The ignominious death of Dark Lord Alfar dealt a tangible blow to the monolithic might of the Army of Darkness, a creation of his mad genius. Scattered and confused, the army was instantly on the radar of a multitude of scavengers among the Free Necromancers. Despite the excessive arrogance of many dark soldiers, some still managed to lay their pale and bony hands upon the fallen lord's legacy. This could not but cause some concern to imperial intelligence, even though everything was proceeding strictly according to Master Spider's original plan. It was time to begin his next phase.
"Are you familiar with death?" Councilor Feurlis speaks calmly, deliberately, his arms behind his back and his glance directed aside. "Do you know what comes after it?" His voice is full of indifference, as if he didn’t care to hear the answer. "As fate would have it, I once found out. Only darkness awaits there, abysmal and interminable." The necromancer sharply turns his blank stare on to you, holding in his bony hand a vial of a strange dark liquid, in which something swirls and wriggles. Or maybe it’s just your imagination? "Deadly poison," explains Feurlis, breaking the short silence. "The effect is only temporary, but sufficient to accomplish our goals. Take your time and think it over. I’ll just leave it here." The necromancer puts the vial on the table and, without another word, walks away.
Lords and Ladies, Councilor Feurlis is making a rather peculiar request of you. He invites you to take on the role of a Dark Lord or Dark Lady in order to lead the Army of Darkness and direct it to achieve the Empire's desired goals in a new battle campaign format.
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 skills and magic will not work. All participants will get pre-set skills and spells with a focus on Dark magic.
- Only shop artifacts are allowed, and enchantments have no effect. It is recommended to to have a few parameter points of Spell power and Knowledge in order to be able to wield Dark magic.
- You can recruit your own starting army from the available troops using 10,000 silver.
- The list of units available for recruiting and their numbers will expand as you progress along the map.
- 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! You can fight as many battles against silver guardians as you like, but you’re limited to earning 500,000 silver in total from them. Also, the farther you progress on the map, the more silver such battles will yield. The maximum amount of silver for winning such battles will become available after you defeat enemy level 50 on the map.
- Important! You can disband any of the troops you’ve recruited for a 100% refund in silver.
- The main reward will be given for clearing level 50 on the map. Levels 51 through 100 feature HIGHER difficulty but MINOR rewards.
- On the 1st event day, you can advance up to level 10 on the map. 10 more levels will become available every following day. On days 6 and 7, 20 additional levels will be added, and the last 10 additional levels will be added on day 8.
- In clearing levels 51 through 100 you are limited to 75 attempts.
- Players of combat level 11 and below cannot advance past level 50 on the map.
- The event will last for 11 days, through July 13 inclusive.
- For winning battles on the map, you can receive points toward Thieves’/Rangers’ Guild, Mercenaries’ Guild, or Hunters’ Guild; gold; creature artifacts; MG elements; diamonds; summoning scrolls; creatures in reserve; parts of creatures in reserve; and even parts of special artifacts.
- For defeating silver guardians you will receive guild points in addition to the silver.
- The top 75 military clans and all their active members will receive special acclaim and a share of the common reward. The shares will be determined based on the clan rankings where a clan’s final result will equal the sum of the highest cleared levels on the map of its 100 highest scoring members.
- The clan reward will be given out to all non-blocked members of military clans who earn 15 or more points for the clan.
- If a member leaves or is expelled from a military clan, then the clan loses all of that member’s points. If the member returns to the clan, their points will be added back for the clan.
- Important! It is prohibited to leave one’s clan on the last day of the event and until the rewards have been given out.
- Important! Military clans may admit no more than 3 new members per day while the event lasts.
- Important! Players who have cleared more than 50 levels on the map will be unable to join any military clan until the end of the event.
- Councilor Feurlis will additionally reward all those who defeat enemies of level 12 or higher with an achievement and an event artifact. Its durability will depend on the player’s highest level cleared on the map. There will be no other rewards in addition to the ones mentioned in this announcement.
During this event you will be able to earn up to 30 parts of Magma Ring and up to 20 parts of Magma Dagger. And if your military clan ranks high, you could win 10 more parts of Magma Ring!
Rewards 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 rewards for the top 5,000 Lords and Ladies:
| 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 | |
The Darkness beckons! |
