Clarent Saga Tactics: Clarent in Space

[Part of the Cursed story line]

The cultist isle is surprisingly empty, until Pascal shows up again and takes the team to fight in space!? Here demons just continuously spawn and both Minerva and Arthur meet their end. Cain works out that this Pascal is actually Baal (complete with two transformations) and the team get to work slaying him, which is an interesting loop.

Basically they position in such a way that Lilith lets lots of attacks and heals happen in one round, letting most of the team hammer Baal while Blossom and Sin deal with all the adds. Eventually Baal's third form is destroyed and the survivors return as heroes: Cain and Awan rule as king and queen, Blossom and Lilith build an orphanage and retire from adventuring, and Sin continues to hunt for leftover cultists as a witch hunter.

Oh, and why was it called the "Clarent" saga? Because Baal's magic weapon is the Clarent. Obviously... The end!

A bit of a silly story with lots of repeating maps (seriously that magic storage cave was annoying) but a decent enough tactic game. If you'd like to try it out it's free on steam!

Clarent Saga Tactics: Time Travelers

[Part of the Cursed story line]

As the time travelers reclaim territory from the cultists they gain an ally in Minerva, who is found defending a bridge against the demonic scum and helps them retake Belsar and Meyr castles where they release Arthur and Percival from captivity. As usual, it is determined that a detour to the magic storage cave is in order, so the team heads up the mountain and defeats the archangels guarding the now place.

Inside, the spirits they face in the trial are those of their parents (Abel, Siegfried, Brynhildr) whom the time traveling children happily defeat to earn their magic weapons which they then use to lay siege to Pascal's castle in the lowlands. Percival is slain in the lightning raid to breach the fortress (I did it in 2 turns) and Awan spears the traitorous mage on his throne.

With the mainland clear, the team proceeds to the docks where the team abandons Sarah to get abducted by pirates so they can steal their ship, and sail to the cultist isle which they reach after fighting off a cultist ship crewed by demons and skelemen.

Clarent Saga Tactics: Broken Crowns

[Part of the Cursed story line]

With their own magic weapons on hand, Abel's squad pushes toward Siegfried's castle - defeating his forces and closest allies to take their magic weapons too! Attacking the castle itself results in many of Abel's forces to be depleted but Arthur out snipes Brynhildr and Percival manages to slay Siegfried in his throne room. Abel is established as king of those regions and takes Arthur's sister as his wife.

After Arthur and Percival leave to return to their own kingdom, Pascal informs Abel about an evil cult abducting children on a nearby island so Abel assembles his troops, fights some pirates for their ships, and sails to the wretched place to fight demons and undead. It is here that Pascal reveals himself to be one of the head cultists and betrays him - sacrificing Abel and his team for demonic purposes.

With his fall the cult quickly take over most of the continent, but a small group of time travelers composed of Cain (Abel's son), Awan (daughter of Siegfried), clerics Sarah and Sin, Blossom the mage and Lilith the dancer arrive to stop them. Somehow "dancer" is one of the best character classes here, as she can let someone else have an entire turn again. This eventually upgrades to "bard" which lets four people move again!

Clarent Saga Tactics: The Second Bastard

[Part of the Cursed story line]

Despite the detour to the "magic storage cave" Siegfried's forces return in time to defend their castle before the second bastard and his army arrives. Despite having twice the size in army, they all surrender after Gawain flies over them and kills their leader.

Siegfried settles in as the new king and takes Brynhildr as his queen while Gawain continues to expand the kingdom over the next year by conquering the next kingdom of Meyr. Prince Abel of Meyr manages to escape the slaughter with trusted mage buddy Pascal to their ally King Arthur of Belsar who agrees to help them retake his kingdom along side trusted knight Sir Percival.

Gawain and his forces are slaughtered, and not content to stop there Arthur leads the team up to the "magic storage cave" where he snipes baddies through the canyon (this Arthur is a kick ass archer) before the team undergoes the trial against spirits to earn more magic weapons... as Siegfried left some behind I guess?