Chapter 24: The Fate of the Bastet
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While Athadon and Xandra try to convince you that Enar has no interest in your fate at best, or at worst is working to make it a cruel one, the Amuni return to your city. Bastet Sothep VII wants to personally demonstrate how the Amuni's way of life has changed since your last encounter. And since she has heard that the city feels threatened by some false deities, she "generously" offers to place your people under her personal protection. To this end, she wants to build a new temple complex in which her magical abilities, which she calls "Nox" to distinguish them from Mana, can be strengthened and developed.
Nox is a magical force that can be stored in spiritually charged obsidian and channeled and used by magically gifted beings like the Bastet. Bastet Sothep VII orders large quantities of this special obsidian from the region where the Amunis settled to be brought to your city via your trader while the construction of the temple complex begins. This brings the Elvarian Sorcerers Society into action. Dean Durcu suspects that Nox is nothing less than the forbidden Black Magic—and that Bastet Sothep VII is a tool of Vallorion.
**Necromancer Bastaran** takes a liking to this new form of magic and suggests examining it more closely—without repeating the mistakes that Peregrim made. He brings up the idea to build another temple structure similar to that of the Amuni, promising to only use Mana while studying Nox in order to better understand the effects and differences of these magical sources.
Dean Durku is not too happy but allows it, and Alchemist Sylawney decides to watch this from a distance.
Bastet Sothep VII finds Bastaran's idea presumptuous but believes that in this competition of magics, the superiority of Nox can be clearly demonstrated. So as the second temple is built in the city to examine the mutual powers of Mana and Nox, the Bastet is pushing for upgrades of the first temple—and Bastaran tries to keep up. The Elvenar already see it as progress that you are reducing your dependence on Mana and establishing a certain balance of power in the city, but they warn that this power could quickly get out of control—as already happened to Peregrim. Bastet Sothep VII can only laugh at such objections—after all, she is a goddess and thus the sovereign ruler of the Nox.
New Settlement Mechanics
- Two Main Settlement Buildings (MSB): Temple of Her Divine Purriness (Amuni) and Laboratory of Magical Sciences (Sorcerers), each producing key resources for research.
- Temple Set: All four production buildings boost the Temple; only Servants’ Training Center and Warriors’ Training Center receive the set bonus themselves. Farmers’ and Workers’ Training Centers boost the Temple but don’t gain a bonus.
- Laboratory Set: All four production buildings boost the Laboratory; only Workers’ and Farmers’ Training Centers receive the set bonus themselves. Others boost the Laboratory without gaining a bonus.
- Temple, Laboratory and New resources below
The powerful Divine Protection ability, introduced with Chapter 23 will turn level 4 Heavy Melee units into level 5 Divine Treants / Divine Paladins, level 4 Vallorian Guards into level 5 Divine Guards, and level 4 Orc Warriors into level 5 Divine Warriors!
As usual, aside from new city map expansions, upgrades and units, by the end of Chapter 24 you will be able to unlock two brand new Ancient Wonders:
- Bernard’s Kennel (5x3): Produces Cerberus units every 3 hours and awards Orcs for each event quest completed.
- Temple of the White Cat (4x7): Grants Mana when you brew in the Cauldron and increases the duration and power of the Generous Guests spell.
New Portraits
Six beautiful new Portraits will also be available for you to unlock throughout this chapter!
We look forward to your feedback in our discussion thread Chapter 24 - Fate of the Bastet
Kind regards,
Your Elvenar Team.