diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/book.png b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/book.png index a958185068d..cc40c3a52e1 100644 Binary files a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/book.png and b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/book.png differ diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/end.png b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/end.png index 0be56f3de58..202cb3166fa 100644 Binary files a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/end.png and b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/end.png differ diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/parthyn.png b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/parthyn.png index 5ee94cf1590..dd1e46938b2 100644 Binary files a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/parthyn.png and b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/parthyn.png differ diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/travel.png b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/travel.png index d9c9905e899..00a3966ec82 100644 Binary files a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/travel.png and b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/images/story/travel.png differ diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/01_Saving_Parthyn.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/01_Saving_Parthyn.cfg index 604485f6beb..d0b69297d63 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/01_Saving_Parthyn.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/01_Saving_Parthyn.cfg @@ -17,19 +17,23 @@ [part] story=_ "Malin Keshar was born 10 years after the death of Haldric IV. He grew up in the northern border town of Parthyn, the second child and eldest son of the baron of the city. Every summer when the mountain passes became clear, orcs came down from the north to prove themselves in battle. Every year Parthyn's guards repelled the raids, though some of the townsfolk were always lost. Malin's father led raiding parties to disrupt the orc encampments and send the orcs back to the north." background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "When Malin was 10, a mage who passed through the town sensed strong magical abilities in the boy. His parents, seeing a chance for him to live away from the constant battles with the orcs, arranged for him to be sent to the mage community on the Isle of Alduin. There he studied for eight years, while back at home the orc raids increased in their frequency and ferocity. Before Malin could finish his training, however, he was expelled." background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] # good to have an arrow that arcs across the screen here story=_ "Malin returned to Parthyn just as summer began only to encounter more misfortune. Even as he arrived, an early, unexpected orc raid was being conducted against Parthyn. Malin watched as his father took an arrow in the chest and fell lifeless to the ground." background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Shaken by the loss of their commander, the human defense began to falter. As the orcs roared in anticipation of victory, skeleton warriors poured out of the woods to the orcs' rear. The soldiers watched in amazement as the skeletons cut down orc after orc and then melted back into the forest." background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] # background=misc/blank.png @@ -40,10 +44,12 @@ # [/image] story=_ "Shortly a man dressed in the robes of a necromancer emerged from the trees. 'Allow me to introduce myself. I am Darken Volk. While I know your kingdom does not love my kind, I think it vital that we put aside our differences for the moment. The orc menace grows in the North, and I misdoubt any of the border towns can stand without some assistance. For now, I ask only to rest in your town for a few days.'" background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Drogan, the captain of the guard, replied, 'Surely you know that the penalty for necromancy is death. For your aid we will promise you rest and safety. Upon your departure, however, you are banished from these lands, not to return on pain of death. We thank you for your help, but need no alliances with those who deal only in dark magic.'" background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/02_Peaceful_Valley.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/02_Peaceful_Valley.cfg index 26d255377f5..b30a5fe3aed 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/02_Peaceful_Valley.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/02_Peaceful_Valley.cfg @@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ [part] story=_ "Fighting tears and rage, Malin follows the back-trail of the orcish band. He curses the elder mages for sending him from the Isle of Alduin half-prepared, only to be thrust into conflict. He curses Drogan for lacking the courage to see what must be done. Most fiercely, he curses the orcs for ravaging his family and home through their ceaseless attacks." background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Three days travel outside Parthyn, Malin meets Darken Volk, the same necromancer who had saved Parthyn and taught Malin to raise the dead not long ago. The necromancer takes pity on Malin in his friendless state, and asks Malin to travel with him. As the weeks pass, he teaches Malin more dark magic." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/03_A_Haunting_in_Winter.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/03_A_Haunting_in_Winter.cfg index d8f198728dc..af1513a0bba 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/03_A_Haunting_in_Winter.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/03_A_Haunting_in_Winter.cfg @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ [part] story=_ "Malin and Darken Volk spend the summer and fall traveling up and down the lower Northlands. They attack small goblin villages and orc camps when they find them. Malin's power grows considerably under the constant tutelage of the necromancer." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/04_Beginning_of_the_Revenge.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/04_Beginning_of_the_Revenge.cfg index 1def3a4e45a..10146fe2e48 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/04_Beginning_of_the_Revenge.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/04_Beginning_of_the_Revenge.cfg @@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ [part] story=_ "Burning inside with a desire to take his revenge against the orcs and push them further north, Malin spends the winter learning as much from Darken Volk as he can. His years of study with the mages serve him well, and his power grows quickly." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "When spring comes, the two head north to a mountain pass known to Darken Volk. In the higher reaches the snow is just beginning to melt, making the passage treacherous. The elder necromancer insists that they press on. He says that he hopes to catch the orc fighters unprepared by arriving early in the year, thereby inflicting as much damage as possible." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/05_Orc_War.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/05_Orc_War.cfg index 94295432a19..87732f0a6f5 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/05_Orc_War.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/05_Orc_War.cfg @@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ [part] story=_ "All through the summer and fall, the necromancer and his apprentice travel through orc-held lands. At night, they cause skeletons and ghosts to emerge from the forests to terrorize and kill entire camps of orcs and their goblin minions. Word spreads among the orcish towns, which begin to post guards and leave torches burning all night. These measures do little to help them." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Word spreads to the south as well, of the many battles won against the orc tribes, as Darken Volk tells Malin. As spring rolls around, a number of dark adepts, eager to aid in the fight, travel northwards and join the pair. 'They are quite useful in battle,' the necromancer says to Malin, 'but none of them have even a tenth of your potential power.'" background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "The damage inflicted by Malin and Darken Volk over the past year forces the usually fractious local chieftains to unite in opposition. Eventually, at a narrow place in the river men call the Longlier and Elves call the Arkan-thoria, they manage to surround the humans and force a fight." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/06_Return_to_Parthyn.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/06_Return_to_Parthyn.cfg index 99bcecc364c..3e91756d225 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/06_Return_to_Parthyn.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/06_Return_to_Parthyn.cfg @@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ [part] story=_ "Two days travel south of the previous battle, Malin loses the trail of the regrouped orcish warriors, but soon picks it up again. The trail moves unfailingly south for several days. As soon as it crosses the great river it immediately turns west." background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Within a few days, Malin recognizes some familiar surroundings..." background=story/parthyn.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/07_A_Small_Favor.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/07_A_Small_Favor.cfg index 0d8be58b006..02da24d34e0 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/07_A_Small_Favor.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/07_A_Small_Favor.cfg @@ -17,18 +17,22 @@ [part] story=_ "Fleeing from the city of his birth, Malin heads to the west. Soon he reunites with his teacher." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "'For your final test as my apprentice, you will aid me in retrieving a book.' the necromancer says. 'The book was... stolen from me long ago. Since it has personal value to me, think of the task as a small favor. I should warn you that it will require you to act against your countrymen of Wesnoth, since it was one of them who stole it from me.'" background=story/book.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Malin replies, 'They are no longer countrymen of mine, since they have rejected me twice now.'" background=story/book.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Darken Volk continues, 'Excellent. We travel, then, to the city of Tath. There is a lord of that city by the name of Karres. He was trained as a mage in his youth, and now uses his wealth to support a large number of mages in their studies. Among his library is the book we seek. We will need to break into his manor and seek the book inside.'" background=story/book.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/10_Alone_at_Last.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/10_Alone_at_Last.cfg index 8a417b6e994..9bcb70e5de3 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/10_Alone_at_Last.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/10_Alone_at_Last.cfg @@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ [part] story=_ "As he enters the tunnel underneath Lord Karres's manor, Darken Volk turns and, with a word and gesture causes the entrance to collapse. The two necromancers turn and begin walking down the pitch black tunnel, temporarily safe from pursuit." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "They continue walking through the damp, cold air all through the morning and day, finally emerging as the last rays of sun sink below the horizon." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/11_Descent_into_Darkness.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/11_Descent_into_Darkness.cfg index 14d7ac95f65..83eafc19c6c 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/11_Descent_into_Darkness.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/11_Descent_into_Darkness.cfg @@ -17,18 +17,22 @@ [part] story=_ "'To become a lich, one must first die.'" background=story/book.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "So reads the book that Malin has reclaimed. 'The spells of necromancy bind the spirit, but only once it has been unbound from the body. To attain lich-dom, the mage must make the necessary incantations with his dying breaths. He thus binds his own spirit in much the same way necromancers bind the spirits of others. Because he retains his own will, however, the lich can call upon the awesome powers of the spirit world.'" background=story/book.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "The words, and the idea, stick in the back of his mind. With all of Wesnoth forbidden to him, Malin finds refuge in a nameless frontier village where few questions are asked. When word filters to the town that Parthyn has been overrun by orcs, it rekindles hatred within him. With renewed purpose, he raises his undead minions and travels northward." background=story/travel.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Malin soon finds the track of an enormous orc army, and follows them until he reaches their camp. As he sees the number of orcs, the enormity of his quest begins to dawn on him. He attacks the camp anyway but is quickly driven back, and badly injured by a thrown orcish dagger as he retreats. He finds refuge in a small cave." background=story/end.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] show_title=yes diff --git a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/12_Endless_Night.cfg b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/12_Endless_Night.cfg index f0f5a937453..ce5570a47d9 100644 --- a/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/12_Endless_Night.cfg +++ b/data/campaigns/Descent_Into_Darkness/scenarios/12_Endless_Night.cfg @@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ [part] story=_ "Years pass. Every summer when the mountain passes become clear, the lich sends his soldiers to attack the orcs, removing any human, elven, or dwarvish patrols that get in the way. Every year the undead inflict some damage before being repelled and retreating to the caves." background=story/end.png + scale_background=no [/part] [part] story=_ "Rumors circulate of a lich that preys on scouting patrols. A hero, gathering his loyal troops to him, decides to put an end to the evil." background=story/end.png + scale_background=no [/part] [/story]