Awakening/Missions

*Awakening* has 17 playable single-player **missions** versus AI opponents, divided into several chapters.

Most missions are narrated by Vara and played from her perspective using a player-made deck, though several missions are played from the point of view of other characters and feature pre-made decks which fit their themes.

*Spoiler warning:*
*This page contails mission details as well as gameplay and lore information, and includes transcriptions of the in-mission dialogue for reference. We recommend you play the campaign before reading this page.*
## A Whisper from the Throne

While claiming the Eternal Throne, Vara encounters Eremot and is thrust into a nightmare world.

### A Promise in the Darkness

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Starting on Eremot's 5th turn, and every 3 turns after (5, 8, 11...), Eremot plays a random Scion (new tutorial/AD ones). It is now a Shadow Nightmare.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Eremot: *This world will drown in fear. And I will drink deep of its sorrow.*
Vara: *What are you supposed to be? Doesn't matter. You'll find I'm more than you bargained for.*
Turn 4
Vara: *You were inside the Throne?*
Eremot: *And you freed me! I will think of you, while I devour your anima.*
Vara: *Yeah...that really doesn't work for me.*
Turn 6
Vara: *What are these abominations? What have you done with my family!?*
Victory
Vara: *Wha- what is this? I feel...strange.*
Defeat
Eremot: *First Xulta...and now a thousand worlds!*

### Argent Depths

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Vara
*The nightmare's voice fills me as I fall into shadow.*
*Grey shapes slip past my eyes, a lifetime of broken promises ringing in my ears.*
*I knew – I always knew – that this city is not mine.*
*These people are not mine.*
*And I will never be theirs.*

## Hide and Seek

### Unwelcome Visitors

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#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Eilyn: *The day we always feared has come. Your father has betrayed us. You must flee!*
<knock, knock, knock>
Rolant: *Lady Eilyn! Open the door. The King requires your presence.*
Eilyn: *Daraka, take my daughter and go. Get her out of Argenport. She will be safe among our people.*
Daraka: *Yes, my Queen.*
Eilyn: *If you think you can take me...come and try!*
Turn 3
Rolant: *You cannot stand against the Spire. Surrender, and you'll be spared.*
Eilyn: *Another lie! Caiphus should have come himself.*
Victory
Eilyn: *Go! Run while you can. I'll hold them back.*
Defeat
Rolant: *You never should have come to our city.*

### The Hunt Begins

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Icaria starts with two Silverblade Reapers

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Icaria: *There you are Vara...you've been a very naughty little princess, and we've been looking everywhere for you.*
Daraka: *Get behind me, Vara!*
Turn 4
Daraka: *Monster! You will not touch her while I live!*
Icaria: *"Not while you live?" Hmm. I think I agree.*
Victory
Icaria: *Don't run, Vara! You know we'll find you...we always find you.*
Defeat
Icaria: *Argh! How? This all feels...wrong.*

### Feeding Time

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Hermit Gardener starts with two Little Seeds.
* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Hermit: *Oh, well, hullo there little 'un. Is you here to help feed the plants?*
Vara: *Uh, no – I'm just...no.*
Hermit: *Huh. Well then, we sure got usselves a problem. 'Cause these here plants gotta eat.*
Turn 3
Vara: *Get back! Get those things away from me!*
Hermit: *They hurts jus' a bit at first an, well – truth be told – they hurts a lot more after.*
Hermit: *What I'm sayin' is: it pretty much all hurts. The whole thing. Sorry 'bout that.*
Victory
Vara: *Get back! Get those things away from me!*
Hermit: *They hurts jus' a bit at first an, well – truth be told – they hurts a lot more after.*
Hermit: *What I'm sayin' is: it pretty much all hurts. The whole thing. Sorry 'bout that.*
Defeat
Hermit: *See? I knowed you was here to feed the plants.*

### The Stables

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Acantha: *What do you think you're doing?*
Vara: *I'm sorry! I need to take your dragon.*
Acantha: *Hah! And I need a silk saddle. Looks like we're both getting chafed.*
Turn 4
Vara: *Look! Just let me go and I can pay you! Whatever you want!*
Acantha: *You're filthy, you're bleeding, and you look like you haven't eaten in a week.*
Victory
Acantha: *Hey! You come back here!*
Vara: *I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you!*
Defeat
Acantha: *Wait a minute...are you her?*

## A Place of Lost and Broken Things

### The Scrapyard

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Flamebot starts with a 4/10 Flame BladeFile:Flame Blade.png.
* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Vara: *Tired...so tired. I need rest.*
Flamebot: *Brrrrrrip da wooooooo!*
Vara: *Hey little guy. Is this your home?*
Flamebot: *EH ROOO EH ROOO EH ROOO!*
Vara: *Oh no.*
Turn 4
Vara: *Quiet – just be quiet!*
Flamebot: *CHAKKACHAKKACHAKKA GROOOO!*
Coslo: *You need a hand?*
Vara: *How do you stop it?*
Coslo: *These things are all clang and no bang. They're tough, but not very smart.*
Victory
Coslo: *See? They're not so bad. Name's Coslo. Nice to meetcha.*
Defeat
Flamebot: *GRRRRRIK grrrrrik groooo...*

### Market Square

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#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Soldier: *Citizens! The traitorous Queen Eilyn has been exposed!*
Soldier: *A bounty has been named for the Princess Vara. Any with information should –*
Vara: *That's a lie!*
Coslo: *Easy now...we don't want attention.*
Turn 3
Soldier: *You there! You're wanted by the Spire!*
Coslo: *Sorry officer – bit of a misunderstanding. This is my...sister.*
Turn 5
Vara: *They're liars! All of them!*
Turn 6
Soldier: *You'll be executed, along with your false witch mother!*
Coslo: *Well now this is getting interesting!*
Victory
Soldier: *She won't get far – the bounty hunters will take her.*
Defeat
Soldier: *I'll make Captain this time, for sure!*

### The Alley

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Jekk: *Now that's far enough.*
Vara: *Do...do I know you? You seem...familiar.*
Jekk: *Heh. Somehow I don't think we get invited to the same parties.*
Turn 3
Jekk: *Ain't nothin' personal, but you're comin' in either way you like.*
Coslo: *She didn't do anything wrong! Let her go!*
Jekk: *I ain't in the business of lettin' go.*
Vara: *Get back Coslo! I can handle myself.*
Victory
Vara: *Let's get out of here!*
Defeat
Jekk: *You got fight in you. It's a damn shame.*

### Visions from Afar

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Units are also permanently affected by negative stat effects.
* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Kira: *Vara! This is your end.*
Vara: *Another one? How much is that bounty, anyway?*
Kira: *Not for coin, but for justice. The Great Ones have seen your transgression.*
Kira: *I am the sentence they pass upon your head.*
Turn 4
Vara: *But I haven't done anything!*
Kira: *Not in this world, not yet. Your crimes are against another.*
Vara: *"Against another?" What does that mean?*
Kira: *The Owls' wisdom stretches far. I strike you down here to give generations yet unborn.*
Vara: *This is crazy!*
Coslo: *You sure do have some interesting friends.*
Victory
Vara: *We have to rescue my mother. She'll know what to do.*
Defeat
Kira: *It is done. We are saved.*

## The Festival of Inspiration

### A Sizable Distraction

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#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Coslo: *Hey! Big guy! Is it true? What they say about jotun?*
Jarrall: *Rrrrrr...and what's that?*
Coslo: *<chuckles>*
Jarrall: *Why you filthy little – get back here!*
Coslo: *Hey – it was just a question! Sheesh – touchy!*
Turn 3
Jarrall: *I'll pick my teeth with your bones, you little runt!*
Coslo: *You'll have to catch me first, you big...well, giant!*
Victory
Coslo: *Well, I think that drew some attention...time for me to disappear.*
Defeat
Jarrall: *Hahahah! Now, let me show you the truth...*

### A Face in the Crowd

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Alhed: *Vara! Come with me. I'm here to help.*
Vara: *Wait – who are you?*
Alhed: *A friend of a friend. Quick, come this way...*
Vara: *No – this doesn't feel right.*
Turn 5
Alhed: *We don't have time for this.*
Vara: *But we made a deal with the Cabal! Coslo said –*
Alhed: *The deal changed. And you know what's better than friends in low places? Friends in high ones.*
Vara: *You'll regret this!*
Alhed: *Sure. I'll add it to the list.*
Victory
Vara: *Mother! I'm coming!*
Defeat
Alhed: *You'll fetch us a pretty penny from the Spire.*

### A Cold Wind

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Icaria starts with two Silverblade Reapers
* Eilyn starts with a Staff of Stories

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Icaria: *Little princess...I told you I'd find you! You should have run while you had the chance.*
Eilyn: *Aaaargh! Fly back to Rolant and hide, you foul thing! You will not take my girl.*
Vara: *Mother! Watch out!*
Turn 3
Eilyn: *Vara! You were supposed to be gone! I need you to be gone!*
Icaria: *Oh don't worry...she'll be gone soon enough.*
Vara: *I had to do something! I had to try!*
Turn 4
Icaria: *I was created to destroy you. You'll never threaten our city again.*
Eilyn: *Do you know why lightning never strikes the same thing twice?*
Eilyn: *Because it doesn't need to.*
Victory
Eilyn: *Vara! You have to go. Go while you can!*
Defeat
Icaria: *My work is complete. Rolant will be pleased.*

### Birthright

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#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Eilyn: *Vara! You have to go. Go while you can!*
Kaleb: *Looks like we've got ourselves a little family reunion.*
Eilyn: *Let her go Kaleb. You and I can settle an old disagreement.*
Turn 3
Vara: *I always knew it would come to this...*
Kaleb: *You never should have come to Argenport, witch.*
Eilyn: *I kept my oath! We honored the treaty!*
Kaleb: *"Honored?" Hah! You stain our honor with your presence.*
Kaleb: *You'll find I'm not so forgiving as my Father.*
Victory
Eilyn: Vara...I...
Vara: *Mother! Noooooo!*

Defeat
Eilyn: *Caiphus! Come out and face me, coward!*

### Sacrifice

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Vara
*My brother's bullet kills the lie that was our family.*
*Years of peace, built upon fear, gone in a flash of stonepowder.*
*The blood pounding in my skull rages at my father's deceit, at my mother's arrogance.*
*And my brother – so proud, so certain – he will pay for this. He will pay for a lifetime.*

## A Shadow in the Spire

### Doctor's Orders

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Coslo: *Where are we going?*
Vara: *The infirmary. It's always less guarded. It's my best chance to get to Kaleb.*
Zytrom: *Ah! A visitor. But you did not bring me flowers, did you?*
Turn 3
Vara: *Get out of my way, and you won't get hurt.*
Zytrom: *But pain is part of life, yes? Come. I will help you feel alive.*
Coslo: *Uh, Vara... I don't think this guy is right.*
Victory
Vara: *We've got to keep moving. The throne room is this way.*
Defeat
Zytrom: *There now! Tell me where it hurts.*

### Time and Again

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#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Talir: *I thought you'd be here sooner. I nearly finished my book.*
Vara: *No tricks. I'm here for Kaleb.*
Talir: *Oh, I know. But you're not really here at all, are you Vara?*
Turn 2
Vara: *What does that mean? I'm in no mood for your riddles.*
Coslo: *Whew. This is all too deep for me.*
Turn 5
Talir: *This is what you feared, isn't it. What you ran from, like a frightened child, in the long-ago that almost was.*
Vara: *I'm done running.*
Talir: *Yes. Yes, it seems that you are.*
Victory
Talir: *I always thought there would be more time...*
Defeat
Talir: *I thought this time would be different.*

### Iron and Blood

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Rolant: *You have no place here, child of the storm.*
Vara: *Your monster couldn't take me, and neither will you!*
Turn 4
Rolant: *Argenport has stood for thousands of years. It will not fall on my watch.*
Vara: *What you have done is evil. You are evil!*
Rolant: *There is no "evil." We keep the Pact! It is our purpose. For the good of all.*
Turn 5
Vara: *You are a murderer!*
Rolant: *I am what I must be. And I do not regret it.*
Victory
Rolant: *No...you mustn't. You don't know what you're doing...*
Defeat
Rolant: *And so we buy ourselves another day. What will tomorrow's price be, I wonder?*

### Long Live the King

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#### Gameplay Notes

* Caiphus's deck uses Circle of EternityFile:Circle of Eternity.png for all its power cards.
* Some Eremot-themed cards are randomly added to the player deck.

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Intro
Caiphus: *Vara? It could have been you, you know. The body makes no difference to me, there have been so many. But your mother would not stand for it.*
Vara: *I should have left you to die in the Shadowlands!*
Caiphus: *The Shadowlands? They are sealed...the Pact demands it.*
Turn 2
Vara: *(This all feels so wrong...it's not real...but it is true.)*
Turn 4
Caiphus: *I cannot permit you to interfere. Our purpose here is too great for you to jeopardize it.*
Vara: *I will destroy your purpose. I will destroy your legacy.*
Vara: *I will pull down your Spire, brick by brick.*
Turn 5
Vara: *And when only your Throne stands amidst the rubble, I will take it. Because it is mine.*
Victory
Vara: *It is mine. It's done. Wha- what is this? I feel...strange.*
Defeat
Caiphus: *And now I must begin anew. How many lifetimes has it been?*

### Awakening

#### Gameplay Dialogue

Vara
*The shadow of the Throne sweeps over me.*
*Coslo reaches out, calling for me, but his voice is far away and muffled, like a drowning man, already forgotten.*
*I know now, as I've always known, that this city is not mine.*
*But this Throne is mine. I reach for it, with the weight of lifetimes pressing down against my hand.*
*And, for the first time, I see the world not as it is, but as I will make it.*
*I awaken to the sound of my mother, shouting my name.*