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• DEATH AND DECAY - The beauty has been destroyed on Kaunas. The towers of nature have been brought down and the walls of the cities of the good races have been destroyed. The capitals of the 'righteous' wizards have fell into decay. The wizards remaining are all dark minded and want to achieve their goal by using terrible spells and armies of wandering skeletons. The air has turned dark and terrible times are ahead on Kaunas. Seers suspect the total destruction of Kaunas. The wizards are allowed to become druidic, but since all druidic towers have been ruined during the wars and several lich lords started to use these as a place to summon skeletons, dark might in most cases be a better choice.

• PYRAMIDS OF NATURE - The capitals of Gnomes, Halflings, High Elves, Dervishes and Plainsmen have all been destroyed. However, to the disappointment of the Dark ones, some strange buildings could withstand the power of darkness - these were the pyramids of nature. Strange pyramid-like buildings of 30 by 30 feet. Strange tingles of magical power are felt by those who come near. Anyone who tries to explore these pyramids will have the power of nature unleashed on them. The aura of the pyramid keeps unwelcomed visitors out. These pyramids seemed to be able to withstand the power of darkness so far - and are thus still standing among the ruins of the old, once verdant capitals of the rightious ones. Rumours speak about ways to disable that magical aura which protects the pyramids, but the dark seers haven't found out how that can be done. If the magical aura has been disabled then the pyramid can be explored.

• THE PYRAMID OF THE VOID - The pyramid of the void is a very strange pyramid of nature. It does not represent any of the four elements yet it has been built. The pyramid of the void cannot be explored because there is no one left who understands the powers of this structure. Any who enters will never come out and will be for ever lost in the void...

• PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VICTORY CONDITIONS - Victory on this world can be achieved in different ways. Generally there are two ways to win this game:
  
  • You or your allies are the only survivors. This is just the same as any other game.

  • You control all the five Pyramids of Nature together with your allies. There are some rules/restrictions though on this rule...
    • 1)The Pyramids need to be explored to be counted.
      
      If you and your allies control all five pyramids, they still haven't won. They first need to be explored. This might seem easy, but the pyramids have an aura which prevents any hero from entering, which should first be disabled. Note that the pyramid of the Void cannot be explored, and thus does not need to have been explored when achieving the victory condition.

    • 2)You are only allowed to achieve the victory condition with 2 allies.
      
      If all pyramids of nature have been explored and controlled by five different wizards, and these wizards decide to ally, then they still haven't won yet. All the pyramids of nature need to be controlled by only 3 different allied wizards to ensure victory.

    • 3)All your allies should be allied to each other as well to ensure victory.
      
      If you and your 2 allies control all explored pyramids of nature, you (and they) still haven't won. Those two allies have to be allied to each other as well. So you need a tight alliance to ensure victory

    These rules probably seem quite difficult to understand. Therefore, if you don't understand these rules prefectly, or if you are confused about these rules during the game, you are always allowed to contact the creator to ask for enlightment. He will answer those questions with first priority.

    Here are some things to consider:

  • If one player has many allies it can be easy for him to establish victory.
    
    Imagine this: There are 2 groups of allies. One consists of: one Minotaur, one Amazon. The other one consists of: 1 Sandpeople and 1 Orc. Horidu, the Dark Elven mage, try to be sneaky and have allied with both these two alliances. Both these alliances remain small enough to achieve the victory condition. No matter which alliance achieves his victory condition, Horidu always wins, either with the Sandpeople and the Orc, or with the Minotaur and the Amazon.

  • You can annoy your enemies on different ways
    
    The Aura's of the Pyramids have to be removed. If you know how they can be removed, ( this is quite easy to discover, there are several information outposts on the world which explain how this can be done, and where this can be done) you can prevent the aura's from being removed. If the pyramid is in hostile terrain, they will be faced by hoardes of strong wandering creatures, but since he can't explore the *damn* pyramid the creatures will continue to come. And your opponent can't attain his victory condition, since that *damn* pyramid can't be explored. Once the pyramid has been conquered by an ally, you can remove the aura and he can explore the pyramid. hehe. Note that removing the aura will give advantages to the one who does it, but it might even be more advantageous to the controller of the Pyramid! So, watch out what you do.

  • The Weak can also win
    
    For the stronger empires, the 'normal' victory condition might become interesting: vanquish all hostile wizards. However, for the smaller, weaker empires, the victory conditions might become interesting. Remember that those pyramids are just plain special places, standing in a shire. In theory, you and your allies, only need to control their capital shires and the five pyramids. If you are a weaker empire and will probably loose if you go for war directly, then you might consider to try and capture those pyramids, and try to explore them. With schooners you can travel fast, with fast flyers and tunnelers you can perform sneak attacks, and there are more ways to sneaky take one shire. If the defending wizard does not suspect an attack he might not defend the pyramid too well. So, even the 3 lowest ranked wizards can win this game easily, if the pyramids are not well defended.

  Message from the creator: The victory condition has been made with the intention to make the game more interesting to play. In plain games, where the only victory condition is to destroy all opponents, it is quite normal that the highest ranked players win. In such a game even the lower ranked players can easily win by playing very tactically. Note, that it is quite hard to make such a victory condition perfectly balanced, but I tried hard and I hope I have succeeded. Difficult and complicated rules were needed to make this condition as balanced as possible, I hope everyone manages to understand them.

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AMAZONS

Amazons are a race of jungle dwelling warriors. Both their males and females are the fittest of nearly all humans. The Amazonian cities blend almost perfectly into the jungle. The Amazons are formidable opponents, especially in there own territory. Poison darts seem to fly from naught but trees at any that enter their domain. Jethryn and Luvardin are the two remaining Amazon towns on Kaunas.

JETHRYN - The Amazons of Jethryn live in one of the hottests parts of Kaunas. The jungle of Jethryn is just an extension of the great Astak Deserts. They constantly fear invasions from sandpeople dawnriders.
Player Number = 08

LUVARDIN - Luvardin is the city of Bards and other merrimen. The amazons of Luvardin like amusement in these hard times. They are not as evil as most other races who survived the wars of old ages. Living in the north western Luvardin jungles they are quite happy.
Player Number = 10

DARK ELVES

Deep in the underworld, the dark elves reside. Splitting from their High Elven cousins many millenniums ago, the two are now almost as separate as humans and gnomes. The slim build, dark complexion and white hair of this race makes any dark elf stand apart from all others. Their society, dominated by female priests, is one which revolves around combat and treachery.

KASHAR - Sheltered from all sunlight lies Kashar, famous of its beastmasters. The underworld has survived the wars, although some corridors have been collapsed. The Dark Elves are constantly living in fear of more collapsions and that they are forever lost in these dark caverns.
Player Number = 03

YRILIATH - Yriliath is the greatest and most promising Dark Elven outpost. The underworld around Yriliath has been more or less saved and the Dark Elves of Yriliath are quite optimistic about the future, unlike their friends from Kashar.
Player Number = 04

MINOTAURS

Minotaurs are clearly one of the most fearsome races on Kaunas. Their culture revolving around the warriors ensures only the strongest survive. Standing 8 to 10 feet tall with a bull's head atop a tort human torso they intimidate any they meet in battle. The major Minotaur cities are Bullock and Krog Tukbax.

BULLOCK - High in the skies lies Bullock, verdant capital of the minotaurs. The plane where they are living in has been seriously damaged during the wars. Most gems have lost their beauty and power.
Player Number = 02

KROG TUKBAX - Due to a powerful spell cast in the times of the great wars the minotaurs of Krog Tukbax got separated from the mainland. They are now living in isolation although there are rumours of strange tunnels leading to the darkness.
Player Number = 09

ORCS

These evil creatures are renowned for their ruthlessness and lack of compassion. The Orc towns are located on the great vulcano plateau where the island of Servad has emerged around.

SHAGRAG - Stupid and Strong is the best way to describe the Orcs from Shagrag. The people of Shagrag live near great volcano's and thereby living in constant fear of an eruption. The lava from the mountains never reached the steaming swamps around Shagrag though.
Player Number = 05

MORTANG - Mortang is the base of all evil on Kaunas. The orcs are totally evil. In times of war they raped and humilated all beings that could pronounce the word "good". They are living on the great volcan plateau together with their brothers from Shagrag.
Player Number = 12

SANDPEOPLE

The Sandpeople are a mysterious race of desert dwellers. Few know how they survive in such a barren environment or how their society functions. The only contact others seem to have is having caravans raided under the cover of sand storms. These people seem to appear and disappear into the sand itself.

ASTAK IZMIR - Deep within the great Astak deserts lies Astak Izmir. The food is scarce in these deserts but the sandpeople managed to adept. They now thrive and are ready to pester the world with their presence. The world fears Astak Izmir, their great deserts allow strong magicks.
Player Number = 01

AL'MUIN - Al'Muin is situated on a small island on the great ocean. The Sandpeople always prefered to live isolated lifes and they immediately took the opportunity to migrate to this small unhabited sticky island, when scouts had spotted it. They were never really involved in the great wars.
Player Number = 07

LIZARDMEN

Lizardmen are fierce creatures who thrive on vicious battle. The more developed of the race have special traits that make them even more fearsome in combat.

TRAXCAN - Slicky and Sly are the Lizardmen of Traxcan. Somehow they got stuck in the cold north. Maybe it is because of the trees they found there. The origin of the Lizardmen of Traxcan got lost during the wars, to the despite of many a Lizard.
Player Number = 06

XUILA MOANTEC - The Lizardmen of Xuila Moantec are famous of their chameleon assassins. The environment in where they live provides enough gems and mithril to afford the armour and extensive clothing of these excellent warriors.
Player Number = 11

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Scarvael:The writer was referring to an island called Servadig in his story. The story below probably takes place on that mysterious island.
... Kael, Mordank move! Those stinking pesky Elven shit is running away! Let's unite! For once, let the communication between Lizardmen and Orc troops be ferious! Xla tepec Xliunhi Trax Trax... responded the Lizardmen commander. Well, it seems like cooperation will be damn hard between the two races after all. Fortunately we orcs are strong enough to blast away some Elven slime ourselves....
Scarvael: And then some pages are lost. The story continues...:
After many days of besiege, the Elves stop resisting, and Lizardmen from the northern woodlands and Orcs from the southern vulcan plateau storm the castle. In the middle of the town an impressive pyramid is still standing, without any scratch of battle. Something for the Lizardmen mages to research. The generals strike at the pyramid but the strikes are reflected by some sort of magical shield. Hmm..... and the orc said: "But what shit! That stupid tower was down in a wink! Bull Shit!... eh no minotaurs around?"

Scarvael: Some discussions between minotaurs. I don't know when or where it is written:
"... work! ... work! ... WOOOOORK!" "Yes sir, yes sir, I am working", said Klanx. Brugzak the minotaur king answered to Klanx: "But you aren't doing nothing!, ehhh, anything...". Klanx now gotten angry and some lighting bolts came out of his head: "Look! A magical portal to our brothers is not as"
Scarvael: Then most is lost, some small pieces are remaining though:
"AAAAAH, I am going" - "Well, I don't know how I can" - "You better buy an a" - "instead of this usel" - "Hel".

Scarvael: The following letter was found in the capital of the plainsmen.
Greetings leader, I have to admit that our search for the sponge was fruitless. I hope wars around Paldor Mountain are still going smoothly? I heard the junglemen aren't worth much high in the mountains. I will promise I will find the sponge soon. Although I am a quite fussed. I searched all land, found all towers and visited all friendly capitals, though there was no sponge tower, anywhere. My men are losing hope but I am telling them we must go on, since Paldor relies on us. If you have any clues about the sponge, then please PLEASE let us know... signed off, Frali Reert.

Scarvael: The above pieces was all that could be recovered. Here are some scratches of text. I don't know when and where they were written or even found. I don't think they are of any use, but here you go:
"The bakery is burning, HELP!" Elves everywhere! Shall we unlea"
"Why an eruption on such an important time, the gods are a"
"When the light goes out, the gods of nature"
"Bulls everywhere!"
"When... I am going .... flee!"
"We must stay and protect, because this important structure of air must not fall into the hands of the ugly smelly terrible..."
"I am sitting in the gar..."
"My love! Where is my love! I want my love! I hate Dark Elves!"

This world has been developed by Korneel Duyvesteyn. Send bugs, spelling mistakes, remarks, questions and other feedback about this world to him. He can issue rewards for possible bugs and spelling mistakes.
The introduction of this world has been written by Daniel Sundre (aka: Archimedes, Tyranosaur, Candor)
Spelling and General checks have been performed by Justin Frick (aka: JustOne)

Disclaimer Message from the creator: WoW games is NOT responsible for any bugs/unbalanced things on this world unless it is caused by the program itself or by other programs of the WoW team. This world has been checked by me and some people of great respect and experience so there aren't many (if any) bugs on this world and/or unbalanced things. My two previous maps, Khaydon and Ithilia, both seemed quite balanced even with very unbalancing game objectives. I hope everyone who plays this map will enjoy it!

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