Bondo starts out by trying to rescue Michelle.
He recruits his friends, two automatons, one Hero of Ragnarok, one Destroyer, one chariot archer, and one Arcus.
They follow Michelle's kidnappers to the far reaches of the earth.
They find the kidnappers in a mountainous area.
Michelle is surrounded and guarded by 'Guardians'.
To kill these guardians they must destroy statues throughout the area to earn favor from Zeus, so that he may kill them.
Once the statues are destroyed, Zeus grants the Shifting Sands God power, and Bondo uses it to move the final 'Guardian' out of the way.
Michelle is rescued.
This is the Monster hole where Bondo goes, and from where the Monsters that attack the city come.
This is the arena in the Norse City:
Bondo tries to take Michelle home but before they get halfway back, she burst into ravens and flies away.
Convinced that that was never Michelle, Bondo talks his friends into helping him, (as he now has no money to pay them)
They try to find an oracle or 'Man of God' to tell Bondo what happened.
They discover a city of Norse men.
Upon entering the city they find one seer who tells them less than was hoped.
The city is attacked by beastly creatures, from the depths.
Bondo and his friends help fight them off, earning the gratitude of the King.
The king promises a favor in return. And tells Bondo of another oracle who may be able to help.
To get to said oracle they must enter the underworld from whence the beasts came.
Bondo and his friends travel the underworld following the directions given in an attempt to find another exit near the said Oracle.
They encounter numerous underworld creatures and are battled constantly.
They soon discover that Hades himself is against them, and hurry for the exit to his realm.
They find a pair of Guardians near their exit and appeal to Zeus for help.
They are still waiting for a response when Bondo's superior officers and a large army catch up to them and accuse Bondo of desertion.
Bondo tells the officer his is on leave, and registered for his leave.
The officers declare him a traitor and a battle ensues.
The (Emperor's) army is defeated by Bondo and his allies as Zeus grants them his aid and they exit the underworld.
They exit the underworld onto an island near a small hut and find the oracle there.
They are told to do a favor for the oracle before he will tell them what they wish to know.
They do said favor (Favor?) and the oracle instructs them.
They are instructed to find a Hero named Paeatetes,
To find a river that flows 'up',
to find a mountain flying,
and a forest burning. that at each point they will find clues that point them on.
they sail away from the island.
(Add side mission that results in blessing given)
They beach near a small town and are given a hero's welcome, which baffles them all.
They are given treats and even bathed by maids.
Two nights into their stay several attempts are made on their lives by the town soldiers, and they realize the town is cannibalistic.
They abandon the town and run upstream followed now by more Empire soldiers and the cannibals.
The Automatons (Yabban and Ludocs) suggest trapping the two armies together, and plans are made.
The armies fall for the trap and both are busy battling when a lone hero burst into the fray, in an attempt to rescue the Empire soldiers. (Bellerophon)
The Empire soldiers ask the hero about Bondo, but the hero knows nothing of them.
The hero and the army part ways.
Cabams Razorsharp (Hero of Ragnarok), suggests that this hero may be the one they were instructed to find.
Bondo and his allies ambush said hero.
No fight is following but instead the hero hears Bondos story.
He offers to help and they ask where River that flows 'up' may be.
Paeatetes (Bellerophon) tells them that the Nile flows 'up'. As it flows north and on maps north is 'up'
They begin traveling to the Nile, but are intercepted by the Empirical army.
Fight ensues.
Upon arriving at the Nile, they encounter a Priest of Osiris and they are instructed to find the great City of the Lost isles.
They follow given directions and arrive in time to find forward scouts of Empirical army.
After evading the scouts they find a wise man who babbles something about the mountain that 'floats in the sky'.
Intrigued, Bondo leads his band to the floating mountain and finds that it is a pyramid that floats over the ocean.
There upon it, they find yet another wise man who tells them that Hades works with the Emperor to get Bondo killed.
As Bondo is a distant heir to the house, and is in high favor with the Empire. That the Emperor made a deal with Hades to capture Michelle,
full knowing that Bondo would follow. Then following Bondo with an army and an accusation of desertion, dropping the Hoplite out of favor with the Empire.
Then declaring him a traitor and putting a hefty bounty upon his head.
Bondo is advised that it is not safe anywhere for him. That he needs to get his woman and excommunicate himself. That the only way to evade the Empire is to disappear.
The Wise man directs them to the forest burning.
They find said forest and have to defeat the burning giants of Hades' realm.
Bondo and his allies find in the denuded forest, several Norse settlements and they promise favors.
After a day or so of rest in the villages, they devise a plan to assault the Empire capital with their Norse allies, in the hope of capturing the Emperor to discover where Michelle is.
Sending out scouts to the Norse city, and alerting the Norse settlements Bondo builds an army and leads it to The Empire.
Bondo and his allies set out to attack the Empire.
Bondo leads the assault.
The Emperor has escaped from his burning city with a small army of his elite guards.
Bondo and his allies, thank the Norse for their sacrifices, and send them home with all debts paid, and then they set off after the Emperor.
Bondo is attacked by a small scouting party of the Emperor that was not in the city during the fight, and must retreat due to it's devastating attacks.
They eventually manage to evade the scouting party and continue pursuit.
They capture the Emperor and manage to glean only little information before the scouting party returns and attacks.
The scouting party is defeated, but the Emperor is dead.
None of Bondos party know who killed the Emperor.
Filled with despair now, Joahanahan (Arcus), leads them all to Atlantis.
There they find another oracle who seems too eager the help.
Several days later the Oracle turns up dead, and Bondo decides to take the Deceased Oracles advice, and goes back the Underworld.
Bondo now able to make informed and steady decisions, is leading again, and soon has them following a faint and treacherous trail of clues through the deadly underworld.
They find a deformed beast who tells them that Zeus is no longer able to help them. That they have traveled too deeply into Hades' realm.
Bondo tells his allies that they need not follow him any more. None opt to leave.
Bondo, enlightened by that leads them deeper following the faint trail.
The trail leads them directly to a lava realm where they are ambushed by an Empirical army of enhanced soldiers.
Only the blessing of the Oracle saves them and they defeat the army. Only to see it arise before their eyes.
Bondo leads his allies deeper into Erebus to escape.
They find the Emperor there and he is a shade, but still seems to lead men, and still wants Bondo dead.
They kill the Emperor again and just as the Empirical army catches up to them an army of Zeus' Myrmidons arrive and help Bondo escape.
upon reaching the surface again, the Myrmidons lead Bondo and his men back to the Empire where they find Michelle.
End cinematic.
Victory!
I have the first two maps made, one is completely triggered the other is not, but both need embellishments. I might go through and change some of the names...like the one for Bellerophon. It seems like a tongue twister
I was thinking about recruiting someone else... but I do not know whom, or for what. If you've played my maps, maybe you've noticed that Creativity is the only thing that gets players' attention.
The Amnesiac, My concise trigger tutor, A Man For Hire, Old Heroes
The Castle, The Castle Multiplayer, The Castle II, , The Castle III, The Castle IV, Operation Whoop Ass!
Prosperitate rerum successum causa.
[This message has been edited by Hammerhands (edited 07-02-2009 @ 06:14 PM).]