Round Table of Arkain

[Elkordy-AA]

Absolutely.
That will never ever happen.

Arkain's story works through me as its writer and creator, I wouldn't trust an AI with even a single line of dialogue.

That's for the better glad that u clarify it

 

[Ebanu8]

Been a while since I last saw an update. I must see what it's like to embrace the past.

 

[Shar Dundred]

I will share the results of my first experiments with you shortly.

 

[Karmondia]

Hey, Shar!
I have a question, that has been on my mind for some time now.
Does Gardon use a different walk animation in Legacy of Arkain because of his age or his alcoholism (or something else)?

 

[Shar Dundred]

Because he has a new model.

 

[Karmondia]

Because he has a new model.

Ah, I see! I was overthinking it because his walk animation in Legacy looks like he is walking, rather than running like in Legends. I thought it was because his steps are more careful now, either because of his age or because he is drunk/having a hangover lol

 

[Kuras2003]

I remember there was dude that tried to make Arkain - reversed once. What happend to him?

 

[Mochi King]

I remember there was dude that tried to make Arkain - reversed once. What happend to him?

Arkain Industries probably silenced him.

 

[Shar Dundred]

Ah yes, the infamous Arkain Industries mafia department got involved there.

Jokes aside, they have been working on other stuff, not related to Arkain.

 

[Kuras2003]

aww man, arkain reversed sounds dope as hell. If somebody would want to revive this project would you allow it?

 

[Shar Dundred]

I am not giving out a public blank cheque for Arkain content.

If there are people interested in creating these things, they are welcome to get into contact with me directly.

 

[Avaree]

Hi, hello! I enjoyed your masterpiece called Arkain since 2020, I never talked on Hive though. I would like your permission for Captain Lindra's model for my future project, both you and Rhapsodie will be credited.

 

[Shar Dundred]

I would like your permission for Captain Lindra's model for my future project, both you and Rhapsodie will be credited.

If @Rhapsodie is fine with it, I am too.

 

[Mochi King]

At one point, i want there to be a mode in struggles of arkain where you can battle specific factions of a race. Another would be a mode that allows you to use each factions elite units (Ironfist: Elite/Bloodfist; Golden Guard: Templar/Justicar, Pride of Humanity; Imperial Army: Cleaver, Cleavehand's Revenge).

There's also this type of map that allows you to send in troops but you can't control them, only letting them battle it out (War Crafts).

 

[Kuras2003]

At one point i would like milion dolars, but at best it would take some time

 

[Kuras2003]

Anyway. Will you do fixes to other books somewhere during or after developing legacy of arkain? (including portrait bug in true story)

 

[Karmondia]

Will you do fixes to other books somewhere during or after developing legacy of arkain?

Shar said the old books of Arkain (First Human, Second Orc, etc.) will not receive any more updates.

including portrait bug in true story

Reforged (for some reason) introduced a new option in the World Editor for portraits, which can't be fixed in the previous versions of the World Editor. Fixing this would mean editing the True Story (or any other campaign) in the new Reforged World Editor, which would break compatibility with the older versions of the game.

 

[Twisted]

Hi Shar Dundred and the Arkain Team,
I’ve been following the Legends of Arkain for some time, and I’m truly impressed by the scale and depth of the world you’ve built. As a 2D artist and illustrator with background in traditional/cg painting, I’d love to contribute to the project.
I can help with:
Hand-drawn sketches and concept art for new characters or structures.
Custom icons and portraits that fit the Warcraft III / Arkain aesthetic.
I’d be happy to show some of my work or do a small test task to see if my style fits your vision. Feel free to PM me here or reply to this message.

 

[Kuras2003]

Shar said the old books of Arkain (First Human, Second Orc, etc.) will not receive any more updates.

Reforged (for some reason) introduced a new option in the World Editor for portraits, which can't be fixed in the previous versions of the World Editor. Fixing this would mean editing the True Story (or any other campaign) in the new Reforged World Editor, which would break compatibility with the older versions of the game.

oh okay, i must have missed it. Good to know

 

[Kasrkin]

I can't recommend playing a long campaign like Arkain on reforged anyhow besides the portrait bug there is another major bug that happens with the 2.0 onwards versions of the game. At some point seemingly at random not even always with updates to the game version, reforged will either delete your cache data or from others have said your save files. I've personally dealt with the cache deletion issue a lot which makes playing or testing with anything reforged a fucking headache and a half.

 

[deepstrasz]

At some point seemingly at random not even always with updates to the game version, reforged will either delete your cache data or from others have said your save files. I've personally dealt with the cache deletion issue a lot which makes playing or testing with anything reforged a fucking headache and a half.

Might be an issue when a newer updated campaign file would be seen as a different entity by the game and make a new cache and save files zone/folder.

 

[Kuras2003]

Did killing Lera the Huntress's base actualy gave you something worthwhile later in the run? From my memory, if you spare her, she only apeared during mission Betrayal and during gates of hell when you send elf wave

 

[Karmondia]

Did killing Lera the Huntress's base actualy gave you something worthwhile later in the run? From my memory, if you spare her, she only apeared during mission Betrayal and during gates of hell when you send elf wave

In the Second Human Book, if Salana is Gardon's queen candidate (if you didn't pick the "Elves of the Ironfist" leadership bonus), Lera and her forces switch sides in Long Live the Queen.

 

[Shar Dundred]

In the True Story you only get her in Betrayal and she is killed in the aftermath.

 

[Kuras2003]

And if you decide to kill her, will something happend?

 

[Karmondia]

And if you decide to kill her, will something happend?

If you kill her in the First Human Book, she will not help you in Betrayal. In the Second Human Book, she will be replaced by another archer, who will not switch sides, even if Salana is the queen candidate. In the True Story, she will replace the dark ranger in Death's Approach, and then she will also not help in Betrayal.

Spoiler: Lera in Death's Approach

 

[Kuras2003]

Okay so how do we get that new map in Keep of fate?

 

[Shar Dundred]

You are required to have completed all secrets in the Prelude.

 

[Mochi King]

Ugh, i didn't feel too good when it came to

Spoiler

killing Herdon and his men.

 

[Shar Dundred]

I have received a number of questions regarding Arkain via PM. Since they were quite a few
and might be of interest for more people, I have decided to post and reply to them here.
@Mochi King also said he'd be fine with me posting them in public so here you go.

Will we be facing off against Argastus Corlon soon?

Depends on your definition of "soon". You will meet him at one point, but definitely not in Salria.

In the short story 'Report', was the grand marshal mentioned Titus Invictus? Is he the first grand marshal?

Titus is the one mentioned there, yes. As for the title, he is the first within the empire with the title, yes.
Renald also was in charge of all Imperial forces during the Second Voidwar but he had enough other titles already and while his role was similar, it was not exactly the same.

In the same short story, is the storyteller an imperial or from the same faction as the 'empress' from another short story?

The former.

Can Maronogin defeat any of the dreadlords, alive or dead?

If he were to use his full power then he could beat most if not all of them in single combat.
He just doesn't really use his power these days.

Maronogin vs Largoth, who wins?

In single combat without any other factors, Largoth.

Aridon vs Maronogin, who wins?

In single combat without any other factors, Aridon.
Maronogin is powerful but not on the power level of one of the Four. The power of capitalism has not given him the power to win single comat.
Also as mentioned earlier, he doesn't really involve himself anymore anyway. Something quite drastic would have to happen for that to change.

Largoth vs Ornasion, who wins?

In single combat without any other factors, Largoth.

With Garan dead, who will Gardon choose as the high lord of kerrel?

Following the events of the Prelude, he wants to completely and utterly destroy that nation, similar to what Redfist did to the Orc Islands. There won't be much left to rule over if things go his way.

If there was a timeline where Gardon was general of the golden guard rather than van Durce, would he still want the black dragon allegiance? if not, then would he consider the swamp dragons at least if he were to set foot in arkain? And are the golden guard more for holy magic and purity rather than darker forms of magic or was this the case because it was van Durce being aligned to holy magic? What if he was aligned with dark magic, would the golden guard be the same still?

This is a very elaborate speculative scenario.
The Golden Guard as a force in itself was shaped by van Durce. If they had a completely different leader, it would not be the same force.
The scenario does not specify if Gardon would be the same person. If he would remain the same, it is very much possible that the Golden Guard would just be what the Ironfist is now.
If he was different, his unit might also be different.

Is chaos magic and demon magic the same or different?

They're the same.

In Risen Resistance, could the orcs and their allies survive if the actual Boar Regiment survived? Could amari arrive not have turned the tide if this was the case?

The Bonelords and the Scarec were a far, far greater threat than the Boar Regiment could ever have been.

When was the last time Praxeus and Aveen met?

About the same time as it was since Praxeus and Gardon last met before the war.

Will we ever see a Rodan map?

I currently have no plans to create or update any maps.

Is Sir Perry still a part of Knights of Kome in True Story?

He was until his death, yes.

In Fate of Bloodclaw, if Gardon becomes emperor, will he allow black dragons to nest in the empire, or do the dragons prefer arkain more?

Gardon becoming emperor does not mean that he no longer wished to also rule Zyainor.
He does not exchange one realm for another, he combines the two in that ending.
The black dragons would be allowed to live in both Rodan and Arkain as far as he was concerned.

How strong is Rogthil? Comparing them to Rahandir, Ornasion, Aridon, and Largoth.

As always, it depends on the circumstances. In single combat without any other factors, above the former and below the latter.
In the case of Aridon, he had already defeated Rogthil in the Second Voidwar.

In the near future, can we play as Garan in Struggles of Arkain? We were able to play as Birram and Renova after all.

I have no plans to share in that regard at the moment.

Who is the strongest human, volarian or dorbric? In an all-out battle, who would win? Can either of them beat dreadlords on their own?

Physically Dorbric was an absolute mountain of a man. Volarian on the other hand is empowered by his anger and hatred. He is also more cunning than the old bull.
It would be an interesting duel but Dorbric is dead and they never stood on opposing sides anyway.
As for the second part of the question, maybe. Depends on the dreadlord. Killing Erganoth or Vermon would be challenging for them for example. It is very situational.
This is my issue with these character A VS character B questions in general, it depends on many different factors and answering them always includes a risk for possible future confusion or spoilers.

Does Rahandir know of all the magic that the Zirr Nexus stored? Do they also know of the magic from Rodan and the faction of the Empress from espionage?

The Zirr have access to a lot of knowledge that was otherwise forgotten - the one who knew most about it was Tremalon and we all know what happened to him.
Rahandir did not spend all of his unlife studying the Zirr libraries so no, he does not know all of its magic even if he has a very deep understanding of magic and access to much knowledge.
Does he have a vast knowledge of magic and history? Yes. Does he know everything? No, nobody does.

 

[Mochi King]

I have received a number of questions regarding Arkain via PM. Since they were quite a few
and might be of interest for more people, I have decided to post and reply to them here.
@Mochi King also said he'd be fine with me posting them in public so here you go.


Depends on your definition of "soon". You will meet him at one point, but definitely not in Salria.


Titus is the one mentioned there, yes. As for the title, he is the first within the empire with the title, yes.
Renald also was in charge of all Imperial forces during the Second Voidwar but he had enough other titles already and while his role was similar, it was not exactly the same.


The former.


If he were to use his full power then he could beat most if not all of them in single combat.
He just doesn't really use his power these days.


In single combat without any other factors, Largoth.


In single combat without any other factors, Aridon.
Maronogin is powerful but not on the power level of one of the Four. The power of capitalism has not given him the power to win single comat.
Also as mentioned earlier, he doesn't really involve himself anymore anyway. Something quite drastic would have to happen for that to change.


In single combat without any other factors, Largoth.


Following the events of the Prelude, he wants to completely and utterly destroy that nation, similar to what Redfist did to the Orc Islands. There won't be much left to rule over if things go his way.


This is a very elaborate speculative scenario.
The Golden Guard as a force in itself was shaped by van Durce. If they had a completely different leader, it would not be the same force.
The scenario does not specify if Gardon would be the same person. If he would remain the same, it is very much possible that the Golden Guard would just be what the Ironfist is now.
If he was different, his unit might also be different.


They're the same.


The Bonelords and the Scarec were a far, far greater threat than the Boar Regiment could ever have been.


About the same time as it was since Praxeus and Gardon last met before the war.


I currently have no plans to create or update any maps.


He was until his death, yes.


Gardon becoming emperor does not mean that he no longer wished to also rule Zyainor.
He does not exchange one realm for another, he combines the two in that ending.
The black dragons would be allowed to live in both Rodan and Arkain as far as he was concerned.


As always, it depends on the circumstances. In single combat without any other factors, above the former and below the latter.
In the case of Aridon, he had already defeated Rogthil in the Second Voidwar.


I have no plans to share in that regard at the moment.


Physically Dorbric was an absolute mountain of a man. Volarian on the other hand is empowered by his anger and hatred. He is also more cunning than the old bull.
It would be an interesting duel but Dorbric is dead and they never stood on opposing sides anyway.
As for the second part of the question, maybe. Depends on the dreadlord. Killing Erganoth or Vermon would be challenging for them for example. It is very situational.
This is my issue with these character A VS character B questions in general, it depends on many different factors and answering them always includes a risk for possible future confusion or spoilers.


The Zirr have access to a lot of knowledge that was otherwise forgotten - the one who knew most about it was Tremalon and we all know what happened to him.
Rahandir did not spend all of his unlife studying the Zirr libraries so no, he does not know all of its magic even if he has a very deep understanding of magic and access to much knowledge.
Does he have a vast knowledge of magic and history? Yes. Does he know everything? No, nobody does.

Thanks a bunch, Shar! This helped me understand the characters and stories a bit more. Might have some more questions in the future too. So I'm hoping to learn a bit more about Arkain.

 

[Mochi King]

Does anyone know the models used by the arkain directorate (Kasrkin, Fred, Sir Jay, Shar)?

Edit: this is what no new map does a man.

 

[Kuras2003]

hmm... was there a time when you could build Flame Towers playing as golden guard in second human book or in true story? I feel like i have vague memory of it

 

[Shar Dundred]

In the True Story, definitely not.

In the Second Human Book most likely not either.

 

[Kasrkin]

Shar is correct, the flame and tide towers have only been used by enemy factions. Mostly enemy golden guard if memory still serves.

 

[Kuras2003]

i feel like at some point you could build them but there was limit of 5 or 6. Probably im wrong

 

[g4ndalf]

Am i the only one who keep facing crashes in the new mission? it keep happens at the same time in around 3 minutes in or something

 

[Shar Dundred]

That definitely didn't happen in testing. What's your version of the game?

 

[g4ndalf]

That definitely didn't happen in testing. What's your version of the game?

same as always 1.31.1, if it is just happening to me then it is probably my pc then

 

[Kuras2003]

is Arbric suposed to cost 5 food while other heroes cost none?

 

[Shar Dundred]

Nah, that's a bug. Will fix that.

Edit: Uploaded a hotfix.

 

[Mochi King]

Am i the only one who keep facing crashes in the new mission? it keep happens at the same time in around 3 minutes in or something

I also had this problem with 1.31, but it disappeared when i switched to 1.29.

 

[Kuras2003]

do we think that corrosion aura needs to be nerfed before we are jumping on Amari's patch? i think its insane that War aura got nerfed from 70% to 50% but corrosion aura stayed as it is, while it could be argued that they have the same power level.
If i were to say what are top 3 strongest abilities it would be 1.Corrosion aura 2.War Aura 3.Avenge
War aura got nerfed to the ground and Avenge is too iconic to nerf

 

[Shar Dundred]

Avenge got nerfed in the First Book era because Rath gave people a breakdown in Green Wave.
Corrosion will go down to 1.5, 3 and 4.5 next update.

 

[Kuras2003]

was avenge nerfed before second human book even came out? Damn, the times sure flies fast

 

[Kasrkin]

Avenge got nerfed in the First Book era because Rath gave people a breakdown in Green Wave.

Eleven years! ELEVEN YEARS! He hangs it over my head like the world's most annoying guillotine... that is a meteor.

 

[Kuras2003]

Did we ever had discussion about which undead hero belongs to which nexi?
Im mostly wondering about Erodarus, Undead Seilor and Fleshtearer
Is Erodarus Ejara (becouse we had seen him as Ejara in that mission where you fight bonelords)
Is Undead Seilor Zirr or Ejara? (the same mission vs struggles of arkain)
and im not sure if Fleshtearer would be better fit for Ejara or Ardoz

 

[Shar Dundred]

Edoarus and Fleshtearer are Splecir.
Selior was raised by Rahandir and is less clear in that regard. He fits better into Zirr or Splecir than Ejara though.
In Struggles he was put into Ejara because otherwise they'd have had too few hero options and because Splecir didn't really need another option.
He's dead for good though.

 

[Jongyi233]

Shar, since the last Valorian chapter is exterminate or go home, it is another crossroad chapter where next chapter depends on what you choose? If that is the case, Path of Nameless would be a pretty unique path with not just one but two diverging routes. I am hyped for it

 

[Shar Dundred]

Shar, since the last Valorian chapter is exterminate or go home, it is another crossroad chapter where next chapter depends on what you choose?

Yes, it is.