This does create a small amount of RNG influence of the mission based off of what guards spawn. You can tell since they give us butchers instead of the since patched out implaers. Interesting to note is that the guards of the villages are the normal random guards rather than scripted stacks. Our first task is to take a nearby watchtower from dwarves troops and destroy it. If we move quickly and efficiently in a few turns we’ll have a veritable sea of cheap goblins to advance to the second stage of the mission with. This means, if you remember, once you complete this quest all of the guards will join your faction, to the tune of three to six units per village or more.
We start with only Nomlik, Sundren, and Groshak, and a small amount of troops, since Reskar has a country to run, and unlike some people he actually is going to spend time ruling, EDWARD! To our advantage, this section of the map is covered in wetlands, and has a large number of independent goblin villages, many of which will give you a scripted quest when you encounter them. The first one is the "rally the swamp section". This mission is basically broken up into three phases. Right now though, we have a priest to kill, and goblins to liberate.
Suffice it to say, this is the first sign that there is something rotten in the house of the Commonwealth, more than just rampart greed and arrogance. How did one priest manage such a sweeping rewriting of the religion of the Commonwealth, even with imperial backing? How did they enforce this? How did they have enough troops believing this new doctrine to crush the inevitable rebellions? Declaring yourself the one true god isn’t usually a move that leads to political success, but somehow this has been a done deal for years, since the entire cast of the commonwealth campaign praises Leonus without hesitation. Now, if you didn’t read Nomlik’s story and think “How the hell did they get away with that”, you probably weren’t paying much attention. When I think of my fallen brother Thannis it’s strangely comforting. There’s something intoxicating about his story-this reassurance that my actions have consequences, enough to get the attention of gods. Nomlik lit his temple ablaze rather than see it corrupted, and fled to Ralikesh where he fasted and prayed until I appeared. He set Nomlik free, directing him to Ralikesh, where the Allfather would send a sign. Voraditius, stop this!”īranded a heretic, Nomlik awaited his martyrdom, until a ragged stranger slipped into his cell, telling him his prayers were not in vain. Instead of yielding, Nomlik pleaded before the assembly, “Remember the Allfather! Leans only cares about gold and power. Voraditious purged all rival gods from the Imperial Temple, replaced the signs of the Allfather, and demanded all priests bow to Leonus. Naturally, the Emperor appointed him high priest Eternal. This charismatic priest forsook all gods and declared Emperor Leonus to be Divine Ascendant. Nomlik’s sad story begins with a priest named Voraditius.
Once again, Sundren demonstrates her ability to sneak herself and a few hundred troops across half a continent with ease, as well as actually make progress in the ongoing war, instead of staunching the bleeding and going on treasure hunts. We’re back to the elven court plot in this mission, with the best character taking charge and giving us a look at the grimy underbelly of the Commonwealth and setting everything on fire. May this one be less memetically terrible than the last.
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