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There were differences between who survived the human campaign and the orc campaign, surely there would be differences in that during the undead campaign as well, that is why I ask
 

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Karsrkin and Shar are DnD equivalent from Arkainverse, busy writing the script.
 
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I don't know...seems like destroying undead base has a better result i suppose, despite Zairmak's disapproval. Also, I noticed something at the end of intro scene of chapter eight, where Venessa said something like "empress of all mankind? seems fascinating.." and then the screen went black. I think it was a big foreshadowing from the creator telling us that Venessa will be the empress and Gardon will be defeated. Probably at the end of the second Orc book, so I think letting Sasrogan agree with Venessa is a bad choice since Rangul disproves of it later on, but leaving the humans alone in the side quest in chapter 8 will be better, as maybe Venessa will be the queen later on, being the puppet of Rangul, and thus providing a way for the two races to co-exist together.

If you read Vanessa's short story, you will notice she has become somewhat obsessed with power...
Her desire to spare humans doesn't come from kindness but of pragmatism, as they can prove to be useful...
 
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If you read Vanessa's short story, you will notice she has become somewhat obsessed with power...
Her desire to spare humans doesn't come from kindness but of pragmatism, as they can prove to be useful...
You don't exactly even need the short story as in the end of chapter 7 of the orc book she says that with the humans they can attain true power. Still this should be expanded even more and add more reasons.
 

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I cant recall seeing Blooddrinker Legion in 2nd Human Book, so I'd assume they were defeated by undead same as in Bloodbath chapter. Also I remember once Souleater Legion had arrived Krom claimed that they are different from Blooddrinker legion. Like what's the major difference between them?
 
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I cant recall seeing Blooddrinker Legion in 2nd Human Book, so I'd assume they were defeated by undead same as in Bloodbath chapter. Also I remember once Souleater Legion had arrived Krom claimed that they are different from Blooddrinker legion. Like what's the major difference between them?

I think it was a term of size and units...
 
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I think it was a term of size and units...
Yep. Krom said they outnumber the blooddrinker legion several times.
Also what if each legion has special units they just don't feel like revealing... at least not yet... but maybe soon... i guess only time will tell, but they must have something up their sleeve.
 
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We will go to war... in style!
We are dealing with true art here gentlemen. We both have good looking and useful troops. I mean look at that nice ironfist black armour and those blue wearing elves and those horse riding knights and those red fire spirit things... ok maybe they're not that fabulous, but you must look at inner beauty too. :D
 
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We are dealing with true art here gentlemen. We both have good looking and useful troops. I mean look at that nice ironfist black armour and those blue wearing elves and those horse riding knighs and those red fire spirit things... ok maybe they're not that fabulous, but you must look at inner beauty too. :D
Elites look fantastic in blue, Defenders in teal, and of course those Ironfist back there look good anyway.
 

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What could be happening in Chapter Ten? What horrors could awake? What fire could be burning so hot it scorches the very people that get too close?
The messenger didn't even have to open his mouth. Thane Roshgar and the other dwarves readied their weapons.
Within mere seconds, all of the underground was filled with screams and screeches. Shield formations broke,
brave soldiers died on all fronts. The thane ran, heading towards the main line, where the heat of battle
was the most intense. The very rocks around them crumbled as the gunpowder of the dwarves wreaked havoc
among the enemies of dwarvenkind. Yet they kept moving forward. Thane Roshgar swung his axe, killing five
of the hated enemies with only one strike. He jumped towards another enemy, striking his axe right in its head.
They were monsters, creatures from the deep. Ever since the first contact with their kind, they had been
at war with the dwarves. They were ancestral enemies, fought against even longer than the cursed Demons.
Roshgar roared in triumph, boosting the morale of his surrounding dwarven soldiers. They were his followers,
his allies, his friends. They would stand and fight to keep their families safe from the monstrosities.
Then the earth started shaking. The earth tore apart, fire erupted from the newly created fissures.
Brave dwarves were either burned alive or fell into the gaps, into the lava below. A dark voice filled the underground.
The dwarves couldn't understand its foul language, but it drove their enemies onto the brink of madness.
In blind zeal, they pressed on their attacks. New monstrosities entered the battlefield, throwing the dwarves through
the tunnels with their bare hands.
Then, a gigantic flame approached, hailing from the deepest tunnel. The last thing Thane Roshgar could see, were
his followers, allies and friends being burned alive. Then, the flame reached him.

Hours later, when the reinforcements arrived, to secure the area, they found nothing but the smell of burned flesh.
 
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Interesting. The dwarves as you mentioned will fight a enemy that is lead by Progaderas so at least we know their leader. What could be that enemy? Is it a ancient fire race that tried to enslave the dwarves, will we maybe see the return of the forgotten in this chapter too? Yeah i doubt it for the latter, but only time will tell.
Also let's not forget the orcs, although an annoyance and only pillaging with their new units they can prove a threat, let's not underestimate them. Their pillaging may turn into a conquest so yeah the dwarves will be pressured on all sides, at least we will get an ally for all he is worth. Im loving... I mean hating this already!
 
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What could be happening in Chapter Ten? What horrors could awake? What fire could be burning so hot it scorches the very people that get too close?
The messenger didn't even have to open his mouth. Thane Roshgar and the other dwarves readied their weapons.
Within mere seconds, all of the underground was filled with screams and screeches. Shield formations broke,
brave soldiers died on all fronts. The thane ran, heading towards the main line, where the heat of battle
was the most intense. The very rocks around them crumbled as the gunpowder of the dwarves wreaked havoc
among the enemies of dwarvenkind. Yet they kept moving forward. Thane Roshgar swung his axe, killing five
of the hated enemies with only one strike. He jumped towards another enemy, striking his axe right in its head.
They were monsters, creatures from the deep. Ever since the first contact with their kind, they had been
at war with the dwarves. They were ancestral enemies, fought against even longer than the cursed Demons.
Roshgar roared in triumph, boosting the morale of his surrounding dwarven soldiers. They were his followers,
his allies, his friends. They would stand and fight to keep their families safe from the monstrosities.
Then the earth started shaking. The earth tore apart, fire erupted from the newly created fissures.
Brave dwarves were either burned alive or fell into the gaps, into the lava below. A dark voice filled the underground.
The dwarves couldn't understand its foul language, but it drove their enemies onto the brink of madness.
In blind zeal, they pressed on their attacks. New monstrosities entered the battlefield, throwing the dwarves through
the tunnels with their bare hands.
Then, a gigantic flame approached, hailing from the deepest tunnel. The last thing Thane Roshgar could see, were
his followers, allies and friends being burned alive. Then, the flame reached him.

Hours later, when the reinforcements arrived, to secure the area, they found nothing but the smell of burned flesh.

Come on man! You have the chapter almost finished, admit it! you just want to tease us for the next 10 years before release :D
 
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Come on man! You have the chapter almost finished, admit it! you just want to tease us for the next 10 years before release :D
Building up hype for a chapter is always good, because when it is released you will want to play it even more. Let him reveal things slowly. We don't want everything spoiled immediately. All we need to know is that the chapter is progaderasing nicely. =)
 
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Building up hype for a chapter is always good, because when it is released you will want to play it even more. Let him reveal things slowly. We don't want everything spoiled immediately. All we need to know is that the chapter is progaderasing nicely. =)

Im real eager to see the new dwarven units. Maybe some screenshots as spoilers? :D :D
 
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If you read Vanessa's short story, you will notice she has become somewhat obsessed with power...
Her desire to spare humans doesn't come from kindness but of pragmatism, as they can prove to be useful...

You don't exactly even need the short story as in the end of chapter 7 of the orc book she says that with the humans they can attain true power. Still this should be expanded even more and add more reasons.
Okay..so by true power, you mean absorbing their souls? experimenting their bodies to make them dolls at her disposal?becoming a powerful female warlock who corrupts humans instead of orcs by giving them fel powers to increase their strength potential and put them on the front lines against the demons?
 
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Okay..so by true power, you mean absorbing their souls? experimenting their bodies to make them dolls at her disposal?becoming a powerful female warlock who corrupts humans instead of orcs by giving them fel powers to increase their strength potential and put them on the front lines against the demons?

More like sparing the humans and use them against the demons, like recruits.

Absorbing their souls, experimenting on them or corrupting them sounds nefarious, even to the orcs.
 
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More like sparing the humans and use them against the demons, like recruits.
I feel like Vanessa's idea of co-existence is good, but with her lust for power she can bring only doom. With great power comes great responsibility and since she doesn't care as long as she gets her power she may really destroy the orcs, the race she serves. Combine this with (and this is up to the player to decide) her spreading these ideas to Sasrogarn, who in turn can spread it to others trusted who can spread it even further... the orcs will become divided, one part of them will stick to the old ways, the other will be power hungry and serve Vanessa and Sasrogarn. They may have a civil war. After the war Vanessa and Sasrogarn can share control over their conquered territory, with Sas controlling and orcs and Vanessa the humans... Of course i can be completely wrong and all of this may not happen. It is speculation after all. Predicting what will happen is really hard, but i see this as a possible scenario in the 2nd orc book.
 
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I feel like Vanessa's idea of co-existence is good, but with her lust for power she can bring only doom. With great power comes great responsibility and since she doesn't care as long as she gets her power she may really destroy the orcs, the race she serves. Combine this with (and this is up to the player to decide) her spreading these ideas to Sasrogarn, who in turn can spread it to others trusted who can spread it even further... the orcs will become divided, one part of them will stick to the old ways, the other will be power hungry and serve Vanessa and Sasrogarn. They may have a civil war. After the war Vanessa and Sasrogarn can share control over their conquered territory, with Sas controlling and orcs and Vanessa the humans... Of course i can be completely wrong and all of this may not happen. It is speculation after all. Predicting what will happen is really hard, but i see this as a possible scenario in the orc book.

First off, the orcs are too conservative and must learn to adapt, gaining new powers and coming up with new strategies. If they learn how to coexist with the humans, they can be benefited greatly later on...

Besides the humans would most likely use the orcs as well if given the same situation, so Vanessa might not be wrong...
 
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First off, the orcs are too conservative and must learn to adapt, gaining new powers and coming up with new strategies. If they learn how to coexist with the humans, they can be benefited greatly later on...
At least there is some progress on the coming up with new strategies part, now even though they still charge into battle like usual, at least they have improved their army structure and each clan now has a special way of combat.
Also their adapting is improving somewhat, although they incorporated so many new races and technically became the orc federation they now at least learned that you can't hate absolutely everyone.
So i can say that by orc standards they have advanced tremendously.
 
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At least there is some progress on the coming up with new strategies part, now even though they still charge into battle like usual, at least they have improved their army structure and each clan now has a special way of combat.
Also their adapting is improving somewhat, although they incorporated so many new races and technically became the orc federation they now at least learned that you can't hate absolutely everyone.
So i can say that by orc standards they have advanced tremendously.

Yes, they are advancing...but I wonder who deserves the credit for coming up with that idea of a federation?
 
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Vanessa. She deserves full credit.
well, Rangul warned her many times of that idea and it appears either Rangul or Venessa. As her hunger for power increases, Rangul will have to act before she ruins his plans so I'm sure that in the second Orc book Rangul will end up being betrayed, or kill his own daughter so that he can proceed with his plans because he was against the idea no matter what you did. Even if the player had chosen to kill the undead base instead of the human base in chapter 8's optional quest, Rangul replies that he only did it because he wanted to take both the base' resources, knowing that the humans will leave after that.
 
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well, Rangul warned her many times of that idea and it appears either Rangul or Venessa. As her hunger for power increases, Rangul will have to act before she ruins his plans so I'm sure that in the second Orc book Rangul will end up being betrayed, or kill his own daughter so that he can proceed with his plans because he was against the idea no matter what you did. Even if the player had chosen to kill the undead base instead of the human base in chapter 8's optional quest, Rangul replies that he only did it because he wanted to take both the base' resources, knowing that the humans will leave after that.

What plan?
He was planning to conquer the kingdoms and the demons appeared and the orcs were forced to retreat. Rangul's entire plan was ruined because of his short-sighteness, not because of Vanessa.

Had he chosen to listen to Vanessa, maybe General Cleavehand would allow the orcs to pass the imperial defenses and hold the ground against the demons.
 
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