Ancients Artifacts

[kyonides]

Canceled

Ancients Artifacts

The Warcraft 3 Campaign Screenplay

by Kyonides

Chapter One

Establishing a New Base

Introductory Quest - Slay the Trolls!


It's 6 AM and the rooster has stormed the sky with his cry.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Don't you think this is the right moment to start our search for the ancient artifacts?

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Ha, ha, ha! You're quite highspirited this morning, my dear ranger!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
[Frowns.]
Yeah, I forgot we high elves could make jokes just like you... humans.

Forest Troll Envoy:
Guess what, pale skin suckers?
It's party time!

Kyonides Arkanthes:
You brute bastard! I'll make sure you pay for this grave insult!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
And here we go... again.

After facing waves of trolls with the only desire to smash them to smithereens, the troll warchief is finally cornered by our smiling heroes!

Forest Troll Overlord:
Darn outsiders!
How dare you... invade our homeland.
Puag!

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Well, this is the perfect moment to remind you that you reap what you sow, lame bastard troll.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
And you just couldn't refrain from mocking the slain.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Huh? Why should I ever waste the chance to do it?

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Right. Silly me for ever forgetting about that.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Don't worry about that, dear Melana!
Just keep an eye on it.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
[Using a sarcastic tone of voice.]
Oh, of course I will... Kyonides.

The Forest Troll Overlord had  definitely died while they were chitchatting like parrots.

Second Main Quest - Toast! Hiccup!

Their former foe's remains has not even started decaying when a mysterious talking panda approaches our heroes.

Pandaren Brewmaster:
Greetings, brave warriors!
I've been waiting for resourceful people like you to ever show up around here.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Seriously, drunk panda?
That's your best sales speech you'd come up with?

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Wow, Kyonides!
We do agree on something for a change.

Pandaren Brewmaster:
Yeah, you're both right, pals.
My speeches always sucks badly but my unique beverages are an entirely different story.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Whatever...

Kyonides Arkanthes:
He, he. I can't really blame her.
We've got no reason to lend a drunkard a hand...

Pandaren Brewmaster:
Very well, my dear friends.
I'll tell you what I might know about some mysterious portal in exchange for your timely assistance.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
That sounds fishy for sure.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Perhaps, Mel, but it's better than nothing.

Pandaran Brewmaster:
Thank you, my brave warriors.
I knew you were kind from the very beginning.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Of course... we're a gang of kind, happy go lucky people.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
That's true...
[Chuckles.]

First Optional Quest - Desperate Dwarves

Out of the blue our heroes heard some disturbing gunshots.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Wait a second!
Did you hear that?

They soon noticed a small group of dwarves being attacked by several ferocious ogres.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
It was just another dwarf on a rampage.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Nah, we gotta help them crush their foes!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Do we REALLY need to run over there, Kyonides?

Kyonides Arkanthes:
What are you saying, Melana?
Are you afraid of picking fights now?

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Only of needless fights...

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Then I'll start calling you names till you get tired of them!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Fan... tas... tic.
Now he'll never put an end to his childish name calling game ever.

First Scenario: Dwarves survived the attack

Ormli Stonehammer:
Thank ya, buds!
But I gotta say we didn't really need your help here.
They were just a bunch of stupid ogres.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Right, hammer happy dwarf...

Ormli Stonehammer:
[Coughs.]
What matters here is that now we can continue our journey.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Hrm. Tell me more about that, dwarven pal.

Ormli Stonehammer:
Very well.
We've been trying to retrieve some old amulet of ours.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
And that surely didn't sound suspicious at all...

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Nah, we're just talking about some amulet they might inherited long time ago.

Ormli Stonehammer:
Yeah, ya could say that, bud.
I guess...

Kyonides Arkanthes:
That's fine!
Let's get moving, pals!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Now I can tell for sure he never learns the lesson.

They accept the Old Amulet sidequest later on.

Second Scenario: Dwarves get smacked

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Oh well.
At least we tried to lend him a hand or two...

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Or simply put, we just wasted our time here for a bunch of helpless gold diggers.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Don't be so cold, Mel.
We're talking about living beings after all.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Me? Cold? Me?
Pffft, that is a mere pile of bones.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Nah.
I know in the bottom of your elven heart you love all living beings, and even dwarves.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Like you always say...
Huh?

So what do you think about these quests, guys?

Do they sound interesting to you?

[DerVVulfman]

You actually have some action going, so I'm wondering what's next.

I also nearly spat out my cola when you told me in IRC that the panda.... is a default character! REALLY?

[kyonides]

Well, it seems you need to meet him...

[kyonides]

Ancient Artifacts Campaign

The Warcraft 3 Campaign Screenplay Continued

Chapter Two
Ghost Town

It's 9 a.m. already...

If Ormli has joined the party...

Melana Dreamwhisp:
After wandering like fools for days, we've finally reached our destination.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Blame our tiny Stonehammer for that!

Ormli Stonehammer:
Hey! I was just trying to avoid undead creeps and their camps.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Fine, fine, dwarven chicken.

Ormli Stonehammer:
Wait a sec!
It's experience not cowardice.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
[Coughs.]
Said the chicken...

Ormli Stonehammer:
Darn fools!
Think whatever you wanna, pals!

If Ormli is missing...

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Here we are, infamous elven Ghost Town!
We've come to free you from your terrible destiny!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Please stop overreacting, Kyonides.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Come on, Mel!
We gotta live the moment!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
It's my people's suffering we're talking about, insensitive brute!

Kyonides Arkanthes:
And that's exactly why we gotta look fresh and sound overconfident right now.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
If a mere spoon of hope would ever suffice here...

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Even a hope as big as grain of mustard might be more than enough, my dear ranger.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
OK...

They keep walking down the road when a stranger blocks their path all of sudden.

Introductory Quest - Elven Madness

Meet the Hooded Stranger Event

Hooded Stranger:
Wow! Hold your horses, dear my friends!

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Huh? Who are you hooded stranger?
You surely look like one of those creepy guys we're hunting down.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Hmph. I also need to know what was he doing here.

Ormli Stonehammer:
And I thought you the best pals ever! Ha, ha!

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Yeah... nope!

Hooded Stranger:
Well, let me introduce myself then.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Then don't keep me waiting for I've been quite impatient as of late.

The stranger removes his disguise and tosses it away.

Hooded Stranger:
Of course...
I'm Waldo Silverslum, a Paladin of the Black Hand.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Silverslum you say!?
He, he, he.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
[Chuckles.]

Ormli Stonehammer:
Err, well, hi, mister Paladin.
But whatcha mean by Black Hand?

Waldo Silverslum:
That's a long story, my dwarven friend.
May suffice to say it has to do with Lordaeron's disgraceful fall.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Understood.
Now can you be so kind as to tell us why you were stalking us like a true pervert, Mister... Slum?

Melana Dreamwhisp:
[Chuckles again.]

Waldo Silverslum:
It's Silverslum...
Anyway, I've come here to find out what's driving blood elves mad.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Yeah, we've heard a little bit about that...

Ormli Stonehammer:
Ho, ho!
I knew those magic addicted elves would go crazy any time soon.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Better keep your mouth wide shut, fatty gold digger.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Blood elves gone bad!?
That might be caused by some unknown magical item...

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Stop it, Kyonides!
Probably they just were poisoned by some bastard orc or undead creep.

Waldo Silverslum:
Then I'd suggest we should go find that out, my friends.

End of Meet the Stranger Event

Optional Quest - The Sage


Young Priest:
Greetings, brave warriors!
May I have a few words with you?

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Good morning, young priest!
What's been troubling your mind as of late?

Adept Sinclair:
I am sorry for distracting you from your duty.
You see I'm the adept Sinclair and am in charge of guiding my people.

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Kyonides, I'm not feeling like staying for long in such a rundown place...

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Shhh!
Let him finish telling his tale, Mel.

Adept Sinclair:
Thank you for listening to me, strangers.
As you may have already noticed, we're a small group of survivors that are trying to start anew under these harsh conditions.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Sounds... terrible indeed.

Adept Sinclair:
Nevertheless our well respected sage has been missing for two weeks and we have not received any letter nor heard any rumors about his current whereabouts.

Ormli Stonehammer:
Oh well!
Let's hope he didn't get captured by some creeps.

Adept Sinclair:
At this point we fear the worst.
May you aid us by finding out what has happened to him?

Melana Dreamwhisp:
And here's where Kyonides agrees and we get in trouble for the sake of honor and pride alone.

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Alright, Mel. You've convinced me.
Let's get moving, my warriors!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Darn! What a stupid, hotheaded knight...

Kyonides Arkanthes:
Stop murmuring, Mel!
This is gonna be so much fun!

Melana Dreamwhisp:
Of course, Kyonides...

So whatcha think 'bout it, guys!?

[DerVVulfman]

Hm... Splitting the action into two different forks. But the dialog with the stranger has Ormil. What if Ormil is still missing since I saw nothing about him rejoining?

You seem to have made Mel a 'High and Haughty' type of elf.