Campaign enjoyers are eating good in January, nice to see it finally done footman.
Well that's someone I never expected to see again.Commander Istan
Footman16 Presents
An Alliance Campaign
The Second Campaign in the Tales of the Alliance and sequel to Lordaeron's Legacy (It is not necessary to play Lordaeron's Legacy to follow the story)
Made for Version 1.31
Now Fully Voice-Acted by the power of AI!
The Setting
During the period of time known as the Cataclysm, Azeroth was shaken when Neltharion now known as Deathwing awakened and reshaped the continents. During this time, the Alliance and Horde went to war again due to the aggressions of the Horde's Warchief Garrosh Hellscream and the leader of the Alliance, the King of Stormwind, Varian Wrynn. Shortly before the Cataclysm occurred, an exiled Noble from Lordaeron had retaken Durnholde Keep and its surrounding area. After achieving this he declared himself de facto King of Lordaeron. In this period of great unrest there are many heroes and villains trying to survive, claim power or just do what they believe is right.
The Characters
Lord Candor was once a prominent Lordaeron Noble who ruled his lands sternly but fairly with an unyielding loyalty to his people and the Kingdom of Lordaeron itself. After retaking a slice of the former Kingdom he has now styled himself as King Candor, a move which has proven unpopular with many in the Alliance.
Commander Istan is a decorated officer in Stormwind's Royal Army. The son of a Knight and Mage he has travelled Azeroth extensively and embodies much of the spirit of the Alliance. Whilst some might fight him lacking in seriousness, his flexibility has proven useful in battle.
The Warmages of the Kirin Tor are among some of the most powerful on Azeroth and Pyraelus Buren is no exception. Were it not for his eccentric personality he would be a contender for the Council of Six, nevertheless his penchant for destructive magics make him a force to be reckoned with.
Alongside these three main heroes are many side characters with many based on characters from WoW itself such as Admiral Tarlen Aubrey, Thassarian and Koltira Deathweaver.
The Campaign's Features
The Campaign has 10 playable missions, an intro, an epilogue and 2 interludes. The cinematics are skippable as well as a functional game cache.
In terms of gameplay expect the usual Blizzard style of non-base dungeon crawl missions as well base building segments as well as twists on the objectives and defeat conditions. Hopefully you'll enjoy a wide range of fast-pace stressful missions and slower, more relaxed breather levels. There's also new tech-trees for the Forsaken (Thank you Tomoraider for your permission!), the Alliance and a modified Horde tech-tree.
Every map also features easter eggs, secrets and unique dialogue depending upon your actions, I've tried to account for the various ways people might try to play a mission and to reward these with dialogue or differences to the standard gameplay. For example entering a cutscene using one hero compared to another might change the dialogue or completing quest objectives in a strange order or trying to progress without completing objectives have all been foreseen.
Gameplay
Should anyone wish to play the campaign on Twitch, Youtube etc you have my full permission and let me know so I can enjoy watching it and link it here! If anyone wanted to chat about the process of making the campaign that would be fun too.
The YouTuber John Maximous has been nice enough to play and upload a playthrough of the campaign with the first video being this one here:
Known Issues
There appears to be an issue with 1.31.1 campaigns in relation to chapter progression and button visibility in the menu, thanks to Ravager16829 for sharing this information as outlined in the post and link below:
1.31.1 Campaign Issue
A very very special thanks to Frank for the amount of work he's done fixing and editing models for me!
Models Skins Icons Music/Other AbominationBodyOperating by Hawkwing
Admiral Proudmoore by Direfury
Airstrike Rocket by Vinz
Altar of Queens by Ujimasa Hojo
Ancient Tomb - Rounded Top by hellblazer-14
Arcane Den by Ujimasa Hojo
Axemaster V1.5 by Tarrasque
Ballista (Scorpion) by Mike
Battle For Azeroth - Sylvanas by kangyun
Calia Menethil by kangyun
Campaign Doodads by -=Emergenzy=-
Coffin by NET-RUN
Dark Harvest by Power
Devotion by JesusHipster
Dire Troll by Cavman
Dwarven Mountaineer by Norinrad
Empathic Bond by Hermit
Fill-Me-Up Treasure Chest
Fountain Defiled by imforfun
Forsaken Catapult by Dr
Forsaken Deathguard by Cavman
Forsaken Grave by Ujimasa Hojo
Forsaken Hall by Ujimasa Hojo
Forsaken House by Ujimasa Hojo
Forsaken Laboratory by Ujimasa Hojo
Forsaken Mage Tower by Ujimasa Hojo
Forsaken Slaughterhouse by Ujimasa Hojo
Forsaken Tents by Heinvers
Forsaken Towers by Ujimasa Hojo
Forsaken Town Hall, Keep and Castle by Ujimasa Hojo
Forsaken Worker by Ujimasa Hojo
Gondorian Towers by Fingolfin
Grim Reaper by Kuhneghetz
High Elf Buildings by SinisterX
High Elf Kid by epsilon
Holder of Entropy by -Grendel
HolyAwakening by JetFangInferno
HolyRestoration by Vinz
Knight of the Ebon Blade by Hawkwing
Koltira Deathweaver by kangyun
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OrbOfCorruption by UgoUgo
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Outhouse by stan0033
Piercing Thrust by Vinz
Prismatic Wave v3 by xyzier_24
Roar Caster by DarkEvil
Royal Captain by Tranquil
Sunken City Rogue by PROXY
Tauren Tent by Nasrudin
Varian Wrynn by Stefan.K
Wall Set by Tranquil
War Tent (WotR) by HerrDave
WC2 Church by Ket
WoW Towers and Walls by PeacegetterArchnecromancer by Arowanna
Argent Captain by Peacegetter
CW_Turalyon by CloudWolf
DarkElfArcher by Juice_F
DarkwingBat by 67chrome
Draenei Battlemaster by 67chrome
Field Marshall by 67chrome
HalfElfCrusader by Daenar7
King Arthas by Hueter
Kirin Tor Warmage by chr2
Kor'Kron by Heinvers
Lieutenant Commander by 67chrome
Lordaeron Circle by Mr.Goblin
Lordaeron Tent by Mr.Goblin
Paladin Villager by Mr.Goblin
Returned by 67chrome
Returned Archer by 67chrome
Returned Captain by 67chrome
Returned Mage by 67chrome
Scarlet Crusade Footman by CloudWolf
Scarlet Knight by Heinvers
Scarlet Crusade Priest by WerBackIIIBTNAbilityWarriorShockwave by Blizzard Entertainment
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BTNRunestoneBattlestaff by Blood Raven
BTNScarletCrusader by 67chrome
BTNSkyfireGunship by Eagle XI
BTNSpell_Holy_FlashHeal by Blizzard Entertainment
BTNSpell_Holy_LesserHeal by Blizzard Entertainment
BTNSpell_Shadow_RitualOfSacrifice by Blizzard Entertainment
BTNSteelBoots by NFWar
BTNTaurenV2 by Juice_F
BTNTitanHelmet by Hellx-Magnus
BTNUnguentv2 by 4eNNightmare
Claw Icons by CRAZYRUSSIAN
Warlock Upgrade Icons by Mr.Goblin
Weaver Icons by 8512590215848
Wildhammer Building Icons by bakr
Undead Staffs by CeteraiDen Defence - Assassin's Creed Revelations - Lorne Balffe
Main Theme - Fable - Danny Elfman
Winter Contingency - Halo Reach - Marty O'Donnell
I'm So Sorry - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - John Williams
Warfronts Arathi Alliance Music - WoW: Battle for Azeroth - Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes and Leo Kaliski
A very very special thanks to Pyrogasm for helping me fix a couple of the boss fight spells!
A very very special thanks to Bogdan who down versioned this campaign to 1.31 when I saved it in the Reforged editor allowing me to edit it and test it again!
A very very special thanks to Kasrkin for his very in-depth and detailed bug reporting which has vastly improved the quality of this campaign!