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Fire In The Mist

2007-01-01T20:43:23Z

Heebie: /* Strategy */

{{Infobox Levels
|Level = Fire In The Mist
|Image = mist.jpg
|Mode = [[Singleplayer]]
|Players = 2
|Heads = 3
|VOK = 1
|Ally = N/A
|Difficulty = Medium
}}
==Introduction==
"I am troubled--my visions are strangely clouded. I sense a powerful spell
nearby that will aid me in our battle with the Chumara, yet is lies across
the water. I sense our enemy have boats and will use them to attack us. I
must seize their boats, find this spell and destroy them."

==Info==
*Enemy tribes: Chumara
*Worship Objects:
**Stone Head--2 Tornado, 4 followers to worship
**Stone Head--1 Earthquake, 4 followers to worship
**Stone Head--1 Volcano, 5 followers to worship
**Totem Pole--Land Bridge, 1 follower to worship

==Walkthrough==
===Introduction===

Welcome to the first world with the Fog of War. Do you hate it as much as
I do? I thought so. The Fog will cover most of the entire planet until you
send one of your followers to explore that area. After that, the Fog is
lifted and you will be able to see whatever is going in the areas that you
have explored. This means if you scout out enough of the land away from your
settlement you’ll be able to see raiding parties before they get to you, just
like in other maps. The downside is that you can’t see what’s going on in
areas you haven’t explored, like the enemy settlement. The composition of the
Chumara settlement and how their followers are moving will be unknown to you
until you attack. You will be able to see the shape of the land on the map
screen wherever the Fog is in place, just not the people and objects on that
land. You will also be able to see black squares on the world view where
there are buildings underneath the Fog, so you can get a general idea of how
the enemy’s buildings are laid out. Fortunately, the Fog of War is only
active on a few levels in P:TB.

===Strategy===

The land on this planet takes the form of a long strip running south-
southwest and north-northeast. Your tribe starts at one end of the strip, and
the Chumara at the other end. Because the strip of land wraps itself around
the entire planet, the Chumara settlement is actually to the southwest of your
settlement, but unless you take a shortcut by boat or Land Bridge you’ll have
to trek all the way across the planet to get to them.

Begin as usual with building huts and Converting Wildmen. Grab three
Braves and have them follow your Shaman while she scouts out through the Fog
of War looking for more Wildmen. You’ll find the Tornado Stone Head southwest
of your settlement near the coast in the Fog. Even if you can’t see it,
you’ll be able to hear it when you get close on the map screen. After getting
that spell, continue southwest and you’ll find the Earthquake Stone Head at
the top of a high hill leading towards the Chumara settlement. Here you might
want to set up three Guard Towers because the land is narrow and it makes a
perfect choke point to stop overland raiders.

The Totem Pole across the water will open a Land Bridge between the Chumara
section and yours, and the Chumara worship it almost immediately after the
level begins. There’s really nothing you can do to stop them, so just build
up your settlement and place your defenses where they seem appropriate.
Because the enemy now has boats, and they _will_ use them, you have to change
your defensive strategy. They will raid your settlement with a few boatloads
of followers, but well placed Preachers near your Reincarnation Site should
keep them from doing too much damage. The real threat in this level is the
Chumara Shaman, who can use both Tornado and Volcano. That’s right, I said
Volcano. One of those in the heart of your settlement after the Shaman lands
will definitely ruin your day. To counter this, I recommend that you
establish a perimeter of Guard Towers around your settlement and staff them
with Firewarriors. Place the Towers so the firing ranges of the Firewarriors
overlap. When a boat come by, your sentries will attack, and as they move out
of range of one Tower, they’ll come into range of another. In this way you
can knock out the enemy from their boats and kill them before they even step
foot on your settlement. Be sure to have Preachers and Warriors nearby in
case a few do make a landing.

Once you kill a raiding party from a boat, you can now steal the Chumara’s
boats. Boats and balloons are the only things (other than followers) that can
be taken from one tribe and claimed by another. Just order one or more of
your followers to enter the boat and it’ll be yours, at least until the enemy
finds it empty and takes it back. Be warned, unattended boats will sink after
a while, though boats with at least one follower in them do not sink.

Once you have a boat, put your Shaman in it and head for the small island
with the Volcano Stone Head. At the start of the level there will be plenty
of Wildmen here to Convert, but if you get here later they may have all died
off, so take some Braves with you to worship the Stone Head. The Chumara will
send a party to attack your worshippers, but hopefully they’ll get there after
you get Volcano.

Once you have Volcano and a boat, you can head over to the Chumara
settlement and do what they’ve been trying to do to you, throw a whole bunch
of lava all over their nice buildings. While you’re here, you can also grab
the Boat House Vault of Knowledge at the southern tip of their settlement. A
well placed Volcano, along with Tornado and Earthquake, can severely damage
the Chumara, and then you can take your army and wipe them out. Because of
the Fog of War and the fact that they like to stick Braves in boats, you may
have a little difficulty hunting down the last follower to end the level, but
keep looking and he’ll be found. Note that you do NOT want to cast Volcano
during your attack, because even though the effects do not harm your Shaman,
it will harm your followers.

Fire In The Mist

2007-01-01T20:42:52Z

Heebie: Added some content!!

{{Infobox Levels
|Level = Fire In The Mist
|Image = mist.jpg
|Mode = [[Singleplayer]]
|Players = 2
|Heads = 3
|VOK = 1
|Ally = N/A
|Difficulty = Medium
}}
==Introduction==
"I am troubled--my visions are strangely clouded. I sense a powerful spell
nearby that will aid me in our battle with the Chumara, yet is lies across
the water. I sense our enemy have boats and will use them to attack us. I
must seize their boats, find this spell and destroy them."

==Info==
*Enemy tribes: Chumara
*Worship Objects:
**Stone Head--2 Tornado, 4 followers to worship
**Stone Head--1 Earthquake, 4 followers to worship
**Stone Head--1 Volcano, 5 followers to worship
**Totem Pole--Land Bridge, 1 follower to worship

==Walkthrough==
===Introduction===

Welcome to the first world with the Fog of War. Do you hate it as much as
I do? I thought so. The Fog will cover most of the entire planet until you
send one of your followers to explore that area. After that, the Fog is
lifted and you will be able to see whatever is going in the areas that you
have explored. This means if you scout out enough of the land away from your
settlement you’ll be able to see raiding parties before they get to you, just
like in other maps. The downside is that you can’t see what’s going on in
areas you haven’t explored, like the enemy settlement. The composition of the
Chumara settlement and how their followers are moving will be unknown to you
until you attack. You will be able to see the shape of the land on the map
screen wherever the Fog is in place, just not the people and objects on that
land. You will also be able to see black squares on the world view where
there are buildings underneath the Fog, so you can get a general idea of how
the enemy’s buildings are laid out. Fortunately, the Fog of War is only
active on a few levels in P:TB.

==Strategy==

The land on this planet takes the form of a long strip running south-
southwest and north-northeast. Your tribe starts at one end of the strip, and
the Chumara at the other end. Because the strip of land wraps itself around
the entire planet, the Chumara settlement is actually to the southwest of your
settlement, but unless you take a shortcut by boat or Land Bridge you’ll have
to trek all the way across the planet to get to them.

Begin as usual with building huts and Converting Wildmen. Grab three
Braves and have them follow your Shaman while she scouts out through the Fog
of War looking for more Wildmen. You’ll find the Tornado Stone Head southwest
of your settlement near the coast in the Fog. Even if you can’t see it,
you’ll be able to hear it when you get close on the map screen. After getting
that spell, continue southwest and you’ll find the Earthquake Stone Head at
the top of a high hill leading towards the Chumara settlement. Here you might
want to set up three Guard Towers because the land is narrow and it makes a
perfect choke point to stop overland raiders.

The Totem Pole across the water will open a Land Bridge between the Chumara
section and yours, and the Chumara worship it almost immediately after the
level begins. There’s really nothing you can do to stop them, so just build
up your settlement and place your defenses where they seem appropriate.
Because the enemy now has boats, and they _will_ use them, you have to change
your defensive strategy. They will raid your settlement with a few boatloads
of followers, but well placed Preachers near your Reincarnation Site should
keep them from doing too much damage. The real threat in this level is the
Chumara Shaman, who can use both Tornado and Volcano. That’s right, I said
Volcano. One of those in the heart of your settlement after the Shaman lands
will definitely ruin your day. To counter this, I recommend that you
establish a perimeter of Guard Towers around your settlement and staff them
with Firewarriors. Place the Towers so the firing ranges of the Firewarriors
overlap. When a boat come by, your sentries will attack, and as they move out
of range of one Tower, they’ll come into range of another. In this way you
can knock out the enemy from their boats and kill them before they even step
foot on your settlement. Be sure to have Preachers and Warriors nearby in
case a few do make a landing.

Once you kill a raiding party from a boat, you can now steal the Chumara’s
boats. Boats and balloons are the only things (other than followers) that can
be taken from one tribe and claimed by another. Just order one or more of
your followers to enter the boat and it’ll be yours, at least until the enemy
finds it empty and takes it back. Be warned, unattended boats will sink after
a while, though boats with at least one follower in them do not sink.

Once you have a boat, put your Shaman in it and head for the small island
with the Volcano Stone Head. At the start of the level there will be plenty
of Wildmen here to Convert, but if you get here later they may have all died
off, so take some Braves with you to worship the Stone Head. The Chumara will
send a party to attack your worshippers, but hopefully they’ll get there after
you get Volcano.

Once you have Volcano and a boat, you can head over to the Chumara
settlement and do what they’ve been trying to do to you, throw a whole bunch
of lava all over their nice buildings. While you’re here, you can also grab
the Boat House Vault of Knowledge at the southern tip of their settlement. A
well placed Volcano, along with Tornado and Earthquake, can severely damage
the Chumara, and then you can take your army and wipe them out. Because of
the Fog of War and the fact that they like to stick Braves in boats, you may
have a little difficulty hunting down the last follower to end the level, but
keep looking and he’ll be found. Note that you do NOT want to cast Volcano
during your attack, because even though the effects do not harm your Shaman,
it will harm your followers.

Tribes

2007-01-01T20:36:24Z

Heebie: Corrected spelling, grammar and syntax errors

There are four tribes in [[Populous]]: The Beginning; all of them are identical in ability. Each tribe is distinguishable by diffrent color, by a diffrent [[shaman]] graphic, and by diffrent building appearences.

==Ikani==
The Ikani tribe is the unofficial name for the Blue tribe; some players have speculated that this was the name that the developers were thinking of naming this tribe, though it seems the developers will even say that the Blue tribe is nameless. In terms of coding, the Blue tribe is called the Player tribe as seen in [[Single Player]] saved games. In [[Single Player]], this is the tribe that the player takes control of to aid the Blue Shaman on her quest, to destroy her enemies and become a god.

==Dakini==

The Dakini are probably the most powerful enemy in [[Populous]]. When the player fights the Dakini, they have (50% of the time) their camp entirely complete.

===Vault of Knowledges===

The Dakini had multiple powerful and useful [[Vault of Knowledge]]s. They contained spells like: [[Tornado]] and the [[Angel of Death]]. They also tried to prevent you from taking useful buildings like the [[Warrior Training Hut]] and the [[Firewarrior Training Hut]].

===Invasion of the Dakini===

When the Dakini attacks they [[Swarm]] with a good strike force. On a mission like [[Archipelago]] the tribes use boats for a heavy attack, in that mission they also attack early.
A Dakini attack force mostly has 4 [[Preacher]]s, 6 [[Warrior]]s and 6/8 [[Firewarrior]]s.

==Chumara==

The Chumara tribe is popular for being on islands by themselves in [[Single Player]]. They are known for their use of preachers as well as some uncommon (by online standards) tactics to achieve victory.

They are on a island to themselves in levels:-

*7: [[Unseen Enemy]]
*9: [[Fire In The Mist]]
*11: [[Treacherous Souls]]
*13: [[Aerial Bombardment]]
*14: [[Attacked From All Sides]]
*15: [[Incarcerated]]
*22: [[Solo]]
*23: [[Inferno]]

In level 19: [[Unlikely Allies]] the Chumara and the Blue Tribe are allies.

==Matak==
As far as [[Single Player]] is concerned, the Matak are probably the weakest of the four tribes in your adventure.

==A mistake made in the demo version==
In the demo version of Populous: The Beginning, the yellow tribe, which should be the Chumara, was named the Matak tribe