Siege walkthrough: settlements, recruitment and guard towers

At 4:40 the active quest is Retake the Countryside. It tells you to repair all settlements to capture them and to keep one settlement under your control. Fighting nearby enemies alone does not complete the repair requirement.

1. Reach the Lumber Mill and complete its repair objective. Once captured, it can train Peasants; the game shows this tutorial message in the recording.
2. Use Peasants to repair the remaining settlements. Clear the area around a repair target first so workers can finish the job.
3. Check the quest list after each repair. Keep one settlement under your control while advancing, as the quest explicitly requires.

Ilastar Songbreeze becomes available as a supporting spellcaster during this phase. The recording later captures the Stables and shows Knight recruitment at 14:44. Captured buildings matter because they expand the force you can field.

1. Inspect each captured building’s available units and your current food capacity before ordering replacements.
2. Use the Lumber Mill for additional Peasants when repair coverage is the problem. Use the Stables for Knights once the building is yours.
3. Keep Garek and Ilastar with a viable fighting force as you finish the countryside objectives. Complete the transition briefing before applying the tower instructions below.

At 16:40 the quest changes to Siegebreaker. It requires control of all guard towers, at least one tower retained, and both Garek and Ilastar alive. The tutorial specifies that heroes must stay near a tower to capture it.

1. Read the four counters in the Control Points panel: North Western, South Western, South Eastern and North Eastern Tower. Use them with the minimap to decide where your force is needed.
2. Clear pressure around a target, bring your heroes close to the tower and remain there while the control state changes. Ordinary troops nearby are not a substitute for the hero instruction.
3. Check control before moving on. Continue around the remaining towers while preserving the tower you already hold. The panel shows a changing battle, not a permanent checklist.

The source displays a lost-tower warning at 26:31 and tells the player to take the tower back. A captured tower can be contested again; an earlier capture is not proof that the final condition is still satisfied.

1. When a loss warning appears, identify the affected tower in the Control Points panel. Redirect your force if the remaining foothold is at risk.
2. Return with the heroes and repeat the capture process. Keep Garek and Ilastar alive while contesting the point.
3. Recheck all four towers instead of assuming earlier captures still count. Take the remaining towers and allow the post-battle briefing to play when the objective resolves. The recording reaches that briefing by 28:45.