Those Silent Order priests will not be of much use to me in their current state, so I rely on you, Gnarl and Rose, to interpret for me what they are saying. I will find a way into this castle and around those masty succubi. Is William so lazy that he would leave a large hole in the castle walls unchecked? Small wonder he is so despised by the populace. If he were smart, he would keep that hole properly patched to prevent enemies from getting in...and out.
[The Minions scurry past a group of angry skeletons to steal a Mana Cylinder from them. They then proceed to the Poor Quarter.]
Peasant 1: That was amazing, stranger!
Peasant 2: Thank you, thank you. We're very impressed!
Peasant 1: Especially the way you killed them all!
Peasant 2: ...and tired yourself out.
Peasant 1: Now we'll have our funn....yarrrrggggg...!
"Yarrrrgggg...!" You call that a cry of victory? And look...your flesh is rotting.
[The "peasants" turned out to be zombies all along.]
Hmph...a group of peasants I would have no problem slaughtering. I should have known there was something amiss when I saw this statue of Sir William in the vicinity. You know what this kingdom could use? Grappling hooks. And monster trucks.
Peasant outside of the Halfway to Heaven Inn: 'Ere comes another one...another ones by the look of it.
Peasant 2: Now don't you start no trouble in there, lad! We'll be watching!
[The Overlord and his minions enter the bar. Everything is lively...not a zombie in sight.]
Barmaid: Welcome, Sire. It may be hell on earth out there, but at our inn, the drinks are still cold. Our beer will take you Halfway to Heaven, and I'm sure you will find something in here to show you the rest of the way.
Drunk: Come on, wench! We're dying of thirst here!
A Tower Portal? In a bar? How convenient. Gnarl, I order you to have this portal shut immediately. There will be no drunks roaming around my Tower! You hear me?
Drunk: You wanna fight? Do ya? Well, do ya?
Urge to raze bar...rising...
Bar Patron: They say that he summoned her...to satisfy his, well, you know!
Summoned who?
Bar Maid 2: You wouldn't think that a Paladin would come here, but William's a regular!
Pardon me. Mind if I break down these barrels? I need to...uh, investigate for...uh...bilge rats. Yes, that's it. Bilge rats.
[A drunk man bursts through the wooden doors and collapses in front of everyone. A woman in red is seen running through the doors and into the basement, prompting the Overlord to give chase.]
It appears there really ARE rats down here. I was merely joking about that part. We should look around some more.
[The Overlord and his Minions locate a room draped all around in red carpeting. There are red-cloaked cultists everywhere, similar to the one he saw earlier.]
This must be the inner sanctum of the Red Dawn. Sir William must not be very far behind.
Red Dawn Acolyte: Welcome to the order of the Red Dawn. Do enjoy your stay.
Take me to your leader. Now!
Red Dawn Acolyte 2: Spoilsport!
I think you have something that belongs to me. Until I find it, this will make suitable collateral. I will return shortly.
[The Overlord pilfers a Minion Control node from the Red Dawn group, and then returns to the scene of his crime with more (and better armed) Minions.]
Red Dawn Acolyte 1: You're not coming in here with your little goblins. We don't cater for those.
Rose: Who'd want to get mixed up in this?
Apparently, someone who likes to do unseemly things to farm animals... All right, Minions, back into the hole you go. Your time will come soon enough.
Red Dawn Acolyte 1: No goblins! For the last time, this isn't that kind of establishment!
You people can be so stubborn...
[The Overlord summons his Minions again, and orders them to open the barred gate and then kill everyone in the room.]
Problem solved.
[They go to another room, where one of the Red Dawn cultists comes in screaming.]
Scared Red Dawn Acolyte: Help! She's gone mad, she's...
Woman's Voice: My...lady...
Red Dawn Acolyte 3: No one is to disturb Her Majesty when she's with Sir William!
Gnarl: Sir William the Paladin has fallen from grace with a Succubus Queen, eh?
Rose: So she wasn't enough...she won't be happy about that!
Do you...know this person, Rose?
Gnarl: Fidelity is not a strong point in Succubae. I suspect we've found the source of the plague.
Red Dawn Acolyte 3: Please remember that the party at the Citadel is strictly by invitation only!
Sir William himself invited me. He said we were bros, you see. Allow me to submit my proof...
Red Dawn Acolyte 3: Stop! Our Queen does not wish to see you! She must have peace to prepare for the party!
My apologies...it would be improper to disturb Her Majesty at a time like this. Perhaps we should tone the noise level down a scratch!
[About a minute and a lot of screaming later, the group of Red Dawn cultists supervising the Succubus Queen is lying in a pool of their own blood.]
That gate will not save you or your queen.
[The Overlord breaks into the Queen's room. He Berserks his Minion horde and orders them to kill her and take back the statue she was guarding.]
Rose: Sire, that girl William the Paladin was going to marry. Well...she was my sister, Velvet. We don't speak. Speaking usually means she's got herself into some kind of trouble again.
Sounds like the perfect woman for someone like Sir William, then.
Rose: Judging by this place, Velvet's in it up to her silly little neck.
