Sartharion Lair
This is a 96x96 melee map for 2 vs 2 players or FFA. It is designed with dungeon tile set. I copied the general layout for 4 players in 96x96 where players are at the corners at oposite sites.
The layout is an underground fire-red cave where you can find black dragons, kobolds, red lizards and rock golems.
Neutrals and creeps
-12 gold mines (1 per base, 8 expanding options: 4 defended with land orange creeps, mines of 12500 gold, 4 defended air orange creep, mines of 16000)
-2 goblin markets defended with orange creeps
-4 unguarded taverns.
-4 mercenary camp defended with orange creeps
-1 Black Dragon roost defended with a red creep
Creeps amount
- 8 green creeps (2 per player)
- 16 orange creeps (2 in markets, 4 in mercenary camps, 8 in goldmines and 2 defending nothing )
- 5 red creep (1 in the center, 4 in the player goldmines,)
Strategy
There are many ways of attack. Some of the green creeps are in the center, and the two markets too , so those areas will be posible points of confrontation. After the green creeps, you can expand. The confortable expanding has air orange creep. The goldmines in the center have orange land creeps to benefit that expantion. In the center there is a melee Black Dragon Root (Lordaeron Fall, pasive neutral).
Fictional hystory
Every map I create has fictional history behind its creation, the enviroment will have relation with fictional history.
After the deafeat of Tyrande forces at the Death Gate of Ice Crown Citadel, many survivors organiced the defence of Borean Tundra, expecting the Lich King counter attack. One of them is Lyrlia Blackshield. Doing honor to her last name, she always used a short sword and blackshield honoring her family tradition. She was living in Undercity and working in the Royal Quarter, serving as emisary of Silvermoon city. She admired Sylvanas Windrunner and she won her favor in many times. After Tyrande campaing, Lyrlia lost her right hand in battle. Knowing this, Sylvanas ordered Lyrlia to return to Eastern Kingdoms, Lyrlia refused, and stated she wanted to continue her fight against the Lich King even if she has to loose the other hand. She equiped her shield in her right arm and proved Sylvanas she was skillfull with her left
hand. Strong in spirit and having a positive character, she did a lot of effort to rise the morale of her allies. She organiced a scout campaing with the dwarves minners in orther to gather minerals to continue Tyrande campaing in Northrend. She went to Sartharion Lair in Dragonblight to harvest rich minerals, with magic propierties. Dwarves use minerals to created powerfull mix of gunpowder. After many days of working, she planned to harvest dragon eggs, to rise them as mounts. Sartharion, The Onxy Guardian, is in charge of watching over the twilight eggs. Lyrlia, decided to act as bait for Sartharion while the dwarves steal the eggs. The dwarves did not liked such risky strategy. Knowing the peril, she equiped herself with the best fire resistant armor of the Horde. Knowing the dwarves were nervous she constaly joked about the quest.
Sartharion Lair Journal:
Lyrlia: don´t worry my dear dwarfy mate, your beards wont be roasted. And for me I always liked sun bath of Quel´thalas. When this quest is over I will beat all of you in a drink contest.
The quest was a success, nine eggs were harvested. but she was wounded by Sartharion fire. If it wasn´t for the fire armor, she would be reduced to ashes. She was sent to Quel´thalas to be healed of the magic damage of Sartharion fire. She survived but many scars could nerver be healed again. Lyrlia, still joked about her scars. The recovery was slow and she couldnt move fast, Sartharion magic stroke her badly. She was unable to fit for combat again. The city of Quel´thalas recogniced her heroic actions. With her wealth, she opened a weapon store. She was visited by Sylvanas many times, and many dwarves remembered her and send her quality weapons as token of friendship and to help her with the weapon store. Two years later, and feeling much better, she returned to Undercity and Sylvanas promoted her to Suply Chief in Undercity to Outland quests, her main work was to organice the Netherstorm suply from Undercity. Five years later she completly recovered from Sartharion magic effect, and returned to practice with her sword and shield in order to return to battle.
A week a go Lyrlia was defending Lordaeron wall, serving the Warchief of the Horde, Sylvanas Windrunner, against the Alliance in the Battle for Azeroth. She learned her lesson with Sartharion, she is careful and always charge behind or near a Tauren.
No imported matierial has been used, only WC3 preset elements
Changelog
Version 1.00 upload
Version 1.01 Update
-Changed orange creeps: red lizards in markets and dragons in goldmines
-Changed red creep defending the dragon roost, now level 28
-Added some wood and doodads
Version 1.02 Update
-Removed torches
- Increased gold of heavy guarded mines to 16000
Version 1.03
-Now the orange creeps have anti air defense.
Version 1.04
-No gaps between trees
Version 1.05
-Added rats (critters) to balance the necromancers
Credits
Map made by Ragnaros17