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SONS OF MYRGARD
Myrgard

THE LEGION HEADS NORTH TOWARD BALOR'S FORTRESS AS BALIN AND THE DWARVES ATTACK MYRGARD.

Sunday May 23, Near Myrgard

I think Soulblighter lost his nerve when the Tain shattered. To him, only a few seconds passed between the invocation of the thing and its sudden destruction, while it took us two days to escape the caves inside it.

Anyway, he didn't stick around to figure out what went wrong.

Messengers reached us today saying that Maeldun has lost Bagrada and that The Deceiver crossed the mountains at the Stair of Grief. Worst of all, what's left of the Nine had it out with The Head, which had apparently been double-crossing them ever since they pulled it out of the ground last summer.

Something like a civil war erupted back west, too, as thousands of our own men unexpectedly rose to defend The Head. Two of The Nine were killed, which makes them something like The Three now, if you also subtract Murgen and Cu Roi, who did not escape the destruction of the Tain, and the others who have died this year.

The only good news is that Alric is still alive, and will join us tomorrow.

This far east, the Dwarves with us are closer to their occupied homelands than any of their race has been in fifty years. Not expecting to return, many of them have decided to give up their lives rather than abandon their country once again to the Ghôls who have overrun it.

What follows is their story.

 

Go to the Field Guide Entry documenting this level's easter eggs and points of interest with pictures.

Mission Objective: Sneak Balin past the Soulless at the gate and throw the signal grenade to call in reinforcements. Kill all the Ghôls.

Notable Quote: "Maybe I should wait for backup."

Notes: May 23rd was on a Saturday, not a Sunday as it is recorded in the Journal. Just nitpicking :-P

The following image is an actual pregame pic cut from the final release.
Beta Pic
"Something like a civil war erupted back west, too, as thousands of our own men unexpectedly rose to defend The Head. Two of The Nine were killed, which makes them something like The Three now, if you also subtract Murgen and Cu Roi, who did not escape the destruction of the Tain, and the others who have died this year."
Beta Pic
"This far east, the dwarves with us are closer to their occupied homelands than any of their race has been in fifty years. Not expecting to return, many of them have decided to give up their lives rather than abandon their country once again to the Ghôls who have overrun it."
Before the level starts there is a cutscene that we can draw some information from. Here are the different scenes shown in the movie.
Scene 1
Shown clearly on the dwarf's right arm is the insignia all dwarves seem to have tattooed to their right arms.

Scene 2
Here is a closer view of the image. Yes, if you twist it just the right way and look cross-eyed you can see it is "obviously" the marathon symbol. Dwarves play Marathon (!).

But seriously folks, it appears to be a hammer (representing the Dwarven knack for technology and construction) surrounded by wings (these are the paratroopers we're talking about).

The creaking in this cutscene leads us to believe that this dwarf is an accomplished paratrooper on board a dwarven balloon. This most likely sets the scene for the upcoming level in which we control Balin and the dwarves parachute down to reclaim their homeland.

If you win this level you see a dwarf about to blow up a ghol with a cocktail

Victory Screen

If you lose you see some unlucky little dwarves looking quite sorry for themselves.

Loss Screen

Myth TFL:
The Smiths of Muirthemne
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A Long Awaited Party


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