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Revolting peasant: /* Caverns of Flame */

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‎Caverns of Flame

Revolting peasant: /* The Dragon */

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‎The Dragon

Revolting peasant: /* The Dragon */

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‎The Dragon

Revolting peasant: /* Outriding the Outriders */

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‎Outriding the Outriders

Revolting peasant: /* Towards the Caves */

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‎Towards the Caves

Revolting peasant: /* Hills of the Shorbear Clan */

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‎Hills of the Shorbear Clan

Revolting peasant: /* Gathering Materials */

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‎Gathering Materials

Revolting peasant: /* Searching for the Runecrafter */

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‎Searching for the Runecrafter

Revolting peasant: /* Searching for the Runecrafter */

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‎Searching for the Runecrafter

Revolting peasant: /* Searching for the Runecrafter */

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‎Searching for the Runecrafter

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 === Caverns of Flame ===
-* Objectives: Locate the runic tablet of the guardian trolls, and destroy them
+* '''Objectives:''' Locate the runic tablet of the guardian trolls, and destroy them
-* Lose if: Rugnur, Thursagan or Krawg die.
+* '''Lose if:''' Rugnur, Thursagan or Krawg die.
-* Turns: Unlimited.
+* '''Turns:''' Unlimited.
-* Starting Gold: ???/160/??? (Easy/Medium/Hard)
+* '''Starting Gold:''' ???/160/??? (Easy/Medium/Hard)
-* Starting units: Rugnur, Thursagan, Krawg, Baglur and 3 other units
+* '''Starting units:''' Rugnur, Thursagan, Krawg, Baglur and 3 other units
 (The extra starting units may be two Runesmiths and an Explorer; but this may change depending on what your army has; strangely, you may well have additional recallable loyal units but without all units in the starting being loyal.)

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 * '''Objectives:''' Get Rugnur, Thursagan and Krawg to the end of the tunnel; then move Thursagan to the forge and defend him for 9 turns
 * '''Lose if:''' Rugnur, Thursagan or Krawg die
-* ''Turns:''' Unlimited.
+* '''Turns:''' Unlimited.
 * '''Starting units:''' Rugnur, Thursagan, Krawg, and Baglur.

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 === The Dragon ===
-* Objectives: Get Rugnur, Thursagan and Krawg to the end of the tunnel; then move Thursagan to the forge and defend him for 9 turns
+* '''Objectives:''' Get Rugnur, Thursagan and Krawg to the end of the tunnel; then move Thursagan to the forge and defend him for 9 turns
-* Lose if: Rugnur, Thursagan or Krawg die
+* '''Lose if:''' Rugnur, Thursagan or Krawg die
-* Turns: Unlimited.
+* ''Turns:''' Unlimited.
-* Starting units: Rugnur, Thursagan, Krawg, and Baglur.
+* '''Starting units:''' Rugnur, Thursagan, Krawg, and Baglur.
 The scenario name is quite the misnomer. While there is a Dragon here - you're not going to fight it and it has basically no impact on anything except by recruiting some annoying Bats.

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 === Outriding the Outriders ===
-* Objectives: Reach the outpost in the south.
+* '''Objectives:''' Reach the outpost in the south.
-* Lose if: Alanin dies or time runs out.
+* '''Lose if:''' Alanin dies or time runs out.
-* Turns: 12.
+* '''Turns:''' 12.
-* Starting units: Alanin.
+* '''Starting units:''' Alanin.
 Your mission is to run south as quickly as possible. The Elvish Outriders will easily catch up with Alanin and defeat him, all things being equal - Alanin has 9 MP, while the Outriders have 10 MP and 11 MP for the quick ones. Plus, there are six of them (on Medium difficult) and one of you... in fact, if four or five of the Outriders reach Alanin at once, he's likely to be killed even starting out with full HP. An encounter with just one or two Outriders is survivable - but you'll have to make sure to shake them the next turn.

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 === Towards the Caves ===
-* Objectives:
+* '''Objectives:'''
 ** Move Rugnur to the north-east cave entrance.
 ** Move Alanin to the southern border east of the river.
-* Lose if: Rugnur, Alanin, Krawg or Thursagan die or time runs out.
+* '''Lose if:''' Rugnur, Alanin, Krawg or Thursagan die or time runs out.
-* Turns: 12.
+* '''Turns:''' 12.
-* Starting units: Rugnur, Baglur, Krawg, Thursagan and Alanin.
+* '''Starting units:''' Rugnur, Baglur, Krawg, Thursagan and Alanin.
 It is important to realize that the two objectives do not need to be accomplished simultaneously; once Alanin touches the southern border, east of the river, he disappears and his part is done. So, you can just send him straight south from turn 1. Have him go along the western edge of the river and cross over when he is at the bottom. The southeastern elves really don't like Alanin, so be careful not to attract too much attention. (Note that you can use that to your advantage to slow the advance of those elves).

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 === Hills of the Shorbear Clan ===
-* Objectives: Defeat the dwarf leader and have all heroes in the cave while no enemies are in it.
+* '''Objectives:''' Defeat the Dwarf leader and have all heroes in the cave while no enemies are in it.
-* Lose if: Rugnur, Alanin, Krawg, Thursagan or Durstorn die or time runs out.
+* '''Lose if:''' Rugnur, Alanin, Krawg, Thursagan or Durstorn die or time runs out.
-* Turns: 24.
+* '''Turns:''' 24.
-* Starting units: Rugnur, Alanin, Baglur, Krawg, Thursagan, Durstorn, two new loyal units—a Thunderguard and a Steelclad.
+* '''Starting units:''' Rugnur, Alanin, Baglur, Krawg, Thursagan, Durstorn, two new loyal units—a Thunderguard and a Steelclad.
-Since Durstorn started a fight, you have to kick the dwarves out of their cave. The problem is that some elves show up and start fighting you too. So you have to take over the cave '''and''' kick everyone else out.
+Since Durstorn started a fight, you have to kick the dwarves out of their cave. The problem is that some Elves show up and start fighting you too. So you have to take over the cave '''and''' kick everyone else out.
 You can use Krawg and another Gryphon to go around the map and flag lots of villages. You'll get lots of gold and can use that to recruit a couple of fresh units if you need after you capture the Shorbears' keep.
-The scenario is pretty straightforward. When fighting the dwarves use the terrain to your advantage. A dwarf on a mountain tile is only hit 30% of the time... unless you are attacking with a Runesmith/Runemaster. Their magical attacks (70% chance to hit) can make all the difference. Once you are in the cave and fighting off the elves, seal up the exits when you can. Now all you need to do is wipe out any stragglers and you are done.
+The scenario is pretty straightforward. When fighting the dwarves use the terrain to your advantage. A Dwarf on a mountain tile is only hit 30% of the time... unless you are attacking with a Runesmith/Runemaster. Their magical attacks (70% chance to hit) can make all the difference. Once you are in the cave and fighting off the Elves, seal up the exits when you can. Now all you need to do is wipe out any stragglers and you are done.
-[Mal Shubertal: There is no early finish bonus in this scenario, but there is a 40% gold carryover. Due to many loyal units (especially if you recall your runesmiths from last scenario) and many villages in the cave, you can accumulate a lot of gold if you delay the ending as long as possible. The scenario ended a few turns early for me because the last elf in the cave accidentally killed himself against my Thunderer; this could have been avoided by leaving Krawg just outside the cave until turn 24.]
+[Mal Shubertal: There is no early finish bonus in this scenario, but there is a 40% gold carryover. Due to many loyal units (especially if you recall your runesmiths from last scenario) and many villages in the cave, you can accumulate a lot of gold if you delay the ending as long as possible. The scenario ended a few turns early for me because the last Elf in the cave accidentally killed himself against my Thunderer; this could have been avoided by leaving Krawg just outside the cave until turn 24.]
 === Towards the Caves ===

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 === Gathering Materials ===
-* Objective: Mine one gold deposit and two coal deposits (see below).
+* '''Objective:''' Mine one gold deposit and two coal deposits (see below).
-* Lose if: Rugnur or Thursagan die or time runs out.
+* '''Lose if:''' Rugnur or Thursagan die or time runs out.
-* Turns: 40/37/34 (easy/medium/hard).
+* '''Turns:''' 40/37/34 (easy/medium/hard).
-* Starting units: Rugnur, Baglur, Thursagan and two loyal Runesmiths.
+* '''Starting units:''' Rugnur, Baglur, Thursagan and two loyal Runesmiths.
 * Other
 ** To mine you must recruit a Dwarvish Miner, move him to the deposit and move him back to the keep.

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 === Searching for the Runecrafter ===
 * '''Objectives:'''
-**# Reach Thursagan with a non-gryphon unit.
+*# Reach Thursagan with a non-gryphon unit.
-**# Bring Thursagan back to the caves.
+*# Bring Thursagan back to the caves.
 * '''Lose if:''' Rugnur, Alanin, Krawg, Thursagan or Baglur die or time runs out.
 * '''Turns:''' 20.