Every now and again we come across an intriguing story that delves deep into the realms of myth and history drawing significant lessons and morals in present day life. One such story has actually been culled and meshed into a free online game , worthy for kids to toy around with and learn their history lessons at the same time. The story is a story of ambition, deceit and betrayal, the story of King Roderick the Visigothic King of Hispania between 710 and 712 AD. The story is one of a rumored rape leading to the Kings men betraying their king ….’Well, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.’ . The King eventually escapes to prove that his was not rape however in the melee his son was murdered.
It is quite well known that when people come under immense oppression they often see shadows of darkness, kinda impersonating them in art forms that tell the future and outcome of their present actions…..’Shadows and Dust’ it was termed in the movie Gladiator. Well, in this game the shadows are called ‘Dray Locks’ and abstracted to fictional monsters. The story is a good read in any form, and the game is real good in inculcating historic facts in kids, the game is featured on y9.
The Kings of Leon, King Roderick was father to a murdered son. Supposedly murdered by his own slave in this game depicted as the monster and the monster representing the race ‘DrayLocks’. The story is just that.. unbiased, fact,fiction,fable and history. You can choose to play on any side in this game, as you see yourself concerning the story.
From the game perspective the DrayLocks are thirsting for power and had enough lust of Power that they’d execute humans and take away their power. The struggle for supremacy is ongoing as both humans and Draylocks compete and conflict to conquer.
Game Play
Once you do choose a side you will find that both sides have their own strengths and weaknesses which result in war like advantages and disadvantages which either aid or befall the conquering on new lands. So as you build your army and teach them new skills get them to conquer new lands and exterminate the competition. The game allows you to have up to three armies at the beginning and they are well assembled at the castle. Each of the three army comprises a commander and fighting units, for sake of brevity the commander is termed hero. The role of the commander is to enhance the skill sets of his army and command them into battle.
In the game you will be rewarded with points which can be used as game money. Use your game money to purchase mercenaries. After you do purchase a commander place him and his fighting unit in the battle squares. You will need to carefully ascertain the strengths of the units while placing them as it is quite obvious that certain moves could leave your forces vulnerable to attack.
The rest of the game is all about healing, upgrading and conquering.
There is also a research unit which can be used with caution to invent or discover new combat arsenal.