The Siege of Stormdale

Siege of Stormdale
A Warcraft Campaign, Melee, and AOS Mod.

The Seige of Stormdale:
Shortly after the defeat of the Burning Legion and the armies of the Lich King, the minions of the Burning Legion were left in disarray. Without thier leader, many of the factions within the Burning Legion were left to their own devices, such as the Dreadlords who began using the now-undead Sylvannas and her banshees to hinder Arthas' quest for power. Others founded a stronghold upon the remains of Draenor which was then summarilly invaded by Illidan and his Naga Warriors.

These stories have already been told. There is another, however, that has yet to be told: the tale of the Siege of Stormdale.

Among those the Burning Legion left behind upon thier defeat was the Succubus Queen, Sheshkra Velkaris, and her Lieutenant, Viirkatha. Together, they rallied the demonic forces remain in the Felwood and forced out their Night-Elf enemies. Eventually, as they moved on to aquire new lands and new artifacts of power, they came across the newly born nation of Stormdale, a remnant of the Elf, Human, and Orc alliance that defeated the Burning Legion.

The story of the Seige of Stormdale is that of Sheskra's rise to power, the destruction of Stormdale and its subsequent re-taking by the remaining fragments of the Council of the Forge.



Project Info:
The SoS project will be a large one. Fortunately, much preliminary work has already been done on the project, namely in the form of the original idea that spawned the project, the Siege of Stormdale AOS map. While incomplere, it stars many of the characters and custom skins that I would like to see in the final version.
Siege of Stormdale will have several forms:

1st - The Campaign. This is the primary form the MOD will take place in. It is *hoped* that it could have a multiplayer campaign option with 2 - 3 players, each playing one of the primary heroes, but this is probably just a pipe dream of mine since I have no idea how to make a multiplayer campaign.

2nd - The AoS. This was what originally inspired me to begin the campaign. In ther process of working on the AoS, myself (TiamakTheWise) and Gunnjack created numerous characters, which we went so far as to create background for, which eventually led to the desire to form a campaign, or at least a series of maps.

3rd - The Melee Maps. For the longest time, like many people, I have wanted to see a number of the ‘mini-races' present in the game become full, playable races. While there have been many attempts to pull this off, most of the attempts have been mediocre at best. This is not to knock the work of those such as the gang at Tales of Ravignon. . . they have put in a huge amount of work on thier projects, and a lot of thier work is very good.
However, what I want to see is a new race mod with very high-quality skins and models that still embody the spirit of warcraft. Oddly enough, the skins and models that I have found that still truly embody warcraft, are, yes, the re-colors and the Geomerges. (*shock* yes, I know, thats probably heresy, but thats how I feel about it). I have been collecting skins and models from a number of sources now, some no longer available, and so far a lot of the things made completely from scratch, while often spectacularly accomplished, they just dont look right sitting next to a horde of Orcs or standing in the middle of a group of Night Elf archers. The art styles or model styles simply do not fit.



The Goals:
At least 3 completely new races: The Hellions (aka Burning Legion), the Naga, and the Nerubians. (I'm *hoping* that once enough work is done, Darky might be so generous to let us use his some of his Nerubian models/skins/icons from Natures call. . . he and his crew's work is probably the best out there in my opinion. . . he has done with the Nerubians what I tried and failed to do when Warcraft III first came out)

A full, playable AOS map that stars the heroes of Siege of Stormdale. This map will, actually, be a part of the campaign, though there will be a lot more heroes and items available in the AOS map than there will be in the campaign.

A set of melee maps utilizing the various races and new heroes from the campaign. This last part will actually be the base for testing the balance of the units and heroes against the regular warcraft races. And hey. . . we get to have plenty of fun testing this way *wink*

If Possible, add in other race options: A secondary Skeletal Undead Race (Necromancers), Dranei, Fel Orcs, Corrupt Night Elves (as a full instead of mini-race)

What and Who I'm Looking For:
At this point, pretty much any help is welcome and will be reviewed. I am hoping to at least finish the races' construction and the AOS map before the end of the summer if possible. I have a lot of free time on my hands.
If you are interested in becoming a full team member, you can email me at [email protected] and send me some sort of resume - i.e. links to downloads or Screenshots of stuff youve worked on.
If you have something you might like to contribute. . . a custom spell, a single skin, a model, etc, feel free to email me as well. I am open to pretty much anything, provided it fits with the style of WC and is of good quality.


***POSITIONS***
Project Leader: Chandrak aka TiamakTheWise
Trigger Design: Chandrak (Positions Open)
Race Design: Chandrak (Positions Open)
Character Design: Chandrak (Positions Open)
Background / Story Design: Chandrak (Positions Open)
Head Modeler: Position Open
Assistant Modelers: Positions Open
Head Skinner: Posiotions Open
Assistant Skinners: Positions Open
Terrain Artist: Positions Open

Screenshots from the Siege of Stormdale AOS:

Sheshkra Velkaris, the Succubus Queen, and the Flesh Render


Sheshkra in action:


The Nosferatu's Ultimate, Storm of Souls