Malgor and the Queen's Death

Miko's Alliance

After defeating the Shogun of Shadows and becoming Empress of Yokai, Miko calls for the allies to take the fight to the Queen. Defending each land in turn, she argues, has only allowed their enemy to choose every battlefield.

Leaders from Swordhaven, Shadowfall, Dwarfhold and Darkovia gather to plan an attack on the Queen, but with no visible entrance to her castle, the allies watch the surrounding lands for something to emerge. Months pass without a direct attack before a rift opens above it. Watching from a distant cliff with you, Victoria and Brentan, Gravelyn remembers the reinforcements that came through an earlier Rift.

The Alliance Responds

Shadowfall has already sheltered the alliance during the Infernal invasion. Gravelyn and Victoria fortified it together while you helped recover an untainted fragment of Sepulchure's soul and prepare the damaged fortress to fly.

At the new rift, Victoria goes ahead to scout while Brentan prepares Swordhaven's army to follow. Before the allies can confront the threat, they need to learn what has emerged and protect the people in its path.

Below the castle, villagers and their militia are already facing a new army whose commander mocks their hope that Swordhaven will save them. He is Malgor, and his Shadowflame can turn a fallen defender into one of his soldiers.

The Village under Shadowflame

Malgor's Shadowflame forces press into the village. Gravelyn calls for their advance to be stopped while Victoria and Brentan protect the townspeople. You fight the invaders back from the wounded, gathering oil for the clerics' salves and samples of Shadowflame sludge for them to investigate. Even when elite troops join the assault, the defenders force the army away from the village toward the castle, and you pursue it.

Preparing to Face Malgor

Suspecting that the army's commander serves the Queen, you seek information from the scouts, who offer a better chance of answers than the slashers. With what can be learned from his forces, the allies prepare to confront and question Malgor, but he welcomes the assembled heroes by singling you out.

Malgor Captures the Hero

Malgor challenges the confidence on which you have relied, claiming that finding another villain you can defeat has become what defines you and asking what would remain if that hope were taken away. You refuse to let a stranger decide that for you, insisting that whatever he claims to know, you will not give up. He answers by lifting you with Shadowflame and vanishing with you, leaving you held in a snare under his soldiers' guard in the Queen's throne room.

The Queen's Severed Head

Still defiant, you ask where the Queen is hiding, only for Malgor to produce her severed head. When you accuse him of killing her, he accuses you of doing it instead. You remember no such event and cannot understand what he means, but he says the explanation will come eventually.

Malgor's Accusation

You guess that Malgor wants revenge for the Queen, but he rejects that explanation: she was not his Queen, and he does not intend to kill you. He wants an ally, claiming that you could either become his greatest threat or help accomplish everything he came to do. Even trapped in his snare, you refuse the offer.

Malgor's Offer

Malgor expects you to change your mind, claiming that enemies far worse than himself exist and that together you could defeat them. You still want answers about the Queen's death, but he will not explain his accusation. While his soldiers guard you, you begin looking for a way to escape.