Silverfall
Encyclopedia
Silverfall is a "hack and slash
" role-playing video game
, developed by software company Monte Cristo
for Windows
. It is available in English
, French
and German
. A port has been made for PlayStation Portable
.
An expansion for the Windows version of the game, entitled Silverfall: Earth Awakening, was released in 2008. Silverfall: Gold Edition was also released in 2008, containing the main game as well as the expansion.
. Players choose a character from one of four races (Human
, Elf
, Troll
, Goblin
) and develop their "class" (fighter, archer, mage, etc.) by assigning various skills as they level up. Characters can be either male or female, and gameplay will differ slightly based on the selection.
Silverfall is a quest
-based game which centers around a conflict between nature
and technology
, allowing players to develop an allegiance to one of these areas, which allows development of additional skills and the ability to use certain alignment-based items. However, there is no 'good' or 'evil' side to aligning with either technology or nature, as both will have quests that require the player to perform dubious and altruistic acts. A 'nature' player may be asked to kill the overseer of a group of workers who no longer want to pollute the world with their factory, and a 'technology' player may be asked to exploit natural resources that will result in a loss of the livelihood of a nearby people. At the same time, either player may be asked to promise a union leader a bribe in order to break up a strike, to the detriment of his fellow workers.
On 14 May 2007, a PSP
version of Silverfall was announced http://www.silverfall-game.com/en/game-psp.php.
Known companions include:
All companions require that some quest be performed before they will join the player's party, and depending on the player's attitude towards them throughout the game they may offer more quests. They will also initiate dialogues at various moments throughout the adventure, volunteering information on the area and/or their backstory.
Each of these 9 sub-categories comes with its own "skill tree" for the player to choose from. Players receive 4 skill points each time they gain a level, and can add them to the skills of their choice. Each individual skill can have a maximum of 10 points.
, constitution
, agility
and intelligence
. Items can also be used to modify attributes. As with most role-playing games, these four attributes have a direct impact on the way the player's character evolves. Spending points in agility will increase their effectiveness with a bow, spending points in strength will increase their damage with melee weapons. Intelligence directly affect the amount of 'Power' the character has to spend on magic and special attacks and Constitution directly affects the amount of health the character has.
s, bought from merchants or won as quest rewards. All items range in quality from ordinary to unique, as well as ranging in level (i.e. an item may be short sword level 38 ultimate). A particular item's level and quality is highly dependent on the area obtained and the character's level, rarely ranging far from the characters level at the time they obtain the item.
In the players inventory, and the inventories of their companions, there are slots for body armour, gloves, boots, a backpack, an earring
, a necklace
, a ring
, a helmet
, ranged weapons and two hand weapon slots, the off-hand slot of which can be used for either a secondary weapon or a shield
. The player has the ability to decide what is in these slots not only on their own character, but on both of their companions, though all items not in use are kept in a 'communal' inventory, rather than three individual inventories. The equipment a character can equip is dependent not only on their strength, but also on their allegiance, ie. A nature player cannot equip technological implants.
NPC's offering quests will show up on the mini-map as green dots, and a green arrow on the mini-map will show the direction the player needs to go in to complete the selected secondary quest. Secondary quests are beneficial for the experience the character receives for completing them, the rewards offered, the loyalty shifts between nature and technology and the possibility of companions joining.
Campaign quests are given to the character by plot central NPC
s, such as the child of the Archmage of Silverfall whom the PC meets at the beginning of the game. The arrows for these quests show up as yellow on the mini-map and generally have smaller rewards than those offered by secondary quests.
At the end of the tutorial
, the Archmage can either kill the as-yet-unnamed evil or be killed by him, which then possesses the Archmage's body.
The Player then finds themselves in control of their own character in the middle of a camp of refugees from the fallen Silverfall. At the request of the Archmage's child (their sex depending on that of the player character, always the opposite thereof) the player must undertake basic quests in the surrounding swamp to protect the camp, find supplies, etc. The Archmage's child has known the player for years, and some sort of romantic involvement is hinted at in some of the dialogues.With the safety of the refugee camp established, the PC is asked to go to the city of Cloudworks, a technologically-aligned city in the middle of a desert, in search of the Archmage. After settling the strike occurring, the player is granted access to Upper Cloudworks, where the king requests they investigate a noble who has been acting oddly.
After storming her house, the player finds she was also corrupted by the Shadow Mage, and is sent to the robot factory to face-off the possessed Archmage of Silverfall. The killing blow is struck by the Archmage's son/daughter who managed to find their way through the robot factory before the player, but took no steps to confront the Shadow Mage until the player arrived (for the added drama, it would seem). The Shadow Mage then leaves the Archmage's body and possess the Archmage's child.
The player character then returns to the ruined Silverfall to find the water supply has been contaminated by the living dead summoned by the Shadow Mage, and must be purified by Gaian druid
s who can be found to the North. Unfortunately, the druid have their own problems, with the holy water needed to purify Silverfall's supplies only available in a cave inhabited by beastmen. The player must fight their way through the cavern to the Chieftain of the Beastmen, who refuses to supply the needed water until the undead are cleaned out of their caves. After the player has completed this task, they must return to the Gaian druids for the water to be blessed. As the player arrives, the druid's village
is being raided by elves corrupted by the influence of the Shadow Mage, and the player must kill the sorcerer in charge of the raid. After this victory, the druids agree to bless the water, but ask that the player character kill the Prince of the corrupt Elves to prevent further attacks.
The player is then forced to fight their way into the heart of the Corrupt Elves' camp and slay the Prince, who with his dying breath explains the Shadow had promised him victory over the druids who had banished him so he would again have a land for his people. The Archmage's child then appears (now corrupted by the Shadow Mage) and ask the player to join them, but the player must refuse in light of the suffering of the people of Silverfall. Returning to the druids results in the player receiving the water to cleanse Silverfall's supplies. Unfortunately, the cleansing of the city's water supply isn't the last hurtle on the way to rebuilding Silverfall. Upon returning to the city, the player finds the king has been killed, the crown stolen, and the princess kidnapped. So the player's next action is to hunt down the attackers, apparently based in Greybay.
The player can then choose one of two ways to reach Greybay: (1) to be transported directly to the Greybay docks, which results in a fierce battle, or (2) to walk, which takes much longer but avoids the heaviest fighting. Once in the Greybay docks
, the player must fight their way through the ship belonging to the Princess' kidnapper
s and kill the captain. On his body, directions are found to the Necroraider graveyard where the Princess is being held. Once more, the player manages to fight their way through hordes of monsters to their goal: the crypt
of the creator of the Necroraiders, Iznahel.
Upon entering the crypt, the player is met by a ghost
, revealed to be Iznahel, who taunts the player with words apparently from the Archmage of Silverfall's corrupted child. The spectre is met twice more before revealing the Princess has been turned into a ghoul, which the player must defeat, at which point Iznahel himself attacks. Upon his death
(or 'dissipation' as he is already dead and attacks the player as a ghost), the player finds records regarding the Shadow Mage that has been plaguing Silverfall. These records reveal, amongst other things, that a way to destroy the Shadow was created, and is now kept in the nearby, snow-bound duchy
of Steelight.
The player must then fight their way through a snowy wilderness to find the small town of Steelight. However, once there, it is no simple matter getting a hold of the stone necessary to defeat the Shadow Mage. The current Duke of Steelight's health is rapidly ailing, and his mother fears for the continuity of their bloodline. She asks the player to find her son's illegitimate heir, whom she exiled several years before, in exchange for the stone to save the Archmage of Silverfall's child. With little choice but to accept, the player must find their way through an icy labyrinth inhabited by 'ice fairies', to find the child's mother. Once the child's mother is located, she tells the player that her son has been kidnapped by the frozen fey, and the player must then track him down.
Returning to the labyrinth, the player slaughters scores of fiends, and tracks down the heir to Steelight's duchy, finding he was, in fact, being used by the king of the ice fairies as a vessel of some sort. Once the child is rescued, the player returns to Steelight and is granted access to the ancestral tomb of Steelight's ruling family. Which has, unfortunately, been taken over by the restless dead.
The player then fights their way to the grave of the founder of Steelight, to find he has returned as a ghost, drawn back by the terrible happenings that began in Silverfall. The player receives the stone to cleanse the Archmage of Silverfall's child from the corruption of the shadow. Conveniently, the player doesn't have to track their childhood companion down, as they appear on the scene and beg the player not to 'kill' them with the stone. The player, however, ignores the shadow and proceeds to save their friend, who just has time to say a heartfelt thank you before the King of Darkness arrives and kills them. The player attacks in a rage, but the mastermind behind Silverfall's destruction and the many other schemes the player has tried to thwart manages to escape, talking about bring the God of Destruction into the world.
With little left for the player to do but stop the impending destruction of the world, the player returns to Silverfall, and is told the only way to stop the summoning of the God of Destruction is to travel underneath the mountains and find the evil, subterranean dwarves in league with the King of Darkness and kill him before he can complete the ritual.
The passage under the mountains, however, has been overrun by gigantic hostile insects, which the player must fight through to find the dwarven city. The dark king is creating a portal in the dwarven palace, and even though the player mortally wounds him, he manages to escape through it to Blaize, the capital city, where he plans to use the temple to summon the God of Destruction. The player follows him through, to find Silverfall and her allies have gathered and are about to launch a frontal assault, during which the player might just be able to fight their way to the temple to defeat the King once and for all.
After cutting their way through wave upon wave of shadow knights and magma beasts, the player reaches the temple just as the Shadow King is nearing the end of the ritual, and witnesses the Avatar of the God of Destruction kill him, and turn on the player. The player defeats the avatar in an epic battle, and is declared the King or Queen of the land (because "who else would rule?"). The final movie shows all the major settlements happily recovered and the land prospering.
Hack and slash
Hack and slash or hack and slay, abbreviated H&S or HnS, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat. "Hack and slash" was originally used to describe an aspect of pen-and-paper role-playing games , carrying over from there to MUDs, MMORPGs, and video games in general...
" role-playing video game
Role-playing video game
Role-playing video games are a video game genre with origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, using much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. The player in RPGs controls one character, or several adventuring party members, fulfilling one or many quests...
, developed by software company Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo (company)
Monte Cristo was a French computer game developer and publisher, based in Paris. It was established in 1995 by former Credit Suisse First Boston vice-president Jean-Marc de Fety and former Mars & Co strategy senior consultant Jean-Cristophe Marquis. The company was led by Jean-Christophe Marquis...
for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
. It is available in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. A port has been made for PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
.
An expansion for the Windows version of the game, entitled Silverfall: Earth Awakening, was released in 2008. Silverfall: Gold Edition was also released in 2008, containing the main game as well as the expansion.
Overview
Silverfall shares many similarities with popular games, Diablo and Diablo 2. It also has strong influences from SacredSacred (computer game)
Sacred is an action role-playing game for Microsoft Windows released in 2004. It takes place on the magical continent of Ancaria, with characters of various races each with their own missions. More than 1.8 million copies of the game were sold worldwide...
. Players choose a character from one of four races (Human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
, Elf
Elf
An elf is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind...
, Troll
Troll
A troll is a supernatural being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In origin, the term troll was a generally negative synonym for a jötunn , a being in Norse mythology...
, Goblin
Goblin
A goblin is a legendary evil or mischievous illiterate creature, a grotesquely evil or evil-like phantom.They are attributed with various abilities, temperaments and appearances depending on the story and country of origin. In some cases, goblins have been classified as constantly annoying little...
) and develop their "class" (fighter, archer, mage, etc.) by assigning various skills as they level up. Characters can be either male or female, and gameplay will differ slightly based on the selection.
Silverfall is a quest
Quest
In mythology and literature, a quest, a journey towards a goal, serves as a plot device and as a symbol. Quests appear in the folklore of every nation and also figure prominently in non-national cultures. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and...
-based game which centers around a conflict between nature
Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, allowing players to develop an allegiance to one of these areas, which allows development of additional skills and the ability to use certain alignment-based items. However, there is no 'good' or 'evil' side to aligning with either technology or nature, as both will have quests that require the player to perform dubious and altruistic acts. A 'nature' player may be asked to kill the overseer of a group of workers who no longer want to pollute the world with their factory, and a 'technology' player may be asked to exploit natural resources that will result in a loss of the livelihood of a nearby people. At the same time, either player may be asked to promise a union leader a bribe in order to break up a strike, to the detriment of his fellow workers.
On 14 May 2007, a PSP
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
version of Silverfall was announced http://www.silverfall-game.com/en/game-psp.php.
Companions
Players have the ability to take on companions and summon various creatures (such as zombies, lost souls, robots and elementals) to assist them in their quests.Known companions include:
- Morka (Female Troll - ice magic/healerHealer (gaming)A healer is a type of character class in video gaming. When a game includes a health game mechanic and multiple classes, often one of the classes will be designed around the restoration of allies' health, known as healing, in order to delay or prevent their defeat. Such a class can be referred to...
); aka "Morka the Good" - found in Refugee Camp - Gort (Male Troll - "tank" fighter); aka "Lord Gort" - found in Graybay
- Danselame (Male Elf - fighter/berserkerBerserkerBerserkers were Norse warriors who are reported in the Old Norse literature to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English word berserk. Berserkers are attested in numerous Old Norse sources...
) - found in swampSwampA swamp is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a large number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp...
, near elf village - Alina (Female Elf - fire magic) - found on road in wilderness
- Portix (Male Goblin - archer) - found in Druid village
- Dril (Female Goblin - mechalchemist); aka "Dril the Mechalchemist" - found in Cloudworks
- Tanya (Female Human - guns) - found in Cloudworks Desert
- Hulart (Male Human - air magic) - found in Gaian wilderness
All companions require that some quest be performed before they will join the player's party, and depending on the player's attitude towards them throughout the game they may offer more quests. They will also initiate dialogues at various moments throughout the adventure, volunteering information on the area and/or their backstory.
Skills
Skills are broken up in to 3 main categories:- melee and ranged combat (further divided into meleeMêléeMelee , generally refers to disorganized close combat involving a group of fighters. A melee ensues when groups become locked together in combat with no regard to group tactics or fighting as an organized unit; each participant fights as an individual....
, ranged, technique) - use of magic (further divided into elemental, light, shadow)
- racial and alignment (further divided into natureNatureNature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...
, technologyTechnologyTechnology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, race)
Each of these 9 sub-categories comes with its own "skill tree" for the player to choose from. Players receive 4 skill points each time they gain a level, and can add them to the skills of their choice. Each individual skill can have a maximum of 10 points.
Attributes
Players receive 4 attribute points each time they gain a level, and can add them to the attributes of their choice. the four attributes are strengthPhysical strength
Physical strength is the ability of a person or animal to exert force on physical objects using muscles. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training.-Overview:...
, constitution
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
, agility
Agility
* Agility is a physical trait of an animal or person, and a component of physical fitness. It is the ability to change the body's position and direction with speed and precision.Agility may also refer to:In Sport:...
and intelligence
Intelligence
Intelligence has been defined in different ways, including the abilities for abstract thought, understanding, communication, reasoning, learning, planning, emotional intelligence and problem solving....
. Items can also be used to modify attributes. As with most role-playing games, these four attributes have a direct impact on the way the player's character evolves. Spending points in agility will increase their effectiveness with a bow, spending points in strength will increase their damage with melee weapons. Intelligence directly affect the amount of 'Power' the character has to spend on magic and special attacks and Constitution directly affects the amount of health the character has.
Equipment
Items can be found as loot from killing monsterMonster
A monster is any fictional creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is somewhat hideous and may produce physical harm or mental fear by either its appearance or its actions...
s, bought from merchants or won as quest rewards. All items range in quality from ordinary to unique, as well as ranging in level (i.e. an item may be short sword level 38 ultimate). A particular item's level and quality is highly dependent on the area obtained and the character's level, rarely ranging far from the characters level at the time they obtain the item.
In the players inventory, and the inventories of their companions, there are slots for body armour, gloves, boots, a backpack, an earring
Earring
Common locations for piercings, other than the earlobe, include the rook, tragus, and across the helix . The simple term "ear piercing" usually refers to an earlobe piercing, whereas piercings in the upper part of the external ear are often referred to as "cartilage piercings"...
, a necklace
Necklace
A necklace is an article of jewellery which is worn around the neck. Necklaces are frequently formed from a metal jewellery chain. Others are woven or manufactured from cloth using string or twine....
, a ring
Ring (finger)
A finger ring is a circular band worn as a type of ornamental jewelry around a finger; it is the most common current meaning of the word ring. Other types of metal bands worn as ornaments are also called rings, such as arm rings and neck rings....
, a helmet
Helmet
A helmet is a form of protective gear worn on the head to protect it from injuries.Ceremonial or symbolic helmets without protective function are sometimes used. The oldest known use of helmets was by Assyrian soldiers in 900BC, who wore thick leather or bronze helmets to protect the head from...
, ranged weapons and two hand weapon slots, the off-hand slot of which can be used for either a secondary weapon or a shield
Shield
A shield is a type of personal armor, meant to intercept attacks, either by stopping projectiles such as arrows or redirecting a hit from a sword, mace or battle axe to the side of the shield-bearer....
. The player has the ability to decide what is in these slots not only on their own character, but on both of their companions, though all items not in use are kept in a 'communal' inventory, rather than three individual inventories. The equipment a character can equip is dependent not only on their strength, but also on their allegiance, ie. A nature player cannot equip technological implants.
Quests
Silverfall, like most other RPGs, has both campaign quests essential to the storyline and optional, secondary quests.NPC's offering quests will show up on the mini-map as green dots, and a green arrow on the mini-map will show the direction the player needs to go in to complete the selected secondary quest. Secondary quests are beneficial for the experience the character receives for completing them, the rewards offered, the loyalty shifts between nature and technology and the possibility of companions joining.
Campaign quests are given to the character by plot central NPC
Non-player character
A non-player character , sometimes known as a non-person character or non-playable character, in a game is any fictional character not controlled by a player. In electronic games, this usually means a character controlled by the computer through artificial intelligence...
s, such as the child of the Archmage of Silverfall whom the PC meets at the beginning of the game. The arrows for these quests show up as yellow on the mini-map and generally have smaller rewards than those offered by secondary quests.
Plot
The plot of Silverfall begins with the city of Silverfall being destroyed by an unnamed evil force, later identified as the Shadow Mage. This section of the game is considered the tutorial, as the Player assumes the identity of the Archmage of Silverfall in defense of the city, rather than their own character, and pop-ups explain the basic workings of the game.At the end of the tutorial
Tutorial
A tutorial is one method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of a learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture; a tutorial seeks to teach by example and supply the information to complete a certain task....
, the Archmage can either kill the as-yet-unnamed evil or be killed by him, which then possesses the Archmage's body.
The Player then finds themselves in control of their own character in the middle of a camp of refugees from the fallen Silverfall. At the request of the Archmage's child (their sex depending on that of the player character, always the opposite thereof) the player must undertake basic quests in the surrounding swamp to protect the camp, find supplies, etc. The Archmage's child has known the player for years, and some sort of romantic involvement is hinted at in some of the dialogues.With the safety of the refugee camp established, the PC is asked to go to the city of Cloudworks, a technologically-aligned city in the middle of a desert, in search of the Archmage. After settling the strike occurring, the player is granted access to Upper Cloudworks, where the king requests they investigate a noble who has been acting oddly.
After storming her house, the player finds she was also corrupted by the Shadow Mage, and is sent to the robot factory to face-off the possessed Archmage of Silverfall. The killing blow is struck by the Archmage's son/daughter who managed to find their way through the robot factory before the player, but took no steps to confront the Shadow Mage until the player arrived (for the added drama, it would seem). The Shadow Mage then leaves the Archmage's body and possess the Archmage's child.
The player character then returns to the ruined Silverfall to find the water supply has been contaminated by the living dead summoned by the Shadow Mage, and must be purified by Gaian druid
Druid
A druid was a member of the priestly class in Britain, Ireland, and Gaul, and possibly other parts of Celtic western Europe, during the Iron Age....
s who can be found to the North. Unfortunately, the druid have their own problems, with the holy water needed to purify Silverfall's supplies only available in a cave inhabited by beastmen. The player must fight their way through the cavern to the Chieftain of the Beastmen, who refuses to supply the needed water until the undead are cleaned out of their caves. After the player has completed this task, they must return to the Gaian druids for the water to be blessed. As the player arrives, the druid's village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
is being raided by elves corrupted by the influence of the Shadow Mage, and the player must kill the sorcerer in charge of the raid. After this victory, the druids agree to bless the water, but ask that the player character kill the Prince of the corrupt Elves to prevent further attacks.
The player is then forced to fight their way into the heart of the Corrupt Elves' camp and slay the Prince, who with his dying breath explains the Shadow had promised him victory over the druids who had banished him so he would again have a land for his people. The Archmage's child then appears (now corrupted by the Shadow Mage) and ask the player to join them, but the player must refuse in light of the suffering of the people of Silverfall. Returning to the druids results in the player receiving the water to cleanse Silverfall's supplies. Unfortunately, the cleansing of the city's water supply isn't the last hurtle on the way to rebuilding Silverfall. Upon returning to the city, the player finds the king has been killed, the crown stolen, and the princess kidnapped. So the player's next action is to hunt down the attackers, apparently based in Greybay.
The player can then choose one of two ways to reach Greybay: (1) to be transported directly to the Greybay docks, which results in a fierce battle, or (2) to walk, which takes much longer but avoids the heaviest fighting. Once in the Greybay docks
Dock (maritime)
A dock is a human-made structure or group of structures involved in the handling of boats or ships, usually on or close to a shore.However, the exact meaning varies among different variants of the English language...
, the player must fight their way through the ship belonging to the Princess' kidnapper
Kidnapper
Kidnapper may refer to:* Kidnapper , a film by Kelvin Tong* "Kidnapper" , by American band Blondie on the Plastic Letters album* A person who performs a kidnapping-See also:* Kidnapped * Kidnapping...
s and kill the captain. On his body, directions are found to the Necroraider graveyard where the Princess is being held. Once more, the player manages to fight their way through hordes of monsters to their goal: the crypt
Crypt
In architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault possibly containing sarcophagi, coffins or relics....
of the creator of the Necroraiders, Iznahel.
Upon entering the crypt, the player is met by a ghost
Ghost
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
, revealed to be Iznahel, who taunts the player with words apparently from the Archmage of Silverfall's corrupted child. The spectre is met twice more before revealing the Princess has been turned into a ghoul, which the player must defeat, at which point Iznahel himself attacks. Upon his death
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....
(or 'dissipation' as he is already dead and attacks the player as a ghost), the player finds records regarding the Shadow Mage that has been plaguing Silverfall. These records reveal, amongst other things, that a way to destroy the Shadow was created, and is now kept in the nearby, snow-bound duchy
Duchy
A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess.Some duchies were sovereign in areas that would become unified realms only during the Modern era . In contrast, others were subordinate districts of those kingdoms that unified either partially or completely during the Medieval era...
of Steelight.
The player must then fight their way through a snowy wilderness to find the small town of Steelight. However, once there, it is no simple matter getting a hold of the stone necessary to defeat the Shadow Mage. The current Duke of Steelight's health is rapidly ailing, and his mother fears for the continuity of their bloodline. She asks the player to find her son's illegitimate heir, whom she exiled several years before, in exchange for the stone to save the Archmage of Silverfall's child. With little choice but to accept, the player must find their way through an icy labyrinth inhabited by 'ice fairies', to find the child's mother. Once the child's mother is located, she tells the player that her son has been kidnapped by the frozen fey, and the player must then track him down.
Returning to the labyrinth, the player slaughters scores of fiends, and tracks down the heir to Steelight's duchy, finding he was, in fact, being used by the king of the ice fairies as a vessel of some sort. Once the child is rescued, the player returns to Steelight and is granted access to the ancestral tomb of Steelight's ruling family. Which has, unfortunately, been taken over by the restless dead.
The player then fights their way to the grave of the founder of Steelight, to find he has returned as a ghost, drawn back by the terrible happenings that began in Silverfall. The player receives the stone to cleanse the Archmage of Silverfall's child from the corruption of the shadow. Conveniently, the player doesn't have to track their childhood companion down, as they appear on the scene and beg the player not to 'kill' them with the stone. The player, however, ignores the shadow and proceeds to save their friend, who just has time to say a heartfelt thank you before the King of Darkness arrives and kills them. The player attacks in a rage, but the mastermind behind Silverfall's destruction and the many other schemes the player has tried to thwart manages to escape, talking about bring the God of Destruction into the world.
With little left for the player to do but stop the impending destruction of the world, the player returns to Silverfall, and is told the only way to stop the summoning of the God of Destruction is to travel underneath the mountains and find the evil, subterranean dwarves in league with the King of Darkness and kill him before he can complete the ritual.
The passage under the mountains, however, has been overrun by gigantic hostile insects, which the player must fight through to find the dwarven city. The dark king is creating a portal in the dwarven palace, and even though the player mortally wounds him, he manages to escape through it to Blaize, the capital city, where he plans to use the temple to summon the God of Destruction. The player follows him through, to find Silverfall and her allies have gathered and are about to launch a frontal assault, during which the player might just be able to fight their way to the temple to defeat the King once and for all.
After cutting their way through wave upon wave of shadow knights and magma beasts, the player reaches the temple just as the Shadow King is nearing the end of the ritual, and witnesses the Avatar of the God of Destruction kill him, and turn on the player. The player defeats the avatar in an epic battle, and is declared the King or Queen of the land (because "who else would rule?"). The final movie shows all the major settlements happily recovered and the land prospering.