Charnel Mission 3 Mission Title: Sere, homeland of Ambassador Buta Objective: Defeat Ambassador Buta Mission Attributes: +2 to Charnel, +1 to Pyro, -1 to Persephone, -1 to James, -1 to Stratos New Units: Blight New Spells: Slime Charnel sends you to Sere to "negotiate" with Pyro and Ambassador Buta. Charnel describes the best way to engage Pyro in conversation is to engage Buta in battle - perhaps Charnel's offensive might can impress Buta and Pyro into forming an alliance with the God of Death. You have a new unit, the blight, which is an air unit that can use parasites to slow down its victory. Slime, a new offensive spell, is also offered and added to your arsenal. Buta becomes your ally after the initial encounter - desecrate Abraxus and Shakti's altar to complete the mission. You begin the mission with a couple of manahoars and a blight. Move forward, construct a manalith, and use your available souls to summon another blight and several low-level melee and ranged units. Little do you realize that the battle with Buta won't be much of a fight - these units will actually be summoned for the true enemies on the map. Scan the map and notice three separate altars - one for Buta and two current "allies," Shakti and Abraxus. "Temporary allies" is perhaps more appropriate. After organizing your attack force, locate Buta's altar and start your approach. You'll spot Buta building a manalith as you approach. Attack the manalith or Buta himself. Approach his altar, and a cutscene that depicts Shakti and Abraxus observing the fight begins. As you combat Buta's units, Charnel suggests an alliance with Pyro and Buta - Ambassador Buta, perhaps impressed by your battle skills, agrees, and you receive new mission objectives. Mid-Mission Objective - Defeat Abraxus. Defeat Shakti. Protect Buta. Have more kills than the Ambassador (optional): New mission objectives order you to defeat both Abraxus and Shakti. Buta protects himself, and he is quite good at occupying the Abraxus and Shakti forces - but if you manage to score more kills (indicated in the upper left-hand corner of the screen) than the Ambassador, Charnel rewards you at mission's end. Begin by locating the "slaves" in a circular formation on the minimap. Kill these slaves for both easy kills and easy souls. Convert the souls and increase your army with melee, ranged, and blight units. Approach the nearest enemy altar, which should be Abraxus, and destroy the nearby manalith and its defenders. Replace the manalith with your own, then approach the altar and cast the desecrate spell on a blight or a newly summoned unit. Ambassador Buta may be currently engaged with Abraxus, but with your desecrate spell underway, Abraxus will be eliminated from the map as soon as she falls to you or Buta. Move to Shakti's altar and destroy the nearby manalith. You should construct your own to keep mana recharge rates high. Desecrate Shakti's altar, then seek out her and her remaining units to destroy remaining enemy forces and to complete the mission. Buta and Charnel speak at the mission's conclusion - if you killed more units than the Ambassador, receive your reward from Charnel.   « Previous Page Charnel Missions (cont.) »