Centuries ago, the Red King united the dozens of warring factions into a powerful and prosperous empire. His successors have steadily increased the wealth and strength of the kingdom, and the city of Stormwind, once a small village, has become a center of trade, religion, and education as well as the seat of the royal house.
For the first time, there is conflict in the succession.
The recently deceased King has left two children- twins born only seconds apart. Both are too young to assume the throne, and the king's sister has seized the throne and named herself Queen Regent. Your primary goal is to mitigate the damage and dethrone her before Stormwind's former allies tear the city apart.
In the meantime, trouble is brewing. The traditional practice of extracting void shards, magic dust, and other raw materials from natural sources is run by warriors, who are regarded as second-class citizens by the deeply religious paladin leadership. There are reports of strange malevolent spirits emerging from the shard mines, slaughtering the workers and leading to growing resentment against the mine owners, who do not seem to care. Mages are seeking an alternate and less dangerous method for mining, but their progress is slow, difficult, and scarred by the tragedies of previous failed attempts.
The shaman tribes of the northern regions, a proud independent people, are falling prey to the siren call of an extremist leadership faction who call for a full-scale invasion of Stormwind and an attempt to seize the throne for themselves. After years of paying tribute to the kings and queens, and suffering as their territory is restricted, they rally their followers by reminding them of a past when shamans were their own rulers, undaunted by the powers of any other. The only obstacle to their plan is the superior fighting force of the crown, now allied closer than ever with the paladin-run House of Light. If they too can find powerful allies to support them, nothing will stand in their path.
This is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style story. Character decisions are determined at /forums/warlords.83/
This story post is an archive of past decisions in order to track the current plot line.