Faith Reborn - walkthrough | The Elven Court Campaign AoW III Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Conditions of victory:
1. Sundren must survive
2. Groshak must survive
3. Conquer Xablor Province
a) Enter Gorsmog's lands
b) Find and defeat Gorsmog
c) Enter Voraditius's lands
d) Find and defeat Voraditius
Side missions:
Rally the swamp
Start by capturing the nearest Watchtower. destroy it and you will obtain your first city this way. The next two cities will task you with capturing an enemy keep and defeating a small arm, as well as capturing one more keep. Then, capture the city of the opponent (Voraditius), which is located nearby. This way, you will complete the first side mission and gain, at the same time, some units, as well as cities that will serve as your field bases. To the North of the place where you started this mission, there is a group of refugees, who you will extend your care over - rebuild the city in the place that they determine (several fields above). As you progress to the West, you will find a town that will join you. Start expanding your cities , destroy the places in the region, where the groups of the Independent respawn and ensure enough gold (there are quite a few deposits around so, dispatch your units around the area). Gather your army and go West, towards the center of the map.
Find and defeat Gorsmog
You will encounter the first opponent right past the narrow passage in the mountain range. As you enter his lands, you have two options. You can either eliminate the opponent, as quickly as possible, and launch a quick attack on the Throne City, or capture successive cities, one after another. I recommend that you do the former - the longer you are procrastinating,, the stronger your opponent becomes. At this point, you should already have an army that is sufficient to launch an attack on the Throne City. If you do that fast enough, you will most probably meet Gorsmog, thanks to which you will kill two birds with one stone. The Throne City of your opponent is located in the undergrounds, you will find the entrance right after you pass through the passage in the mountain range, several fields above. Include the city into your empire, thanks to the excellent location, it will serve as the main facility for the recruitment of units, which you should start training right after you annex the city. Do not leave the city without protection - in the region, there is a quite strong group of the Independent, which is being commanded by a real dragon.
Find and defeat Voraditius
After you defeat your first opponent, you should start preparing your army for another battle. While in the undergrounds, go to their Western side. After a short march, you will encounter another teleport, which will take you to the surface. Right after you leave, you will see Voraditius's Throne City (on the left of the exit). Therefore, you should keep as many movement points of your armies, as possible, before you exit the undergrounds, thanks to which you will still be able to attack in the same turn, the opponent's Throne City. It is here that you should also find the enemy leader. Do not take too much time to attack, because the longer you wait, the stronger the protection the city will receive. Also, you should not bother about the other lands and strike with full determination, which will end this mission.
Side missions
Rally the swamp - near the place where you start the game, there are independent cities and an enemy one. They will task you with several easy tasks that consist in defeating the enemy armies and capturing several structures, which they have been occupying (e.g. a keep). Thanks to this, the cities will start joining you, one after another. Finally, deal with the enemy city thanks to which you will complete this mission and you will obtain a very good field base for further conquest and several useful units. Around, there is a place good for setting up a city and the others that are not required to complete this mission but, it is a good idea to capture them to ensure yourself with faster development, at the beginning of the scenario.
Hints
1. At the beginning of the game, you will quickly obtain several units so, it may happen that your amounts of gold will start to dwindle. If you start running out of it, set your cities in a way so as to enable production of gold. Around, there are quite a lot of deposits with gold so, this should do to patch up the deficit.
2. Secure your back. Before you start completing the main missions, make sure that your cities have decent protection. They are located in one of the map's ends, which is a good economic backup, whose losing may hurt.
3. Deal with Gorsmog as quickly as possible. Thanks to this, he will not have the time to grow a powerful army and, later on, defeating one opponent will become much easier and faster than defeating two. Therefore, go again into the undergrounds and capture his Throne City, where he probably is staying.
4. Do not put off the final attack for too long- the opponent, just like you, keeps o expanding and soon, his armies will be considerable in size. If you do not want the battles to be tediously long, eliminate the first opponent quickly and march towards the second one, straight away.