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Toxic Sun Beelzebub

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Thrash: /* The Assassination */

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‎The Assassination

Thrash: /* An Orcish Assault */

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‎An Orcish Assault

Thrash: /* Long Way Home */

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 '''[WD0]''' Once you take over the troll keep probably best to recruit a couple of ghosts (or wraiths, see later) to collect the villages to the north-east as most other units are too slow. Probably don't need too many recruits as the other trolls from the south are bottle-necked easily in the west, that is assuming you want to conquer and not just escape (I usually like to collect all the drops, especially from leaders, and the placed items). You could possibly recruit some wraiths, although they are quite feeble here but maybe for the next scenario (unless you have a good set of equipment for them).
-'''[WD0]''' Beelzebub monolith will be at 24,25 if present.
+'''[WD0]''' Beelzebub monument will be at 24,25 if present.
 ==Twilight==

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	'''[WD0]''' Once you take over the troll keep probably best to recruit a couple of ghosts (or wraiths, see later) to collect the villages to the north-east as most other units are too slow. Probably don't need too many recruits as the other trolls from the south are bottle-necked easily in the west, that is assuming you want to conquer and not just escape (I usually like to collect all the drops, especially from leaders, and the placed items). You could possibly recruit some wraiths, although they are quite feeble here but maybe for the next scenario (unless you have a good set of equipment for them).		'''[WD0]''' Once you take over the troll keep probably best to recruit a couple of ghosts (or wraiths, see later) to collect the villages to the north-east as most other units are too slow. Probably don't need too many recruits as the other trolls from the south are bottle-necked easily in the west, that is assuming you want to conquer and not just escape (I usually like to collect all the drops, especially from leaders, and the placed items). You could possibly recruit some wraiths, although they are quite feeble here but maybe for the next scenario (unless you have a good set of equipment for them).
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		+	'''[WD0]''' Beelzebub monolith will be at 24,25 if present.

	==Twilight==		==Twilight==

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 '''[WHU]''' Recruit or possibly recall (Mario) very lightly, the fight will be quick and in close quarters.  Grab all the villages, you have plenty of time.  There is usually a nice item to the northeast, but it's covered by a unit that doesn't die easily, and by the time you kill him either the scenario has ended or some very bad dudes have come up behind you.  Travel northwest, then south.  Make sure all of your units are in place with full movement before you step into the chamber.  Usually Mario will be one XP from levelling up, so give him the first hit.  On lower difficulties you can make great use of backstab here, but even on hard Redain should go down in a turn or two.
-'''[dwarftough]'''You can backstab Redain on any difficulty, you just need to place your unit on the stabbing square when swords are in the same team and don't block your way. The fight is trigger only when you step on a hex adjacent to Redain
+'''[dwarftough]''' You can backstab Redain on any difficulty, you just need to place your unit on the stabbing square when swords are in the same team and don't block your way. The fight is trigger only when you step on a hex adjacent to Redain
 '''[Thrash]''' I found it was not worth recruiting a second unit to get villages, just grab a couple on way into castle. Efraim and Delly can kill Redian in one turn using Delly’s back stab.
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 '''[Thrash]''' Your elves will get to and hold the river in time. I don’t bother recruiting other units for the main fight, unless units can move quickly through the forrest they won't get to the battle in time to matter. Consider transferring items to the elves instead. One reason to recruit however is for the next scenario, which has no recruiting. I do recruit a couples thieves to go south and west to harvest villages. Work hard to promote Lethalia, as it will be useful for her to be a Seer by the ''Where the Sun does not Shine'' scenario. '''[3.2.8]''' With a Seer being an option at level 4 now, this is fairly easier to achieve.
-'''[WD0]''' I have just read the above again and realize I had played this scenario badly in the past. I usually rush the elves to the east-west river and try to hold the northern bank but usually a few orcs get across when I should have been defending the eastern bank of the north-south river. In any case, my way works in medium but you may lose a couple of elves but it is not possible in hard as you lose too many elves. Also in hard difficulty you have to move your leaders around behind enemy lines and assassinate the orc leaders as there is not enough time to wipe out all their forces. I also don't recruit anything at the start as those human units are just too slow in the forest and never make it to the battle (recruit at the end is my motto). No recruiting in the next scenario so hopefully most of your best elves survive.
+'''[WD0]''' I have just read the above again and realize I had played this scenario badly in the past. I usually rush the elves to the east-west river and try to hold the northern bank but usually a few orcs get across when I should have been defending the eastern bank of the north-south river. In any case, my way works in medium but you may lose a couple of elves but it is not possible in hard as you lose too many elves. Also in hard difficulty you have to move your leaders around behind enemy lines and assassinate the orc leaders as there is probably not enough time to wipe out all their forces. I also don't recruit anything at the start as those human units are just too slow in the forest and never make it to the battle (recruit at the end is my motto). No recruiting in the next scenario so hopefully most of your best elves survive and you have quite a bit of footpad fodder.
 ==The Ruins of Lost Empires==
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 '''[Thrash]''' If you cover the spot where bats appear north central, it will block them from appearing. Or situate 3-4 zombie bats to kill arrivals. Don’t send flyers ahead into SW part as it will trigger undead spawning, which can make getting bogged down possible. Looks like there is no upkeep on units. Can only recruit simple undead. You should have lots and lots of gold at the end of this scenario.
-'''[WD0]''' I park Lethalia beside the bat spawning and farm xp. In medium difficulty undead don't trigger the enemy so you can send half a dozen bat-zombies through to collect villages and by then Argan joins them. Suicide bats into the leader with Argan's leadership and trigger the main chamber just before the end if you want the free units. This doesn't work on hard difficulty as undead do cause the trigger for the boss to wake up and start recruiting. Once that trigger is reached the bats stop spawning.
+'''[WD0]''' I park Lethalia beside the bat spawning and farm xp. In medium difficulty undead don't trigger the enemy so you can send half a dozen bat-zombies through to collect villages and by then Argan joins them. Suicide bats into the leader with Argan's leadership and trigger the main chamber just before the end if you want the free units. This doesn't work on hard difficulty as undead do cause the boss to wake up and start recruiting. Once that trigger is reached the bats stop spawning.
 ==The Poison==
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 '''[Thrash]''' Per WHU, don't recruit, just push NE, get through the bottleneck in the initial tunnel quickly and kill the troll leader so you can use their keep to recruit/recall. You will probably need 2-3 keeps of units with some high-HP units. Send one unit to grab villages to the NE. You need to be fairly aggressive or you will get bottled up at the entrance to the caves to the south. Note that trolls and undead will fight each other and also note that any unit can trigger the exit, so you can leave a unit there when you come to it and keep pushing south to have the option to exit if you run low on turns. The undead leader will become a lich after death, so be prepared to kill it twice.
-'''[WD0]''' Once you take over the troll keep probably best to recruit a couple of ghosts (or wraiths, see later) to collect the villages to the north-east as most others are too slow. Probably don't need too many recruits as the trolls are bottle-necked easily on the west, that is assuming you want to conquer and not just escape (I usually like to collect all the drops, especially from leaders, and the placed items). You could possibly recruit some wraiths, although they are quite feeble but maybe for the next scenario (unless you have a good set of equipment for them).
+'''[WD0]''' Once you take over the troll keep probably best to recruit a couple of ghosts (or wraiths, see later) to collect the villages to the north-east as most other units are too slow. Probably don't need too many recruits as the other trolls from the south are bottle-necked easily in the west, that is assuming you want to conquer and not just escape (I usually like to collect all the drops, especially from leaders, and the placed items). You could possibly recruit some wraiths, although they are quite feeble here but maybe for the next scenario (unless you have a good set of equipment for them).
 ==Twilight==
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 '''[Thrash]''' Not much to add to WHU. You can send Lethalia south and she will get there in time to help your ally and still be able to make her way back north to help with the enemy leader. Note the Gryphon leader will run if wounded so you may need to hem it in to kill it.
-'''[WD0]''' I didn't understand all this talk about Elvish Sorceresses - I think you only have a couple to recall anyway, and they are not particularly fast. I usually just did my normal recall, some elves to go through the forest and Skelly to deal with the birds. However I then realized this scenario is made for Wraiths! If you recruited some in the previous scenario they are cheaper to recall that recruit (and they may already have some experience). Wraiths move freely over mountains and ice and the enemy is vulnerable to arcane (watch out for yeti though) - the injured can then be sent off to collect villages. One might even advance to a spectre by the end (even more handy in the next scenario). Wraiths have pretty powerful AMLA's at level 4 (but unfortunately by then you will be fighting a lot of demons with high arcane resistance).
+'''[WD0]''' I didn't understand all this talk about Elvish Sorceresses - you only have two or three to recall anyway, and they are not particularly mobile. I usually just did my normal recall, some elves to go through the forest and Skelly to deal with the birds. However I then realized this scenario is made for Wraiths! If you recruited some in the previous scenario they are cheaper to recall that recruit (and they may already have some with experience). Wraiths move freely over mountains and ice and the enemy is vulnerable to arcane (watch out for yeti though) - the injured can then be sent off to collect villages. One might even advance to a spectre by the end (even more handy in the next scenario). Wraiths have pretty powerful AMLA's at level 4 (but unfortunately by then you will be fighting a lot of mech demons with higher arcane resistance). The skeleton archers here are a threat to your undead though.
 ==Shadow Empire==
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 '''[Thrash]''' Getting bottled up at the bridge is a big challenge. You may want to send some faster units west and then south across the ice to break this bottleneck. Also, depending on how Argan has advanced, he may be able to cross the deep water and jump into the city at an opportune moment.
-'''[WD0]''' If you used wraiths in the previous scenario you might have a spectre or two, making this one easier. I move my wraiths/spectres along with Lethalia east to collect the villages and then down to your initial goal, maybe killing a few undead along the way that cross the water. By that time Zorox has virtually finished recruiting and you can surround him in case you don't kill him first go. Try to avoid giving Argan too much more experience as he leaves soon so it is wasted but give him enough speed/movement so he can collect a village at the start of the next scenario (your other faster units then don't need to stop there).
+'''[WD0]''' If you used wraiths in the previous scenario you might have a spectre or two, making this one easier. I move my wraiths/spectres along with Lethalia east to collect the eastern villages and then down to your initial goal, maybe killing a few undead along the way that cross the water. By that time Zorox has virtually finished recruiting and you can possibly surround him in case you don't kill him first go. Try to avoid giving Argan too much more experience as he leaves soon (so it is wasted) but give him enough speed/movement so he can collect a village at the start of the next scenario (your other faster units then don't need to stop there).
 ==Long Way Home==
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 '''[Thraash]''' Argan leaves at start of turn 3, so de-equip all his items. Recall two keeps of strong units - OK to recall some level 2s. Note that units need to be able to cross mountains eventually. I saw my first message about Beelezbub warning at end of this scenario.
-'''[WD0]''' Argan can hopefully reach the village just to the south so that Lethalia can reach a further village. Efraim can grab the northern village after a round of recalls. The orc leader heals quite well and is the toughest fight in this scenario. I usually have a couple of zombies (Skellie gets a Wretched Defiler, as do many of my undead I plan to keep) that stay behind at the trader and buy more stuff near the end.
+'''[WD0]''' Argan can hopefully reach the village just to the south so that Lethalia can reach a further village instead. Efraim can grab the northern village after a round of recalls. The orc leader heals quite well and is the toughest fight in this scenario. I usually have a couple of zombies (Skellie gets a Wretched Defiler, as do many of my undead I plan to keep) that stay behind at the trader and buy more stuff near the end.
-'''[WD0]''' After you take out the sauran keep you might like to recruit a few units for the future that you have limited access to. A Horseman can advance to a cool Dragon Rider but costs a fair bit of xp so best if you get an intelligent one.
+'''[WD0]''' After you take out the sauran keep you might like to recruit a few units for the future that you will have limited access to. A Horseman can advance to a cool Dragon Rider but costs a fair bit of xp so best if you get an intelligent one.
 ==The Battle for Ogira==
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 '''[WHU]''' Note that you have a chance to recruit Horsemen here. You may not need them for this battle, but if you want them now is a good time to grab some.
-'''[WD0]''' I usually send Efraim with one castle of recalls to the orc leader to the south and kill him by the second or third turn and recall further from there. In the first recall I also get Skellie back who I send to the orcs just to the north of the river. With the distraction of zombies from the Wretched Defiler Skellie can usually take out that leader but might need some backup (especially if they recruit a lot of fire-shooting crossbowers). I usually have at least one more item that gives an extra attack strike by now so a skeletal dragon doing 4x massive clawing damage works well and basically kills an orc every turn (and the leader probably only needs two attacks). I also find it handy to leave one space in Lethalia's keep for a possibly weak, fast unit (such as a ghost, wraith, chocobone) to just collect villages in the east while the battles rage elsewhere (they could also be used later to clear out the injured invaders on the fringe of the city).
+'''[WD0]''' I usually send Efraim with one castle of recalls to the orc leader just to the south and kill him by the second or third turn and recall further from there. In the first recall I also get Skellie back who I send to the orcs just to the north of the river. With the distraction of zombies from the Wretched Defiler Skellie can usually take out that leader but might need some backup (especially if they recruit a lot of fire-shooting crossbowers). I usually have at least one more item that gives an extra attack strike by now so a skeletal dragon doing 4x massive clawing damage works well and basically kills an orc every turn (and the leader probably only needs two attacks). In hardest difficulty this is not possible as the northern orc leader recruits too many trolls. I also find it handy to leave one space in Lethalia's keep for a possibly weak, fast unit (such as a ghost, wraith or chocobone) to just collect villages in the east while the battles rage elsewhere (they could also be used later to clear out the injured invaders on the fringe of the city).
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 '''Generally'''
-This section needs info.
+You start out being presented with an invasion of orcs and your disillusion with the nobles' apathy towards the plight of the peasants leads to your mates running foul of the law and into exile where things get dark before eventually you have to return to save your hometown. The start is quite difficult but it gradually gets easier as your raw recruits become veterans and you start collecting a useful array of items with which to equip them. The turn limit is often very tight, especially in the hardest difficulty (or being blocked by pesky bats in caves).
 '''[WHU]''' Your recruit/recall lists, as well as available gold, are going to vary widely.  Some units will rarely be available for recruiting, potentially preventing you access to their high level advancements.  You may want to recruit at least a couple of all the basic unit types, particularly when you are flush with gold, so that they will (usually) be available on the recall list.
 ==An Orcish Assault==

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 '''[Thraash]''' Argan leaves at start of turn 3, so de-equip all his items. Recall two keeps of strong units - OK to recall some level 2s. Note that units need to be able to cross mountains eventually. I saw my first message about Beelezbub warning at end of this scenario.
-'''[WHU]''' Argan can hopefully reach the village just to the south so that Lethalia can reach a further village. Efraim can grab the northern village after a round of recalls. The orc leader heals quite well and is the toughest fight in this scenario. I usually have a couple of zombies (Skellie gets a Wretched Defiler, as do many of my undead I plan to keep) that stay behind at the trader and buy more stuff near the end.
+'''[WD0]''' Argan can hopefully reach the village just to the south so that Lethalia can reach a further village. Efraim can grab the northern village after a round of recalls. The orc leader heals quite well and is the toughest fight in this scenario. I usually have a couple of zombies (Skellie gets a Wretched Defiler, as do many of my undead I plan to keep) that stay behind at the trader and buy more stuff near the end.
 ==The Battle for Ogira==

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	'''[Thrash]''' I found it was not worth recruiting a second unit to get villages, just grab a couple on way into castle. Efraim and Delly can kill Redian in one turn using Delly’s back stab.		'''[Thrash]''' I found it was not worth recruiting a second unit to get villages, just grab a couple on way into castle. Efraim and Delly can kill Redian in one turn using Delly’s back stab.
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		+	'''[Thrash]''' On hard, Redian will have some guards that prevent you from backstabbing, but it's still not a tough fight.

	==Banished==		==Banished==

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	'''[Thrash]''' One strategy is to hold a line and then push South on turn 8, in the morning. Time will be tight. The Orcish leader is hard to kill.		'''[Thrash]''' One strategy is to hold a line and then push South on turn 8, in the morning. Time will be tight. The Orcish leader is hard to kill.
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		+	'''[Thrash]''' On hard - I'm not sure the above works. Basically, I recruited a keep of units and sent them to Mario to distract the Orc and then sent Efram and Delly around to the east using their skirmish to do an assassination.

	'''[Thrash]''' Mario, the peasant leader, appears to be very hard for the enemy to hit and his death is not a loss. However, he will stay in your recall list if he survives and can be advanced to a duke (w/leadership), but it's a slow process.		'''[Thrash]''' Mario, the peasant leader, appears to be very hard for the enemy to hit and his death is not a loss. However, he will stay in your recall list if he survives and can be advanced to a duke (w/leadership), but it's a slow process.

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 '''[WHU]''' Argan warns you he's leaving, so strip his gear.  Recall a handful of units, ones that can take a punch and a healer.  Fight a small pack of orcs, then a few trolls, and then visit the trader and see what he has to sell by moving next to him.  I like to buy lots of pearls to craft Mastadon items.  You can leave a unit here, especially one that does not travel (well) in mountains, to buy more items later.  At this point, Efraim and Lethalia can easily handle the rest of the fighting, and there will be plenty of villages to provide incoming, assuming you recalled lightly.  If you decide to forgo the early finish bonus so you can keep buying items, be aware that while the objectives say to move Efraim to the southern border of the map, you really only need to get close, and at least one of the southern villages you might be tempted to take is close enough to end the scenario.
-'''[Thraash]''' Agran leaves at start of turn 3, so de-equip all his items. Recall two keeps of strong units - OK to recall some level 2s. I saw my first message about Beelezbub warning at end of this scenario.
+'''[Thraash]''' Agran leaves at start of turn 3, so de-equip all his items. Recall two keeps of strong units - OK to recall some level 2s. Note that units need to be able to cross mountains eventually. I saw my first message about Beelezbub warning at end of this scenario.
 ==The Battle for Ogira==