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Walküre:
Well, it means that I will provide you with some crucial hints. This is the scheme according to which gods and goddesses participate in the war.

FOR THE GREEKS: Hera, Athena, Poseidon and Hephaestus.

FOR TROY: Apollo, Ares, Hades and Artemis.

Zeus remains neutral, as he should be, albeit both sides worshipping him and dedicating to the all-powerful God of Lightning the most majestic temples. If I were you, I would focus on the own hallowed sites outside the city, where mythical creatures protect the wealth of Troy. Can you spot the references? Take also a glance at the Greek fleet; is it defended by mere ships? xD

Oh no, that poor priestess is not the vengeful and vindictive Queen of the Gods. She's just the main priestess of the unified major cults in Troy. As you can see, all major deities are granted honour and respect. Athena's opponent is the God of Battle, of brutal war and sheer violence 8-)

AulëTheSmith:

--- Zitat von: DieWalküre am 25. Jun 2017, 22:13 ---Well, it means that I will provide you with some crucial hints. This is the scheme according to which gods and goddesses participate in the war.

FOR THE GREEKS: Hera, Athena, Poseidon and Hephaestus.

FOR TROY: Apollo, Ares, Hades and Artemis.

Zeus remains neutral, as he should be, albeit both sides worshipping him and dedicating to the all-powerful God of Lightning the most majestic temples. If I were you, I would focus on the own hallowed sites outside the city, where mythical creatures protect the wealth of Troy. Can you spot the references? Take also a glance at the Greek fleet; is it defended by mere ships? xD

Oh no, that poor priestess is not the vengeful and vindictive Queen of the Gods. She's just the main priestess of the unified major cults in Troy. As you can see, all major deities are granted honour and respect. Athena's opponent is the God of Battle, of brutal war and sheer violence 8-)

--- Ende Zitat ---


Yes of course because they respect the canons of the poem, that's the scheme  xD and also I explain you why I was focused on the humble priestess: it just seen that model used for Hera in a mod ones:


The opponent is of course Ares   8-).  I heard that a certain prof. Lupin turned  into Ares in Wonder Woman movie recently  :D :D :



I can see different mythical units as kraken for example: they are lethal with the ship as well as Medusa is with the units  (one shot one kill) :D :D curiosity: have you ever try to petrify a kraken? Does it work? [ugly]
Also I can see manticore and lions (Apollo-Aphrodite). And also some Egyptian mythical unit such as turtles and phoenixes  :)

P.s.: Diewalküre, I turn back to an ancient and tormenting question: have you ever figured out why the hell the creators exchange the two power of Dionysus and Hephaestus? I mean the first is the God of abundance, the second of smithery  [ugly] it doesn't make sense to give the chin of abundance to a smith  [ugly]

Walküre:
Let us proceed in order: Apollo is the most loved and worshipped deity of Troy and he protects the city with full conviction and endeavour; the symbol of his staunch alliance with the Trojans is represented by the light/fire-related creatures that defend the outer shrines and wealth. You may recognise fiery phoenixes or enchanted birds that can create firestorms with their wings (a Chinese creature), whose power derives from the sun (that is, Apollo). Then, Hades is the major god that decided to aid Troy, providing additional creatures from the underworld, wealth and shadows of dead men. Furthermore, Ares leads some of the royal troops of the grand army, Aphrodite (I had forgotten her!) has sent some of her loud lions to patrol those important routes and Artemis has created a wood around one of those places, summoning her deadly lion-shaped monsters and female hunters (Valkyries!).

Greeks are, one the other hand, aided by the most powerful alliance of gods between the two. As you may certainly know, Paris' Judgement (foolish shepherd!) caused the eternal resentment and hatred of Hera and the mighty Athena. Hera supports the Greek cause in a quite detached way, being her the Queen of the Gods; she arranged a holy sanctuary in the camp, guarded by Medusa and capable of healing even the most serious wounds. Athena will act directly and unceasingly to guide the hosts of the Greeks among all those perilous snares, interfering and neutralising the actions of the hostile deities supporting the enemy; in line with her dynamic and messenger-like nature and motive in the canons, she thus has the opportunity to accompany the player throughout the entire scenario, avoiding a confined or static role. A static characterisation which instead pertains to the Lord of the Seas, as he gathered all his marine monsters to safeguard the Greek fleet and sent in the war his cyclops (commanded by the antagonist of the main campaign). I'm also planning to have him conjure sudden tsunamis and floods against Troy (yes, it's possible now, with the Chinese!). Hephaestus is given a minor role, granting the encampment the finest armoury and weapons.

Of course. It's well possible to petrify that big octopus. I think I tried that one. But her deadly power should nonetheless be able to kill marine creatures also. None might survive her sight! Just a plain transposition in the game of the immense grudge of that poor wife who had to bear the infidelity of her all-powerful husband :D

P.S. A little detail: Athena is present in Troy's acropolis due to the little shrine that was dedicated to her by the people, as it's narrated in the lore. A hopeless attempt and desire not to antagonise the mighty goddess...

AulëTheSmith:
The maps is well studied and very well balanced in my vision. Now that you explained me better the scheme of the two sides, i understood very well each role of the different units and gods. I like the reference you put, the sun for Apollo for example. Those sun-tower are egyptian but fit very well with the Greek god  xD. I can say the same for the Valkyries, they give the idea of Artemis' hunters as you said  ;).
It is very difficult to foresee the winner, but I must say when you look at the Trojan walls they always look indestructible  [ugly]. The only possible way to siege the city is breaking down the gate :). Unless you have provided the Greek with a quite famous wood-horse designed by the most intelligent among the mortals  :P

Polyphemus is practically an armored warrior in the vision of Aom creators. I always seen him as a shepherd (even if he's a strong and terrible cyclope). 

Walküre:
I still have to figure out how and IF I will actually implement the Trojan Horse in the scenario. I might perhaps come up with quite revolutionary changes: namely, given the intervention of divine deities, there could be tasks to achieve, in order to make the city lose the protection of gods or have it have their influence severely weakened. Maybe, Zeus could also step forth at some point, ending his common neutral behaviour. There are so many possibilities.

As for the balance of power, I suppose that having offended the Queen of the Gods (the vengeful goddess by definition) and the mightiest goddess of all after the six major gods can only mean certain defeat xD

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