When the Architect realised hisĭefeat as a suitor,something within him tore. Of many years both swore, and yet it was the king who won her affections. The stranger’s unparalleled loveliness both swore to win her hand, though Sigurd was already a husband Both Sigurd and the Architect were instantly spellbound by This innocent act would spell the empire’s ruin. Machines, the great dragon hemmed herself in the form of a woman and paid a visit to court. Intrigued by the mighty yet humble Sigurd and his panoply of strange The dragon Aurora, peering upon mortal affairs from the realm of the ancients, grew fascinated by the But the prosperity was too rare, too enchanting in its beauty and strangeness, to be left well For three decades, fields untrampled by the boots of warriors yielded harvest.įor three decades, lizards and elves, imps and undead,humans and wizards linked their fates toward mutual The chastened races prospered in their unity,Īnd Sigurd was a trusted king. In a few short years, the three had subdued every warring region within the realm and united them underįor three decades, Rivellon enjoyed an unprecedented peace. But now, led by the Architect’s great machines, they were unstoppable. Steered by the wise counsel of Maxos, Sigurd steered led with a warlord’s prowess the most feared of the None questioned the source of the strange machines,
Together, the three began preparations for total war. Than to unite.He could not have known that he marveled before the tools of a terrible and ravenous demon.Īlongside his trusted ally, the great wizard Maxos, Sigurd welcomed the Architect into his camp and Risk letting these indefatigable machines fall into the hands of one who might use them to subjugate rather Realm, in which all races would live together as allies instead of foes. Were more than technological curios-they held within them the promise of empire. The strange machines in glittering bronze and blazing fire Offered the elusive end to Rivellon’s ancient strife. The Architect’s intentions seemed pure, and perhaps they truly were. In exchange, the Architect paid an untold price, perhaps a sum wrought from his very soul. Of unmatched strength and ingenuity to the hapless mortal, who became the human master of peerless However it happened,the demon revealed war machines Offering tantalising promises of peace and power. Himself.Perhaps the bloodthirsty creature saw in the Architect a welcoming host and came to him in a dream, Perhaps the human craved the solution to war so ardently that he summoned the dream-walker It is uncertain whether the Architect approached the demon or if the demon sought the credulous mortal Swayed by no lesser force than military might, its rulersĬould never be danced, only dragged, toward peace. This is the world the Architect - and if he was ever called by another name, none knew it-beheld: a worldĬontemptuous of diplomacy and numb to crisis. Rivals wage ceaseless war against one another, sowing discord and reaping death. Violence swells like plagued boils on the landscape as Its inhabitants - humans, lizards, elves, imps, undead, and wizards alike-have endured in bloodshed andīrutality for as long as the ancient races can recall. 2.6 Single-player, multiplayer and co-op modes.2.3 Research new technologies and magic.2.1 Spectacular real-time strategy gameplay.
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