Castle based

Age of Empires II: DE II - Discussion
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Still a difficult pill to swallow looking at the Tangu.. (err, Khitan) castle next to the Tangut site…

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Does a similar picture exist for the wonders?
Also unfortunately missing some castles (Teuton, Viking, Tatars, …)

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The word you’re looking for is khitangut.

Wei also seems to use a LOT of stuff from NORTHERN WEI which is basically the xianbei.

So I’ve been trying to make xianwei a thing too. I hope it sticks

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The base of the wonders are clear. Some castles cannot be found

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Some don’t seem based on a single real one.

The teutonic one for example, the wiki claims it’s based on some norman castle, I don’t see that (notably as it doesn’t keep the norman style)

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Khitans + Tanguts = Khitanguts

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What’s the Lithuanian one? I’ll add it to the wiki later.

Happy that some of these are ones I predicted or chose in my own thread on the topic, like the Bulgarians, Inca, Maya, and Turks.

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Gediminas Castle Tower(Old Vilnius Castle)
Today the main part of the castle has been destroyed. The game seems to be based on this virtual restoration

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Khiguts sounds also good. :slight_smile:

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After 25 years, all civs actually have their own castle, something that has been desired for so long. <3

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I find it funny how much the tops of the towers resemble the Leitis hat.

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What is the Hun castle based on?

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Attila the Hun’s wooden palace described by Priscus. He served as an ambassador to the Huns in 449 and recorded having dinner with Attila in his palace

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Thanks for the overview!

I don’t think the Hun castle looks a lot like Attila’s palace on the picture - but I still really like the design!
It’s generic and simple enough that I can use it in my planned Valdemar the Great scenarios as a stand in for various Danish, Wendish, and Frisian fortifications in the 12th century (much better than other existing models).

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Offtopic, but where did you get that profile icon from?

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I’m still partial to Khitguts ngl

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  • The picture is “Bukhansanseong Fortress” in South Korea

  • For reference, many of the fortresses were constructed mainly by Hill Fortress or Pyeongsanseong Fortress due to geographical conditions in Joseon, and the Island Castle method and the flatness method are now known to be very rare in the archaeological community in Korea. Suncheon Waeseong Fortress in South Jeolla Province, which was built occasionally by Japanese architecture, is known to have been constructed by the Japanese during the Imjin War.

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what profile icon
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I was asking Legaran