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well why don't you PM the super secretYes, and another secret one I'm preparing for sometime.
well why don't you PM the super secretYes, and another secret one I'm preparing for sometime.
Abandoning this project to focus on a more well-made campaign.
Tell me if anyone wants to continue where I left of and I'll give you this campaign and all of it's privileges.
i could help you about lore and storyline. ask me and you'll not regret of it![]()
yes, i know. i just offer my knowledge if he wants to revive this project and need help.This project is dead, read the replay's before posting.
agreed!!I like it, question is: is this gonna be a custom story or an alternate one?
What I mean is, you can make it go along with the original storyline.
Kil'jaeden commands Illidan to destroy the Frozen Throne. This means that he and Mal'ganis would probably communicate at some point, which could be merged with the main storyline.
Going by lore, this does actually mean that Mal'ganis is technically not out for revenge because it's also the command of the Burning Legion to destroy the Lich King.
Or. make it custom and ignore that.
That said, I could probably have some fun assisting with some story bits.
Abandoning this project to focus on a more well-made campaign.
Tell me if anyone wants to continue where I left of and I'll give you this campaign and all of it's privileges.
Great news, everyone.. Walichrage has decided to help me with this campaign, together we'll see to it that it sees light once again! we could use any suggestions in the meantime.
So, hey @Zenonoth could you write me a summary of the idea behind this campaign before I start testing it?
What are the intricacies of the story. Why have you decided to go this way, have Mal'Ganis alive?
How much or what are you willing to let be subject to change from everything that is already made?
EDIT: in case you want me to aid you, of course.
(Done-so far, in the missions' ascending order)
2-His brothers express that they've discarded Mal'Ganis and no longer care about his fate.
13-Illidan enters Medivh's dungeon to recover the Orb of Kil'jaeden
(Upcoming)
14-Illidan inherits the memories of Gul'dan and recalls the battle at the Broken Shore where Gul'dan and Cho'gall fought against Orgrim Doomhammer's forces
15-Gul'dan enters the Tomb of Sargeras
18-Mal'Ganis Returns to Azeroth in a new form accompanied by Balnazzar as they attempt to subjugate the Scarlet Crusade
19-The player controls Balnazzar as he subjugates High Crusader Saidan Dathrohan
20-Mal'Ganis goes to subdue the Scarlet Onslaught under the leadership of Barean Westwind
21-He then goes to Northrend to fulfill his revenge on destroying the Lich King
22-He fights an epic battle with the Lich King's main strike force and establishes onslaught harbor
AI, and Cache under development thanks to the great @Walichrage
Of course, I'm still taking full suggestions, I am collecting everything atm.Isn't this inaccurate? They discarded Mal'ganis?
Wasn't the orb given by Kil'jaeden?
I think that Gul'dan entered the tomb and was killed there. Meanwhile the forces he left behind were slaughtered by Orgrim Doomhammer's forces.
How about this:
14 - Illidan inherits the memories of Gul'dan and recalls Gul'dan and Cho'gall searching for the Tomb of Sargeras
A pity you won't make a mission about the rise of the Headless Horseman.
The Scarlet Crusade Arc could last a couple of more missions if you ask me. You could make missions about fighting the Scourge, the Forsaken or even wiping out entire towns filled with "infected people"
Of course, I'm still taking full suggestions, I am collecting everything atm.
So, you don't want to make the story fit between RoC-TfT/WoW?1-Mal'Ganis after his defeat at the hands of Arthas Menethil at Northrend fakes his death and revives immediately to return back to the Twisting Nether and report to his brethren of Ner'zhul's betrayal
They don't kill him then. Wouldn't exiling him from their order mean a loss of intelligence for the Nathrezim? I mean, Mal'Ganis was the one who spent most time with the Scourge besides Tichondrius. However, 'Ganis was the only one on Northrend.2-His brothers express that they've discarded Mal'Ganis and no longer care about his fate.
Well, so, not in the Nathrezim anymore but still in the Burning Legion. This could make some interesting Nathrezim internal conflict, maybe even making Mal'Ganis part from the Burning Legion altogether on his own road of enlightenment?3-Mal'Ganis returns back to Lordaeron (Specially Silverpine Forest) to aid in it's conquest by the legion
I'm guessing being supported by the Burning Legion. Still, the Nathrezim don't care about his fate even with him remaining in the Burning Legion? I guess, they aren't afraid of him at all.4-He goes to Fenris Isle to subdue Thule Ravenclaw, it's leader and raises Rage Winterchill as his servant.
Are you sure you want to further his role in the Burning Legion like that? I mean, from a "failure" he became too important. The Nathrezim would tell on him or anyways, the Burning Legion would have found out of his defeat in Northrend. I'm not sure he would be just forgiven by those that aren't his closest kin. That's why I was pledging for a more renegade background for Mal'Ganis.6-Immediately after doing so he goes to activate a demon gate to summon Mannoroth into Lordaeron.
His success? What did he do, open up a portal for Mannoroth? I don't think this works. To bring such demonic force on Azeroth the Burning Legion required not only a powerful wizard, Kel'thuzad, but also a potent means, the Book of Medivh. Or were you referring that he participated in destroying Dalaran which was basically what Arthas, the Scourge and Burning Legion did? Or did he want to showoff with his new pet lich?8-With Dalaran destroyed and Lordaeron subdued, Mal'Ganis reports to Balnazzar/Varimathras/Detheroc his success while Arthas flees to Kalimdor to halt the legion's plans as forseen in RoC's events
9-Mal'Ganis chases Arthas into the barrens of Kalimdor
I guess, Mal'Ganis is defeated yet again? I think this battle should be during the Frozen Throne when Arthas becomes weaker due to the Lich King's feeling of danger from Illidan & co. Maybe, this confrontation should be integrated somewhere on the way to the Frozen Throne and maybe make Anub'arak get Arthas out of the trouble of death so that you would make the Crypt Lord a bit more important.11-Mal'Ganis confronts Arthas in an epic battle where he is slain but still survives..
I don't mind the Satyr being suddenly involved in the story due to the fact that there were Corrupted Night Elves in that level. It would be good to at least give some context to his presence in the story through a cinematic scene or some ingame transmissions during confrontations. However, Rage Winterchill shouldn't be there. He never was seen until Mount Hyjal, so I'm saying that he should keep a low profile, not be involved in major story parts.10-Tichondrius, Rage Winterchill and Prince Xavalis hurry to make use of the Skull of Gul'dan and corrupt Felwood
What!? You mean he goes all the way to Medivh's Tower (in Azeroth)? Why should the orb be there? Judging by its name, it should most probably be given by Kil'jaden to Illidan with a purpose, maybe some control, spying or who knows what. Also, why is this part important to the story? Illidan shouldn't be a thing here since it's about Mal'Ganis and the characters around him (those who interact with him). I don't think having something to do with Kil'jaeden before being cast away by his brother is OK. That would mean 'jaeden had been on Azeroth or was pretty much directly involved with the Reign of Chaos (which he wasn't. Tichondrius was there on his behalf; the RoC manual implies so). Illidan tells Kael during TfT's Curse of the Blood Elves campaign that Kil' visited him months after Archimonde's death. However, there is not backstory or any mention of the orb. You've wrote recover the artifact. Who managed to steal it, how, when and where?13-Illidan enters Medivh's dungeon to recover the Orb of Kil'jaeden
Well, actually the only purpose of that would be to explain how Gul'dan's skull was taken from the Tomb of Sargeras and came into Tichondrius' hands.14-Illidan inherits the memories of Gul'dan and recalls the battle at the Broken Shore where Gul'dan and Cho'gall fought against Orgrim Doomhammer's forces
Thing is, Kargath did not remain on Draenor if you consider Beyond the Dark Portal's Orc campaign ending where it says that Ner'zhul and his forces entered the Twisting Nether through the opening rifts leaving the Warsong and Shattered Hand clans on Azeroth. Now, the human ending says the Dark Portal was destroyed so that means those two orc clans had no way of getting back to Draenor and I doubt Kargath was not with his clan on Azeroth. So, I guess those clans became the slaves of the human labour camps.6-Following TFT's events; The player controls Illidan/Vashj/Kael/Kargath/Akama in an attempt to fend of the legion's aggression on his foothold in Outland after he failed to destroy the Frozen Throne
What faulty vision? Illidan was defeated by Arthas and then what? He most probably did not die as the sword's wound was made on his right chest and I doubt he had situs inversus. Moreover he was pretty much capable of withstanding necromantic power since he was demonized. Furthermore, Arthas left him there and somewhat hurried to release Ner'zhul. So, I don't see how Kael would just suddenly change character to become selfish to leave Illidan to die and maybe even part with the Naga. Vashj would not leave Illidan there to die for anything in the world, methinks. Illidan was far too important during the War of the Ancients for the Highborne and is pretty much the only bridge between them and the Night Elves. If you analyze Kael closely during the Curse of the Blood Elves campaign, you'll realize that the urge for magic doesn't cloud his mind that much as Illidan somewhat and somehow provides the Blood Elves the magic they need to survive. Kael isn't a bad person either, he was oppressed by Garithos but did not hate humans altogether. He made friends with the Naga at first glance because he saw reason. He even helped the Night Elves (some of those who exiled his kin long ago) against one of their own (Maiev whose mind was even dizzier). Moreover, Illidan was the only one providing them travel to Draenor and back. How would Kael even know how to contact Kil'jaeden?17-Kael abandons Illidan to join Kil'jaeden after he realizes Illidan's faulty vision
First, let's figure out how Mal'Ganis comes back to life after Arthas kills him. Let's say that Arthas was a novice at using Frostmourne then so Mal'Ganis' soul was able to escape the sword's confinement. From thereon, his soul, could have possessed various Northrend creatures to survive. Now, we got to figure out how would he get back to being a Dreadlord. Let's say that his soul could not go to the Twisting Nether because Frostmourne/The Lich King still held it on Azeroth not necessarily being aware of it. So, after some time, Mal'Ganis succeeds in finding a better host, a mighty Wendigo, and being a demon and not a weak one even though weakened from his fight against Frostmourne, he would transform that creature to remind of his previous visage (the soul is like a genetic code that gives the shape of the body). By the time Mal'Ganis gets back to Lordaeron, Arthas is annihilating the Capital City's populace.18-Mal'Ganis Returns to Azeroth in a new form accompanied by Balnazzar as they attempt to subjugate the Scarlet Crusade
I think he should be dead by now leaving only Balnazzar to "tend" to the Crusade.20-Mal'Ganis goes to subdue the Scarlet Onslaught under the leadership of Barean Westwind
??? Oh come on man...A pity you won't make a mission about the rise of the Headless Horseman.
I think this should be really more about what the title is called. Oh, by the way, I'm not sure the title really fits but if we are to connect Mal'Ganis with Balnazzar and Varimathras somehow, then we'd get to Wrath of the Lich King's part where part of the Forsaken betrays Sylvanas in order to attempt to kill Arthas.The Scarlet Crusade Arc could last a couple of more missions if you ask me. You could make missions about fighting the Scourge, the Forsaken or even wiping out entire towns filled with "infected people"
Happens all the time. Many fans, many similar ideas. It's statistics.Not to be off topic, but it is ironic that in a campaign I am planning, Mal'ganis leads the Scarlet Onslaught on an assault against Icecrown Citadel.
So, you don't want to make the story fit between RoC-TfT/WoW?
They don't kill him then. Wouldn't exiling him from their order mean a loss of intelligence for the Nathrezim? I mean, Mal'Ganis was the one who spent most time with the Scourge besides Tichondrius. However, 'Ganis was the only one on Northrend.
Well, so, not in the Nathrezim anymore but still in the Burning Legion. This could make some interesting Nathrezim internal conflict, maybe even making Mal'Ganis part from the Burning Legion altogether on his own road of enlightenment?
I'm guessing being supported by the Burning Legion. Still, the Nathrezim don't care about his fate even with him remaining in the Burning Legion? I guess, they aren't afraid of him at all.
I've read in the main post that the one he raises is a lich. I don't know but it took Arthas a lot of time, strife and powerful magic (Sunwell) to get Kel'thuzad to transcend to such a creature. We know of no other lich in Warcraft III apart from (indeed) Rage Winterchill (and maybe some others like the green and purple ones from the fifth chapter of the RoC human campaign) who probably died in Reign of Chaos' Battle of Mount Hyjal. Plus, we don't know of Mal'Ganis being this powerful. There needs to be a way for him raising him so he can become the powerful lich at the end of RoC. Surely the Burning Legion is capable of creating liches, one being Ner'zhul's transformation by Kil'jaeden. The RoC manual says that liches first appeared with Ner'zhul, his Warlocks and the Death Knights who were twisted by Kil'jaeden into becoming more on the spectral side. So, yeah, I guess, Ner'zhul is the (king) lich of liches as his Warcraft III title implies.
Are you sure you want to further his role in the Burning Legion like that? I mean, from a "failure" he became too important. The Nathrezim would tell on him or anyways, the Burning Legion would have found out of his defeat in Northrend. I'm not sure he would be just forgiven by those that aren't his closest kin. That's why I was pledging for a more renegade background for Mal'Ganis.
His success? What did he do, open up a portal for Mannoroth? I don't think this works. To bring such demonic force on Azeroth the Burning Legion required not only a powerful wizard, Kel'thuzad, but also a potent means, the Book of Medivh. Or were you referring that he participated in destroying Dalaran which was basically what Arthas, the Scourge and Burning Legion did? Or did he want to showoff with his new pet lich?
I guess, Mal'Ganis is defeated yet again? I think this battle should be during the Frozen Throne when Arthas becomes weaker due to the Lich King's feeling of danger from Illidan & co. Maybe, this confrontation should be integrated somewhere on the way to the Frozen Throne and maybe make Anub'arak get Arthas out of the trouble of death so that you would make the Crypt Lord a bit more important.
I don't mind the Satyr being suddenly involved in the story due to the fact that there were Corrupted Night Elves in that level. It would be good to at least give some context to his presence in the story through a cinematic scene or some ingame transmissions during confrontations. However, Rage Winterchill shouldn't be there. He never was seen until Mount Hyjal, so I'm saying that he should keep a low profile, not be involved in major story parts.
??? Oh come on man...
I think this should be really more about what the title is called. Oh, by the way, I'm not sure the title really fits but if we are to connect Mal'Ganis with Balnazzar and Varimathras somehow, then we'd get to Wrath of the Lich King's part where part of the Forsaken betrays Sylvanas in order to attempt to kill Arthas.
So what, that doesn't mean I shouldn't give insight for it.This part is already made.
WoW introduced way too many unnecessary stuff like the dullahan.What?
Of course he doesn't show. He was later reintroduced possibly because of fandom. There was no need to have a lame fake death for Balnazzar.Well, Mal'ganis doesn't show between Reign of Chaos and Wrath of the Lich King, so he could have been helping Balnazzar...
WoW introduced way too many unnecessary stuff like the dullahan.
Headless Horseman - WikipediaHeadless Horseman.
Even more reason not to add that stuff in. Ludicrous.That is until he accidently killed his own
Also, really? Sleepy Hollow (film) - WikipediaBalnazzar infused his demonic magic into the corpse, giving birth to the Headless Horseman.
Even more reason not to add that stuff in. Ludicrous.
Well, if you really would love a headless horseman in the story. Make his story interesting, to make sense.I just thought it could be interesting since it involves Balnazzar and the Scarlet Crusade...
Well, if you really would love a headless horseman in the story. Make his story interesting, to make sense.
The headless horseman is usually depicted as being evil. What if we make him a good guy/spirit/undead?
then so be it. I have put my suggestions forth.follows the canon
The campaign is finally complete including AI, cache and fixes.. IN A HUGE DIRE NEED OF TESTERS NOW contact me ASAP if you're interested. all thanks to the awesome @Walichrage @joaquim98 @WarcraftLiterature @LISBOAH and @deepstrasz for their awesome contributions.
Great! I wanted to ask you about it before starting to test-play. I'm currently on the first mission. Will finish it and overwrite the campaign file.Map posted with most fixes taken into consideration:
Map posted with most fixes taken into consideration: Revenge of Mal'Ganis (Version 1.1)
Sure!Want me to test it again?
Sure!
Great! I'll try it when I have time.Map posted with most fixes taken into consideration: Revenge of Mal'Ganis (Version 1.1)
Need a seasoned decorator for ACT II of this campaign.
Also need someone who's good at promoting maps to promote this campaign, will include your name in the credits +Reputation and you will get to add a unique hero of your design to the campaign.
(Done-so far, in the missions' ascending order)
The story of the campaign goes as follows:
1-Mal'Ganis after his defeat at the hands of Arthas Menethil at Northrend fakes his death and revives immediately to return back to the Twisting Nether and report to his brethren of Ner'zhul's betrayal
2-His brothers express that they've discarded Mal'Ganis and no longer care about his fate.
3-Mal'Ganis returns back to Lordaeron (Specially Silverpine Forest) to aid in it's conquest by the legion
4-He goes to Fenris Isle to subdue Thule Ravenclaw, it's leader and raises Rage Winterchill as his servant.
6-Immediately after doing so he goes to activate a demon gate to summon Mannoroth into Lordaeron.
7-Meanwhile the player controls Archimonde on his task in destroying Dalaran
8-With Dalaran destroyed and Lordaeron subdued, Mal'Ganis reports to Balnazzar/Varimathras/Detheroc his success while Arthas flees to Kalimdor to halt the legion's plans as forseen in RoC's events
9-Mal'Ganis chases Arthas into the barrens of Kalimdor
10-Tichondrius, Rage Winterchill and Prince Xavalis hurry to make use of the Skull of Gul'dan and corrupt Felwood
11-Mal'Ganis confronts Arthas in an epic battle where he is slain but still survives..
12-The player controls Illidan in his plot to reach Kil'jaeden and do his bidding after the battle of Mount Hyjal
13-Illidan enters Medivh's dungeon to recover the Orb of Kil'jaeden
(Upcoming)
14-Illidan inherits the memories of Gul'dan and recalls the battle at the Broken Shore where Gul'dan and Cho'gall fought against Orgrim Doomhammer's forces
15-Gul'dan enters the Tomb of Sargeras
16-Following TFT's events; The player controls Illidan/Vashj/Kael/Kargath/Akama in an attempt to fend of the legion's aggression on his foothold in Outland after he failed to destroy the Frozen Throne
17-Kael abandons Illidan to join Kil'jaeden after he realizes Illidan's faulty vision
18-Mal'Ganis Returns to Azeroth in a new form accompanied by Balnazzar as they attempt to subjugate the Scarlet Crusade
19-The player controls Balnazzar as he subjugates High Crusader Saidan Dathrohan
20-Mal'Ganis goes to subdue the Scarlet Onslaught under the leadership of Barean Westwind
21-He then goes to Northrend to fulfill his revenge on destroying the Lich King
22-He fights an epic battle with the Lich King's main strike force and establishes onslaught harbor
AI, and Cache under development thanks to the great @Walichrage
#22 Mal'Ganis battles with Arthas, Kel'Thuzad, Anub'Arak, Sapphiron, etc. ?
Great... But I haven't heard about the mission of the Legion destroying the World Tree...![]()
Why did you replace the voice actors for already voice acted characters? it just sounds like a knockoff lol. the campaign is awesome, but the voice acting is really meh. not as unbearable as some others from custom campaigns i've heard, but i wish you would have kept things like mal'ganis original voice or just not have it voice acted.
edit: also, the first mission, it's IMPOSSIBLE to get the potion of mana in the giant igloo.
and in most of the missions the AI was completely passive. never attacked my base ONCE. the design on this campaign is great, but that's a big flaw...
items not carrying over is another one.
also, one doesn't just 'raise a lich'
almost all of the liches you see in wc3 other than kel'thuzad were first generation death knights at one point, and were turned into liches. thats what rage winterchill is.
and it doesn't make any sense for illidan and friends to slaughter their way to mount hyjal, if they could do that then the legion would have just kept attacking and started corrupting the land around the world tree, and even with archimonde dead they would have won....
as they just did here lol.
edit: also, the first mission, it's IMPOSSIBLE to get the potion of mana in the giant igloo.
and in most of the missions the AI was completely passive. never attacked my base ONCE. the design on this campaign is great, but that's a big flaw...
items not carrying over is another one.
also, one doesn't just 'raise a lich'
almost all of the liches you see in wc3 other than kel'thuzad were first generation death knights at one point, and were turned into liches. thats what rage winterchill is.
and it doesn't make any sense for illidan and friends to slaughter their way to mount hyjal, if they could do that then the legion would have just kept attacking and started corrupting the land around the world tree, and even with archimonde dead they would have won....
as they just did here lol.
And/or the undead turned on them via the Lich King.echnically the Legion did that, but after Archimonde reached the World Tree and died, the rest of the Legion was either slaughtered or ran away.
The campaign is already released:Can somebody tell me if the campaign is still ongoing..?
I've been waiting for too longXD
The campaign is already released:
Revenge of Mal'Ganis (Version 1.1)
I think it is.I mean.. is it the full one..?
- MISSION#1: The Lich King's Betrayal (100%)
- INTERLUDE#1: The Dreadlords' Meeting (100%)
- MISSION#2: The Tranquil Silverpine (100%)
- MISSION#3: The Walls of Fenris (100%)
- MISSION#4: The Destruction of Dalaran (100%)
- MISSION#5: The Wrath of Mannoroth (100%)
- INTERLUDE#2: The Spoils of War (100%)
- MISSION#6: The Pursuit (100%)
- MISSION#7: The Skull of Gul'dan (100%)
- MISSION#8: The Confrontation (100%)
- MISSION#9: The Betrayer's Troth (100%)
I mean.. is it the full one..?
I think it is.