Storm Front

The final act is triggered when the Trattato extend an offer of friendship which, if rejected, is followed by a ritual to spoil farming lands serving the player covenant, declarations of Wizard War from Avedutus, Patronus, and Al-'Aqrab, and finally a direct attack.

With these events, the four antagonists are committed and the duke's army marches upon Verona, while a smaller force of mercenaries under Avedutus' command attacks the player covenant. It is during this part of the story that the protagonists' earlier actions pay dividends. If they succeeded in helping Giuliano attain his crown, then the army besieging Verona can more easily be turned back.

If the events described earlier have played out as described, then Lucia is in effective command of the duke's army, with Avedutus its commander on the ground. The conflict with Verona has been manipulated to the point of war, and Lucia and her companions are on the verge of taking their second covenant.

But if the player magi managed to install Giuliano as the duke, then the armies that assault their covenant and Verona are smaller and weaker, as described later.

The siege of Verona and the assault on the player covenant play out on different timescales, the siege potentially over the course of seasons while the assault in a matter of hours or days at most. The players have the choice of which to defend and which to leave to