Wildermyth: The Vulture

[Part of the Cursed story line]

Deep within the mountain the squad finally finds the Vulture Lord, an evil hungry god had been locked in there until Dranalla and company's battle with the Deepists all those months ago had inadvertently set him free. He is a strong spell caster in his own right but worse, he cannot actually be killed until his sun altar is destroyed as it continually revives him.

This results in a long battle of dancing around his AoE's while also keeping his endless adds at bay. The Vulture manages to get his magic hands on Zefelle at one point and forces her gem-eye condition to worsen exponentially, killing her by calcification into mineral. Her compatriots destroy the altar soon after and finally put down the evil god once and... oh right, he still can't be killed.

Even without the altar their "dying" foe laughs at them, taunting that he will still regenerate - it will just take a little longer (years instead of minutes). Thus the (barely) survivors decide to take a page out of Castlevania and hack him into pieces, each taking a body part to hide and secure in distant parts of the world.

Wildermyth: No Good Bot

[Part of the Cursed story line]

Retaking a village from the deadbot army, the heroes encounter their leader: Hally! She, Erklebits and a number of other deadbots have taken to skin grafting to regain some human appearance - a technique taught by their new master: the Vulture Lord who personally destroyed their soul when he exploded Misia and the mechanical heart upon her refusal of his alliance offer. Some of their mercs have done the opposite, infusing robot parts instead of their own limbs.

In the battle that follows, Hally personally kills Karel before she and the other bots are torn to pieces by the now badly wounded heroes. While searching for the Vulture Lord, Igwane discovers a magical tear that pulls him into the dimension of the bugs who telepathically tell his allies where the Vulture is hiding - Gray Mountain. This is their "payment" for abducting the hapless knight.

With the tear gone and no way to save their companion the Cocks focus instead on a new assault upon Gray Mountain, this time guarded by many human soldiers, flame birds and a gigantic flame spewing golem. Ames has become a pretty powerful wizard now though and tosses its fire back into the foes, slaying many while the rest act as steel versus steel.

Wildermyth: Merc War

[Part of the Cursed story line]

While most of the Cocks helped rebuild what the dragon had burned down, Dranalla, Ames, Jon, Karel and rookie Parkin were clearing a large Deepist cell operating from a hidden base withing Gray Mountain, the culmination of which is a partial collapse of the hidden internal fortress that earns victory for the squad.

Months later Gem-Eye Zefelle joins them to stop a war between the lizardfolk and the deadbots who oddly seem to be hiring human mercenaries to fight along side them (using the left over treasures from the dragon's hoard or valuable minerals from beneath the ground respectively). Doing so puts them into conflict with both sides, and as usual the humans prove to be the more dangerous foe.

At a wooden fort Parkin meets his end to the strong hitting mercs before Zefelle slays their commander forcing the lizardfolk to flee. This leaves the region open for the deadbot forces to rampage, briefly even capturing Dranalla before she stealithy escapes (cool solo mission) requiring the Cocks to get some reinforcements of their own: Sir Igwane, Este and Gwynelia.

Wildermyth: Core of the Problem

[Part of the Cursed story line]

Defeating the Grand Matron only angers the robodead swarm as they begin bursting forth from another mountain. With their recent losses, the Cockatrices recruit Rue's daughter Jaymriel and farmer Jon to fill out the ranks. Rue also tries ask her ex who leads a mercenary group for aid, but only gets the cold shoulder. Luckily, Runea and Zefelle, two of the mercs, aren't as heartless and offer to join too.

While Gwynelia leads Jon and Runea to defend against incursions in the North, the rest continue sweeping the Southlands of all threats. In one deep cave Zefelle's greed results in a nameless statue shooting a gem into her left eye and turns her into the sight of that forgotten god. It also helps them pinpoint the source of the deadbots which is a tiny crack in a huge mountain.

After fighting through the guardians the team locate a trio of robotic cores that control the machine menace and with help from Hally and Misia's goodbot forces, some of which are destroyed in the battle, manage to destroy these with little issue. With this most of the deadbots return to being dead, ending their threat to the land while the goodbots try change the public's perception of them.