History Literature / SiegeOfSardath

For centuries, men, dwarves and elves have co-existed peacefully in the town of Grimmund, until one day, from the Forest of Night, an ancient threat arises. Dark Elves have seized power, and their armies of sinister Black Flyers have invaded the once-peaceful surrounding towns. In the sister city of Sardath, the Dark Elves have completely taken over, and the evil Dark Elf Sorcerer have cut off access into Sardath while plotting to expand their territory into neighboring lands.

You are the last hope capable of stopping the Dark Elves. To liberate Sardath, and put a stop to the Dark Elf menace before it spreads to surrounding cities, you must venture through the Forest of Night, bypass the Black Flyers and Dark Elf forces surrounding the walls of Sardath, infiltrate the Dark Elves' stronghold, and destroy the source of evil festering in the once peaceful city of Sardath!

** If you screw up the potion-making process, you can ingest a wrong potion that turns you into a living mist on page 218. You have no body, but you are still aware of your surroundings and can still see and hear but can't do anything else, and you can NEVER go back to normal again... your adventure ends here.
** Getting pulled into the Mirror Demon's dimension and being trapped there permanently also counts.

* AssistCharacter: And one of the strongest in the franchise, to boot. If you follow the correct methods, you can obtain the assistance of Istu the Veiled Guardian, a '''SKILL 12 STAMINA 15'''' magic warrior which can help you greatly against stronger foes. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, for every battle he assists you in, Istu will automatically lose 3 STAMINA points due to the massive amount of energy required for his materialization...]]

* BarrierWarrior: The Dark Elf Sorcerer have various shielding spells that blocks your attacks.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Giant spitting spiders, stag beetles and wolf spiders awaits you in your journey.

* CurbStompBattle: Attacking the Dark Elf Sorcerer heads-on is a BAD idea...
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: The Veiled Guardians are all demon lords of high authority. Istu the 12th Guardian can actually become your ally.

* EliteMooks: The Dark Elf Sorcerer have several PraetorianGuard Dark Elf warriors which are stronger and deadlier than regular Dark Elves.

* {{Golem}}: The Toa-Suo, creatures made from earth and clay. They're pathetically weak enemies, but tends to attack in large numbers.
* HealingHerb: Instead of Provisions, your player character have access to herbs, which can restore STAMINA.

* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: You get to cross Freezeblood Mountains, Forest of Night and Fangthane Road on your way to Sardath. All those names sure do sound like [[SarcasmMode fun tourist attractions]], don't they?
* MagicalAccessory: The Signet Ring, the silver Seven Coiled Snake Ring and the Brain Slayer Amulet. The [[spoiler: last one which is compulsory in the final confrontation against the Dark Elf Sorcerer...]]
* MagicMushroom: You come across various types of fungi, which may either harm or heal you. Such as the Greencap and Elf Bane.
* MagicPotion: You come across a potions-brewing machine which helps you create your own shapeshifting potion by combining various ingredients you obtained throughout your quest, although if you mix the wrong ingredients, you will be severely penalized (the worst outcome is getting transformed into [[AndIMustScream a living mist... forever]]).
* MagicSquarePuzzle: you get to play one of these at one point in order to get a secret number.
* NatureHero: Your character is this, in fact its your refusal for the citizens of Grimmund to burn down the forest in order to stop the Dark Elves which leads to your quest.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: You get to fight a ghost, which you can only win if you have a magic weapon. The ghost cannot harm you in battle, but if you receive any hits from the ghost after the fight your stats will decrease according to the number of hits you got.

* SamuraiPonytail: The Dark Elf Sorcerer have his long hair tied up like this in the interior illustration, but not on the front cover.

* ToServeMan: Dark Elves apparently feasts on Orc flesh, it seems.
* TrustPassword: While disguised as a Dark Elf, a Dark Elf warrior will quiz you with this. If you don't have the correct password, your cover is blown and several other Dark Elves will be alerted to your presence... The correct password is: [[spoiler: Reply "Thionel" when greeted with "Valethion"]].

** The Black Flyers, Dark Elves with wings magically grafted to their backs. These are basically the AirborneMooks of the Dark Elf Sorceror.

* YouAreTooLate: Should you take too much time to complete your quest, the Dark Elves ritual will be complete, turning them near-invincible, at which point they will effortlessly destroy humans, dwarves, elves, and everything that stood in their way.

[[caption-width-right:350:I wonder if the Dark Elf Sorcerer [[IncrediblyLamePun need a hand]] in making that cool necklace...]]

** The Black Flyers, Dark Elves with wings magically grafted to their backs.

** If you screw up the potion-making process, you can ingest a wrong potion that turns you into a living mist. You have no body, but you are still aware of your surroundings, and you can NEVER go back to normal again... your adventure ends here.

* TheBusCameBack: Remember Suma from ''Literature/CryptOfTheSorceror''? He comes back in a vision to provide for you some advice.

* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: The Veiled Guardians are all demon lords of high authority. Istu the 12th Guardian can actually become your ally.

* AndIMustScream: If you screw up the potion-making process, you can ingest a wrong potion that turns you into a living mist. You have no body, but you are still aware of your surroundings, and you can NEVER go back to normal again... your adventure ends here.

* OneRiotOneRanger: You are sent to liberate Sardath ... '''ALONE'''. No armies can possibly penetrate the city after being completely cut off from the outside world by the Dark Elves.

* ShockAndAwe: The Dark Elf Sorcerer can fire yellow lighting EyeBeams at you.
** On the other hand, you can obtain a Lightning Sphere which can fry a whole bunch of Dark Elves.

* TrustPassword: While disguised as a Dark Elf, a Dark Elf warrior will quiz you with this. If you don't have the correct password, your cover is blown and several other Dark Elves will be alerted to your presence...
** The correct password is: [[spoiler: Reply ‘Thionel’ when greeted with ‘Valethion’]].

* WingedHumanoid: The Black Flyers, Dark Elves with wings magically grafted to their backs.
** On the other hand, if you have a pair of Pegasus Wings,you can summon them t turn yourself into one of these.

!!''Siege Of Sardath'' provides examples of:

* CreatorsPet: Subverted; while you do not get to fight yet another Shapechanger in this quest, you can collect a Pickled Whole Shapechanger Brain.