The Britons
Summary
The Britons are a civilization that blends Arthurian legends with medieval mythology and Celtic folklore. Their playstyle combines knights, magic, and enchanted creatures. They generate favor through relics. Their unique temples garrison powerful unique relics from the start of the game. Heroes can carry these relics into battle for benefits.
Playstyle: Heroic soldiers, magic, relics, and fairy units. Unique shared buildings: Castle, jousting ground, and pavilion.
Major Gods The three main gods reflect different aspects of Britonic mythology: chivalry, magic, and Celtic tradition.
1- Arthur
- Bonus: Conversion and chivalry. Enhances heroes and knights, making them more resilient. Convinces the enemy who the true king is by converting them to your cause.
- Unique Heroes:
- Paladin: Powerful knight that heals and deals area damage.
- Monk: Priest who grants blessings to allies and converts enemies.
- Divine Power: Long Live the King! – Converts a single selected enemy unit.
- Unique Relic: Excalibur, the bearer gains a conversion or destruction ability.
- Unique Temple: Abbey, a temple that generates a sacred field that slowly heals.
- Great Heroe: Sir Gawain, a claymore hero.
- Wonder: Camelot Castle
2- Morgana
- Bonus: Magic and luck. Goblins replace serfs (villagers), occupying 0.5, 1, or 2 population slots, and their cost fluctuates and changes resource type. They work at a random rate, and if attacked, goblins transform into flying fireflies temporarily for evade.
- Unique Heroes:
- Black Knight: Spectral knight that pierces enemies with charges.
- Sorceress: Casts spells with a wand at enemies and throws random potions in an area.
- Divine Power: Mists of Avalon – Temporarily hides all units in the area.
- Unique Relic: Morgana’s Ring, the bearer creates an aura with random effects.
- Unique Temple: Mage Tower, a temple that does not train mythical units but generates them randomly.
- Great Heroe: Nicnevin, a powerful witch.
- Wonder: Lake of Avalon
3- Merlin
- Bonus: Economy and archers. Divine powers are cheaper. Generates natural resources: each fallen druid creates a tree, and each fallen forest sentinel creates a deer. Each technology generates a boar, and each age generates a gold mine.
- Unique Heroes:
- Forest Sentinel: Skilled archer mounted on a deer that jumps to evade attacks.
- Druid: Reaps enemies with a sickle, roots them, and transforms into a crow.
- Divine Power: Menhir – Trickles resources based on the surrounding nature.
- Unique Relic: The Holy Grail, the bearer produces a powerful healing aura.
- Unique Temple: Tumulus, the temple where generated natural resources appear.
- Great Heroe: Robin Hood, an archer hero.
- Wonder: Stonehenge
Minor Gods Each age offers minor gods that grant mythical units, divine powers, and unique technologies.
Classical Age
- Perceval – The Grail Seeker (Arthur and Merlin)
- Bonus: Increases relic collection speed and the resilience of heroic units.
- Mythical Unit: Griffon – A majestic creature, half-eagle, half-lion, that swoops from the sky with its claws.
- Divine Power: Grail Vision – Temporarily reveals all relics on the map.
- Mordred – The Traitor (Morgana and Arthur)
- Bonus: Infantry and heroes.
- Mythical Unit: Cursed Specter – Ghostly warrior that revives after dying but with less health.
- Divine Power: Dark Betrayal – Temporarily converts an enemy units in a small area against its allies.
- Taliesin – The Wise Bard (Merlin and Morgana)
- Bonus: Serfs and economy.
- Mythical Unit: Fairy – Magical flying creature that gains bonuses near forests.
- Divine Power: Enchanted Song – Increases the morale of nearby allied units from selected building, improving their speed and attack.
Heroic Age
- Galahad – The Holy Knight (Arthur and Morgana)
- Bonus: Increases monks’ resilience and units regeneration.
- Mythical Unit: Guardian – Celestial angelic being that protects and heals nearby allies.
- Divine Power: Sacred Miracle – Revives a recently fallen heroic unit.
- Viviane – The Lady of the Lake (Arthur and Merlin)
- Bonus: Increases heroes’ resilience and regeneration.
- Mythical Units:
- Undine – Water spirit that attacks with water jets and moves swiftly in water.
- Fairy Lady – Princess riding a unicorn that charges, leaving a rainbow trail that blinds enemies.
- Divine Power: Blessing of the Lake – A selected hero receives immortality and damage boost for a period.
- Dagda – Lord of Abundance (Merlin and Morgana)
- Bonus: Increases resource generation at Tumulus and fluctuation rate of goblins.
- Mythical Unit: Gnome – Small mischievous creature that steals resources from fallen enemies.
- Divine Power: Magic Cauldron – Summons a golden cauldron with a rainbow that can be mined.
Mythical Age
- Lancelot – The Perfect Knight (Arthur and Merlin)
- Bonus: Cavalry.
- Mythical Unit: Emerald Dragon – Large fire-breathing two-headed green dragon that can fly and land.
- Divine Power: Spear of Saint George – A great spear falls from the sky, remaining for a few seconds and striking with divine lightning and rose thorns.
- Béfind – The Death Witch (Arthur and Morgana)
- Bonus: Increases recharge speed of powers and reduces mythical unit costs.
- Mythical Unit: Banshee – Wailing spirit that stuns with its scream and possesses a unit upon death.
- Divine Power: Samhain – Plants a series of pumpkins in the area that explode in fire.
- Nuada – King of the Tuatha (Merlin and Morgana)
- Bonus: Improves archers’ armor and grants resistance to conversion.
- Mythical Unit: Cernunnos – Large golden stag that charges enemies with devastating force.
- Divine Power: Silver Sword – Temporarily, a giant sword twirl around the area making great damage.
Unique Buildings
- Castle – Defensive fortress that shoots and pours boiling oil. Trains siege machines.
- Jousting Ground – Trains cavalry and mounted heroes. It is dismantlable.
- Pavilion – Trains infantry and great heroes. It is dismantlable.
- Unique Temple – Trains mythical units and magical heroes. Garrison relics.
Units
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Pikeman – Anti-cavalry infantry.
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Man-at-Arms – Basic infantry.
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Claymore – Anti-infantry infantry.
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Longbowman – Archer with great shooting range.
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Squire Rider – Light scouting cavalry.
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Wandering Knight – Heavy cavalry effective against all.
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Trebuchet – Large, costly, and slow but very powerful siege weapon.
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Springald – Anti-siege machine.
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Cog – Archer ship.
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Carrack – Siege ship.
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Galley – Ramming ship.
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Mermaid – Mythical naval unit, half-woman, half-fish, that stuns with its song.
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Merchant Unicorn – Caravan unit for trading from a market.
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Balor (titan) – The demonic celtic creature as the civ titan.
