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Experience

Experience is a basic concept in Armies of Exigo. Fighting units gain experience with every killed enemy and may level up when a certain threshold is reached. They gain more hitpoints in any case and other faction-specific bonuses. For detailed information on these, please refer to the faction's overview page.
Resources

There are four **resources** in the game: Gold, Wood, Gems and Supply. They are all (some more, some less) needed to build structures, train units and to do research.

* Gold: It is the most important Resource in the game. Some units and technologies cost only gold and there are no units, buildings or technologies that don't cost gld. It is mined from Gold Mines or can be mined together with gems in Mineral Fields underground.
* Wood: Every building costs a certain amount of wood. Also units and technologies may cost wood. It is obtained by chopping down tress.
* Gems: They are a supplementary resource that has to be spent primarily on magically gifted units. Many technologies cost gems, too. They can be mined from Gem Mines. These are a bit different from the other resources because the Gem Mine is a building that may be occupied only by one singe worker at any given time. Until he is finished, any other workers have to wait outside. They may also occur together with gold in Mineral Fields, where they can be mined in the same manner as gold.
* Supply: This resource is the prerequisite for training units.
Demon

Summoned unit and powerful spellcaster. A **Demon** can be summoned by **Witches** through a multicaster spell that requires a **Mouth of Hell** built. **Demons** attack with a breath of fire that deals damage to multiple enemies. Can attack land and air units.

## Spells

* Planar Shift
* Unsummon
* Unleash Doom
* Chaos Rift
The Red Hills

**The Red Hills** is the 1st mission in the Beast Campaign. Here, you have no base.

## Plot

Dragga sets off for the three tribes that have refused the call of Tyron Gral. On his way, he crosses the realm of the Orcs.

## Quests

* Call to Arms
	+ Guide Dragga to the Ungladyr tribe
	+ Dragga must survive
* Goblin Shaman
	+ Rescue the Goblin Shaman

## Hints

Being the first mission, it is not especially hard. You just have to follow the way and search in every corner. The side quest with the Goblin Shaman is vital to your success!

In the underground, there is a Weirding Stone besides a lot of potions and treasure chests. Before the exit, there is a large Spider army. It is recommended to use the stone here.

Shortly before the end, there is a Revive Altar where you can bring back your dead units before fighting the last battle near the Ungladyr tribe.

Best practice is to let Dragga go first. This way, the monsters only attack him. He is the strongest unit in the mission and Healing Potions give him twice as many HP.

## Items

* Healing Dust +300
* Healing Potion +500
* Healing Potion +250
* Healing Potion +100
Beast

**Beast** is one of the three playable factions in Armies of Exigo. They are an alliance of beastmen, goblins, lizardmen and other monstrous creatures. The **Beast** forces come mostly from the region of the Howling Plains, to the west of Noran.

The **Beast** architecture varies wildly from crudely knocked up wooden structures using hides as cover to small fortresses and temples made of carved stone inscribed with runes or overgrown with swamp moss.

## Links

* Buildings
* Units
* Spells
* Technologies
* Heroes
* Campaign

## Characteristics

They have the strongest ground melee units in the game and their defensive structure (Totem) has the strongest single-target damage.

**Beast** forces don't have any mechanical units, alike the Fallen's armies.

Their healing ability (Sacrifice) is the fastest to recover unit hitpoints, but is highly more expensive due to the unit loss.

Beasts don't use buildings to produce supply, but units. The Borons move very slowly and may be used to defend a base from a raid, although this is not recommended due to their low damage and attack rate. Instead, Borons can provide a health boost to Goblin Hunters by using their Ride Boron ability, which trades their high movement speed by survivability.

Their units collect experience individually like the Empire's units, but levelling up grants bonus hitpoints and damage only to that unit. It is also *de facto* impossible to lose units with any experience gained by using a Revive Altar.

Beasts' repair ability doesn't cost any resources, but the structure's health is not simply raised. Instead the number is slowly averaged between the remaining and maximum hitpoints, i.e. when repairing, the maximum hitpoints go down as the remaining hitpoints rise up until it fully repairs. So, by repairing a building, it weakens as well.
Healing

Healing is a crucial gameplay mechanic in Armies of Exigo. Healing can be over an area or limited to a certain unit.

All races possess certain healing options with the best available to Empire units. Both area of effect and individual healing options are available to each of the three races.

For armor-enhancing options, see a separate article.

## Empire

* Priest Heal
* Priest Resurrection
* Temple healing aura
* Steambird can be repaired by Peasants

## Fallen

* Unholy Regeneration
* Self-infesting with a Seeker
* Matriarch's life-stealing attack (unconfirmed?)
* Void Walker transforming into a Priest

## Beasts

* Regen "upgrade" from the Great Hall (lasts ~40 seconds)
* Witch's Sacrifice
* Revive Altar

## Campaign

* All heroes receive 200% bonus healing (i.e. heal twice as fast as non-hero units)
* Hellsmith healers can heal (found in dungeon missions in Beast campaign)
* Domina has a life stealing attack
* Runes/Items
	+ Healing runes
	+ Area of Effect healing "powder" (+100/300)
	+ Individual healing potions (+100/250/500)
	+ Hit points increasing items (do they heal you slightly?)
* Temple-like area healing
	+ Neutral Temple in Empire mission 3, Father Julianus' temple (?) in Empire mission 5
	+ Fountain of Health in Empire mission 9 (Rise of the Phoenix)
	+ Area of effect healing from healing "plants" in some dungeon missions (similar to a Temple)
	+ Enemy temples heal you as well - Empire missions 6 and 8 (do enemy Temples also heal Fallen/Beasts?)
Desperate Rescue

**Desperate Rescue** is the 8th mission in the Empire Campaign.

## Plot

Dunehelm and Lady Tierna attack Vangarath's fortress, where Alric do Rei is kept prisoner.

## Quests

* Rescue Alric
	+ Destroy Vangarath's Prison Tower to release Alric
	+ Dunehelm must survive
	+ Lady Tierna must survive
* Alric's Companions (optional)
	+ Release all of the prisoners

## Hints

This mission is quite tricky. Additionally to Dunehelm (who is back on his horse again), you have Lady Tierna and two Valkyries (that you have to keep a close eye on, since you cannot replace them). You should use Tierna for defensive purposes at a max.

At the very beginning, there is an attack with rebels and also a dispatch from Vangarath. This will kill most of your units at the start. It is important to start producing units in the Barracks right away and see that you can build a Temple as fast as possible.

There is another resource deposit very close in the north of your main base. This should be exploited as soon as possible.

There is an enemy base to the north that keeps sending rebels. One base to the southwest sends Steam Birds in increasing numbers that will become quite a threat over time. Furthermore, there are Gnome Arks coming from Vangarath with quite an army that land, where your defense is the weakest (e.g. your woodcutters).

It is advised to first destroy the two smaller bases, before you take on Vangarath directly. Upon destruction of the castles, a pretty strong Hero Knight appears that insults Dunehelm.

Vangarath's fortress is separated from your base by a river and it is encircled with Watch Towers, further complicating a successful landing. You have to send at least three Gnome Arks at a time to create a proper beachhead.

The side quest is moderately important. You get five Renegade Mages and a few Items.

In the middle of the map is an Emerald Tower that can cast Poison Fog if garrisoned.
Guardian Rune (Activated)

Summoned combat unit. Three **Guardian Rune** serpents spawn when an unit activates a **Guardian Rune** trap. All three serpents attack land and air units. The serpents share the damage received by any of the trio with the other two, which makes them have 300 hit points in total. **Guardian Runes** are immune to spells.
The Dwarven Gate

**The Dwarven Gate** is the 3rd mission in the Fallen Campaign.

## Plot

Princess Domina tries to destroy the Dwarven Gate that is supposed to imprison the Fallen and the Deep Elves underneath the surface forever. She has taken over this mission because she has an axe to grind with the dwarves...

## Quests

* The Dwarven Gate
	+ Establish a base
	+ Domina must reach the Gate
	+ Domina must survive
* Dwarven Sanctuary
	+ Kill all Dwarf defenders
	+ Destroy the Dwarf Sanctuary
* Dwarven Treasures
	+ Find the Dwarf Treasury
	+ Collect all treasures

## Hints

This mission is the only one where you meet the dwarves. They are not very hard to defeat.

The secret to this mission is the Crypt to the south. There, you can train Ghosts that do 10 damage and have all damage modifiers for physical damage at 10%. This makes them *de facto* invincible. Just gather an army of ghosts and unleash them upon the dwarves. Then, this mission is won.

The side quest with the dwarven treasure is highly recommended. When you find it, the dwarves are fighting a demon. It is best to let them proceed in order to weaken their forces before you defeat them completely. The Gold is a convenient bonus.

The gate and the base of the dwarves are not reachable in the beginning because they are surrounded by a magical field that kills all units immediately. Only if you destroyed the Sanctuary of Earth, you can pass.

## New tech

* New units
	+ Nightmare

* New buildings
	+ Vengeance Hall
	+ Sorrow Shrine

* New upgrades
	+ Hunter Reflexes (Incubator)
	+ Coarse Carapace (Incubator)
	+ Frost Bolt (Sorrow Shrine)
The Last Queen

**The Last Queen** is the 2nd mission in the Fallen Campaign.

## Plot

Keran tries to wrest the last Insect Queen from the hands of the Deep Elf Lord Shaiton. He unexpectedly meets Princess Domina, who immediately proposes an alliance, if Keran helps her ascend the Deep Elf throne...

## Quests

* The Lost Insect Queen
	+ Build a Soultrap
	+ Gather 1000 experience points in the Soultrap
	+ Bring Keran to the Insect Queen
	+ Keran must survive
* Rivalry
	+ Kill Lord Shaiton
	+ Domina must survive

## Hints

This mission is a bit dogdy, because the Deep Elves attack with a very high frequency. You have to set up your base and defences quickly. Moreover, the resources in your base are rather scarce, so you have to go looking for other resource deposits quickly. A possible spot lies to the northwest of the map.

Lord Shaiton has an outpost in the middle of the map.

To the northwest, there is a corridor where Keran says that it is dangerous. There is, however, just a small monster that is easy to defeat. There are no items there, either.
Fallen Campaign

This is the **Fallen** campaign.

It consists of the following missions:

1. Footfalls in Darkness
2. The Last Queen
3. The Dwarven Gate
4. Emerging from Shadow
5. The Mines of Malrinor
6. Teonia
7. The First Seal
8. The Coming of the Dark Host
9. The Reckoning
10. Black Marsh
11. Field of Sorrows
12. Chamber of Screams

This campaign accompanies Keran Kessertin on his ways through Noran, looking for the Heart of the Void.
Dragonfire Fields

**Dragonfire Fields** is the 11th mission in the Empire Campaign.

## Plot

Alric re-enters the war against the Beasts. He meets Inquisitor Belloq for the first time. With his help, he wants to breach the Beasts' rows in order to move forward to Margoth.

## Quests

* The Gorge
	+ Destroy all three Beast settlements
	+ Alric must survive
* Rain Towers (optional)
	+ Repair all of the Rain Towers

## Hints

This mission is difficult again, since the Beasts have four bases in total, of which one cannot be reached by land.

The side quest is quite simple as there is no resistance to be expected near the Druid's towers. You can just put a Peasant into a Gnome Ark, fly around and repair those towers. Upon completion, you get a global lightning spell that deals 200 damage and recharges within ten seconds.

In the underground, there is a tiny Fallen base with some useful resources. Moreover, there is a firewall to the northwest that kills all units that touch it. Here, you can find a major bug (or was this done on purpose?): If you send a unit into the wall and revive it with a Priest, it becomes invulnerable. Then, you can collect the huge treasures behind the firewall and keep producing invulnerable units. Unforunately, this effect is not unlimited and the units eventually die. So, it is not possible to raid all enemy bases with an army of invincible Knights.

Inquisitor Belloq is quite dumb in this mission and keeps sending his units by land towards the Beast bases. They keep dying quickly because there are strategically clever placed Totems in the mountains along the way. It is recommended to dispatch of those with a few Steambirds or the like over the course of the mission.

Tyron Gral summons a Demon every time a Beast base is destroyed. This is, however, not as dramatic as it sounds.

Very close to your own base, there is a Merchant House that produced 5 Gold and 5 Wood every five seconds if garrisoned.

## Mission details

* Neutral structures
	+ Merchant House
* Items
	+ Belt of Strength
Banana-Nut Bread

## Ingredients

* 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
* ¼ cup chopped nuts
* ¾ cup sugar
* ¾ teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
* 1 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla
* ½ teaspoon baking soda
* 2 eggs
* ¼ teaspoon salt
* 1¼ cups rice flour
* ¼ cup olive oil

## Directions

1. Combine the bananas, sugar, and vanilla in a medium mixer bowl, and beat at medium speed for 1 minute.
2. Add the eggs and mix well.
3. Combine the rice flour, nuts, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixer bowl.
4. Add the banana mixture alternately with the oil to the dry ingredients, mixing well at low speed.
5. Pour the batter into two 8 x 4 inch loaf pans.
6. Bake at 350°F for 50–60 minutes or until done.
7. Cool for five minutes before removing from pans.
Footfalls in Darkness

**Footfalls in Darkness** is the 1st mission in the Fallen Campaign.

## Plot

Keran Kessertin tries to regain control over several Insect Queens that have managed to elude the thought control of the Fallen.

## Quests

* Construct a base
	+ Build a Deformer
	+ Build a Hive
	+ Order three Summoners to transform into Control Form
	+ Train ten Hive Stingers
* The Insect Queens
	+ Guide Keran to each of the unconscious Insect Queens
	+ Kill the conscious Insect Queen
	+ Keran must survive

## Hints

In this mission, you can only train Hive Stingers. You should do that - in masses, as they are very weak.

Keran, unfortunately, is neither very powerful nor robust. You should have him accompanied at all times.

You should leave the eggs near the Insect Queens intact. They will turn into Hive Spitters, once the queen is under control again.

To the west, there is a Web Amulet that you can use to summon spiders.
Layered Nacho Salad

## Ingredients

* 2 large ripe avocados peeled, pitted
* 2 cup purchased thick salsa (mild or medium-hot) or more
* 1 head red leaf lettuce in bite-sized pieces
* 3 cup shredded cooked chicken
* 3 cup broken tortilla chips
* 1 can black beans (15 ounce) rinsed, drained
* 4 green onions chopped
* 1 small green bell pepper chopped
* 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese, packed

## Directions

1. Place avocados in medium bowl.
2. Add ⅓ cup salsa and mash to chunky guacamole consistency.
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Layer half of lettuce of chicken, chips, beans, green onions, bell pepper and cheese in large bowl.
5. Top with half of guacamole and half of remaining salsa.
6. Repeat layering with remaining ingredients.
7. Use additional salsa to cover top if necessary.
Healing Potion

**Healing Potion** is a campaign-only item that can be used to heal a selected non-mechanical unit.

## Information

Healing Potions come in several types, depending on how much they heal (100, 250 or 500 hit points).

Heroes such as Alric do Rei are healed with double effciency. That is, a **Healing Potion +100** will heal a hero for 200 hit points.

It is the first item the player will encounter while playing through the single player campaign, as 3 **Healing Potions +100** are available in the inaugural mission of the Empire campaign.
Acacia Flower Sherbet

## Ingredients

* 1¾ lbs / 750 g acacia flowers
* 2 lbs / 1 kg sugar
* 1 qt / 1 l water
* juice from ½ lemon

## Directions

1. Clean the acacia flowers as for Rose Preserves and set to boil with 1 qt / 1 l of water.
2. After a couple of minutes of boiling, remove from heat, cover, let cool off, then strain through cheese cloth.
3. Set the strained liquid to boil with the sugar (preferably lump sugar), at low heat to start with and after removing all foam, at medium heat.
4. Wipe the inner walls of the pot with a clean, wet cloth and let boil until thickened.
5. When tepid, beat the mixture, adding the lemon juice gradually, at the end.
Dimensional Portal

Summoned uncontrollable unit. Two **Void Walkers** spawn nearby themselves one portal each when casting **Dimensional Portal**. Ground or flying friendly units can use any of the two portals to transport to the other. Both portals have or share 99 garrison slots, yet they can't ever be full since units transport instantly.
Emerging from Shadow

**Emerging from Shadow** is the 4th mission in the Fallen Campaign. Here, you have no base.

## Plot

Domina visits the realm of the Wood Elves where Ruannon's grave lies. There, she hopes to learn where the sigils are that stand between the Fallen and the Heart of the Void...

## Quests

* The Tomb of Ruannon
	+ Locate the Tomb of Ruannon
	+ Kill the Lich
	+ Domina must survive
* Guard Posts
	+ Pass the four Elf Guard posts
* Deep Elf Spirits (optional)
	+ Destroy the western Elf base

## Hints

In this mission, you start with Domina, three Matriarchs, three Nightmares and four skeletons. It is vital that the regular units are kept alive during the whole mission!

Time is a critical factor. Since the skeletons only have a life span of five minutes, you have to proceed quickly. In spite of this, it is still good to search every corner as you can always find potions or other items (see below - of every type, there are several to find). You also find a cemetery where Domina conjures five skeletons that have no limited life span.

Most difficult is the Elven base in the northwest. There are Elven druids that conjure animals of the forest. When they are defeated, the rest of the mission is not hard anymore. Before you enter the grave, there is also a Crypt, like the one in the last mission. You have gathered some resources along the way. Here, you can spend them for Ghosts. They are not as invincible as in the last mission (there are units now that do elemental damage), but you should still not renounce them since the undead in the grave don't produce any usable corpses.

The side quest is - despite the time exposure - important because near the Dryad, you can find three mana potions, among other things. You should give the potions to Domina exclusively because she has a greater mana supply and she needs less mana to summon a skeleton. Upon completion, you get three Spirit Amulets that conjure one Deep Elf Spirit each. These are very useful. With their ability "Destroy Magic", they can kill the skeletons in the grave with one hit.

In the underground, there is also a Yellow Rune Stone in the northeast that you have to collect in order to open the door to Ruannons grave.

## Items

* Mana Dust +175
* Healing Dust +300
* Mana Potion +125
* Mana Potion +200
* Healing Potion +250
Empire

The **Empire** is one of the three playable factions in Armies of Exigo. It is an alliance between Humans, Elves and Gnomes that inhabit the country of Noran. Their archnemesis are the Beast forces, which are posing a major threat to the Empire throughout the campaign.

They have rather weak Units, but they can produce them in large numbers, thanks to upgraded Barracks being able to produce two units at a time.

Their buildings have aesthetics that of European architechture during Medieval Ages, while the elvish buildings are built on top of huge trees.

## Empire Overview

* Buildings
* Units
* Spells
* Technologies
* Heroes
* Campaign

## Characteristics

* Empire units gain special auras upon leveling. These auras provide a bonus to certain stats of nearby allies (such as Aura of Protection of Swordsmen increasing armor), so it's best to keep your units together for optimal effectiveness. Support units, such as Priests, Mages and Miners cannot provide any auras as they cannot gain experience and level up.
* Empire can bring back to life their warriors with Resurrection, one of the strongest spells in the game, available to Priests after researching the respective upgrade in the Temple.
* Unlike Beasts and Fallen, Empire peasants can repair their buildings on demand with no downsides (other than spending resources). Their mechanical units can also be repaired, e.g. the Gnome Ark.
Apple Frangipane Tart

## Description

Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Recipe Location: CDKitchen

* Recipe ID: 38388
* Serves/Makes: 8
* Difficulty Level: 4
* Ready In: 1 - 2 hrs

## Ingredients

* 4 ounces Neufchatel cheese, softened
* ¾ cup sugar, divided
* 2¼ ounces ground almonds
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 egg whites
* 5 sheets frozen phyllo pastry, thawed
* Butter-flavored vegetable cooking spray
* 3½ Granny Smith apples, peeled
* 2 tablespoons warm honey

## Directions

1. Beat cheese at medium speed of a mixer until smooth.
2. Add ½ cup sugar, ground almonds, vanilla extract, and egg whites, and beat until well blended. Set aside.
3. Working with 1 phyllo sheet at a time, coat each sheet with cooking spray, and fold in half crosswise, forming a 13 x 8½-inch rectangle.
4. Gently press 1 folded sheet of phyllo into a 10-inch tart pan, allowing ends to extend over edges of pan; recoat phyllo with cooking spray.
5. Place another folded sheet of phyllo across first sheet in a crisscross design; recoat phyllo with cooking spray.
6. Repeat procedure with remaining 3 sheets of phyllo.
7. Decoratively crimp edges of phyllo crust, and spread cheese mixture evenly into crust.
8. Cut each apple half crosswise into thin slices, leaving slices stacked together to keep shape of apple half.
9. Place 6 apple halves around edge of tart and 1 in the center of cheese mixture; sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup sugar.
10. Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes or until mixture is puffed and golden and apples are tender.
Empire Campaign

This is the Empire campaign.

It consists of the following missions:

1. The Borderlands
2. Road to Margoth
3. Tightening the Noose
4. Might of the Magi
5. Noran in Flames
6. Dark Treachery
7. Dead Moors
8. Desperate Rescue
9. Rise of the Phoenix
10. The Long Dark
11. Dragonfire Fields
12. Revenge

It treats the adventures of the mage Alric do Rei who tries to stop the Beast tribes and also discovers a dark conspiracy threatening him and the whole Empire.
Fettucine with Sweet Pepper Cayenne

**Prep Time:** 5 minutes

**Cook Time:** 10 minutes

**Yields:** 4 servings

## Description

My neighbor made this for one of our neighborhood potlucks and it was a hit! Sometimes I add chicken to make it more of a hearty meal.

## Ingredients

* 12 ounces (1 package) dry fettuccine pasta
* 2 red bell peppers, julienned
* 3 cloves garlic, minced
* 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
* 1 cup reduced fat sour cream
* 3/4 cup chicken broth
* 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
* salt and pepper to taste

## Directions

1. Boil a large pot of slightly salted water. Add pasta and cook for 8-10 minutes, or until al dente.

2. Spray cooking oil into a large skillet and allow the skillet to heat up. Quickly sauté red bell pepper, garlic, and cayenne pepper over medium heat. Stir in cheese.

3. Toss pasta with sauce and season with salt and pepper.

4. Serve.
Warrior

### Upgrades

Sharp Blade, Rune Blade, Haunted Blade, Bone Armor, Rune Armor, Demon Armor, Berries of Haste, Berserker Training

## Combat

### Armor points

0

Basic melee unit that can attack land units only. Can go to a **Weapon Master** to become a **Minion**. Can be upgraded in a **Weapon Master** with **Berries of Haste** to move quicker and with **Berserker Training** to become **Berserkers**.

## Spells

* Sacrifice Warrior
* Drop Weapon
Papas Chorreadas

## Ingredients

* 1 lb of small or medium red potatoes
* 2 medium tomatoes
* 1 cup of milk
* a bunch of cilantro (also known as Chinese parsley)
* a bunch scallions
* white cheese
* table salt

## Directions

1. Peel the potatoes partially leaving some skin.
2. Boil the potatoes until tender.
3. Chop onions cilantro and tomato into fine small pieces.
4. Shred about ½ cup of white cheese.
5. Stir fry the onions cilantro and tomato in a frying pan \* add the milk, cheese, and salt to taste.
6. Turn heat to low, and let it simmer until it thickens.
Apple Pie

## Ingredients

 \* 4 – 5 medium (Granny Smith) apples

* 1¼ cups sugar
* 3 teaspoons cinnamon
* ¾ cup butter or margarine
* 1 cup flour
* 1 egg

## Directions

1. Preheat oven.
2. Fill pie pan with (Granny Smith) apples.
3. Mix ¼ cup sugar and 3 tsp cinnamon.
4. Sprinkle over apples.
5. Melt butter and remove from heat.
6. Add remaining ingredients.
7. Pour over apples.
8. Bake 45 minutes.
Piragi

## Description

Commonly served at special occasions and holidays. They're wonderful as an hors d'oeuvre, or with soup; serve at room temperature, or warm from the oven it is very good.

## Ingredients

#### Dough

* 1 1/2 cups boiling water
* 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
* 1 tablespoon instant yeast or 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
* 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 1 tablespoon bonemeal (optional, but very helpful)
* 5 to 6 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

#### Filling

* 4 slices Bologna
* 1 tablespoon butter
* 1 medium Onion, chopped
* 1 pound fully cooked Ham Steak, diced in 1/4-inch cubes (2 cups)
* 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
* 1 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste

#### Glaze

* 1 egg lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon water

## Directions

#### Dough

In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast and 1 tablespoon Sugar in 1/2 cup of the water.
Set aside.

* If you're using instant yeast, skip this step; add the yeast along with the flour.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the remaining Sugar, salt, and 2 1/2 cups of the flour.
Cut in the butter, then add the yeast mixture. Add the bonemeal if you are using it.
Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough.
Knead the dough on a lightly floured work surface until it's smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
Place the dough in a large greased bowl, turning to grease the top, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
Prepare the filling while the dough is rising.

#### Filling

In a small pan over medium heat, cook the Bacon.
Drain it, chop, and set aside.
Sauté the Onion in the butter until soft but not brown.
Add the Ham, stirring till it's combined with the onions.
Stir in the caraway, pepper and Bacon, and remove from the heat.

#### Assembly

Punch the dough down, and divide it into four pieces.
Working with one piece at a time (cover the remaining pieces with plastic wrap), roll each piece of dough into a 1/8-inch thick circle.
If the dough "fights back" (the dough relaxer helps prevent this), give it a 5-minute rest, and resume rolling.
Use a cookie cutter to cut the dough into 2 3/4-inch rounds.
Place 1 teaspoon of the filling mixture into the center of each round, fold in half (to make a half-moon shape), and pinch the edges closed.
Place the piragi on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheets.
Shape them into crescents, and brush with the egg wash.
Bake the piragi in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Remove them from the oven, and cool on a wire rack.

* Yield: 75 to 80 piragi.
Wyvern

Flying combat unit. Attacks land and air units. Decreases the target's armor.

## Overview

Wyverns are a deadly force in large numbers. Many missions in the Beast Campaign can be swept through with a pack or two of wyverns. However, it takes time and a lot of gems to train the necessary number of these flying units.

## Upgrades

Can be upgraded three times with Serpent Scales to increase its armor, as well as with Acid Breath to increase its attack damage from 22 to 26.

## Mechanics

Wyvern's attack reduces the target's armor, and multiple attacks reduce it even more. (This needs to be researched further -- for instance, what is the maximum armor reduction that can be achieved?)

## Strategy

Wyverns are powerful and versatile units, so take care not to lose them in combat.

Prioritize ranged enemy units first (crossbowmen, towers, hive spitters, etc) to minimize damage dealt to your wyverns.

High-level wyverns should be revived in Revive Altar, instead of training new ones.

## Counters

Lone wyverns can be countered with ranged units or towers.

Wyvern packs are harder to deal with. Area of effect spells should work wonders against them. A counter-pack of Manticore riders will take them out quickly as well.

## Campaign

Wyvern becomes first available in mission 6 of the Beast Campaign, "Cold Blooded Kin".
Apple Whip

## Ingredients

* 1 lb / 500 g apples
* 2½ cups water
* ¾ cup sugar
* ½ oz / 15 g gelatin

## Directions

1. Wash and quarter the apples, remove seeds and boil until soft.
2. Drain the liquid in another pot and sieve the apples.
3. To the strained apple liquid, add gelatin, dissolve it, add sugar and return to heat for another boil.
4. After it has cooled down, pour the apple liquid in a tall bowl, add the apple puree and whip until foamy.
5. Pour in cups or glasses and serve.
6. You can use other fruits to prepare this.
Cinnamon Rolls

(Note: glaze ingredients can be easily varied to suite your taste and sweet tooth!!)

### Filling

* 1 tablespoon melted butter **or** margarine

* 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
* 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar

## Directions

1. Place dough ingredients in bread pan, select dough setting, and press "start"
2. When dough in bread machine has risen long enough, the machine should signal.
3. Remove bread pan and turn out dough onto a floured counter top or cutting board.
4. With a rolling pin, roll the dough into a (roughly) 9 x 18 inch rectangle.

### Glaze

1. 5-6 tablespoons melted butter or margarine pour the melted butter into a 9 x 13 x 2 inch pan (pyrex glass dish works great) or two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans; sprinkle with brown sugar.
2. Brush or smear the dough with melted butter (or soft margarine). sakejr

### Filling

1. In a small bowl or jar mix the filling ingredients and then sprinkle over the dough.
2. Starting with a long edge, roll up the dough.
3. Pinch seams to seal.
4. With a knife, lightly mark the roll into 1½-inch sections.
5. Use a piece dental floss or heavy thread (about 12-inches long) to cut the roll: slide the floss/thread under the roll, bring the ends up and crisscross and then pull the floss/thread in opposite directions.
6. Place the rolls in the pan (previously prepared with glaze).
7. Cover with aluminum foil.
	* Note: At this point you can either let the dough rise and then cook...or you can just put in the fridge for a while until you're ready to rise and cook them. I like to prepare the rolls the night before and the do the rise/cooking the following morning.
8. In a warm oven, let the covered rolls rise for 30 to 45 minutes until doubled in size.
	* Note: To warm oven, turn on the warm setting for a couple of minutes, then turn off. Remove pan(s) from oven to preheat.
9. Preheat oven to 350°F.
10. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown.
11. Remove from oven and immediately invert rolls onto a large platter (or aluminum foil).
12. Scrape excess glaze with a spatula onto rolls!! serve warm!!.
Gluten-Free Fried Chicken

## About

4 to 6 servings

Courtesy of: Shauna James Ahern and Food Network

## Ingredients

* 1 quart buttermilk

1 tablespoon paprika

2 teaspoons garlic powder

2 teaspoons onion powder

Kosher salt and cracked black pepper

560 grams all-purpose gluten-free flour mix

1 tablespoon smoked paprika

2 chicken breasts, each cut in half

2 chicken thighs

2 chicken legs

2 chicken wings

* 1/2 cup canola oil (you could also use grapeseed or vegetable oil)

## Directions

Preparing to cook: Heat the oven to 450 degrees F. Lay down a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet.

Making the batter: Whisk together the buttermilk, paprika, garlic power, and onion powder. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and stir.

Making the flour: Whisk together a pinch each of salt and pepper, flour mix, and smoked paprika.

Dipping the chicken: Set a large cast-iron skillet on medium-high heat. As the pan is heating, line up the chicken, the bowl of batter, and the spiced flour. Pour the oil into the hot pan.

Frying the chicken: When the oil has reached 375 degrees F, dip a piece of chicken in the batter. Shake off any excess liquid. Dip the chicken in the flour and coat it entirely. Place the chicken in the hot oil. Repeat with all the pieces of chicken.

(Don't overcrowd the pan. You can always do this in two batches.)

Flip the chicken pieces when the bottoms are nicely browned. When both sides are browned, put the chicken pieces onto the prepared baking sheet.

Finishing the chicken: When all the chicken has been browned and laid on the baking sheet, put the baking sheet in the oven. Cook the chicken until the legs have reached an internal temperature of 185 degrees F and the breasts measure 155 degrees F.
Gingersnaps

## Description

This is a special recipe made without gluten.

* Makes 40 cookies.

## Ingredients

* ¼ cup margarine
* ½ cup sugar
* 2 tbsp molasses
* 1 egg
* ½ cup soy flour
* ¼ cup cornstarch
* ¼ cup potato starch flour
* ¼ tsp salt
* 1 tsp baking soda
* ¼ tsp ginger
* ½ tsp cinnamon

## Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F.
2. Sift dry ingredients together.
3. Cream margarine and sugar together thoroughly.
4. Beat in egg and molasses.
5. Add flour mixture.
6. Mix well.
7. Drop rounded teaspoons of dough onto greased cookie sheet.
8. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

## Nutritional information Edit

2 cookies per serving: 1 fruit/vegetable choice, 1 fat
Artichoke Dip

## Description

This is a healthy artichoke dip that is a nice change from the fattening dips you usually see at parties! You can serve it with whole wheat crackers or pita chips.

## Ingredients

* 4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
* 1 cup non-fat plain yogurt
* ¼ cup reduced-fat gratedparmesan
* 1 cup fresh spinach
* 1 can artichoke, drained and chopped
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* ½ teaspoon turmeric
* ½ teaspoon salt
* ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

## Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400° F.
2. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Mix until well combined.
4. Transfer to a medium heat-proof dish.
5. Bake 20-25 minutes until the top of the dip begins to brown.
Summer Strawberry Orange Cups

Yum!

## Directions

Wash the strawberries and remove the stems. Cut one-half of them into thin slices and place them in the bottoms of six, 8-ounce custard cups, dividing equally. Soften the gelatin in the cool water for 5 minutes. Add the boiling water to the softened gelatin and stir until completely dissolved. Combine the orange juiceconcentrate, milk, vanilla and Sugar and mix well. Stir in the dissolved gelatin and pour the mixture over the sliced strawberries in the custard cups. Place in the refrigerator for about 2 hours, or until completely jelled: Halve the remaining strawberries; divide equally among cups. Garnish with additional whole strawberries if desired. Makes 6 servings
Banana Pops

## Ingredients

* 6 small ripe bananas
* 6 popsicle sticks
* 6 tbsp chocolate syrup (optional)

## Directions

1. For each pop, carefully insert a popsicle stick into the bottom of 1 banana, burying about half of the stick.
2. Wrap each banana individually in plastic wrap, and freeze for at least 6 hours.
3. Unwrap each banana, and eat like a popsicle.
4. Have fun
Apple Pie Romanian-style

## Description

In Romanian: Placinta cu mere in stil romanesc

* strudel dough
* butter to grease the pan
* confectioner's sugar with vanilla flavor

## Directions

1. Peel the apples, grate on the vegetable grater or slice very thinly and set to boil with 2 – 3 tablespoons ofwater, stirring continuously.
2. When the apples have softened, add the sugar and let boil until they become like a paste.
3. Remove from heat and let cool. When cold, add the cinnamon.
4. Cut the strudel dough into pieces the size of the baking pan.
5. Arrange 6 – 7 strudel leaves into the greased pan.
6. Grease each and every leaf.
7. Then put the apples in a uniform layer.
8. Place another 6 – 7 individually greased strudel leaves on top.
9. Bake until golden brown.
10. Cut into squares while still in the pan.
11. When the pie is done, cut into squares and sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.
Banana Bread

## Ingredients

* 2 cups granulated sugar
* 1 cup softened butter (not margarine)
* 6 ripe bananas, mashed (approx. 3 cups)
* 4 eggs, well beaten
* 2½ cups cake flour
* 2 tsp baking soda
* 1 tsp salt

## Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. With an electric beater cream together sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
3. Add bananas and eggs, beating until well mixed.
4. Sift together dry ingredients three times and blend with the banana mixture until just blended – don't overmix.
5. Stir in the nuts.
6. Pour into two lightly greased 5" x 9" x 3" loaf pans.
7. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes to l hour, until firm in the center and the edges begin to come away from the pan.
8. Cool on rack for 10 minutes and then remove from the pans.
Pasta with Hot Sausage Sauce

**Prep Time:** 15 minutes

**Cook Time:** 45 minutes

**Yields:** 8 servings

## Ingredients

* 1 pound hot Italian sausage
* 2/3 cup red onion, diced
* 3 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 tablespoon minced capers
* 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, mashed, liquid reserved
* 1 (14.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
* 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
* 1/2 cup red wine
* 1 teaspoon dried basil
* 1 teaspoon dried parsley
* 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
* 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
* salt to taste
* 1 (16 ounce) package dry ziti pasta
* 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese

## Directions

1. In a skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage until evenly brown.

2. Mix the red onion, garlic, and capers into the skillet, and cook until onion is tender. Mix in the mashed whole tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and red wine. Season with basil, parsley, oregano, red pepper, black pepper, and salt. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened.

3. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place the ziti in the pot, cook 10 minutes(until al dente). Drain.

4. Serve the sauce mixture over the cooked pasta. Top with Romano cheese.
Cream Puffs

## Ingredients

 \* ½ cup butter

* 2 tbsp. cream of tartar
* 1 cup boiling water
* 1 cup sifted all purpose flour
* ¼ tsp. salt
* 4 eggs

## Directions

1. Melt butter in boiling water.
2. Add flour, salt, and cream of tartar all at one time.
3. Stir.
4. Cook until mixture forms a ball that doesn’t separate.
5. Remove from heat (try to give the dough "stretch" by scraping the dough across the pan as you stir).
6. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth.
7. The dough should be stringy.
8. If it does not stretch when pulled, add a few drops of water.
9. Drop from a spoon on an ungreased baking sheet.
10. Bake 20 minutes in preheated 425 °F oven.
11. Let cool.
12. Cut off tops and fill with custard or desired filling.
Gummy Bear Cupcake

## Preparation

**Prep Time:10 Minutes**

**Total Time:20 Minutes**

**Makes 2 dozen (24 Total)**

## Ingredients

Any flavor of cupcake mix

Gummy bears

Fruit roll ups

Life savers or peach rings

Blue/yellow sprinkles or blue/yellow icing

## Directions

1. Follow directions on cupcake mix. Bake.
2. Cut fruit roll ups into small strips to be used as beach towels.
3. When cupcakes are cooled, apply blue icing (or sprinkles) to 1/3-1/2 of the cupcake. Apply yellow icing (or sprinkles) to the other side.
4. Place lifesavers/peach rings in the water (blue icing) and fruit roll up towels on the sand (yellow icing). Place gummy bears in rings and on towels.
Cannoli w/ Cream

* 4 oz / 100 g butter
* 4 oz / 100 g confectioner's sugar
* 1 egg
* ½ cup wine
* 2 tablespoons oil
* 2 tablespoons rum
* flour as needed

## Directions

1. Cream the butter with the sugar and egg, then add wine, rum, oil and the flour at the end.
2. Knead a medium soft dough and let it rest for 10–15 minutes.
3. Then roll into a ¼ inch thick sheet, cut into strips and wind these strips around the special canoli molds.
4. Wash with egg and bake. When the canoli are done, remove and let cool.
5. When cold, fill with whipped cream or other fillings.

### Filling

1. Set the milk to boil, then gradually add the eggs previously beaten with sugar and flour.
2. Stir continuously until the filling thickens.
3. When cooled, add vanilla and creamed butter.
Gluten-Free Cheese Straws

**Prep Time:** 15 minutes

**Cook Time:** 27 minutes

**Yields:** 24 cheese straws

## Ingredients

* 4 ounces cheddar cheese, grated
* 1/4 cup butter, softened
* 1/2 cup cornstarch
* 1/3 cup potato starch
* 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
* 1 pinch salt

* 3 tablespoons cream

## Directions

* Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
* In a medium bowl, combine and mix well, butter, cornstarch, potato starch, ground red pepper, xanthan gum, and salt.
* Mixture will be crumbly.
* Add cream and beat until smooth.
* Add cheese and mix until dough is almost uniform in color.
* Roll out or pat the dough to 1/4" thickness (unfloured surface).
* If the dough is too sticky to work with, refrigerate it for a few minutes or so.
* Cut into thin straws and place on a greased baking sheet.
* Bake about 12 minutes.
Cake Brownies

## Description

These cake brownies are somewhat less dense and almost cake-like compared to brownies made using store-bought cake mixes.

* Cake Brownies from the Wikibooks Cookbook—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
* **Cook Time**: 30 minutes
* **Serves**: About 20

## Ingredients

* 2 eggs
* 1 cup (2.4 dl) sugar
* ½ cup (120 g) margarine
* 4 tablespoons cocoa
* ¾ cup (180 g/1.8 dl) flour
* ½ tsp salt
* ½ tsp baking powder
* 1 tsp vanilla
* ½ cup (120 g/1.2 dl) chopped walnuts or other nuts (optional)

## Directions

1. Beat eggs until light.
2. Add sugar, melted margarine and cocoa. Blend.
3. Add flour, salt, baking powder, vanilla, and nuts. Mix well.
4. Pour into a 9" x 9" (23 cm x 23 cm) greased pan. Bake for 20 minutes at 350°F / 175°C.
Peach Crisp

Makes 6 servings

## Directions

1. Combine rice, peaches, and 1/3 cup Sugar in buttered, shallow 1-1/2-quart baking dish.
2. Mix flour, remaining 1/3 cup Sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in medium bowl; cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
3. Sprinkle flour mixture over rice. Sprinkle walnuts over flour mixture.
4. Bake at 350 degrees 20 to 25 minutes.
5. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.
Smoked Sausage Casserole

## Ingredients

* 1 pkg smoked sausage
* 2 cups noodles (any variety)
* 1 can cheddar cheese soup
* 1 pkg winter mix (broccoli and cauliflower) frozen

## Directions

1. Cut sausage into round pieces and brown on both sides.
2. Boil you noodles until done steam the vegetables.
3. Mix all 3 together and your cheddar cheese soup mix.
4. Mix well and service.
Chile de Papaya(Papaya Juice)

## Description

Papaya Fruit Drink. Makes not quite 2 quarts. serves 20 people

## Ingredients

* 2 cups cut up papaya (peeled and seeded)
* 1 cup pineapple juice
* ¼ cup lime or lemon juice
* 1½ cups papaya nectar (or peach or apricot nectar)
* 1 cup ice cubes
* 2 cups sparkling water,

## Directions

1. Blend thoroughly in blender.
2. Pour in a pitcher and add 2 cups sparkling water,
3. Serve over ice and enjoy
Gingerbread

## Ingredients

* ⅓ cup shortening
* ½ cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 2½ cups flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon ground cloves
* 1 teaspoon ground ginger
* ½ teaspoon cinnamon
* 1 cup molasses
* 1 cup hot water

## Directions

1. Butter and flour a 9x9 cake pan.
2. Preheat oven to 375°F.
3. Mix flour, baking soda and spices together.
4. Set aside.
5. Mix molasses and hot water.
6. Stir and set aside.
7. Cream shortening and sugar.
8. Add egg and mix well.
9. Add dry ingredients and molasses mixture to creamed mixture.
10. Pour into cake pan and bake for 45 minutes.
11. Cool in pan for 5 minutes.
12. Serve with whipped cream flavored with pure vanilla and sugar.
Irish Potato Farls

Potato farls, a type of fried bread, are usually served with Irish breakfast (also called fried breakfast), which includes pork sausages, eggs, bacon rashers, black pudding and white pudding, tea, toast or brown soda bread. Makes 8 servings.

## Ingredients

* 4 potatoes
* 1 cup all purpose flour
* 4 teaspoon vegetable oil
* 2 tablespoons butter, melted
* ½ teaspoon salt

## Directions

1. Wash potatoes and peel.
2. Cut into halves then place in a large saucepan filled with water.
3. Bring to a boil. Cover the saucepan and let simmer over low heat for 20–30 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
4. Drain water. Add butter. Mash potatoes thoroughly.
5. Add in flour and salt.
6. Take half of the mixture and place it on a lightly floured surface.
7. Knead until smooth and roll flat, about ¼ inch thick. Cut into quarters and set aside.
8. Repeat with the remaining dough.
9. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a nonstick pan over medium-high heat.
10. Cook the dough quarters for 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown.Add oil if needed.
11. Add oil if needed.
Chicken & Broccoli Stir-Fry

## Description

My true favorite is beef and broccoli, but chicken is easier to digest. I like to add a little szechaun sauce to spice things up.

## Ingredients

* 1/3 cup orange juice
* 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
* 1 tablespoon Szechuan sauce
* 2 teaspoon cornstarch
* 1 tablespoon canola oil
* 1 pound boneless chicken breast, cut into 1 inch cubes
* 2 cups frozen broccoli florets
* (1) 6 oz. package frozen snow peas
* 2 cups shredded cabbage
* 2 cups of cooked brown rice
* 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (optional)

## Directions

1. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch, orange juice, soy sauce, and Szechuan sauce. Set aside.

2. Heat oil in a wok and add chicken. Sauté for 5-7 minutes or until meat is golden brown. 3. Add cabbage, broccoli, snow peas and sauce mixture. Cook for 5 - 6 minutes or until vegetables are thoroughly heated and fork tender.

4. Remove stir fry from wok and serve over brown rice. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Memaw's Peach Cobbler

## Description

This recipe originally belonged to my Memaw. It's great served
warm with a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream.

* Image found at AllRecipes.com
* MegEl 02:55, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

## Ingredients

* ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons butter
* 2 cups sugar (divided)
* ¾ cup flour
* 2 teaspoon baking powder
* dash salt
* ¾ cup milk
* 2 cups sliced peaches

## Directions

1. Melt butter in a 2-quart baking dish.
2. Combine 1 cup of sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. Add milk and stir till mixed.
4. Pour batter over butter in baking dish; do not stir.
5. Combine peaches and remaining sugar.
6. Spoon over batter.
7. Do not stir.
8. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.
Spicy Jumbo Shrimp

## Ingredients

* 4 lbs. jumbo shrimp

* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* ½ cup tomato sauce
* ½ cup sherry
* 1 can crushed tomatoes
* 2 bay leaves
* 2 tablespoons soy sauce
* 2 green bell peppers, chopped
* 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
* 2 onions, chopped
* ½ cup olive oil
* ½ teaspoon red pepper
* ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
* salt to taste

## Directions

1. Season the shrimp with salt, pepper, soy sauce and lemon.
2. Sautée quickly in the olive oil.
3. Remove the shrimp and add the onion, garlic, pepper, bay leaves, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, soy sauce, cumin, red pepper and sherry to the pan.
4. Cook over medium heat until the vegetables are soft.
5. Add the shrimp back in, and reduce the heat to low and cook for 15 more minutes.
6. Serve with white rice.