FireHeart Saga

Tales of the Abyss - Videos

2012-01-07T22:00:00.000+07:00

Jade x Dist
http://youtu.be/2dtCoe7sMIQ

Asch's Death
http://youtu.be/lH7x9fFB7nw

Asch vs Asch (Luke?)
http://youtu.be/tIfZE59SvHs

Genghis Khan vs Easter Bunny. Epic Rap Battles of History #8

2011-12-14T21:17:00.000+07:00

download this song: http://bit.ly/erb8song
click to tweet this vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/700m7

brand new Epic Rap Battles of History tshirts here:
http://districtlines.com/nicepeter

BEAT PRODUCED BY: Keal
Featured on: http://20DollarBeats.com

Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is an Epic Rap Battle of History.
I make these videos as often as I can, and they could not be possible without many very talented people, and your very talented suggestions.

I make vlogs and songs and here:
http://youtube.com/nicepeterToo

Lloyd makes videos here: http://youtube.com/epiclloyd
say hi!

Dave makes videos here: http://youtube.com/goodneighborstuff
say hey!

Jon Na makes videos here: http://youtube.com/JonNaMean
he's not in the mood to talk right now. special guest super stars: the jesus - Dante Cimadamore http://youtube.com/GiveMeMotion a jesus - Aaron Zaragoza Jesus - Kurt

music recorded by nice peter and dante cimadamore
at venkman studios, los angeles

I tweet here: http://twitter.com/nicepeter
I Facebook here: http://facebook.com/nicepeter

produced by Nikki Fancy,
for Maker Studios. Venice, CA.

see you soon,

- nice peter

source: http://youtu.be/WA4tLCGcTG4

Harry Potter vs. Voldemort Rap : Original Short

2011-12-14T21:00:00.000+07:00

Exclusive! Harry Potter vs. Voldemort in an epic rap battle to determine who is the ultimate wizard! Indy Mogul features the Voldemort make-up effect in this Original Short test film.

'Build' episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0HYP9OMpmc&fmt=6

Download the MP3: http://indymogul.com/wizardrap

http://www.IndyMogul.com

Lyrics:
Voldemort #1:
I'm the darkest dark wizard in all of history,
I'll slay your ass out like Cedric Diggory.
With a wave of my finger Ill put you on the floor
You's a punk ass little kid without Dumbeldore,
I'm the best wizard rapper you ever will see,
you're a peewee witch midget with a dead mommy.
I've got multiple souls and can raise the dead
If you think you can win then you've been sorely misled

Harry #1
You's a big bald fairy, you think I'm scared of you
I smoked basilisk and I'll smoke you too.
I got witches in class I got witches in the halls
If you look under my cloak, you'll see my Hagrid size balls.
I win at wizard duels, I win at wizard chess,
Got platinum coated DUBS on my Hogwart's Express
You can't touch me son, I drive magic cars
I dish out big hurt you just pass out little scars!

Voldemort #2
Poor little Harry, you're such darling lad.
Do you miss you uncle? Your Mom? Your Dad?
Oh that's right I killed em, you're little owl too.
All your friends are next, I'll cut right through your crew.
You look like Marcy from Peanuts and your wand is tiny
Is that why you couldn't close the deal with Hermoine?
My boyz are called death eaters, they're black magic studs
They'll make you disappear, they don't care for mudbloods
You can never find me, it's like trying to catch smoke
You hide from me with your punk ass cloak.
You think your invisible, but I can see through that!
I'll run up with my wand and go RATA TAT TAT

Harry #2
Say it don't spray it your breath smells like a grave
Your teeth look like tombstones and your nose is concave
Your head looks like a golf ball your face looks like a lizard
Here's the toll free number for the hair club for wizards
The toughest gang around is Gryffindor crew,
wizards drive by's is what we do
When dementors try to ice me I step right up and own em
I crack a butter beer and say "Expecto Patronum"!

Song written by Mark Douglas & Erik Beck
Performed by Mark Douglas
Beats by: http://www.myspace.com/jakechudnow

Source: http://youtu.be/wTHn5oFPmi8

Jack Sparrow's RAP feat. NicePeter

2011-12-14T20:55:00.000+07:00

http://youtu.be/NtlkcNFscgg

Tweet it! http://clicktotweet.com/crmI7

Click here to download song! http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/jack-sparrows-rap-feat-nicepeter/id439770885...

Beat by Ola Shaw

Special Thanks to Noah Hamilton and the Hamilton Family

Starring:

Alex Farnham
http://www.youtube.com/Damitsgood808  

Nice Peter 
‪http://www.youtube.com/NicePeter

Executive Producer: Nikki Fancy 
‪http://www.twitter.com/NikkiFancy

Producer: Alysia Russo
http://www.youtube.com/user/alysiarusso

Shot by Blake O'Neal
http://www.youtube.com/user/StationTutorials

Tim Davis
http://www.youtube.com/user/TimHatesEverything

Kauai footage shot by Timmy Hamilton

Edited by Blake O'Neal

Song Written and Performed by Alex Farnham & NicePeter
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damitsgood808 pirates of the caribbean movie jack sparrow rap nicepeter music video cool funny impression johnny depp

Gandalf vs Dumbledore. Epic Rap Battles of History #11

2011-12-14T20:54:00.000+07:00

source: http://youtu.be/ZIMoQHpvFQQ

Download this song: ‪http://bit.ly/erb11download
‬ Click to tweet this vid-ee-oh! http://clicktotweet.com/Ct4Zi
Epic Rap TSHIRTS: http://districtlines.com/nicepeter‬ 

Hi. My name is Nice Peter, and this is an Epic Rap Battles of History. These videos could not be possible without you, your suggestions, your subscription, and the help of lots of awesome people.

Cast and crew:

Gandalf: Lloyd Ahlquist
http://www.youtube.com/epicLLoyd

Dumbledore: Nice Peter
http://www.youtube.com/nicepeterToo

Gilderoy Lockhart: Pat McIntyre

Directed by Dave McCary:
http://www.youtube.com/goodneighborstuff

Edited by Sean Barrett:
http://youtube.com/seanbarrett

Director of Photography: Jon Na
http://youtube.com/jonnamean

Written by: Nice Peter, Lloyd Ahlquist
the Warp Zone:
http://www.youtube.com/theWarpZone
MC Mr Napkins / Zach Sherwin:
http://youtube.com/MCMrNapkins

Art and Costumes by Mary Gutfleisch:
http://youtube.com/MaryDoodles

Makeup and Hair by Ceciley Jenkins:
http://youtube.com/Ceciley

Special thanks to Remy for the Dumbledore's Army rings and badass Gandalf pipe.

Audio mixed by: Rafael Serrano

Production Assistant: Aaron Zaragoza
Produced by Mickey Meyer for Maker Studios, Venice, CA.

gosh, I think that's it.
see you soon,

- nice peter

FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins - The Game Movie!

2011-12-11T19:51:00.004+07:00

FireHeart Paladins Book One AT A GLANCE!
Videos from the game: FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins Book One: The Bounty Hunters by Vadis Entertainment and Enterbrain.

22 hours to play, 1 hour to watch the whole thing!
www.fireheart.tk - fsaga.blogspot.com. Enjoy!

Source: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7C6CFA865F8165FF

Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Launch

2011-12-06T21:50:00.000+07:00

Christopher Paolini kicked off his tour across the United States and Canada for INHERITANCE on November 8th, in New York City. Hundreds of fans were present to hear Paolini talk about the fourth and final book in the series. Gerard Doyle, narrator for the Inheritance cycle audiobooks joined Poalini on stage for a reading. You can continue to follow Paolini's tour updates over his 18-city trip on Twitter, @InheritanceCP.

Guardian Heroes Remix

2011-11-09T19:12:00.000+07:00

Stage 24: Destiny (Final Boss #1)

http://youtu.be/GnZxhYKVmM0

Stage 29: Paradise

http://youtu.be/1FvTpV4pVEQ

The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories

2011-11-05T17:33:00.000+07:00

THE BIPPOLO SEED AND OTHER LOST STORIES by Dr. Seuss (on sale September 27, 2011) includes a collection of seven original stories by the iconic children's author and illustrator that were originally published in magazines in 1950 and 1951—but never before in book form. Hear about the discovery of these lost stories from Charles Cohen (Dr. Seuss Scholar), Kate Klimo (VP, Publisher -- Random House Books for Young Readers Group) and Cathy Goldsmith (VP, Associate Publisher -- Random House Books for Young Readers Group). http://www.randomhouse.com/book/43160/the-bippolo-seed-and-other-lost-stories...

source: http://youtu.be/iAzRMyadeO0

Dungeons and Chicks 012 - 014

2011-10-25T12:57:00.001+07:00

Dungeons & Chicks - 012 - 014
by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 012 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 013 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 014 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons and Chicks 010 - 011

2011-10-25T12:54:00.001+07:00

Dungeons & Chicks - 010 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 011 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 010 - 011
by BaalMoloch

Dungeons and Chicks 007 - 009

2011-10-25T12:51:00.001+07:00

Dungeons & Chicks - 007 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 008 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 009 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 007 - 009

BaalMoloch on 4. Sep, 2011 — Lang: English

Dungeons and Chicks 004 - 006

2011-10-25T12:49:00.001+07:00

Dungeons & Chicks - 004 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 005 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 006 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 004 - 006

BaalMoloch on 4. Sep, 2011 — Lang: English

Dungeons and Chicks 001 - 003

2011-10-25T12:44:00.001+07:00

Dungeons & Chicks - 001 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 002 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 003 by BaalMoloch

Dungeons & Chicks - 001-003

BaalMoloch on 4. Sep, 2011 — Lang: English

Rhapsody of Fire album Triumph or Agony (all songs)

2011-09-29T18:08:00.000+07:00

fantasy songs/music
source:
http://youtu.be/UG4HOTUGMQo

all songs of the album Triumph or agony of rhapsody of fire!!!
Songs: Votes:
1-Dar-Kunor *
2-Triumph or Agony ***
3-Heart of the Darklands *****
4-Old Age of Wonders ***
5-The Myth of the Holy Sword **
6-Il Canto Del Vento ***
7-Silent Dream ****
8-Bloody Red Dungeons *
9-Son of Pain ***
10-The Mystic Prophecy of the
Demonknight ***
11-Dark Reign of Fire **
12-Defenders of Gaia(bonus track)****
13-A New Saga Begins(radio edit) *****

Arcuz - Behind the Dark

2011-09-24T21:46:00.004+07:00

A free game in games.co.id

Play it directly on - Mainkan langsung di:
http://www.games.co.id/permainan_/arcuz.html

Memanggil seluruh penjelajah muda: siapa yang akan menjadi penyelamat monster Arcuz??
Cara Bermain:

WASD = Bergerak
J = Menyerang /Berbicara
K = Melompat
I, L = Menggunakan Keahlian yang ditunjukkan
1-3 = Menggunakan Benda yang ditampilkan.

Klik tombol menu dengan mouse anda untuk menavigasikan menu permainan. Kumpulkan dan selesaikan pencarian uang dan kemuliaan.
Kategori:

* Petualangan, RPG

Calling all young travelers. Who will be the savior of Arcuz from the terrible monster?

To Play: (Keyboard)
WASD: Move
J: Attack / Talk
K: Jump
I,L: Using readied skills
1,2,3: Using readied items

BJ Vadis' comment: For a flash game, the graphic is superb!

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Description

Arcuz is an Action Role Play Game (Like Diablo or Zelda). You fight with the monsters, train your hero, learn skills, search better weapons and equipments, compose new items using your creativity...and more! Don't be addicted! You got 18 different maps to discover, 25 quests to accomplish, 21 battle skills to learn, more than 10 types of monsters to kill, more than 100 weapons and gears to choose, and unlimited possibility of composition…Those are not all. We translated this game into 7 languages so half of the whole world can enjoy it! Hope Arcuz will bring you a lot of fun!
Controls

WASD: Move
J: Attack/Talk with NPC/Accept
K: Jump/Cancel
I&L: Activate Battle Skill. You can put 4 battle skills on the skill slots on the bottom of the game screen and press I/L to use the skills. You level up and add ability point to one of your skills. Then you click one of the skills on the SKILL panel and put it on the skill slot. You can only put active skills to the skill slots (not passive skills).
1/2/3: Use potions and town portal. Click the potions and scrolls in your inventory and put them on the potion slots on the bottom of the game screen. Then you can use the potions and scrolls by pressing key 1/2/3.
C/V/B/N/M/,/ESC: hotkeys for Char, Skill, Quest, Inventory, Map and Menu.

81 Keys - Fantasy Online Game

2011-09-24T19:32:00.002+07:00

A Preview in: http://youtu.be/SOhJYQjHgsQ

5 races, 36 jobs in "81 Keys" with a wallop of super-cool moves, mounts and even transform!

For more information, just visit:
http://81keys.orangegame.co.id

Dekaron

2011-09-24T19:30:00.000+07:00

http://youtu.be/4FUFTORE6PI

Dekaron, an upcoming game in:
http://orangegame.co.id

God of war : Rise of the heroes the movie HD trailer

2011-08-16T19:07:00.000+07:00

http://youtu.be/Ylf8s6FSkLo

Everna Dream Avatars tektek.org Batch Two

2011-07-20T19:18:00.000+07:00

everna Avatars tektek.org

EVERNA and ARIA OF BLOODSHED Avatars

Made with Dream Avatar Maker
For Legend of Gaia
http://www.tektek.org/dream

Made by vadis
http://www.tektek.org/avatars/dargum

Aria of Bloodshed Avatars:

REOG the Damned
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45079411][img]http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/2180/tek4e1b1482e6bf44872389.png[/img][/url]
With Background
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45118683][img]http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/3306/tek4e1db9c98a9d26763954.png[/img][/url]

Barong the Divine
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45137876][img]http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1021/tek4e1f18f55ef068803022.png[/img][/url]

Rania Giselda the Detective
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45150442][img]http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/515/tek4e1fd20d2508b2987142.png[/img][/url]

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Everna Avatars:

Bragl Dar'gum the Relentless
Orc Champion from Gremion
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45098960][img]http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5740/tek4e1c6398e5a830527427.png[/img][/url]

http://www.tektek.org/avatars/everna
Carolyn Deveraux, Mage from Arcadia with Chiel the Micha
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45098605][img]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3285/tek4e1c5b0ab6e515027671.png[/img][/url]

The Dark Heir (Undead)
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45137176][img]http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6314/tek4e1f0b75e6e635268927.png[/img][/url]

Alexis the Red Prince from Arcadia
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45148472][img]http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4720/tek4e1fafef785db5508761.png[/img][/url]

Cristophe (Paladin) from Arcadia
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45251135][img]http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/8567/tek4e26c6d0d70781606584.png[/img][/url]

Sheena Mekh'ta, Corsair from Meshallah with Ish'kandr the Genie
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45251110][img]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9515/tek4e26c5a07ce792594277.png[/img][/url]

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Battler / Chara Only Display
http://www.tektek.org/avatars/evernagame

Alexis
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45148386][img]http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8448/tek4e1fae91693b56111624.png[/img][/url]

The Dark Heir
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45137230][img]http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2086/tek4e1f0c8f509a92038769.png[/img][/url]

Dar'gum
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45098925][img]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8541/tek4e1c62a7a1a6d1290590.png[/img][/url]

Sheena
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45251039][img]http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5662/tek4e26c31f878401227062.png[/img][/url]

Carolyn
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45098692][img]http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9352/tek4e1c5ce6d139a0112440.png[/img][/url]

Cristophe (Paladin)
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45147934][img]http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2821/tek4e1fa84966ed03557955.png[/img][/url]

Reog (Aria of Bloodshed):
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45118349][img]http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9463/tek4e1db23f3dac28746061.png[/img][/url]

Barong - Glorified and Divine (Aria of Bloodshed):
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45137784][img]http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8577/tek4e1f1792630413908099.png[/img][/url]

Rania Giselda (Aria of Bloodshed):
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45150653][img]http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4963/tek4e1fd5fac01f62270418.png[/img][/url]

Note: These Battlers can be used in the RPG Maker Engine, as long as it's not animated.
These can also be used as charas for talking and interacting (in pictures)

Everna and Bloodshed Avatars with Tektek Dream Avatar - Batch 01

2011-07-12T22:13:00.003+07:00

EVERNA and ARIA OF BLOODSHED Avatars

Made with Dream Avatar Maker
For Legend of Gaia
http://www.tektek.org/dream

Made by vadis
http://www.tektek.org/avatars/dargum

REOG the Damned
Aria of Bloodshed
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45079411][img]http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/2180/tek4e1b1482e6bf44872389.png[/img][/url]

EVERNA Characters / Heroes:

Bragl Dar'gum the Relentless
Orc Champion from Gremion
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45098960][img]http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5740/tek4e1c6398e5a830527427.png[/img][/url]

http://www.tektek.org/avatars/everna

Carolyn Deveraux, Mage from Arcadia with Chiel the Micha
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45098605][img]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3285/tek4e1c5b0ab6e515027671.png[/img][/url]

Battler / Chara Only Display
http://www.tektek.org/avatars/evernagame

Dar'gum:
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45098925][img]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8541/tek4e1c62a7a1a6d1290590.png[/img][/url]

Carolyn:
[url=http://tektek.org/avatar/45098692][img]http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9352/tek4e1c5ce6d139a0112440.png[/img][/url]

Note: These Battlers can be used in the RPG Maker Engine, as long as it's not animated.
These can also be used as charas for talking and interacting (in pictures)

The Hero of 1000 Years

2011-05-07T20:43:00.001+07:00

Author: Christine E. Schulze

Read the E-Book here:
http://evolitera.co.id/ebook/the-hero-of-1000-years/trackback/

Chasmira was excited to attend the rest of her junior high school year at the Lynn Lectim Academy for Fairies and Elves. But then disturbing things start happening to Aaron, her best friend. Can Aaron, the Hero of 1000 Years save Chasmira, the Princess of Destiny Future, Liv, the Princess of Destiny Past, and the school, all before it's too late? Can he unravel the mysteries of both past and future, traveling through time to collect the Destiny Stones and seal away the dark master forever?

Additional Information

Publisher: Self-Publish - Evolitera.co.id

Number of Pages: 145

Language: English

The Prism of Aslei

2011-05-07T20:38:00.003+07:00

Read the book here:
http://evolitera.co.id/ebook/the-prism-of-aslei/trackback/

Author: Christine E. Schulze (Chasmira)

Ashlei almost dropped the glass, for a reflection suddenly stared at her in the Prism, a face which was not her own. The person also possessed red-gold hair. A dark indigo cape pulled close around her shoulders; her lips shone a vibrant red, her eyes a vibrant violet. She must be a Fyre. Seeing she'd commanded Ashlei's full wonder and attention, those crimson lips parted to speak: "Hello, Ashlei."
Additional Information

Publisher: Self-Publish - Evolitera

Number of Pages: 196

Language: English

Eternal Grace Episode 1 Is Released!

2011-04-21T08:36:00.000+07:00

Dear all, after several months full of debugging and polishing, to guarantee your best experience, we proudly announce:

Eternal Grace Episode One is now released

Eternal Grace Episode 1 will bring you into the beginning of whole Eternal Grace story, and where the story is started.

Get the game here, and enjoy your adventure in Enthrea!

System Requirements:

Windows XP/Vista/Seven 32 Bit
Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or Athlon XP 1500+ processor or higher
512 MB RAM or Higher
VGA 128 MB or Higher (you can use onboard graphics card)
65 MB free hard disk space
DirectX 8.1 or Higher

We are expecting your feedbacks to improve our games continuously. Please send any feedback to eternalgrace.rpg@gmail.com and we will try our best to fulfill your expectation.

Enjoy the game and feel the real taste of Eternal Grace.

Best regards,

Enthrean Guardian

Squish Trailer

2011-04-03T11:44:00.000+07:00

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwQ-C549868

Introducing SQUISH—a new graphic novel series about a comic book-loving, twinkie-eating grade school AMOEBA trying to find his place in the world (or at least trying to make it through a school day). Inspired by his favorite comic book hero, SUPER AMOEBA!, Squish has to navigate school (bullies! detention! Principal Planaria!), family (dad: Hates to wear a tie. Secretly listens to heavy metal in the car), and friends (Peggy-rainbows! happy all the time! and Pod . . . who's . . . well, you just have to meet him). Can Squish save the world—and his friends—from the forces of evil lurking in the hallways? Find out in Squish: Super Amoeba—saving the world, one cell at a time!

For more information visit:
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375843891

MonsterBane 5: Monster Love!

2011-02-28T19:04:00.002+07:00

monsterbane 5: monster love! by vadis

Image Source:
http://upload.stripgenerator.com/strip/28/81/84/00/00/full.png

No, I don't want to be a monster just to get so simple a love.
Let's see what a family of monstahs can do!

Streets of Seiya

2011-01-20T21:44:00.002+07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urCPO5bl2Us&feature=player_embedded

Streets of Seiya: A Fan Fighting Game for Saint Seiya the Anime Series
(Warning: this game might be in Spanish, waiting for the English version)

To download, please visit:
http://www.streetsofseiya.tk
http://streetsofseiya.blogspot.com

Nocturne - Animation Video

2011-01-17T20:52:00.001+07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiAzUluLEsw

FFXIII - Part 001 - Game Introduction/Boss: Manasyin Warmech

2011-01-03T21:02:00.001+07:00

Learn more at the Wiki

source: http://www.wegame.com/watch/ffxiii-first-time-playthrough-part-001/

The Crimson Warrior - Cathy Dannhauser

2011-01-01T11:33:00.002+07:00

A deadly plague completely destroys the human race. The only evidence of human existence is the remaining artifacts, now pawed around by the Earth’s new masters. But then again, cats are curious creatures.

The cats have lived in peace for many years. Now their very existence is threatened by the hounds. Once dogs, these horrible creatures were too violent and ruthless to be accepted by their own kind. As they ravage the Earth, conquering civilization after civilization, the cat clans desperately search for a warrior to help them unite against this formidable force.

This is how it begins:

PROLOGUE

It was the year of the Rat—and the day everything changed. Mankind was at the height of its destructive nature. The air was so polluted you could barely breathe without a mask. Crime was the new law, and governments more corrupt than common street thugs. Mankind’s seed had filled the earth to bursting point; housing was a rarity only those with a six-figure monthly salary could afford, and even then it was the merest rathole of a stinking place with four walls and a low, dripping ceiling. Only one oasis was left in the whole world where wild animals were held in small enclosures, with real trees and bushes—in California. And even this zoo was under threat. The American Government wanted to demolish the zoo. They needed the space for housing developments, but the Animal Rights Activist Group wouldn’t let them, and fought with tooth and nail for the lives of the animals residing there.

The battle in the courtrooms had been raging for more than ten years until the Government finally found the correct pay-off—the zoo would be demolished and the animals destroyed to make way for more housing . . . more space for the criminals to breathe in.

The group of Animal Rights Activists saw their hopes crash and burn. Destroying innocent creatures that were their, the human race’s, responsibility—it marked the end of civilization. The end of taking responsibility for one’s own actions.

Then their leader had a plan. A desperate, final plan: Plague . . .

Luckily, a few of their number had work in the CDC, the Centre of Disease Control—and two of them had the highest clearance obtainable. They engineered the most beautiful, the most deadly, the most virulent plague ever imagined. No expense was spared for the silence of guards, fellow employees and anyone else connected to their scheme.

It was genetically engineered to affect only humans and it had a built-in ‘time delay’, as it were, so it would only work after a certain amount of time to ensure that everyone had been infected. It was a virulent airborne virus—the moment a person breathed it, in that person started coughing, the virus spore thus jumping to the next person to inhale it, and so on. The coughing would worsen for three days. Then the virus would hit—killing instantly. It would turn the insides of a person into mush in twenty seconds. As a fail safe, the virus was engineered to leave the body in a noxious gas, infecting any passers-by.

The virus was filtered into an innocent looking, unmarked, 250ml aerosol can. Every member of the activists received one. Then, each member set off to a specific location across the globe—bribing officials as they went, even to the frozen outskirts where scientist labored to extract clean water from the polar ice. Four members were given the specific task of releasing the animals from the zoo. They hid from the public, deep within the zoo, with the four specifically designed gas masks that would keep them safe from the virus until their duty was done.

On the agreed date, at the exact agreed time, the rest of the members stood in the middle of the most crowded place they could find, where the human population was at its most dense, and depressed the nozzle . . .

One person started to cough, and then another, and then another. Quickly the infection part of the virus was doing its job, and in two days’ time, every single human being was coughing.

Then, at the exact, programmed date, the virus took hold with a suddenness that was shocking. Within half an hour, a million people were dead, by the end of that day, half the population were dead, with the virus still being released by their decaying bodies. By the end of the following day, no human was left alive.

The last four members of the Animal Rights Activists crept out of their hiding places in the zoo. Past decaying, putrefying bodies, they slowly walked, stunned at what they had accomplished.

They released the animals from their cages. With gladdened hearts, they watched as the animals took off. Then they pulled down their masks, lifted the aerosol canisters to their faces, squirted, and inhaled deeply. Their hearts were glad as they started coughing—watching the carnivores feed on the bodies, knowing that their plan had succeeded, and in two days’ time they would join their comrades in death.

Those released animals had a rough time in the beginning. The herbivores had to learn how to smash into grocery stores to get at the fruits and such. Some eventually found the hydroponics laboratories and managed to eke out an existence there.

Time went on—years became centuries, centuries turned into eons.

Nature slowly reclaimed the earth, crumbling buildings, laying cities to waste, bringing back rivers.

Fact became legend, legend became myth. All that the humans had made and achieved went to dust. All that remained were their bones and isolated places where nothing would grow, and animals entering there, sickened and died.

Continents shifted, seasons changed—everything back to its perfect natural rhythm. Continents split into islands—some big, some small. Animals sought out their own species and congregated in the places that housed their food sources. These places became the islands.

Thus came into existence the Animal Isles—Dog Island, Horse Island, Cat Island, and so forth. Stories of the other races were told and retold, and sometimes, with the islands that were nearest to each other, the different races would visit one another.

It was on Dog Island that evil once again sprouted. Two pairs of Rottweilers—in their own eyes the perfect specimens of their species—were banished for acts regarded as unworthy in the dog society. They were driven from their homeland to a small islet just off the coast of Dog Island which was known to be inhabited by some horrible curse. Any animal going there sickened and died in the most horrible of ways. They knew this, for sometimes those malformed bodies washed up back on Dog Island shores.

The banished Rottweilers were banished to the barely livable islet, where catching fish and drinking brackish water were their only means of survival. They feared each day to be their last. But as each day passed they seemed to grow stronger, taller. Bit by bit their bodies were changing in subtle ways. One of the females went to investigate and found strange, yellow metal tubes oozing a noxious green, glowy liquid. On the metal tube a black cross was painted. She remembered some dog telling her stories of those long-gone creatures called hu-mans, and how they had made these liquids for some or other reason. She realized that it was this liquid that had contaminated the islet, and that it was this liquid that was now making them stronger, superior. She smirked: to think that hu-mans would be indirectly responsible for the making of the superior Hound! And so a plan formed in her head.

The banished Rottweilers began breeding, liberally taking in huge amounts of the noxious liquid. The females bore litter upon litter of malformed or dead pups, until at last . . . the perfect litter. Large Hounds with huge shoulder blades and long claws, short thick necks and jaws, sloping backbones ending in two short but powerful hind legs and whip-like tails . . . and red, pupil-less eyes. So it went, until at last the perfect female was born.

Quickly she grew, surpassing her brothers and sisters in size, strength, cunning and aggressiveness. Her shoulder blades jutted past her backbone, pushing her short, thick neck forward. Her jaws were short but powerful, with long incisors made for ripping. Her claws were long, sharp and strong—they dug furrows in the ground wherever she walked. Her back tapered sharply downwards, ending in two hind legs that were shorter than her forelegs, but heavily muscled, thus propelling her along the ground at great speeds. Her long tail whipped behind her, and was used for balance. Her red pupil-less eyes glinted of evil, intelligent malice.

Her name was Schkria.

And Schkria had Plans.

She made allies of the strongest (and dumbest) of the pack, easily intimidating them. One fine day, they made their move. They killed their own parents, and also any other pack member that was not aggressive enough or strong enough, or that seemed too clever. Schkria made sure of that!

Schkria then shaped her army of Hounds. They were the absolute pinnacle of canine perfection. She made her strategies to conquer all of the isles, beginning with the smallest, there multiplying her numbers, then going on to the next in size, and so on until at last, Dog Island would be hers, and every sniveling mutt that had banished her parents would be dead. And on the day her perfect son was weaned and trained, she knew the time had come.

One sunset, her pack stood ready for her command. Standing on the shore in front of her massed army, she faced the darkening ocean, and led her pack to war.

Our story begins here . . .

CHAPTER ONE

Dark clouds gathered, coloring the ocean black. The waves boomed and crashed, announcing the coming storm with glee.

Black shapes bobbed among the waves, claws desperately scrabbled for purchase in the shifting sands of the shallows to pull themselves out of the freezing water. At last they stood on solid ground with salty sea water dripping off their frightening forms.

The creatures resembled dogs—great, hulking black dogs, all sharp angles with huge claws and razor-sharp teeth. Their shoulders were oversized, and their necks tapered down to their broad heads ending in short, evilly fanged muzzles.

Shaking themselves dry, they watched their leader look at the land. She was twice as big as the biggest male. Her cold, cruel eyes were enough to strike fear in their hearts and make them whisper her name in dreadfilled awe: “Schkria!”

It was just before midnight. Schkria kneaded her toes in the soft sand of the shore they’d struggled onto out of the ocean. She and her small pack stood at the bottom of a large, steep sand dune. Over its top she could make out the tops of trees and further onwards, mountains. The sharp wind veered crazily to and fro, bringing with it first the sounds of merrymaking, and then the sound of the ocean.

With a jerk of her head Schkria signaled one of her soldiers to go and investigate the sounds on the other side of the dune.

The soldier nodded, then lowered his body to scurry forward, thrusting his paws elbow-deep into the shifting sand. He quickly and softly scaled the big dune. As he neared its crest, he slowed down, crawling forward inch by stealthy inch until he could just peep over the summit.

Peering down, his red, pupil-less eyes widened in astonishment. The land was rich: tall, dark grass covered the soil; a stream flowed from the mountains through the majestic forest that stretched from the foot of the mountain towards the ocean. A craggy mountain range formed an oval-shaped valley, with only one pass as entrance at the far side of the valley. A palace kind of structure dominated the scenery at the left-hand side, while tilled fields made orderly ranks just beyond it. A few burning torches hung in niches around the entrance. The dancing flames illuminated the black rock that the palace was built of, and threw flickering light over the name that had been deeply engraved in huge script: Inishkairie Stronghold.

The Guard shifted his attention to the activities near at hand.At the foot of the dune behind which he was crouching, a big assembly of cats were dancing and feasting under a myriad of colored lanterns at the front of this Inishkairie Stronghold. A group of youngsters were playing some strange leaping game, bushing their tails and arching their backs in mock viciousness. But the tables! They were groaning with meats and drinks; the scents made his mouth water and he had to exert supreme willpower not to dash down and bury his face in delicious, tender, juicy . . . enough!

Wrenching his attention back to the job at hand, he whiffled his nose from side to side. He slowly turned his head from left to right, thus gathering all the scents he could find—including those of the sentries hidden halfway down the dune.

Quickly, before he lost his nerve, he sidled back downwards towards his waiting Queen. The slithering sand and the noisy wind masked the sound of his retreat from the hidden sentries.

In a shower of sand he came to a halt in front of Schkria, keeping his buttocks close to the ground in servitude. Excitedly he whispered of what he’d seen—the mere memory making him salivate again. He made sure to mention the sentries and the number of Inishkairian cats he’d seen in his report to Schkria. After he’d finished he lay crouched before her with his long tail wagging furiously in the sand and his whole body quivering in excitement.

Schkria imperiously beckoned her lieutenants forward and outlined the battle plan: encircle the cats around the dune’s edge. Kill. She ordered three of them to take some prisoners for questioning.

Silently her pack took off to their appointed positions. Schkria took the Guard’s original path up the dune. At the top of the dune she crouched and watched the unsuspecting cats cavorting while she waited for her pack to settle.

She rolled her shoulders in anticipation and smiled as she thought of her upcoming conquests.

Soon . . .

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Additional Information

Genre	Sci Fi
Author	Cathy Dannhauser
ISBN	978-1-61766-056-6
Format	ePub, Mobi

Nagrasanti - Theresa M. Moore

2011-01-01T00:19:00.002+07:00

THIS IS A FANTASTIC BARGAIN—FOUR BOOKS IN ONE!

NAGRASANTI Children of The Dragon Book 3 A vampire anthology featuring characters introduced in Destiny's Forge and To Taste The Dragon's Blood.

These are original stories that continue in the series theme of the vampire as hero, and include Tap Root, The Hunt, Blood Will Out; stories and excerpts from the original series Blood Songs PLUS the next four books in the series: Red Dragon, The Queen's Marksman, The Black Witch, and VIRUS. A real bargain!

The Children of The Dragon series by Theresa M. Moore is a chronicle of the Xosan, living vampires from the planet Antellus who were once human but were transformed by a dragon's blood. They are stories of science fiction, fantasy and fact, myth and history, tragedy and triumph, linked together by the common theme of the vampire as hero.

PLEASE NOTE: A printed edition of NAGRASANTI complete with a gallery of black and white illustrations and illustrated version of the four novels is available, priced at $24.95, from the publisher at:

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All art and illustrations are by the author and rendered in inks and grayscale acrylics.

Please see the book pages on this site for extracts from Red Dragon, The Queen's Marksman, The Black Witch, and Virus.

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Naruto x Hinata,Sasuke x Sakura,Neji x TenTen

2010-12-31T22:51:00.000+07:00

source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzz-R_ELKIQ

A AMV about the pairs in Naruto

Gulliver's Travels Trailer

2010-12-31T22:47:00.000+07:00

Gulliver's Travels is a live-action family adventure film directed by Rob Letterman and based on the 18th-century novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift, though the film takes place in the modern era. The film will star Jack Black as the title character Lemuel Gulliver with Catherine Tate as Queen of Lilliput and is distributed by 20th Century Fox. Originally scheduled for release on June 4, 2010, it was pushed back to December 24, 2010 and later changed once again to December 22, 2010. 20th Century Fox later announced on March 23, 2010 that the film would be converted to 3D.

Category: Modern Fantasy Movie

Some Medieval and Fantasy Battle Samples

2010-12-29T18:48:00.002+07:00

Zadruga- Słowianie

Sorcerer

Vyborg castle 2005 - medieval festival

For years the fest in Vyborg castle was known as one of the best fests for group fighting fans from medieval reenactment clubs of Russia and ex-USSR. This is not the best choice if you wanna see a really authentical medieval fest (whatever that could be) but if you are a crazy sick dumb bastard from one of the clubs then i will definitely see you there;) Usually about 200 men take part in the fighting. We (Bern) are the boys in red and yellow, also there are boys from Siberia and Far East on our side, they wear yellow and black.

Posłannicy Chorsa promo

2010-12-29T18:47:00.000+07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w0equh18PQ

Great picks for your gift card!

2010-12-26T19:05:00.000+07:00

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Great picks for your gift card!

Got a gift card over the holidays?
Here are some must-have sci-fi &
fantasy titles!

The Fallen Novels
by Lauren Kate

What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours? Follow Luce and Daniel in Fallen and Torment, the dark and romantic titles in the Fallen Novels series.

Begin reading the series with Fallen

Follow the series on Facebook

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The Maze Runner Trilogy
by James Dashner

Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. You'll soon learn that the Maze was just the beginning. The Scorch Trials begins just four hours after the first book ended.

Begin reading the series with
The Maze Runner

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Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly

Jennifer Donnelly, author of the award-winning novel, A Northern Light, artfully weaves two girls' stories into one unforgettable account of life, loss, and enduring love.Revolution spans centuries and vividly depicts the eternal struggles of the human heart.

Watch the Trailer and a Video Interview with Jennifer Donnelly

Visit Jennifer Donnelly's website

Brain Jack
by Brian Falkner

Brian Falkner, author of The Tomorrow Code, has created an action-packed and thought-provoking science fiction adventure in which a brilliant young computer hacker fights to prevent the human race from being deleted.

Begin reading the first chapter

Dark Water
by Laura McNeal

In her solo debut, Laura McNeal writes about fifteen-year-old Pearl DeWitt and how she falls into a forbidden romance with one of the migrant workers her uncle has hired to work in his avocado groves.

Visit Laura McNeal's website, McNealBooks.com to see the trailer

Additional Must-Haves:

The Inheritance Cycle
by Christopher Paolini

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
by Michael Scott

The Dead-Tossed Waves
by Carrie Ryan

The Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan

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Merry MonsterBane Christmas 2010!

2010-12-25T09:39:00.000+07:00

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year & Thanks SG! by vadis

Vadis and the entire crew of MonsterBane, Rosta Masta and Morfs wish you a

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thank you StripGenerator.com for the fun-filled experience, and see you again in the next strips to come!

RoSta MaSta & morfs - www.vadis.tk
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RoStaMaSta: Vadis' Avatar, RoStaMan.
Morfs: Bob, Shinee, Dennis, Steve & Phyto
Monsterbane: Chris, Carol, A'bong, Dar'gum & Monstah.

Happy Holidays from Christopher Paolini

2010-12-23T02:04:00.001+07:00

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Kvetha Fricäya!

Greetings Friends!

As the year comes to an end, I would like to thank you all for being such amazing and supportive fans.

To everyone who entered the Super Fan contest, thank you for participating. I am excited to review the entries over the holidays! Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner early in the New Year.

Christopher Paolini

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MonsterBane 4: Monster Conference!

2010-12-18T22:25:00.003+07:00

monsterbane 4: monster conference! by vadis

the dark lord has left the building! well, at least he had the geeky green alien thingy to replace him...

correction: oops, i forgot to replace the dark lord in the third frame - argh, there's no undo or last-minute editing!
well, at least i made my point: corruption is a silent killer, as deadly as AIDS. it crumbles the nation's foundation bit by bit. by vadis

Source: http://vadis.stripgenterator.com (yeah, it's my stripgenerator site).
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Silent Hero by Christine E Schulze

2010-12-13T22:07:00.000+07:00

Silent Hero
by Christine E Schulze

Publisher : Self-Publish
Released : 15th Nov, 2010
Pages : 170
Category : Novel
SubCategory : Epic
Language : English

Summary

Before time was set in motion by man—for time is merely an illusion, a way for those not born of the supernatural realm to measure the feeble passing of their days—chaos reigned in the universe. A war of matter, darkness, wind, power. Until three goddesses, Din, Nayru, and Farore, took all these in their hands and fashioned them into something far more glorious, beautiful, and most of all, peaceful.

Din—her flaming limbs unparalleled in power—crafted the red earth, taming the chaos into something formed, subdued.

Nayru, in her vast wisdom, gave the spirit of law to the earth, building upon its still quiet by setting up order.

Farore, with her vibrant soul, took all these wonders a step further, so that through calm and order, life could be born and thrive, free to explore, discover, and just revel in the happiness of its new world.

Their work completed, the goddesses ascended to the heavens, leaving in their wake the Triforce, a small glimmer of their power meant to keep the new land safe, and to uphold the balance of the elements which formed Hyrule: Power, Wisdom, Courage. The Triforce was represented by the people of Hyrule in three triangles touching points so as to form a greater triangle; should any piece—Power, Wisdom ,or Courage—be removed, a perfect triangle would no longer exist; this truth held firm beyond mere symbolism.

But as ever, with the creation of life comes free will. With free will comes such a one who would desire to disrupt that perfect balance by gaining a part of it to control all him or herself.

And with the presence of such a dangerous threat comes the need for a wise counselor and—most of all—the need for...

A hero.

Gulliver's Travel by Jonathan Swift

2010-12-13T22:02:00.001+07:00

Gulliver's Travel
by Jonathan Swift

Publisher : Evolitera (Public Domain)
Released : 23rd Feb, 2010
Pages : 284
Category : Novel
SubCategory : Adventure
Language : English

Summary

Gulliver’s Travel is a novel by the famous satirist Jonathan Swift. It tells the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship surgeon that got stranded repeatedly and always ends up in various mythical lands. The novel is holds a distinction for being able to be clearly classified into many genres. It can be considered a satire, since that is what it was written as. However, it can also be considered a children’s book for its fantasy lands, as well as proto-science fiction. In addition to that, because of the way it was written, it can be considered a precursor to modern novel. For many years now, The book is one of the required reading for many high school students, including high school Literature Advanced Placement students in the United States.

This is a public domain book. No copyright reserved, no rights reserved

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FireHeart Manga Sketch Arc2 Chapter1 Pg12-15

2010-12-07T14:26:00.001+07:00

fireheart arc2 ch1 pg 12-13 by ~vadis on deviant ART

fireheart arc2 ch1 pg 14-15 by ~vadis on deviant ART

cristophe's arc from the game in www.fireheart.tk
subject to revision.

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2010-11-26T19:24:00.001+07:00

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The Scorch Trials
by James Dashner

Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to...

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The Inheritance Almanac
by Michael Macauley , webmaster of Shurtugal.com

Christopher Paolini's world of Alagaësia is a magical land, full of mysterious people, objects, and places-one that has captivated millions of fans across the globe. Now, all of you fans have a resource in the form of an A-to-Z almanac, where you can find everything they ever wanted to know about this fascinating world.

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Torment
by Lauren Kate

Hell on earth. That's what it's like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel.

It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts—immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.

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Museum of Thieves
by Lian Tanner

Welcome to the tyrannical city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime. Goldie Roth has lived in Jewel all her life. Like every child in the city, she wears a silver guardchain and is forced to obey the dreaded Blessed Guardians. She has never done anything by herself—until she runs away to the mysterious Museum of Dunt...

Visit the Keepers Trilogy website

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Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly

Andi Alpers is on the edge. She's angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she's about to be expelled from school when she finds herself in Paris...18th century Paris.

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2010-11-24T22:54:00.001+07:00

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Kvetha Fricäya!

Greetings Friends!

Here's a quick note to remind you that the Super Fan video contest is still ongoing, but it will be over soon! The last day to get your video to Random House is November 29. So take a few minutes and send in your entry; I look forward to seeing it.

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monsterbane 3: misfire!

2010-11-21T21:58:00.003+07:00

monsterbane 3: misfire by vadis

Still, starring Chris with his new hairdo and his partner, Carol from the novel FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins (www.fireheart.tk). This time they're facing the new monster: Graw the Acromantula.

Will their sword and magick win the day again?
Well, magic can be quite unpredictable sometimes.

FireHeart BASH! Demo Version 1 Released!

2010-11-18T20:24:00.012+07:00

FIREHEART BASH!

WHEW! After some time making it, finally, it's VadisGames' 2nd RPG Maker game!
Well, it's not really a RPG, but a casual game for fun-seekers. This DEMO version is actually a finished form, with some spaces spared for additions later. Haven't been fully beta-tested, so if you should find a bug, please inform me!
Thank you for downloading, and have a great BASH! - Andry Chang

Description:
Save Falambum Vale! It's being converted into the Theme Park of Evil by a greedy developer Zal'fira the Necromancess and her pet Tiamat Dragon, Omegron. As Cristophe, you play your way to confront this diabolical robber baron-ess through tons of mind-boggling and luck-testing mini-games. In short, just enjoy the ride in FireHeart BASH!

It's a collection of mini-games from FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins series
and to be applied in future VadisGames projects. Also derived some mini-games from other makers with a credit to them.

Features - Mini-Games Collection:

- Horse Race:
It's actually a derivation of Snake-Ladder game, utilizing luck through
dice-throwing actions. Well, animals are unpredictable, you know.

- Rock-Paper-Scissors:
Five-Level Duels to gain honor as champion!
Remember, Rock breaks Scissors, Scissors cut Paper, and Paper covers Rock.

- Memory Lane:
A memory tester game. Select two identical images to gain points as quickly as possible.

- Shooting & Fishing Game:
Shoot or fish as many targets as possible in the given time. Beware, don't let them shoot you back!

- Galasin:
Derived from Indonesian traditional game, all you have to do is to reach for the goal by going through obstacles.

- Casino Games:
Test your luck by playing "Big or Small" and "Pea Guess" games.
Roulette? Too difficult to win. Poker? Anyone has made it?

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FireHeart BASH! Game Credits:
Engine: RPG Maker VX

Vadis for music and graphics, sprites
Enterbrain for music, graphics,
sprites and basic scripts.

Scripts:
Moghunter, KGC and Claimh
Graphics & Sprites:
Pine, Antares, PainHurt etc

Mini-Games:
Kuro Creator: Rock-Scissors-Paper & MemoryLane

Music: Many people

Controls:
SpaceBar: ACTION button
Keypad: Move your character
X/Esc: Opens main menu
Shift+Keypad: Dash

So, what are you waiting for? Download the game by clicking below:
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MonsterBane 2: To Even the Odds

2010-11-16T18:11:00.001+07:00

monsterbane 2: to even the odds by vadis

everything is fair in love, war and monster hunting.

MonsterBane 1: Fablebook!

2010-11-13T20:46:00.003+07:00

monsterbane 1: fablebook by vadis

Okay, so the point is: with magic, one can do ANYTHING, including social-networking out of his time.

Starring: Cristophe from FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins Saga and A'bong the Orc.

Robert Chandler - Triple Impression!

2010-11-12T20:22:00.002+07:00

FireHeart - Robert Chandler 2 by ~vadis on deviant ART
A digital painting practice by vadis on the FireHeart Saga Chara: Robert Chandler.

FireHeart - Robert Chandler 3 by ~vadis on deviant ART
My ye olde sketchy-styled drawing with color

FireHeart - Robert Chandler 4 by ~vadis on deviant ART
My monochrome pencilling style

FireHeart Paladins Walkthrough - Chapter Seven Part 3 (Final)

2010-10-28T21:46:00.007+07:00

Stage V: Pyro’s Pyres

The plot thickens as more heroes come rushing in. In the rune room (C3) for instance, just touch the epitaph and the story moves on.

At the end of the cutscene, a hero named Alexis Deveraux, Crown Prince of Arcadia joins your party (it’s in version 5 and up. In previous versions, you can add him using the Party Log Book after Sheena’s event in (B3) Note that in version 1-3, Dar’gum, Sheena and Alexis are selectable only by passing that event B3).

The party setup is: Alexis, Hernan, Vera and a healer, either Iris, Chris or Paolo.

To pass this stage, your job is to open the four gates in (D3) by operating four switches A-B-C-D. Refer to the cluster map for location of switches.

The map itself is as follows: (16 cells, text mode)

A1 – A2 – A3 – A4
B1 – B2 – B3 – B4
C1 – C2 – C3 – C4
D1 – D2 – D3 – D4

Switches are in:
SWITCH A: D1 (enter from D2)
SWITCH B: A3 (enter from A2)
SWITCH C: B4 (enter from A4)
SWITCH D: C1 (enter from A1 – B1)

The Complete Route:
Switch A:
C3 – C2 – B2 – C2 – C1 – D1 – D2 – D1 – Turn Switch A off.

Switch B:
D1 – D2 – D1 – C1 – B1 – A1 – A2 – Top right to A3 – Turn Switch B off.

Switch C:
A3 – A2 – A3 – A4 – B4 – Turn Switch C off.

Switch D:
B4 detour – A4 – A3 – (B3 going to B4 to get Sheena – A3) – A2 – A1
B1 – Down left to C1 – Turn Switch D off.

So, just follow the route and turn off the switches in the A-B-C-D order. Remember, get the sequence wrong and you’ll have to do it from the start again.

Along the way, in cell (B3) you’ll get a mandatory cutscene (just approach the girl merchants to trigger it) involving Sheena, Baxter, Ellephar, the girl scouts and a battle with dark elves and orcs.
At the end of which, Sheena Mekh’ta the Corsair will join your party (or selectable from the Party Log Book).

Move on all the way through (C5), (D5), (D4) and finally (D3).
If you haven’t opened the four gates, you can detour through (C3) or (D4) and go all the way to the switch in question.

If you have opened them all, just exit downwards to...

Lava Cave

This is the area where the Sanctum and the Sanctum Guardians get their energy from. In this BOSS area of Pyro’s Pyres you just need to go down and center by defeating the Fire Elementals blocking your way.

At the center of this area, make sure you have your party all-prepared, restored and Herman and Vera are in your main party. And on to a surprise attack by:

BOSS: Fire Wyrm (Battle 2x @ HP:9000)

Just like in the story, there are two of them. Up to Version 5, the battle is of two consecutive rounds, In each you’ll battle the wyrms one at a time. The wyrms are too tough if you fight 2 of them at once, but hey, we can fix that on popular demand in maybe version six or so.

Basically, the fire wyrms use powerful fire-breathing attacks and quite vulnerable to ice and water, so with an average level of 23+ or so, they won’t be too tough customers.

With the fire wyrms out of the picture, you are free to go. REMEMBER to move up and go to the bottom corner left and right to open two treasure chests with powerful items inside.

Finish what you need to do or left behind – including recruiting Sheena.
Take out all your money from the bank if you haven’t do so already.

Make sure you’re all ready because there will be NO TURNING BACK after this.
When you do, just walk downwards from the center area where you fought the BOSS and a hidden switch on the floor will trigger a long story-related cutscene that will eventually transport you to the next stage.

Stage VI: Saturn’s Space

Whew, that sacrificial pit just now is just a magical illusion and you land on the upper right corner of this one-map stage.

Here, Father Bernides the morbit (were-rabbit) will heal your entire party for free, and Akh’mal the minotaur shaman will sell you godly, hyper-expensive weapons not released yet in the original story. If you have enough money, just buy one or two because you can still take on the FINAL BOSS without them – only if you want to find out how powerful the actual godly weapons actually are...

Like in the story, there are five bosses in this stage and it’s better if you fight them in this order: Eshmyr, Jokl, Borg, Vyr and Voltar.

To take on the first BOSS – Eshmyr the Wind, set your main party to Dar’gum, Adler, Desmond and Iris as support (suggested formation). Walk counter-clockwise along this labyrinth-like map, and move to the center of the map from the north. “Touch” the wind-icon roadblock there to engage the first of five:

MINI-BOSS: Eshmyr the Wind (HP: 10000)

Also known as Windmare, it’s very agile, so the suggested formation party will be your best bet to defeat it quicky. Beware its [Tornado], [Typhoon] and [Slow Move] skills.

Finished with it, and on to the next MINI-BOSS. Continue counter-clockwise and enter the center platform from the west. Set your main party to: Robert, Carolyn, Paolo and Sheena, restore fully all party, touch the “water” west icon to battle with:

MINI-BOSS: Jokl the Water (HP:10000, ATT:145, DEF:112)

This water elemental alligator monster can overwhelm any foe with the most powerful water attacks. With Rob and Carol in the party bombarding Fire Slashes, Fireblasts and Fireballs, the battle can somewhat become easier.

Repeat the process after taking care of Jokl – go left, follow the road counter-clockwise to the south part. Don’t forget to explore all corners of this map and open all treasure chests to get the best weapons and armor in the game and the most powerful item: [Divine Retribution].

About [Divine Retribution] item:
If you give alms to the church or the poor, let’s say 5000 geines at most, this item will give you much leverage when battling the last BOSS, because the randomized 3500-5000 damage it can cause to enemy consumes an amount of [Vadis’ Blessings] meter gained from the alms. It’s a consumable one-use item, so spend it wisely.

Back to the track, go from the southern part of the map to the center. Set your party to: Alexis, Cristophe, Kyflynn and Iris and touch the south “earth” icon and engage:

MINI-BOSS: Borg the Earth (HP: 10000, ATT: 150, DEF: 138)

With its big HP and physical attack and defense, Alexis and Chris will be the best bet to endure this fight.

Done with “earth”, next is “fire” from the mid-east. Set your party to optimum with Hernan, Vera, Erydos and Paolo.

EXTRA: See the blinking star just northeast from the center of the map just when you come near the fire icon? Just walk up to it and press ACTION button, and you’ll get the ULTRA SECRET BONUS – as thanks for reading this walkthrough.

MINI-BOSS: Vyr the Fire (HP: 10000)

With Attack 155 and Defense 96, Vyr has the strongest attack power of the five with skills of: Dragonbreath, Flame and Spirit Oblivion.

Just as other BOSSes, just make use of element affinity to gain advantage.

After taking care of the large lizzy, restore all your party’s HP and MP and select your best or favourite members for the starting grid. Save your game, move to the void in the center of the map to trigger a battle with:

BOSS: Voltar the Lightning (HP: 10000)

ATT: 150 / DEF: 114 / SPI: 140 / AGI: 123

This lightning phoenix might not be the toughest of the lot, but its “flying” attribute makes it hard to hit, earning it the last BOSS place of the five.

We suggested you to select your best, strongest members of your party because after this comes the non-stop FINAL BOSS battle, so rather make sure your best four finish Voltar so you won’t have to waste a turn changing party members in battle. Again, anyone is okay. Level 25+ is preferable.

After battle you’ll be instantly transported to to:

Core of the Universe

Aegis the Thunder Bird - Carolyn's Guardian Spirit is here.

A long, story cutscene starts automatically, thus plunges your party into a series of battles with:

FINAL BOSS: Chimera and Paliades

Chimera: HP: 16300, ATT:160, DEF: 130, SPI: 140, AGI: 100

Paliades: HP: 7000, ATT: 150, DEF: 120, SPI: 130, AGI: 100

Wielding the Deathblade Kraal’shazar, Paliades’ attacks are of dark powers, inherited from Vordac the Dark OverLord. So, naturally, Cristophe is the best to deal with him.

As for Chimera, just make sure that your HP is high and somebody is reserved to heal your entire party every 2 turns or so. That monster is actually a merging between Borg, Voltar, Jokl, Vyr and Eshmyr, so it uses all the most powerful attacks of any element that can deal around 1000 damage each, affecting the entire party.

Just work on the weaker Paliades first with Cristophe as anchor. With Paliades out of the picture, you can concentrate on Chimera. Again, the skill [Sandstorm Skirmish] can be of tactical advantage.

During beta-tests, we worked very hard to adjust the toughness of this monster, and if this setting is not “killing” enough, please let us know.

Eventually, if you ever beat this BOSS, congratulations – but it’s not over yet. Paliades still has the last ace in his sleeve and uses it by merging his body into Chimera, forming into one ultimate monster:

FINAL BOSS: Chimera Paliades
HP: 25000, ATT: 180, DEF: 130, SPI: 150, AGI: 100

We’re talking EXTREME here. Up to Full Version 5, you’re given a chance to restore your party’s HP and MP first before engaging Chimera-Paliades. Again, choose the best among your party members, save your game and you’ll automatically engage him.

Chimera-Paliades has two new ultimate attacks: [Cataclysm] and [Apocalypse], the non-elemental super-explosions. [Apocalypse] in particular can cause critical damage to party members until they’re low on HP.

So, this is a good time to use the ultimate magic item: [Divine Retribution]. The rest depends on your strategy, timing and a bit of luck.

A long cutscene that involves clicking SPACEBAR every now and then ensues, after which you only need to walk down to the portal down the screen that teleports your avatar to the final area.

Enia’s Sanctum – Temple Entrance

You get no enemy encounter here, but if you should want to wander around again through Gorgon’s Groves, beating monsters and such with your ultimate skills, just go ahead. Just consider the story is already finished.

If you don’t or you’ve had enough wandering around, all you have to do is walk under the blimp (a.k.a. Airship Aurora) and press ACTION button to “ride” in it. The ending scene ensues, and as we say in the “Credits” section, congratulations for finishing the game and thank you for playing the game and reading the walkthrough.

A little note, if we ever going to make the sequel of this game: FireHeart – Masks of the Soul, we won’t use any of the saved game from “The Bounty Hunters”. There might be undiscovered bugs or a feel of imbalance in this game, so we welcome feedbacks in www.fireheart.tk or any of our threads in RPG Maker forums, and we’ll work on the improvements right away.

Again, we thank you for downloading and playing this game.
Come forth Paladins, fulfill your destiny!

Andry Chang for Vadis Productions
October 28, 2010

FireHeart Paladins Walkthrough - Chapter Seven Part 2

2010-10-28T20:58:00.008+07:00

Stage III: Gaea’s Grounds

At the start of this “earth” area in Enia’s Sanctum, again you find an epitaph in the center of the first room. And again, just touch that epitaph to get the story going and the roadblocks vanishing.

A new hero joins your ranks: Adler von Bachmann. He joins your party straightaway in Version 5 and up, otherwise you may choose not to add him now because he will stay in the active party and cannot be removed until the next stage.

The challenge is somewhat simpler than in previous 2 stages. You just have to follow the road, unlock the switches and beat all the rock golems “blocking” the road.

However, spike traps are going up and down everywhere, just proceed carefully and study the trap timing so your party won’t lose HP needlessly.

(Text Version) Room Layout

--------------- (BOSS) ----------------
(8) Switch B – (9)up to BOSS – (10) Switch C
- (7) is cancelled, goto straight to 9 -
(6) Switch A – (5) intersection – (4) left
(1) Rune Room – (2) right – (3) up

Route Overview:
R1 – R2 – R3 – R4 – R5 – R2 – R5 – R6 (Switch A) – R5 – R9 – R8 (Switch B) – R10 (Switch C) – R9 – BOSS

Also, there is a roadblock in room 5 and two in room 9 which must be unlocked by pulling levers (switches). Switch (A) in room 5 is unlocked by pulling lever (A) in room 6 (after a cutscene with Sheena, Baxter & Ellephar).

Switch (B) and (C) are in room 9. To unlock switch (B) move the lever on the center of the map in the middle of a pool of “tricky” spike traps.

To unlock switch (C), go to room 10. There, you must do a “Mole Stomp” mini-game. Just go around the “sandy area” within the fence and press ACTION button randomly to stomp the mole out of the sand. Stomp three moles (out of 4 in the area) and the switch will be unlocked.

In the BOSS room, just walk up to face the guardians of Gaea’s Grounds:

BOSS: Giant Stone Gargoyles x2 (HP: 5000 x 2)

If one is not challenging enough, we give you two! Yes, people! These winged stone dragons action-packed with fire and earth-based attacks and thick stone skin for ultra-defense are very tough indeed! Beware of their Paralysis Breath skill, it’s as lethal as any Basilisk would have!

Other skills: Slow move, Dragonbreath & Earthquake.

After beating the BOSS, however, comes another trouble. The nine tiles at the center of the room are actually switches which must be pressed by pressing ACTION button on top of each to unlock the combination key on the elevator gate.

The tile sequence is:

(1) – (2) – (3)
(4) – (5) – (6)
(7) – (8) – (9)

Normally, without this walkthrough you just need to guess the right combination and ask the four NPCs around the area for clues.

Up to Full Version 5, the only right sequence is: 6-3-1-8 (which Father Paolo gives).
The lift gate opens automatically, but this sequence also triggers another roadblock: the orcs.
Prepare your party first with full HP and MP with Kyflynn and Iris in the main party, walk up and “talk” to the orc to trigger a battle with...

HIDDEN BOSS: Behemoth (HP: 8800)

The Ancient Earth Dragon, Behemoth Barudan actually supports the Gremion Orcs and the Dark Side. As his enormous size can tell, he got plenty of HP, defense (115) and attack (131) power. Spirit (113) is also great, and its only drawback is Agility (63).

A 4-member party with average levels of 22 and up won’t get too much trouble subduing this HIDDEN BOSS.

After all is done here, just walk into the crystal-powered elevator and descend to the next area.

Stage IV: Scylla’s Chills

This “Chill Zone” is actually a 17-room ice cave forming a single snowflake (see the diagram map).

As you exit the elevator, just go right up and talk to the long-haired man on the upper left: Don Hernan y Parvaez. You can skip talking to him if you want and go farther to the top exit of the map.

A man with white mustache stands on the exit. Just press ACTION button and talk to him, and you’re now acquainted with Erydos Crydias (“Eidos” in version 1-4) from Parthenia. Thus, he and Hernan join your party in standby mode.

Naturally, Robert and Carolyn’s fire skills are of great advantage in this stage.

Area 2, the top room is the rune room. So, as usual, just press ACTION button at the epitaph to get the story going and the roadblocks vanishing.

Beware: There are hidden traps that can confuse Robert, Chris, Adler or the entire party (random effect). So just be prepared with lots of items such as Mandrake Roots or Mandrake Extract, or party member with [Cure] skill.

As you might’ve observed, the elevator down to the next stage is locked shut, and you must unlock it by “touching” the locking crystals in sequence, that is A-B-C-D. Get the wrong order, and you’ll need to do it from the start again (just like in Yggdrasil Forest).

To make things short, just see the diagram and go to the crystals straightaway.
Note: Room 13 is a blocked way. Just avoid entering this path unless you want to get the treasure chest by entering from the left.

SPOILER: The complete route is: (text version)

Crystal A:
(1) up – (2) rune room – left to (11) – down to (6) – unlock Crystal (A) – left (10) – down to (3) – right to (1). Check: Crystal A appears here.

Crystal B:
(1) up to (2) – right to (12) – down to (7) – unlock Crystal (B) – up to (12) (except if you want to check room (13) first) – left to (2) – down to (1) – check Crystal B.

Along the way, you need to exit to the bottom of the core area (1) to area (5). There, you see 3 orcs standing side-by-side. Just walk farther downwards to trigger a cutscene and a duel between Robert (alone) and:

MINI-BOSS: Bragl Dar’gum Stormbringer (HP: 5000)

Powerful that he might be with the earth moves which are originally his, Robert can defeat him at level 20 and up (see the movie footage in www.fireheart.tk).

TIP: Just always seek to stun / paralyze Dar’gum with items and his “rather unoriginal” skill, Sandstorm Skirmish.

After that fight comes a cutscene that results in Dar’gum joining your party.
Back to the “crystal-touching” rituals.

Crystal C:
From room (5) go left to (16) – up to (8) – unlock Crystal (C) – left to (17) – up to (3) – right to (1), check Crystal C is lit.

Crystal D:
(1) – right to (4) – down to (14) – left (9) – unlock Crystal (D) – right to (14) – up (4) – left (1) – check Crystal D is lit and restore full + save your game.

After you touch all 4 crystals, go back to Room 1. Refill your entire party’s HP & MP and touch the roadblock to the bottom elevator. Alas, it doesn’t open, instead it plunges you into battle with:

BOSS: Ice Elemental Generator (HP: 9500)

ATK: 140, DEF: 112, SPI: 128, AGI: 92
Skills: Water Cannon, Maelstrom
Vulnerable: Fire, Lightning
Immune: Water

Here, this diabolical machine is accompanied by four ice elementals. Up until Version 5, we don’t bother adding events to add a new ice elemental every say, 5 turns or so to accommodate the story, because it’ll make this BOSS too powerful than it actually is. Instead, it uses powerful WATER spells including Maelstrom to attack you (and never physical attacks).

Disable the machine, and you may pass this stage, descending with the elevator to the next stage: Pyro’s Pyres.

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FireHeart Paladins Walkthrough - Chapter Seven Part 1

2010-10-25T21:19:00.004+07:00

FIREHEART – Legend of the Paladins
Book One: The Bounty Hunters
GAME WALKTHROUGH – Part Three

CHAPTER SEVEN
INTO THE SUN

REMEMBER: Withdraw all your money from the bank in Medellar if you stored it. Better bear with the bandits some more (in case there are Melchior Bank agents in Gaea’s Grounds or Pyro’s Pyres). Make sure you get your “Vadis’ Blessings” meter to about 5000 or 10000 by giving alms to the poor / the church.

Enia’s Sanctum

From the world map, enter by stepping into the “tent” icon. As our heroes enter the vicinity of Enia’s Sanctuary, they are greeted by a welcoming committee: of monsters.
Just beat all monsters in the scene before “touching” the big guy (orc) blocking the pathway to the top. Kill ‘em all, go up and on to the next scene.

Waterfall Entrance

Just walk right up for a cutscene, and platforms rise from the lake water. Just “walk” to directions as directed (as if your mates instructed it), and hop along until you come to the front of the entrance gate. Hint: On the top leftmost platform go up into the waterfall – a place where you can save, rest (healing crystal) and shop (orc merchant). Go up to the first stage of Enia’s Sanctum named:

Stage I: Gorgon’s Groves

This area used to be a proving ground for people to be initiated as Enia’s priest. Now, the grove where fairies and nymphs reside is overrun by sinister banshees (who disguise as nymphs), mutants and assorted monsters.

When you arrive in the first scene, walk to the center and touch the epitaph there (with ACTION button) to read it (mandatory for story progress) and the roadblocks will be opened.

Take the way UP to the next screen. Now in each screen there are nymphs roaming around. Well, they are actually banshees disguised as nymphs, and they transform as soon as you touch them or they touch you.

If you download this game up to version 3B, you must face at least two groups of banshees on each screen. However, in Version 5 you can simply avoid the banshees roaming randomly and just go to the next scene (which will be improved if we can even get to make the sixth version).

Gorgon’s Groves itself is actually a mystical maze that can get everybody lost, no redo and no straight detour to the starting point.

So, this is the spoiler of the right route:
START (Rune Room) – UP – LEFT – UP – RIGHT – RIGHT – DOWN – RIGHT – UP – NEXT AREA

Enia’s Sanctum – Temple Entrance

We put no puzzle in this scene. Just walk through the unblocked path, explore and open all terasure chests in the area all the way and enter the temple in main gate in the center of the map.

Enia’s Shrine Room

Now this is another story-related, zero-encounter room used as a rally spot for the Light Side’s “Relief Forces”. If you should wonder what the “Three Gods of Trinity” look like, just touch the statues. Okay, so there are similarities with character graphics in other scenes, no big deal.

Just go to the center of the shrine to trigger a cutscene with Kyflynn Windwalker, Desmond Edmundsen and Vera Vyrkova, at the end of which they’ll join your party.

NOTE: We put a new “Party Management Menu” in Full Version 5 and up, but we still keep the “Party Log Book” system to prevent bugs and just in case we missed something during modifications.

After the cutscene, just walk up and talk to the elf in front of Enia’s statue. Galvanir Deneuve, that elf then goes into an opened secret hole passage on the floor and you just need to follow him to go to the next stage.

Before you go, spare a moment to touch and see Enia’s statue on the top center of the shrine, there’s a chance that a surprise gift might fall into your hands.

Stage II: Typhon’s Tunnels

The rune room is the first scene in the stage, and as usual, go up to it and press ACTION to read the riddle, and again, the roadblocks will vanish.

Before you proceed, MAKE SURE that you put Kyflynn in the main party throughout this stage plus Desmond for best elemental affinity against the guards in this “windy” stage.

Please note that this is the most treacherous stage in Enia’s Sanctum with a very complex route, so for you who wants lesser challenge, just follow the most recommended route in this SPOILER:
(refer to the map diagram above for more thorough information)

All Routes:

Tier 1:
A1 <= C6, A2 <= D4, A3 <= B6, A4 => E1, A5 => B2, A6 => C3
B1 <= F5, B2 <= A5, B3 <= C5, B4 => C2, B5 <= F3, B6 => A3
C1 <= E6, C2 <= B4, C3 <= A6, C4 => D1, C5 => B3, C6 => A1

Tier 2:
D1 <= C4, D2 <= F6, D3 <= G6, D4 => A2, D5 => G2, D6 => E3
E1 <= A4, E2 <= A5, E3 <= D6, E4 => F1, E5 => I2, E6 => C1
F1 <= E4, F2 <= G4, F3 <= B5, F4 => H3, F5 => B1, F6 => D2

Tier 3:
G1 <= H4, G2 <= D5, G3 <= I5, G4 => F2, G5 => I3, G6 => D3
HI <= J4, H2 <= I4, H3 <= F4, H4 => G1, H5 => E2, H6 => I1
I1 <= H6, I2 <= E5, I3 <= G5, I4 => H2, I5 => G3, I6 => BOSS

Recommended Route:

B5 – F3 – Check on the fat lady on the corner of room F, make sure KYFLYNN is in the main party, not standby – Exit through F4 – H3. If you can, come across and exit through H6 – I1 – In Room I, exit through I6 to enter the BOSS room. (Eww... Too easy?)

When you enter the BOSS area, take your time to replenish your health and save your game before going up to the center and trigger a cutscene and a battle with:

BOSS: Wyvern x2 (HP: 4500 x2)

Accompanied by the dark elves, wyverns a.k.a. wind dragons pack a very speedy set of attacks and are hard to hit on a defensive. Skills: Typhoon, Tornado and Whirlwind Slash.

After defeating the boss, just select the exit through the RIGHT tunnel (J2 in the map) to move on to the next stage: Gaea’s Grounds.

FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins Book1 Game Version 5!

2010-10-17T19:38:00.003+07:00

Well, to fulfill some requests, in response to some critics and inputs and to make a work template for next VadisGames projects, we proudly release the fifth full version of FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins Book One: The Bounty Hunters game.

Platform: PC Game Offline
Genre: Fantasy Traditional RPG
Engine: RPG Maker VX

Added features:
- Mini-maps
- Large Party Changer menu
- Added a few monsters and changed some battle and in-game background music
- Screen modification menu
- Battle backgrounds
- Lighting torch effect in dark caves

Added but non-functional features:
- Quests in main menu (please ignore that because we're still using old quest system using "Quest Log" items)
- Some things are left unchanged because the new scripts from Yanfly+KGC crashed during test.
- Clouds in world maps are not applied yet.

Download the full version for FREE by clicking here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?10o1ngpv98zw4kc

Feedbacks are welcome, hope your play will be more enjoyable,
Come Forth Paladins, Fulfill Your Destiny!

Out now! The highly anticipated second book in James Dashner's Maze Runner Trilogy!

2010-10-15T21:07:00.001+07:00

No images? Click HERE.

New for Fall!

Now available: The Scorch Trials--
the latest book in the Maze Runner Trilogy!

Torment hits number one!

Torment, the latest book in the Fallen Novels series by Lauren Kate, is number one on the New York Times bestseller list!

Visit the series site to find the Torment trailer, an excerpt of the novel, and much more.

Join the conversation at Random Buzzers and Facebook .

Museum of Thieves
by Lian Tanner

Welcome to the perilous City of Jewel, a repressive society that protects young people "for their own good."

This highly entertaining dystopian thriller, chock-full of cliffhangers, places high stakes on the coming-of-age quest and will have fans of Cornelia Funke, Philip Pullman, and Neil Gaiman clamoring for more.

Visit the Keepers Trilogy website for games, a character guide, and to read the first chapter!

Play the game on your iPad/iPhone!

	The Scorch Trials by James Dashner Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to... All New Trailer for Scorch Trials! View here Follow the series on Facebook Visit The Maze Runner Trilogy site
	Brain Jack by Brian Falkner Another terrifying sci-fi page-turner from the author of The Tomorrow Code! Las Vegas is gone--destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dystopic near-future, technology has leapt forward once again, and neuro-headsets have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on a headset, and it's the Internet at the speed of thought. Join the discussion at Random Buzzers
	The Edge Chronicles 10: The Immortals by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell Nate Quarter is a lowly lamplighter in the phraxmines of the Eastern Woods, until treachery forces him to flee for his life to the mighty city of Great Glade. Illustrated throughout with outstanding inventiveness by Chris Riddell, it will not only enthrall existing fans of the Edge Chronicles but also grip readers new to the series. View an author video at Classroom Cast
	The Dark Deeps: The Hunchback Assignments 2 by Arthur Slade The Dark Deeps, the second book in Arthur Slade's Hunchback Assignments series, is set in a fascinating Steampunk Victorian world. Modo?s underwater adventures and his encounters with the young French spy Colette Brunet, the fearless Captain Monturiol, and the dreaded Clockwork Guild guarantee a gripping read filled with danger, suspense, and brilliant inventions. View the trailer

FireHeart Arc2 Chapter1 Page 8-11

2010-10-10T13:44:00.003+07:00

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FireHeart Manga Sketch Arc2 Chapter1 Pg4-7

2010-10-03T11:36:00.002+07:00

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Wind Rider Grand Prix

2010-10-01T19:16:00.002+07:00

The Flash game from the celebrated comic Wind Rider - Sky Age by Is Yuniarto

Story Overview:
Imagine a world with civilizations built amongst the clouds, with cities in floating-gigantic steel structures, and people riding flying bikes; where the boundless sky is an ocean of stormy and hazardous acid-clouds; where the solid surface of the earth is full of mystery, of many unexplored possibilities and threats… That’s where we’ll be taking you to!

You are invited to join a “fateful-accidental adventure” of an average working-class skybike rider, a young big-mouthed dreamer, basically a nobody named Rou, along with a nervy and bold female reporter named Mel, in their journey trailing a quest of a famous Skybike Rider named Griffen, who set out for a dangerous rescue mission.

Find out all about it in this adventure story, in a fantasy tale that will take you from across the span of the sky of a world in the age of the skyfaring, toward the mysterious valleys of the land unknown, hidden beneath the acid clouds…

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Just visit this link to play the game directly,

Or visit the official site, Wind Rider Studio for more info about Wind Rider - Sky Age and more of Is Yuniarto's works.

FireHeart Manga Sketch Arc2 Chapter1 Pg1-3

2010-09-22T22:32:00.001+07:00

FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins
Book One: The Bounty Hunters

The Manga (Rough Sketch Version)

Arc-II: the alternative plot, starring cristophe as the (reluctant) main hero - the webcomic version only.

Chapter I: The Fool's Journey Begins

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Altima

2010-09-17T11:27:00.003+07:00

DeveloperGreatRedSpirit
EngineRPG Maker VX
GenreRPG

What is ALTIMA?
An epic innovate amazing RPG make in RPG Maker VX! You control the heroes who are on a quest to fight EVIL! Your goal: Search the world for The Holy Grail and The Sacred Water to seal The Source of Evil to save the world from Evil!

It was made in 24 hours from inception to final release for the Action 52 Community Event. After I managed to egg Tonfa into making a review for it I made a separate gameprofile just for it so Tonfa could submit a review. I also updated the game to fix some errors and improve some minor aspects now that I have no time limit. I have no intention of doing a complete overhaul like I did with Demon's Gate 1.6 though.

FEATURES
Dungeons have been cunningly replaced by nothing but a series of encounters! This means I could create the score of dungeons in this game in almost no time at all!

Twelve unique characters which you can build YOUR party with! No party member is resistant to the boot of making room for your favorite class!

Exploration based gameplay! You have to find the secret locations of The Holy Grail, The Sacred Water, and The Source of Evil! Complete dungeons to receive hints of where to look!

A minimap (by Wortana) lets the player know where to look! Find dungeons and know their difficulty with color-coded indicators on the minimap! Know what towns have recruitable characters based on their color on the minimap!

The YEZ battle script (and a few others) by Yanfly makes battles look a bit different than the default RMVX script! Also has scanning! Yay!

One of the most useless Old Men in video games!

Download the full version here!
Source Article: http://rpgmaker.net/games/2172/

Eternal Paradise

2010-09-17T10:57:00.003+07:00

DeveloperEphiam
EngineRPG Maker 2003
GenreRPG

Description

Eons ago, the world and all of its splendours were created by the magnificent and all-powerful being simply known as the “Creator.” It wove the threads of life, and upon creating the planet Earth, spotted it with its most cherished life-form: man.

Having gifted mankind with all of its blessing and necessities, the Creator simply watched as man forged his own path in life, and over the decades crafted himself in to a race of truly wondrous individuals numbering in the millions.

The Creator, however, grew tired of this creation, and thus gave life to four heavenly Kings to watch over and monitor the world in his stead. One of these Kings, Celes, wanted more than the Creator could ever possibly give her: she wanted its power—the divine power of creation. Upon being rejected of her request, the mighty guardian revolted against her creator and all of his creations, and was tossed from her perch atop the heavens in to a realm of purgatory; an island resting between Earth and the Heavens, but far enough away from either that they'd taunt her position for all of eternity.

Countless years have passed since that fated day, and now that island prison hanging in purgatory between Heaven and Earth will become the destination for four youths seeking revenge against a murderous man. Their journey, however, may lead them on an adventure that could reshape the very foundation of all that was, and all that could ever be...

DOWNLOAD FREE FULL VERSION 2 by clicking HERE
Source Info: http://rpgmaker.net/games/1914/

FireHeart Game - Morning Light - Ending Scene of Book One

2010-09-11T10:16:00.001+07:00

I am just wondering, how many people have reached this scene?
Feedbacks are welcome, here, in the website or in the RPG Maker forum.

Note: the credit list is in the ending, or it can be seen in the website www.fireheart.tk under details/overview.

FireHeart - Legend of the Paladins the Game
by Andry Chang - Vadis Productions 2009

A Tale of Two Kingdoms and a Gauntlet

2010-09-06T18:32:00.002+07:00

An epic fairy tale adventure game, in the style of the Sierra classics.

The kingdom of Theylinn is under assault by a horde of fierce goblins, while within the castle walls nobles vie for power. Take the role of Maeldun Whiteblade as you try to defend the kingdom, clear your name from a murder accusation, and seek aid from the fairies in Thierna na Oge.

Download from here:

A Tale of Two K...
Added: 10 October 2008
By: Crystal Shard

Gauntlet Revisited

Gauntlet Revisited
Added: 07 September 2008
By: Mark13673

This is my version of the classic TDS Gauntlet...

New Version!! All bugs (including the surface error) have now been fixed!!!

You play as a Warrior, a Valkyrie, a Wizard or a Ranger through 30 levels of monster mayhem! There are hidden treasure vaults, traps, and reliquaries, as well as a basic stats system to personalise your avatar. Completing the game opens up Champion mode, and for every five levels that you pass there are more entries in the bestiary... Over a year in the making, I hope you enjoy it!

Please post with any bugs on the GMC (here) http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=396506

Ancient Pixelry Battleground

2010-09-06T18:23:00.002+07:00

Ancient Battlegrounds

Ancient Battleg...
Added: 02 February 2009
By: Commander Jaspo

Created by:
Commander Jaspo
http://www.yoyogames.com/users/Commander%20Jaspo

Game description:

It's finally here! The long
unanticipated release of the
complete version of Ancient
Battlegrounds! It is a long
playing war game set in the
early years of human
existence, focusing on the fight
between the Cushites and
Caananites as they attempt to
conquer Mesopotamia. The
gameplay style is similar to the
galactic conquest mode in Star
Wars Battlefront II. Unfinished
upon it's submission for
competition02 more than a year
ago, it is now complete,
improved, and expanded upon.
It now includes, among other
things, a bonus system. This
game is not meant to be played
through in one sitting and
therefore has been equipped
with a nifty "save" button.

BJ Vadis' comment:
Now here's one addictive game with GameMaker.
Though I only played the Very Easy mode, I wouldn't mind playing it again, as Cushies or Canines (oops)

Pixelry

Pixelry 1
Added: 31 March 2010
By: EvelendGames

Created by: Evelend Games

This is really an incomplete version, because we needed more time to complete the game. There are a few known bugs
at the menu, at the forge and in the last battle of the game. We are going to upload a better version of it in the near future. Thanks!

"Come near, since I'm telling you a story that took place long ago. Listen carefully..."

"...'Who achieves to defeat my best knights, the 5 Champions, in the Royal Cavalry Chamionship, thou will be who marries my dear daughter, the princess Annabelle Hyacinthe Arianna di Grandigund.''

http://evelendgames.blogspot.com/

BJ Vadis' Comment: LOL, another Annabelle...!!! Just created a story with an "Annabelle" on it hehe.

Dubloon and Assassin Blue - Games by Banov

2010-09-03T21:18:00.002+07:00

Dubloon

Dubloon
Added: 02 June 2009
By: BanovG

A point-and-click pirate RPG adventure. Sweet interface, tense tactical battles, clever puzzles.

LOW QUALITY VERSION: http://gamejolt.com/dashboard/developer/games/files/edit/2527/
Recommended for users with a slow connection.

WALKTHROUGH: http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/dubloon/files/walthrough-for-landlubbers/download/254/1677/

Assassin Blue

Assassin Blue
Added: 15 July 2008
By: BanovG

Get an Assassin Blue T-Shirt! http://www.zazzle.com/banovg*

HighQuality Music Download: http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/assassin-blue/files/high-quality-soundtrack/download/170/2251/

A swordfighting platformer with a unique visual style. 12 Levels, cool unlockables, crazy boss fights.

You can also download a higher-quality soundtrack for the game separately, and the

T-SHIRTS:
http://www.zazzle.com/banovg*

BanovG's blog:
http://banov.blogspot.com/

Cristophe's Double Impressions! And Robert too

2010-08-31T19:42:00.002+07:00

Cristophe Deveraux Sept 2010 by ~vadis on deviant ART
Color-Pencil Cristophe Deveraux - re-impression from a novel cover art by Weni (Sheila Publisher)

Cristophe Deveraux Aug 2010 by ~vadis on deviant ART
FINAL Cristophe Game Chara picture art for FireHeart II Game

FireHeart - Robert Chandler by ~vadis on deviant ART
Alternative Robert Chandler Game Chara picture art for FireHeart II Game - Masks of the Soul - reproduced from the original art by vanseven.deviantart.com

Drawn by Vadis

New Michael Scott e-short story, Sons of Liberty Sweepstakes and more!

2010-08-25T20:11:00.001+07:00

No images? Click HERE.

New for August!

Now available: The Death of Joan of Arc--
an all new e-short story by Michael Scott!

Enter the Sons of
Liberty Sweepstakes!

Enter for your chance to win an original piece of art featuring YOU illustrated in the style of The Sons of Liberty and a copy of the book! There will be one grand prize winner and 20 runners up who will receive a copy of the book.

Click here to enter.

Michael Scott Interview
at Comic-Con

Click here to watch a video with Michael Scott, author of the The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series.

	The Death of Joan of Arc an e-short story by Michael Scott Available wherever eBooks are sold. Joan of Arc was not burned at the stake in Rouen, France, in 1431. She was rescued from certain death by Scathach the Warrior. The truth about that day is revealed in the last will and testament of William of York, and it will leave you wondering: does Joan of Arc still walk the earth? Learn more Follow the series on Facebook Visit The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series site
	A Crack in the Sky by Mark Peter Hughes Thirteen-year-old Eli Papadopoulos is worried. Even though he?s a member of the most powerful family in the world. Even though his grandfather founded InfiniCorp, the massive corporation that runs everything in the bustling dome-cities. Even though InfiniCorp ads and billboards are plastered everywhere, proclaiming: DON'T WORRY! INFINICORP IS TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING! Eli isn?t convinced. And he?s about to find out that in the dome-cities, being a Papadopoulos isn?t enough to save a rule-breaker like him. Learn more Read an excerpt
	The Nightmarys by Dan Poblocki Timothy July has been having nightmares. About his brother, who is in a coma after being wounded in Iraq; about his best friend, Stuart, who is behaving like a jerk; about the old biology specimens in jars lining the walls of his classroom; and about Abigail, the new girl who seems to be a magnet for trouble. Or perhaps she is the cause. Suddenly Timothy?s nightmares are coming true. Can Timothy figure it out before his nightmares become a deadly reality? Learn more
	Preview Torment Lauren Kate's latest installment in the Fallen Novels series, Torment, hits shelves September 28th! Read from the first chapter now! Visit the official website Check out the Facebook page Join the discussion at Random Buzzers Watch the Torment video!

Legend of The Guardians : The Owls of Ga Hoole

2010-08-20T19:39:00.002+07:00

Legend of The Guardians : The Owls of Ga Hoole - Official Trailer [HD]
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_lMihSKkgA&hd=1

Release Date: 24 September 2010
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill, Emilie de Ravin, Abbie Cornish
Genre: Adventure | Fantasy
Director: Zack Snyder
Writer: John Orloff, John Collee
Studio: Warner Brothers

Plot:
Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's.

FireHeart Paladins Walkthrough - Chapter Six Part 3

2010-08-01T17:38:00.001+07:00

Yggdrasil River

To reach the core of this vast forest, it’s now time to row, row, row your boat through the river. Just hop into the boat (Iris probably conjured one from somewhere but it doesn’t show in this event – should anyone ask).

Paddle through whirlpools, rocks and encountering monsters such as mutant salmons all the way to the right. If you notice the “odd” map layout here it’ll be to the “L” of “YGGDRASIL”.

Of course there’ll be treasures and you can even shop a bit, and at the “L” part you’ll encounter the MINI-BOSS: Sultan Sahagin and three mutant salmons. They’re easy to defeat, so without further ado, exit right to:

Wysteria’s Lair

Go right, exit the boat, heal up using the healing crystal, arrange party members ( I suggest you remove Iris if she’s in your active party), save your game and go up and right. A cutscene ensues, and on to battle with the quarry, the main objective of this mission.

BOSS: Wysteria
HP: 7500

Actually she is not a lamia, but a Mandragora (a monstrous version of Mandrake that is half-woman, half-plant). But as she already existed in many other works and my lack of resources, so a lamia (snake-woman, another variety of a gorgon) she is.

In the story, she is controlling the Wind Orb containing the esper (guardian spirit) Eshmyria the Wind Fairy, so Wysteria’s attacks are also of Wind Elemental: Tornado (HP <60%), Typhoon (HP <40%) and Pandemonium (HP <20% ultimate wind magic) beside her darkness spell of Dark Disintegration and curse spells such as Temptation Song (confuse), Sleep and Paralysis.

You might also want to eliminate the two Forest Imps first with powerful fire-based or lightning-based spells and attacks, and then protect Paolo so he can heal or cure your party every turn.

When you defeat Wysteria, Eshmyria will be freed and join the party as Iris’ esper (note that Iris won’t be able to use Eshmyria Pandemonium spell until she’s level 30 or more).

Then comes a long scene and you’ll be back in Palamural’s cave and then on to Adler’s scene in his home in Freidle. At the end of the scene, the party is already back in Freidle, talking to Heinrich. I suggest you just rest up and prepare the sundries, don’t buy weapons and armors yet here because there are better (and more expensive) ones in the next town on the journey to the west. It’s also a good time to withdraw all your savings in the Melchior Bank.

Exit the city and go west through the world map. Just follow the north route because the toll guards are disappearing there only. Just follow the path, go past the city of Myrcalia, Xenticen and Celc (you have no business there in Book One).

You then will come to the narrow road through the hills and you can visit the small frontier town of Medellar. This is your last chance to give alms, visit the church and accumulate your Vadis’ Blessing meter (the more the better but not compulsory because it’ll be used up on an ultimate one-use relic at the final stage of the game).

Exit Medellar Town when you’re ready, go down along the path and then left. Save your game before entering the tent marker entrance to the vicinity of Enia’s Sanctum, the place for the final chapter of this game (Book One only).

(End of Chapter 6)

Addendum/Note:
Special buildings and professions to aid your party sustainability

1. Church:
The function of church in every town is always the same, it’s to exercise one’s compassion, thirst of truth and unconditional love (except for a special story scene in Book Two).

Give alms by talking to the nun near the collection box, entrance or sorts. Alm to the poor and beggars also count. Talk to the priest and you’ll know that it’s to accumulate Vadis’ Blessings meter. I know this is not realistic, educational or even religious in the nature of sincerity, but a game is a game and the wasted money and time for alms is to be accounted for something – called the “Divine Intervention”, tee hee hee.

2. Hunter Guild:
Assign optional missions and sometimes the mainstream storyline missions. So far only the guilds in Rand and Varestine are fully functional, because the author was too cooked up in mainstream story missions and additional missions will somewhat make the game look more easier... (or maybe we can add some more quests in later versions).

The operational in Rand and Varestine is quite similar, and the steps are:
- Look for mission posters in the walls, and choose the ones you want/are qualified to overtake.
- Talk to the “clerk lady” on the left to discuss mission details and confirm that mission. Some missions will give you a special “quest item” that is to check the progress of the mission on hand and will disappear upon completion.
- If you complete your quest, talk to the clerk in the middle to confirm completion and get the info of your rewards.
- Go to the clerk on the right to claim your rewards (most of the time it’s money).

3. Pub / Bar / Casino:
It’s usually a place to seek out information from “unusual” sources, usually when all else fails. The people here might hear things “normal people” don’t.
Some mini-games of luck and mini-quests are installed here, and the pubs in Rand and Freidle hold the key of mainstream story continuity.

4. Jeeves the Magic Butler:
Now this is an extra feature: play/change soundtracks (background music) using the Magic Piano from the future.

5. Melchior Bank:
Some critiques said it’s not quite useful. Well, wait until some bandits and thieves stumble with your party and stole your money or goods. We shall improve the scripting into storing items too and limit the “bag” unless we can assume that Carolyn carries around a magic “Doraemon’s Bag” that contains everything – another product of Melchior’s?

Buy an Account Book (100 geines) to check your money balance anytime in the game. Talk to the clerk on the center to conduct actions: (Deposit, Withdraw, How’s my Account Balance?). Talking to the clerk on the right and she’ll tell you the reason I put the banking system in the game.

6. Disabled Features:
Blacksmith (too complicated eventing), Party Changer man/crystal (already using item in book 1), Save Crystal (you can save your game everywhere from the menu).

FireHeart Paladins Walkthrough - Chapter Six Part 2

2010-08-01T17:34:00.002+07:00

Yggdrasil Forest (Outskirts)

Since this is going to be a long path ahead, I’ve closed the “wrong roads” with roadblocks. So, simply follow the path all the way down until you find a cave entrance and go in there.

Yggdrasil Keeper’s Cave

In this scene, you see an old man being surrounded by a group of satyrs (they’re actually centaurs, but maybe I’ll change them into satyrs or make/find a centaur spriteset if I have time). Just ignore the satyr on the left and just “touch” the right one to fight the centaurs.

After that, walk up and the old man will thank you, providing you with information about the current situation and give you a quest. It’s a mainstream quest, so you just move on with the storyline.

Exit the cave, move to the bottom left corner and SAVE YOUR GAME before crossing the bridge. Cross the bridge, and the scene automatically changes into...

Yggdrasil Forest (Inner)

You’re controlling Chris alone again, and this time Chiel the little helper catches up and joins him.

Go all the way down, save your game every so often and save again for sure near the healing crystal before moving on to the bottom and right. The enemies might be too tough with Chris alone for attack. Go right through a narrow path, and a cutscene ensues, followed by a series of battles with the Forest Imps.

After the first battle, two people join to help Chris: Lavennia Iris the elf archer and Adler von Bachmann the Borgian knight specializing in 2-hand greatswords.

You’ll fight four or five more Forest Imp troops non-stop until Rob’s group arrives.

The heroes then talk and Adler leaves the party (“to go back to Freidle”). It’s now five people (and a micha) in the group, yet the game script only allows four per active party, so for now on you can change active party members by keeping and using the [Party Changer Log Book] item.

Select the item from the [Items] menu to activate, choose add or remove party members, select the member in the party to be changed (remove) and select the standby (available in the menu choice) ones in the roster to join your active party (add).

If you select more than 4 members, the 5th will be included in the party but won’t be active in battles, wont’ receive [EXP] experience points and potentially can trigger a bug – which I haven’t tried or able to figure out the solution yet, fearing the risk. I suggest you stay with the Chris – Rob – Carol – Paolo combination and you might want to use Iris more often later in the next chapter.

Now that a problem is resolved, what remains is the mission they must do now here and another one in the place far, far away. So, as the story goes (game version), the heroes choose to finish up here first.

Mission: Roots and Branches of Evil – Mainstream

As the old elf Palamural informed, it’s now time for you to move on with the quest at hand. Move right from the imp battles site and go up the road, and you’ll find the first crystal. Touch it, it’ll disappear and the second crystal emerges somewhere.

Just follow the sequence to unlock the fourth, final crystal at the eastern edge of Inner Yggdrasil Forest (which actually is a roadblock and – in reality – an illusionary barrier to keep people from going in and out to the core of the forest, the Tree of Life Yggdrasil itself).

Done with the first crystal, now you follow the road all the way up and exit the map into...

Yggdrasil Forest – Outer

Move on and on eastwise. Follow the road up until you find a river. You’ll see an odd appearance of a horse in the water (make sure Cristophe is in your active party). Don’t worry, it’s not a bug. But if you don’t save your game first before “touching” it, that’s a reason to be worried because it’ll trigger a mini-battle with a Kelpie (just like in section 1 – Way to Freidle) only this time it’s alone. And as before, he’s not too tough so just consider this as a bonus.

Go down the road and you’ll see the second crystal glowing like the first one. Touch it, and now you have to detour all the way to Yggdrasil Keeper’s Cave to trigger the third crystal. Observe the road for opened paths and disappearing road blocks, and fight the centaurs (or satyrs) on the left in the cave to reach that crystal. Once you touch it, the final, fourth crystal will disappear.

Exit to Outer Yggdrasil, go all the way to the right and exit through the lower right corner of the map, and you arrive at the right side section of Inner Yggdrasil. Just follow the road until you come to the bottom right corner, save your game, replenish your entire party’s HP and MP, move up the road and you’ll in for a surprise battle with:

MINI-BOSS: Cyclops
HP:?

Okay, so this monster is meant to add some game time, and I’ll add two forest trolls (popular demand) in the next version. After defeating the cyclops, just proceed along the road and exit right into the next area.

FireHeart Paladins Walkthrough - Chapter Six Part 1

2010-08-01T17:27:00.003+07:00

CHAPTER SIX
THE SPIRIT OF TEMPERANCE

Uvarse Village - Spring

After the novel-adapted scenes, you find the party already in the village as the snow clears up. Rest, restock and save before exiting the village and move north the path of the Europe-like West Aurelia world map into the next area.

Way to Freidle

Follow the path and go northwise. Save your game often before moving a “tricky” boulder. The ways are always open as long as you move the boulders one step at a time and take care not to block all the roads permanently (Load last saved game if you do, amigo).

Interacting with people along the road there might be fruitful and informative. If you can see a hooded woman and a monster on the scene, go to the left path upwards, save your game and go right to trigger a cutscene and a battle with:

MINI-BOSS: Kelpie
HP: 5200

The Kelpie (Zebra Gnoll) is with 2 gnolls. These bunch of pushovers are not of much problem (or are they to you?). Yet, beating them is easy enough, easier than Alpha Werewolf and the gang.

After beating the Kelpie, make sure you explore up the map and open a bonus treasure chest there before exiting on the upper right corner. At the world map, go all the way north to...

Freidle, Capital of Borgia

This mount City of Freedom was literally carved out of the Great Mount Freidle. The Great Palace of Drakkarsheim lies on the top end of the map but you can’t enter because you have no business there (at least in Book One).

After a cutscene at the city entrance, follow Paolo’s clue by moving to the left.
Approach the bearded man standing beneath the dragon statue (FYI: It’s a statue of a Borgian Dragon Rider). Talk to him, and a dialogue then ensues between your party and one Heinrich Ratzinger.

You’re free to shop and roam around in this city (recommended) before entering the inn for a cutscene and Robert, Carolyn and Paolo will leave the party and leave Cristophe to roam alone.

The attractions in this city are:
- The same dice and pea guess game as in Alceste in the Two Spurs Pub & Casino.

- Horse Race Level 3, the stable at the right side of the entrance. Try your luck and play to gain some geines. The money is good and you need it. Definitely.

- Training Dojo: It’s a spoiler mini-game, really to test the monsters you’ll encounter later – for a fee. Just make sure you have a minimal 3-man party or else they’ll maybe too tough for you to beat. No death penalties for losing, but better be safe than losing money for nothing, right?

- If you want to cheat a little, you can go into a stone house with a combination lock. Just enter the number “2575” and go inside. It’s actually my test site for Party Changer common event, so pick the available characters (Rob, Chris, Carol, Paolo, Chiel and Iris) and enjoy! You cheatin’ devil, you...

If you’re already alone as Cristophe and done playing around and picking bonuses along the way, just go and enter the pub on the far right corner of the map.

Two Spurs Pub

Save your game, talk to the barmistress going to-and-fro behind the bar to trigger a full special effect cutscene and a very-very long story dialogue scene all the way back to the inn.

Eventually, the party will be Robert, Carol and Paolo. Finalize your preparations and head out of the city on the world map, go right towards the forest and walk into the “tent” marker.

RPG Maker VX Storage and Bank System v1.2 by Deriru

2010-07-29T22:02:00.004+07:00

Here's the Script for Storage & Bank System for
RPG Maker VX. Credit Deriru if you use this system.
Visit the forum rpgmakervx.net for more updates and bug fixes.

Retrieved from:
http://www.rpgmakerid.com/rmvx-f22/askbank-event-t2154.htm#37186
Just copy-paste the script below in the game.

#===============================================================================
# Deriru's Simple Storage System v1.2
# by Deriru
#
# What does this do?:
# -It creates an storage system where you can store your items and gold, like
# in a warehouse.
#
# How to use:
# -Customize the script according to the options below.
# -Call the storage system with:
# $scene = Scene_StorageSystem.new
# -To unlock more spaces for your storage, use the following script:
# $game_system.unlock_storages(amount)
# Where amount is the max amount of slots that will be unlocked.
# -To make an item non-storable, insert the NonStorageTag(see SETUP OPTIONS
# BELOW), enclosed in [].
# Example: [NoStore]
# -To get the curreny name (for text display), add #{gVocab} inside.
# Example:
# Withdraw #{gVocab}
# If the currency name is Yen then the result would be: Withdraw Yen
# Version History:
# v1.0:
# -Initial Release
#
# Credits for this script:
# cmpsr2000 for his Shopoholic Script and the Storage_Slot class
#
# Please credit me if used. Enjoy!
#===============================================================================
# SETUP OPTIONS
#===============================================================================
# SlotsAmount: Maximum amounts of storage slots.
# InitialFree: Initial amount of unlocked storage slots.
# NonStorageTag: Tag used for items that cannot be stored to the warehouse.
# DepositText: Menu text for depositing items.
# WithdrawText: Menu text for withdrawing items.
# EmptyText: Text for empty slots.
# LockedText: Text for locked slots.
# AmountText: Text when inputting amount of items.
# The others are self explanatory when you read them by name. If you don't get
# it, please look at the demo.
#===============================================================================
# SETUP BEGIN
#===============================================================================
$data_system = load_data("Data/System.rvdata")# DON'T TOUCH THIS!!!
gVocab = Vocab::gold # DON'T TOUCH THIS TOO!
SlotsAmount = 30
InitialFree = 10
NonStorageTag = "NoStore"
DepositText = "Deposit Item"
WithdrawText = "Withdraw Item"
GoldDepositText = "Deposit #{gVocab}"
GoldWithdrawText = "Withdraw #{gVocab}"
GoldInParty = "Gold in party: "
GoldInWarehouse = "Gold in storage: "
EmptyText = "Empty"
LockedText = "Locked"
AmountText = "Amount:"
MenuDepositHelp = "Deposit items."
MenuWithdrawHelp = "Withdraw deposited items."
StorageSelectHelp = "Select storage slot."
InventorySelectHelp = "Choose the item to be deposited."
AmountSelectHelp = "Left(-1), Right(+1), Up(+10), Down(-10)"
GoldDepositHelp = "Deposit #{gVocab}."
GoldWithdrawHelp = "Withdraw #{gVocab}."
GoldAmountHelp = "Insert amount of #{gVocab}."
ExitHelp = "Exit warehouse."
#===============================================================================
# SETUP END [DO NOT TOUCH THE PARTS BELOW IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!]
#===============================================================================

#===============================================================================
# ItemStorageSlot: Basic Item Slot for Storage System (thanks to cmpsr2000!)
#===============================================================================
class ItemStorageSlot

attr_reader :locked
attr_reader :amount
attr_reader :item

def initialize
@item = nil
@amount = 0
@locked = true
end

def storeItem(item, amount)
$game_party.lose_item(item, amount)
@item = item
@amount = amount
end

def takeItem(amt)
$game_party.gain_item(@item, amt)
@amount -= amt
if @amount <= 0
@item = nil
end
end

def lock
@locked = true
end

def unlock
@locked = false
end

end

#===============================================================================
# Game_System Modification: Adds the storage variables.
#===============================================================================
class Game_System

attr_accessor :storage
attr_accessor :stored_gold

alias :initialize_deriru initialize

def initialize
initialize_deriru
@stored_gold = Integer(0)
@storage = []
for i in 0..SlotsAmount - 1
@storage.push(ItemStorageSlot.new)
end
for i in 0..InitialFree - 1
@storage[i].unlock
end
end

def unlock_storages(max_amt)
for i in 0..max_amt - 1
$game_system.storage[i].unlock
end
end

def withdraw_money(amt)
$game_party.gain_gold(amt)
@stored_gold -= amt
@stored_gold = 9999999 if @stored_gold > 9999999
end

def store_money(amt)
$game_party.lose_gold(amt)
@stored_gold += amt
@stored_gold = 0 if @stored_gold < 0
end

end

#===============================================================================
# Window_Storage: For the Storage Window in the Storage Scene.
#===============================================================================
class Window_Storage < Window_Selectable

def initialize
super(0,56,544,360)
@column_max = 2
self.index = 0
update
refresh
end

def refresh
@data = []
@data = $game_system.storage
@item_max = @data.size
create_contents
for i in 0..@item_max - 1
draw_storage(i)
end
end

def draw_storage(index)
slot = @data[index]
disabled = @data[index].locked
rect = item_rect(index)
self.contents.clear_rect(rect)
unless disabled
unless slot.item == nil
draw_item(index)
else
self.contents.font.color.alpha = 255
self.contents.draw_text(rect.x,rect.y,rect.width,WLH,EmptyText)
end
else
self.contents.font.color.alpha = 128
self.contents.draw_text(rect.x,rect.y,rect.width,WLH,LockedText)
end
end

def draw_item(index)
rect = item_rect(index)
slot = @data[index]
if slot != nil
number = $game_system.storage[index].amount
rect.width -= 4
draw_item_name(slot.item, rect.x, rect.y, true)
self.contents.font.size = 12
self.contents.draw_text(rect.x + 12,rect.y + 12, 15, 15, number, 1)
self.contents.font.size = 20
rect.width += 4
end
end

end

#===============================================================================
# Window_ItemForStage: For the Item Window in the Storage Scene.
#===============================================================================
class Window_ItemForStorage < Window_Selectable

def initialize(x, y, width, height)
super(x, y, width, height)
@column_max = 2
self.index = 0
refresh
end

def item
return @data[self.index]
end

def include?(item)
return false if item == nil
return true
end

def enable?(item)
return false if item.note.include?("[#{NonStorageTag}]")
return true
end

def refresh
@data = []
for item in $game_party.items
next unless include?(item)
@data.push(item)
if item.is_a?(RPG::Item) and item.id == $game_party.last_item_id
self.index = @data.size - 1
end
end
@data.push(nil) if include?(nil)
@item_max = @data.size
create_contents
for i in 0...@item_max
draw_item(i)
end
end

def draw_item(index)
rect = item_rect(index)
self.contents.clear_rect(rect)
item = @data[index]
if item != nil
number = $game_party.item_number(item)
enabled = enable?(item)
rect.width -= 4
draw_item_name(item, rect.x, rect.y, enabled)
self.contents.font.size = 12
self.contents.draw_text(rect.x + 12,rect.y + 12, 15, 15, number, 1)
self.contents.font.size = 20
end
end

def update_help
@help_window.set_text(item == nil ? "" : item.description)
end
end

#===============================================================================
# Window_ItemNumInput: Item Number Input Window
#===============================================================================
class Window_ItemNumInput < Window_Base

attr_reader :qn

def initialize
@maxQn = 99
@qn = 1
super(200,60,100,100)
refresh
self.x = (Graphics.width - 100) / 2
self.y = (Graphics.height - 100) / 2
end

def refresh
self.contents.clear
self.contents.draw_text(0,0,self.width - 32,WLH,AmountText, 1)
self.contents.draw_text(0,WLH, self.width - 32, WLH, @qn.to_s, 1)
end

def set_max(number)
@maxQn = number
@maxQn = 99 if @maxQn > 99
@maxQn = 1 if @maxQn < 1
@qn = 1
end

def update
refresh
if Input.repeat?(Input::UP)
Sound.play_cursor
@qn += 10
@qn = @maxQn if @qn > @maxQn
elsif Input.repeat?(Input::DOWN)
Sound.play_cursor
@qn -= 10
@qn = 0 if @qn < 0
elsif Input.repeat?(Input::LEFT)
Sound.play_cursor
@qn -= 1
@qn = 0 if @qn < 0
elsif Input.repeat?(Input::RIGHT)
Sound.play_cursor
@qn += 1
@qn = @maxQn if @qn > @maxQn
end
end

end
#===============================================================================
# Window_HelpStorage: A modified version of Window_Help
#===============================================================================
class Window_HelpStorage < Window_Base

def initialize
super(0, 0, Graphics.width - 140, WLH + 32)
end

def set_text(text, align = 0)
if text != @text or align != @align
self.contents.clear
self.contents.font.color = normal_color
self.contents.draw_text(4, 0, self.width - 40, WLH, text, align)
@text = text
@align = align
end
end
end

#===============================================================================
# Window_GoldAmt: Inputs the amount of gold
#===============================================================================
class Window_GoldAmt < Window_Command

attr_reader :value
attr_reader :commands

def initialize
super(176, ["0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0"], 7, 0, 0)
self.x = (Graphics.width / 2) - 88
self.y = (Graphics.height / 2) - 60
self.height = 60
@index = 6
end

def reset
for i in 0...@commands.size
@commands[i] = "0"
end
refresh
end

def update
super
value = @commands[@index].to_i
if Input.repeat?(Input::UP)
Sound.play_cursor
@commands[@index] = (value < 9 ? value+1 : 9).to_s
refresh
elsif Input.repeat?(Input::DOWN)
Sound.play_cursor
@commands[@index] = (value > 0 ? value-1 : 0).to_s
refresh
end
end

end

class Window_GoldOpposite < Window_Base

def initialize
super((Graphics.width / 2) - 100,(Graphics.height / 2), 200,60)
end

def refresh(i)
self.contents.clear
self.contents.draw_text(0,0,self.width - 32, self.height - 32, i == 2 ? GoldInParty + $game_party.gold.to_s : GoldInWarehouse + $game_system.stored_gold.to_s, 1)
end

end
#===============================================================================
# Scene_StorageSystem: The Storage System Scene itself! xD
#===============================================================================
class Scene_StorageSystem < Scene_Base

def initialize
@storage_slots = Window_Storage.new
@storage_slots.active = false
@current_inv = Window_ItemForStorage.new(0,56,544,360)
@current_inv.update
@current_inv.refresh
@current_inv.visible = false
@current_inv.active = false
@num_input = Window_ItemNumInput.new
@num_input.visible = false
@storage_help = Window_HelpStorage.new
@storage_menu = Window_Command.new(140,[DepositText,WithdrawText,GoldDepositText,GoldWithdrawText,"Exit"])
@storage_menu.height = 56
@storage_menu.x = @storage_help.width
@gold_amt = Window_GoldAmt.new
@gold_amt.visible = false
@gold_opp = Window_GoldOpposite.new
@gold_opp.visible = false
end

def start
create_menu_background
end

def terminate
@storage_slots.dispose
@storage_menu.dispose
@current_inv.dispose
@num_input.dispose
@storage_help.dispose
@gold_amt.dispose
@gold_opp.dispose
dispose_menu_background
end

def update
if @num_input.visible
num_input_input
elsif @gold_amt.visible
gold_amt_update
elsif @current_inv.active
current_inv_input
elsif @storage_slots.active
storage_slots_input
elsif @storage_menu.active
storage_menu_input
end
help_update
update_menu_background
end

def switch_store_inv(store_slots,inv_slots)
@storage_slots.active = store_slots
@storage_slots.visible = store_slots
@current_inv.active = inv_slots
@current_inv.visible = inv_slots
end

def storage_menu_input
@storage_menu.update
if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
if @storage_menu.index == 0 or @storage_menu.index == 1
Sound.play_decision
@storage_menu.active = false
@storage_slots.active = true
elsif @storage_menu.index == 2 or @storage_menu.index == 3
Sound.play_decision
@gold_opp.refresh(@storage_menu.index)
@gold_opp.visible = true
@gold_amt.visible = true
elsif @storage_menu.index == 4
Sound.play_cancel
$scene = Scene_Map.new
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
elsif Input.trigger?(Input::B)
Sound.play_cancel
$scene = Scene_Map.new
end
end

def storage_slots_input
@storage_slots.update
if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
if $game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].locked
Sound.play_buzzer
elsif @storage_menu.index == 1
unless $game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].item == nil
# CRAPPY CALCULATION STARTZ! AAAAGH!
in_stock = $game_party.item_number($game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].item)
item_possible = (in_stock + $game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].amount)
if item_possible > 99
item_possible -= 99
elsif item_possible = 99
item_possible = $game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].amount
else
item_possible = 99 - item_possible
end
# CRAPPY CALCULATION ENDZ! HURRAH!
if in_stock < 99
@num_input.set_max(item_possible)
@num_input.visible = true
@storage_slots.active = false
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
elsif @storage_menu.index == 0
if $game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].item == nil
Sound.play_decision
switch_store_inv(false,true)
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
end
elsif Input.trigger?(Input::B)
Sound.play_cancel
@storage_slots.active = false
@storage_menu.active = true
end
end

def current_inv_input
@current_inv.update
if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
if $game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].item == nil && @current_inv.item != nil && !@current_inv.item.note.include?("[#{NonStorageTag}]")
@current_inv.active = false
@num_input.visible = true
@num_input.set_max($game_party.item_number(@current_inv.item))
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
elsif Input.trigger?(Input::B)
Sound.play_cancel
switch_store_inv(true,false)
end
end

def num_input_input
@num_input.update
if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
if @storage_menu.index == 0
$game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].storeItem(@current_inv.item,@num_input.qn)
elsif @storage_menu.index == 1
$game_system.storage[@storage_slots.index].takeItem(@num_input.qn)
end
switch_store_inv(true,false)
@storage_slots.index = 0
@storage_slots.refresh
@current_inv.refresh
@num_input.visible = false
elsif Input.trigger?(Input::B)
if @storage_menu.index == 0
@current_inv.active = true
elsif @storage_menu.index == 1
@storage_slots.active = true
end
@num_input.visible = false
end
end

def help_update
if @gold_amt.visible
@storage_help.set_text(GoldAmountHelp)
elsif @num_input.visible
@storage_help.set_text(AmountSelectHelp)
elsif @current_inv.active
@storage_help.set_text(InventorySelectHelp)
elsif @storage_slots.active
@storage_help.set_text(StorageSelectHelp)
elsif @storage_menu.active
case @storage_menu.index
when 0
@storage_help.set_text(MenuDepositHelp)
when 1
@storage_help.set_text(MenuWithdrawHelp)
when 2
@storage_help.set_text(GoldDepositHelp)
when 3
@storage_help.set_text(GoldWithdrawHelp)
when 4
@storage_help.set_text(ExitHelp)
end
end
end

def gold_amt_update
@gold_amt.update
@gold_opp.update
if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
money_inp = @gold_amt.commands.to_s.to_i
if @storage_menu.index == 2
unless money_inp + $game_system.stored_gold.to_i > 9999999 and money_inp < $game_party.gold
if money_inp <= $game_party.gold
Sound.play_decision
$game_system.store_money(money_inp)
@gold_amt.reset
@gold_amt.visible = false
@gold_opp.refresh(@storage_menu.index)
@gold_opp.visible = false
@storage_menu.active = true
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
elsif @storage_menu.index == 3
unless money_inp + $game_party.gold > 9999999
if money_inp <= $game_system.stored_gold
Sound.play_decision
$game_system.withdraw_money(money_inp)
@gold_amt.reset
@gold_amt.visible = false
@gold_opp.refresh(@storage_menu.index)
@gold_opp.visible = false
@storage_menu.active = true
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
else
Sound.play_buzzer
end
end
elsif Input.trigger?(Input::B)
Sound.play_decision
@gold_amt.reset
@gold_amt.visible = false
@gold_opp.refresh(@storage_menu.index)
@gold_opp.visible = false
@storage_menu.active = true
end
end

end

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Protector IV - Mercenary

2010-07-19T22:27:00.001+07:00

Description:
The ultimate Protector experience. Protector 4 takes the now classic gameplay and expands on it massively. Work as a mercenary for 11 different factions using 46 unique units. Hire your entourage from a selection of 100 heroes and use them to slay monsters, earn rewards and collect powerful treasure across the entire kingdom of Arkandia!
Finish your Protectomon collection and uncover ancient artifacts for your heroes with the help of Arkandia Jones the explorer.

Instructions:
· Navigate menus/place units - Use the mouse.
· Select multiple units - Hold Shift to place multiple units and press space to cancel deployment.

Source: Play Protector IV At FOG.com

Epic battle montage

2010-07-12T03:49:00.000+07:00

daneimp | June 06, 2008

Disclaimer: I do not own enything in this video. No copyright infringement intended. Everything belongs to their respective owners.

Also see my blog
http://daneimp.blogspot.com/

So this is my newest creation. For the first time it's not a trailer, teaser or TV-Spot. It's an epic battle montage where I use clips from the following movies put together in a trailerlike sort of way:)

Lord of the rings (1,2,3), Troy, Narnia, Alexander, Kingdom of Heaven, The Mummy 2 and 3, 300, the cinematic trailers for Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft + The Burning crusade and Warhammer online.

Music used:

Two steps from hell - Moving Mountains
Immediate Music - Serenata
X-Ray Dog - Shadow of Tyrrany
Immediate Music - Fury Unleashed
Two steps from hell - Sons of War

I hope you will all enjoy it! So sit back and turn of the brain ;)

FireHeart Game Walkthrough Chapter 5 Part 3

2010-07-10T13:30:00.001+07:00

(Section 3)

Falambum Vale

The hidden Valley of Wonders is indeed a place to rest for a while (before the storm). There’s a house in the middle of the vale, and in front of it a hooded dwarf priest is roaming/standing. Just don’t talk to him or enter the house yet.

Instead, talk to Uli to replenish your HP/MP (just like an inn). Roam around the vale or hunt in the mine again if you want to until you’re ready to proceed the story.

A wandering merchant is at the top left of the map in case you want to replenish your sundries.

The Robert’s Crossbow Practice mini-game (shooting) level 2 is on the top middle of the map. Just stand on the axis of the “+” sign and press ACTION button (ENTER / SPACEBAR) to play it for extra geines.

Cristophe’s Fishing Game: Get on the boat (ACTION button) and roam the area. When you get above the “fish trails”, just press ACTION button. Either you’ll get fish, salmon, nothing or battle with ferocious Sahagins.

The Nine Lucky Chests are on the top right of the map. You can choose to open only one, and all chests will be gone forever (unless you found a way to turn the switch “Magic Chests” ON again).

SPOILER: Here are the nine chests and the contents.
Chest 1: Wrapped Bow
Chest 2: Nothing
Chest 3: Ring Mail
Chest 4: Nothing
Chest 5: Special Spices
Chest 6: Spiked Shield (BEST)
Chest 7: Lost 500 geines
Chest 8: Get 100 geines
Chest 9: Battle with Mimic

After you’re done playing and leveling up, talk to Uli again to rest and then to the dwarven priest (if he’s still out of the house). Get ready, and enter the house to trigger an extended scene, until you end up behind bars.

Ylbarra Dungeon Cells

A savior comes and frees you from the cell, and at this point the priest, Paolo Marvellini joins your party. As the story demands, Cristophe, Rob and Carol put on their disguises and their entire look changes – note that their faces in battles and menu are still the same in case someone’s confused of who is who. Check the dungeon room for treasure chests, save your game and exit to the bottom.

Ylbarra Dungeon Level B2

As you come from the upper right corner of the map, go all the way to the upper left corner stairs exit, any path is okay.

The one you must beware of are the roaming dwarven guards, which, according to the story are to be avoided or back to the slammer upon “touching” or be touched by them. Observe how they move and sneak past them to proceed. Beware of poison gas trap in treasure chests.

Ylbarra Dungeon Level B1

Map Diagram:
Sections : Contents
TOP: DOOR F – Enter Cell for next area – SWITCH D – Treasure – SWITCH B – Treasure
MIDDLE: DOOR E – Event (don’t go up) – DOOR D – DOOR C – DOOR B – DOOR A
BOTTOM: SWITCH F – SWITCH E+Treasure – TRAP – SWITCH C – TRAP – SWITCH A

The upper floor of the treacherous Ylbarra Dungeon is heavily guarded by automatons disguised as stone doors and werewolves infiltrating this area for a reason unknown. The key to escape is to press the switches in order: A-B-C-D-E-F and a bit of patience.

From the healing point on the left, go down to turn SWITCH F OFF and go all the way up again and to the right. Save your game and then fill up all HP and MP, enter the second cell door from the top left and you’ll find a...

Secret Passage

A cutscene takes place and you’ll be thrown into battle with:

BOSS: Alpha Werewolf
HP: 6750
With 3 werewolves, this is a tough nut to crack. His wind attacks are Tornado (when he’s down to 20% HP) and Whirlwind Slash.

After you beat the boss, open the left treasure box for a bonus and move the right treasure box to the right like you do boulders so you can climb the rope and automatically move all the way back to the open space...

You come out from a shack in Falambum Vale and a cutscene ensues. The priest, Paolo Marvellini then joins your party permanently and your appearances are back to normal again as you remove your disguises. Rest up, save your game, play and shop around here some more, and if you’re ready just go to bottom right corner of the map and you’ll find me (an avatar of me in this game, tee hee hee). Just answer “aye” to my question and you’ll instantly view the next story cutscene.

Ylbarra Grad Mines

After the cutscene, you’ll find your hero on the upper left corner of the map. Just move about by foot because the mine cart won’t be available near the citadel or the inner town now.

This is your last chance to open all treasure chests in this area. Move all the way down to the mountain entrance on the bottom left corner. Save your game near the mine cart and move on to trigger three long, full scenes in three areas, automatically moving on to the next chapter.

FireHeart Game Walkthrough Chapter 5 Part 2

2010-07-10T13:20:00.000+07:00

(Section 2)

Ylbarra Grad Mines

Entering from the bottom left of the map, there are two ways to go through this area: the hard way and the easy way.

The hard way is to explore this huge area by foot. It’s time consuming, yet it’s “safer” and more rewarding in terms of experience points, money and treasure chests.

Well, if you want to save time (you can enter this dungeon again later), you can choose the easy, express way NOW (because it won’t be available in the detour later) which is to ride the mine cart (mini-game). Since the tracks in this dungeon are treacherous, better set the 6 remote track switches first (just on top of the cart starting point).

Mini-Game: Mine Cart Ride

Note: You can always ask the track master for a new cart every time you are forced to detour or walk to the starting point.

The settings and results of the switches are as follows:
Default position when coming in: SWITCH A-F all OFF
Indicators: Red light: OFF, Blue light: ON, applicable to all switches of this type.
Switch Positions: A – B – C – D – E – F

SWITCH A: ON: Detour, OFF: Move on
SWITCH B: ON: Move on, OFF: Detour/move on by foot
SWITCH C: ON: Move on by foot, OFF: Move on
SWITCH D: ON: Got damage, lost 1000 HP each party member, OFF: Move on.
SWITCH E: ON: Move on, OFF: Instant death (GAME OVER)
SWITCH F: ON: Arrive at Ylbarra Inner Town, OFF: Move on by foot.

So, the best result will be earned by setting the switches:
A: OFF, B: ON, C: OFF, D: OFF, E: ON, and F: ON

And you’ll arrive in front of the entrance to Inner Ylbarra cavern town (walk on and exit straight to the right edge of the map).

Inner Ylbarra Town

In this suburb cavern town, you have the last opportunity to rest, restock and upgrade weapons and armor for the long fight ahead. Buy about 30-40 Healing Salves, I suggest. You can explore the town and pick up a hidden treasure on the floor near the water reservoir on the lower right corner of the map.

SPOILER TIP: DON’T buy the West Aurelia Map from the peddler. Informative as it is, it won’t be of much use if you use this walkthrough.

Exit the city, and you’re back in Ylbarra Mines. The mine cart is parked ahead, and there are three switches on top of it on the wall. Follow the chart below to set them up, and the best setting is:
LEFT SWITCH E: ON, MIDDLE SWITCH F: OFF, and RIGHT SWITCH A: ON.

SWITCH E (LEFT): ON: Proceed by cart, OFF: Proceed by foot
SWITCH F (MIDDLE): ON: Back to mine entrance, OFF: Proceed by cart
SWITCH A (RIGHT): ON: Arrive at Citadel Entrance (GOAL), OFF: Proceed by foot

After getting off the cart, walk on to the right to the healing crystal, save your game and then move up and exit the screen into a new area.

Ylbarra Citadel

Walk right up. Go past between the guards to trigger a cutscene that leads to the...

Emole Grad

The “Womb of Grad” or – in author’s term “Hall of the Mountain King”.
A cutscene autoruns here between your party and Haägi Thornhelm, the Grand Trow (Dwarf King). Cristophe’s burden is relieved, but you don’t have a chance to put any accesory on him because it’s instantly on to the BOSS fight:

BOSS: Frei Val’shka, the Ice Goddess
HP: 7500
As her name states, fire attacks are most effective on her. She is tougher than Jokulion – of course! Watch out for the Avalanche spell, because it’s coming out more often. And if you get one, the Silence spell won’t do much good with her high SPIRIT (magic).

Still, Goddess as she is, she’s but a spirit trying to re-materialize in this world by sucking life-force from living beings with power, so you can still beat her easier with your average party LEVEL of 15 – 18.

After the fight subsides, a cutscene ensues and you’ll end up back to the citadel again. If the scene doesn’t start automatically, walk down and talk to the innkeeper-like fat lady in the middle of the road, and off you go to the Ylbarra Mine entrance from the top right.

The mine cart is “jammed” this time so you just proceed by foot to the top left corner of the map (you can still hunt first), talk to Uli (the fat lady) again and follow her, exit to the top.