1#textdomain wesnoth-sota 2 3[scenario] 4 name= _ "Meeting of the Minds" 5 map_data="{campaigns/Secrets_of_the_Ancients/maps/07_Meeting_of_the_Minds.map}" 6 theme=Cutscene_Minimal 7 8 [story] 9 [part] 10 story=_ "9 IV, 23 YW 11 12The tunnel at the back of the cave narrowed and ran on for quite some time. Patches of fungus on the wall gave off a feeble glow that kept me from stumbling too badly. Finally I saw a brighter light up ahead." 13 [/part] 14 {JOURNEY_PART 7} 15 [/story] 16 17 id=07_Meeting_of_the_Minds 18 next_scenario=08_Carcyn 19 20 {UNDERGROUND} 21 {DEFAULT_MUSIC_PLAYLIST} 22 23 {ANIMATED_BRAZIER 11 5} 24 {ANIMATED_BRAZIER 9 4} 25 26 [side] 27 {SIDE_1_ARDONNA} 28 shroud=yes 29 gold=0 30 [/side] 31 32 [side] 33 side=2 34 controller=ai 35 team_name=good 36 user_team_name= _ "Ras-Tabahn" 37 type=Dark Sorcerer SotA 38 name= _ "Ras-Tabahn" 39 id=Ras-Tabahn 40 canrecruit=yes 41 color=darkred 42 facing=sw 43 [unit] 44 type=Shadow 45 id=Shadow 46 x,y=11,7 47 facing=nw 48 [/unit] 49 [unit] 50 type=Ghost 51 x,y=8,4 52 facing=sw 53 experience=6 54 [/unit] 55 [unit] 56 type=Skeleton 57 x,y=3,6 58 facing=n 59 experience=3 60 [/unit] 61 [unit] 62 type=Skeleton 63 x,y=4,6 64 facing=n 65 experience=16 66 [/unit] 67 [/side] 68 69 [event] 70 name=prestart 71 72 [item] 73 x,y=13,3 74 image=scenery/gate-rusty-sw.png 75 [/item] 76 [item] 77 x,y=9,5 78 image=scenery/summoning-center.png 79 [/item] 80 [item] 81 x,y=12,6 82 image=items/potion-green.png 83 [/item] 84 [item] 85 x,y=13,6 86 image=items/potion-blue.png 87 [/item] 88 [item] 89 x,y=13,7 90 image=items/gold-coins.png 91 [/item] 92 [item] 93 x,y=7,4 94 image=items/ornate1.png 95 [/item] 96 [item] 97 x,y=8,3 98 image=items/book1.png 99 [/item] 100 [item] 101 x,y=14,4 102 image=items/ball-green.png 103 [/item] 104 [item] 105 x,y=10,4 106 image=items/altar-evil.png 107 [/item] 108 [item] 109 x,y=11,3 110 image=items/chest-plain-open.png 111 [/item] 112 [item] 113 x,y=10,7 114 image=items/coffin-closed.png 115 [/item] 116 [item] 117 x,y=9,3 118 image=items/chest-plain-closed.png 119 [/item] 120 [item] 121 x,y=14,1 122 image=units/leech-giant.png 123 [/item] 124 [/event] 125 126 # move_unit doesn't automatically clear the shroud until all the move_unit commands are 127 # finished. But, it looks better if the shroud clears as Ardonna moves. This macro makes 128 # that easier to do: 129#define MOVE_AND_UNSHROUD X Y 130 [move_unit] 131 id=Ardonna 132 to_x,to_y={X},{Y} 133 [/move_unit] 134 [redraw] 135 clear_shroud=yes 136 side=1 137 [/redraw] 138#enddef 139 140 {SIDE_1_ARDONNA:TRANSFROM_BATS_TO_NORMAL_EVENT} 141 142 [event] 143 name=start 144 145 [delay] 146 time=1000 147 [/delay] 148 {MOVE_AND_UNSHROUD 2 4} 149 {MOVE_AND_UNSHROUD 3 5} 150 {MOVE_AND_UNSHROUD 4 5} 151 {MOVE_AND_UNSHROUD 5 5} 152 {MOVE_AND_UNSHROUD 6 5} 153 {MOVE_AND_UNSHROUD 7 6} 154 [remove_shroud] 155 side=1 156 [/remove_shroud] 157 [delay] 158 time=2000 159 [/delay] 160 [message] 161 speaker=Ardonna 162 message= _ "Oh, wow." 163 [/message] 164 [message] 165 speaker=Ras-Tabahn 166 message= _ "I am Ras-Tabahn. Welcome to my laboratory, Ardonna of Tarrynth!" 167 [/message] 168 [message] 169 speaker=Ardonna 170 message= _ "How do you know my name?" 171 [/message] 172 [message] 173 speaker=Ras-Tabahn 174 message= _ "I know much about you. My ghosts have been watching you for some time now, and you and I share the goal of resisting death. I have been hoping several students would free themselves from that conservative academy, but it seems that you will be the only one. Fortunately, you are quite innovative, and have even accomplished something which I have not. You have useful creatures — I believe you call them ghouls?" 175 [/message] 176 [message] 177 speaker=Ardonna 178 message= _ "Yes, I can show you how to make your own, but have you not solved the problem already with your ghosts?" 179 [/message] 180 [message] 181 speaker=Ras-Tabahn 182 message= _ "Alas, no. Ghosts can retain some memories if they are raised quickly enough, and they make good scouts and soldiers after they have some experience, but you wouldn’t want to become one yourself. You see the blades Vash-Gorn carries? It took a complicated ritual to bind that metal to the spirit, and one couldn’t perform that ritual oneself without a physical body. Being unable to interact with the world would be terribly frustrating. No matter; I have another idea." 183 [/message] 184 [message] 185 speaker=Ras-Tabahn 186 message= _ "I believe I know how to get the information we seek, but it would have been too difficult to obtain myself. Therefore, we shall go on a mission, you and I. First, we will enlarge our armies, and then..." 187 [/message] 188 [message] 189 speaker=Ardonna 190 message= _ "Wait. I have heard nothing yet that makes me think I should trust you." 191 [/message] 192 [message] 193 speaker=Ras-Tabahn 194 message= _ "Ah... yes, I suppose not. Let me teach you some of what I know today, and see if that informs your opinion. However, the question of trust is not the most important. The question is whether or not we can work together. Listen. The ancient Wesfolk honed their craft over generations. There is more to know than one individual can learn in a lifetime. If you do your research alone, you will one day be as old as I, and death will pursue you just as relentlessly. However, if we combine our research, we have a chance of finishing before it is too late for us." 195 [/message] 196 [message] 197 speaker=Ardonna 198 message= _ "For you, you mean. I am only nineteen. Still, you make a good case. We can work together for now." 199 [/message] 200 [message] 201 speaker=Ras-Tabahn 202 message= _ "Splendid. Here is what I propose. First, we part ways for a time, and you raise a force of ghosts following my instructions. Meanwhile, I am going to try to train some local peasants in the magical arts. I don't expect much from that uneducated rabble, but hopefully some will be intelligent enough to add to our firepower. When we reunite, you will show me how to make one of those shambling ghouls. I am actually in no hurry, as they have a terrible odor." 203 [/message] 204 [message] 205 speaker=Ardonna 206 message= _ "Well I can’t smell, so I didn’t know about that." 207 [/message] 208 [message] 209 speaker=Ras-Tabahn 210 message= _ "Curious, but convenient for one such as us." 211 [/message] 212 [message] 213 speaker=Ardonna 214 message= _ "Why can’t I just raise some of the goblins outside?" 215 [/message] 216 [message] 217 speaker=Ras-Tabahn 218 message= _ "Those goblins were too weak, and it would take their spirits a long time to become strong enough to be useful. You are going to raise Elvish warriors instead. A few miles into the Grey Woods, there lies an ancient battleground from a civil war hundreds of years ago. You will follow an old elf road there and raise an army of ghosts while I visit Carcyn, a nearby town. We will meet at the end of the elf road by the Great River, and I will explain where we should go next." 219 [/message] 220 [message] 221 speaker=Ardonna 222 message= _ "Very well. We will do as you suggest." 223 [/message] 224 [endlevel] 225 result=victory 226 linger_mode=no 227 carryover_report=no 228 bonus=no 229 carryover_percentage=100 230 # We don't use carryover_add because we're about to switch leaders. 231 [/endlevel] 232 [/event] 233 234#undef MOVE_AND_UNSHROUD 235#undef JOURNEY_STAGE1 236#undef JOURNEY_STAGE2 237#undef JOURNEY_STAGE3 238#undef JOURNEY_STAGE4 239#undef JOURNEY_STAGE5 240#undef JOURNEY_STAGE6 241#undef JOURNEY_STAGE7 242[/scenario] 243
