The Wolf's enforcers are quick to spread their influence, forcing the Boy and his contingent into hiding. The Wolf marks the Royal Palace as the center of his rule and operations. With the help of the Jackal, Duc Volpe follows the same scheme: he successfully removes the king from the throne, taking his place as a dictator, while installing the assorted descendants of Duc de Puce and Duc Truffe as governors and prominent religious figures. Much like the beginning of Stronghold 1, the Wolf leads a second all-out campaign against his enemies: the reigning English King and The Boy. It took 10 excruciatingly painful years for Duc Volpe to fully recover, during which he planned the retake of England and vow for vengeance. He was however taken not much later to the Middle East, where a fellow sympathizer called The Jackal tended to his wounds. The Boy personally pushes his weapon into the Wolf's chest until the hilt, then shoves him over the parapet.Īfter The Boy sticked a sword into his torso and pushed him into a deep pit, the Wolf's badly broken body was left to the flies. After a few unsuccessful attacks, the Wolf is besieged in his own castle and is captured in the top of his keep. It is not long before the Boy turns his attention to the Wolf. The Wolf is helpless to witness the progression of the situation. Having gained momentum, the Boy infiltrates the Pig's territory and grabs most of it from him, eventually killing him in his own castle. Later, the Pig is also unsuccessful in his war of attrition against the secretive Black Monks, who ally themselves with the Boy and exhaust the Pig's armies successfully. He himself however is blunted as the Boy matches his military might, and soon pushes him back. Initially, the strategy pays dividends, as the Pig kills the foolhardy Lord Manikin and Lord Woolsack, while also retaking a county. The Wolf decides to react: he sends his right-hand, the Pig to a skirmish in order to retake the rebels' counties, while he leads his armies personally to deal with the Boy. Much to his dismay, de Puce is killed and the Snake's authority also reduced to insignificance, encouraging more and more landlords to join the rebellion. De Puce's inability to combat the rebels and the Snake's unsuccessful attempts to appease them makes the Wolf angry and demands them to redouble their efforts, so as to avoid the other lords from revolting. The Wolf's rule does not remain unchallenged for long, as forces loyal to the King rise up to force with the lead of Sir Longarm (later the Boy), launching a reconquest campaign. Duc Volpe divides the land between him and his subordinates ( Duc de Puce, Duc Beauregard and Duc Truffe), establishing the premise for the story of Stronghold. Shortly after, the King's men are either captured or forced into exile, while the rest of the landlords are brought under the control of the Wolf's newfound leadership. Some time in the eleventh century, Duc Volpe incites a rebellion, overthrowing the English ruler and his administration. He is responsible for the murder of the Boy's father, killing him with a sword. This aside, it is believed that both of his parents died from natural causes in close succession shortly after his eighteenth birthday. The Wolfs past is shrouded with mystery, and what is known of his history is mainly patched together from stories and unreliable rumors alone.
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