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Or how about this: on their way, the heroes are attacked by a horde of centaurs (seriously, I think they are they are tather Mongol-like in here) and through they survive, they realise that it's only the beginning of a massive invasion. So when the invasio ndoes come, how about making it look like centaurs stampeded over the first group of soldiers (kill them a second before centaurs come)? And then, later, the heroes and their soldiers will use ballistas to impale the centaurs to stop the horde?

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Oh and by the way, I've got several an ideas! Now that you've mentioned Lord of the Rings,
A) What about magical artefacts?
B) What about songs and poetry?
C) What about a horse, a horse, a kingdom for a horse?!

hehe well this is slightly drifting away from what I want to do :)

I'd make Thomas more important to the story, like he has a ring that was given to him by his grandfather that holds the key to stopping the undead once and for all or something.

Also, I wouldn't include many scenes with the bad guys at all, since part of the terror is that they are a more bodiless entity. If we start to see them talking in their caves etc then we will be as close to them as the Heroes and not be so ingrossed in their plight.

-Insaniteus-

hmmm... very interesting...

If you decide to do something like that, don't use a ring. If you use a ring, your map will begin getting way to close to LotR. A heirloom would be fine but no a ring.
Others you could use:
Thomas is sent off with a small group of soldiers, and they are captured by one of the dread lords. The dread lord decides to enslave the rest but to control Thomas as a personal spy assasin. Using magics and teaching he teaches Thomas various powers. When Thomas is sent back to kill, or spy he manages to from some character, or item break free. Using his powers and the knowledge he becomes a center character.
Thomas could stumble on a item of power, seems a bit random and weaker though.
Thomas could get split from group, and find himself with a rogue undead who teaches him things about what is going on. Though this wouldn't make him more hero like.
There could be a reason why Thomas escaped when no others did. Like hidden powers he has no clue about, or a perhaps he is related in some way to the Undead masters.

Perhaps dramatically kill Thomas? or Luther. Preferably Thomas. It could work well with the story

Oh come on! This peasant is special. Don't kill him for what he has done.

Kill somebody that is useless...

Heres my idea. After they get out of cave or somthing, they find another city in ruin. Then you can have algor, all evil and stuff (as said above) come and betray them, and surround them. Big battle starts, and one of the main characters HAS to die. (you can do slow motion death from what the dying person sees and play that sad lotr music, i think that was a great affect. Kinda like when boromir or haldir died.) Anyway, hope these ideas help???

Maybe you can add a new character, maybe a demon hunter? who is sorta nuetral, he can like hunt demon in his "righteous method" but kill any humans that dont side with him as well. sorta of like Alexander from Hellsing and Wolfwood from Trigun.(anime):bgrun:

How about that Wacraft II music shown in credit? It may as well be utilised.

By the way, I think Thomas should be the main character in this whole thing, so how about him becoming a paladin, after some tests? And also how about some sort of a duel near the end?

And ofcourse, how about having the evil commander's soul (that's what left of him) locked into a Runeblade, which is stuck somewhere in the Frozen Lands, and waits for someone to lift it, so the evilest being will poccess it's wielder.

Back to Thomas, how about really letting him have hidden powers that he uncovers just in time to save the others from an entire horde of Undead.

Oh and earlier, Luther and other soldiers underestimate him in the beginning of journey to Zuchubbar, but at some point, he saves Luther's life or something like that, and he from then on is treated like an equal.

And ofcourse, there have to be several GIGANTIC battles later on, and also it's going to be nice to have several duels between the main heroes and villains. If Algor is corrupted, then how about a magical duel at some point between him and Valeria? And ofcourse Artania and a group of Elven rangers can try to have some sniper action by shooting a small group of corrupt Humans or someone else heading for the main camp. Or how about Thomas killing one of the Dreadlords with a powerfull holy sword?

I think that Luther and Thomas should go to that city where algor is supposed to be and find it totally destroyed with algor standing inthe middle of it mumbling about how its all his fault. That way Algor could become a sort of half bad half good guy as he would let nothing stop him from defeating his enemies. Algo should also go pretty crazy and show his power (take a page from insaniteous and take a look at his cinematics for the dbz guy).

Das: Wow these sure are awesome ideas I'll probably use later on.

zombified plague sheep!! emote_sweat

Oh, and one more little an idea: why do we need to stick with just two factions? How about a mystirious order of some sorts, which watches over the world and it's unknown what is the faciton's goal but it's agents will several times appear before the heroes, somehow, and then again will disappear. And they will only be identified near the end.

Some more ideas:

- As Luther and Thomas arrive to Zuchabbar, their smal army is suddenly joined by the Mage Guild which rules the city. The say that some renegade wizards became Necromancers, and their leader is Algor, who was corrupted by some strange magic coming from a magical fountain. Then inside the city, a GIGANTIC battle will occur between Thomas, Luther, their troops, Mage Guild and Summoned Creatures on one side, and Algor, Necromancers and Undead on the other. Eventually, Algor and his top necromancers will use a powerfull spell to escape the battle after their defeat.

- Valeria and Artania will come out in Ebola, and will be attacked by demons and their commander wil be that Pit Lord from Part Two. And Valeria with Artania and their troops will run towards a huge mountain, and when they are almost doomed, it's Dwarven Air Force to the rescue! Dwarves have already waged a hard war against the demons in Ebola for a while, and they will also have a Rifleman/Gyrocopter Hero, who will lead Gyroopterrs to yet another raid, and they will bombard the Demons, while the other Dwarves will charge through the remainders of enemy army. And that Gyrocopter hero with some other Dwarves will join Valeria and Artania.

- Thomas, Luther and Apretience (spelling?) Mage hero who will join them after Zuchabbar will leave Zuchabbar, and it one point, they will send Thomas to spy ahead, and he will find out out that there are GIGANTIC MASSIVE HORDES OF LEGIONS of Undead and Demons near Toleron River, and they will report to the Guild of Mages, and then there will be a large council held between the most dominant mages of all. Later, they wil lfind out, that in order to activate the spiritual stone's true pwoers needed to use the strongest of the magics whic are able to destroy anything at all when activated (one massive Death and Decay), they will need another artefact, stored away in Zuchabbar, and the Mage Guild will order to Thomas-Luther-Apretience to request the aide of Dwarves, Elves, Ents, Orcs, Trolls, the mighty legions of Humans in Fellador, as well as several lesser races, and then they wil lhave to travel through Kel Dorah, Mogulas, Fellador, Keredrin, and then back, supposingly gathering the races (but ofcourse they will have to complete several tasks in each land (and meeting the other Dwarves that decided to set sail with much of their remaining race to help the good)) by the way, while Undead and Demons still gather forces, knowing that the Guild can and will summon a gigantic army of various beings, resulting in the largest battle of all, as the races of good and evil will fight for Zuchabbar.

- Meanwhile, Thomas will somehow get transported with several other heroes (including the Appritiance Mage) from multiracial Alliance of Races to the Frozen Realm, and will use the opportunity to try and find out what is happening, while on the way meeting with Artania and Valeria and the Dwarf hero. Eventually he will find out that the evil in reality comes from World of Cinders, and the only entry into it is through tgigantic gates guarded by the Dragons.

- So then while on one scene there is a Gigantic Battle of All Races, on the other scene the heroes seek a powerfull artefact which will able to destroy the Dragons.

And then...

Ooops. Hehehehehe... Got a bit carried away with this...