The Coming of the Dark

The Coming of the Dark is a series of scenario plugins for Myth II: Soulblighter created by Ares and clem of Creation Games from 1999 to 2001. This plugin is an epic story designed to bring to life the battles of Myth's history, containing a series of high-quality maps with excellent gameplay designed around past battles and adventures from Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II.

The Coming of the Dark Level Pack
The Coming of the Dark Level Pack was released in The Mill on October 17, 1999. This first series of single player / co-op maps features excellent map scripts by Ares, Merlin, and Imperator, while the realistic and functional terrain designed and colormapped by Drunkbob and Omac. It also includes new voices by many different people, artwork from Rust Dragon, and a detailed story chronicling the early year of the war against the Fallen Lords.

CoD: Source of the 500 Poisons
CoD: Source of the 500 Poisons was released on December 20, 1999. It takes place on the foothills in which players do battle against The Deceiver, a.k.a. Source of the 500 Poisons, in the treacherous foothills. It features new berserk flavor text, and the first retextured world knots AI on a solo map.

CoD: Source of the 500 Poisons Story
Monday, November 7, Fifth Year of the War

Foothills of the Cloudspine

''The battle for Tyr raged for the better part of a week before The Watcher vanquished the garrison stationed on the north wall. Shortly thereafter, the south wall fell to the Deceiver, and within minutes the two Fallen Lords were pouring into the city, destroying all who dared stand in their way. Within the ruined walls, the most extraordinary thing happened. They began to attack each other.''

''The reasons why they clashed so swiftly and violently are beyond my comprehension, but doubtless the feud goes back before the arrival of Balor. The Watcher was worsted, and his army destroyed. Severely wounded and angry as hell, he fled eastward, away from the wrath of his rival, hoping desperately to cross the Cloudspine before Rabican's southern legion sealed off Bagrada.''

''The Deceiver would not let him rest. With the taste of his triumph still fresh, the victorious Fallen Lord was not one to stand idle while his arch-nemesis escaped. The Deceiver pursued his enemy across the Plain of Scales for weeks, his every thought dominated by an insatiable thirst for The Watcher's blood. The Watcher eluded both Rabican and The Deciever, escaping into the East, but now the Deciever himself is in a similar predicament. His army is camped in the foothills by the Plains in the most treacherous terrain I have ever witnessed, surrounded by Rabican's superior army. Dark chasms wait to swallow up those who stray too far from the path.''

''Dawn is breaking. Fearing a trap, Rabican has foregone a direct assault and instead has chosen a small group of us to enter the camp through a local Knot. Our mission is to destroy the Deceiver's army once and for all. They are waiting for us, angry because of the Watcher's escape and frustrated by Rabican's military tact. They lust for the blood of another foe. We will no doubt face all forms of trickery, evil, and foul play from this slippery fellow, but if we succeed, the West will be free of the Fallen's tyranny, for now.''

CoD: Banks of the Ire
CoD: Banks of the Ire Story was released on March 14, 2001. It is inspired by warrior flavor text and the journal entry for Forest Heart in Myth: TFL in which players take part in the fall of Seven Gates and the attack of the Leixians on Tyr.

CoD: Banks of the Ire Story
''Soulblighter was held once more at Seven Gates in the battle three months ago, thanks to the the awe-inspiring might of the Forest Giants. But alarmingly, the Giants have not returned, and the snowy slopes of the Cloudspine are already starting to turn green once again. Should Soulblighter finally achieve the victory the Forest Giants have denied him so long, Covenant's armies may well be forced to retreat, leaving our southern flank open wide.''

''I joined Maeldun's armies with the rest of the host from Covenent following the battle three months ago, and was initiated into the ranks of the Tyrian Guard. A legion from Scales later joined our party. With these fresh soldiers, Maeldun pinned the Deceiver against the Cloudspine during the whole of the winter months.''

''But the Deceiver finally got his chance when Maeldun got the news three weeks ago about the struggle at Tyr. The Fallen Lords have not reached the great cities of the West... but the Leixians have. They have taken advantage of Maeldun's absence to settle an old score wrought seventy-five years ago during the War of Succession, when Leix, then a Tyrian prison colony, revolted, starting the bloodiest uprising in Tyrian history. When the carnage ended, the prisoners were victorious, and turned their island prison into an independent nation - a nation of thugs, brutes, bandits, smugglers, and killers. Building a navy the likes of which the world had never seen, they have terrorized the coastline for the better part of a century. They have never been victorious in open battle - until now. Sending a fleet from their island capital, the Leixian navy battered the coastal walls into submission before invading with an army of mercenaries.''

''Maeldun left immediately to save what is left of his city, closely followed by the Deceiver. He left all the troops from Scales and a battalion of Berserks as the rearguard at the Ire River. Their orders were to stop the Deceiver and his army from crossing at all costs, and to secure our escape.''

The Deceiver has a way of making people forget their orders.

uDogs Hotline Links

 * uDogs Hotline, Coming of the Dark v1.0
 * uDogs Hotline, Coming of the Dark Level Pack v1.0
 * uDogs Hotline, CoD: Source of the 500 Poisons v1.0

Order of H'Pak Mirror Links

 * Creation Games Mirror, Coming of the Dark Level Pack v1.0
 * Creation Games Mirror, CoD: Source of the 500 Poisons v1.0
 * Creation Games Mirror, CoD: Banks of the Ire Story v1.0
 * Clemapalooza Mirror, CoD: Source of the 500 Poisons v1.0

Myth Addicts Links

 * Myth Addicts, CoD: Levelpack 1 v1.0
 * Myth Addicts, CoD: Banks of the Ire v1.0
 * Myth Addicts, CoD: Source of the 500 Poisons v1.0