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The Inventor

Welcome one and all! To save time, I'll be putting all the important bits at the top, and talking about it afterwards. As a quick summary, this is a relatively challenging scenario. It is by far one of the most complex ones I've made trigger wise, giving the Maze of Myth a run for its money. It feels the most like an official mission from what I've made and I'm quite proud of it. Its got secrets, you can play on NORMAL or EASY only. Putting it on anything higher than that will most likely break it for reasons I'll bring up later! It starts with you defending your city, and seeking to conquer your rival. What else lies in store for you is anyone's guess!
I generally don't like requiring DLC for my maps but this one needed for a few trigger/detail related stuff and I just enjoy using the extra bits, even if I don't enjoy using the Civs. (Singelplayer only)

To begin, this scenario is meant to be played on Moderate however I did leave an easier option incase you wanted to mess around or take it more chill. Its been balanced to and fro by myself after many times testing it over and over again lol. The main objective is to defend the Inventor (Now you get the name :D ) so that he may, well invent something to assist you. Exploring the map is a requirement and you never know what useful things you might find. But be careful, you'll be under near constant attack, while also having to defend the villages around you. If they die, you don't lose but you will never gain their benefit. Another thing to be aware of is no matter which difficulty you select, You will be hard locked to the third age, without the ability to go to Age 4 or to do secrets of the Titans.
The Secret Objectives will be listed at the very end so if you don't wish to read them, read this next portion and then give the scenario a try and come back ;).

Originally I intended this scenario to have different versions of itself for EACH difficulty but with its scope and me getting burnt out on it and wanting to make other maps, I've since dropped Hard and Titan. The scenario does come with an optional mode called Chaos that enables or disables a regular skirmish AI on the map that gets a few bonuses.
I still left most of the side or secret content I wanted to do in, as most of it was pretty simple to do. The timers you can see are usually self explanatory, though the one for chaos is just a threat. There are a couple hidden timers but they are mostly for the timing of Objectives and whether you succeed in them or not!



Now...about those secrets, if you don't want any SPOILERS I suggest you get to playing right away before reading onward!

= Your the Goat =
- In the back of your Rival's main city on the very edge of the map are a large group of goats. Escort them all the way to the bottom corner of the map infront of the settlement there and you will find yourself rewarded. This is the single hardest thing to do in the level.

= Metal Man =
- Theres a colossus hidden near the Northern village. Gather enough gold (lowered if your on easy) to obtain his powerful warform!

= Dusty Shipwreck =
- Exploring the waters of the fishing village may yield a shipwreck most strange. Perhaps its a reference to something in store for the future??

= Scornful Scouts =
- On each break in the woods outside of the city walls, there is an enemy scout lying in the shadows. Slay them all and the gods may just award your awareness.