The Legend Begins (Story Development)

[Lord-Knightmare]

Exceeded word limit once more. Man, this is boring...

I have made a new timeline (which would be completed soon):

This timeline fits the pieces all together, successfully merging the campaigns Library of Kratemaqht and A Song of Fire.

Spoiler:

THE GREAT ISLE
(History)

Historical events corrected with the Wesnoth timeline

BW: Before Wesnoth
YW: Years Wesnoth

2800 BW: revansurik will write about A Song of Fire here.

2799 BW: The legendary city of Maat-Kare is founded.

2785 BW: The majority of the Maat-Karians leave southwards.

2784 BW: The settlers (Maat-Karians) arrive at the Old Continent and begin to carve out an Empire of their own.

2400 BW: Empire of Anaktoron is found.

1185 BW: In the distant old continent, war breaks out between the land of Anaktoron and Lich Lord Cahal. At first, the forces of the empire are victorious and Jevyan is crowned emperor. On his first day as emperor, he succumbs to old age and accepts Lich Lord Cahal's offer of becoming a Lich Lord. Antheia, granddaughter of Ariphon - advisor to the emperor, takes most of the remaining population and sets sail away from Anaktoron, leaving it to be devastated by the Lich Lords. [Library of Kratemaqht]

1184 BW: Human refugees from the empire of Anaktoron, arrive at the western shores of Great Isle. Seeing the land fit for colonization, they start to build a new empire.

1144 BW: The Empire of New Anaktoron is found.

1145 BW: Kaliban, seeing a new human kingdom expand sends his most loyal general to deal with them.

1146 BW: Markus and a troop of mages arrive at the western shores of the Great Isle. They help repel the attack of Kaliban and are given the ranks of advisors to the Emperor.
1126-1125 BW: One of Markus' friends is exposed as a vampire, and this causes the empire to turn against them. Markus and his friends flee east, accompanied by many mages. They arrive at a secluded island in the central-northern part and Markus uses his mighty elemental powers to establish the Great Academy.

650 BW: After centuries of peace, the empire faces internal corruption.

648 BW: War breaks and divides the humans under two factions - Empire of Amonight, and Kingdom of Estersage.

645 BW: The Kingdom Estersage loses the war.

600-599 BW: The Elves of Twilight Forest start a war against the Human Empire of Amonight. The Humans retaliate and ends up destroying the entirety of the The Twilight Forest. The Elves flee to the North and South. The Orcs start a war against the Imperialists. The Imperialists, vastly outnumbered, have their mages construct a thick wall from the earth forming the Invincible Wall. [The Invincible Wall]

590 BW: Orcs wage a war, against the mighty dragon Kor Vas. Saurians, trolls and goblins are drawn into the conflict.

(Never mess with the drakes, once they switch to the offensive, there is no stoping them.)
585 BW: Orcs declare their defeat against the Drakes.

560-559 BW: A human lord, Tegwyn, gathering his loyal followers, leaves the Empire of Amonight via an underground tunnel and journeys into the former capital of the elves. Acquiring the aid of the Elemental Wizards, he constructs Genesis - the largest human city ever known. [Rise of Genesis]

545 BW: Genesis begins to expand. Due to the peacefulness, as the orcs are busy with their own wars, many soldiers settle in small villages surrounding Genesis, and start to focus more on horseback combat, giving birth to the Horse Clans

(Made Tegwyn old at the start of 'Rise of Genesis')
543 BW: Lord Tegwyn passes away, succumbed by old age. His son, Gwydoc becomes his successor.

540 BW: Dantori, son of Gwydoc, is born.

530-529 BW: A new War Chief among the orcs has risen and he lauches a full-scale assault on Genesis. Lord Gwydoc falls, and Genesis is captured. Dantori flees and vows to avenge his father. Dantori saves a troll tribe from orcs and earns their trust. Dantori manages to convince the horse clans to help recapture Genesis. They attack Genesis next and are successful in recapturing it. The orcs War Chief dies leaving the orcs in another civil war. Genesis is repaired, trolls and humans live together in harmony. Humans live inside the city, and the trolls reside in the underground catacombs beneath the city. Due to persistent orcish attacks on The Academy, the horse clans go to north, leaving Dantori's small army to defend the city.

528 BW: The vampires launch a campaign in dominating the entire island. They begin first by attacking Genesis. Dantori falls after a long siege and the population is enslaved alongside trolls. [Fall of Genesis]

527-526 BW: The Vampires manage to enslave the Horse Clans.

520 BW : War spreads throughout the northern races - orcs, trolls, goblins, saurians and drakes.

260 BW: Kratemaqht - guardian of the Library at the ancient capital of Anaktoron is visited by a mage, who had heard about the Library from a story, and the great dragon allows the mage and his students to live and study there.

220 BW: Lich Lord Cahal visits the library in search of a book, but the great dragon denies him any access. Enraged, the lich summons his minions, which Kratemaqht easily overcomes. Defeated, the lich lord vows to return and kill him.

210 BW Kratemaqht forges an alliance of various races in the Old Continent and declares war on the Lich Lords.

201 BW: After a long war, Lich Lord Cahal is destroyed, and Jevyan takes the remainder of his followers and set sails.

(Chronicler's Note: I have changed the layout of the map, so this just reduced to one year or three months.)
201 BW: A faction of the Jevyan's followers, led by Prince Caldor arrive on the southwestern shores of the Great Isle. He leads his people to mercilessly conquer the broken Kingdom of Estersage and finds a new kingdom called New Wesland.

195 BW: King Caldor starts a campaign against the cave cultists who had abducted his sister Eliza. He is successful at infiltrating the heart of the enemy lands, but fails to vanquish the Lich Shirzo. He brings down the capital, but is later killed by the incoming enemy army. [The Wesfolk Prince]

150-149 BW: The Chaos empire heals itself and has similar intentions as of the vampires. The Invincible Wall is collapsed and the Dark Legion begins it's dominating attacks. New Wesland, Orcs, saurians, dwarves, trolls, the elementalists, elves and the drakes find themselves under pressure from three powerful enemies, but persist fighting one another. Southern nations - elves, dwarves, mer-folk and carapaces - become allied under one banner.

139-120 BW: War continues and gets worse as Demons arrive from the Inferno - the demons home plain.

38 BW: The Grand Academy's High Mistress finds a wood elf infant in her garden. She finds herself bonded with the child, and raises Gioviel, the elf infant, as her own.
28 BW: The ten-year-old Gioviel shows magical abilities and is trained in the elemental arts.
24 BW: Gioviel accidentally drinks an evil potion and is banished from the academy. She searches for a new home, and finds the Last Forest - An underground forest, created and inhabited by a faction of the Twilight Elves. She battles the undead and earns her place alongside them. [An Elven Elementalist]

20 BW: Krug, a troll slave in the vampire-occupied Genesis is born.

19 BW: Jahin, a human slave in the vampire-occupied Genesis, is born.

17 BW: Vampires conquer the Elf Fortress situated between Genesis and the Wall.

16 BW: Barus, a power-hungry orc warlord, ascends to be the High Chief.

15 BW: The Chaos Imperialists conquer the Elf Fortress.

(Space reserved for Kanzil's Epic of Jalin)

1 BW: In the Lands of the Icy North, the Steppe Clans declare war against the Aragwaithi. The Aragwaithi lose and are forced to flee southwards. Having sailed for over a month, they arrive at the Great Isle.

01-05 YW: Jahin inspires the slaves of Genesis to revolt and frees Genesis. Accompanied by his friends he leaves the city in search of allies. Gathering enough allies, Jahin is able to defeat the Chaos Empire, the Dark Legion and the Vampires. But, the war against the drakes of the Ancient Dragon still rages on. [The Legend Begins]

(Space reserved for my next campaign: Hero of Irdya)

After the Fall:

(Space reserved for the final campaign of the Jahin trilogy- End of Chaos)

I have made changes to the map, which would be uploaded later.

[revansurik]

Shirzo, isn't like other mages, so, he would to be able keep himself under control. Jahin won't be fighting Shirzo as Shirzo's ultimate form appears just momentarily before being taken back to the future.

ASoF's last enemy was an ages-old, demigod-like, Celestial lord, and he still got literally owned by Svarballi... See, Svarballi is of a much higher tier than most beings; even locked in the gem he could warp people's mind with his influence, so what to say of people who have 'absorbed' him within themselves?

The final campaign of the trilogy won't be started until TLB and it's sequel would be completed. This could take at least three years, as I'm becoming increasingly busy nowadays...

No problem, I'm young, so I have plenty of time

Jahin also manages to befriend a wolf, which he names Balto (showing my respect to the Alaskan legend).

I like the wolf! But I suppose it will be a different, maybe stronger kind of wolf that those that commonly appear? Because common wolves, or even Direwolves, could be a burden if they must be kept alive all the time.

When I first wrote the draft for the entire plot of TLB, everything was messed up and disorganized. The campaign was only 30 scenarios long. The surrendering of the vampires was included in the first ever plot. (Then again, in the first plot, there were dark elves instead of vampires). So, I've included this to make a part of the first plot still remain in the campaign.

Also, making the vampires surrender will help the plot go on; it would be tiresome to keep fighting the same old enemies over and over again, without ever decisively settling scores

[Lord-Knightmare]

ASoF's last enemy was an ages-old, demigod-like, Celestial lord, and he still got literally owned by Svarballi... See, Svarballi is of a much higher tier than most beings; even locked in the gem he could warp people's mind with his influence, so what to say of people who have 'absorbed' him within themselves?

Actually Shirzo has not absorbed the soulstone of Svarballi. He has made that into a sword for himself with the stone at the hilt. Later in his ultimate form, stone is at the heart of his armor.

I like the wolf! But I suppose it will be a different, maybe stronger kind of wolf that those that commonly appear? Because common wolves, or even Direwolves, could be a burden if they must be kept alive all the time.

Yes, Plan to start him off as a Great Wolf, which will advance to a dire wolf.

Also, making the vampires surrender will help the plot go on; it would be tiresome to keep fighting the same old enemies over and over again, without ever decisively settling scores

The vampires have been significantly weakened, they won't be able to retaliate. Their capital was led waste by the drakes (only a third survived). Most of their numbers fled, and they have made peace on the condition that they will never leave the island. So, they are a no threat. Besides, Lord Morfin will place some lookout posts to watch over the island for any ship movements... So, they pose no threat.

[Kanzil]

You've seen the timeline; the sky soul is in fact the ruby of fire, which Jevyan takes with him from the Sun's Cradle, only fr it to be taken by Lich Lord Lenvan.

[revansurik]

You've seen the timeline; the sky soul is in fact the ruby of fire, which Jevyan takes with him from the Sun's Cradle, only fr it to be taken by Lich Lord Lenvan.

But how? Considering Library of Kratemaqht, the Ruby came from the head of the dragon Akrinas; and, after the end of part III of ASoF, the Sky Soul

Spoiler:

will remain lost for a while. I had an idea about having a master of magic split the Sky Soul into two gems, one countaining only the soul of Svarballi, and the other containing the souls of the 3 Fire dragons; this one would be the Ruby of Fire. However, it still would not match very well the Ruby in LoK...

[Lord-Knightmare]

will remain lost for a while. I had an idea about having a master of magic split the Sky Soul into two gems, one countaining only the soul of Svarballi, and the other containing the souls of the 3 Fire dragons; this one would be the Ruby of Fire. However, it still would not match very well the Ruby in LoK...

That idea would do well. Perhaps I can add a detail in the timeline about a dark wizard (I won't mention his name, as I have none for him) who uses the soul of 3 fire dragons and binds them into another dragon..aka...Arkinas. That would do well...

I know leave the part of Svarballi's soul to me. I shall use that to re-ignite the dragonheart sword. Just imagine Jahin facing Mor-Inal in an earth-shattering battle with the dragonheart in his hand...

And as per the requests of Kanzil, I have posted the completed (still need some tweaks which I will look into later) timeline on the wiki.
Those who are interested at seeing the work-in-progress.

Click this:---> http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Timeline_of_Pre-Wesnoth

And, the completed plot for Episode 3:-

Spoiler:

After burying Sadia, a council is held. Amorith and her faeries decide to remain in the forest. The desert elves return to aid the dwarves. The wood elves decide to stay in this forest and make this their new home. The wood elves return the Book of Ancients to Jahin, as it has already caused too much chaos. Jahin and the remainder of his army leave towards New Genesis.

When they return, they find New Genesis as a complete ruin, with chaos units roaming about. They defeat them. They explore the wreckage and find that Affan and most of the population are unharmed as they had hidden themselves within the chambers underneath New Genesis, which were the former home of trolls. Affan explains that it was the Chaos Empire who ransacked through the city and went away with the Dragonheart, and an ancient armor that once belonged to Tegwyn, the first lord of Genesis. The humans start the reconstruction of New Genesis, while Jahin wonders why the Chaos Empire only took those two things. Kraag returns with a massive orcish army and tells that the drakes and orcs have begun the attack on the northern most city of the Dark Legion and they request the aid of the humans. Knowing that New Genesis would need all the available soldiers it could get, Jahin, and Fairuz go North with only a few selected soldiers. The rest of the army stays at New Genesis under the leadership of Ashhab.

A month afterwards, Jahin, Affan and Fairuz and seven loyal soldiers arrive at Del-Rook - The legion's northern city and assembly-point of their northern flank. Kojac, Gashinar and their armies are also there, and they are in the middle of a battle. Jahin and his friends join in. The battle is won, and Del-Rook is burned to the ground. A council is held outside the city. Kojac suggests that they continue with the assault, as the scouts report that the southern city is low on troops as most were sent to the south and east to battle against the Imperials. Gashinar disagrees as the capital city, Sel-Korn, is a heavily fortified fortress. Fairuz suggests that a selected few of the humans will infiltrate the castle, disguise themselves, and assassinate the King. Jahin refuses, as the allies will be conquering the city with brute force anyway. The council is interrupted by a human mage, Mullyra, who asks the leaders if they would spare a few troops to aid her friend, Princess Afrin, in her battle against her treacherous aunt. Jahin, seeing a chance to gain yet another ally accepts to accompany her with his troops. But, Fairuz is persistent on going through with the infiltration. It is finally decided that Fairuz, Affan and Jahin will try to infiltrate the city while Kojac and Gashinar will distract the enemy forces. Jahin tells Mullyra that he will help her when he is done with his mission. Mullyra is grateful and says that she will wait. Kojac volunteers to help her as well.

Early the following day, the allies start their march and reach the outskirts of the city before dusk of the third day. The legion is busy defending their city from the Imperials who are attacking from the South and East. Elementals under the command of a mysterious mage (later revealed to a resurrection of Mahir) are also present. As the allies are distracting the enemies, Jahin spots a mountain beside which the city is situated and notices a mine entrance. Knowing that he has found a way in, he signals Fairuz and they start to approach the entrance. As they reach the entrance, Jahin, Fairuz and Affan descend leaving their troops to guard their escape. They arrive at the other side, and see two suits of armor lying about. A game of straw-drawing is played, then Fairuz and Affan don the armor and Jahin stays to guard the entrance, as he drew the shortest straw. Fairuz and Affan easily blend in with the crowd and make their way into the castle. Here, at the castle they make their way into the throne-room and see that the emperor is too well guarded and decide to retreat. Just at that moment an elite guard approaches them and orders them to guard the princess. Having no other options, they accept. While guarding princess Shifti, the princess continuously talks away about the fact they she would like to leave the city and explore the land. Fairuz, seeing that this could an opportunity to earn a friend, takes off his helmet and reveals his true identity. The princess is at first shocked, but after Fairuz explains their cause and why they were fighting the legions, the princess has a change of heart and decides to join them. As they are about to escape, they hear the alarm and soldiers coming after them, and they start to run. They hastily reach the mountain entrance, but are ambushed by a Dark Terror. The Terror falls dead, as Jahin beheads him from behind, and the heroes escape. The heroes resurface, and return to the ally camp, not before slaying off Xina, the queen of the naga, who was leading the naga herself. The allies then retreat.

Gashinar returns to his kingdom to silence a rebellion, but sends a fraction of his army to New Genesis as the city needs more soldiers to defend it. Jahin and the rest march with Kojac's army to meet Mullyra.

They meet Mullyra and also encounter the Northmen. Jahin also manages to befriend a wolf, which he names Balto (showing my respect to the Alaskan legend). A battle ensues, with the orcs being victorious. Mullyra asks Kojac to march straight towards the central city, while she leads Jahin to meet Afrin. Kojac and his orcs march towards the Northwest, while Jahin and the rest go west. Jahin arrives at a city and meets Afrin, and her band of rebels. They led a joint attack on the enemy, but this ends with Jahin and his troops being ambushed and taken prisoners.

A week passes by in the cold northern prison. By good fortune, Jahin manages to trick a guard and escape. He frees Fairuz from his cells, but as they are about to free the others, Jahin hears a cry for help and they rush towards the noise. They enter a cell, and find that three guards are about to torture a girl, no older than Jahin. Seeing this act of atrocity, Jahin beheads a guard from behind and then a fight ensues. Jahin and Fairuz triumph and free the girl. The girl introduces herself as Ariana, a mage and explorer. The trio then explore the prison and free the rest, and retreat Southwards. They arrive at the central city, and find that Kojac. and Afrin are fighting the royalists. They join Kojac's group and successfully enter the castle. Most of the castle is deserted, as majority of the soldiers are outside. They make their way into the throne room and fight Queen Ysura, and her undead minions. They slay the queen, and are victorious. Afrin, now Queen, awards Jahin with the Resurrection Stone and explains its use (He may use to resurrect a person who had died an unnatural death). Jahin offers her to fight for the Alliance, but she declines, as her people had been through too many wars already. Some rebel soldiers, having witnessed Jahin's bravery in the battle decide to accompany him. (Just four loyals, three on hard.)

Jahin and the group return with Kojac to his lands, and after staying a few days, they return to New Genesis. Once inside, they find that the majority of the dwarven population are there. When asked, about their presence, they answer that The Chaos Empire had taken their home. King Glamatus and his personal guards stayed behind to stall the attackers. The dwarven speaker also implies that the elves are safe as the eastern gate was collapsed when the majority of the populace had escaped. Jahin offers the dwarves to stay at New Genesis. The dwarves happily accept and enter the catacombs underneath the city.

A few days later, an old friend of Jahin arrives in New Genesis. Jahin is shocked to see Mahir as a living being again. Before Jahin could order his men to get Mahir, Mahir starts making a speech which brings out Jahin's recklessness as a leader and finally offers sanctuary to the humans who would side with him and against Jahin. The majority of the Populace and three-fifths of the New Genesis Army join Mahir. Jahin faces a mutiny, but is guided by Shifti and Fairuz to gather his loyal troops and face Mahir in a one-on-one battle North of New Genesis. Jahin is the victor, but Mahir teleports away at the last moment. A fortnight after the mutiny. New Genesis is besieged by a massive elemental army led by Jalin- now, an undead knight under the command of Mor-Inal - and Mahir. Mahir demands Jahin's surrender, but Jahin refuses, saying that the Mahir that was facing him today was not the Mahir he knew as a best friend. The battle soon follows. Jahin decides to use the Stone of Resurrection to revive Jalin, as he meets the proper conditions for revival. Jahin fights his way through elementals and with the help of Ariana, Shifti and Ashhab, manage to bring Jalin under control. The Stone of Resurrection is used and Jalin returns to his former self. He is also granted immortality, but it is the same as Jahin - no regeneration or immunity. The elemental army disappears and Mahir escapes again.

While celebrating their victory, Jahin announces to everyone that a war council must be held again. And he sends Kraag, and two gryphon riders to the Allied leaders. The next two weeks are relatively quiet, and the messengers return along with Kojac, Krog, Gashinar, and Sedoc. Tidings are exchanged, and the Alliance of Light is found. An all-out assault on the vampires is planned. The orcs and trolls will keep the Chaos Empire at bay, while the drakes and saurians will defend New Genesis, and assist the Aragwaithi in the northern flanks. The dwarves, humans, and a faction of the orcish army would attack the twin vampire cities.

The battle at the Twin Cities is won with the help of a slave rebellion. Jahin then addresses the freed slaves and they immediately join his cause. The cities are burnt to the ground and Affan returns to New Genesis with a few troops and the freed civilians. The Alliance leaders then send scouts, and after a day , the scouts return. The vampire capital is located on an island directly eastwards, the vampire fortress of (insert name here), and there is a city southeast of their location. Jahin decides that the island city would be difficult to overcome, as his army couldn't sail ships, so he plans to attack the northern vampire fort.

When the alliance arrives there, the vampire fort is already being attacked by the Aragwaithi. drakes and saurians. The vampire fort is overwhelmed and their leader surrenders. Jahin remembers the commanding officer well (it was the same blood-sucking vampire that killed his mother) and instead of ordering the his men to stand down, gives the order of destroying the fortress. The orcs and dwarves join in the attack. Sedoc finds this act of revenge irrelevant to his people and leaves the battlefield, saying that his men could use a break. The fort is decimated...

The allied leaders now plan to attack the southernmost vampire city. This involves marching through a marshland. Sedoc's army is left to guard the ruins of the twin cities from vampire ships, while the rest of alliance marches southeast. While traveling through the swamp they are attacked again by Mahir and his elemental-undead army. The allies repel the army, Mahir escapes yet again. The drakes and saurians have suffered heavy casualties and head back to their respective homes.

The human, orcish and dwarven armies attack the southernmost city. The city is filled with vampires and the allies were gradually losing. The tides are turned as Galec, Amorith and General (Elvish name) - a southern elf commander arrive with their armies. The city falls and ends with the death of Princess Solita - youngest of the High Methusalem's children. Jahin frees the slaves and Kojac orders the city to be burnt down.

Victorious, the return to the ruins of the twin cities and held council. Kraag is sent to New Genesis, Gartok, and Cytos, to report the progress of the Alliance. Sedoc offers his men as sailors. So, the allies board the ships and set sail towards the vampire capital. After a day, they arrive at the capital's harbor and immediately conquer it, catching the vampires by surprise. An epic battle ensues, neither side giving way. Jahin manages to interrogate a vampire captain and finds out the vampire High Methusalem is underneath the city. He notices a trapdoor, and enters it, followed by Fairuz, Jalin, Ashhab, Ariana, Balto, and a few human troops. Shifty stays above to command the human army.

While exploring, the underground catacombs, Jahin, Balto and Ariana get separated from the rest by accidentally pressing a hidden button. Failing to blast away the barrier, Ariana suggests that they exploring further. During their exploration they find two pendants, that could protect them for any ancient magic spells (especially the ones used by Mor-Inal and Shirzo). Although these pendants do not grant protection from fireballs, ice balls, or cold tempests, or shadow tempests. Ariana tells Jahin about her immortality. Jahin returns with the same answer, surprising Ariana. Jahin also accidentally blunders something and makes Ariana suspect that Jahin likes her. Jahin also finds another Immortality potion. He finds an empty bowl, and gives Balto, a third of the potion to drink, as he was feeling thirsty. Jahin decides to save the rest for his friends.

Exploring further, they enter the throne-room and find that the fighting has already began. Jahin, Ariana, and Balto join in.The High Methusalem transforms into his ultimate form and the real battle begins. The vampire king manages to strike Jahin with his tail. Jahin is flung across the room and hits the wall, shattering the vial containing the potion. Jahin recovers, but is helpless to watch the magical liquid get absorbed by the cave floor. In the end, the vampire king is vanquished by Ashhab, who manages to summon a light-beam equal to the intensity of Sela (Irdya's sun). The heroes resurface and find that the battle still going on. Jahin asks as the vampires to surrender as the king is dead. Hearing this, most vampire lords board ships in the eastern harbor and sail away eastwards. Princess Silvana - eldest offspring of the High Methusalem. surrenders and vows that as long as she reigned, no vampire would leave this island ever again. Jahin is hesitant, but later allows Silvana to live and forgives the vampires for the destruction. Fairuz, confused, asks Jahin why he let the vampires live. Jahin replies that it is better to forgive and forget, implying that he had become a wiser leader after Shifti's teachings.

Victorious, the allies return to New Genesis. Arriving home. they are met with grave news. There is a vast rebellion of drakes in the North, as an ancient dragon known only as the Red Dragon, had arrived with his dragon followers and had subjected the majority of the Drakes and Saurians. Gashinar and Cleezi are desperately fighting the new enemy. The orcs, trolls and Chaos Legions are fighting near the orcish border and Kojac is finding difficulty managing troops between the north and south. A Gryphon messenger arrives with the information that the Chaos Empire was bringing their entire hoard towards New Genesis, and would arrive no later than five days. Jahin, realizing that there is nothing he could do to help Kraag, Krog and Gashinar, sends messengers to the Aragwaithi, and the Elves for aid.

Aforementioned, the Chaos Army arrives under the command of Lord Devan, the high demon lord. The battle starts soon afterwards, and are slowly joined by the elves and later the Aragwaithi. After five days of endless slaughter, Devan challenges Jahin to a duel. Each fighter would select six combatants and fight to the death. Galec, Fairuz, and Sedoc, volunteer and Jahin picks the remaining 3. The duel takes place outside New Genesis, on the plains where Jahin had once worked as a farmhand before he took the path of a warrior.

A terrible duel follows. But, in the end only Lord Devan is the only one left of the opposition. Lord Devan decides to use Magic to kill Jahin, but he prevented by Sedoc, who stabs him from behind, and Galec, who takes the magic blast. The demon lord, in a final strike, unleashes a sort of inferno that engulfs Sedoc and himself and ends with the sight of the two being vaporized. Galec dies shortly afterwards. The Elves and Aragwaithi return to their respective homes. As per the conditions of the duel, the Chaos Army retreats.

A month passes by in New Genesis, and the city is relatively at peace save for the occasional drake or Chaos attackers who leave disheartened at the combined forces of the humans and dwarves. During this time, Jahin who had nothing much to do except lead his men in the defense, is taught how to read and write by Ashhab and Shifti. During this time the relationship between Jahin and Ariana also progresses slightly.

Winter arrives as well as two messengers - one a drake and the other a goblin rider. The drake is an emissary of the Red Dragon and demands the surrender of New Genesis. Jahin asks for the terms of surrender, but rejects when he hears the word 'unconditional.' The drake messenger leaves. The goblin is a messenger of Kojac, who had escaped the fall of Gartok. Lord Gashinar had fallen, five days earlier, and the dragons had decimated the capital. Kojac and Kraag, severely injured, have retreated to the underground home of the trolls. Jahin sends a message to Kojac and King Tuug to switch to the defensive for a while and allow the Drakes to meet the Chaos Legions, as per Shifti's guidance. Jahin also sends Gryphon riders to Lord Morfin and Lord Warren for aid. A week later, the messengers return, one brought good news and the other bad. The drakes had attacked the Aragwaithi and they would not be able to come to aid New Genesis. The elves were mobilizing but, it would take them a month to reach New Genesis, as it is Winter.

As the attack of the drakes was inevitable, Jahin commissions the construction of better defenses, catapults and long-ranged ballistae. Ashhab and Ariana begin to study the Book of Ancients for any spells useful against the drakes. A month later, as winter is at its worse, the much anticipated drake army arrive led by the dragon generals. Things take a turn for the worse as, the Chaos empire also arrives, this time under the command of Lady Nadia. The Stormkind witch is furious with the humans, dwarves and elves, and unleashes her entire horde of demons (Storm-tides, Slashing Gales, and the works). The situation is turned hopeless as Mahir and his elemental arrives, but he chose his starting position wrongly, leaving him to fight the Chaos Legions. The elves arrive on the dawn of the third day, and start fighting the drakes and elementals simultaneously. Ashhab has used the book's spells and created healing runes the fortifications to protect Jahin's soldiers. He also uses some magic dust, he made to enchant the waters around New Genesis to damage the drakes. Ariana, after much concentration, finally manages to summon elementals. As the battle continues, the drakes, having failed to penetrate the defenses of New Genesis, leave. This gives Jahin an opportunity to end things with Mahir once and for all. Jahin faces Mahir in single combat and manages to stab the mage, declaring that the Mahir he once knew as his best friend had perished long ago. Mahir, injured, leaves in a puff of smoke. The Chaos legions are still attacking, but are forced to retreat, when their numbers drop to a comparatively lower value. But, lady Nadia, vows to return with tenfold more soldiers.

A week after the devastating battle later chronicled as Battle of the Red Snow, Jahin receives a messenger from an eagle rider. The Aragwaithi had returned North and found that their home was abandoned by the invaders that had, initially, conquered it. They were now rebuilding what had been loss. They had invited Jahin to visit when New Genesis was at peace.

When the first signs of spring are seen, Mahir arrives with Mor-Inal with a huge elemental and undead army. Mor-Inal leaves the battlefield, saying he has other matters to attend to. Mahir swears that this time New Genesis will fall, and uses a type of magic that summons a powerful tornado that wipes out the cities secondary frontier defenses. Mahir also uses spells to summon a variety of other creatures, including the dark woses. But, the battle is ultimately won by the allies. Jahin is able to fight his way towards Mahir and is able to best him. This time however, Mahir does not teleport away. But, this time Mor-Inal appears and takes Mahir away. Before leaving, he enchants a curse upon New Genesis, yet again, and says, Jahin, what will you do this time? You don't have the white sapphire anymore. The mage and his apprentice leave and the enemy army disappears.

This time, the curse covers New Genesis in eternal night. A night so dark that the moon is never seen at all. Jahin calls an war council yet again. This time, Fairuz, suggests that they infiltrate into the lands of Chaos and puts an end to Shirzo once and for all. Jahin agrees but, the council leads to a quarrel afterwards. Jahin is willingly to go, but Fairuz refuses to let come along, as New Genesis needs a leader if the drakes, elementals or legions attack. Jahin is eventually convinced at letting his friends under take the mission and helps them prepare for the perils ahead...

Notes:-

• There will be a narrator change in this episode. The original narrator is Ashhab's great grandson. The later parts of this episode will be told by Jahin himself as the original narrator reads Jahin's Journal
• There will be a total of 23 playable scenarios in this episode. There might about 7 cutscenes.

As, for Episode 4. I plan to make to include bonus scenarios. Players will have options to whether play them or not. Bonus levels will harder and almost impossible, but will emphasize the story deeper. Also Ariana will be the playable leader in the first few scenarios. Jalin is also planned to be leader unit in some scenarios. This episode will feature Jahin mostly in the command of New Genesis, but he will later take his army to Mor-Inal's later in the finale.

[revansurik]

That idea would do well. Perhaps I can add a detail in the timeline about a dark wizard (I won't mention his name, as I have none for him) who uses the soul of 3 fire dragons and binds them into another dragon..aka...Arkinas. That would do well...

That was _exactly_ what I thought, maybe with the difference tha Arkinas would be an artificially created dragon to serve as a guardian for the gem with the 3 dragons. If everyoneis ok with this idea, I could make this 'splicing' of the souls one of the themes in the ASoF sequel (man, I really need to create a name for it )

As, for Episode 4. I plan to make to include bonus scenarios. Players will have options to whether play them or not. Bonus levels will harder and almost impossible, but will emphasize the story deeper. Also Ariana will be the playable leader in the first few scenarios. Jalin is also planned to be leader unit in some scenarios. This episode will feature Jahin mostly in the command of New Genesis, but he will later take his army to Mor-Inal's later in the finale.

Using extra leaders would be interesting, it would give some variety to the story. But, maybe it would be better not to make them too hard, or the player will simply avoid them all. They could be like the Cliffs of Thoria from HttT: challenging, seemingly too hard at first sight, but nothing that a good strategy doesn't do.

[Kanzil]

Thanks ! I will edit your version of the timeline, Knightmare, till it fits- by the way, Argea was my provisional name for Terra's Gem (not a name I like) though I rather like your use of it. By the way, make sure it is mentioned Svarballi was imbued with the power of one of the guardians(or the like), else he'll be too powerful - after all the ruby is used to fight Argan and it is hinted that it might be possible to defeat Uria herself with the ruby in IftU/AtS - Svarballi can't be too OP, and we can't stray too far from (semi) canon. I love the storyline - no criticism there . Fixed most of the problems with the timeline - please don't make too many major edits( or tell me if you need to change it to fit your storylines). Feel free to change it, revansurik. I've made some changes regarding your bit.

[Lord-Knightmare]

Thanks ! I will edit your version of the timeline, Knightmare, till it fits- by the way, Argea was my provisional name for Terra's Gem (not a name I like) though I rather like your use of it. By the way, make sure it is mentioned Svarballi was imbued with the power of one of the guardians(or the like), else he'll be too powerful - after all the ruby is used to fight Argan and it is hinted that it might be possible to defeat Uria herself with the ruby in IftU/AtS - Svarballi can't be too OP, and we can't stray too far from (semi) canon. I love the storyline - no criticism there . Fixed most of the problems with the timeline - please don't make too many major edits( or tell me if you need to change it to fit your storylines). Feel free to change it, revansurik. I've made some changes regarding your bit.

I changed the name of my continent to Arkenova. The windsong gave the previous name.

I might as well do a rough sketch of the world of Irdya...(the parts which we have mapped or used in the timeline...)

[aquileia]

if Shirzo had the soul within himself, Svarballi would take over his mind, possess his body, and Jahin would find himself fighting the Sky Dragon. In part III of ASoF (which I'm writing right now) the last enemy "absorbs" the gem, wanting to absorb its power, but he ends up possessed by Svarballi.

Actually Shirzo has not absorbed the soulstone of Svarballi. He has made that into a sword for himself with the stone at the hilt. Later in his ultimate form, stone is at the heart of his armor.

Sorry in case you might feel I meddle with your story, but am I the only one to think that this makes an easy solution for the problem of getting rid of Shirzo? The moment the Soulstone is moved to his chest, Svarballi slowly takes over his mind. The Sky Dragon obviously won't like a lich trying to abuse his power for evil purposes, so why shouldn't he blast him for fun? This could be implemented as follows:

1. When Shirzo transforms, have him boast about the power he absorbs from the Soulstone.
2. After some rounds, the glow of the gem increases (a simple halo) and Shirzo's stats increase. Some comment of one of the heroes that at the latest by now, he is invincible.
3. Another few round later: A bright flash of the screen, a quake, and then...
(Shirzo's sprite glowing red as if taking damage, Svarballi is just a voice out of the void)
Shirzo: "What happens to me?"
Svarballi: "You fool! Nobody rests unpunished who provokes my anger."
Svarballi: "Instead of absorbing my power, you didn't notice that I absorbed your body. I am not to be played with by a pile of bones."
(Shirzo fires his ranged attack on no one in particular, and his minions are destroyed)
Svarballi: "I sense your horror... if you were a human, I would take over your mind, but a lich isn't worth to host my soul. Feel my wrath!"
(another flash, but this time Shirzo is no more, only the Soulstone remaining there, fiercely glowing)


This would eliminate the problem that the future Jahin, if he was able to travel in time, could (somewhat copying Shirzo's plan of killing him in the past) prevent the attempt to raise the third sun, thereby getting rid of Shirzo.

I hope I was able to help by presenting an alternative option

[revansurik]

Sorry in case you might feel I meddle with your story, but am I the only one to think that this makes an easy solution for the problem of getting rid of Shirzo? The moment the Soulstone is moved to his chest, Svarballi slowly takes over his mind. The Sky Dragon obviously won't like a lich trying to abuse his power for evil purposes, so why shouldn't he blast him for fun? This could be implemented as follows:
1. When Shirzo transforms, have him boast about the power he absorbs from the Soulstone.
2. After some rounds, the glow of the gem increases (a simple halo) and Shirzo's stats increase. Some comment of one of the heroes that at the latest by now, he is invincible.
3. Another few round later: A bright flash of the screen, a quake, and then...
(Shirzo's sprite glowing red as if taking damage, Svarballi is just a voice out of the void)
Shirzo: "What happens to me?"
Svarballi: "You fool! Nobody rests unpunished who provokes my anger."
Svarballi: "Instead of absorbing my power, you didn't notice that I absorbed your body. I am not to be played with by a pile of bones."
(Shirzo fires his ranged attack on no one in particular, and his minions are destroyed)
Svarballi: "I sense your horror... if you were a human, I would take over your mind, but a lich isn't worth to host my soul. Feel my wrath!"
(another flash, but this time Shirzo is no more, only the Soulstone remaining there, fiercely glowing)

I'm not TLB's author, but I liked it; as I had said before, anyone who tries to absorb Svarballi's power will end up being consumed by him instead, but a lich's skeletal body would be unable to sustain his power.

This would eliminate the problem that the future Jahin, if he was able to travel in time, could (somewhat copying Shirzo's plan of killing him in the past) prevent the attempt to raise the third sun, thereby getting rid of Shirzo.

I hadn't thought of this... Indeed, if Jahin could travel back in time, why didn't he attempt to prevent the third sun?

[Lord-Knightmare]

I like the idea suggested by aquileia, and I shall exploit it (I have to take into account that there are two Sky Souls co-existing in Irdya, so I have to come up something to end this problem in TLB-4 or HoI)

[Kanzil]

Jahin can't time travel, I think. Wasn't it a one-off occurrence? Or, if not, it probably should be.

[Lord-Knightmare]

Jahin can't time travel, I think. Wasn't it a one-off occurrence? Or, if not, it probably should be.

Time travel would just mess it up, if Jahin, with the help of a mysterious enchantress (revansurik might have guessed who by now), could find Shirzo's secret of time travel, then they could stop the Fall even before it began....This would be undesirable. So, I have eliminated this idea. I have something better plan instead.

As for TLB, I have finalized the plot and have already begun development of episode 3 - the finale. Thank you all for your time, suggestions and guidance. Have a nice day...

[Lord-Knightmare]

I have finally written the fixed plot for episode 3. Have a read at it:

Spoiler:

Episode 3 (Mid 2 YW)

After burying Sadia, a brief council is held and Jahin is given the Book of Ancients. The heroes then begin the journey homewards. They arrive at New Genesis and fight off the remaining Chaos guards. The population has survived by hiding in the city's underground caverns. Jahin and Fairuz arrive at the northern most legion city and help Kojac and Gashinar destroy it. The allies then hold a council and it is decided that Jahin and Fairuz will try to infiltrate the capital city while the orcs and drakes distract the legions. At the battle, Jahin spots an opening in the mountains leading directly into the Legion Capital and enters it there. Jahin clears the tunnel and then Fairuz disguises himself and emerges into the Emperor's Castle. Fairuz fails to assassinate the Emperor, but manages to escape by befriending Shifti, the daughter of the Emperor. As they promised the explorer Perkins, Jahin and Kojac venture into the lands of the Snow Kingdom, while Gashinar returns to his lands. (3 playable + 1 dialogue scenarios)

They fight off the vanguard of the usurper's army. Kojac decides to take the main route whilst Jahin and Balto take one of the side passages (Diverging campaign path). On either route, Jahin rescues a mage, Sreeyoshee on his journey. They meet the princess at the northern city and help her fight off the main army (elementals and undead were also present). They then marched towards the usurper's palace and then dethrone her, with the help of Kojac. The princess awards Jahin with a resurrection stone. On his return to New Genesis, Jahin finds that the dwarves are here, and as refugees. Jahin offers then to stay inside the underground caverns. (Early-Autumn). A few days, afterwards, the city is attacked by elementals led by Mahir and Jalin. Jahin uses the resurrection to revive them and they defeat Mahir, who flees. A week afterwards, all the ally leaders arrive at New Genesis and the Alliance of Light is found. The long-awaited attack on the vampires is initialised. (6 scenarios + 2 dialogue)

The combined army of dwarves, orcs and humans attack the vampire twin cities and the battle is won when the human slaves revolt and join Jahin. The allies march northwards next to help the Aragwaithi. At the vampire northern fort, Jahin meets his mother's murderer. Jahin asks Sedoc to withdraw North, whilst his army settles Jahin's vendetta. The allies then go towards the southern city, and encounter Mor-Inal and his monstrosities while marching through a forest. Mahir betrays them by joining Mor-Inal. The southern city (with the death of Princess Solita) is conquered with the help of the wood and desert elves. Sadia is resurrected using the resurrection stone, depleting it permanently. The allies use the vampire ships to gain passage to their capital which they attack after a week of rest. The allies distract the vampire army while Jahin and his friends manage to infiltrate through an underground passage. Jahin, Balto and Fairuz get separated from the rest and they find another immortality portion. They join the others at the battle against the High Methuselah and succeed in defeating him by creating a light equal to the intensity of Sela (Irdya's Sun). Fairuz is mortally wounded in the process. Jahin uses the immortality potion to revive him, turning Fairuz into an immortal superhuman in the process. They resurface and decimate the capital, remaining vampires flee east, others are shown mercy, but are warned to never leave the island. (7scenarios + 1 dialogue )

Arriving home during late autumn, Jahin is met with grave news. The drake rebellion had resulted in the death of Lord Gashinar and the drakes are now being led by the Red Dragon. The Drakes had attacked the orcish capital and slain Kojac, and the orcs had squandered into another civil war. Followers loyal to Kojac had gone underground with the trolls and were now fighting the drake menace. The worst was that the main Chaos army had finished the Dark Legion, and were coming to New Genesis, to finish things once and for all. Jahin orders the defences to be organised and sends for help. Ashhab searches through the Book of Ancients and finds spells that might help them. The dwarves begin to craft Ballistas and Catapults. The day of reckoning finally arrives and the drakes attack from the North as well. Ashhab, Sreeyoshee , Sadia and the Rune-crafters cast a spell that causes New Genesis to be enclose by impervious mountains. Ashhab enchants the water, making it lethal to drakes, imps and demons. The might of New Genesis, causes its enemies to retreat. Lord Morfin and King Norfildur arrive and news arrives that the Aragwaithi had been forced to set sail northwards due to persistent drake attacks. Jahin suggests sending a group of trained warriors to the heart of the Chaos Empire and close the portal. Jahin and Sreeyoshee are convinced to stay behind, while Jalin leads the operation with the other heroes. Galec and Brandir (A renowned warrior of the Southern Elves) also join. Jahin's army and the elves (with assistance from the Merfolk and Carapaces) attack the Chaos Harbour Port and stall them to allow Jalin and the rest to sneak abroad a ship and sail off. The Chaos Harbour is decimated. Jalin sails the ship and makes landfall on the Northern Shore of the Chaos country. and begins journeying Southwards, they reach a forest, full of abominations and manage to fight them off. Fairuz recognises one as Maruful, showing his sad fate. They arrive at the capital and find it under attack by Mor-Inal. To teach Morin a lesson, Shirzo tries to absorb the Sky Soul, but it backfires and results in an massive explosion that wipes out most of the landscape. Only Fairuz, Ashhab, Jalin, Shifty, Galec, Brandir and Sadia survive. Morin also survive but retreats due to heavy injuries. With the help of the Merfolk, they succeed in closing the portal. They also find a shard of the Sky Soul Gem (the rest of the Gem had been disintegrated by the sheer energy of the explosion) and Ashhab decides to take it back to Sreeyoshee. (5 scenarios + 2 dialogue)

Jalin and the rest arrive at New Genesis during the Winter, and a vast celebration is held to celebrate their victory. At the festival, Faria arrives suddenly, to everyone's astonishment. Faria at first apologies to Sadia and Jahin, and then casts a spell that turns them into undead. Jahin and the rest flee from the attacking soldiers. Outside the city, Jahin and the others meet Sreeyoshee who tells them that they need to confront Faria and force her to turn them back. They sneak into the city (Ashhab gains the ability to raise skeletons), and confront Faria, but Mor-Inal appears and tells them that the only to cure them is to kill Faria. Jahin is unwilling and he damaged by Morin. Faria regains her consciousness and takes Jahin's concealed dagger and stabs herself, breaking the spell. Morin goes away. Jahin holds a dying Faria in his arms. Faria hands Jahin a note and they both share a kiss (A romantic farewell, that will incite Jahin's lust for vengeance). Jahin opens the note and finds the location of Mor-Inal's base and swears to finish him, once and for all. Faria is cremated and her ashes are left at the former location her house. (1 Scenario + 2 dialogue)

Sreeyoshee researches the Gem and deems that they it can be used to forge a magical weapon, but she adds that the evil within the Gem needs to be diluted somehow. So, the help of the dwarven rune crafters, and Sadia and Ashhab, a new magical sword is forged. Sreeyoshee and the dwarves enchant the sword with runes of the Light and silence the evil within the Gem for good. Jahin deems it the Sword of New Genesis and welds it. The winter ends and the Drake entire army arrives, led by the nefarious dragon himself. Seeing an opportunity to defeat the Drakes once and for all, Jahin orders his army to switch to the Attack. With heavy casualties, Jahin succeeds in stabbing the Dragon with his magical weapon. The Dragon is killed and the drakes and saurians retreat, vowing never to attack again as their numbers had been weakened quite enough. Jahin sends scouts to see the state of the Chaos Empire and also sends Kraag to pinpoint the exact location of Morin's layer. Two months afterwards, the council regathers again and the scouts return. The Chaos Empire has sailed westwards, away from Arkenova (The reason will be revealed in the campaign sequel - Involves Maat'Kare).
Jahin suggests that they attack the Dark Elementalist as his lair has been located - within a mountain in the Snow Kingdom. Jahin takes the entire army of New Genesis and is joined by Galec and the Elven army. With the help of Princess Afrin, they enter the layer, and succeed in confronting Mor-Inal. They vanquish the Lich, only to find that is was an impostor and that the real Mor-Inal had left to the SIlver Lands for some other business. (2 scenarios + 1 dialogue)

Peace is restored throughout Arkenova, the remaining abandoned Chaos cities are demolished and trade routes are established between New Genesis, The elves, Merfolk, Carapaces, Trolls, and the Southern Elves. Five years later, Jahin feels like that he should pay the Aragwaithi a visit, and begins his journey alongside the lovers, Fairuz and Sadia and his comrades, Galec, Sreeyoshee and Krog. In Jahin's absence, New Genesis is ruled jointly by Affan, Ashhab and the married couple Shifti and Jalin.

Some things to think about:

• On either route, Jahin rescues a mage, Sreeyoshee on his journey.

  A new character. She's not a love interest, but will be a person whom Jahin regards as the elder sister he never had. Based on a friend of mine.

• Jahin uses the immortality potion to revive him, turning Fairuz into an immortal superhuman in the process.

  I couldn't let Jahin's best friend die. Besides, he is needed for Hero of Irdya.

• Only Fairuz, Ashhab, Jalin, Shifty, Galec, Brandir and Sadia survive. Morin also survive but retreats due to heavy injuries. With the help of the Merfolk, they succeed in closing the portal. They also find a shard of the Sky Soul Gem (the rest of the Gem had been disintegrated by the sheer energy of the explosion) and Ashhab decides to take it back to Sreeyoshee.

  Much better than killing off the majority of the main cast.

• Sreeyoshee researches the Gem and deems that they it can be used to forge a magical weapon, but she adds that the evil within the Gem needs to be diluted somehow. So, the help of the dwarven rune crafters, and Sadia and Ashhab, a new magical sword is forged. Sreeyoshee and the dwarves enchant the sword with runes of the Light and silence the evil within the Gem for good. Jahin deems it the Sword of New Genesis and welds it.

  Being a white mage, she is well aware of the evil essence within the Gem, so with the help of Dwarven runecraft, she uses her divine magic to contain the evil and prevent it from corrupting Jahin, although Jahin does feel a little agressive when he welds the sword.

• The Chaos Empire has sailed westwards, away from Arkenova (The reason will be revealed in the campaign sequel - Involves Maat'Kare).

  This is one of the main story plots for Hero of Irdya, so I shall reveal no further information.

• Jalin and the rest arrive at New Genesis during the Winter, and a vast celebration is held to celebrate their victory. At the festival, Faria arrives suddenly, to everyone's astonishment. Faria at first apologies to Sadia and Jahin, and then casts a spell that turns them into undead. Jahin and the rest flee from the attacking soldiers. Outside the city, Jahin and the others meet Sreeyoshee who tells them that they need to confront Faria and force her to turn them back. They sneak into the city (Ashhab gains the ability to raise skeletons), and confront Faria, but Mor-Inal appears and tells them that the only to cure them is to kill Faria. Jahin is unwilling and he damaged by Morin. Faria regains her consciousness and takes Jahin's concealed dagger and stabs herself, breaking the spell. Morin goes away. Jahin holds a dying Faria in his arms. Faria hands Jahin a note and they both share a kiss (A romantic farewell, that will incite Jahin's lust for vengeance). Jahin opens the note and finds the location of Mor-Inal's base and swears to finish him, once and for all. Faria is cremated and her ashes are left at the former location her house.

  This will make Jahin hate Mor-Inal even more. Allowing the Sky Soul shard an advantage to corrupt him.

• New Genesis is ruled jointly by Affan, Ashhab and the married couple Shifti and Jalin.

  Being a renowned hero, Jalin deserves a beautiful wife. (You're welcome Kanzil) Jalin will be a supporting character in the sequel.