Chapter VII
Act VII-1: Monsters
Defeating the Infernals was the first step to purge the world from demonic infestation. We need to eradicate the roots of this problem: Gosea and her demonologist. Thus, I ordered Guybrush and his army to raze every Sheaim cities and villages, and to burn the capital to ashes. So far, they managed to do their job well. They even managed to raze the Ashen Veil holy city, destroying one massive demonic portal in it.
But alas, Gosea still had tricks up on her sleeves.
Not only relying on her demonology and necromancy, Gosea somehow managed to subdue a great beast. She enslaved the beast and used it to attack Guybrush and his troops. That damn loser could do nothing agains the great beast's attack! If not for the brave Stonewarden accompanying his troops, the great beast would decimated the entire army. Thank to Kilmorph, the Stonewarden managed to kill the beast and sanctify its corpse so Gosea could not raise it as undead beast.
[Note to myself: I
will force Guybrush to learn other skills in the future. At present, he is a worthless loser with Singing as his only talent! Bah! Even the tavern wenches can sing better than he!]
After defeating the beast, Guybrush's army met with Caegord's and they combined into one greater army under Caegord's leadersip. Yes, of course this had anything to do with Guybrush's lack of ability (singing did not count!). I felt the army will perform better under Caegord than that good-for-nothing loser. And my prediction was correct! Caegord managed to inviltrate Sheaim border. His scouting provided good information for us. Apparently, Gosea managed to open another portal to hell. This time she bound a group of devils and put them in patrol of her northern border.
To be able to defeat the devils and destroy the Sheaim, I called Brigit. She and some Stonewardens were sanctifying the Infernals' cities. They did a good job, and the demonic citizens in Dis, Poena and other Infernals cities now subdued. I ordered the best smiths in Lanun to forge the best weapon and armor for Brigit. Also, I asked the elders to enchant a Ring of Resistance to help the archangel against the devils's fiery magic. While Brigit was the archangel of Fire, she had lost many of her divine powers. She had no holy aura, and her divine spells were no longer working. Even Condatis was stronger than Brigit! Fortunately, Brigit was a good fighter with plenty of experience fighting evil mages. She also kept her affinity to Fire magic, thus making her formidable warrior.
Act VII-2: Other Battlefronts
Focusing too much on destroying the Infernals and Sheaim had costed me big. The other battlefronts were at stagnation. Only the powers of Condatis and her attendants managed to keep Hannah at bay. Mordmorgan even managed to sneak an army pass our eastern border. The army was marching to Willikies without detection. Luckily, a group of Child of Condatis were travelling to Dis. With the help of the priestesses, the local garrison at Willikies managed to destroy the invading army.
But not all were lost. One great engineer was born in Innsmouth. I ordered him to go to Willikies and surveyed the mine there. He managed to find a deposit of gems, and expanded the mining operation.
Our sages extensively wrote and researched our war efforts and managed to discover a more effective Military Strategy. They suggested that building a Warrior District specialized in training young nobles would improve overall effectiveness of our army. I heartily agreed. Finally those young b*stard could do some good for their nation!
The Stonewardens' prayers, the faith of our citizens and tithe collected in the temples apparently satisfied Kilmorph. She bestowed her divine favor upon us, granting us a Sacred Knowledge. Our people rejoiced, and a Hero named Arthendain was born in Innsmouth.
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MoMana Trivia
In MoMana, great persons have new abilities. You can use a Great Engineer to open Mining Expedition in a hill. A metal/gems resource will then appear in the hill. Or, you can use a Great Engineer to Invent New Equipment. You will be able to buy an armor/weapon, that is stronger than regular ones. The Great Engineer will be consumed, either way.
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Xtended Tips
Xtended introduced two advanced temples for each religions. These advanced temples specialize further the religion and provide stronger benefits than basic temple. These advanced temples are unlocked by the second or even the third Sacred Knowledge of the religion, though, forcing a player to invest deeply in the religion before he/she can gain the benefits of advanced temples.
For Runes of Kilmorph, the advanced temples are Vault of Kilmorph (gives great amount of gold and fits the Merchant cities greatly), and Dedicated Workshop (gives two hammers per culture level, making the Noble cities as the centre of production!).
Act VII-3: Condatis' Grief
After long struggle, finally Condatis managed to capture Healfe, where the holy city of Octopus Overlords was.
To capture the city, she and her attendants had to vanquish plenty of demons. Apparently, the Overlords also use demonic power, even when their base tenets were radically different than the Ashen Veil. Instead of opening gates directly to the world as what the Ashen veil did, the Overlords used dreams to invade the minds of their faithful, and then infused the essence of demons to the minds of those poor people. The result of this ritual is the Stygian Guards.
Unlike Hyborem's demons or even the Devils. The Stygian Guards were essentially men, but then their body and mind were corrupted, twisted, mutated by the unholy rituals done by the Overlords's Cultists. Once the rituals completed, the men were transformed into demon, with no independent thinking left inside his brain. There was no ritual to undo this transformation.
For the first time, I saw Condatis cried when she failed to revert a Stygian Guard back to his human form. She killed the man instead.
After that night, I see new determination in Condatis's eyes. She did not raze the city of Healfe. Instead, she asked me to preserve the city, as a reminder for all humankind on the danger of Octopus Overlords. I agreed to her wish. Followed by her attendants, she then marched to the north, with sole intention to destroy every single Temple of the Overlords.
Act VII-4: The Heroic Deeds of Bambur
Even with little backups, Bambur the Hero stood fast in our eastern border. He managed to infiltrate Mordmorgan's territory and attack the city of Celo. I commended his bravery. While Mordmorgan did not embrace the Ashen Veil, but the corruption had spread to his territory. Apparently, any evil deeds would hasten the spreading of the corrupted lands, without regards on what religion a person embraced. Thus, it was imperative to capture his cities and started the Sanctify ritual to restore the land to its natural form.
Unfortunately, Bambur encountered heavy resistance from Mordmorgan. Unlike my Lanuns, his Lanuns delved deeply into the arcane arts. His magi were specialized in evocation spells, thus allowing them to cast harmful spells to Bambur's army.
The soldiers of Kilmorph managed to counter the evocation spells by calling miracles from Kilmorph. A Child of Condatis accompanying the army also used her water magic to create illusions and befuddle the enemies. But the number of the enemy overwhelmed them. Bambur fought valiantly. He managed to defeat Mordmorgan's finest warriors, before finally succumbing to his wound.
At season of 349 After the Age of Ice, we were mourning our loss of the brave hero Bambur and his loyal companions. May Kilmorph shelter their souls and comfort their families and kins.
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