text: The land of Kronnland is a mythical, wonderful land, spreading for almost a million miles in length. Many races live peacefully in it: The brave humans, divided into four kingdoms, The Dumadian Empire, the Western Federation , the Banetholith Enclave and the Storm Fortress, the savage Orcs, the noble Elves, the agile Trolls, the mighty Tundra Giants, the fearless Drakonians, the sneaky Ratmen, the sturdy Dwarves, the mysterious Deathguards and the watery Tidal Wyrms, amongst many others.
  
  Even if the humans owned only a tenth of the continent, their explorations outside it reached ten times the length of if, indicating that the planet is huge. In their explorations, they also colonized a number of small islands. One of those was Altheria, a small island over 600 miles to the west of the continent. Barely ten square miles, the island was quickly inhabited, and since it's population was mostly composed of war veterans, the citizens of Altheria chose to never spill one drop of blood on this new land. This became a law in Altheria, and absolutely no bloodshed occurred for hundreds of years, thus the island being renamed "The island of Peace'.
  
  One day,the young farmer Danny Blaze saw in the distance, while looking towards the sea, a ship. Since the island was extremely far from any other human settlement, such sighting became the most incredible news for about three months. All the youngsters wanted to know what was it, wanted to see the outer world, once they realized that there is life outside that peaceful island, but soon enough, the elders convinced then it was foolish of them to think of running away, as nobody approached the island since the colonization.
  
  Even so, a friend of Danny Blaze, Bren Stone, still wanted to run, to escape from the boringness and routine of the life in Altheria. Despite Danny's pleads and the advices and even threats of the elders, Bren stole a fishing boat and met the first ship that sailed in that area. He was not to be seen again for 20 years.
  
  Finally, one day, 20 years after Bren left, Danny saw the exact same ship that took Bren 20 years before. Since a massive storm was also approaching, he went inside his house. Only minutes later, the ship sailed at full speed into Altheria's harbor , creating a huge explosion and a shockwave. All the citizens of Altheria, fewer than two hundred, gathered around the burning wreck and waited for the rain to extinguish the flames. They didn't had to wait. A cloaked figure appeared from the smoke. Danny recognized the man immediately. It was Bren, and he was carrying a red, glowing orb.
  
  "Citizens of Altheria! I have returned! The outer world is worse than expected!! Yet still, I managed to survive.... and not only that! I became king! I became the King of the Western Federation, a large human kingdom in the gigantic continent known as Kronnland! But as a king, I made enemies, and these enemies overthrew me! Now, they are coming here... to murder me! I beg you, altherians, defend me! I will grant you your heart's desires if commander Andrew Ice , who is chasing me right now, will be dead by tomorrow!" said Bren, loudly.
  
  "Bren, your absence made you lose your sense! Altheria is the land of Peace! No blood shall be spilled on this island! We're no fighters!" responded Danny, and turned around to leave.
  
  The crowd agreed with Danny. They all turned around and left the harbor. Bren, angered, whispered to himself:
  
  "If they won't defend me willingly.... I will MAKE them protect their new master!"
  
  Bren cast a spell, and a red flash blinded everyone, except Danny, who was too far already. Everyone else fell, dead, on the ground.... only to be raised as Bren's mindless undead puppets. Horrified, Danny ran towards Bren.
  
  "What have you done, fool? You broke the laws of the land! You will bring only death and destruction to this island!"
  
  " Ah, so you'd better stay with them?" asked Bren pointing towards the sea.
  
  Indeed, a large fleet was approaching at full speed. At the light of a thunder, Danny noticed that the ships were prepared for war.
  
  > start Bren's Campaign
  Bren Stone
  
  Background:
  
  Only months older than Danny, Bren lived freely on Altheria, his parents taking little or no care of him. He developed a so called "sense for mischief": he "accidentally" burned down the house of their neighbors, he "mistakenly" freed almost 200 pounds of fresh, still living fish, he never slept at home in his teenage years, preferring a hidden cave on the shore, and he always wanted more.
  
  After leaving Altheria, he lived for a few months amongst the beggars in the city of Empyria. A powerful wizard used a magical artifact, called "Nearyk's Death Orb", or simply, the "Orb of Death".
  
  The wizard destroyed half of the city, before getting killed by an arrow. Bren quickly took the orb and hid away for three months. When he returned, his mind and soul was consumed by the powers of the Orb, and he marched through the gates of Empyria with the sole purpose of ruling it. He stormed the castle and destroyed the entire army of the Western federation, then overthrew Commander Andrew Ice from the throne of the Federation and started a reign of terror.
  
  After years of mindlessly using the Orb, the artifact's powers started to fade , failing against Bren's continuous instability, and for the first time in history, the Orb was devoid of magical powers. Not losing even one day, Commander Andrew Ice retook the throne from the now powerless Bren, putting a large reward on his head.
  
  After the orb regained a dime of it's power, Bren used it to take the throne again, and this continuous back-and-forth between the two leaders brought Andrew on the brink of losing his sanity. Desperate, Ice commanded his soldiers to kill Bren on sight, thus disobeying one of the most sacred laws of the Federation, the one that stated that no former leader of the Federation shall be killed. Word spread easily through the federation, and a civil war started between those who supported Andrew and those those who deemed that he broke the laws.
  
  Driven insane by the continuous chaos, Andrew blamed Bren for the civil war and left the Federations, tracking Bren with a large fleet of those still loyal to him.
  
  Now, Bren hoped to get help against his arch-enemy from his homeland, but their refuse dismayed him. Using the last powers of the Orb to bend the will of the altherians, Bren now hopes that it will be enough to put an end to Commander Ice's pursuit.
  
  Danny looks desperate. He shakes continuously.
  
  'Damn it, Bren! I'll help you, but with one condition! Bring the townsfolk back to normal after this is over!"
  
  "Fine, fine! But for now, I have a plan!"
  
  "Say it already!"
  
  " Look, you'll just have to stay here and drive Commander Ice's men to the village, where I'll prepare and ambush. Once they're done, I'll make everyone back and leave Altheria!"
  
  "Sounds fine to me! Now go !" says Danny, while climbing a cliff near the place where Andrew will disembark.
  
  You run into the forest with the zombies, trying to re-make your plan. Andrew is not easy to trick, and something like that would be too visible. You barely reach a cave in the forest where you used to play as a child.
  
  "Ah, good times!" That would make a perfect planning spot.
  
  Your skills as a mage, mostly necromancy, are limited, but the Orb offers you full control over the army of zombies. You start dividing them into groups, that will hide in the village houses and ambush Andrew's men.
  
  You barely finished dividing the zombified villagers, when Danny appeared.
  
  > The Battle for Altheria (B)
  "Commander Andrew is coming with two groups of men at the village, but there's a group in the forest, and another one patrolling!" Says Danny.
  
  "Damned bastard, he thought of everything!" you say, thinking of a way to gain the upper hand. " No matter, just go on that hill and watch over them. If something happens, announce me! His only mistake so far is coming after me here... He's on my territory now!"
  
  "Fine!" says Danny and leaves.
  
  You know you're in great danger, but this is the final moment. Only one will leave Altheria alive, and you hope it will be you.
  
  You order your zombies towards the village . You reach it in just under a minute, and you start telling them where to go. Obedient, as any other undead, the zombies rush towards the houses, waiting for your orders. Suddenly, you notice Danny on the hill. He doesn't move or make a sound, but he looks somewhere a few meters left from you. You look at that side, without moving your head, and realize you're being watched by Andrew's men, from the bushes! You're too late! Even so, you've got the Orb and a zombie army....
  
  Knowing you're surrounded now, and hearing the marching of Andrew's troops, getting closer and closer, you finish telling the zombies what to do , and just stay there,waiting. A few moments of silence pass.... and you hear Andrew's voice:
  
  Suddenly, from all directions, except from the hill, Andrew's footmen charge at you.
  
  You hold the orb in one hand, pointing it at the sky, and cast a devastating spell. A bream of fire strikes the ground around you, incinerating Andrew's men, without reaching the houses. Even protected by the orb, you still feel your skin being fried.
  
  Moments later, the bream stops, and after a few more moments, most of the heat dissipates. You look towards Danny. He's still on the hill, in the hideout.
  
  If you're fast enough, you can get to him.... but you're not sure it those were Andrew's last troops.
  
  [Note: One of the below is a dead end!]
  
  > go to Danny
  You decide it was enough. Danny doesn't move, but you think you're safe for now.
  
  You do just five more steps.... and an arrow hits you in the head. The last thing you saw is your murderer; a mere archer. At least you didn't gave Commander Andrew the satisfaction of killing you himself......