Tomb Kings – Army of the Golden Scarab/“Blood in the Badlands!”

This mod creates the Army of the Golden Scarab from the Blood in the Badlands (2011) campaign book as a faction in the game. This faction is led by Tomb King Nekhenaten. It does so by making significant alterations to the (rather dull) minor Dune Kingdoms AI Tomb Kings Faction. It adds a faction bonus, changes the starting units and gives the player a starting dilemma which will allow them to be much more towards the Badlands. The mod works for Mortal Empires only.

This mod will work just as an additional "colour" addition to the AI if you do not have Mixu’s Unlocker installed. If you have Mixu’s Unlocker however this is a fully playable faction. Mixu’s Unlocker is only a requirement if you wish to play the faction.

The starting lord is not a legendary lord (just as in "Blood in the Badlands!" the Lord was a generic Lord), though he does have some excellent starting faction bonuses for some units, and a powerful starting army. Tomb King Nekhenaton’s only goal is to add glory to Nehekhara, and will get on well with most other Tomb Kings apart from Arkhan the Black. Blood in the Badlands mentions Nekhenaton as having strong ties to Khalida, who is in turn a sworn vassal of Settra.

This mod should be compatible with most things. If you download Flamboyants SFO Compatibility mod for the required Tomb Kings Extended Roster and Campaign Mechanics as well then the mod should work fine for SFO.

Faction Specific Tech

Ten bonus technologies are available in the tech tree for the Army of the Golden Scarab to research.

Dilemmas

Blood in the Badlands!

King Nekhenaten has been reconstitued by the Mortuary Cult. His devastating losses in his previous campaign mean little to him. He has a singular goal. To reclaim his once glorious kingdom in what is now known as "The Badlands". He will begin anew. He will smash to the ground all the stand in his way. The Greenskins have defiled Naqqara. He shall reclaim it. GLORY to the Nehekharan empire. GLORY to Khalida of Lybaras and Settra King of Kings. Everlasting immortality to all Nehekharans and the oblivion of death to all who dare cross them.

Spring: A season for war?

King Nekhenaten, your people cry out for the restoration of their homeland. Greenskin filth defiles the once ancient Nehekharan lands which are now called the "Southern Badlands". Your Princes and Generals come to you daily with status updates on your forces, beseeching the reclaimation of your Kingdom. But is now the time? Is now the time to declare war on the Greenskin tribes and ride out to war?

Events

The Restoration of The Southern Badlands!
Capture all Settlements in Southern Badlands
-25% Enemy Campaign Movement Range
+3 Public Order
Changes all regional names of settlements to Nehekharan.
(12 Turns) +8 Armour & 10% Damage vs Greenskins

The Restoration of The Western Badlands!
Capture all Settlements in Western Badlands
Starting winds of Magic +10
Technology Points per turn + 15
Changes all regional names of settlements to Nehekharan.
(20 Turns) +25% Replenishment and Tomb Swarm army ability enabled

MIssions*

The Restoration Begins!
Take Galbaraz; reward

Follow on:

The rule of Nehekharan Law!
Take Ekrund; reward

Follow on:

To Take the Peaks.
Take Karak Eight Peaks; reward

*Start on Turn 3. Will not start if you have already passed that point in your save.

FAQ & Known Issues:

"Why isn’t King Nekhenaten more of a stronger Legendary Lord?" In "Blood in the Badlands!" he was a standard generic Tomb King. So I’d like to keep to that campaign book theme here. There are strong factionwide bonuses on the theme of The Golden Scarab however which will apply to all armies raised by this faction.

This mod fully working but I do intend to add more to it. Still to add; Badlands Settlement Capture Bonuses, Badlands Conquest Bonus. Dilemmas