who would worship a fellow what can't even take care of his own house, if you follow.
vonHavsvik: Gods can be slain?
James: Well, not exactly, but you'll be dead and buried long before he comes back. It just don't do to let folks lose faith in you.

Spoiler: The Chasm Widens (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: Faced with the enormity of what lay ahead, I prayed for guidance once again.

James: Well, that learns Pyro, all right.
Persephone: I shall send Rangers to scry for Marduk in Pyro's lands.
James: My followers have done some scouting in Stygia. No signs of Marduk, but they seen the seer Mithras held prisoner in Abaddon.

James: Seerix's holding him, and she's no proper kind of hostess, if you take my meaning.
Mithras: She is certainly not.
James: Also, he might know something more that'll help us out.

You don't mess with James. Another update will probably be up by sunday. Hope you like it.

Spoiler: Spoilers for a different game path (click to show/hide)

James is probably the most badass god of all five even in the mission where you kill him off. He talks back at you like no other. The various tricks up his sleeve in the mission don't hurt either. Not to mention that I find Charlotte probably the toughest wizard to fight against. She just doesn't let you have those red souls of hers, and she keeps casting eruption on you 24/7.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Update #7 - (This time with voting) - Mission 7

Spoiler: Mission #7 James (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: The war raged unabated in the south, but Pyroborea had fallen into chaos after its lord's defeat. Travelling that way I reached the crossroads of Abaddon unmolested.

James: If you can get the old man back here, I'm sure we can get him out of Stygia safely.
Mithras: "Old man"?
Zyzyx: How will we find him?
James: I've got an earthfling keeping an eye on him now. Just don't try moving him unless you got things well in hand. Seerix is just the sort to kill him.



The thing on the left is a jabberocky. Two feet and tusks of an elephant as its legs and a trunk coming out of its back. Yeah. But it hits like a truck so that's nice.



We're attacked by few Charnel creatures. A very light attack of a netherfiend and 1-soul units that are easily destroyed.



Lacking demonic rift spell, the halo of earth functions satisfactory in an AA role.



We only get a few souls bagged before Seerix shows up.



I try to take out Seerix so that I can harvest her souls in peace.



She pushes hard and with superior forces.



Jabberocky gets swarmed and with next to no mana I'm unable to support him or summon reinforcements.



I bet my money on boulderdash's firepower.





Boulderdash gets destroyed along with my manalith. Luckily animate dead is ridiculously cheap to cast.





Finally I'm able to do some summoning.



With jabberocky tying them up, my halo of earth and boulderdash's insane close range firepower quickly take care of the enemy, which consists mainly of low level melee and fragile long range units.



I chase Seerix and harass her a bit. I start casting bombardment, an awesome AOE spell while Seerix tosses demonic rift and wailing wall my way.



The wailing wall drains mana of any unit walking through it. Notice the big boulders that are skyrocketing. There are dozens of them, it takes several seconds for them all to take off and land in the target area.





We will get to see what it looks like when one of those hits its target a little later.



With Seerix driven back, I start scouting the other way and find an undefended manalith.



Further up, I find a defended manalith. Little before it to the left is where I would find Mithras, but escorting him back while Seerix still controls majority of the map is not an option.



Lack of direct hits coupled with guardians' considerable regeneration bonuses leaves the defenders alive, if only barely.



Charging headfirst into a styx (Charnel's warmonger equivalent) gets me killed, but the few spells that I had time to cast and jabberockys charge take care of the weakened defenders.



For some reason the sac doctors figures that it would be a great idea to shortcut through Seerix's altar. Surely it couldn't be defended by half a dozen angry 3-4 soul units.



I bombard it just to be sure.



I should mention that it was the spell, not those jabberockys that killed majority of those.





We move further to secure the route for our sac doctors.



"Artillery conquers and infantry occupies"





Seerix is nowhere to be seen, so I summon up a few more units and go straight for Mithras.



vonHavsvik: Mithras, I have come to take you away from this place.



Mithras: I fear I am in no condition to be teleported.
vonHavsvik: Walk with me then.
Mithras: I am glad to be found, but I bear grave news. Charnel must be the one god, the traitor, from my vision. In Golgotha he summoned a powerful demon. An ally for Ashur.



As Mithras talks to us, a swarm of locusts and blights descent upon us.



Halo of Earth, for when 88 isn't an option.



After that, we were able to reach our altar without incident. What happened to Seerix? It's a mystery. We did end up beating her pretty bad, short of banishing her.

vonHavsvik: Of course, you know what happened next.
Mithras: It was a great relief to be out of Stygia, let me tell you.

Spoiler: Interlude - Respite (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: Marduk finally began to make his presence felt more openly. Crude idols began to appear. And in the realm of the fallen god, the islands began to melt away.
Mithras: Hold, dear friend. I must rest a while.

Mithras: Ah, this feels like a shady spot.
Zyzyx: Oh, look at that.
vonHavsvik: Peace, Zyzyx. Let him rest.



And rest under the shade of the idol of Marduk he did.

Mithras: I am much refreshed. Lead on.

vonHavsvik: Tell me true, Mithras, for there is a question which gnaws at me.
Mithras: Of course.
vonHavsvik: Do you believe Marduk was destined to come here? Or did he follow me?
Mithras: Hold yourself blameless. It is the gods here who have pre-destined their own destruction with intolerance and suspicion.
vonHavsvik: I concede they have not been reluctant to war on one another.
Mithras: You are too generous. If this world is consumed, it is because it was unworthy of surviving.
vonHavsvik: You surprise me. I know you have cause to resent the gods, but what of all the innocents who have suffered?
Mithras: There are no innocents. It is all of us together by action and inaction who make the world what it is. Was I not the one to speak the prophecy? Would the gods have turned on one another if I had not?
vonHavsvik: You cannot blame yourself for speaking the truth!
Mithras: The truth? The truth is we are doomed to repeat our mistakes time and time again. It is the world's only constant.
vonHavsvik: No.
Mithras: Forgive my melancholy. Weariness has weighted down my spirit. Please continue your tale.
vonHavsvik: As you wish.

Spoiler: No Mercy (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: Idols to Marduk began to appear. And in places, the islands began to melt away. This was much as it had been it had been in the final days of Jhera.
Zyzyx: And not unlike the "gaping maw of doom" in your prophecy, Mithras.



Poor Pyro.

James: Charlotte's got Mithras somewhere safe now. Says Charnel's been summoning more demons for Marduk.
Charnel: He lies! Do not believe anything he says!
James: What if he tells me you're a villain?
Charnel: Don't believe anything else he has to say.
James: His vision's been bang on so far.
Charnel: Come, come. We've all sent false visions before to further our own ends, have we not? His must come from Marduk! That is why he is deceived. I summoned a demon lord. It is true. But to slay Marduk, not to aid him.
James: Oh really now, Charnel. I'm gonna fall for that.

Spoiler: Recruitment Office (click to show/hide)

James: If Charnel is supporting Marduk, as I suspect, we'll have to do him like we done Pyro. There's no two ways about it.

Charnel: James is upset, but he may still realize the error of his ways. It is Persephone who must be stopped. She's blinded by her ideology and will never see the influence of Marduk unless it looks like her traditional foes. She must be destroyed.

This is most likely our final choice of god, so choose wisely. I don't really have a preference either way. Both will give us an instakill spell that will destroy any unit, be it 1 or 5 souls strong. James' another über spell is a bore hole, it drills a huge hole into the ground, causing any ground units on it to fall into the void, this will remove the unit and their soul(s) permanently from the game. It takes time for the hole to drill so it's possible to escape it. Charnel gives us Death. It allows us to summon 'Death', who will slay eight closest units, be it a manahoar or a dragon, friend or foe, and then leave. The death spell has the highest cooling time of all spells in the game (7 or 8 minutes, I think).

James gives us the heaviest (and probably the slowest) ground unit that has a massive short range AOE attack. Charnel gives us one of the weakest 5-soul units, but it can fly and when massed works very well against most threats. Then there's the fact that we do want to kill Marduk, right guys? So who are we going to believe. James, who is blaming Charnel with a conviction to almost rival that of Persephone's, or the Lord of Death and Slaughter who professes his own innocence? Is Mithras right or has he really received false visions?

Feel free to vote for the duration of the weekend. As the last(?) chance to make a choice, I'm going to give you guys a little time to make it.

[FuzzyZergling]

I think the best course of action right now is to side with James.
Because siding with the earth God is almost always the dwarfiest option available. (Pyro was a close second, but we killed him.)

[Iituem]

I think we can trust the god of Slaughter, obviously.  Charnel.  Powerful as Marduk is, why would he summon another demon to aid him?

[Korbac]

I don't know why, but I feel a sort of loyalty towards James at this point. So James it is!

[USEC_OFFICER]

Clearly we must go with James. Sure, joining with a god of slaughter and death might be fun, but have you seen James's overalls? Those things are positively swanky.

[Korbac]

It's a shame you couldn't multiclass back to Statros at this point, imo.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Yeah, I wouldn't even mind switching back to him at this point. I'm quite pleased having a kickass unit roster at this point. Stratos gets awesome late game units (Yeti & Silverbacks), but before that, his units are quite lacklustre. The guy just lacks any real hitting power.

I just checked the interwebs and aside from Stratos there are two gods who both give you one chance to switch to Stratos at some point in the late campaign:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Charnel after 6th mission and Pyro after 8th mission.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Update #8, Mission 8

Spoiler: Mission #8 James (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: Charnel was prepared for an assault from the east. But we came from the north, through the chaotic lands of Pyroborea. Losses during the journey were heavy, but at last we arrived in Dys.



Charnel: You dare make war on the God of Slaughter?
vonHavsvik: At every turn your actions have aided the cause of Marduk. We have no choice but to fight for your destruction.
Charnel: Bold words. Let us see if they have not outstripped your skills too greatly.

Mithras: And that is all he had to say. Not even one last attempt to pretend Astaroth was summoned to fight Marduk. False visions indeed.
vonHavsvik: Astaroth?
Mithras: That was the demon's name.



Gargoyle: My lord! Treachery!





Zyzyx: That's Lady Abraxus, mistress of Surtur's Keep. People call her honourable, but she seems awfully uptight to me. I will say one thing: she's fast and very skilled. Or is that two things?

James: Stratos, I never should have trusted you.



Abraxus: My lord is free to do as he wishes.
vonHavsvik: And he wishes to serve Charnel? How can you simply acquiesce?
Abraxus: I am bound to Stratos, and I honour my duty. As he goes, so must I. Now then, defend yourself.

The what? Stratos is a bad guy? But that's unpossible! Surely there's a reasonable explanation for this sort of behaviour. No matter, Abraxus shall fall this day.





A seraph attacks Faestus (in case you missed it, he has been serving us since we KO'd Pyro).





Confident that me and Faestus will be enough to deal with those brainiacs, I summon a jabberocky to crack open some heads.





I get a manalith up while my jabberocky gets ganked by Abraxus.





I net a few souls and beat back Abraxus.



We find Abraxus's altar. But before we go there, we make a little detour to gather up some souls.



We can't allow Abraxus to kill these innocent zombies. It's our job.





She keeps killing our sac doctors so I summon a boulderdash to help out.







Cloudkill, one of the most damaging spells in the game. Luckily the cloud moves slowly and was following me instead of my significantly slower boulderdash & jabberocky.



I summon a jabberocky to banish Abraxus



We then chase Abraxus to finish her off.







The thick structure between those two spiralling things is Acheron's altar. I leave my units to guard my new manalith.



We then go back to where Abraxus's altar used to reside and build a shrine ('+' sign in the minimap) there.



Along the way we build another manalith and slaughter some more zombies.



Acheron is moving away from us as we stumble to one of his manaliths.



As I threaten his manalith, he turns back, forcing me to retreat with my jabberocky and frostwolf. Before I go, though, I cast borehole on the ground near Acheron's forces. (notice the dark lines all over the ground under his units).





The borehole drills a large hole in the ground, dropping any ground units into the void. Wizards will spawn back in their altar but other units, along with their souls, are lost forever.





I get a bit too close to the hole while it's still dropping pieces into nothingness.



I respawn at my altar and teleport to the nearest manalith to get back before Acheron takes out my units.



I find my jabberocky being harassed by a blight. It is quickly taken care of.



I then teleport back to where I left my two boulderdashes and jabberrockies and prepare to assault Acheron's altar.



Surprisingly lightly guarded manalith falls to my heavy hitting melee units.



Let the sacrifice begin!



I rush to take out Acheron, aided by my spells, a frostwolf and a brainiac.





Mission objective completed.

James: I can't say I like this kind of thing, but what's got to b done has got to be done.
Mithras: What of you, my friend? Did you dislike possessing the power to destroy a god?
vonHavsvik: It was not a question of enjoyment. Only it was something I had to do. There is something that bothers me still. What did happen to Astaroth? If he fought against Marduk and lost, I understand his disappearance. But if Charnel had truly been lying, I should have heard something of his mischief by now.

Spoiler: The End Days (click to show/hide)

vonHavsvik: As the gods died and chaos spread. A gloomy haze of mistrust and desperation hung over the world. There was a growing sense that these might be the end days.

vonHavsvik: Even without Pyro or Charnel, the situation was no less grim. Stratos was still a threat and the followers of Marduk seemed to multiply daily.
James: If we are not careful, they'll get to one of us. We better dig in.
Persephone: That has always been your weakness, James. When you seek only to save yourself, you assure only your destruction. Each day that passes, Our enemies grow more powerful. We must strike back.
James: Well, I did send folks looking for home or anchor for Marduk, but Pyroborea and Dys are in chaos. They found nothing yet.
Persephone: Stratos must be forced to join Our cause. It is Our only hope.



Alas, poor Charnel...

Spoiler: Recruitment Office (click to show/hide)

Persephone: As you did challenge Charnel and Pyro before, so must you now confront Stratos. High atop the peaks of Thryring shall the traitor be granted one final chance for redemption.

James: I say, when the next big attack comes, you go and face it. Charlotte will find Marduk eventually, but we got to buy her enough time.

Decision time once more, it seems. Persephone or James? We've been through thick and thin with James (mostly), but I feel this needs to be asked despite that.

But yeah, The End Days. We're nearing the finish line. Next mission will have a bit higher level monsters so we should be able to put that bovine intervention to good use since I didn't get a good chance to use it for this update.

[Shadowgandor]

Yea go for James, even though Persephone's mission sounds a lot more fun ^^