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Lord of the Dance
The Rise of Darkness modmod contains a few changes and tweaks to the Fall from Heaven Mod. A brief list includes guardians for the lairs, a new shapeshifting civ, a new winged civ, node tile values and, the upgradable heroes modmod.
Compatable with Fall from Heaven 2 .41d
Current Version : .22J
Quickfix : None now
DLL changed files: At the bottom of Page 3 there is a file called changed files it contains all of the files changed by the Rise of Darkness DLL (Not updated since RoD.22)
Link to Download
Cult Of Nikito:
The followers of a mysterious man named Nikito, who saved a small village from frostlings in the Age of Ice. Nikito is a shapeshifter and visionary who knows many strange facts and spells. The ordinary citizens of his empire are weaker than normal people due to strange disapearences of those who challenge him. Although a select few can become shapeshifters themselves. Nikito himself fights for good but his methods and tactics are disturbingly evil in their nature.
The Cult of Nikito has access to a unique line of Tier 4 units, shapeshifters and massive fleets of airships. Unfortunatly all units that the Cult of Nikito builds aregiven the weak promotion. Nikito starts out as a weak leader with only one trait but soon he gains more traits than any normal leader can hope to accumulate.
Screeenshot:
Arkitan:
Elves who decided to leave the forests and worship Tali, the Arkitan have become a winged civilization. Their leader Tuanra is an ex-priest of Sucellous who discovered the powers of geomancy. Apart from the powerful general and hero Urcitas, only some women in the Arkitan empire can get wings. The Arkitan are a civilization of powerful mages but one that can also attack from almost anywhere.
The Arkitan have access to a flying mounted and recon line and a flying naval line. Their navy although having the ability to fly the early units can only enter the land inside cities. Their hero Urcitas is a strong midgame hero and his upgrades can specialize in a stealthy or an all out attack. Archmages are harder to obtain but are made stronger by their terrain dependent geomancy spell. Overall the civ offers a strong playstyle for players who wish to use more strategy than a brute force to kill their enemies.
Refugees:
Florina was a young Elohim girl when the Overlords took over her town. There were no survivors save her, for the Drowns couldn’t see her as she was hidden by an unseen force. From that day she traveled the land until she came upon a caravan of Nomads. They adopted her and she was later wed into the throne with the firstborn prince of them. Once again the Overlords came but she was not seen as she saw the Drowns rip apart her husband. There were a few left this time and from them she pledged to create an empire open to all men and women who suffered the horrors of war.
The Refugees are much like the Elohim in play style but are different in a few ways. They have the assimilation ability and a very dynamic hero who grows depending on what city types you upgrade him in. Want a demonic werewolf vampire, upgrade him in Infernal, Doviello and Calabim cities. But be aware that there are bonuses possibly greater if you maintain the same civ in which he is upgraded.
More Magic:
Esus grows in power gaining with his own backstabing priests and maurauding bandits. The higher levels of magic have more spells and mana nodes grow in value prompting more choices. Will you choose a sun node for a boost to the food and commerce of the city or the empire-wide reasearch bonus of mind mana?
A More Dangerous Game:
Epic lairs spawn dangerous guardians to protect themselves. The vile Infernals have grown rapidly in their power. The heroes of Erebus are much more powerful and Orthus is once again an early game terror.
Special Thanks to:
Civ Fanatics'
FfH Design Team
Fall Further Team
Magister Cultuum (a number of the ideas are his)
Imuratep for the idea of a shapeshifting civ
Rystic for many great CotD events
Chuggi for some boat models
Psychic Llamas for Tower of Eyes and Blair of Lacuna models
Benjamin Embarec for finding many balance problems and bugs.
Deon for assorted Art
WarKirby for even more Art
Incorperated Mods
Greyfox's Improved Pedia and Production Popups
Black Impertators's More Event Mod
Xienwolf's Great People Mod
Jabie's Crafts Process Mod
Mailbox's Legion of D'Tesh Civ
Valkirinon's FF+ (Parts)
Piece of Mind's Advanced Combat Odds
TurinTurinbar's AI mod
Honor's Arcane Mastery Mod
Cyther's Upgradable Heroes (Fear me, I can talk in different persons
)
Feel free to post any comments, ideas and especially bugs.
Compatable with Fall from Heaven 2 .41d
Current Version : .22J
Quickfix : None now
DLL changed files: At the bottom of Page 3 there is a file called changed files it contains all of the files changed by the Rise of Darkness DLL (Not updated since RoD.22)
Link to Download
Cult Of Nikito:
The followers of a mysterious man named Nikito, who saved a small village from frostlings in the Age of Ice. Nikito is a shapeshifter and visionary who knows many strange facts and spells. The ordinary citizens of his empire are weaker than normal people due to strange disapearences of those who challenge him. Although a select few can become shapeshifters themselves. Nikito himself fights for good but his methods and tactics are disturbingly evil in their nature.
The Cult of Nikito has access to a unique line of Tier 4 units, shapeshifters and massive fleets of airships. Unfortunatly all units that the Cult of Nikito builds aregiven the weak promotion. Nikito starts out as a weak leader with only one trait but soon he gains more traits than any normal leader can hope to accumulate.
Screeenshot:
Spoiler :
Arkitan:
Elves who decided to leave the forests and worship Tali, the Arkitan have become a winged civilization. Their leader Tuanra is an ex-priest of Sucellous who discovered the powers of geomancy. Apart from the powerful general and hero Urcitas, only some women in the Arkitan empire can get wings. The Arkitan are a civilization of powerful mages but one that can also attack from almost anywhere.
The Arkitan have access to a flying mounted and recon line and a flying naval line. Their navy although having the ability to fly the early units can only enter the land inside cities. Their hero Urcitas is a strong midgame hero and his upgrades can specialize in a stealthy or an all out attack. Archmages are harder to obtain but are made stronger by their terrain dependent geomancy spell. Overall the civ offers a strong playstyle for players who wish to use more strategy than a brute force to kill their enemies.
Refugees:
Florina was a young Elohim girl when the Overlords took over her town. There were no survivors save her, for the Drowns couldn’t see her as she was hidden by an unseen force. From that day she traveled the land until she came upon a caravan of Nomads. They adopted her and she was later wed into the throne with the firstborn prince of them. Once again the Overlords came but she was not seen as she saw the Drowns rip apart her husband. There were a few left this time and from them she pledged to create an empire open to all men and women who suffered the horrors of war.
The Refugees are much like the Elohim in play style but are different in a few ways. They have the assimilation ability and a very dynamic hero who grows depending on what city types you upgrade him in. Want a demonic werewolf vampire, upgrade him in Infernal, Doviello and Calabim cities. But be aware that there are bonuses possibly greater if you maintain the same civ in which he is upgraded.
More Magic:
Esus grows in power gaining with his own backstabing priests and maurauding bandits. The higher levels of magic have more spells and mana nodes grow in value prompting more choices. Will you choose a sun node for a boost to the food and commerce of the city or the empire-wide reasearch bonus of mind mana?
A More Dangerous Game:
Epic lairs spawn dangerous guardians to protect themselves. The vile Infernals have grown rapidly in their power. The heroes of Erebus are much more powerful and Orthus is once again an early game terror.
Special Thanks to:
Civ Fanatics'
FfH Design Team
Fall Further Team
Magister Cultuum (a number of the ideas are his)
Imuratep for the idea of a shapeshifting civ
Rystic for many great CotD events
Chuggi for some boat models
Psychic Llamas for Tower of Eyes and Blair of Lacuna models
Benjamin Embarec for finding many balance problems and bugs.
Deon for assorted Art
WarKirby for even more Art
Incorperated Mods
Greyfox's Improved Pedia and Production Popups
Black Impertators's More Event Mod
Xienwolf's Great People Mod
Jabie's Crafts Process Mod
Mailbox's Legion of D'Tesh Civ
Valkirinon's FF+ (Parts)
Piece of Mind's Advanced Combat Odds
TurinTurinbar's AI mod
Honor's Arcane Mastery Mod
Cyther's Upgradable Heroes (Fear me, I can talk in different persons
) Feel free to post any comments, ideas and especially bugs.
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acts as an adventurer 
if held can cast cleanse weakness to remove the weak promotion
+1 
![[to_xp]Gekko](https://civfanatics-data.community.forum/avatars/m/74/74677.jpg?1475248346){kind=avatar}
and the spell is broken. I will release a version with that fixed and including the Arkitan (winged) civ by late tuesday.
