Back to the Graveyard
by Da HunterZ
- File Size:
- 10.2 MB
- Type:
- Solos (Coop)
- Version:
- 1.1
- Author:
- Da HunterZ
After months of hard labour, Back to the Graveyard, the most ambitious project made by Blackie and uWillDie is finally finished!
We hope you will all download this map (and Rate and/or review it), but we hope more than anything that you will have fun!
Updates v1.1:
- New storylines and string lists (Without grammar and spelling mistakes)
- Updated colormaps for map 1 and 2
- Decreased download size
- Deleted annoying bats in map 3
(*Hint*: If you have a slow internet connection, It's smart to click DOWNLOAD before you read the entire storyline, so the download is already on it's way when you're done reading everything;)
Storyline:
A long time ago there was a King. His name was Bandou and he was the King of the Graveyard. Like his ancestors he ruled with a hard hand, but, unlike all except his father, he was loved by his people.
One day a stranger came to the centre of the kingdom, and people gave him a wide berth as he walked by, for he was a great sorcerer. As this magician refused to come to the castle and talk to the King and refused also to talk to the King or his envoys, and sought to perform his magic within the kingdom, Bandou sent a spy to watch over this magician's new home.
The spy was very skillful and did his trade well, reporting all he saw, without, it appeared, ever being detected by the magician. Here is what the spy wrote on his last mission:
"The Magician has been working for the last month upon a single spell, which seems to be contained solely within a potion. Yesterday he poured some on a small willow tree, which promptly curled up and withered into a small stick. I thought it dead, but today it has grown massively, and is an ugly colour. The Magician returned to it this morning and took but a single look before he cringed away almost as if in fear. I worry what this man has done, for the tree has an evil feel to it; very nearly a foul taste in the air and a blight upon the mind."
As the spy turned to leave, he trod upon a branch, which snapped loudly. The Magician heard it from within his house and came rushing out, brandishing his staff and shouting for the intruder to show himself. The spy of course turned to flee, and the Magician saw him and fired a bolt of magic at him, but it missed and splintered the trunk of a small tree, which fell behind the spy and blocked him from the Magician's sight. The spy returned to the castle and gave his report to Bandou, who promptly made for the Magician's house.
When he arrived the Magician was not to be found, for he had already packed his things and left. All that was his that remained was the tree, growing seemingly more menacing by the hour. At midnight the next new moon the tree seemed to stop its hideous growth, having reached a monstrous size. Yet its stillness was no less, for it began to grow upon the people of the kingdom, turning them against one another, making them greedy and selfish.
A year later the people seemed to grow more reasonable again, and a new tree was found. It was a young chestnut tree with an air of brightness about it and a sweet smell in the air. It seemed that the Magician had been at work again, attempting to restore the balance that he had upset.
But it was not truly so, for the dark tree, which called itself Evalor in the dreams of unquiet it spread across the land, was stronger, and now bent its forces upon destroying its soul-brother Leagul, whose attempts at defense were shattered. In desperation, Leagul sent dreams to the King of Graves Bandou for active help, and he gathered his best men. Yet he was too late; Evalor had set his forces in motion and unleashed a dark army upon the landÉ
Commando: A well trained fighter unit with a lot of experience on the battlefield. His primary weapons are two swords, and his second one is the gift of healing.
Axe Warrior: A large looking warrior with an axe as his weapon. (Very useful as scout, because of his strength and ability to absorb impacts.)
Cross Bow Fighter: A heavily trained archer, with a new weapon, the crossbow. (This weapon looks like an bow, but it fires and reloads a lot faster.) His second weapon is a flaming arrow for his crossbow.
Dwarf Lord: Dwarves with much field-experience. They have a Black Death Star as secondary weapon.
Warrior: Normal warriors picked by the king to help the other men on their path.
Are you a great enough leader to lead these men to victory? Test yourself out by playing this map-pack! GOOD LUCK!
And Remember this: "If it's too hard for you, then you are too weak!"
Features:
- Bungie units with new or rebuilt attacks.
- 3 totally new colormaps to play on.
- Several new scenery items.
- A few new interface items.
- Over 1000 map actions in total.
- Some new sounds.
- Ingame puzzles.
- New post and pregames.
- An interesting new story.
- An adventure starring: Bandou, the King Of Graves.
- Easter eggs.
- New spellings/names and flavors.
- And much moreÉ
Special Thanks:
Lank: For support and many great tips, but above all for taking on the task of rewriting our story and string lists.
GHOST: For his lightning effect and encouragement to keep mapmaking.
Bubba: For beta-testing (Is that reply you sent me EVER gonna arrive?;)
Ares: For creating ares.creationgames.com and learning us both to script.
Soma: For teaching Blackie colormapping.
Vista: For making their great forum!
Mill/Clem: For letting us upload this project.
Bungie: For creating Loathing, Fear and offcourse, MythII: Soulblighter.
Have Fun With It! :)
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