Companies (Ancient Empires 1)

**Companies** is the primary game mode in Ancient Empires 1. It is based on the story that as the Kingdom of Thorin became divided, King Galamar has to defeat his betrayed brother Valadorn and reunite the kingdom, by acquiring new allies along his journey, before he could launch the final attack against Valadorn.

## Chapter Synopses

*For the brief synopsis of the game, see Ancient Empires 1#Brief Synopsis.*

### Chapter 1: Regroup

The Kingdom of Thorin has divided. King Galamar was betrayed by his twin brother Valadorn, who established the rebel army in an attempt to destroy Galamar and usurp his ruling power. Galamar had no choice but to fled to the borderlands in the east. Only Galamar's personal troop, the Blue Troop, has remained loyal and could serve him well to reclaim the kingdom.

After several battles on the way of fleeing, King Galamar's troops were in extreme fatigue. They were now near an abandoned castle. To recover the energy and be prepared for the long undertaking of reclaiming the Kingdom, the troop now needs to take a rest. Galamar decided to march towards the castle and capture it, so that he could establish a settling point for the troop.

But suddenly, some ambush enemies from Valadorn popped up from the jungle. As a result, Galamar had no other choice but to protect all his remaining troops. He led his troops to run away as fast as possible, before they exhaust the very last piece of energy to rehabilitate themselves and get ready for the reclaiming battle. After successfully escaping from the surprise attack, they finally arrived at the castle and settled down there.

### Chapter 2: Friends and Enemies

As the troop reached the castle, King Galamar glimpsed around to familiarize the troop with the environment and plan for the next steps. He figured out that he had to travel along a pathway to the north so that they can meet new allies. There is a river along the pathway, and on the other side of the river there is a dark forest. The next castle is located at the end of the pathway, just at the border of the forest. Galamar led the troop to move towards the next castle.

Halfway into the journey, they received messages from their lizard allies, saying that they are being attacked by the enemy spiders in the forest. Galamar brought his troops to the riverside as quickly as he could, where they caught up with the lizard alies and battled together to destroy the enemies from the forest. Meanwhile, they took over the castle outside of the forest, effectively stopping more enemy troops from coming up.

### Chapter 3: Escort

With the help of lizards, Galamar's troops shortly stepped onto the pathway to the Gray Tower of Wizards. On the midway they have to cross a wide river. As soon as they approached the bridge on the river, they suddenly heard some sound of enormous blasts, and saw that the bridge was destroyed. Galamar soon realized that this was a calculated conspiracy of Valadorn. Now they need to find an alternative pathway on the north to cross the river.

On this lengthy journey they encountered some small groups of enemy troops along the river, including soldiers, archers, lizards, wizards, and bones. But fortunately, Galamar led his allies well to take these enemies down one by one.

Galamar's troops eventually crossed the river and reached the Gray Tower of wizards. They found out that the wizard could summon bones from the graves of the defeated units, and those fearless bones could play a significant role in acting as the first line of defense. The addition of wizards to the army would play a significant role in subsequent battles.

### Chapter 4: Reinforcements

As Galamar's troops reached the Gray Tower, the High Wizard agreed to join them. However, they soon heard from the nearby city of Var Telan, with the message that Valadorn was launching a surprise attack against them. At the moment they had no time to rest, but must immediately get themselves ready for the next battle.

Shortly they encountered the first wave of Valadorn's legion. The most powerful enemies among the cluster include the long-ranged catapult and the poisonous spider. Galamar had to make use of his troops sparingly to withstand the first wave of attack, under the circumstances of extreme economic pressure. After several rounds of battle, they have withstood the most difficult period of the first attack.

But as they were almost successful to clear off the first wave, Valadorn showed up out of sudden at the northwest castle, with his second wave of legions. The battle now becomes a long-lasting one, with Valadorn having stable supply of money flow to hire new troops to join the battle. Now Galamar has to focus on two primary tasks: one is to block off the enemies along the east mountain; the other is to take the pathway on the west to take over the farms relatively easily. Battling on both sides requires Galamar to deploy troops in parallel on both sides. After an enduring battle, Galamar finally eliminated Valadorn's legion outside the City of Var Telan.

### Chapter 5: Wyvern Rescue!

As Galamar took over the City of Var Telan, a scout patrol discovered that there were some flying creatures called wyverns that were trapped in the enemy campsite nearby. These wyverns have unparalleled mobility and strengths at both sides of attack and defense. Can Galamar find his way to make use of these wyverns to fight againt Valadorn? To find out, Galamar must rescue the wyverns first.

The battle took place primarily on the central island in the river near the enemy campsite. It was not so hard to navigate around, as there were convenient pathways to move through on the island, as well as abundant farms to help maintain the flow of money. After conquering the central island, Galamar soon reached the enemy campsite of Valadorn, and freed the wyverns jailed there.

### Chapter 6: Siege!

After rescuing the wyverns, Galamar believed that it should be the time to fight back against Valadorn and reclaim the Kingdom of Thorin. He planned to launch a surprise attack from the outpost outside of the Thorin City.

Galamar's army was outside the Thorin City where two creeks converge into one. Valadorn's castle was at the other side of the water. Galamar noticed that Valadorn has deployed some formidable troops – wyverns and golems – to guard the castle very well. So he had to avoid confronting these strongest enemies directly, but take alternative approaches. Fortunately, although he had to sacrifice a lot of his troops on the front line, there were some sneaky pathways that he could use to take over some farms of the enemy with relative ease. These farms serve as important contributing roles to keep his money grow steadily, so that he could eventually hire the most powerful troops – golems, catapults, and wyverns – to launch the final attack.

The most struggling phase of the battle took place on the central island at the merging point of the two creeks. Here Galamar allocated his troops carefully to withstand the most terrifying attacks from the enemy golems, catapults, and wyverns. At the same time, Galamar tried everything possible to exploit the weaknesses of the enemy defense, and gradually pushed the front line towards Valadorn's castle. After some lengthy efforts, Galamar was very close to success.

### Chapter 7: Final Assault

Galamar has almost succeeded in reclaiming the City of Thorin. But suddenly an enormous explosion shocked the ground. To his surprise, Valadorn's legions were popping up everywhere outside the city, and the position of him and Valadorn has just incredibly reversed. Valadorn ridiculed Galamar to prepare to surrender or to be defeated by the evil power. But Galamar definitely would not give up at the very last moment of reuniting the Kingdom of Thorin.

Galamar has been very familiar with the surrounding environment of the City of Thorin, where he started fleeing since Valadorn's betrayal army took over the place. After surviving from so many battles, Galamar has got to know well about any tricks that Valadorn would use on his red legions to achieve his conspiracy. At this point, Galamar had no more fear towards the challenges he would face at the very last battle for reuniting the kingdom.

In this battle Galamar needed to guide his army travel backwards along the path he had taken when capturing the City of Thorin. Again he faced packs of enemies sent out by Valadorn from both sides of the river, especially the strongest ones – golems, catapults, and wyverns. Galamar put in all the money he could use to battle against enemies along the mountains and the rivers, and sacrificed a lot of his troops during this very last enduring battle. At the end, with the assistance of his own catapults and wyverns, Galamar successfully reached the final campsite of Valadorn and declared victory.

With Galamar's victory, the evil spell that controlled Valadorn has broken, and the Kingdom of Thorin has again become united. Galamar has also discovered that the evil spell was issued by Saeth, the leader of the Shadow Demon! Now as Saeth learned that his plan to destroy the Kingdom of Thorin went into a complete failure, he would lead his army to start the revenge against the Kingdom. How would Galamar and Valadorn now stand together to protect the Kingdom, sustain the attacks of Saeth, and defeat his evil minions eventually?

## Levels

The Companies mode consists of 7 levels.

2. Friends and Enemies
3. Escort
4. Reinforcements
5. Wyvern Rescue!
6. Siege!
7. Final Assault