Slaying a False God - walkthrough | Commonwealth Campaign AoW III Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Conditions of victory:
1. Defeat Leonus
2. Defeat Leonus's Generals
a) Defeat Wazuhl
b) Defeat Colm
c) Defeat Baradir
3. Defeat Sulthor
4. Valery must survive
5. Edward must survive
Side missions:
1. Raze enemy targeted city
The mission is the offshoot of your choice of Commonwealth, which you made in mission 4. Your task is to defeat the emperor and his generals. Start by capturing the nearby Watchtower and by starting your first city, right above it. Then, clear the region and, as soon as you are ready, go West, through two keeps, which you need to capture. Right past the keeps, you will encounter the first independent village., which you should include in your Empire. By proceeding to the West, you will find your opponents - Colm. If you want to enter an alliance with Colm, or the city is independent, capture this one, and the one to the North, up the road. Thanks to this, you will you will already have 4 cities, which is sufficient to start producing your armies and take to the main mission.
Defeat Colm
Colm's home is to the West of your first cities so, you should have no problems finding it. You can end this part of the mission in a standard way, by attacking your enemy, or by entering an alliance with him. As you approach the city, you will be allowed to select several dialogue options. If you keep selecting the options on the top, ("To negotiate", "An alliance with Edward", "With your help, we do!", "Leonus's palace"), you will gain the opportunity to enter an alliance with the general. The additional condition, for Colm to enter the alliance with you is the destruction of one of the cities. to which he will point you. After you capture the city, select the option to raze or to plunder, and after several turns have passed, Colm will join you.
Defeat Wazuhl
Things are simple here - you need to capture the enemy Throne City, which should not pose too much of a problem. Use ranged units and the leaders' spells and you are sure to win the battle without any problems, because all the enemy has is weak units with low amount of HP.
Defeat Sulthor
After you have dealt with the two generals, the time has come for the third enemy to die. However, your initial ally, Sulthor, for the reasons known only to him, decided to betray Edward, which is why you will have to deal with him, before you continue your conquest. Things are easier if you have decided to join forces with Colm. Yet, if you have not done that, you should have enough cities and gold anyways, to deal with the traitor. Make sure, in the first place, that your settlements are well-guarded and attack, best if you do that in several points simultaneously, thanks to which Sulthor will have to split his forces, which is going to weaken him, in turn. After you defeat the former ally, go west, towards the last general, and the emperor himself.
Defeat Baradir
The last general in your way, before you reach Leonus's estate, is Baradir that is staying on the Western side of the map. After you have dealt with the previous generals and Sulthor you should have no problems dealing with this opponent. Remember, however that you need to gather a well-developed army, because Baradir's cities are very well guarded. You will then avoid a lengthy battle and multiple onslaughts - make sure that one powerful strike does the job. This will pave your way towards the emperor's palace. Make sure that you include the two cities into your empire and they remain there, because they constitute a good field base before the final attack on Leonus.
Defeat Leonus
The emperor is the last, and the tougher, enemy in this mission. He has several cities, where he continually produces new, very good, units. Before you set out to conquer his Throne City, you therefore need to gather a sufficiently strong and numerous army. to be able to capture, at least, some of his cities, where you could supplement your losses that you have sustained in battle. You can find Leonus's palace on the Western end of the map. Try to capture city after city and, if possible, lure his armies and defend with attacks from behind the walls. If, however, you will be incapable of retaining the city, consider razing it, which is sure to weaken Leonus. In small steps, or in one big, huge attack you will finally capture all of the emperor's cities on the surface. If, however, you manage to defeat Leonus in battle, try to go to his Throne City, as quickly as possible, because after the fall of the leader and after you capture the city, the mission will end in success, without the necessity to capture all of the cities.
Side missions
Raze enemy targeted city - after you meet Colm on the map you can carry out the conversation in such a way, so as to have him ask you for proofs of your power ("To negotiate", "An alliance with Edward", "With your help, we do!", "Leonus's palace"). The proof is to burn down the city selected by him (Azarog or Morgron), thanks to which Colm will become your ally.
Hints
1. Consider entering an alliance with Colm. He will support you in your fight against Sulthor and Leonus. Even if the support, rendered by him, is small, you can be sure that he will attract the attention, at least, of some of the enemy forces.
2. More or less, after you reach the middle of the map you will be betrayed by your former ally, Sulthor. Sufficiently early, make sure that you have dealt with the first two generals and that your cities are well-guarded. You can also prepare your army, to be prepared to attack immediately.
3. You should especially watch out for the emperor's Juggernauts, which are very difficult to destroy and have a strong attack. To the extent that it is possible, try avoiding fights with him and, in the case of necessary battle, make sure that you have units with sufficient HP.
4. If you cannot hold a given city, consider razing it to the ground, to prevent it from being recaptured by the enemy. A good solution is to use the Scorched Earth spell, on the newly-captured cities. This will destroy the city at the moment at which it falls back into enemy hands.
5. Try to capture Baradir's both cities. They are close to the emperor's cities, thanks to which you can use them as your field base.
6. As soon as you notice the opportunity to capture Leonus' Throne City, do not hesitate, even for a moment.. After you defeat the main leader and capture his Throne City this mission ends in success, without the necessity to capture the rest of the cities. However, if your forces are too weak, strike in the first place, at the cities with the weakest protection, and then gather more units to supplement the losses that you sustain in the onslaught.