[Campaign] Tales Of The Alliance

[Footman16]

This is an idea of mine to create a series of campaigns about the Alliance which will follow the story of each Alliance race in their independent struggles. So this originally started off as a massive scale project to create a campaign for every single race of the alliance. Such a project is simply impossible to achieve in terms of both motivation and time for myself hence I decided to radically alter my plans whilst maintaining the overall theme of "Tales of the Alliance" after finishing the initial campaign Lordaeron's Legacy. From there I started work on a sequel which is almost finished Lordaeron's Destiny. And once it is done I will then maybe start other campaigns of varying size since Lordaeron's Legacy was a mini-campaign and Lordaeron's Destiny is a full sized campaign.

25/05/2024: As you can see Lordaeron's Legacy and Destiny are now fully finished and released (although they may still receive updates in the future) the current project is "The Path to Valour" a story about Stromgarde during the events of the Third War showing how the Kingdom became the ruined state it is in World of Warcraft, all characters are canon (although their personalities and backstories may be creations of my own). After this campaign is finished I plan on releasing another smaller scale campaign similar to Lordaeron's Legacy that would potentially cover the High Elves.

19/09/2025: So it's been a while. The Path to Valour has been uploaded and I've finally decided I should update this thread to reflect both the project better but also to increase it's quality to a new standard. Since uploading Lordaeron's Legacy, Lordaeron's Destiny and The Path To Valour I want to increase the quality of my campaigns going forward. As part of this, my next project is going to be telling the story of the Human WoW Classic storyline in Warcraft 3 to introduce the Kingdom of Stormwind to a Warcraft 3 audience but also to tie into other Custom Campaigns that feature Stormwind, which might seem random to those unfamiliar with this part of the lore. I also know that people enjoy stories that tie into the broader WoW lore so going forward, I will strive to ensure that my campaigns fit strictly into the established lore.

Storytelling and characterisation is a hard part of writing, and towards that end whilst I originally started wanting to tell stories of original characters, I have decided to take established characters in the lore and expand their stories and fit them into broader Warcraft Storylines. So whilst Commander Istan, Candor and Morton have a special place in my heart, they will not be carried forward except for maybe small bit parts or cameos or references.

Commander Istan	A veteran of the War against the Lich King and born sometime during or before the First War. His father was a general in the Stormwind Military yet his mother was a mage from Dalaran. This has left him with a small affinity for detecting magic but nothing more. The vast distances between Lordaeron and Stormwind has also made him friends with a few Dwarves who would help him visit either one of his parents. When he was old enough he joined the Azeroth Joint Legion, a band of soldiers drawn from all the 7 Human Kingdoms. Istan was given special treatment and was quick to reach the rank of Lieutenant. This only made Istan resentful of the obvious aristocracy involved in the army and, whilst not earning his rank fully, his combat and leadership capabilities are extensive.
A minor noble from Lordaeron, Lord Candor's family owned lands in and around Strahnbrad. After the Scourge descended upon Azeroth, Candor and his family fled to the court of Stormwind where he grew ambitious and restless over the conditions of the people left behind. With the support of certain members of Stormwind's court, Lord Candor is setting his plans in motion to restake his family's lands.	Lord Candor
Captain Morson	Morson's place in the world is of simple origin and simple living. Born in Stromgarde to a trader, he signed up to the local guard forces. When he single-handedly fought off marauding bandits and saved King Trollbane himself he was "offered" a position in the 1st Joint Azeroth Legion (a legion of soldiers from all seven kingdoms) shortly before Stromgarde seceded from the Alliance of Lordaeron. As a Captain, Morson has a strong bond with the common soldier and is instrumental in serving as a weather gauge to the morale of the soldiers.
A general in the army of Stromgarde in the Third War, Lady Hoteshem is as loyal as they come. Growing up her and Orman were close friends fighting together against the Trolls who still resist and cling on to their long gone days of Empire. Intelligent as well as skilled, she has been sent by King Thoras on a diplomatic mission to Ironforge. Even though Stromgarde left the Alliance dramatically, the Kingdom still feels a kinship and sense of camaraderie with their neighbours and they could potentially re-align.	Lady Hoteshem
Orman of Stromgarde	A boisterous and strong-willed individual, Orman serves the army of Stromgarde as a heavy-hitter. Never one to rest or sit around his bull-headedness has gotten him and Lady Hoteshem into many scrapes and adventures together. Brave to a fault, there is no challenge or problem he won't seek to tackle at the source.
A Knight of the Kingdom of Stormwind, Marshall Reginald Windsor is as loyal as he is strong. A friend of General Marcus Jonathan since the Second War, he now looks a the state of the Kingdom with despair. Whilst he tries to serve the Regent Anduin Wrynn well, he is concerned with the influence of his advisor Katrana Prestor and also of the strange changes in personality Bolvar Fordragon has undergone. Nevertheless, he serves the crown loyally and will doe what he can to see the Kingdom rise again.	Marshall Reginald Windsor

Sylvanas Windrunner	The leader of the Forsaken, a breakaway faction from the Scourge, Sylvanas Windrunner is as ruthless as she is cunning. She will do anything to protect her people, even if that means annihilating her enemies without remorse. There are few who could stand against her and fewer still who have fought her and lived to tell the tale. She is the perfect combination of all the skills of an Elven Ranger with all the rage and unrelenting determination of an Undead creature. Underestimate her at your own peril.
A Tauren Hunter from Taurajo Village, Jorn Skyseer is a determined warrior of the Tauren people. His determination is seen as stubbornness on the part of his enemies and he will never surrender or stay down for long. Honourable and courageous, he finds himself on the opposite side of many worthy adversaries in the Alliance.	Jorn Skyseer
Ojin'ba	Ojin'ba is a Forest Troll of the Witherbark Tribe and is tasked with enacting revenge on their mortal enemies: the Humans of Stromgarde. The Amani Trolls seek to reclaim all that was once there's and the Arathi Highlands are seen as the rightful territory of the Witherbark Tribe. She will stop at nothing, and will do anything it takes to see her tribe ascendant once more.
Ogres are a strong race and Or'kalar is no different. Whilst known for being dumb and lacking in intelligence, their simplicity does not make them easy to fool. Or'kalar in particular may not know much, but he can tell when he is being played and will always act in the interests of his clan.	Or'kalar

Conquest of an Island - Alliance - Discontinued
Lordaeron's Legacy - Lordaeron - 100%
Lordaeron's Destiny - Alliance - 100%
The Path to Valour - Stromgarde - 100%
Strength and Steel - Stormwind - 5%

I - The Reign of Chaos
I - The Path to Valour
I - The Frozen Throne
I - World of Warcraft Begins
I - Strength and Steel
I - The Burning Crusade
I - The Wrath of the Lich King
I - Lordaeron's Legacy
I - The Cataclysm
I - Lordaeron's Destiny
I - Mists of Pandaria
I - Warlords of Draenor
I - Legion
I - The Path to Valour (Epilogue)
I - Battle for Azeroth

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If any of the creative designs/ideas (Characters, story etc) you see here are something you would like to use in a campaign, map, story etc of your own then please ask me and give a few details about what exactly that usage will be. In most cases I will be inclined to say yes.

The Conquest of an Island Demo is still included here just for anyone who wants to play it, the campaign is completely shelved and is simply kept here for archival purposes and for anyone who wants to enjoy it.

 

[huy60vn]

Wow! Draenei and High Elves :3 I really like two races.
Also It had Worgen too. I'm interesting in screenshots.
I will wait for you. Good luck for your project.

 

[Forsaken]

Survivors Of The Light - Draenei and Sins Of The Quel'dorei - High Elves *-*
really nice your ideia and dranei and high elf, very nice, u just have forget the gnomes.
good luck

- the dark blue letter is so bad to read.

 

[Footman16]

The gnomes will feature with the Dwarves and I'll change the colour as well.

Remember that you can nominate this as project spotlight for april.

 

[Leorik]

Sounds awsome!Do you have a stable team to create the campaigns or you work alone?

 

[Footman16]

I just said in the OP I don't need or want a team. It will be slower than if I did have a team but generally it would be a bit difficult to coordinate them if I did. Sorry if you had hopes of joining any possible one I was thinking of getting someone to do terrain for my maps - it was a big pain for CoI (conquest of an island) but I think I could get used to it and I am quite looking forward to making the terrain for the other campaigns.

Right now the Alliance campaign is almost done so any suggestions about which one I should start next?

 

[Binsu]

The project is quite good and I have seen some Campaigns from you... I think. Again, looks good and for the terrain, it looks fine but in some of your screenies, it is empty and only tiles and trees can be seen. You should give more details into your terrain by putting the necessary doodads, destructibles and more in it. At some point it is flat, I suggest using Tools such as Raise/Lower and Smooth/Noise Tool.

Overall, this is quite a good Campaign. GJ and +2 REP!

 

[FRENGERS]

Well nice description
Campaign, woow, terrain seem so promising though, BTW well goodjob + REPT

 

[aZaZel]

Sorry guys.... But I don't know what kind of race is Worgen.... Is it elven or just an another kind of wild animal.....

Peace!!

 

[Binsu]

Sorry guys.... But I don't know what kind of race is Worgen.... Is it elven or just an another kind of wild animal.....

Peace!!

About: Worgen

 

[FRENGERS]

I had Worgen WoW RIP models LoL'z....

 

[Footman16]

Conquest of an Island will be released soon I have very little to actually finish. I won't be working on it for three days or so as I'm going on holiday. I have started work on the dwarf race that you play.

About the terrain its fine in game. I guess it is just the angle. You can play that mission from the demo.

 

[Leorik]

I just said in the OP I don't need or want a team. It will be slower than if I did have a team but generally it would be a bit difficult to coordinate them if I did. Sorry if you had hopes of joining any possible one I was thinking of getting someone to do terrain for my maps - it was a big pain for CoI (conquest of an island) but I think I could get used to it and I am quite looking forward to making the terrain for the other campaigns.

Right now the Alliance campaign is almost done so any suggestions about which one I should start next?

Ok,sorry didn't see it..I think the high elf one sounds good,you should consider making it first.

 

[Footman16]

I don't know what order I was thinking after CoI I could do human/worgen, dwarf, HE and then Draenei as I am not working on the NE one a friend is for me.

Right now I am making a custom map for each race so I can display the tech tree.s like the high elf one.

 

[aZaZel]

Well, right now, I create a series pf maps about the struggles of the survivors of Lordaeron to rebuild it, a forced alliance between the Horde, Alliance, Sentinels, and the Burning Legion (led by Kil'Jaeden and Sargeras), and their campaign against the Lich King and his Undead Scourge. Lich King became too powerful for Sargeras that he was forced to allied himself with his former enemies to destroy the Undead Scourge... Nice job, your "Tales of the Alliance" may be fantastic because your imagination is wide.... I wished I could create a more fantastic map...

Peace!!

 

[Footman16]

@aZaZel Thanks for your praise I hope your own project does well.

@Everyone I have started work on the tech tree for the Dwarf race that I will be using for the campaign. I might upload the race separate to the maps section.

 

[Footman16]

The Dwarf Tech tree/race is finished for their campaign.

Units

 

[Footman16]

Hey guys just to give this thread a bit of a bump and to bring to people's attention that it is not dead. It would be nice if you could nominate my project for the spotlight this month.

Right now for Conquest Of An Island I have 3 maps to finish/create and 1 to polish off.
The techtree for the Dwarves is finished and I'm just wondering what campaign I should start next?

 

[Even]

I think you should start with the campaign which progress would be quicker, in this case the Dwarf campaign (since you have already finished the techtree to go with it)

 

[Footman16]

Ok Right now I think it's between Dwarf and Human. I've got a story for the Human one but I've got a techtree for the Dwarf one so I'll probably start work on one or the other soon right after Conquest Of an Island is released. Whichever one I choose I will say once I've made up my mind.

 

[Yousef]

i like the alliance and your idea
good luck in your work

 

[Footman16]

Thanks.

Conquest of An Island is almost finished but one thing I'm wondering about is the name. If anyone has any suggestions for a new or different name then please give them.

 

[Footman16]

I have another cool picture of the epilogue of Conquest Of An Island it is of a particular city.

Units

 

[Footman16]

I have decided which campaigns I am going to start work and in which order. Since CoI is so close to completion I though I'd plan it out at this stage. I have stories sort of thought out for each as well. The Dwarf story details the fall of Stromgarde and the Dwarves fending off against the Scourge and then the Dark Irons. I will be introducing a character who will appear alongside Istan in his Human Campaign. I'm so excited about this.

 

[Footman16]

This campaign project hasn't garnered a lot of attention so that is why I have updated the nomination button to the July nominations. Could you please nominate my project if you thinks it's good enough because the more people anticipating it the faster I work.

The project is not dead and won't be for some time unless I say it is CoI is so close to completion and will be released hopefully near the end of the summer of I work fast enough.

To any moderators this shouldn't count as a triple post because it is but it's for updates and without these posts nobody know my project exists.

 

[Losam]

Glory to Alliance!

 

[Footman16]

Glory to the kingdoms of Azeroth!

 

[Footman16]

I've done a bit of the Human/Worgen campaign generally because I've got more of it planned story wise etc. It will take place in the Eastern Kingdoms which most people should recognise from WoW and Warcraft 3 (maybe). The story is all about Istan and a friend who will appear in another of the campaigns trying to prepare and rebuild the Human kingdoms to deal with the threats that face them.

I will not stop Conquest of An Island but I have lost a bit of motivation for it, either way it would've been completed by the end of the Holidays round about August time but that would've been if I'd done a bit more work on it.

Here's a screenie:

 

[DSanhueza]

I am looking forward to the dwarven and gnome campaign, I'd love to see more dwarven campaigns being made! Good luck on it man!

 

[Footman16]

Well, this campaign hasn't garnered a lot of attention so here's hoping that this month I can get a bit more publicity going.

Work is still going on but Conquest of an Island is on hold. Despite this the Human and Worgen campaign is well under way with the first map nearly done and an all Human techtree finished.

Please nominate my project - if you find it worthy - for the August project spotlight where there's a link at the top of the page. I would give you another screenshot but I'm afraid I've been busy so they can wait.

Istan is the main character and it takes place after CoI.

 

[D_King23]

So...how does this project goes now?

 

[Footman16]

Well I've restarted work after a bit of a lull. The first mission, which is quite long, is almost finished and conquest of an island is soon to be finished.

 

[D_King23]

Oh yea great to hear it. :3

So what's the released date of conquest of an island?

 

[Footman16]

Back when I was working on it avidly I would've said December but January/February is seeming a little more likely.

 

[D_King23]

aw still need to wait dat long....but nevermind.Cool game always need to wait. xD

 

[Footman16]

Right work has restarted with a good pace again and I'm happy to provide you guys with two new screenshots.

 

[D_King23]

Wow this new screenshot looks interesting.This game will be awesome!

 

[Footman16]

For Conquest of an Island, if someone would like to make the AIs for the base missions then they are more than welcome to offer. There are two defense missions and about 3 other base missions all of which have roughly 2-3 players that require an AI.

Chapter five in Conquest of an Island is also finished without polishing. So I will test it for bugs and then that will be it. That leaves 3-4 maps left to finish, complete, polish etc

 

[Go'el]

I loved this Knight model.
I have a question, in the "Conquest of an Island", we fight against the Horde including the Forsaken and Blood Elves or just against orcs and Trolls ?

 

[Footman16]

You will fight many enemies over the many campaigns but sadly in CoI you'll only fight the Western Horde along with some Mag'har and Ogres. The Naga will also appear.

In Return of the Kingdoms you'll fight the Forsaken.

 

[D_King23]

Wow so we'll be fighting mag'har too?

 

[Footman16]

Yep the enemies will probably go as follows.
CoI - Western Horde and Naga
Return of the Kingdoms - Scourge, Forsaken, Syndicate/Defias and maybe one or two others like the Western Horde in one or two missions.
Survivors of the Light - Horde, Fel Horde, Blood Elves, Arrakoa (maybe).
Sins of the Quel'dorei - Blood Elves, High Elves, Trolls, maybe a few others.
Sons of the Titans - Scourge, Dark Iron Clan and maybe Twilight's Hammer.
Night Elf campaign - not a clue.

 

[Footman16]

Right well now that I can say for definite this series has got my full attention and work it will be progressing at a faster rate than before.

This being as it is I would like anyone that deems my project worthy to support it by a simple nomination for the project spotlight. I can't offer anything in return other than my thanks and increased work pace to provide updates and screenshots more regularly.

https://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums...ct-spotlight-december-2013-nomination-245704/

 

[Footman16]

I've changed the main thread to better illustrate all the campaigns involved and I'll make more updates as I come up with more ideas.

The new first mission is almost finished in CoI and I hope that after it is finished I won't have too much work to do until it's complete.

 

[D_King23]

Great news to hear

 

[Heinvers]

You did good with this! Can't wait to give it a try

 

[Footman16]

After having a bit of a think about the Human & Worgen campaign I have come to the conclusion of adding the Scarlet Crusade. Istan and his men will be following their own mission; at the same time a band of Crusaders leave Tyr's Hand after realising the insanity of their superiors. It will play out similarly to the TFT Undead campaign with Sylvanas and Arthas' stories coinciding except with both meeting each other at one point.

 

[Heinvers]

It will play out similarly to the TFT Undead campaign with Sylvanas and Arthas' stories coinciding except with both meeting each other at one point.

Great idea!
I'm curious on how will it turn out? Good luck man

 

[Yousef]

So when will you finish the first campaign ?
It is nearly done, please finish it.

 

[Footman16]

So when will you finish the first campaign ?
It is nearly done, please finish it.

Lol, Glad to see so many people anticipating it's release. I started the campaign about a year ago so there are a few things I've gone back and made better after learning more map-making techniques.

I'll hopefully get it done by January/February. I won't give any exact date as that would probably be beyond my powers of estimation.