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IMPO RTA N T NOTE Additional chap ters can be found in P D F [orma t in t he Doc umentation folder on the ga me C D. Thi s informat ion includes instru cti ons on using the S hadow Magic edi to r as well as un it and s pell cha rts. Dou ble click the I EditOr_cha rts. pdf" file to view this mate rial. Adobe Acro bat Reader is required to view P DF files . To install Acro ba t R eader, dou ble , d k k the "A crobatReader.exe" file in t he D ocument a tion folder on the game C D an d t hen follow the onsc reen in sr ru cri on s .

InstaffationInsta!ferTh e lustall er w ill g uide you rhro ug h th e proces s of ins ra lling Age of Wo nde rs : S had ow Magic [herea fter abbreviar ed Ao W :SM) on to your com pute r. Ir will also provid e you th e op port un it y to insr all rela red so ftwa re s uch a s Di rec t>::a nd CameSpy, regis ter rhe ga me online, an d vis it th e S hado w M a g ic we bs it e for news a nd upda tes . [f yo u ex perience any probl ems ins ra lling the gam e, you s ho uld: - Reboot your sysrem and disabl e a ll background ta sks , s uch as virus checkers, before runni ng t he insraller. Bac kgr ound programs ca n be disa bled from the Crrf-Alt- D e! men u I[f yo u' re running Wind ow s 100 0 or X p, yo u'll rh en se lect 'Ta s k M a nag e r' i. - Make s ure the hard dri ve you' re installing to has plent y of free s pace, and ha s no e rrors on it. Errors can be chec ked by running ' C h kds k.exe IF ' from th e S ra rr Menu' s ' R un' op ti on .

Chapter One: Introduction

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"Th is lerter is binned. Do nOt read it, Its subjea matter is .very sinSiiive,.. ndshould only a t sent be handled ' by a being of considerable power a-nd'discipline:} under express -wTf t en 'cOn of H i. Supreinacy ;-Emp.ror Phebius.' '. . , f ; ...: ,. ...".:. ' ..

Setup (aowsmsetup.exe)The Set up program allows yo u to cus to m ize gam e settings to improve perf orm an ce and bett er s uit your preferences . A dva nce d users can al so use th e program to enable resou rce edi ti ng in th e Editor. l] th e ga me is funn ing sl owly on yo ur sys tem/ you ma y wan t to t ry th e follow ing: - Lower t he derail level - Lower rhe d isplay res olution - Try d isabling Direcq D/ Di rec rS olJnd . These op rions s hou ld improve perform an ce on mos t systems, bur old er ha rd wa re Or drivers may run [aster wirh them disabled . - R eboot your svstem, a nd disa ble all background ta s ks, s uch as virus che ckers, before running t he game. Bac kgr ou nd progr a ms can be disa bled from the Ctrt-Alr-De! me n u (If you' re run ning W indo w s 10 0 0 or X p, you' ll rh en select 'Ta sk Ma nager' ). - C hec k for upd at esto

"Co mmander O ;bus a fallen found .. writ ten,bYhis '.own to be un-deniably about.: .f and , and Iicrle children cry. For chls rta.son he. eXiled'from'the Phobian Empire. is lette.rwas conJiscattdAs heresy, Though .: of the Empire andlcs EmpeJ'Otj as.most it also portrays befori and Demo ns: It was s.1fdy _ " . squirieled a way from the g.n.ral public for the safetYof the innoeenrmaidens and litele . Lot #19194957, ... .'.{.. .; ., children.";Phobia'; Archivist Seal of I, Skirly of rh: . ilIuscri.otis Emperor' Phcbius, whose grac(and fo'undid anation.:against.the . tides of dearh. sweeping our world,. rhe verv same man who shall lead us fromth e., ', darkness charbefalls our people. Only he can rid ' fie world ofall decadence. I wrice',. pertaining -to -my assigned inis5ion to discover faccsabout the creatures known as Shadow the ,mysterjous black porial me into I sun i\..iS'. . utt ered the:accivadon cantrip , as' auchorizedbY Phobius, sLIl a the wisd6m be banned from our fairies, and H'izardsj who ,toy'with th is-filth muse be put doV;rvfor the'ccriseqcene es of this deviant act is.cheworld that my company en'ered.;.;...aShadow Reaim. ... . . . . o .::,

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QUick StartHow to Pea.y Age ofWorukrs: shadow MagicTo begi n, star t up th e progra m. You w ill be presented w ith a menu sc ree n with a nurnb e r 01 oprio ns, mosr of w hich w ill be cove red in derail in C ha prer I. For now, to learn how ro play Age of Wond ers : S ha do w M agi c, seleer Campaign, a nd rhen clic k on sfuuCow M"9"' Cam paign . You wi ll be prese nred wir h a map on whic h res r rhree flag s. C lick on rhe blue an d yellow flag label ed Fairy Hiff: Tutorial Start. Once you ha ve read rhe in rroducrion on ' rhe righr s ide of rhe scr een, click On Start ro begin yo ur guide d rour of Age of Won ders : S ha dow Magic.

1 I 1 nUdne.s5 lOy; . . guti ,he shadows cling [0 m.like pitch. th(dismal of chis ., plac". Everywhere,bright blue eyes- pal. like srai ...:.sh ifted in t he sliadowy.void. The air surge.d.with rivers.of blue sparks . Uke. gnats/thi tiny 'azu re inco our.skin . is broken and' stra'nge:Crysuls/'somethi ng Iike.amet.nyst;jUt":',.. . earth, like ehe wreckage of a fallen Th ere,is no frau) on rhe Blessed Conrinent. Infestations of alien fronds, rendrils and fleshy stillg.rswave rh. bfrs of blue floating-,hrough lhidoudy void. .. .. , ::;. ,.;. and There.is no.way' to telr the time for there is no su n, We walku!jor what seemed like days. Voices echo and the sligh,es, soundS ring like churc.!lbelJ$ . 1l'iiU'b'lood f.i /and, ifit .were possible for a human to.smetl i', I would say,ha, 1 8"tmc!lJcXr. Lc';.n slupin ;lil. not Have J been this abomin..ble plice. 'phantoms s,alk my dreams. . touched by loa,hsome ';'agic? I do no, blame Phobius for thiicu(ii'i; h.m"impure Iadmit and pray he will forgive' '';e. . .r.., ': ' ... ., my weakness

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M y iead force firsr ra.i a smail of and rheir ' venomous ca.!fw'rvae; We made short:Work of their:s anSIY.1 ims, and broke :lanceS, The bright blue bits :of [heir cara J1aee 'no glow with -: th eir bodies:upon energy tliey"steal from the Iiving',Th ey fought .a5 one.cruturel their prey wit h Across .,the ghoscly blue II ghr.lrs w;ngs ,uscled like dry parchm. nt in the wihd. . .' ,

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e spawn guarded a dis heveled mass Q f alld p.l..c;sage .s-some. sortofilesL. AS. W lI: dug th rough the place, w.e found the remains of a human outpost, I [ear we M e not the firs.t to attempt this miss ion. What remains we found led me La believe that the previous occupants met a grisly fat e. The demons swarmed the village-ste.\ ling it-chang ing it. .M y men eager ly res tored it. We rid th e.place 'O f demo n ta int. M isgui ded l "'e .. congratu la ted ourselves. We could resist t he power of t he S hadow Realm! We'd stay. We'd rescue those lost humans! Lsee now our s in, Our insanity, and our deluded pride.

WefcomeWe lcome to Age of Wo nders : S ha dow M ag ic, t he lat est chap ter in t he con t inu ing saga of Merlin, of Qu een Ju lia, a nd of th e im mort al W izar ds tha t strive to main tain ba lan ce in a wo rld to m asu nde r by myri ad rac es bot h good a nd ev il, by pow erfu l s phe res of magic, a nd by th e s pirits of the Land. Age of Wo nde rs : Shadow M agic crea tes a dramatic blend of tum- based s tra tegy, em pire build ing, a nd role -pla yin g in a de ep and es ta blis hed fa ntas y wo rld fu ll of fantastic creatures, amazing landscapes/ and pow er fu l im m orta ls . In ir, yo u w ill tak e on th e role of a pow erfu l Wi za rd a s he Or s he fig hes again" lor fo r) t he forces of dar kness. You wi ll bu ild grand citi es, resea rch ar can e s pells, co mma nd po werful armies, crea te a llia nce s a nd va nq uish ene mies. your ene mies a re o ther \Ni zards as power ful as yourself, an d th ey wi ll not be easy to overcome . Age of Wonders : S ha dow Mag ic is a tum -ba sed gam e, whi ch mean s that all of t he pla yers cak e tu rn s pla ying" mo ving t he ir troo ps a cer ta in d is tance, performing a s ing le ac t, o r srarrin g research on a grand proj ect wh ile their a llies a nd o pponent s do t he sa me . In orde r to s ucceed yo u will ha ve to have a pla n, a grand Stra tegy to d efe," yo ur o pponents before th ey defeat yo u. Most of th e t ime, yo u will be movin g aro und on a va s t overlan d ma p s howing a la rg e reg ion of th e wo rld comp lete w it h m isty fores ts , ta ll mo un ta ins, a nd dark caves. lt is here that you w ill build and defen d you r cit ies, ra ise you r a rm ies, a nd seek o ut yo ur enemi es . Powerf ul H ero es may join you r cause, becom ing mo re po werfu l as th ey follo w yo u from battl e to ba ttl e. When you mee t th e enemy, you ca n zoo m in and manage yo ur uni ts in a close-up and personal tacti cal ba t tl e, or yo u ca n tr us t in yo ur armi es [ 0 ca ke ca re of th ems elves .

A week pa..ed. The scouts I sent through the Shadow Care still had no< returned. I joined the pat rol th.u day. 1 decided we wou ld d ear a path to th e S hadow C are, an d esta blish a sceady supply line. M uch our sorrow, an ann y of grea t demon bugs gua rded the Shadow Gate. We saw t hree creaeures in the mob-c-large-c-grcarer th an a g.dley. The things resembled fat beetles, the size of a. barn, black a nd gfowing wi th th at eerie blue Shadow Demon energy a long their long abdomen. It lumbered and bulged, flexing .lswo llen red bladd er beneath a pair of cruel mand ibles.

We thought .,b out attacking the th ings :They looked 50 stow, But before we could rake Our pos.itions, a band of .men dresse d in desert cloaks a ppeared in-th e mouth of th e . ShadowCare, A woman with deeply tanned skih led th em. Sh e dressed like a harlot, which is ro t hat s he barelvwcre dnything" yet she st rutted abou t with the look of ,co a power. I knew at once she \Va d. VViz rd. She led a long line of men teth ered in th ick iron chains. The bulbous dem on beetl es qu ivered . Likean ava lanche they fell upon the staves. T hey slurped down rh e horrified men wit h a quickness rhac [roze soldiers in th eir sti rrups. As they a te, the D emon abdomens groa ned Cl od ch ume d} almost mechan icallv O ut of the filth that spilled from th eir anterior, s lirbered sluggish, venom-soaked Larvae-c-scme 'Of the sa me crea tu res we purged [rom th eir nes c.

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Th e \oVi zard l.lughed end instru cted the. rTKll ti.armed crea ture that WeL'" with her to ,IO., d up a pavload bics-the stuff of Wizards . Then somethin g moved t o the +l r lot , The crea t ure mad e no sound, floati ng !=. ifem lv ab ove the ground. 1[5 useless ",I , a spindly legs dangled like moss below, swaying sl ightly from .side to side. The great [loaring spheroid of black-reminded me of .' tick swollen with blood. It clicked s tillne, s in s my head: M y men sway ed in the lull. The harlot nodded an.d talked 10 it as ' hough it said somet hing Intelligent, She said s he had marry enemies and t hat there would be more "food" if got more paymeors. Sh e thendisappeared th rough t he Shad ow C a re.".'

The black floatins he;td 'tu rned, as tho agh it could 'my thought s, it raised a. thin tube from between a pair of slanted iridescent. blue eves. Th e who le army of black bugs lunged at us. A sea of bright eyes wash edever us. There w ere too ma ny to count. I fled wit h the last of my men to the village. . . T hen so mething else. a t us.

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h walked , like a gia nt horned with th:n clawed ove r iLo; should ers like tin y wings woven ,o f s ha dow. It broke t hrough the city . .M y men had no chan ce, Every man that s tood agal ns t it was crushed-in it s mas -si ve cla ws : Th is lord of demons clawed through my best men: We couldnot help.bul. flee.We flee to th e S hadow Care, M y slower men a rc.behind me..N othing s fows [:h ;ng, bur l must make it back-to warnPhobius of t he treachery chal ""waits us I will not fail, for I am MeSsed wirh the ofri ghrrousncss: i .will preva il. I am Orb us Ski, k, O rder of rhe ' ; oly'Fist, Herald of the Rightful Emperorof the Blessed Continent, Phobius,C r.lceful Master of Truth an,,""

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Every un it/ party/ and cit y under your control has its own Mora le rating . Mora le expresses tha t group 's pleas ure or dis pleas ure at being und er your command, and governs how well unit or city [unctions .

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Unit Morale.Each un it ha s nume rical Mora le rati ng th a t is normal ly eq ua l to your race rela t ions hip with its paren t race. The ca teg ories of U nit Mora le are as follows :

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City Morale.Like units and pa rries, each C ity has a uniqu e relat ions hip with yo u) based primarily upon your race rela tion wit h the city 's paren t race . If yo u kee p you r cities happy, they have a chance each tu rn of freely hur rying t heir current product ion. If a city s lips int o Anarchy, it has a chance [0 rebel aga ins t yo ur emp ire each tum . The classificati on s of C ity Mora le .ire as follows:

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Pa.rty Morale.Each party has a n overall Morale va lue that is roughly equa l to the aver age of all indiv idua l Un it Mora les in th e par ty. High-level units exert more inf luence in det erminin g the to ta l Part y Mora le than low-level units do. If the unha ppy units are s tronger th an the happ y units, th e Party M orale will s lip into U nres t. If the unha ppy units are at lea s t twice as strong as th e happy units, t he Party Mo ra le will s lip int o Unruly. If th e part y st at us eve r drops down to t he levels of Unrest or U nruly, th ere is a cha nce eac h t um th at un its in th at party will a ba ndo n you.

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