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Beyond the Great Dark

It is a time of peace. The Alliance and the Horde are getting along well, and everything seems to be going just fabulously. However, deep in the reaches of the Twisting Nether, Beings of void prepare for one final push at perfect manifestation, and the melding of Reality and Void into one until they are indistinguishable, allowing the void to corrupt all life in the universe. At the same time, Sargeras, The Dark Titan and Leader of the Burning Legion, is hellbent on Destroying the universe before it can be corrupted by the Void lords. It seems that if nothing is done, not only will all of Azeroth be destroyed, but it will be the end of all worlds. Knowing this, the pantheon was determined to strengthen their servants to destroy all that would threaten existence itself. Will your new powers be enough? Only you can show that your combined powers are enough to destroy enemies stronger than you could ever possibly imagine.

The Voidlords, incorporeal beings of vast power, but minimal conduit, seek to grant themselves physical form in this world. When they do, any life worth living will be cast aside, descending eternally into infinitely insatiable madness.

This is a battle of epic proportions. He will use all sorts of powerful late game cards, including the old gods. Also, he starts at 10 Mana, but by that time in the adventure, so will you! As you go through the adventure, your hero will gain more and more perks to become stronger and stronger. i.e. more health, better hero power, more mana, ect. Additionally, for this battle, you will be able to put cards from every class into the same deck for this battle, as all of Azeroth bands together for this showdown!

Example Cards:
 

BtGD is all about making sacrifices for the greater good. So i think these cards represent what kind of sacrifices you will have to make, whether the sacrifice is a single card, or the way you build your entire deck.

COME ONE, COME ALL, TO WITNESS THE MOST SPECTACULAR EVENT AZEROTH HAS EVER SEEN!

For the first time in eons, all the nations have joined together in the spirit of global competition. Participants from Northrend to Kalimdor to Pandaria have gathered for 1 month of the most intense competition ever devised. A challenge that spans nations, traveling through the most dangerous and iconic locations in the realm. Many will compete, One will be victorious. Join us, as we join them, on the journey of a lifetime. 

Ladies, Gentledwarves, Taurens, Gnomes, and all others,

WELCOME TO:

Note: Artwork has been blatantly stolen from a fantastic movie until I have time to make my own)

Concept:

This adventure contains 17 fights over 5 wings, and rewards 52 cards.  (2 class commons, 2 class rares, 5 neutral epics and 12 Legendaries (2 legionaries each wing, with 2 of them being double legionaries in the style of Stallag/Feugan or Dreadscale/Acidmaw)) Each wing is located within a specific region of Azeroth, and most boss fights are with one of the other originally designed competitors in the race, with the match having traps and unique effects based of the current location you are racing through. The last fight of each wing being an "escape" boss fight similar to the Mine-cart or Escape fights in LoE, as you race to the end of each leg of the race.

The entire event is also continually seen over by a pair of announcers (current names and appearance unknown) as they commentate of various fights and races each wing.

Theme:

The main themes of this expansion are order, pre-planning, and (most appropriately for a race) positioning. The card rewards are all centered around ideas such as order of play, thinking a few turns ahead in the match, and a lot of them have abilities that effect adjacent minions, or are otherwise based on their positions on the board. The boss fights also have a similar theme, with either the location based hero powers, or more rarely commentary from the announcers, letting you know about events and effects that will take place at specific and repeatable times.

Boss Fight:

NOT  the final boss fight in the adventure, but more of a example of a standard fight that shall occur. 

While travelling through the wing that is located in the Southern Eastern Kingdoms, the player will find themselves traveling through the jungles of Stranglethorn. At this point, you enter into direct confrontation with:

A pair of goblins that specialize in randomness, mayhem, and just all around blasting things apart.

Boss Decklist:

 As the race (and by extension, the fight) is currently going through the Jungle, a place filled with deadly beasts and creatures that will attack anyone in sight, the Hero power is representative of that.

At the start of each players turn, a random low cost beast is added to the opponents field, symbolizing monsters coming out of the Jungle to attack them. As they do not have charge, they do not become a problem until next turn, giving players time to decide how to deal with the opponents or use the one they they get given.

 Heroic Mode:

 Example Cards:

A card that places emphasis forethought. Similar to Fel Reaver, you can only play this card safely when you know you are not going to need to play any more cards on the next turn.

 A card designed to help Priest, and also has the idea of turn order. Note that much like the Dragon Consort, the ability does not specify time restriction. So playing this on turn 1 will turn your Hero Power into "Deal 2 damage" on turn 2. Also designed to give Priest a bit of early game control.

A set of twin legendaries solidifying the theme of positioning. When played together, this is a 10 mana 9/9 that gives all friendly minions +3/+3. Made with the design intent of having the great gates empowering those that walk between them.

    A group of hunters are traveling deep into the frozen mountains of Northrend. A massive storm shakes the earth & consumes the sky. The hunting party takes shelter within a small cave and wait out the storm. After the storm calms, the hunters embark on the journey home. Suddenly the hunters notice a massive golden light in the distance. The group races to see what it is. Amazingly, the storm's power ripped a massive section of the mountain away. The shocked hunters stand in amazement of a massive golden door built right into the mountainside. The party leader (Torok Splinterspear) commands the others to spread the word to Azeroth of their discovery. Who in the world can unlock this secret door and the unbelievable artifacts this vault may hold. Adventures & rewards await for you in the mountains of Northrend.

Adventure Concept: The Vault of the Ancients

Below is the first encounter of the adventure. A taste of things to come.

 (HEROIC) BOSS ENCOUNTER: THE VAULT DOOR

The Vault Door encounter would have a new gameplay feature that will blow people away. At the start of your turn, the vault will pop up a randomized question (>100) with 3 answer options to choose from. The questions will include some awsome Warcraft lore questions, riddle style questions, and even some silly math equations. Correct answers will reward 1 of 10 lock combination character to open the door. Incorrect answers will clear all lock combination characters previously awarded (you start over) and insult/intimidate you with awsome emotes. The encounter has 2 ways to complete it. Which shall it be? Answer 10 correct questions in a row or try to break the door down with brute force? Goodluck adventurers. 

(HEROIC) THE VAULT DOOR HERO POWER: ANCIENT DEFENSE SYSTEM

Check out all the amazing Hero Power abilities in the spoiler below.

 Sample Card rewards for the adventure

Torok Splinterspear is a main character in the adventure. You will get to know him quite well during your adventure through The Vault of the Ancients.

This adventure will introduce a "rune spell card" for each class. This is the Shaman class spell. These spells will have very new and interesting effects.

And last but not least, introducing Richard Honoraxe. This is another new character of the adventure with some amazing catch phrases and hilarious jokes.

Thanks everyone! I am looking forward to this competition! 

Vote below for this adventure! I would love to expand this concept for the community!

 The player’s goal in this stage of the battle is to stabilise and deal with The Ringmaster only once the board is secure. It may initially seem tempting to try and aggro him down with his fairly low starting health, but anyone who manages to kill him will find that he was but a puppet for a far more threatening foe.

Second Stage

Once the Ringmaster is killed, he is replaced by the Circus Du Soul itself; an encounter similar to the Minecart or Escape sequences from League of Explorers. Unlike those, which had hard turn limits, this encounter is won by exhausting the Circus’s deck. Each turn, the Circus will draw and play five cards. This may seem insurmountable, but without a mind to direct it, the Circus will play without any regard for strategy; attacks and spell targets are chosen completely at random, and cards are always played if able, even if they do more harm than good. Once out of cards and bereft of a conductor, the show is finally over.

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A Scandal in Azeroth - A Hearthstone Adventure by Sylicas and Vultrae :

"Over the many years it has been my privelege to record the exploits of my remarkable friend, Mr. Murloc Holmes, it has been sometimes difficult to choose which of his many cases to set before my readers. Some are still too sensitive to recount, while others are too recent in the minds of the public. But in all our many adventures together, no case pushed my friend to such mental and physical extremes as that of the Scandal in Azeroth." - Watt-Son

Join Murloc Holmes and Watt-son as they investigate the recent rise in crime occurrences and discover the truth behind it all! From the Stockage Breakouts to the Theft at Scholomance, our heroes slowly uncover clues as to who the mastermind behind them all could be...

Take a good look of your primary suspect, Mrriarty. 

He may be an Undead Murloc he is just as cunning and manipulative as Azeroth's greatest criminals. Your job is to link Mrriarty to the crimes and put an end to the chaos and crime that has sweeped over Azeroth.

We want to keep as much about the boss fight a secret as possible so we don't spoil anything for the last post. Mrriarty, as a criminal mastermind, has a lot of work to do, and a lot of criminals to keep in line. Mrriarty's Hero Power is a great reflection of his leadership and control over criminal activity. Each time he uses his Hero Power, a random Hero Power effect from the Adventure's bosses will be activated. This will only activate Boss Hero Powers from the "A Scandal in Azeroth", and will not activate Boss Hero Powers from any other adventures in Hearthstone.

Again, we don't want to spoil too much about the boss encounters throughout the adventure, but below we have some examples of Hero Powers Mrriarty can activate through his own Hero Power:

The three major mechanics and themes that we chose to focus on in the adventure are:

Schizo Characters

Throughout this investigation, you will meet some of Azeroth's most insane. They will be willing to work for you, as crazy people who get defeated in card games do. While their power is available for you to use, these minions have drawbacks that you have to take note of if you plan to use them in combat! Utilise these drawbacks to your advantage, and harness their power for your duels in Hearthstone!

Re-Discovering "Discover"

With a Scandal in Azeroth we wanted to expand upon the Discover mechanic. We really liked the idea of including Discover on some of our cards because of how well it fits thematically. We decided to put an interesting twist on the Discover mechanic by broadening its use beyond "Discover a 3 Cost Card", "Discover a Beast", or "Discover a Spell". Ivory Knight is a pretty good example of a card with a unique Discover effect. One example is our use of Discover to retrieve Discarded cards with the use of Scholomance Acolyte. Stay on the lookout for more creative, unique uses of the Discover keyword in this adventure!

Neutral Secrets

The neutral Secrets, collectively called "Red Herrings", referred to on the card text are one of the primary themes of this adventure. These neutral Secrets are not collectible like normal secrets, instead they are token spells generated by cards from the adventure. Think of how Goblins vs Gnomes introduced neutral Spells in the form of Spare Parts. There are a total of 5 neutral Secrets. For some examples of neutral Secrets generated by cards such as Randolph Moloch, please check the spoiler below:

 Reward Cards:

Card Explanations & Flavour Text:

More than 10,000 years ago, when the world was young and all the continents were one, after the Trol Empires bested the Aqir and before the dwarves came to be, the grat Kaldorei Empire was a thriving nation. Thanks to the energies from the Well of Eternity, they mastered the arcane arts and weaved magic like no other. However, the noble wizards, Highborne, seeked more power, and a voice answered their plea. Travel back in time to save the planet from the direst of outcomes by battling the generals and antagonists of the War of the Ancients, helping the likes of Malfurion and Illidan Stormrage, Jarod Shadowsong and Tyrande Whisperwind gather new allies and resist against the Burning Legion in an epic new adventure. Along the way, you will face some of the most famous of demons, like Azzinoth, Hakkar or Mannoroth; and some of the noble Highborne, including Xavius and VaroThen.

Queen Azshara herself, leader of the Highborne and Supreme Ruler of the night elves is the one who orchestrated this whole ordeal. Sargeras reached to her, and promised power and paradise. Proud as she is, she is sure to be able to impress and maybe even seduce the Dark Titan, and she stands tall before even the mighty Mannoroth.

As the most powerful sorcerer of Azeroth, her deck will consist of many mage spells, like Frostbolt, Arcane Intellect and Flamestrike. Apart from these, she will also use cards from the Warlock class, like Soulfire, showing the slight corruption she has suffered already. At first, she will use her Hero Power to manipulate the board, trying to gain the advantage through subterfuge. If you are able to get her life total, you will be surprised by the fact that she was only toying with you.

She will once again stand against you with 15 health, and now the battle will turn into a race as she tries to defeat with raw magic energies. You will have to deal a lot of damage in very little time, or the value provided by her new Hero Power will prove to be unsurmountable.

Example Cards:

The War of the Ancients translates the strange and powerful energies of the Well of Eternity into new and exciting forms of playing with mana. Many cards in these expansion will change the costs of other cards, and with the new mechanic, Amplify, you can even choose how much to invest into a single card.

• Queen Azshara: meant as a tool for combo and control decks, her presence would mean a bright future for Malygos even when Emperor Thaurissan rotates out. It is meant to be used alongside the blue dragon, Alexstrasza or Prophet Velen, abusing the power this minions provide with cards like Ice Lance, Eviscerate or Mind Blast, while being too expensive for other types of decks.
• Shadowmancer: priest lacks a quality 2-drop, and needs it in order to survive against other decks that contest the board from the early turns. This is my take on creating something that makes opponents think twice about going face. She basicaly provides you with a temporal Shadowform, and if you cast it the next turn you will end up with a permanent 3 damage Hero Power.
• Aim: one of the decks with which I had the most fun was the Yogg n' Load Hunter. This provides a tool for hunters to last into the late stages of the game while providing card draw if mana is available. It showcases the fact that cards that can be amplified might be a bit expensive, because of their flexibility.

I hope you like this adventure, because I have a lot of things prepared for the next round. Good luck to everyone!

Blackrock Infinite Foundry

A mysterious Portal has appeared in the Caverns of Time, Iron and Magma spew out of the portal creating a new adventure. Images of Blackrock Foundry can be seen just on the other side of the portal. The Bronze Dragonflight calls on to you adventurer to set this timeline straight and stop the Infinite Dragonflight from causing who knows what kind of havoc on this event in Time.

Big Boss

The Infinite Dragonflight have gone back in time disguising  a loyal blackrock orc to look like Blackhand when the first adventurers traveled through the Foundry for the first time. Now Blackhand is back and he's not happy with what has become of his once great Foundry. With the Power of the Infinite Dragonflight at his side he will change the course of time for his Iron Horde.

Blackhand's Deck, A slow building deck with lots of Armor gaining Spells to get to the midgame were his hero power comes in. He will do anything to slow you down as well. Watch out for cards that increase the mana cost of your spells and minions over the course of the game.

Example Cards

                                             Leader of the Infinite                 Infinite Dragonflight                      Blackrock Orc

Adventurer the time is now stop the Infinite Dragonflight and Take down Blackhand.

Get ready to rumble, because YOU are about to witness (or participate in) one of the greatest events of the continent of the north, I welcome you all to the magnificent...

Northrend RACE

Yes, that's right! The Northrend Racing Annual Competition Extraordinaire, also known as the Northrend RACE has YOU as one of the competitors. If you have never raced before, don't worry, a skilled racing partner will join your team so you can win it together. Your competitors are just as fierce though, so don't go light on them! There will also be two new gameboards, one showing the barren, icy landscape of Northrend and one showing alot of racing equipment and of course the marvelous black and white checkerboard pattern! There will also be 14 bosses spread across 4 wings for a total of 41 cards. Together with your partner and buggy, you'll start at Dalaran and travel through the Storm Peaks, Zul'Drak, Grizzly Hills and the Dragonblight to Angrathar the Wrathgate, where the finish line will be located, while passing various places of interest such as Naxxramas and Wyrmrest Temple. So now, that you know, get on it! Travel safe! But also fast!

Nearing the end of the race, you are one of the two frontrunners. And the tricky Trickster Sarrick happens to be the other one. He plays in a very nasty way, releasing spikes on the ground and using nasty cards all together. In 10 turns you'll both reach the finish, but what matters most is who is ahead by then (if you haven't won already). Health will be used as a manner to determine who is ahead, so you'd better keep your life up, especially against his hero power and his other cards that often deal direct damage in some way.

Here the example cards an the each represent a different mechanic of the adventure.

Skeletal Necrosmith: In the adventure, the driving aspect will be represented in you having your buggy as a permanent weapon which doesn't lose Durability while attacking. Some bosses might reward you with upgrades for it, such as having permanent +1 Attack or giving it an extra effect for you to use in the coming matches. If an enemy ever knocks you of it (breaking your weapon in HS' terms), this dude can put you back on it (equipping it again).

Power Word: Courage: Crash is a new mechanic which resembles you ramming your buggy into an enemy in flavor terms. You can put it like this: "Whenever a minion or hero Crashes into another minion or hero, it deals its attack as damage (including weapon attack) to the target while being immune and without spending an attack or losing weapon Durability." PW:C is a multifunctional card seeing as you can either use your own minion or an enemy minion to crash into an(other) enemy minion.

Torgrin Navnic: Now this is your racing partner. He's an interesting dude, really. He is a skilled mechanic as well as a navigator and this is reflected in his effect. This is guy is also your announcer, providing a sounding board as well as voicing your own thoughts... for most of the adventure. The changing of the gameboard is the unworded mini-effect of this adventure and makes sense flavorwise because of the nature of the race, changing landscapes at every turn. This is not the only card to take advantage of that though, there are more. Here's a list of the gameboards and their parts:

• Orgrimmar – Armor Plating
• Pandaria – Time Rewinder
• Stormwind – Whirling Blades
• Stranglethorn – Finicky Cloakfield
• Naxxramas – Emergency Coolant
• Gnomeregan – Reversing Switch
• Blackrock Mountain – Whirling Blades
• The Grand Tournament – Rusty Horn
• Uldaman – Finicky Cloakfield
• Hall of Explorers – Time Rewinder
• Karazhan – Rusty Horn
• Northrend - Emergency Coolant
• Race - Reversing Switch

Also, this is the buggy you start your adventure with, that accompanies you in every battle. Upgrades will be revealed in the corresponding wings.

General Overview: Welcome to Violet Hold, where the worst criminals of Azeroth are held. Up until now, their cells have been quite secure, keeping them seperate from the people of Dalaran. However, with the events of Legion, those same cells are starting to weaken. Your job is to go into the hold, and subdue these criminals, however you can.

The adventure will consist of four wings, each representing a different type of criminal. The first are the scientists and alchemists, those without many inherent combat abilities. There, stat manipulation will be the norm, and trait also used by our very own prison warden. Next, the criminal mages and rogues. These battles will feature tactics that directly effect you as a player, such as hiding your hand, revealing cards you don't usually see, and so forth. Next there is the demons, where almost all cards will have an additional non-mana cost. Lastly, the center of the hold contains the big boss of this expansion, Fel Lord Betrug.

This battle will be one of few recources. Betrug will harness many of the expansions cards (Like the Druid of the Corrupted Spring) to destroy his own cards and sabotage you. Fel Guards, Warlock discard Cards, and more will fill his deck.

Example Cards

Each of these cards represents a mechanical theme of the adventure, and all are associated with a different wing.