Quite a bit of time has passed since the secret military operation known as "Icy Haze". Its success brought a whole heap of consequences that the Empress and her surrounding lands are facing to this day. The liquidation of the dark lord Alfar dispelled the haze created by his own madness, but at the same time it released his dark ‘legacy’ into the light - the Army of Darkness.
It took a lot of effort for the Imperial scouts and the spymaster himself to suppress the new threats. But they all paled in comparison to the monolithic force that could break free from its cage at any moment. Confused, scattered, having tasted the glimmer of silver, and being pitted against each other, they became just one of many other inherent enemies of the Empire.
However, the job’s not over yet. The haze, although weakened, has not disappeared completely. It continued to call its ‘children’, to those who still remained faithful to the former ideals. And they responded back, fully desiring to revive what had been lost.
Lords and Ladies! Imperial intelligence reports the emergence of an unusually powerful source of darkness near the borders of the cursed lands. According to the obtained information, Army of Darkness fanatics are preparing a dangerous ritual aiming to revive the dark haze in its original form. They must not prevail! Spymaster Councilor Feurlis seeks fearless volunteers to carry out an undercover sabotage mission. Personal armies are not required, just your willingness to go til the end!
Combat briefing:
- Lords and Ladies of combat level 5 or above are invited to participate.
- You will command troops of the Army of Darkness.
- Your own talents and magic will not work. All participants will get pre-set talents and spells.
- Only shop artifacts are allowed, and enchantments have no effect. It is recommended to have a few parameter points of Spell power and Knowledge in order to be able to efficiently wield the available Darkness spells.
- You can recruit your own starting army from the available troops using the initial 10,000 silver.
- The list of units available for recruiting and their numbers will expand as you progress in battles during the event.
- The units’ hiring prices will stay the same throughout the event.
- The event involves battles against enemies on the map and battles against enemies that are guarding silver.
- Important! Battles against enemies on the map will affect the overall progress of the event and the quality of the rewards in battles against the guardians of silver. In these battles you can earn only the main rewards but they will not bring you silver.
- Important! Silver can only be obtained in battles against the guardians of silver, within which it will be possible to pick a fight with one of the three possible opponents whose strength is based on the current Lord’s or Lady’s army. The more main stages are completed, the more silver these battles will bring.
- Important! At each battle stage on the map, it will be possible to receive up to 1,500 event points. Each victorious silver battle will reduce that point value [100 - number of completed stages]. Each loss against the guardians of silver will take away 1 point. Each defeat in the main battle, except for the first at each stage, will take away 10 points.
- Important! The number of battles against the guardians of silver within one battle stage is limited by the number of available event points at that stage.
- Important! The maximum possible amount of silver during this event is 1,500,000.
- Important! You can disband any of the troops you’ve recruited for a full refund in silver.
- Important! A total of 70 main battle stages will be available.
- On the first day, only opponents of the 10 initial battle stages are available for attack. 10 more stages will become available each subsequent day.
- There are no limits on the number of combat attempts during the entire campaign.
- New! After completing the 10th combat stage, you will be able to reset your progress in the event. The number of resets is limited to two. Replaying stages that have already been completed will not yield any additional rewards, while the amount of experience and faction skill points gained will be reduced by three times;
- The event will last for 10 days, through August 19 inclusively.
- For winning battles on the event map, you can receive points toward Mercenaries’ and Hunters’ Guilds; gold; creature artifacts; elements; diamonds; summoning scrolls; creatures into Leaders’ Guild reserves; parts of creatures in reserve; and even parts of special artifacts.
- The top 75 military clans and all of their active Lords and Ladies may count on further recognition and rewards. Awarding will be based on the final clan ranking, where the final result will be equal to the sum of event points gained by Top-100 Lords and Ladies of the clan.
- Non-blocked Lords and Ladies of successful military clans will be rewarded if they bring at least 60,000 event points to their clan .
- If a Lord or Lady leaves or is evicted from a military clan, the clan loses all the points the Lord or Lady gained for that clan; if they rejoin the clan, all the points will be returned to the clan.
- Important! Leaving the clan on the last day of the event and before the award ceremony will be forbidden.
- Important! Admission to military clans from the second day of the event will be limited to 3 Lords or Ladies per day.
- Important! Lords and Ladies who have completed 40 or more combat stages will not be able to join any military clan until the event is over.
- The Lords and Ladies who defeat the enemy at the 12th battle stage will additionally be rewarded by the Empire with a unique trophy artifact and a corresponding achievement. The artifact's durability will be determined only by the number of points gathered. No other extra rewards other than those mentioned in this announcement are planned.
Extremely important! During this event, the “Battle Exhaustion” system is in effect. Starting from the 15th turn of any battle, the Lords’ and Ladies’ talents ‘Mana recovery’ and ‘Spirit link’ will cease to function. The same will hold for the abilities ‘Life drain’ and ‘Battledive’ for the units in the Lords’ and Ladies’ armies. Additionally, all enemy units will gain the ability ‘Attentive’, and an increase in initiative and speed. Notifications corresponding to this exhaustion will appear as a warning 1 turn before and at the onset of exhaustion.
During the event, it is possible to gain up to 10 parts of War Flail and up to 10 parts of Dark Bow. In addition — up to 5 more parts of War Flail will be given depending on your military clan’s rank! Up to 10 more parts will be rewarded based on your personal contribution to the overall result of the event.
Reward for active members of top-ranking military clans:
| Clan rank | Reward | Glory | | 1 | | 1,500 | | 2 | | 1,300 | | 3 | | 1,100 | | 4 | | 1,000 | | 5 - 8 | | 900 | | 9 - 13 | | 800 | | 14 - 20 | | 600 | | 21 - 30 | | 500 | | 31 - 45 | | 400 | | 46 - 60 | | 250 | | 61 - 75 | | 100 |
Personal reward for the best 5,000 Lords and Ladies based on the event results:
| Lord/Lady rank | Reward | | 1 - 50 | | | 51 - 100 | | | 101 - 200 | | | 201 - 400 | | | 401 - 650 | | | 651 - 1000 | | | 1001 - 1500 | | | 1501 - 2250 | | | 2251 - 3000 | | | 3001 - 3750 | | | 3751 - 5000 | |
Step into the darkness! |
