CampaignDialogue:HttT - Revision history

Gothyoba: Clarifications, I think this is much clearer than just using italics.

2024-09-10T15:32:47Z

Clarifications, I think this is much clearer than just using italics.

Gothyoba: Update Scenario 3 dialogue

2024-09-10T15:29:11Z

Update Scenario 3 dialogue

Gothyoba: Fix old typo and new formatting error

2024-09-10T07:59:35Z

Fix old typo and new formatting error

Gothyoba: /* Mokolo Qimur Dies (On Hard) */

2024-09-10T07:57:08Z

‎Mokolo Qimur Dies (On Hard)

Gothyoba: /* Scenario 2: Blackwater Port */

2024-09-10T07:53:54Z

‎Scenario 2: Blackwater Port

Gothyoba: Unitalicize Knafa-Tan

2024-09-10T07:51:03Z

Unitalicize Knafa-Tan

Gothyoba: Update story and dialogue for Scenario 1

2024-09-10T07:39:51Z

Update story and dialogue for Scenario 1

Octalot: Note that this text is over a decade out of date

2023-02-03T07:36:58Z

Note that this text is over a decade out of date

Deusite: /* =By Foot */

2011-08-31T13:19:48Z

‎=By Foot

Deusite: /* Delfador Moves to Pillars of Thunedain */

2011-08-30T16:14:27Z

‎Delfador Moves to Pillars of Thunedain

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 '''Delfador:''' We must indeed go there. Let us therefore rest here a little, and then set sail for the Bay. Hopefully we will defeat her forces there!
-'''''Narrator:''' You can now recruit magi!''
+[If you did not find the mage previously] '''Narrator:''' You can now recruit magi!
-[Easy Difficulty only] '''Konrad:''' Surely no orc can stand against us with magi in our ranks! Their magical attacks almost always find their mark, even against well-defended troops.
+[If you did not find the mage previously] [Easy Difficulty only] '''Konrad:''' Surely no orc can stand against us with magi in our ranks! Their magical attacks almost always find their mark, even against well-defended troops.
-[Easy Difficulty only] '''Delfador:''' Caution, young prince. It is very difficult to train inexperienced magi in combat. When they fight on the front lines of battle, you must protect magi with stronger units else the enemy will make short work of them.
+[If you did not find the mage previously] [Easy Difficulty only] '''Delfador:''' Caution, young prince. It is very difficult to train inexperienced magi in combat. When they fight on the front lines of battle, you must protect magi with stronger units else the enemy will make short work of them.
 ==Scenario 4: The Bay of Pearls==

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 '''Konrad:''' So this is Alduin. It looks a little... desolate.
-'''Delfador:''' I fear so, Konrad. It seems that the orcs have come even here. Here to the place where I was born, where I was trained.
+'''Usadar Q’kai:''' Who is that? Oh, a party of elves has landed. We shall drive them back into the sea!
-'''Usadar Q’kai:''' Who is that? Oh, a party of elves has landed. We shall drive them back into the sea!
+'''Delfador:''' This island is the place where I was born, and where I learned magic; it used to be so beautiful. We must recapture it! To arms!
 ===Move to a Ship===
 '''Konrad:''' This is no time to return to our vessel! We must take control of the island!
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 '''Narrator:''' You can now recruit magi!
-'''''Konrad:''' Surely no orc can stand against us with magi in our ranks! Their magical attacks almost always find their mark, even against well-defended troops.''
+[Easy Difficulty only] '''Konrad:''' Surely no orc can stand against us with magi in our ranks! Their magical attacks almost always find their mark, even against well-defended troops.
-'''''Delfador:''' Caution, young prince. It is very difficult to train inexperienced magi in combat. When they fight on the front lines of battle, you must protect magi with stronger units else the enemy will make short work of them.''
+[Easy Difficulty only] '''Delfador:''' Caution, young prince. It is very difficult to train inexperienced magi in combat. When they fight on the front lines of battle, you must protect magi with stronger units, else the enemy would make short work of them.
 ===Victory Dialogue===
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 '''Delfador:''' We have come from fighting her forces at Blackwater. Where else has she attacked?
-'''Seimus:''' She has taken control of the Bay of Pearls, long held by the Mermen, and has turned them into slaves. There they dive for pearls by which she grows richer every day. There are even rumors that she may break the ancient treaty and attack Elensefar!
+'''Seimus:''' She has taken control of the Bay of Pearls, long held by the mer, and has turned them into slaves. There they dive for pearls by which she grows richer every day. There are even rumors that she may break the ancient treaty and attack Elensefar!
 '''Konrad:''' Can’t we strike back at her? How many forces does she have at the Bay of Pearls? Can we take it back from her?
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 '''''Narrator:''' You can now recruit magi!''
-'''''Konrad:''' Surely no orc can stand against us with magi in our ranks! Their magical attacks almost always find their mark, even against well-defended troops.''
+[Easy Difficulty only] '''Konrad:''' Surely no orc can stand against us with magi in our ranks! Their magical attacks almost always find their mark, even against well-defended troops.
-'''''Delfador:''' Caution, young prince. It is very difficult to train inexperienced magi in combat. When they fight on the front lines of battle, you must protect magi with stronger units else the enemy will make short work of them.''
+[Easy Difficulty only] '''Delfador:''' Caution, young prince. It is very difficult to train inexperienced magi in combat. When they fight on the front lines of battle, you must protect magi with stronger units else the enemy will make short work of them.
 ==Scenario 4: The Bay of Pearls==

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 '''Delfador:''' Recruit troops wisely, Konrad, and remember that you can recall experienced units from past battles to help you fight again.
-'''Haldeil:'' Greetings, young master. I pledge myself to your service.
+'''Haldiel:''' Greetings, young master. I pledge myself to your service.
 '''Delfador:''' Konrad, note that Haldiel does not seek gold upkeep; as a loyal unit he fights for us solely out of loyalty to our cause. Such units are extremely valuable. Take care to use them cautiously in battle, lest they fall.

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 '''Sir Kaylan:''' Reinforcements have arrived, but lo! Our allies have already destroyed the orcish army menacing our fair port. In honor, I must reward your valor.
-You have risked your life to defend our city. In return, I place one of my city's finest defenders in your service. Simyr, step forward. I place your lance in the service of young prince Konrad here. May you help him restore order to the country.
+'''Sir Kaylan:''' You have risked your life to defend our city. In return, I place one of my city’s finest defenders in your service. Simyr, step forward. I place your lance in the service of young Prince Konrad here. May you help him restore order to the country.
 '''Simyr:''' It is my pleasure and honor to serve, my liege.

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 '''Delfador:''' Yes, we will sail to the Isle of Alduin, my home Konrad, and the home of many magi.
-'''Sir Kaylan:''' I will send one of my horsemen to serve under you. I offer you my support, Konrad, and the support of my men - from now on you will be able to recruit horsemen.
+'''Sir Kaylan:''' I will send one of my horsemen to serve under you. I offer you my support, Konrad, and the support of my men — from now on you will be able to recruit horsemen.
 '''Konrad:''' Thank you, sir. But how shall I best use these horsemen? How do they differ from elves?
-'''Sir Kaylan:''' Elves are a powerful race, Konrad, more powerful than my own people usually acknowledge. But horsemen are powerful in a different way. They have no long range attack, but can charge into combat, inflicting double normal damage, though taking double damage in return. They are also lawful, meaning they fight better by day, and worse at night. Horsemen are unmatched on open land, though elves will serve you better in forests or rugged terrain." or "Elves may be the lords of the forest, but horsemen are powerful as well. On the plains under the midday sun they can fell the toughest foes with sharp spears and under heavy hoofs!
+[Easy Difficulty only] '''Sir Kaylan:''' Elves are a powerful race, Konrad, more powerful than my own people usually acknowledge. But horsemen are powerful in a different way. They have no long range attack, but can charge into combat, inflicting double normal damage, though taking double damage in return. They are also lawful, meaning they fight better by day, and worse at night. Horsemen are unmatched on open land, though elves will serve you better in forests or rugged terrain." or "Elves may be the lords of the forest, but horsemen are powerful as well. On the plains under the midday sun they can fell the toughest foes with sharp spears and under heavy hoofs!
 '''Delfador:''' Recruit troops wisely, Konrad, and remember that you can recall experienced units from past battles to help you fight again.

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 '''Urug-Telfar:''' Attack the elves, my grunts, and take their villages. Let us claim this land for the Queen!
-[Hard Difficulty only] '''''Knafa-Tan:''' Remember, it is rumored that the filthy mage and one that he protects are in these parts. They are the ones we want!
+[Hard Difficulty only] '''Knafa-Tan:''' Remember, it is rumored that the filthy mage and one that he protects are in these parts. They are the ones we want!
-[Easy and Normal Difficulty only] '''''Knafa-Tan:''' Ha ha! We will rip the filthy elves to pieces!
+[Easy and Normal Difficulty only] '''Knafa-Tan:''' Ha ha! We will rip the filthy elves to pieces!
 '''Galdrad:''' Let them come. We will fight them with all we have!

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 ==Scenario 1: The Elves Besieged==
 ===Story Text===
-In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Garard II, king of Wesnoth, the kingdom was plunged into a bitter war with the Orcs of the North.
+In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Garard II, King of Wesnoth, the kingdom was plunged into a bitter war with the Orcs of the North.
-The Northern host encamped at Galcadar, by the ford of Abez, and the king led his forces to meet them. Splitting his army in two, he led one half while his son, the crown prince Eldred, led the other.
+The Northern host encamped at Galcadar, by the Ford of Abez, and the King led his forces to meet them. Splitting his army in two, he led one half while his son, the Crown Prince Eldred, led the other.
-Eldred was a brave and courageous warrior, able to lead his soldiers well. Unfortunately for Garard, his son was also ambitious... and treacherous. In the heat of battle, Eldred’s men turned on the king. And so, Garard was slain in battle that day, along with his brother and all his sons but Eldred.
+Eldred was a brave and courageous warrior, able to lead his soldiers well. Unfortunately for Garard, his son was also ambitious... and treacherous. In the heat of battle, Eldred’s men turned on the King. And so, Garard was slain in battle that day, along with his brother and all his sons but Eldred.
 Garard’s queen, Asheviere, looked on with glee, having come to watch the battle from a nearby hill. The rule of her son would surely satisfy her lust for power far better than her husband’s had.
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 In exchange for tribute, the warlord of the North happily made peace with Eldred, who proclaimed himself king and led his army south towards Weldyn.
-But Garard’s arch-mage, Delfador, had escaped the battle and, riding with haste, reached Weldyn first. He mustered a force of loyalists to fight Eldred and avenge the king’s death. The loyalist army marched north to meet Eldred.
+But Garard’s arch-mage, Delfador, had escaped the battle and, riding with haste, reached Weldyn first. He mustered a force of loyalists to fight Eldred and avenge the King’s death. The loyalist army marched north to meet Eldred.
 Eldred made war upon Delfador and his forces with his mother’s advice ringing in his ears: ''“Fight no one great or small except the old mage, whose head should be severed from his shoulders.”''
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 In the end Delfador’s men were defeated and routed, but Asheviere found her son’s lifeless body, fixed to the ground by the great mage’s staff.
-Asheviere herself then took command of the army and led it back to Weldyn. Knowing that the king’s young nephews were next in line to the throne, she ordered them all killed, and declared herself Queen of Wesnoth.
+Asheviere herself then took command of the army and led it back to Weldyn. Knowing that the King’s young nephews were next in line to the throne, she ordered them all killed, and declared herself Queen of Wesnoth.
 Soon after news of Asheviere’s orders reached Delfador, he secretly entered the palace and stole away Konrad, the youngest of Garard’s nephews, thereby saving him from death.
-Fleeing to the Aethenwood beyond the south-western border of Wesnoth, Delfador raised the child Konrad under the protection of the Elves, watching sadly as Asheviere’s reign of terror over the land began...
+Fleeing to the Aethenwood beyond the south-western border of Wesnoth, Delfador raised the child Konrad under the protection of the elves, watching sadly as Asheviere’s reign of terror over the land began...
 ===Introductory Dialogue===
-'''Narrator:''' Sixteen years into her rule, Asheviere turned her attention to the wood elves living in the great forest southwest of Wesnoth, whom she despised. Orcish mercenaries were hired and dispatched to bring about their ruin.
+'''Narrator:''' Twenty years into her rule, Asheviere turned her attention to the wood elves living in the great forest southwest of Wesnoth, whom she despised. Orcish mercenaries were hired and dispatched to bring about their ruin.
 '''Konrad:''' Master Delfador! Look, there are orcs coming from all directions! What shall we do?
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 '''Galdrad:''' We will fight them, but you must escape, Konrad. It is imperative that you escape!
-'''Delfador:''' We will go north. Perhaps we can reach the Isle of Alduin. If we can make it there, surely we will be safe. Konrad, we must recruit some elves to help us, and then you must make it to the sign post in the north-west. I will protect you!
+'''Delfador:''' We will go north. Perhaps we can reach the Isle of Alduin. If we can make it there, surely we will be safe. Konrad, we must recruit some elves to help us, and then you must make it to the sign post in the northwest. I will protect you!
 '''Konrad:''' Very well, let us hurry!
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 '''Urug-Telfar:''' Attack the elves, my grunts, and take their villages. Let us claim this land for the Queen!
-'''''Knafa-Tan:''' Remember, it is rumored that the filthy mage and one that he protects are in these parts. They are the ones we want!''
+[Hard Difficulty only] '''''Knafa-Tan:''' Remember, it is rumored that the filthy mage and one that he protects are in these parts. They are the ones we want!
-'''''Knafa-Tan:''' Ha ha! We will rip the filthy elves to pieces!''
+[Easy and Normal Difficulty only] '''''Knafa-Tan:''' Ha ha! We will rip the filthy elves to pieces!
 '''Galdrad:''' Let them come. We will fight them with all we have!
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 '''Chantal:''' Be careful, Konrad! Guard him well, Delfador!
-'''Delfador:''' And so it has begun!
+'''Delfador:''' Do not spend your life here, Chantal. Someone must warn the Northern Elves that the war we so long feared has begun.
 ===Konrad Kills===
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 '''Konrad:''' It is over. I am doomed...
-'''Delfador:''' I have... have failed in my duty to protect the prince! I am defeated.
+===Delfador Dies===
 '''Konrad:''' Don't die, Delfador! Please, you have to stay alive!

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 '''Delfador:''' It is north-west of here, a few leagues inland. There are two ways to go, by ship or on foot. Each has its own dangers. You must choose between them.
-====By Foot===
+====By Foot====
 '''Konrad:''' Ships? Ugh! I have been seasick for the last time. We shall walk!

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 '''Delfador:''' The battle outside was fierce and lasted a full half-year. But, the battles inside the tunnels were worse.
-===Delfador Moves to Pillars of Thunedain===
+===Delfador Moves to Thunedain’s Pillars===
 '''Delfador:''' The pillars of Thunedain. He was a legendary dwarvish lord who made his last stand here. May we triumph where he fell.