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This is a campaign that I'm making, with a "non-warcraft" lore, but with a warcrafty style 
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Chapter 1 is live for testing, feel free to play it and give me your feedback:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/attachments/rise-of-deathsong-w3n.241875/
Also, thanks a lot to Sclammerz for making the Sylvia Anor and the worker textures for me!
I'll be needing testers for the campaign as well, if anyone's interested just tell me.
So, what do you guys think? Is it worth my time?
StorylineSylvia Anor is the leader of the Tharaenor Realm, and is faced with several problems:
The Swamp Lords, who rule the Deathsong swamps, have mysteriously disappeared, and Sylvia believes it to be work of Lady Deathsong, an evil witch who needs Sylvia's blood to bring the Void Gods (the source of all the dark magic) into this world. If so, then the Realm faces an extreme danger. This will be the main setting of the campaign, with Sylvia seeing her suspitions (is this how you say it ?!) come true, going to the Swamps, fighting Deathsong,
, etc...winning...
She'll also see her alliances threatened and her victory against Deathsong compromised, as her allies, the Plain Kingdoms, get involved in a war with their ancient enemy, the Mohr Empire.
In the middle of all these happenings, a new faction arises in the Ayurin Forests (Northern Mohr Empire) fighting the Empire, calling themselves The Valyr. Yet, they show imense power, and neither The Realm nor The Kingdoms find it wise to trust them yet...
Characters
The main character.
Born in Deeptree, with royal blood, daughter of Ganthos Anor, Leader of the Tharaenor at the time, and of Mara Anor, of house Oran, Sylvia and her sister, Lysira, were the only survivors of their house, when the Conquering* began, besides their Grandmother, who was Arch Druid at the time, and so could not be killed, as that would be a sacrilege.
As the Evergreen House slaughtered the palace, the guards managed to get the girls in a merchant caravan that was going to the Dragon Islands. Lysira was the eldest, and took care of her sister for their first year as refugees, until a slave dealer bought Sylvia from the merchants. The sisters got separated, and Sylvia now belonged to a rich man who resided in Embertown.
For years, she was underfed, badly treated and whipped for several times, until she managed to escape and go on a boat to Dorean, a small town in the shores of the nation of Doros. Eventually, she came across the merchants that held Lysira, and helped her get away. Together, the sisters ran away once more. Sylvia was now 20 years and Lysira, 31.
For three years they wandered through the Low Continent**, stealing, living on the worst conditions one could imagine, but, at the same time, learning how to survive, how to fight. Meanwhile, Lysira had given birth to a son, result of a raping. The boy was now 6 years old. A month after his 6th birthday, the three were in Red Town, Inner Doros, where they’d made a friend, a smith called Dalbor, a generous old man, when word came that Sarae Anor was leaving her position as Arch Druid. That would mean her death, as the Evergreens, who had ruled the Realm for that time, a time of tyranny, would not allow her to live, now that she wasn’t in the duty of the Thar. The sisters left Thoros, the boy, with the smith and immediately went to Dorean, where they set sail to Silver Corn, in the Plain Lands, the neighbour kingdom of the Realm, at the cost of all their possessions, where their father’s allies would provide them help.
When they arrived to Silver Corn, Lord Ramos didn’t hesitate in providing them with a ship and money, but said that he could give no more, as the Mohr Empire had recently been beaten, and he had no soldiers available for them. The sisters then went to Wood Harbor.
With their arrival to Wood Harbor, the people’s heart opened for them, as they did not know that the heirs to Deeptree were alive. The girls travelled quietly through the Realm, raising the tumults, starting a rebellion. When they had enough supporters, the Rebels marched upon Deeptree, and reconquered it, killing the tyrannical traitor Slyntos Evergreen and imprisoning all his soldiers and family. A new ruler was sent to the Evergreen Islands and the last survivors of House Anor were proclaimed as the one true royal family by the Tharaeni. Lysira was the heir, but she abdicated and passed the right to Sylvia, who accepted it. Her sister was sent to the Dragon Islands as a special envoy, with the mission to abolish slavery in the Islands. Thoros remained in Deeptree and was raised by Sylvia. Lady Sarae nominated her granddaughter as her successor as an Arch Druid, after a few years of learning and training.
Ten years have passed. Lysira is now 41 years old, Sylvia 30 and her nephew 16. The world is getting quaked: the Swamp Lords have disappeared and no scouts return from the Deathsong Swamps; the Mohr Empire is expanding once more. Lysira’s mission is nearly over, but there are still many slave dealers to be stopped. Furthermore, Sylvia needs an heir of her own, as her nephew, even though an Anor, is still a bastard, and the tharaeni wouldn’t like to see a bastard sitting in the throne. Yet, having a son would mean quitting on her druidic powers, and she cannot afford to lose her abilities in a time of such confusions. Sylvia must quit the throne, due to her duties as an Arch Druid, which is the reason why she needs a rightful heir. Even though, she considers her nephew ready for the crown, and is likely to pass it to him, even if that means displeasing the people.
*The Conquering is how the rebellion of Slyntos would later be called.
**There are two known continents in "our" world: The High Continent (Tharaenor Realm, Plain Kingdoms, Mohr Empire, Great Hills, Dragon Islands and Twisted Islands) and the Low Continent (Siren Islands, Nahat Desert and surrounding countries, Hawk Islands, Sky Islands, and the two nations of Ebora and Naldir)
Thara Vhorn is a druid that lives somewhere near Moonswood, in the Tharaenor Realm. As she hears the moons calling her, telling her about the events that are taking place, and that can shake the very foundations of the world, if not stopped in time, she rides for Deeptree, to warn Lady Anor, only to confirm her suspitions. Thara offers to help Sylvia in the war against darkness, who accepts it.
Once a good creature, she was cheated to learn the dark arts. Thinking she was saving her father from death, she ended up losing herself to the Void Lords, who channeled their power through her, in order to get to this world. For opening the portal that would allow such thing, the blood of the Archdruid was required. Deathsong's first attempt to kill the Archdruid, who was Sarae, at the time, ended up with the destruction of the witch... or so everyone was led to believe. Lady Deathsong is back, and she now seeks Sylvia's blood. Her minions now crawl all over the Deathsong swamps (which were named after her, in order to remember the horrors she had committed in there before), and a dark voice fills the air: her voice, whispering poisonous words that can drive anyone who enters there mad.
Features
- A Complete New Lore
- New Icons, Models, Skins AND, POSSIBLY, Custom Music
- QWER ability system
- No More Boring Cinematics where you just read the subtitles! This is Rise of Deathsong! [rainbow]You've got real voices in here![/rainbow]
General Progress
- Main characters' voice actors selected (thanks to my school mates)
- Most of the lore, even if not written down, has been imagined/pictured
- Maps drawn
- Class nerd selected to make the recordings, the modelling (if he can) and basically any computer stuff that I don't know how to work with...
Map Progress
- Prologue - "Future Storm" - 0%
- Chapter 1 - "The Dead Marshes" - 80%
- Chapter 2 - "Unstable Positions" - 3%
- Interlude - "Bitter Victory" - 0%
- Chapter 3 - "The Great Escape" - 0%
- Chapter 4 - "The Golden Alliance" - 2%
- There will be other chapters, but I haven't settled what will specificaly happen in each of them, nor how many chapters will the campaign have.
Screenshots
- Chapter 1
- Other Maps
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Chapter 1 is live for testing, feel free to play it and give me your feedback:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/attachments/rise-of-deathsong-w3n.241875/
Also, thanks a lot to Sclammerz for making the Sylvia Anor and the worker textures for me!
I'll be needing testers for the campaign as well, if anyone's interested just tell me.
So, what do you guys think? Is it worth my time?
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But screenshots will be added later.
