Stalfos (Conquest)

The Stalfos is a playable faction in Hyrule: Total War

Description
The fear of death is shared among all mortal beings and those that are fearful enough have, in the past, become entangled in many dark and unnatural means of preserving their lives. The Stalfos, also the ancient Hylian word for "Of Bones" are remnants of these long-lost endeavors to achieve long-lasting life. Little more then animated skeletons, Stalfos are completely mindless and, without guidance, will simply rot as any dead being would. In recent times, however, the Stalfos have slowly been assembling into an army under the guidance of unseen masters. The Kingdom of Hyrule and many other races have done their best to utterly destroy all remnants of these undead, yet periodically they show up time and again. The fear of an all out Stalfos army looms in the hearts of many, and without a doubt that fear is becoming more true every day. The dead corpses and remnants of the long deceased are rising from their graves all the more and gathering in all the hidden corners of Hyrule. Being an army of mindless drones, the Stalfos have the advantage of being completely immune to all psychological effects such as fear. It is impossible for a Staflos army to flee, and they will fight until every bone in their carcases are smashed beyond repair. Despite this huge advantage, the Stalfos lack muscles and their only means of movement is artificial: Stalfos move slowly and awkwardly and are relatively easy to destroy with a well placed hammer to the rib cage. Even though they may be frail in combat, most people would only dare to stand against the march of a Stalfos army coming to collect the corpses of the dead.

Strengths, Weaknesses and Abilities

 * Mindless Undead: Most Stalfos soldiers are little more then mindless automatons and as such are immune to fear, pain, and tiring.
 * Unwilling Recruits: The Stalfos have a chance to gain more soldiers from those they slay in a campaign battle.
 * Skeletal Menace: Stalfos are little more then bones held together by twisted magic, as such they are extremely frail and can be destroyed easily.
 * Ultimate Recyclers: Stalfos are able to use any structure of any empire in the campaign and raise the dead of those races.

Campaign Info

 * Faction Leader: Lord Akazoo
 * Settlements: N/A
 * Goals:
 * Short Campaign: hold 30 regions
 * Long Campaign: hold 40 regions

Gameplay
The Stalfos are one of the other factions that play differently from the standard empire builders. Much like the River Zora, the Stalfos are not too keen on building their own cities: rather they capture and convert their targets for their own use. This focus on conversion is most evident in the way the Stalfos create new units: They raise the corpses of enemies they defeated in battle.

Raising the dead is not an easy and simple process, and this can only be done if a powerful Grand Reaper (the Stalfos equivalent to a General) is leading an army against an enemy force. Since it requires a great deal of power for a General to command large numbers, a full stack army also cannot raise additional undead. If you are victorious against a foe and your General has free stacks available, a portion of their fallen soldiers will be reanimated as a Stalfos unit. The unit depends on the race you just defeated in battle. Here's a list of what units you can raise depending on who was on the receiving end of your scythes: Other units (Stalkin, Stalhounds, Stalmasters, Death Sword and boss units) can only be acquired through special events.
 * Kingdom of Hyrule: Stalfos Eurdi
 * Gerudo: Stalfos Gerudo
 * Gorons: Deadrocks
 * Zora, Lanayru Province, River Zora: Stalfos Zarko
 * Kokiri: Fallen Skull Kids
 * Ordona Province, Labrynna Regime: Staltroops
 * Moblins: Parutamu
 * Darknut Legion: Dark Stalfos
 * Lizalfos: Stalfos Lizal
 * Fairies of Tarm: Bubbles
 * Sheikah Cadre: ReDeads
 * Order of the Wizzrobe: Scythe Lords
 * Gohma, Deku Tribes, Kingdom of Ikana, Forces of Twilight, Oocca: N/A

Standard

 * Stalfos Eurdi
 * Stalfos Gerudo
 * Stalfos Zarko
 * Stalkin (scouts)
 * Fallen Skull Kids
 * Stalfos Lizal
 * Parutamu
 * Stalhound
 * ReDead
 * Scythe Lord

Command

 * Death Hand
 * Grand Reaper

Agent

 * Death Priest

Heroes

 * Lord Akazoo
 * Death Sword

Bosses

 * Onox
 * Stallord

Other

 * Wallmaster/Floormaster