Opening
letter
Your Highness,
I have tracked down the traitor to the
Crescent. While a discreet intervention
has failed, it is only a matter of time.
I must extend my stay, Ellerie cannot
be allowed time to plan her wicked
schemes. I will bring her to justice.
-Your loyal servant,
Maurice
pomelo
Lindy, over there!
lindros
Where?
pomelo
You're as blind as a bat. That's
your master, in that big house!
(An archsage runs into the village's largest house.)
elder
There's more villagers trapped in
their homes! You're an Archsage, is there nothing more you can do?
ulach
I must stay here to prepare the portal.
They will have to make their own way.
elder
Then the rest is
up to the gods.
ulach
Faith ought to be placed in the
hands of men rather than gods.
(Ulach casts a flashy spell, then warps away.)
lindros
That's Master alright. Only he puts
so much flashiness in his spellwork.
ellerie
Isn't that normal
for Archsages?
lindros
Showing your lack of magical
education once again.
ellerie
Why did I open
my mouth?
lindros
A lights show like that is not
part of any portal spell.
No, it's all dramatic flair.
ellerie
Great. Fantastic, even. But that's a
portal he's made in that house, you say?
lindros
Straight to Enan, judging from the wasted
magic I feel all the way up further east.
ellerie
Then let's go for it! The Saltsworn would
never expect us to go into their home.
pomelo
That's good in theory, but...
Everyone in Enan could just kill us?
ellerie
With a force like that out hunting for us,
how many would they have left at Enan?
Besides, we don't even know if they've
sent word home to hunt all of us down.
lindros
You're gambling our lives on two
unsubstantiated assumptions.
We know neither the extent of their
forces nor if Enan knows we're here.
ellerie
If you want us to stay in the wilds and die
in the Green Tide, try to convince me.
lindros
I agree with your course of action. I just
want to point out how flawed your logic is.
ellerie
Thanks. You're really going
to waste time on that?
pomelo
Captain, Lin, there's still civilians trapped
in the houses. If we're heading through, we might as well give them a hand!
ellerie
We'd also be cleaning up the Green
Tide for the benefit of our foes.
pomelo
Captain.
ellerie
I'm not saying we shouldn't
save who we can.
I'm just saying this is what the
Saltsworn should be doing!
This is their damn job!
The bastards.
lindros
Now who's wasting
time complaining?
pomelo
You two are terrible.
Let's just get moving.
(A girl appears and casts a light spell that obliterates a monster.)
If Old Bob's son was spoken to
acielle
Begone, filthy beasts!
young bob
I thought I was done for.
Do you need any help?
acielle
You can barely lift that sword of yours.
Have no fear, I will handle it from here.
young bob
There's a lot of them; I hear
more coming from the trees!
Can we break through?
acielle
A divine champion isn't going to
fall to these small time creatures.
What kind of a tale would that be?
young bob
One chosen by the Goddess herself?
I didn't think they still existed.
acielle
In the flesh, ready to blast
some monsters.
young bob
So you must be a very
powerful magic user.
acielle
(smiles) This my first time ever casting magic.
But the goddess is with me, everything will turn out just fine.
young bob
We're doomed.
If not
acielle
Feel the wrath of a
divine champion!
offscreen
Acielle, run for the town hall!
What are you doing?
acielle
(smiles) I'm a bit busy saving
the day, Elder!
offscreen
Have you lost your
mind? Run!
acielle
A chosen one of the
goddess won't fall here!
I'll be finished with these
monsters in no time!
krynia
I've recovered enough
from the last outbreak.
I must join this battle!
oriana
The last battle you fought was what
made this outbreak so much worse!
krynia
We don't know that for sure!
It could be that my hourglass
is just naturally running dry.
oriana
The Workshop is so close, Krynia!
Once we reach it, it'll all be-
krynia
I'm not six anymore. No one knows
what's there. Not you, not Grandfather!
oriana
But there's a very
good chance!
krynia
For my whole life, all I've done is put my
family in danger for a chance at living!
This is finally the moment where even
my meager aid can be appreciated, where I can finally be more than a burden!
Are you going to let me die knowing I've
done nothing of value my whole life?
oriana
You're worth the world to me.
You don't have to prove anything!
krynia
To you, Mother.
But not to myself.
oriana
You're absolutely convinced
that your death is inevitable.
krynia
Mother, please, don't
take this away from me.
I may be too sickly to learn
the complexities of a blade, but with this sharp stick?
Just point and push.
oriana
What parent can be happy that their
child insists on entering the battlefield?
Fine, Krynia. Just please, stay close.
narrator
Each house will contain a green unit.
Green units will begin with escape AI,
but their AI can be changed with talk.
Rescuing dropping or shoving the unit
onto the escape tile will also count.
acielle
(smiles) Fear not citizens! These oversized
drakes shall not breach your walls,
not after I use my god-given powers
to smite them from existence!
Ending
ellerie
That's about all I have in me.
Let's get to this Enan place.
If all civilians saved
elder
The Goddess is with us on this blessed day!
All who were trapped made it through.
ellerie
I'd like to think it was us rather than
the Goddess, but it was no easy feat.
elder
It must be the Goddess that guided
you to us in this hour of need.
I will reward you in kind.
ellerie
I'm happy to do more in the name
of the Goddess if it nets us supplies.
(Ellerie receives Quality Liquor and a Skullsmash staff.)
If 1 or 2 civilians saved
elder
Is this everyone who
has come through?
ellerie
That is all.
elder
I see. Thank you
for your efforts.
(Ellerie receives Quality Liquor if she save 2 civilians, or Common Tools if she only saved one.)
If no civilians saved
elder
Are you all that
came through?
ellerie
I'm sorry.
elder
Such is the nature of this cruel land.
They are happier with the Goddess now.
If Old Bob's son is present
young bob
You again! Don't think I'll forgive you
because of some petty deeds.
ellerie
What a tragedy.
I will never recover.
young bob
One day, your luck will run out.
And you'll be sorry.
(He leaves.)
ellerie
I'd be more concerned if it was coming
out of someone that could lift a sword.
The idiot didn't even take it with him.
Hmph, I think I deserve some compensation.
(Ellerie receives a Cutlass.)
If Acielle survived
elder
What in the name of- Were you
shooting light out of your hands?
acielle
I told you all that the Goddess wasn't
just a dream. You all called me delusional!
elder
She hasn't been seen since the cataclysm,
and to choose you of all people?
acielle
The Goddess works
in mysterious ways.
elder
But... Why some magical
rolling log of all things?
Our goddess isn't a patron
of trees, dead or alive!
acielle
This is not just some log, Elder!
This is THE log that I've been
daydreaming on for years!
It's all, uh, symbolic, I think. Not
sure what, but I'm pretty sure.
elder
Symbolic of your head
being in the clouds?
acielle
See you in a decade, Elder.
I have an adventure to begin!
(Acielle leaves.)
elder
Acielle, a chosen one? Is the world
going crazy? Am I going crazy?
lindros
Master! What are
you doing here?
ulach
Field research on the Green Tide. It almost
sounds like you're not happy to see me.
lindros
Of course not.
I mean yes- er, no.
ulach
We are not at Oakhall.
I cannot test you on the application
of plane shifting out of the blue.
lindros
Fantastic.
ulach
That is not what someone who studied
applications of plane shifting would say.
Adventuring business is not an excuse
to slack off on life-long learning.
lindros
Master, please.
ulach
That's about enough. So how's
your field research coming along?
Certainly more exciting than
hitting the books.
lindros
I've learnt much more than expected.
I witnessed the monsters operating
under the command of living trees,
a monster capable of speech and
reason and allegedly, humans who can
transform into ferocious creatures.
I thought I searched the limits of
Oakhall's records, yet there is so
much that they don't contain.
ulach
Fascinating. You must fill
me in on the details later.
lindros
My initial hypotheses have been scrapped.
I am hoping the Workshop contains what I
need to fill in the gaps. Will you join us?
ulach
Alas, the Green Tide calls.
Stay safe out there, my boy.
Oakhall won't allow me another
apprentice if a sixth goes missing.
lindros
I don't intend
to be the sixth.
(Some time later, Ellerie has gathered the crew for a meeting at Enan's inn.)
ellerie
...and I thank you all for joining the
Seahawk on this difficult journey.
Unfortunately, it's difficult being a
crew of a ship that no longer exists,
and thus, our union comes to an end.
I wish you all the best of luck
on your future endeavours.
(Ellerie leaves.)
pomelo
Someone else was as beat up about
the Seahawk getting blown up as I am.
Lindy, what's the plan now?
lindros
I don't know. I assumed we were still
going to the Workshop. Mince,
did you know anything about this?
mince
I got nothing. It's not like she ran
important decisions by me.
It'd be Tower and Oriana.
pomelo
They must have it hard,
with Krynia's condition and all.
mince
(frowns) It doesn't feel right to abandon them.
We've been through a lot together.
(Tower and Oriana converse amongst themselves.)
tower
Well, damn.
oriana
It's not a surprise when everything up
to now has been a series of misfortunes.
That trouble with the Sect, then Krynia...
tower
Regardless, now we're down our
source of funding. And a crew.
oriana
Krynia is not getting any better.
Oh by Elis, do we risk it all?
tower
We have no other options. If it
has to be just us, it will be just us.
oriana
We'll figure something out.
We have to.
If Reiker, Raylin, and Gecko are alive
gecko
We're disbanding?
Where do I go from here?
I can't go home.
raylin
You could always
just come with us.
reiker
I've always wanted to
upgrade to the terrible trio.
gecko
You'd have me? I fear
I'd only slow you down.
reiker
(smiles) Nonsense! You're Galeforce Gecko,
wielder of the dreaded frying pan!
raylin
(smiles) Scourge of the
western coast.
reiker
Breaker of skulls,
reaver of souls!
raylin
We should ask if
you'd have us.
gecko
(smiles) No need to tease me. I'd love
to join you. Where would we go?
reiker
We haven't thought
of that just yet.
raylin
I'm certain between the three of our
brilliant minds, we can form a plan.
Character Descriptions
Acielle
A self-proclaimed “ally of justice” on
a journey to find herself. I'm very
happy to take advantage of that.
Justice
A force of nature imbued with madness.
It is not known what tree it once was.
Wood Lord
A conduit for the invasion forces
determined to exterminate humanity.
Free Fiend
Monstrous beings who've claimed these
lands since the fall of the old civilisation.
Tomb Terror
Incredibly unhappy to be robbed, and
even more so for being woken up.
Coastal Citizen
An average citizen trying to
make a living on the Crescent.
A rather poor choice.
Mythic Merc
An amateur band of sellswords whose only
objective is to live up to their lofty name.
Loot
Just gonna yoink this while no
one's looking. Or smash it.