Here’s a concept of the new civilization, the Korea (한국인) Civ, in this DLC concept. Korean has favor system by applying Shaman (Mu) (무) to Temple to gain favor by doing dancing ritual at Temple. Korean civ also store their resources gain( Food, Wood and Gold) in one place called Thatched Storage House. Korean Civ, unlike other Civs… only has 3 types of Hero : Ranged (Jumong), Spellcaster (Bari) and Melee (Dangun)
- Jumong(주몽) : Founder and King of Goguryeo, the legendary archer king that can shoot up to 5 arrows at once in short range (low cooldown)
(Ranged)
(available at Classic Age)
(Decent Armor)
- Princess Bari (바리 공주) : a Princess who abandoned by her parents that when become adult, travel to the Underworld to get elixir that can heal her sicken parents, revered as Guider of Souls because of her ability to navigate Underworld with ease… her abilities can heal group of allied units massively (high cooldown), gain favor steadily (0.25 per seconds) as she walk… also can clear debuff that allied units suffered (low cooldown)
(SpellCaster)
(available at Heroic Age)
(Decent Armor)
- Dangun(단군) : Founder and King of Gojoseon who said to be son of Ungyo,bear who turned to female human thanks to Hwanung and married him… he bring with him steel claw of bear that represent his mother, can slam the ground and stun nearby enemies units
(Melee)
(available at Mythic Age)
(Tanky Armor)
I also include 3 Major Gods and 9 Minor Gods set, complete with their myth units, military units etc
Major Gods and focus and god power abilities:
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Hwanung (환웅): God of Order and Law. Focus on Resources, Farm and Human Units. (God Power : Humanity Progress - Hwanung’s God Power has caused military units hack armor to grow 15% hack armor, attack speed and also Commoners movement speed increased by 20% (can be increased per age)… Also enabling them to build wall in Archaic Age (the wall stats is weak though)
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Sang-Je (상제): Emperor of Heaven, King of the Gods. Focus on Hero and Line of Sight.
(God Power : Gifts from the Heaven - grant your and allied units Hero status also give you boxs that when your units step on it will reveal bundle of resources and favor
(normal cooldown)
- Wood : 15/50/200/1000/2000
- Gold : 20/55/250/1100/3000
- Food : 30/200/700/2000/3500
- Favors : 20/50 /300/550/1000
- Yeomra (염라): God of the Dead that focus on Shaman, Soul Stack tech. (God Power : Body Collapsing - this God Power make your enemies units destroyed by vanished into thin air)
Minor Gods and focus and god power abilities:
Classic Age:
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Cheukshin (호구별성): Horror Goddess of Outhouse. Focus on debuff, infantries.
(God Power : Outhouse Terror - Cheuksin summon big outhouse then from the outhouse using her long hair drag the enemies (land units) to the outhouse’s inside, killing them all in short period
Myth Unit :
Gwishin (호구별성) : Korean famous ghost that can fly, giving eerie scream that lower enemies land units armor
Available to worshippers of Hwanung and Yeomra -
Gunungshin (군웅신): God of War. Focus on infantries, archers and military buildings. (God Power : Dokkaebi Goblin Army - summon powerful group of Dokkaebi goblin to stall your enemies, either by wrestling them, cracking ground to trap enemies or just fight them head on… after God Power finish, the Dokkaebi army vanish)
Myth Unit :
Guchinyuh (거치녀) : vengeful spirit born from trauma of war, wield bow and absorb souls of the dead (max 3 time) to increase its attack and attack speed
Available to worshippers of Sang-Je and Yeomra -
Yuhwa (유화): Goddess of Willow Tree. Focus on wood gain, building. (God Power : Willow Wall - summon patch of willow trees that protect your buildings and units, when destroyed will rapidly grow back… Its hack and crush armor increased per age… also their wall will increased its layer of protection)
Crush armor : 20/25/30/35%
Hack armor : 25/35/45/50%
Wall layer : 1/2/3/5
Myth Unit :
Duduri (두두리) : forest entity that being worshipped dueing Silla and Goryeo Kingdom era, can entangle group of enemies for few seconds… also able attack to both melee and ranged (slow attack speed)
Available to worshippers of Hwanung and Sang-Je
Heroic Age :
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Dalnim (달님) : Goddess of Moon. Focus on myth units and fishing junk. (God Power : Climbing to the Moon - cast this God Power allow Moon to shining on your group of units… then they will be taken away to the Moon… hidden from the map… after God Power finish, they will descend back to their original location with their health fully restored and debuff cleansed
Myth Unit :
Hwagwi(화귀) : malevolent serpent spirit whose gaze can lure group of enemies that will constrict them with its tail and devoured them
Available to worshippers of Hwanung and Yeomra -
Jeoseung Saja (저승사자) : Korean Grim Reaper. Focus on Military Units and Souls. (God Power : Soul Guider Commandment - this God Power make your, allied and enemies unit that died in battle to fight for you for brief period and after God Power finish , the souls will take the wounded enemies that being hit by the souls back with them… rapidly decrease their health until they died)
Myth Unit :
- Dalgyal Gwishin (달걀 귀신): ghost whose head or face is all shaped like egg, capable of killing one enemy unit (instant kill), for myth units deal damage 55%
- Sammokgu (삼목구): mythical 3 eyed dog of Korean underworld tasked bringing back the dead, capable of soul absorption (max 3 time) then after that… Unleash its fiery blade to dash and deal damage to enemies in front of it
Available to worshippers of Sang-Je and Yeomra
- Jowangshin (조왕신): Goddess of Hearth, Fire and Household. Focus on buildings, walls and production. (God Power : Hearth of Fire Blessings - this God Power summon group of hearth firecamps that look like hearth… When your units go nearby… It will heal them rapidly and temporarily increased their armor by 40%
When enemies go nearby them… they will dealt mild dps (2% of max healthpoint per seconds)
Myth Unit :
- Bulgae (불개): fiery dog that come from dark world of Gamangnara (가망나라) (Korean mythical kingdom of darkness)… can leave trail of fire that deal mild dps and bark that increase allied units armor
- Jigwi (지귀): mythical fire spirit born of crazy love of Jigwi who extremely mesmerized by Queen Seondeok from Silla kingdom that can entrap enemies within ring of fire spell with him
Available to worshippers of Hwanung and Sang-Je
Mythic Age
- Haemosu (해모수): Founder of Buyeo Kingdom, God of Sun. Focus on favor, temple and hero. (God Power : 5-Coloured Dragon Chariot - summon the Chariot of Haemosu with him descend from heaven that being pulled by 5 coloured dragons that represent 5 elements of the world (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Lightning) that can in 5 direction (fast attack speed, mild damage) or in 1 direction simultaneously (heavy burst damage, but slow attack speed)
Myth Unit :
- Samjogo (삼조고): mythical crow with 3 legs that associated with the sun, also symbolized in the tombs of korean kingdoms king.. have great line of sight that make it perfect for scouting also can give bonus armor to allied units and can attack all type of units (Land, Naval and Air)
- Imyeonjo (인면조): mythical bird whose head is human, and its giant body is of bird.. symbol of harmony between Gods and humans… able to create wind slash to heavily damage the enemies
Available to worshippers of Hwanung and Sang-Je
- Sanshin (산신): (God of Mountain). Focus on Myth units, Military Buildings and Wall.(God Power : “When Tiger Used to Smoke” - summon iconic Smoking Tiger (invulnerable status) that tell above phrase then exhale clouds that afteward will summon tigers of Mountain God to attack all of your enemies in large area
(much like Fimbulwinter God Power of Tyr from Norse Civ)
The tigers have high armor but not tanky… and mild damage
Myth Unit :
- Cwanggwi (창귀): vengeful spirit died because of tiger that seek to drag others to the same fate he suffered… spawn as spirit that ride the tiger that encircled by spirit orb… can command one enemy unit to be devoured by the tiger
- Jangsan Beom (장산범): legendary man-eating tiger that rumored live in Mount Jang(South Korea)… able to rule group of enemies by screaming and slow their speed to be devoured by it
Available to worshippers of Hwanung and Yeomra
- Eopshin (업신): Goddess of Wealth Blessings. Focus on Economy, Resources and Favor. (God Power : Blessing of the Wealthy Snake - cast this God Power to make sure every time your Shamans get favor from their rituals, you will receive bonus 100 gold and 75 wood for God Power’s duration
Myth Unit :
- Yeong No (영노): mythical demon that eat the rich and aristocrat in Korean mythology that been showcased in Korean theatrical drama… able to give you 35% cost resources of enemies units it devoured
- Geumdwaeji (금돼지): demon pig clad in golden armor and luxuries… lure its prey by promise of shared fortune only to be turned into gold by it
Available to worshippers of Sang-Je and Yeomra
Other Myth Unit:
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Jangjamali (장자마리) (Classic): happily dancing water spirit that look like cute little creature that can cheers people… also can cheer your dock production to produce faster, and ships to gain faster
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Imoogi (이무기)/Yong (용) (Mythic): Imoogi is gigantic serpent that spend thousand of years in land and water… wishing to become full fledged dragon(Yong) by consuming Yeouiju (여의주 ) Jewel that fall from Heaven
(Of course… There is upgrade for Imoogi to be Yong that named Yeouiju Jewel upgrade at Temple)
Units
Civil Units :
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Mu (무) (Shaman): unit that tasked to gain favor for the Civ, they do it using ritual (굿) (Gut) by dancing using the instrument and giving sacrifice in front of Temple (max. 10 Shamans doing it) gain favor 4/20 seconds… also able to heal nearby allied units
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Pyeongmin (평민) (Commoner): workers for Korean Civ… tasked with gathering resources and building structures
Military Units
Military :
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Gakgung (각궁) (Archer): unit that can do ranged attack using bow, good against enemies infantries
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Changbyeong (창병) (Spearman): unit that counter cavalries using spear, effective against cavalries, but not good against infantries and archers
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Hwarang (화랑) (Flower Knights): elite units in the Silla kingdom that were trained in Yosae (Fortress). They were highly skilled in archery and melee combat using sword and can summon horse when needed to shoot arrow while chasing fleeing enemies (normal cooldown)
Good for countering infantries -
Gaema Musa (개마무사) (Korean Cataphract): heavy cavalry used by Goguryeo kingdom that highly encased in heavy armor that is trained in Yosae (Fortress), good for countering cavalries and infantries
Siege units : I can’t find any siege weapon specific to the period of 3 kingdoms of Korea (Baekje, Goryeo and Silla) or in Gojoseon (First Korean kingdom) period
Ships :
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Gyogwanseon (교관선) (Arrow Warship): Korean ship that shoot arrow, good for countering other ships
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Cheolgeoseon (철거선) (Demolition Ship): ship that carrying explosive and ready to be burnt while enemies ships and naval myth units nearby, dealing mild splash damage to them, good against every type of ships
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Jogijabi-be (조기잡이 배) (Fishing Junk): fishing ship for Korean Civ in the game
Buildings
Civil :
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Hanok ( 한옥) (Traditional House): place that giving you 10 population, you can only have 16 houses… Because population limit in AOM is 160 population
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Sansa (산사) (Mountain Temple): place where you train myth units… also gathering place for Shamans to do their ritual (Max.10 Shamans / Temple)
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Seong (성) (Wall): protective wall like in all Civil, but in Korean style
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Choga Chang-go (초가 창고) (Thatched Storage House): place for the Commoners to store their resources, farm and hunting gain
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Hang-gu (항구) (Harbor): place to train ships, Fishing Junk ship and naval myth units
Military :
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Gun Magsa (군 막사)(Military Barracks): building that produce Gakgung archers and Changbyeong spearman along with their upgrades
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Yosae (요새) (Fortress): military building that has same function as Hill Fort (Norse), Migdol (Egypt), Baolei (Chinese), and Fortress(Greece) that can shoot multiple arrow, has high hitpoint and can train elite units such as: Hwarang (Flower Knights) and
Gaema Musa (Korean Cataphract)
Titan :
Djihaguk Daejeok (지하국 대적)
Explanation : Nine headed titanic demon that reside in Korean Underworld… known to kidnap princesses until one day, a hero come to his lair… giving him drunken booze and when he’s drunk… the hero slice off its nine head to rescue the princesses
Wonder :
Hwanung (환웅) (God of Order and Law)
Holy city of the Gods (Sinsi) (신시)
Explanation : City that built by God Hwanung and his 3000 followers that descend from Heaven to live among humans and to honor the Gods, built upon Mount Taebaek (태백산)
Sang-Je (상제) (Emperor of Heaven, King of the Gods)
Seocheon Flower Field (Seocheonkkotbaat ) (서천꽃밭)
Explanation : Mythical place that exist on border between human world and afterlife in Korean mythology, full of 5 colored flowers that can grant immortality, make you laugh, sick and crying and even can make you fight with others
Yeomra (염라) (God of the Dead)
Land of Gwayang (Gwayang-ui Ttang) (과양의 땅)
Explanation : Land that is mentioned in Chasa Bonpuri (차사본풀이) Mythology of Jeju island, as land where Yeomra visited as requested by Gangnim (강림), General at order by King Gimchi Wonnim of Gwayang (김치원닌) to bring Yeomra to the land… revive 3 sons of King Beomeul of Dongjeong (범을) that been killed by Gwayangsaeng (과양생 ) and his wife, Gwayang-gagsi (과양각시) that want to take their belonging… Also, Yeomra punish those couple to Hellish realm of serpent and return 3 sons of the king to Dongjeong
if I remember correctly from AoE1 the Korean of the antiquity period are called “the Choson” and the Japanese “the Yamato”