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?

Clarent Saga Tactics: Siegfried lives!

[Part of the Cursed story line]

Siegfried did not die to the Zmey. Instead the amnesiac hero was found wandering in lands far from his own and was taken in by a kind king to recuperate and train with his best soldiers. When this king dies to poison, bishop Ishkur convinces Siegfried to take up arms against the neighboring country led by the king's bastard children.

Dragon knight Gawain takes the lead while crossing the desert to smash down their ballista defenses, and hired blade Minerva manages to make short work of the younger prince once Siegfried's forces reach the enemy capital where they learn his brother has already begun marching onto their home territory.

Instead of pursuing him, Ishkur convinces the team to first go high into the mountains to collect magic weapons stored there (because, where else would you store them right)? Archer sniper Brynhildr snipes down enemy forces waiting along the canyon route, and upon reaching the "magic storage cave" the squad defeats ancient spirits to lay claim to their weaponry. Alas, poor Ishkur does not survive this trial.