▁the ▁land ▁around ▁them , ▁they ▁also ▁begin ▁to ▁notice ▁that ▁things ▁are ▁not ▁as ▁perfect ▁as ▁they ▁seem . ▁The ▁sl imes ▁encountered ▁are ▁only ▁the ▁first ▁part ▁of ▁what ▁becomes ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁mon sters ▁and ▁terrible ▁occurr ences ▁that ▁are ▁bl ight ing ▁the ▁Empire ▁and ▁lay ing ▁it ▁to ▁waste . ▁When ▁sc out ing ▁the ▁land , ▁as ▁per ▁orders ▁from ▁the ▁A vern ite ▁government , ▁the ▁player ▁is ▁asked ▁by ▁the ▁Empire ▁to ▁help ▁save ▁the ▁surface ▁from ▁its ▁bl ight . ▁Advent ur ers ▁must ▁bring ▁the ▁A vern ites ▁and ▁the ▁Empire ▁together ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁destruction . ▁ ▁Bl ades ▁of ▁A ver num ▁Bl ades ▁of ▁A ver num ▁is ▁a ▁non - can on ▁install ment ▁in ▁the ▁A ver num ▁series , ▁released ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁It ▁comes ▁with ▁four ▁pre - installed ▁scenarios , ▁three ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁only ▁available ▁after ▁game ▁purchase . ▁Its ▁most ▁notable ▁feature ▁is ▁a ▁free ▁scenario ▁creation ▁k it ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁downloaded ▁and ▁used ▁to ▁make ▁scenarios ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁distributed ▁to ▁other ▁players . ▁It ▁has ▁come ▁under ▁fire ▁for ▁being ▁" to o ▁complex " ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁Bl ades ▁of ▁Ex ile , ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁which ▁used ▁a ▁very ▁simple ▁instruction ▁list ▁instead ▁of ▁a ▁script ▁system . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁it ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁pra ised ▁for ▁allowing ▁many ▁new ▁possibilities ▁using ▁said ▁script ▁system