Melenis is the third and last chapter of the Necromancer Campaign in Age of Wonders 3.
Prelude[]
Athla Map from "Melenis"
"The rise of the Necromancers has plunged the Blessed Conrinent into chaos. Everywhere the living are fighting the dead, At the center of it all is Melenis, bent on destroying all life on Athla. High Queen Sanhild has tracked her to a cavernous region in the Commonwealth backlands. She has decided that the Frostlings shall take the lead in this fight." - Arvik the Dark
Introduction[]
Darkness[]
Melenis and Sanhild
It has been many weeks since we had word from Sanhild .True to her Frostling spirit, she has taken the fight to Melenis, meeting her head on instead of cowering in the North just waiting for her enemy to make good on her threats.
The world is paralyzed with fear, but if I can cut off the head of the snake, then the rogue Necromancers will falter and their armies will return to their graves. If we can win here, we will have demonstrated the might of the Frostlings to all, and the whole of Athla will owe the North a debt of gratitude. Something I am sure plays a part in Sanhild's considerations.
But fighting Melenis feels like turning on my new self. She knows more of the undead than I could learn in a lifetime of study. Part of me thirsts for that knowledge, I feel the darkness inside of me beckon...
I snap out of my musings, scouts report finding the tracks of marching armies, so it seems other parties have passed this way recently. Enemies or allies of Melenis, we do not know but it seems that her necromantic powers might not be the only threat we face.