2ヶ月ほど放置していましたが、「Heroes of Might and Magic III」の拡張パック「Shadow of Death」のキャンペーン「Unholy Alliance」のプレイを開始しました。
Unholy Alliance
Four heroes must uncover the plot brewing on the AvLee-Deyja border and the Erathian-Deyjan border. From there they must find the Angelic Alliance, invade Deyja and stop Sandro, the powerful lich who plans to conquer the world.
You must kill Lord Fayette to win the scenario. However, if Gem is defeated in combat, the scenario is lost. Gem is limited to level 30 but will carry her experience, skills, and spells on to her next scenario.
マップサイズはM。チームカラーはGreen で敵はRed となっています。難易度はデフォルトではHard ですが、今回はExpert に上げてプレイします。
シナリオ開始前に、30 Grand Elves、Homestead、Scroll of Destroy Undead の中からひとつを選択します。このキャンペーンは対Necropolis が中心になるでしょうから、Destroy Undead も良いかと思いましたが、とりあえずは30 Grand Elves を選択します。
まずはGem の独白から物語は始まります。
When I went to tell Lord Fayette about Sandro tricking me, I learned he left on a mission into Deyja while I was searching for the boots and had not yet returned. So I scryed for Lord Fayette and discovered his mission had gone horribly wrong. He had been killed by the Necromancers and... and... resurrected as a Death Knight! Curse all Necromancers! There is one last service I can do for my lord. I will grant his soul final peace by destroying undead body chaining it to this world. I owe him that much.
そしてゲーム開始後、以下のメッセージが届きます。
Lord Fayette has been turned into a Death Knight while on a secret mission into Deyja. Apparently he was to meet secretly with one of the Deyjan Border Lords, but something went wrong. I am determined to grant his soul final peace by destroying his undead body. Clancy volunteered to help me. We have slipped over the border into a no man's land between AvLee and Deyja. From here we will build our forces and push into Deyja itself.