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This is the promotional list of the different levels within Wolf’s Bard, the video game that I’m working on with a small band of friends. Note: this is My writing, not Adele’s, also much has been abridged and added so as to smoothly transition between book and game.

Sword contest

Learn to fight in Kernow’s prestigious Sword Contest. Win and you will receive an ancient blade. Lose and be bereft of your citizenship.

Escape!

The High King has banished you; break your way to freedom and cross the border into the mystical land named Lidiness.

Finding Arlok

Now that you understand what it means to be an outcast, you can pity those who are so of a greater degree; meet the vulnerable bard, Arlok. Arlok is the sole being alive who knows the secret of how to restore the invincible Sky Fortress to it is former glory; a power unheard of. Rescue him from his brutal tormentors and… Run slap-bang into pitiless Clu’rcaen-Elves.

Yvlo

Taken against your will into the fantastical underground metropolis of Yvlo, you meet evil dictator Amddawll. The revolutionary, Ludd, and his daring band of rebels will help you escape. Will Ludd sacrifice his life in return for your and Arlok’s freedom?

Lurg!

Running frantically through the forest with Arlok and the tall Shaun (a runaway slave of the Clu’rcaen), you find yourself encircled by the brutal living-dead named Lurg. Just try to fight your way through…

The Albannok

Chased off of a cliff, you, Shaun and Arlok plummet into the misty abyss… Only to land right in the middle of a torchlit ceremony, surrounded by barbaric kilted warriors. Meet the Albannok; seventy brave Scots who will either kill you or make you their chief. Can you prove your skill?

Seizures…

Arlok, hurt by the fall and forgotten in the revelry of the new chief, begins to convulse. You are suddenly confronted with this new problem: Are you going to run off into the dark Lurg-infested forest to look for herbs, or will Arlok die?

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Follow up:

Flash-back: Sleen

Once recovered, Arlok tells of his past experiences in the hands of Sleen, the horned sorcerer that is hungry to bring back the invincible Sky Fortress. Help him escape from his horrifying memories and past torments, or he will be forever imprisoned by Sleen.

Ymlot’s Tricks

Ymlot, who is second in command of Ludd’s band, storms into camp seeking to find the missing Ludd and the “stolen” Arlok. You have only one option; fight the demanding Ymlot. Finally subdued you are bound and brought struggling before him. Will you believe his lies and lose Arlok, or refuse Ymlot and be executed? You choose.

Arlok with Og

As it turns out, the proud Ymlot is waylaid in the forest by powerful bucca-possessed Og and relieved of Arlok. We recognize Og from Sleen’s castle—the brave, caring Oengus! Now possessed by powerful evil-spirits, he will stop at nothing until Arlok is dead. Can you save him?

Caught by Dugek

Rescued from Og just in the nick of time, Arlok is taken from you by the mean Clu’rcaen, Dugek, a faithful servant of… Amddawll! Arlok is carried roughly back to Yvlo to be tortured until he tells the secret of the powerful Sky Fortress. But there is some hope, as Dugek realizes he is condemning Arlok to death, but too late. Can you rescue Arlok from Amddawll’s evil Gwarak Sorcerers?

Amddawll’s Down-fall

Meet shape-bender Lireo, an elf. Lireo is granted by God the gift to magically create objects. Can you teach him how to fight so he can help you defeat Amddawll and rescue Arlok?

Edor

Yvlo is collapsing! Run out before you, Shaun, Arlok and Lireo perish in the falling rubble! Where did the Albannok get to? Find Macuassail drunk, lying in the forest and persuade him to lead you to the palisade of the Albannok—only to find it usurped by the vengeful Thirl. You must rescue the bound Albannok and befriend the Thirl at the same time. Have fun doing both at once.

Roast Boar

Aha! You are caught as a fake when the still drunk Macuassail, declares your true ancestry to be Gwer—the usurping people who cruelly took Britain from the peace-loving Thirl. They have found in the forest a gigantic boar, whom they will force you to fight with NO weapons. Very fun. If you emerge victorious you will become the sworn blood-brother of the Thirl chieftain. If you lose, all of the Albannok will die.

Epilogue … Extra Level

But who is this boar that you have defeated? Watch out! You need to help Shaun get away with Arlok quickly, or Britain is doomed.