Asheviere's Dogs - 1.18 campaign!

[Mechanical]

I prepared portait for Sir Kellan

And Sir Gwido

I think they look nice, hope you will like them

Thank you so much! I really liked them. The only problem I had with them was that they weren't on a transparent background, so I had to remove the background manually. Here's what they look like in the game. I'm thinking about incorporating them into the campaign.

Again, thank you so much for your contribution!

[Mechanical]

Hi, I'm just stopping by to give my first impressions after finishing your latest campaign


Things I liked

Spoiler:

• The maps. I can see your attention to detail and that's a great thing to see.

• The destroying of village, castle and keep tiles by the orcs when you move them on it.

• The scenarios I liked the most were The Iron Hunt and An Underground Feud. The heavy infantry hunt was challenging and forced me to plan the attack, and the fight with the ants was hilarious. Also a cool Easter Egg in the form of a cameo of yours and dwarftough.

• Duo of Isolde and Bazur. These two for sure have very interesting interactions and chemistry.

• Various objectives.

• Special abilities of enemy leaders that make them harder to defeat.

• Onslaught abillity.

• Delfador arrival and mages shooting fireballs at the city.

• A faithful portrayal of Asheviere character as a strong and cunning queen although I hope that in a future Acts she will get a little more space to show her not only as a tenacious leader, but also primarily as a mother who despairs after the loss of her son and tries to find herself after his death.

• The very concept of the storyline presented from the perspective of the chief of a seemingly ordinary band of orcs, who went unknowingly into a rather large intrigue.

• General Henri. He seems to me like a very interesting character. On the one hand he is a former trusted man of Garard who changed the sides and joined Asheviere, on the other, at the end he says: I serve Wesnoth, Your Majesty!. These words made me curious. Would he be willing to betray the queen in the future if he heard about Konrad and the fact that he had obtained the Scepter of Fire? How big is his loyalty to Wesnoth and in what he truly believes?

• Isolde character, I think she has the most potential and her motivations are understandable as is her loyalty to Asheviere.

Bug?

Spoiler:

In the scenario Harsh Diplomacy it is said that after burning down the enemy Warehouse the enemy side will lose 40 gold and my side will get it. Only, in my case (I was playing on Hard) the enemy leaders used all their gold before I could burn the Warehouse. It's a good idea, but I don't know if it works as intended, but again maybe I missed the point here.

Anyway, this scenario seemed very difficult to me, (elves continuously flooded me) but that's probably because I might be a bit of a clumsy player.

I think your style is quite unique and very enjoyable. Act I, the Asheviere's Dogs is definitely very good and sets the bar high for future plot progression.

So far, out of your work, I enjoyed In Hearth of Durn-Turum the most, but I think Asheviere's Dogs is on par, and if the planned future Acts will be as good as the first part then, it will be my favorite of the campaigns by you.

So... I wait for the Act II.

Thank you so much for the review! Your detailed analysis shows that you've immersed yourself in the campaign, which is very encouraging.

About the bug - first of all, burning a warehouse shouldn't give you 40 gold, only take it from the enemy; I'll have to check the description of the note. Second, in my playthroughs it was still useful because the furthest enemy rebel has quite a few villages, and his income allowed him to gain units throughout the mission.

About Asheviere - I'm glad you liked my vision of this character. I was planning to reveal her more in acts 2 and 3. I'm also working on a new mission for Act 1:

It's a mission about the battle between Asheviere's army and the rebels, which I mention in passing in the story. The player plays as Asheviere and his goal is to inflict defeats on Richard, Gray, and Aran's army to weaken them in the final battle. I try to reveal the relationship between Asheviere, the lords and the late Garard more powerfully in this battle.

As for General Henry - I didn't expect anyone to pay attention to this character. You've asked some interesting questions. One of the reasons people fight for Asheviere is stability. If you recognize Asheviere, the bloodshed is limited to that skirmish in the war and the palace circle; if you fight against Asheviere (like the rebels) - Wesnoth gets choked with blood and more people get hurt. I tried to partially express this narrative in Isolde.



I'm not sure that after Wesnoth recovers from the ashes of the civil war and becomes a strong state again (by the end of Asheviere's reign), Henry would want to get involved in a new turmoil and start a new massacre between humans to support Konrad.
However, by then he may be in the remnant or die of old age. The events of AD, however, unfold 16 years before the events of HTTT.

Although in Acts 2 and 3 I planned to cover a few more years, up until Asheviere gains full control of Wesnoth. I also wanted to cover the beginning of the HTTT (like attacking Ettenwood or something), but that campaign is being redone now, I don't know what will end up there, and so I'll try not to make strong connections to it.

[GreenScarab]

About the bug - first of all, burning a warehouse shouldn't give you 40 gold, only take it from the enemy; I'll have to check the description of the note. Second, in my playthroughs it was still useful because the furthest enemy rebel has quite a few villages, and his income allowed him to gain units throughout the mission.

It looks like I must have misunderstood the intent.

About Asheviere - I'm glad you liked my vision of this character. I was planning to reveal her more in acts 2 and 3. I'm also working on a new mission for Act 1:

It's a mission about the battle between Asheviere's army and the rebels, which I mention in passing in the story. The player plays as Asheviere and his goal is to inflict defeats on Richard, Gray, and Aran's army to weaken them in the final battle. I try to reveal the relationship between Asheviere, the lords and the late Garard more powerfully in this battle.

It sounds promising. I will look forward to it.

As for General Henry - I didn't expect anyone to pay attention to this character. You've asked some interesting questions. One of the reasons people fight for Asheviere is stability. If you recognize Asheviere, the bloodshed is limited to that skirmish in the war and the palace circle; if you fight against Asheviere (like the rebels) - Wesnoth gets choked with blood and more people get hurt. I tried to partially express this narrative in Isolde.

I'm not sure that after Wesnoth recovers from the ashes of the civil war and becomes a strong state again (by the end of Asheviere's reign), Henry would want to get involved in a new turmoil and start a new massacre between humans to support Konrad.
However, by then he may be in the remnant or die of old age. The events of AD, however, unfold 16 years before the events of HTTT.

In the end General Henri probably wanted to stop the slaughter of innocent people, that's why he joined Asheviere. I think, the most horrible thing about the Wesnoth civil war is that it is simply the ordinary folks who suffer the most. The Liberty campaign shows that pretty good.

I don't know how old General Henri is, but if he is still actively participating in the battles I suspect he might be something between 50 and 60, so during the HttT action he could theoretically still be alive, but.... yes, he would be quite old by then. And yes I think he is an intriguing character. Giving him some time in the plot in future Acts could be an interesting idea, especially since players have already met him in the first part.

[doofus-01]

I prepared portait for Sir Kellan

And Sir Gwido

I think they look nice, hope you will like them

Thank you so much! I really liked them. The only problem I had with them was that they weren't on a transparent background, so I had to remove the background manually. Here's what they look like in the game. I'm thinking about incorporating them into the campaign.

Again, thank you so much for your contribution!

Unfortunately, those are AI generated, and current policy doesn't allow that. Our stance on generative AI probably will change as the technology and laws evolve, but I don't see wholly AI produced images as ever being permitted here.

[holypaladin]

Our stance on generative AI probably will change as the technology and laws evolve, but I don't see wholly AI produced images as ever being permitted here.

How about ai images after editions or retouching? Problem that many creators have is lack of artists, most of talented ones that once were creating portaits are now unactive for years

[holypaladin]

Again, thank you so much for your contribution!

You're welcome, I am very happy You liked my images, I specially thought to make them suit the character (so for example Sir Gwido got green clothes which was to mean he was raised by elves similiar as Konrad's outfit from HTtT)

I would be glad to help more, let's say in translating sentences to Polish

[Mechanical]

Again, thank you so much for your contribution!

You're welcome, I am very happy You liked my images, I specially thought to make them suit the character (so for example Sir Gwido got green clothes which was to mean he was raised by elves similiar as Konrad's outfit from HTtT)

I would be glad to help more, let's say in translating sentences to Polish

Your enthusiasm inspires me. I would be very happy if you could translate the campaign into Polish. I don't know Polish at all myself, but I can help you if you have any questions. I can also prepare .po and .pot files for you if you want to do it.

Of course, I will add you to the credits for your contribution.

[holypaladin]

I can also prepare .po and .pot files for you if you want to do it.

Sure, I will be thankful beacuse I cannot do it myself, when I will be more free I am going to start sending translated sentences for part 1. I think I will start with translation of units describtions, then start working on story and dialogues.

[pauxlo]

Hi, thanks for the campaign, I just finished it.

At the end I got the achievement "Kill the baron by ranged pierce or blade attacks".
But I think that's a mistake – while my orcish slayer did throw his poisoned blades, he didn't hit, and the baron was killed by an allied red mage.

Adding the replay, in case that helps debugging it.