BftC:R Backstage : Royal Guard Story

When Illidan Stormrage called, countless Naga were summoned up from the depths of the Maelstrom. One of them was the Royal Guard - Xel'Nog. Usually different from the other Royal Guards, Xel'Nog was considered of lower rank among them. However, being personal guard of the Lady Darkscale - a powerful commander of Naga Strike force, Xe'lNog maintained his hold and command over the Naga forces.

Soon the time came, and Lady Darkscale was forced to rally under command of Lord Illidan. Xel'Nog, as per her instructions, stayed behind and watched over the territory and undersea temple of Darkscale legacy. Now left alone, and with the only support gone, Other Royal Guards mocked upon the unusual abilities of Xel'Nog, which were far different from their own kin.

Nearly driven mad by the insulting taunts, Xel'Nog once came up on the surface and eased his mind by sitting alone. Days after days, Xel'Nog usually would surface up and sit alone, brooding over what was it that made him suffer all this... However, days became months, and yet, Nothing would come upon him...

Xel'Nog the Royal Guard

One day, when he couldn't stand it at all, he rose up and with one swift motion, knocked out several of the mighty Royal Guards that were insulting his strength, and thereby, questioning upon his status as a proud Royal Guard. Seeing nearly half of the folks fell easily by the power of a single blow, rest fled for their lives and never would return to mock upon him or insult him.

Xel'Nog however, remained alone, faithfully upon his duty, haven't heard about a single word from his beloved mistress. But always believed that she would return, and he would then beg her to release from his long duty, for the slight glimpses of the Surface world had fascinated him and he wanted to explore more of it.

None of the Lords he prayed to would heed his prayers. Till the day, when the ominious news arrived that Lady Darkscale had been undone. All the legacy would belong to Lord Illidan now, and had appointed another as the watcher over the Sunken Darkscale Temple.

Heavy on heart, the blow fell. Xel'Nog's honor, position and status of a proud Royal Guard of the Darkscale dynasty was taken away in an instant. With his life, that held no meaning anymore, he exiled himself from the depths of the endless sea, and came over the surface world. When he arose, he found the small little island, on which the battle was about to break in. His heart broken, the only thing stood before him was one last hope... By offering his services to either of the sides and leading them to victory by his own deadly skill, perhalps he could regain his lost honor, and his pride...

He raised his Trydent and swam gracefully towards the isle...

...towards the Battle for the Conquest which was about to begin...

BftC: Reloaded Brainstorm : Destroyer

Ever since I have announced that Rage Winterchill is going to be the next Hero in the INT catagory, I am all overworked for thinking a suitable skillset.

First skill that was 100% certain, and that had been showcased before - The Awakened Form.
The transformation that Drains MP over time, but grants bonus, deadlier effects on the other Spells, (Exception of Ultimate - Neverending Winter ;) ) The added ability with Awakened Form is that it absorbs a portion of damage, and on the higher levels it can take about half of the damage away.

The Chain of Fate is an innate spell, mainly for harassment. It's initial cast deals less damage but marks the target with a Buff. Additional casts will gradually increase the damage, by adding an amount of INT attribute. Finally, making it a huge annoying harassment ability. Additional features can include casting on Allied unit where it can be Sacrified to gain Mana.

The Second skill - Black Rose - could be an AoE target spell, channeling, which would grow stronger over time. The spell would addup damage over time and when stopped or finished casting, inflict the damage over target AoE. This ability will have a reasonable AoE and could make a nice creeping spell. However, while awakened form, the damage begins right when the Destroyer starts casting it, instead of accumulating it and inflicting later and will go on amplified over time, making it progressively stronger over time, that makes difficult even to the STR heroes to stand and fight in it's effects. Sadly, it's easy to avoid, as opponents can simply get out of the AoE.

The third skill, as suggested by Zack at TheHelper.NET community, should be a Freezing Armor, the signature theme of the Liches of Northrend. The Armor that freezes the external of the Destroyer's body, blocking the damage considerably, however, over the time Armor will melt away and unleash the Freezing Aura which would slow down the nearby enemies, More the Armor melts and loosens, more the freezing aura released and slower the nearby enemies become.
I am not sure about the Awakened Version of this ability, though. Let us hope that Zack saves the day again. ;)

That's all for now... Stay tuned.

BftC:R Backstage : Archon story

Telekinesis - one of the wonders of Psi, had originated a long time ago, some say it was Titans who were the original creators, or some say, it's an innate inner power that every living organism has. But, for truth, non had ever been able able to unravel the mystery.

Executor (True name unknown), was one of the Voidwalkers of such unknown origins had mastery over Telekinesis for too long. However, wicked and twisted by nature, he enjoyed through others pain. Making them suffer as he laughed at their demise. He went so far in the Telekinesis and plunged himself into the domain of true power - 'Psi'.

Mind Control was the only thing he didn't learn, cause he did not want to. He long knew the pain and suffering that be brought to his unfortunate victims and he feared it. Yes! Executor feared pain, he lived to inflict it upon others, but wanted always to be away from it, so that the voices of doom would never echo upon his mind again. That was the chief reason why he never peeped inside the minds of others. But he would thoroughly enjoy the sad demise of his victims, being crushed cruely by his maddening Psi abilities.

Executor the Archon - Unstable Raw but Massive Power


Driven by his will alone, to torture the victims, so much that would finally plead him to grant them death, Executor joined the massive army of Burning Legion. Kil'jaeden, quickly realizing the potential true warrior of Legion, quickly accepted him as one of the upper highs. Driven under the rule of the other mighty Lord - Archimonde, Executor came upon the world of Azeroth, and hence, there began the legend of an Extremely wicked and twisted beast, who enjoy nothing but pain of others.

Executor's physical appearance matched with a Voidwalker, but inside, he was a living vessel of the tremendous Psi energy, a swirling, unstable vortex of raw power, that would consume anything and simply break it down, as he broke the wills of survival and living of countless victims. While Archimonde sought the Power of the Nodra'ssil, Executor marched upon the Maelstrom - for that was all he needed - the unstable vortex of raw power, much like is own.

Not to mention that he did not get the power to claim as his own, He was stopped by the fury of endless Sea itself. For many days he brooded upon overcoming the thick cover of the substance called Water, but all his efforts were fruitless, as he was seeing such a thing for the very first time in his long, twisted lifetime.

Maddened, and disappointed, Executor came back to the land, intending to unite back with the Legion, only to find the Legion defeated and the Lord Archimonde undone... Now left behind as the Legion's army fled back to the Twisting Nether, Executor hid hemself in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity till he could rise up again. Only a slightest spark, of Weapons clashing, or the Wands and Mystic Staves swinging and Jets of energies or Rain of Arrows flying acrosee the battlefields, anywhere and anytime... And Executor would appear back, ready to offer his services, to any side cause it does not matter long as he enjoys bringing others to Pain and Doom.

Maybe that is why,
that exactly is why...
He is there... in Battle for the Conquest.

TheHelper.NET community demands a Release!

After about a month of [WIP] tag at Project's thread, my three days absence took a heavy toll o the Project's thread. Furious members and supporters have demanded a release!

The community was kept well up-to-date with the latest screenshots and changelogs, however, anyone would want to play it rather than just keep looking at the screenshots!

Let's hope that I finish a good portion of it and can bring project to a stable state from which it can be launched. I look forward to grab support from Major communities like HiveWorkshop or Wc3Campaigns.NET.

I do not intend to release this map in a hurry. I shall take my time, think over, make it a stable one and only then, I can launch an initial release, which, I believe must be kept well updated.

BftC:R Backstage : Rune Mage Story

Positive and Negative, both sides co-exist and yet, untouched by each other. The very balance of the nature and hence of the universe is the balance between Light and Darkness and effectively Positive and Negatives. Some call it the Creator, some call it the Science of Existance...

The young mage of Wood Elf community was fascinated by the strange law of Co-existance of the Positives and Negatives. Runecrafter by profession, Samus was the youngest offspring in the honoured Flamecaster bloodline. Giving up the position of the Shadow Advisor of Wood Elf community, young Samus set off for distant travels, to make contact with outter worlds, something that was stricktly forbidden and unforgivable within the Wood Elf community.

The Rune Mage - Most Versatile Hero


During the travels, Samus watched the other life-forms and studied their lifestream and flow of the energies, to his surprise, he found many other species were gifted with the knowledge of using the mystical energies that Wood Elf called the Essence of Life. He aqquired many techniques and being a swift learner, mastered them in no time.

Samus, now grown into a strong and powerful Mage, did not forget his original quest - to unravel the mystery of Co-existance, But over the years having perfected his Runecrafting skills, he masterfully could craft the runes, capturing the very essence of Positivity and Negativity, isolated from the rest. The isolated Runes, which gave him immese knowledge of the ways of life and mystical energies.

But the time came, when is peaceful studies came to halt. The Burning Legion had returned and the currption widespread across the lands. Samus could not allow the demons to run wildly and was forced to take arms against them. Being an expert Runecrafter and Masterful Mage, he drove them back out of the sanctuary that he had built himself. He thus, invented how to combine the Runic essence of Positives and Negatives and form extraordinary, powerful magic currents that took different effects when exposed to the nature via different methods. He had long studied all forms of Magic used by all kinds of Magi he had seen during his travels. He had learned Conjuration from Wizards of Dalaran, Binding Magics from the Night Elves and he learned Repulsion and Rejections from the Undead commanders of armies of Walking dead by sheer power of observations. Within no time, Samus found out the various effects on the Runic combinations when used via these methods and techniques, and again, wasted no time in mastering them.

While the Aftermath, Samus took great efforts to rebuild his Santuary and buried himself to the mastery of newfound techniques. Ways and mysteries of universe, life and Co-existance now lay open in from of him. With his dream fulfilled he seeks perfection, and hence, He has emerged from his shell and fights in the Battle for the Conquest.

BftC:R Backstage : Oni Orc Battlemaster Story

Oni Orc Battlemaster! The name is enough even for elite fighters running for their lives... He is fast and stylish. Very few have actually survived from his Demonic Blade and too few are still able to tell the terrible tale. They still remember the glowing blade and it's skillful, rightful wielder - A True Battlemaster - Jubei'thos.

Jubei'thos was a Blademaster of Blackrock Clan. Now, if you remember who he was, you know him, But that's not enough. After suffering defeat once from Arthas's hand, he vowed that he'd not let it happen again, and rallied the Blackrock Orcs again, forming a formidable army.

However, Fate's Dark hand streched upon him once again, and whole Blackrock Clan suffered a horrible defeat against Scourge, This time, led by Arthas, again. Broken and badly setback, Jubei'thos wandered the plagued and wasted lands alone...

And then, something came over him, he seemed determined. The weights of protecting his fellows and family were thrown off, as they all were consumed by lifeless undead. Now he didn't care a bit about anything, casting off his old shamanastic nature, he embraced the Demonic powers. Filled with rage, right from the once noble and caring heart, his blade, which had long become one with him, echoed the terrible changes in it's master and became a vessel of absolute chaos and vortex of raw, brute power.

From that moment, an Orc was cast off, and arose a Powerful Oni Orc, a Blademaster was torn apart, and it was a birth of a Battlemaster. His blade twiched and slashed, cutting across countless foes and they barely had a time to react. The moment his blade would start glowing and emitting the strange aura, the armies would abandon the field and fly away only to save the life. As nothing has been able to stop him ever since, not even his own kin.

He now fights in Battle for the Conquest, testing himself and dashing across the battlefields, shashing countless foes...

BftC: Reloaded received Community Support

I am glad that TheHelper.NET community is still supporting the development of BftC:Reloaded, despite my absence of the web for few days, thanks to my Final Exams ;)

But, I yet receive replies on the Thread of BftC:R and people are giving me time to continue with it, they are being patient and completely supporting me, Which makes me encouraged to go on with the Modding and Mapping. And esp. continuing with BftC.

Thanks a lot people, I love your support for the Map, Keep posting and I shall not disappoint you.

About the project, Yes, Rage Winterchill is progessing well, Have a spotlight ready, and keep Warm clothings, As the Master of Frost approaches...

BftC:Reloaded : Storylines....

Well, I have't thought much about it though, but it seems completely rational that the Characters must have a storyline... or Background, Maybe.

Let's see... Shall we?

I'll design a perfect one for them... And publish them along with the Spotlight Specials! How's the Idea, People?