dale ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁other ▁major ▁fa ctions ▁in ▁the ▁game ▁that ▁the ▁player ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁allowed ▁to ▁side ▁with . ▁The ▁characters ▁from ▁Ice wind ▁D ale ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁come ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁g nome , ▁Mar al ie ▁F iddle b ender ▁and ▁the ▁Dru id , ▁Is el ore ▁who ▁would ▁have ▁appeared ▁in ▁a ▁came o . ▁The ▁Har pers ▁and ▁the ▁Zh ent ar im ▁would ▁have ▁also ▁appeared . ▁The ▁Zh ent ar im ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁seen ▁for ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁as ▁the ▁Black ▁Network . ▁ ▁Story ▁ ▁May ▁F arrow ▁and ▁her ▁gang ▁of ▁ra iders ▁have ▁spent ▁weeks ▁tracking ▁down ▁the ▁black ▁h ound , ▁the ▁ess ence ▁of ▁May ' s ▁gu ilt ▁for ▁un le ash ing ▁a ▁great ▁evil . ▁The ▁player ▁character ▁is ▁rest ing ▁by ▁the ▁fire light ▁in ▁an ▁old ▁bar n ▁to ▁hide ▁from ▁the ▁storm ▁outside ▁when ▁a ▁black ▁h ound ▁arriv es ▁and ▁after ▁being ▁shot ▁twice ▁by ▁an ▁arrow , ▁it ▁c ries ▁one ▁last ▁time ▁before ▁it ▁dies ▁on ▁the ▁player ▁lap . ▁May ▁almost ▁k ills ▁the ▁player , ▁acc using ▁him ▁of ▁being ▁in ▁league ▁with ▁the ▁dog ▁( mean ing ▁she ▁thinks ▁the ▁player ▁character ▁is ▁another ▁ess ence ▁of ▁her ▁gu ilt ) ▁and ▁almost ▁k ills ▁the ▁player ▁character ▁( PC ) ▁before ▁the ▁R iders ▁of ▁Arch end ale ▁save ▁the ▁PC . ▁They ▁question ▁the ▁PC , ▁take ▁the ▁PC ▁to