Brotherhood

Level #: 18
Land: Cherry Blossom
Primary goal: Defeat keeper Nemesis and his despicable cohorts
Secondary goal: The lesser keepers Faust and Fabius support Nemesis; defeat them first and use their resources

Finally, you get your chance to attack the esteemed keeper Nemesis! Why, you've heard so much about him, it's almost as if you know him. He certainly knows you. That's why he's enlisted the aid of his two (bickering) sons.

Again, pay attention to the fact that, at the start of the level, you are notified of the infighting among Faust and Fabius. If nothing else, you won't have to worry too much about one supporting the other in this level. In fact, for a clever keeper, this should be a piece of cake. Sure. Whatever.

You will start out with no money whatsoever. Zero. Zilch. Nada. What's more, Nemesis is due north of your dungeon heart, and his sons lie to the east and the west of him. Get your imps a-crackin'. You've got a dungeon to build and creatures to lure into your service. After you've laid down your dungeon basics, move first toward the east. You'll find a portal just waiting for you to claim. To the north of the portal, though, lies a hero gate. Destroy this as soon as possible and get your new influx of creatures into training. You will notice that another portal lies to the west. You'll want to claim that very soon as well, but only after your creatures have trained for a little while.


After you've claimed both portals, move in against the keeper to the east. (It's either Faust or Fabius; I was too busy kicking his ass to catch his name.) After you've crushed him, you'll start feeling pressure from both Nemesis and his son in the west. Attack his son in the west first. This will give you your final complement of resources. This will also afford you the opportunity to crush Nemesis from either side. Be sure to renest as many of your creatures as you can in the dungeons of Faust and Fabius. This will help you immeasurably if you must remove them from battle so they can heal. Also, if you can move in a third front from the north to Nemesis, you will most certainly mash him into pudding. Mmmm. Pudding.

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