Songs Of Silence

Songs Of Silence

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Campaign 4: Refugee Roundup
By Adaminus
A guide I made for a friend for Campaign 4: Starts Meron's quest, finds the bard, and rescues all of the refugees.
   
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How to save lives.
There are spoilers.

Follow the ugly arrows.

Expect to save/reload a couple of times to dodge The Crusaders.

I made this for a friend who missed one and figured I might as well share, tested on all difficulties.
Covers getting the Refugees, Meron's quest started and the bard (the glowing spot) for the level.

Extra Thoughts and Things to Note:
  • Remember to remove the refugees from the refugee camp reserve and put it into your own army reserve.
  • If you got this far into the game and don't realize it yet, you can put a unit with "Healer" in your reserve, this lets you keep the benefit of the healing over end turns, without risking the unit in combat.
  • Sneaking into a town/garrison will protect you from wandering neutrals, if you are in range of a safe camp, rush to it, don't waste a turn sneaking through the forest, make sure to use scouting spell before you rush across open forest.
  • Once you reach Meron's base, he has two garrisoned foxes you can steal, these need to last till you reach the Koncordia base in the southwest.
  • Leave the Triune in the city build a good garrison, sally out against attackers to keep putting more troops in, once its full the AI cannot stop you, aside from the scripted end times.
  • Any wagons you acquire with Akard will be cashed in at the Koncordia base, so dont go back to the capital to hand them in.
  • The hardest part of this is the last few turns, if you are slow, you might get caught by one of Reds lords, with your low army cap on this map, its unlikely you will survive and still have enough forces to push to the end.
  • The two explores I recommend doing grant very potent units that if looked after, will team up nicely with your Koncordia troops. (The foxes from Meron are expendable)
  • Triune will snowball defenses quickly, only capital matters, just hold the capital.
  • Don't be afraid to take an ambush if it the nearby enemy is weak, you will make a lot more progress that way.

If this is useful to you feel free to give feedback.
Cheers,
Adam
12 Comments
Mutterscrawl 4 Jul @ 2:03pm 
Hugely useful, I kept trying to start at the bottom left on this mission since that's the one the camera panned to first and I thought that it'd get wiped out by that army at the bottom left, knowing heading north is the ideal path makes it a lot more fun.
WillemKillem 2 Jul @ 5:31am 
Thank you so much for this guide big boss, you turned an annoying mission into a really fun one. :RelicII:
LionSaurus 10 Feb @ 10:50am 
What an absolute nightmare mission and poor timing to introduce the firstborn recruit mechanic and path of light mechanic. Horrible, horrible design. And then add the fact that you need to do it just right or you miss out on an unlock.
ruinouscreation 12 Jan @ 1:10pm 
Thanks for this. I did not enjoy this map, I like building cities and armies and I didn't really get to do any of that, here. Also, bumbling ass-first through the fog of war on this refugee hunt was really annoying.
Shadow La'Bestia 7 Jan @ 12:04pm 
Thanks for a good guide. Saved me a lot of time to search those refugees.
Rathskellar 3 Dec, 2024 @ 7:51pm 
Love this guide! Helped me a TON
Jiang 28 Nov, 2024 @ 9:32am 
cool
Irralyth 26 Nov, 2024 @ 5:09pm 
Thank you for your guide, wasn't liking this mission as it kinda felt at odds with the Firstborn's defensive playstyle (having to rush around to find refugees before they die)
Giraffeguin 23 Nov, 2024 @ 8:11pm 
Thank you for this. I was playing on normal but lowered to easy and followed this for this mission. Not a fan of timed missions with set paths and having to save/reload a ton :\
Adaminus  [author] 22 Nov, 2024 @ 4:29am 
I have been very busy with work since I made this and barely have time to play now sadly. I do have to redo a few campaign missions for steam achievements I missed. I have a couple of days off coming up and I will do a similar guide (campaign 8 is one of those). I am glad it was helpful.