95110 "Algirdas and Kestutis (1345-1382):\nFaced with an impending invasion by the greedy Teutonic Knights, the small principality of Lithuania is on the brink of catastrophe. Divided and without wise leadership, the last pagans of Europe appear doomed, but Prince Algirdas and his loyal brother, Kestutis, refuse to bow to the marauders. Can they repel the crusaders and then contend with the grandsons of Genghis Khan - the fearsome horselords of the Golden Horde?\n\nIn this campaign, you will play as the Lithuanians." 95111 "Jadwiga (1383-1410):\nSent away from her mother and forcibly parted from the young man whom she loved, Jadwiga ascended to the Polish throne as a mere child. In a time of unending war, she must forge a future for her kingdom while contending with the wills of formidable leaders like Jogaila and Vytautas the Great. Can the beloved Star of the Poles bring about her vision of a powerful, united Poland-Lithuania, or will the incessant maelstrom of war plunge both realms into ruin once more?\n\nIn this campaign, you will play as the Poles and the Lithuanians." 95112 "Jan Zizka (1405-1424):\nOne-eyed Jan Zizka spent his youth as a mercenary fighting for honor and coin, but his destiny changed forever when he heard the preachings of the reformer Jan Hus in Prague. As a champion of the Hussite cause and the leader of its invincible armies, Zizka shattered existing notions of warfare with technological and tactical innovations. Cement the legacy of one of history's greatest generals by galvanizing mere peasants into highly disciplined units and leading them to triumph over the Holy Roman Emperor's knightly armies.\n\nIn this campaign, you will play as the Bohemians." // // Algirdas & Kestutis 1 // 75401 "Kestutis" 75402 "Jaunutis" 75403 "Narimantas" 75404 "Teutonic Raiders" 75405 "Lithuanian Villages" 75406 "Christian Lithuanians" 75407 "Pagan Lithuanians" 75408 "1. Algirdas is restricted to the Castle Age and a population limit of 150. His strategy focuses on land warfare, so constructing Docks is impossible.\n\n2. Kestutis will keep the Teutonic Order in check for you. If you help him defeat this enemy, however, he will redirect his forces to help you even the odds in the battle for the Lithuanian throne.\n\n3. Lithuanian rural population longs for peace and stability. You may be able to win the support of neutral villages (Grey) once you reach the Castle Age.\n\n4. Jaunutis rules the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, but you can seize it if you evict your brother from the city. Do not destroy what may be of use to you later.\n\n5. Do not hesitate to send the tenacious Algirdas into combat. Should he be wounded, he will retreat to his castle to recover and fight again after he has recuperated.\n\n6. Algirdas and Kestutis must initially rely on simple Battering Rams when besieging enemy fortresses, but it may be possible to steal construction plans for advanced siege equipment by defeating the Teutons." 75409 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Algirdas and his supporters (Green) begin at a slight disadvantage, initially only controlling a small settlement in the north and a nearby Castle.\n\n- Even though Algirdas is feuding with most of his relatives, he can count on the support of his younger brother Kestutis (Cyan), who holds the western frontier with an army of heavy cavalry and swordsmen.\n\n- In the east lies the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, which is ruled by Jaunutis (Blue). To expel their hostile brother from the city, Algirdas and Kestutis must defeat Jaunutis' army of Crossbowmen, Pikemen, and Leiciai.\n\n- Narimantas (Purple), another brother of Algirdas, rules a principality in the south. Though initially neutral, he is likely to send his powerful Knights, Leiciai, and sturdy Battering Rams to support Jaunutis rather than his other brothers.\n\n- In the far west lie two Teutonic outposts (Red). These are manned by experienced Knights and their foot soldiers, and may prove difficult for Kestutis to take on alone." 75410 "Kestutis: Internal disputes threaten our independence! The Teutonic Knights rattle their swords while our useless brothers underestimate the threat. Let us put an end to this mischief, take the throne, and prove worthy of our father's legacy!" 75411 "Algirdas: That is how we will do it, my brother. Just keep the Order at bay, I will take care of our ineffectual brothers so that they might... understand that the affairs of government should not be in their hands." 75412 "Jaunutis: Algirdas, Kestutis... rumor has it that you are taking up arms in rebellion? Father gave Vilnius to me, making it clear who he considered his heir. I will warn you this once - raise your hand against me and you shall die!" 75413 "Kestutis: You cannot scare us, Jaunutis. We have known you from an early age, and you have always been this pompous knee-high boy that you are evidently still today. You are all bark, no bite!" 75414 "Jaunutis: Men! How could Algirdas' soldiers make it into the city?! Keep this rabble-rouser away from me, you useless fools! Keep him away!" 75415 "Jaunutis: What a dreadful betrayal! Flee, for the throne is lost! Damn you, Algirdas and Kestutis!" 75416 "Kestutis: Let him go, Algirdas, he will not come back. I have heard that he seeks refuge in Moscow - may he rot there. We have more important things to take care of." 75417 "Jaunutis: A curse on my envious kin! Is there nobody left with a sense of loyalty and decency?" 75418 "Narimantas: Do not grieve over it, Jaunutis! You can rely on me to teach these two ankle-biters a lesson! I will see to it that they whine like beaten dogs and beg for forgiveness before tomorrow dawns!" 75419 "Narimantas: Algirdas! Kestutis! Show yourselves if you are so bold, my defiant brothers! I long for a good fight!" 75420 "Narimantas: I cannot believe it! My fortress - destroyed! My army - smashed! I have no choice but to withdraw after this shameful defeat!" 75421 "Kestutis: There he runs! Narimantas allegedly seeks refuge with the Golden Horde. What a pathetic idea! It will not do him any good." 75422 "Kestutis: Do not worry about the Teutonic Knights. I will assure that they do not cross our borders, but I will need the help of your soldiers to wipe out the Order's outposts, Algirdas." 75423 "Algirdas: The Order's raiding parties are on the run! I fear that these robber barons will return in the future, but for now we should focus on liberating Lithuania from the rule of our ragged brothers!" 75424 "Kestutis: Religious affairs are dangerous, but they can also be a useful tool. Some of our subjects follow ancient pagan traditions, while others are committed to Christianity. Perhaps we can win both groups over to our cause." 75425 "Algirdas: With our help, the new faith has prevailed in this village! From now on, its inhabitants will cede a tenth of their harvest to the Church and to us, their vaunted protectors." 75426 "Algirdas: We assured that the residents of this settlement could keep their ancient beliefs. In gratitude, they will send soldiers to assist us in battle." 75427 "Lithuanian Soldier: Algirdas has been wounded! Quick, take him to the physicians. We will have to continue the fight without him while he recovers." 75428 "Kestutis: I must withdraw for the time being, my brother. We have achieved much already, so do not lose heart. Carry on the fight and our efforts will soon be rewarded." 75429 "Kestutis: My soldiers captured construction plans for powerful siege weapons from the crusaders, but nobody in my ranks is skilled enough to understand them. Do you happen to have siege engineers capable of doing so?" 75430 "Kestutis: Excellent! Your engineers deciphered the plans that we had captured. We can now construct powerful trebuchets!" 75431 "Kestutis: Lithuania is ours! Let us rest and allow our brave men to recover from the fighting. We will meet at the court in Vilnius, my brother, for there is much to discuss." 75432 "- You can now research Siege Engineers. -" 75433 "- You can now construct Trebuchets. -" 75434 "- Algirdas has recovered from his wounds and is ready to fight! -" 75435 "- You can now build Monasteries and Shrines. -" 75436 "+ Wait for Algirdas and Kestutis to discuss their plans." 75437 "+ Drive Jaunutis out of Vilnius by razing his Wonder in the center of the city." 75438 "+ Defeat Narimantas." 75439 "- Build Monasteries in neutral villages to convert their residents to Christianity. Settlements that have adopted Christianity will support you by sending you resources." 75440 "- Build Shrines in neutral villages to allow their residents to adhere to their pagan customs. Settlements that remain pagan will support you by training soldiers and fighting your opponents." 75441 "- Help Kestutis defeat the Teutonic Raiders so that his forces can aid you in the battle for Lithuania." 75442 "- Recruit engineers (research Siege Engineers in your University) to read the captured plans for siege engines." 75443 "+ Wait for instructions." 75444 "+ Destroy Jaunutis' Wonder in Vilnius." 75445 "+ Defeat Narimantas." 75446 "- Build either Monasteries or Shrines in neutral settlements to gain the villagers' support (/)." 75447 "- Defeat the Teutonic Raiders." 75448 "- Research Siege Engineers in your University." 75449 "Vilnius Castle" 75450 "Build Pagan Shrine ()\nUsed to train Priests.\nUpgrades: line of sight (Town Center); hit points, armor (University).\n " 75451 "Scaffold" // // Algirdas & Kestutis 2 // 75501 "The Teutonic Order" 75502 "The Livonian Order" 75503 "Bryansk" 75504 "Kursk" 75505 "Tatar Refugees" 75508 "1. Algirdas and Kestutis are restricted to a population limit of 200.\n\n2. While Algirdas set up camp in the southeast, Kestutis led his followers to the west to invade the lands of the Teutonic Order. A large river separates both camps, preventing your forces from uniting initially.\n\n3. Docks and ships cannot be built in the dead of winter due to the icy riverbanks.\n\n4. Remember: Lithuanian Knights and Leiciai gain additional attack from garrisoned Relics, making your cavalry a force to fear.\n\n5. Consider subduing the weaker Ruthenian cities before marching on the formidable Teutons. Bryansk (Blue) in particular is easy prey and will not advance to the Imperial Age for the time being." 75509 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Algirdas has camped in the east to invade Ruthenia, while Kestutis moves against the Teutonic Order from the west.\n\n- The Teutonic Order (Grey) has three large fortresses spread across the center and west of the map. Each is heavily fortified and guarded by heavy cavalry, Teutonic Knights, and Crossbowmen. The Order will also make use of siege engines such as Capped Rams and Trebuchets on the offensive.\n\n- The Livonian Order (Orange), is an ally of the Teutonic Order and will likely assist its fellow crusaders by sending armies from its territory in the northeast. These consist of Knights, infantry, Skirmishers, and siege engines.\n\n- To conquer Ruthenia, Algirdas must subdue the hardy inhabitants of Bryansk and Kursk. Bryansk's garrison (Blue) consists of swordsmen, archery units, and Light Cavalry, while Kursk (Purple) is defended by Knights, Boyars, and Spearmen.\n\n- Word has it that Tatar refugees (Yellow) from the Kipchak steppes have fled west from the Golden Horde, seeking Algirdas' and Kestutis' permission to settle at the Lithuanian border." 75510 "Kestutis: I will once again deal with the haughty crusader bandits who foolishly invade our realm. I leave Ruthenia to you, Algirdas." 75511 "Algirdas: Neither the fanatical Order nor the battle-hardened Ruthenians can oppose us if we remain united and keep our ranks disciplined! Onwards!" 75512 "Teutonic Grand Master: Forward march! Let us give these unruly pagans a good drubbing. These unkempt swamp and forest warriors are no match for us!" 75513 "Teutonic Grand Master: The Lithuanians dare to launch a counterattack! Send a rider to our brethren of the Livonian Order and request their support against this heathen rabble!" 75514 "Livonian Knight: We have received your message and are on our way, Grand Master. Together we will sweep the Lithuanians off the map like some bothersome flies!" 75515 "Livonian Knight: Attack! Make short work of them! Nobiscum deus!" 75516 "Lithuanian Soldier: The knights of the Livonian Order have arrived in the north! Our scouts say that they have even brought siege weapons!" 75517 "Lithuanian Soldier: We have repelled the Livonian assault! The day is ours!" 75518 "Teutonic Grand Master: The Lithuanians have conquered one of our fortresses! Which dark forces have they solicited to achieve this?" 75519 "Teutonic Grand Master: Two of our fortresses have fallen to the pagans! They must be favored by the Antichrist himself. We have no choice but to retreat to Prussia... for now!" 75520 "Bryansk: We survived the Mongol invasions and patiently endured the Tatar yoke for decades. You Lithuanians do not scare us!" 75521 "Bryansk: Alas, will our suffering never end? Continuing to resist is futile. We must submit to Algirdas and Kestutis." 75522 "Kursk: Not long ago, a one-eyed khan burned our entire city to the ground. We will not allow such destruction to happen again! Stay away from our lands, Lithuanians!" 75523 "Kursk: We admit defeat! Will you accept our surrender, Lithuanians? We will serve you now." 75524 "Tatar Refugee: Stop, soldier! Sheathe your sword! We are Tatars, yes, but we come in peace and flee the khan with whom we feuded. Will you give us permission to settle here and escape his wrath?" 75525 "Tatar Refugee: Our eternal gratitude is yours, Lithuanians! We will set up a camp within your realm and fight your enemies." 75526 "Lithuanian Soldier: Did you Tatars really believe that we would be so naive as to welcome the grandsons of Genghis Khan? You are wolves in sheep's clothing who come to sow destruction - leave or eat steel!" 75527 "Lithuanian Soldier: Some Tatar-Kipchak horse archers have gathered in our castle and are eager to join us in battle." 75528 "Lithuanian Soldier: Kestutis has been injured! Bring him to safety and bandage his wounds!" 75529 "Algirdas: What a triumph! The wicked crusaders are defeated and Ruthenia is subdued, but our success will not have gone unnoticed. The spies of the Golden Horde are everywhere..." 75530 "- You can now train Elite Kipchaks from your Castles for free. -" 75531 "+ Put an end to the Teutonic Order's assaults by destroying at least two of its Castles." 75532 "+ Burn down the Monasteries in Bryansk to rob the city of its Relics and force its inhabitants to surrender." 75533 "+ Burn down the Monasteries in Kursk to rob the city of its Relics and force its inhabitants to surrender." 75534 "+ Defeat the Livonian Order's army." 75535 "- Ally with the Tatar refugees to allow them to settle in Lithuania as your vassal - or change your diplomatic stance to enemy and attack them instead to loot their belongings." 75536 "- Loot Tatar Ox Carts in order to obtain additional resources." 75537 "+ / Teutonic Castles destroyed." 75538 "+ / Bryansk Monasteries destroyed." 75539 "+ / Kursk Monasteries destroyed." 75540 "- Ally with the Tatar refugees or attack them." 75541 "- Loot Tatar Ox Carts." // // Algirdas & Kestutis 3 // 75601 "Kestutis" 75602 "Kiev" 75603 "Smolensk" 75604 "The Golden Horde" 75605 "The Bulgar Horde" 75606 "The Kipchak Horde" 75607 "The Tatar Horde" 75608 "1. Algirdas can support a population of 200.\n\n2. The brothers have agreed that Kestutis will see to economic matters so that Algirdas can concentrate fully on the campaign against the Golden Horde. You cannot train your own Villagers or build Town Centers, and Kestutis will not train many military units.\n\n3. Kestutis will provide you with resources and manpower as soon as you have conquered Kiev, but you must protect your defenseless ally if he is attacked by the Golden Horde.\n\n4. Later on, you will be able to give Kestutis instructions via chat as to which resources to gather. Use the Objectives button to keep track of your possibilities in this regard.\n\n5. Beware Golden Horde patrols prowling the way from Smolensk to Kiev." 75609 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Algirdas and Kestutis have gathered in the allied city of Smolensk (Grey). While Kestutis (Cyan) will remain here to build a wartime economy, Algirdas (Green) will move south with his army to conquer Kiev.\n\n- Power has been seized in Kiev (Blue) by separatists that prefer collaboration with the Golden Horde over an alliance with the Lithuanians. To conquer the city, Algirdas must defeat its garrison of swordsmen, Pikemen, and Crossbowmen.\n\n- The Golden Horde (Yellow) consists of several steppe peoples:\n\n- The Bulgar wing (Purple) consists of brave warriors and Konniks from Volga Bulgaria.\n\n- The Kipchak division (Orange) comes from the steppe and relies mostly on mounted archers.\n\n- The Tatars (Red) are the most powerful faction within the Golden Horde. They will send siege weapons and their powerful Keshiks into battle." 75610 "Algirdas: Kiev is not far away, but its garrison refuses to hand over the city. Stay here in Smolensk, my brother, to secure our advance. I will see to it that the Kievans change their attitude towards us." 75611 "Algirdas: The residents of Kiev have surrendered, leaving the city in our hands. Time is of the essence. We must strike quickly if we want to defeat the Golden Horde!" 75612 "Kestutis: Do not worry about supplies, Algirdas. I will instruct my laborers to procure whatever is necessary to keep the flame of war burning - just keep the Golden Horde's raiders away from us!" 75613 "Kestutis: Here, take what I can spare. I hope that it is enough for now!" 75614 "Kestutis: Make good use of these resources." 75615 "Kestutis: These people will work for you, my brother." 75616 "Kestutis: Tell me which resources you need the most and I will do my best to gather them." 75617 "Kestutis: I will try to fulfill your wishes, Algirdas. My laborers will now focus on mining gold." 75618 "Kestutis: You need more food supplies? Good, I will instruct my men to gather more food." 75619 "Kestutis: I see! You need more stone to build walls, towers, and castles. I will procure the necessary building materials." 75620 "Kestutis: You are in need of lumber? Alright, I will command my workers to clear more trees." 75621 "Kestutis: Algirdas! The enemy has bypassed your position and is attacking my defenseless camp! Come to my aid as quickly as possible!" 75622 "Kestutis: The Golden Horde is ravaging my camp! I urgently need your help, brother!" 75623 "Kestutis: Alas! The Tatars have defeated me. Where were you, Algirdas, when I needed you the most?" 75624 "Golden Horde Rider: So, Kiev fell to the Lithuanians... Algirdas and Kestutis are most unwise to take what rightfully belongs to the Khan..." 75625 "Lithuanian Soldier: Tatar pirates plague the Dnieper River. If we drive away this blight, we could establish a trade route and send our merchant vessels to Smolensk." 75626 "Lithuanian Soldier: We sank all of the pirates' ships and destroyed their hideouts! Our boats can now safely navigate the river." 75627 "Lithuanian Soldier: Our scouts just discovered that three begs command the Golden Horde's forces. Slaying these commanders will throw their armies into disarray and make the fight much easier for us." 75628 "Lithuanian Soldier: Qutlugh Beg fell to our blades. The Bulgar wing of the Golden Horde will now be much less of a threat." 75629 "Lithuanian Soldier: We have slain Haci Beg, the leader of the Golden Horde's Kipchak forces! Without his guidance, his followers can no longer carry out advanced maneuvers!" 75630 "Lithuanian Soldier: Demetrius is dead! Without their prince, the Tatar division of the Golden Horde will be a mere shadow of its former self." 75631 "Algirdas: One of the Golden Horde's armies has been crushed! Do not let up now, men - soon the entire steppe will be in our hands!" 75632 "Algirdas: Two of the Golden Horde's armies are shattered! Only one remains." 75633 "Golden Horde Rider: How on earth did the Lithuanians overcome our invincible horse archers? Everyone, pull back and retreat to the Crimea!" 75634 "Kipchak Rider: Let the carnage begin! The Lithuanians will regret setting foot in our domain!" 75635 "Bulgar Rider: It is time to smash some skulls! Swing your flails and give them hell!" 75636 "Tatar Rider: Ride, Keshiks, ride! Anyone foolish enough to venture into our steppes will earn nothing but a bloody death!" 75637 "- You can now determine which resources Kestutis should gather for you. See the Objectives tab for more details. -" 75638 "+ Conquer Kiev by killing the separatist forces that oppose the Lithuanian claim to the city." 75639 "+ Kestutis must not be defeated." 75640 "+ Defeat all three portions of the Golden Horde (Bulgars, Kipchaks, and Tatars)." 75644 "- Destroy all of the Golden Horde's Docks to end the pirates' river blockade." 75645 "- Kill the Golden Horde's commanders to weaken its armies:" 75646 "- Qutlugh Beg (Bulgars)" 75647 "- Haci Beg (Kipchaks)" 75648 "- Demetrius (Tatars)" 75649 "- Kestutis will gather resources for you. You can determine which resources he gathers by using the following taunt commands:\n\n- Type 3 to tell him to gather more Food.\n- Type 4 to tell him to gather more Wood.\n- Type 5 to tell him to gather more Gold.\n- Type 6 to tell him to gather more Stone." 75650 "+ Defeat the separatist forces in Kiev." 75651 "+ Kestutis must not be defeated." 75652 "+ / Golden Horde armies defeated." 75653 "- / Golden Horde Docks destroyed." 75654 "- / Golden Horde commanders killed." 75655 "Qutlugh Beg" 75656 "Haci Beg" 75657 "Demetrius" 75658 "- The trade routes are open again. Your and Kestutis' gold generation rate (miners, trade, Relics) has increased. -" // // Algirdas & Kestutis 4 // 75701 "Mikhail of Tver" 75702 "Muscovites" 75703 "The Kremlin Fortress" 75704 "Ryazan" 75705 "Vladimir" 75706 "The Golden Horde" 75708 "1. Algirdas and Kestutis can support a population of 200.\n\n2. You are not alone in your fight against the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Mikhail of Tver is a valuable ally and it may be possible to forge alliances with other Rus' city-states as well.\n\n3. Scouts report that starved wolf packs and bears wander through the war-torn landscape in search of prey.\n\n4. When attacking Vladimir, focus on capturing the city's palace (Monument) to sway the residents to your side. Do not bother destroying its other buildings." 75709 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Algirdas and Kestutis (Green) have led a large army into Russia to support their ally Mikhail of Tver in his struggle against the rising Grand Duchy of Moscow.\n\n- Mikhail (Orange) rules the well defended city of Tver in the west. He has moved outside of the city to face the Muscovites in an open battle, but is woefully outmatched.\n\n- In the southwest, Prince Dmitry rules Moscow (Red), a city difficult to capture due to its enormous size. Infantry, Boyars, Knights, and Crossbowmen defend the city, but when Dmitry takes the offensive he will also construct Trebuchets and rams. Inside of Moscow is the Kremlin Fortress (Grey), a bulwark that is considered impregnable and is initially too strong to assail.\n\n- The city of Vladimir (Cyan) is located in the east. Both Mikhail and Dmitry lay claim to the city, but its residents will fight for whoever occupies it.\n\n- In the south lies the city of Ryazan (Purple), which is repeatedly threatened by the warriors of the Golden Horde.\n\n- The Golden Horde (Yellow) remains formidable despite its recent defeat and has several camps in the southeast. Should its khan decide to go on the offensive, he will do so with mounted archers, Light Cavalry, Camel Riders, and siege weapons." 75710 "Algirdas: We must hurry! Mikhail and his men are about to lose their battle against the Muscovites!" 75711 "Mikhail of Tver: Where are my Lithuanian allies? We cannot hold out much longer!" 75712 "Lithuanian Soldier: Mikhail fell in battle! We were not fast enough." 75713 "Mikhail of Tver: Algirdas and Kestutis! There you are at last! A few moments later and I would probably be lying dead in the dust!" 75714 "Dmitry of Moscow: Fortune is fickle. Be grateful that the Lithuanians bailed you out this time, but we will meet again on the battlefield, mark my words! Come, men, back to Moscow." 75715 "Kestutis: It will not be long before Dmitry recovers from this defeat and raises new soldiers. We must set up a camp and prepare for a protracted war." 75716 "Mikhail of Tver: I will not hide behind my walls and let the Lithuanians take all of the glory. Tell me where you need my armies, Algirdas and Kestutis, and I will be there!" 75717 "Mikhail of Tver: As you wish! My soldiers are already on their way!" 75718 "Mikhail of Tver: I fear that I must disappoint you this time. I currently do not have enough soldiers to launch an attack." 75719 "Lithuanian Soldier: Mikhail was forced to retreat. We must continue fighting without him for the time being." 75720 "Ryazan: We will join whoever can protect us from the raids of the Golden Horde. Help us mend the holes in our wall and we will support you." 75721 "Ryazan: Our scouts tell of warriors from the steppes that hover around our city like vultures, but our city walls are still not repaired! Please, Algirdas and Kestutis, do not refuse our request." 75722 "Ryazan: The Tatars are approaching our city! We are defenseless against them. A curse on the Lithuanians who cowardly turned their backs on us!" 75723 "Ryazan: Thank you, Algirdas and Kestutis. With your help, the holes in our walls have been repaired. We will keep the Horde at bay as much as we can!" 75724 "Ryazan: The Tatars have gathered in front of our city! Chroniclers will tell of this battle for years!" 75725 "Ryazan: We are finished! The Tatars have overrun our defenses." 75726 "Kestutis: Mikhail and Dmitry have been fighting over the city of Vladimir for years. We should occupy it and force its inhabitants to take up arms in our favor." 75727 "Kestutis: Vladimir will now fight on our side so long as we manage to hold the city's palace against our opponents." 75728 "Kestutis: Vladimir has fallen to an enemy faction! Quickly, reoccupy the palace to take back the city!" 75729 "Lithuanian Soldier: We have burned one Muscovite food storehouse to the ground. Five more are left!" 75730 "Lithuanian Soldier: We have destroyed two food storehouses. Four more remain!" 75731 "Lithuanian Soldier: Three food storehouses have gone up in flames! We are halfway to our goal!" 75732 "Lithuanian Soldier: Four food storehouses lie in ruins! Soon the Muscovites will no longer be able to obtain the supplies to keep up their defense." 75733 "Lithuanian Soldier: Five food storehouses have fallen victim to our onslaught! If we destroy another one, the garrison of Moscow will have no choice but to surrender." 75734 "Lithuanian Soldier: We have burned down six food storehouses! Let us see if Dmitry can still rally his soldiers without sufficient provisions." 75735 "Dmitry of Moscow: So, you can fight... a little. Do not get excited too soon, Lithuanians. I still control the impregnable Kremlin fortress!" 75736 "Dmitry of Moscow: While you Lithuanians were fighting over the throne, I was already wrestling with bloodthirsty descendants of the Great Khan. I advise you to withdraw while you still can!" 75737 "- The city of Vladimir will now fight for you. -" 75738 "- The city of Vladimir will now fight for your enemies. -" 75739 "+ Hurry to Mikhail of Tver's aid before the Muscovites kill him." 75740 "+ Build a camp and prepare for battle." 75741 "+ Force the Muscovites to surrender by destroying at least six of their food storehouses." 75742 "- Repair Ryazan's city wall by building your own Stone Walls in the gaps (locations marked by flags)." 75743 "- Capture and hold the palace (Monument) in Vladimir to subdue the city." 75744 "- Mark locations on the minimap with Flares to tell Mikhail of Tver where to attack." 75745 "+ Save Mikhail of Tver from the Muscovites." 75746 "+ Build up and prepare for battle." 75747 "+ / Muscovite food storehouses destroyed." 75748 "- Repair Ryazan's city wall." 75749 "- Recapture the Palace of Vladimir." 75750 "%d minutes until the Muscovites start attacking." 75751 "Food Storehouse" 75752 "Kremlin Fortress" 75753 "Palace" // // Algirdas & Kestutis 5 // 75801 "Kestutis' Forces" 75802 "Kestutis" 75803 "Vytautas" 75804 "The Teutonic Order" 75805 "Lithuanian Dukes" 75806 "Lithuania" 75807 "Robber Bands" 75808 "1. Jogaila and his followers can support a population of 200.\n\n2. To free Jogaila, you must deliver a ransom to Kestutis. Protect the cart that carries the ransom money from greedy bandits.\n\n3. Once Jogaila is freed, he can seek shelter in either Trakai or Kreva. Both options come with advantages and disadvantages.\n\n4. Later, Jogaila can choose to ally with the Teutonic Order or with the pagan Lithuanian nobles." 75809 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jogaila is initially in custody after his failed coup, but some of his loyal followers (Green) are on their way to Kestutis' lands with a cart of gold to ransom the young prince. They must protect it from local robber bands (Red).\n\n- Kestutis (Cyan) resides in a castle to the south, which is guarded by a powerful army (Yellow) of heavy cavalry, Pikemen, Crossbowmen, and Trebuchets.\n\n- Should Kestutis be attacked, he will likely turn to his ambitious son Vytautas (Orange) and his army of knights and swordsmen for help. Vytautas also constructs siege weapons such as Onagers and Bombard Cannons.\n\n- The Teutonic Order (Grey) has recovered from its prior defeats at Lithuanian hands. These crusaders are eager to take revenge on Kestutis and will send Paladins and Teutonic Knights into battle.\n\n- Lithuanian dukes (Purple) reside in their castles to the east, where they cling to pagan beliefs and field armies of Knights and Leiciai." 75810 "Lithuanian Soldier: We have no time to lose! We must deliver the ransom to free Jogaila before Kestutis changes his mind." 75811 "Lithuanian Soldier: Wicked bandits ambush harmless travelers. Restoring order once we have freed Jogaila will be difficult." 75812 "Lithuanian Soldier: Those cursed bandits stole the ransom! Now we will no longer be able to free Jogaila." 75813 "Kestutis: Well, Jogaila, it seems that your followers have no interest in seeing you free. Alas, a few coins may have softened my heart, but now you will rot in a cell until the end of your days." 75814 "Kestutis: You should be grateful to have such loyal followers, Jogaila - and you should be grateful that I could not bring myself to throw my beloved brother's son to the wolves." 75815 "Kestutis: Now get out of my castle and never be seen here again. You have already brought more than enough shame on our family. Conspire against me once more and I will not be so lenient." 75816 "Jogaila: Oh, you senile fool. It was a big mistake to let me go, but you will learn that the hard way soon enough..." 75817 "Lithuanian Soldier: My Duke, the towns of Trakai and Kreva remain loyal to you. I am sure that the residents will happily join you if you show yourself in one of these places." 75818 "Jogaila: Good. Let us go, then." 75819 "Trakai Villager: Look there! The duke has returned!" 75820 "Kreva Villager: Well, what a surprise! Jogaila is alive!" 75821 "Lithuanian Soldier: Bad news, Sire. Kestutis sent his son, Vytautas, to keep an eye on you. He has occupied Trakai and is reportedly preparing a campaign against you!" 75822 "Lithuanian Soldier: Sire, our scouts have discovered that Kestutis sent his son Vytautas after you. He occupied Kreva, and rumor has it that he plans to attack you from there." 75823 "Vytautas: Surrender, cousin. My men are already on their way and you are encircled. Resistance is futile!" 75824 "Vytautas: I have to admit that you fight more skillfully and tenaciously than I thought, cousin. Even if I must recover a little now, I somehow have the feeling that we will meet again very soon." 75825 "Teutonic Grand Master: Jogaila, if we had foreseen that you would let yourself be duped into captivity so easily, we would probably not have formed an alliance with you... but perhaps you would like to tell us your view of things? Visit us in our camp and let us talk." 75826 "Teutonic Grand Master: How dare you not accept our generous invitation! This means war." 75827 "Teutonic Grand Master: We are willing to overlook your shortcomings, Jogaila. Prove to us that we can count on you by putting an end to the paganism in your homeland for good!" 75828 "Pagan Dukes: Hold on, Jogaila! Your father would not have wanted you to sell yourself to the crusaders as a mercenary! Remember, he insisted on being buried according to our ancient customs, after all!" 75829 "Pagan Dukes: It was very honorable of you to not to get involved with the devious crusaders again, Jogaila." 75830 "Pagan Dukes: Instead of conniving with the crusader bandits, help us free our brave brothers who were captured fighting the invasions!" 75831 "Teutonic Grand Master: I see that you can be relied on, Jogaila. My brethren will now help you bring our common enemies to their knees." 75832 "Pagan Dukes: You have not forgotten your origins, Jogaila, and you have shown yourself to be a worthy grand duke. We will follow you, just as we once swore allegiance to your father." 75833 "Kestutis: I am undone by my own nephew! I wish that I had put you away when I still could, Jogaila. He who has relatives like this truly no longer needs enemies..." 75834 "Lithuanian Soldier: Our brave leader Jogaila has been wounded! Bring him back to camp and tend to his injuries!" 75835 "+ Bring the cart to Kestutis' Castle in time to ransom Jogaila." 75836 "+ The ransom cart must not be destroyed." 75837 "+ Leave Kestutis' Castle." 75838 "+ Jogaila must survive." 75839 "+ Bring Jogaila to either Trakai (west) or Kreva (east)." 75840 "+ Kill Kestutis." 75841 "+ Take back Kreva by destroying Vytautas' Castle." 75842 "+ Take back Trakai by destroying Vytautas' Castle." 75843 "- Bring Jogaila to the Teutonic Order's camp to negotiate with them, or ignore their invitation to regain the trust of the Lithuanian Dukes." 75844 "- Declare war on the Pagan Dukes and destroy all of their Pagan Shrines to convince the Teutonic Order to support you again." 75845 "- Declare war on the Teutonic Order and rescue the imprisoned pagan nobles." 75846 "+ Bring the cart to Kestutis' Castle." 75847 "+ The ransom cart must survive." 75848 "+ Leave Kestutis' Castle." 75849 "+ Jogaila must survive." 75850 "+ Bring Jogaila to either Trakai (west) or Kreva (east)." 75851 "+ Kill Kestutis." 75852 "+ Destroy Vytautas' Castle in Kreva." 75853 "+ Destroy Vytautas' Castle in Trakai." 75854 "- Bring Jogaila to the Teutonic camp or ignore the Order's invitation to ingratiate yourself with the Lithuanian dukes instead." 75855 "- / Pagan Shrines destroyed." 75856 "- Rescue the pagan nobles held prisoner by the Teutonic Order." 75857 "Ransom Cart" 75858 "Pagan Shrine" 75859 "Jogaila" 75860 "Pagan Noble" 75861 "You have %d minutes left to deliver the ransom." 75862 "You have %d minutes left to bring Jogaila to the Teutonic camp." 75863 "- Jogaila has fallen! -" 75864 "- Only visit the Teutonic camp if you want to ally yourself with the Order. Ignore their invitation if you prefer an alliance with the Lithuanian dukes. -" 75865 "- Teutonic crusaders have arrived in the west and await your orders! -" 75866 "Michelle" // 32 - Algirdas & Kestutis 232101 "You want to know how I ended up here, foreigner? You dare ask such a question, as if we were equals? Very well. I will tell you the story, my companion in misfortune. If there is one thing of which we are not deprived in this bloody dungeon, it is time." 232102 "I aimed for the throne - yet I ended up in this dark, moldy prison cell." 232103 "Beyond these bars lies the land of my fathers: Lithuania. Its swamps, deep forests, and raging rivers are not exactly the heart of civilization, if you ask our enemies - which makes it all the more astonishing that they have tried, time and again, to subjugate it." 232104 "It began when some... 'chosen ones' felt called on to bring the light to Lithuania. They named themselves the Teutonic Order and, under the banner of the cross, they promised deliverance - yet they brought only death and perdition." 232105 "Lithuania was not easily cowed. Our ancestors learned how to fight by battling the forces of nature and the beasts of the dark, primeval forests. Every one of our soldiers is steeped in that same tradition." 232106 "But the more that we resisted the crusaders and their god, the more ruthless they became. Slowly, we began to see their true faces. They called themselves holy warriors, but they were nothing more than robber knights - and a hundred years of pillaging our lands had made them masters of their trade." 232107 "They razed our strongholds and torched our villages. Had Grand Duke Gediminas still been alive, he would have put this mob of greedy crusaders in its place - but a devious coup ended his life and left the throne to his useless son, Jaunutis." 232108 "Jaunutis was weak, but worse, he was divisive when the land needed unity. He turned away from our old beliefs and accepted the Christian god. As he failed to control the domestic unrest, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order saw his chance to subjugate Lithuania for good." 232109 "However, Jaunutis' brothers - Algirdas and Kestutis - refused to stand idly by as their beloved homeland fell to the cross. They exhorted the disaffected princes to dethrone Jaunutis, who had barricaded himself inside of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius." 232151 "To seize power is one thing; to keep it is something else entirely - only a fool declares himself the victor after winning the first battle of a war. As such, Algirdas and Kestutis - the victorious usurpers - knew that their triumph could turn out to be short-lived." 232152 "The two of them, however, were a different breed than most rulers of their time. Instead of quarrelling as their brothers had done - and as most people expected them to, for who had ever heard of two men sharing power? - Algirdas and Kestutis agreed to rule Lithuania together." 232153 "It was a remarkable move, and it showed that they cared more about the well-being of their subjects than personal power." 232154 "This, of course, did not go unnoticed by the Teutonic Grand Master. He knew that he would have to contend with more formidable opponents from now on." 232201 "Come to the East! Do God's work and be rewarded, not only with nebulous concepts of 'salvation' and 'eternity' - but also with land and plunder! That was the promise of the Teutonic Order, and the reason that they could rely on a steady supply of battle-hungry knights: Christians of low noble birth who were easily tempted to try their luck in Lithuania." 232202 "It was a scheme as ingenious as it was devious, and far from the holy mission that they spoke of publicly. After the Saracens ousted them from their 'Holy Land' and stripped away their Middle Eastern estates, these crusaders now planted their iron heels on our backs to sate their lust for blood and plunder." 232203 "When Algirdas was forced to deal with the defiant city-states of Ruthenia wreaking havoc on the Lithuanian borderlands, the opportunistic Teutons saw a chance to invade our homeland yet again." 232204 "Believing that western Lithuania lay open while Algirdas was occupied in the east, they marched into our lands. They were not expecting to face Kestutis, who had stayed behind to hold the heartland; but Kestutis was expecting them and lay in wait, eager to teach these sword-swinging marauders a lesson." 232251 "The war with the Order was a long and bloody affair, but in the end Kestutis repelled the invaders. He was thenceforth known as 'the Steadfast' for his stubborn defense and loyalty to his brother. Once Algirdas arrived to help, the brothers even managed to conquer several important Teutonic fortresses." 232252 "But their quick triumph made steadfast Kestutis careless." 232253 "During a skirmish, retreating crusaders captured and dragged him to one of the Teutonic border fortresses. Perhaps the crusaders even put chains on him, like those that we wear right now? I like to think that they did... but in any case, Kestutis did not remain a prisoner for long." 232254 "With the help of a loyal servant, he broke a hole in the three-meter-thick wall of his cell while Algirdas distracted the crusader guards with a feigned attack. In the chaos that ensued, Kestutis left the castle on horseback, dressed as a Teutonic knight." 232255 "The Grand Master of the Order had greatly underestimated the resourceful brothers. It seemed that Algirdas and Kestutis were invincible whenever they joined forces. Exasperated, the Teutonic Order was forced to give up its invasion plans - at least for a time." 232301 "With the crusaders licking their wounds, many expected Algirdas and Kestutis to finally clash over who should be the sole ruler of the country. Yet again, their unprecedented loyalty to one another kept the peace, allowing the brothers to focus on expanding their realm." 232302 "To the southeast of Lithuania lay the city-states of the former Rus'. The Tatar yoke weighed heavily on these once-flourishing cities; one hundred years of exorbitant tributes to the Golden Horde had bled them dry, while the khans built golden palaces on the banks of the Volga." 232303 "With the Horde weakened by internal disputes, many of the oppressed cities welcomed the Lithuanians as liberators - but some were not so eager to simply replace one overlord with another." 232304 "The inhabitants of the newly independent city of Kiev saw the Lithuanians as the greater threat and sought an alliance with their former Tatar masters - a move that Algirdas and Kestutis would not leave unanswered." 232305 "The Lithuanian army marched south with determination, storming the principalities of Chernigov and Pereslavl in quick succession. The brothers aimed to face the Golden Horde and its allies on the steppe - a bold move, and a tremendous risk that none had dared to take before." 232306 "Despite their internal squabbles, the battle-hardened Tatar mounted archers were still considered invincible - but Algirdas and Kestutis were determined to prove otherwise. " 232351 "We often call members of the Golden Horde 'Tatars', but in reality the Horde consists of a multitude of Turkic peoples. Among its ranks are flail-swinging riders from Volga Bulgaria, Cumans from the Kipchak steppe, and Mongols from Siberia." 232352 "Such a diverse crowd of peoples and cultures - all united in humiliating defeat at the hands of Algirdas!" 232353 "When the Lithuanian army moved south, crossing the Dnieper into Podolia, the begs of the Golden Horde scrambled to stop them." 232354 "But it was to no avail. Armed with spears and swords, the Lithuanian soldiers broke the front lines of the Horde. The Tatars could not hold their formations and retreated in disarray, leaving their khan no choice but to flee to the Crimea." 232355 "The blood of horses and warriors slain by blade and arrow colored the dry grass of the steppe red. Algirdas' decisive victory established the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a major power, bringing him both new friends and enemies." 232401 "As the Golden Horde plunged towards a dishonorable end, the Rus' principalities of Moscow and Tver emerged as the primary beneficiaries of its demise. While the Tatars quarreled with one another, these duchies had quietly grown into powerful states." 232402 "The Grand Duchy of Moscow was ruled by a prince named Dmitry, who had succeeded in taking on the Khan of the Golden Horde through sly politics. Algirdas' recent territorial gains made him and Dmitry close neighbors, and the two men circled each other like wild beasts of prey, each waiting for the other to flinch." 232403 "It was Algirdas who moved first. When Prince Mikhail of Tver sought Lithuanian aid against his Muscovite rivals, Algirdas found his long-awaited pretext. Together with the ever-loyal Kestutis, who was already showing signs of growing stale and impotent, he levied an army and marched on Dmitry's domains." 232451 "The combined forces of Algirdas and Kestutis managed twice to penetrate into the heart of Moscow, but the walls of the Kremlin brought their advance to a halt each time." 232452 "Its white limestone walls proved to be an impassable obstacle. Even Algirdas admitted that the Muscovite prince had constructed a military wonder." 232453 "The war dragged on for years. Neither the Lithuanians nor the Golden Horde, which intervened late in the war, could force a decisive victory. In the end, the only remaining option was to sign a treaty that allowed all parties to return home without losing face." 232454 "Keeping this peace was Algirdas' last great feat. For a man so shaped and defined by war, it was an odd end, but it meant that he died undefeated. We burned his corpse according to the old custom: on a ceremonial pyre, with twenty of his beloved horses and many of his favorite belongings." 232455 "When the flames began to consume his lifeless body, I looked into the blaze in silence." 232456 "My father had created an empire stretching from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south - and I, Jogaila, would be his heir." 232501 "When Lithuania was in dire straits, my father did not hesitate. He seized power - and kept it." 232502 "I tried to follow his example... and you can see where it has taken me. I aimed for the throne - yet I ended up in this dark, moldy prison cell." 232503 "It was old, steadfast Kestutis who locked me up, calling me a traitor for coming to an ... 'understanding' with our old enemy, the Teutonic Order. Yet he was the one who forced my hand." 232504 "My father chose me as his successor. I was to rule with Kestutis, the way that he had - but Kestutis no longer wanted to share his power." 232505 "I admired him once, you know. He truly was 'the Steadfast', a tempering influence on my father's bold, adventurous personality - but without Algirdas to animate him, Kestutis has turned into a stale, weary, reactionary leader. Now, Kestutis the Stubborn clings to a throne that he no longer deserves." 232506 "Like all weak rulers, he fears the younger generation - the chains on my hands prove that - but I will not be kept from my rightful inheritance! If any sense remained in that aging mind of his, he would know that my father's heart, that boisterous heart of a wild predator, also beats in my chest..." 232507 "...and, as befits the leader of a pack, I have loyal followers who will not let me rot forever in this dungeon..." 232551 "We have come a long way, foreigner. We met as strangers in a filthy dungeon... and now we stand together in the throne room of Vilnius!" 232552 "Wolves still surround Lithuania, enemies that long for our downfall - but I shall not stray from the path down which I have started. I will rule as my father did - and, one day, I shall surpass even him." 232553 "Perhaps we will meet again, foreigner, if your travels ever bring you back here - but even if we do not, I have the feeling that this will not be the last time that you hear the name Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania!" // // Jadwiga 1 // 76001 "Krakow" 76002 "The Duke of Opole" 76003 "The Duke of Mazovia" 76004 "The Teutonic Order" 76005 "The Suitor" 76006 "Mazovian Guards" 76008 "1. Jadwiga is restricted to the Castle Age and a population limit of 120.\n\n2. Sometimes it is wise to run and fight another day, even if it means sacrificing some of your less valuable troops.\n\n3. Neither of the enemy dukes wants a fight to the death. If you subdue one, he will aid you in your fight against the other. Keep in mind that he will be a weaker ally for the rest of the war if you weaken him too much before he submits.\n\n4. There are several paths into each enemy base. The most direct approach may not always be the best!\n\n5. Scout the countryside. You may find locals who can assist your war effort.\n\n6. You cannot build Docks in this mission, so you must rely on farming rather than fishing. Instead of Mills, the Poles build Folwarks. These cost a bit more, but they also provide 5 population space (like Houses) and automatically gather some food from each Farm constructed next to one.\n\n7. Once either duke has joined your side, you can use chat commands to cooperate with him. Taunts 3-6 will tell him to send you resources, while taunt 31 will cause him to attack an enemy." 76009 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jadwiga (Red) and her bodyguards are on their way from Hungary to Krakow, where Jadwiga is to be crowned Queen of Poland.\n\n- In the southeast lies Krakow (Purple), the Polish capital. Its nobles support Jadwiga and will provide you with men and resources for the coming war.\n\n- Your strongest opponent is the Duke of Opole (Cyan). He commands a large army from his walled city in the west. He will primarily train infantry, Crossbowmen, and siege weapons.\n\n- The Duke of Mazovia (Yellow) has constructed a forward base to the north. He will primarily send cavalry, Archers, and Cavalry Archers your way.\n\n- Throughout the countryside are various allied Polish villages and camps. Some of these might provide you with resources or help in your fight against the dukes.\n\n- There are rumors of other factions approaching the Polish borders: the Teutonic Order (Grey) has been known to raid the region from time to time, and a suitor for Jadwiga (Green) is on the way to Krakow..." 76010 "Bodyguard: We are entering Polish territory, Your Highness. The roads are bound to be crawling with rebel soldiers. Let us hurry! We do not want the future queen to be late to her own coronation!" 76011 "Rebel Knight - Mazovia: I am afraid that we cannot let you pass, Your Highness. The Duke of Mazovia thinks far too highly of you to allow the leaders of Krakow to use you as their puppet! Now, as his puppet on the other hand..." 76012 "Rebel Knight - Opole: We did not kill these Mazovians, did we? No, I think I would remember decapitating this ugly bastard. The princess' entourage cannot be far ahead! After them!" 76013 "Rebel Knight - Mazovia: Apologies for staining your dress with the blood of my enemies, Your Highness... but I must insist that you come with us!" 76014 "Archbishop: Princess Jadwiga! I am glad and honored to finally meet you. Go ahead to the cathedral, Your Highness; I shall be with you shortly for your coronation!" 76015 "Archbishop: Now, the queen's new suitor will soon be here. It falls on us to rid the realm of all who would oppose this marriage!" 76016 "Polish Knight: I must say, Archbishop... the queen seems to have taken the news quite well." 76017 "Archbishop: Jadwiga remains unaware of our plans; she still believes that she will marry William of Habsburg. The truth will devastate her, but a child's sorrow is as violent as it is short-lived. I am sure that she will see reason in the end." 76018 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: Enough! I will not see my city razed to the ground. Queen Jadwiga has my allegiance, and so does whoever the nobles of Krakow have chosen to be her spouse." 76019 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: If this war lasts much longer, Poland will have no fighting men left to defend it. For the sake of our kingdom, I will yield. I shall accept the man that Krakow wants as king." 76020 "Polish Knight: Dark tidings! It appears that the rebellious duke has aligned himself with the Teutonic Order. These crusaders will be swelling the ranks of his army." 76021 "Teutonic Knight: Did you think that our holy order would stand idly by while you put a pagan king on your throne? I am afraid that you were sorely mistaken!" 76022 "Teutonic Knight: We will not fight for a duke who bows to a pagan king! Come, my brothers. Let us return to Prussia." 76023 "Polish Knight: The Teutons are pulling back and both of the dukes have surrendered to us! The realm is at peace!" 76024 "Jogaila: Two more weeks until we reach Krakow. Then I shall finally lay eyes on my bride." 76025 "Siege Engineer: Thank you for freeing us! The duke had us building siege engines for him... for free! Can you imagine!? It breaks my entrepreneurial heart!" 76026 "Siege Engineer: Now you, Queen Jadwiga, you seem like an honest customer! For a trifling sum, I am willing to sell you these trebuchets that we built for the duke." 76027 "Siege Engineer: Pleasure doing business with you! Now, you should also know about our return policy... which is that we have no return policy!" 76028 "Siege Engineer: Oh, have all your trebuchets been destroyed? Such a shame... but also such an opportunity! For a small price, I shall equip your battering rams with metal caps. What do you say, Your Majesty?" 76029 "Siege Engineer: A wise choice, Your Majesty! Now, I think that I shall retire. Making war machines twenty hours a day builds character and all, but even a hard worker needs some rest from time to time!" 76030 "Rebel Knight - Opole: The nobles in Krakow thought that they could marry you off to a foreigner, did they? So much for that plan." 76031 "+ Do not let the rebel dukes capture (kill) Jadwiga." 76032 "+ Bring Jadwiga to her coronation at Wawel Cathedral in Krakow." 76033 "+ Force the Duke of Opole into submission by destroying the two Castles in his city." 76034 "+ Force the Duke of Mazovia into submission by defeating most of his army." 76035 "- Tribute 1,500 gold to the engineer (Purple) to buy four Trebuchets." 76036 "- Tribute 1,000 gold to the engineer (Purple) to gain the Capped Ram technology." 76037 "+ Jadwiga must not be captured (killed) by rebels." 76038 "+ Bring Jadwiga to Krakow." 76039 "+ /2 Opole Castles destroyed." 76040 "+ /5 Mazovian soldiers remaining." 76041 "- /1,500 gold tributed to the Siege Engineer (Purple)" 76042 "- /1,000 gold tributed to the Siege Engineer (Purple)" 76043 "Bodyguard" 76044 "Polish Villages" 76045 "Hungarians" 76046 "Siege Engineer" 76047 "Wawel Cathedral" 76048 "- Capped Ram researched. -" 76049 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: As you wish, Queen Jadwiga!" 76050 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: My forces are too depleted to mount an attack at this time!" 76051 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: First help me fend off this attack, then we can talk!" 76052 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: I would help you, My Queen, but it appears that someone has destroyed my market!" 76053 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: Happy to oblige!" 76054 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: Here is some of my finest lumber!" 76055 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: And I thought I paid my taxes just yesterday..." 76056 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: There are no rocks where you are, My Queen? Very well." 76057 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: Apologies, My Queen, I spent my last food on a lavish feast!" 76058 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: Alas, my lumber is depleted! I have resorted to burning peasant hovels for warmth!" 76059 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: Gold? I can barely afford to pay my own soldiers, My Queen!" 76060 "Vladislaus, Duke of Opole: Surely you can find some rocks to pick up on your own?" 76061 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: As you wish, Queen Jadwiga!" 76062 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: My forces are too depleted to mount an attack at this time!" 76063 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: First help me fend off this attack, then we can talk!" 76064 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: I would help you, My Queen, but it appears that someone has destroyed my market!" 76065 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: Happy to oblige!" 76066 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: Here is some of my finest lumber!" 76067 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: And I thought I paid my taxes just yesterday..." 76068 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: There are no rocks where you are, My Queen? Very well." 76069 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: Apologies, My Queen, I spent my last food on a lavish feast!" 76070 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: Alas, my lumber is depleted! I have resorted to burning peasant hovels for warmth!" 76071 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: Gold? I can barely afford to pay my own soldiers, My Queen!" 76072 "Siemowit, Duke of Mazovia: Surely you can find some rocks to pick up on your own?" // // Jadwiga 2 // 76101 "Halych" 76102 "Lviv" 76103 "Pohonicz" 76104 "Terebovl" 76105 "Rohatyn" 76106 "Lithuanian Villages" 76108 "1. Jadwiga is restricted to the Castle Age and an initial population limit of 75. You can, however, increase this limit by convincing the towns of Pohonicz, Terebovl and Rohatyn to support you.\n\n2. You do not need to complete any secondary objectives to win, but doing so will even the odds and increase your chances of victory.\n\n3. Although you cannot advance to the Imperial Age, you can obtain some advanced assets - such as Trebuchets and the Murder Holes technology - and even a Relic through secondary objectives.\n\n4. Protecting allied towns can be costly, but remember that your population limit will decrease by 25 for each town that you lose to the enemy.\n\n5. The Lithuanian locals are peaceful, so your Monks should encounter little resistance.\n\n6. Instead of Mills, the Poles build Folwarks. These cost a bit more, but they also provide 5 population space (like Houses) and automatically gather some food from each Farm constructed next to one.\n\n7. If you subdue the Lithuanian Rebels, you can use chat commands to cooperate with them. Taunts 3-6 will tell them to send you resources. Make sure that you have 'Everyone' checked under the 'Chat' tab, otherwise the Lithuanians will not receive your commands!" 76109 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jadwiga and Jogaila (Red) have arrived in the region of Galicia in southeastern Poland, where Poles and Ruthenians live side by side. They have set up camp outside of the ruined walls of Lviv (Blue), an allied town that could be persuaded to help in the conflict.\n\n- Your chief opponent is the town of Halych (Yellow), whose walls are undamaged from the recent war. Halych trains a diverse array of soldiers with a focus on heavy infantry, Boyars, and siege weapons.\n\n- Scattered throughout the land are Galician towns and villages that could be convinced to join your side: the farming village of Pohonicz (Grey) in the west, the trading town of Terebovl (Orange) in the far east, and the town of Rohatyn (Purple) in the center of the map.\n\n- Lastly, Jogaila's homeland of Lithuania (Green) in the northeast still houses large numbers of pagans, who must be converted if the Church is to consider Jogaila a true Christian." 76110 "Jadwiga: The civil war ravaged these lands. We must help the locals rebuild and fortify their towns before we can expect them to swear fealty to us again." 76111 "Jogaila: The town of Halych lies to the south. The nobles there still dream of carving out a kingdom for themselves in Galicia. We will have to deal with them ruthlessly." 76112 "Halych Commander: That is the sorriest excuse for an army that I ever saw! Allow me to show you what a proper army looks like!" 76113 "Halych Commander: Looks like you have finally managed to even the odds, Queen Jadwiga. No matter. It will make my inevitable victory even more glorious!" 76114 "Halych Commander: All of Galicia bows to Halych! Now, please vacate the premises, dear Queen, or I shall be forced to throw you out!" 76115 "Halych Commander: Our city lies in ruins! Enough of this. We will bow to Queen Jadwiga and King Jogaila!" 76116 "Jogaila: It is time that we finally parted with our pagan past. Let it be known that Jogaila, King of Poland and Lithuania, was the one to convert the last of the pagans!" 76117 "Archbishop: The Church is pleased with your work in converting the heathens, King Jogaila. These technologies will help you in your quest to spread the faith!" 76118 "Archbishop: We are impressed with you, King Jogaila! If you convert 10 more pagan villagers, we will send you a holy relic... as a show of faith, if you will!" 76119 "Archbishop: You are truly doing God's work! Here, take this relic as proof of the Church's gratitude." 76120 "Lithuanian Pagan: Enough! Jogaila, you promised us that we would be allowed to keep our old ways. If our king will not protect us from the curse of the cross, we will do so ourselves!" 76121 "Lithuanian Pagan: We surrender! Destroy our ancient ways if you must, but please spare our lives!" 76122 "Lviv: Queen Jadwiga! Our city was badly damaged during the dukes' latest war. If you could repair our walls, we would be forever grateful!" 76123 "Lviv: A splendid sight! You must give me the name of your architect. As a show of my gratitude, I shall send some of my finest masons to work for you!" 76124 "Lviv: My Queen, our university was reduced to rubble during the war. We ask that you rebuild it so that our poor young men can start learning again! ... Well, not the poor young men, of course, but you know what I mean!" 76125 "Jadwiga: The people of Lviv once again have a center of learning!" 76126 "Lviv: Might I ask a final favor of you, My Queen? Our castle has seen better days... but if you were to rebuild it, we would feel safe enough to send some of our men to fight for you!" 76127 "Lviv: Our city has been restored to its former glory! All hail Queen Jadwiga!" 76128 "Rohatyn: I must say, that castle really ties the place together! You can count on our support, Your Highness." 76129 "Pohonicz: I feel safer already with that fortress in my backyard! You can count on our town's support." 76130 "Terebovl: A magnificent building, Your Highness! I shall hide my riches in there right away! Terebovl will support you in this war." 76131 "Polish Knight: Queen Jadwiga has been thrown from her horse! Bring her back to camp and look after her wounds!" 76132 "Polish Knight: Our brave leader Jogaila has been wounded! Bring him back to camp and tend to his injuries!" 76133 "Halych Commander: Galicia has suffered long enough under Polish rule. From this day on, the lords of Halych will rule these lands!" 76134 "+ Defeat Halych." 76135 "- Use your heroes in combat (to fight, heal or convert). The more experience that they gain, the stronger they will become." 76136 "- Build a Castle in each of the Galician towns - Pohonicz (Grey), Terebovl (Orange) and Rohatyn (Purple) - to earn their allegiance. Each town that you control will provide you with resources and increase your maximum population limit by 25. To retain these bonuses, you must maintain your Castle in the town and rebuild it if it gets destroyed." 76137 "- Convert the Lithuanian pagans. For every 10 Villagers that you convert (up to 30), you will be rewarded by the Church." 76138 "- Defeat the pagan Lithuanian Rebels by destroying their Pagan Shrine." 76139 "- Rebuild Lviv's defenses by building new Stone Walls in the open gaps." 76140 "- Build a University in the flagged area in Lviv." 76141 "- Build a Castle in the flagged area in Lviv." 76142 "+ Defeat Halych." 76143 "- Upgrade your heroes by using them in combat." 76144 "- Build and maintain a Castle in each of the Galician towns." 76145 "- /30 Lithuanian Villagers converted." 76146 "- Destroy the Lithuanian Pagan Shrine." 76147 "- Rebuild the walls of Lviv." 76148 "- Build a University in the flagged area in Lviv." 76149 "- Build a Castle in the flagged area in Lviv." 76150 "– Jadwiga has gained experience! (+40 HP, +20% heal rate) –" 76151 "- Jogaila has gained fighting experience! (+30 HP, +3 attack) -" 76152 "- Heresy, Sanctity and Fervor researched. - " 76153 "- Block Printing, Illumination and Theocracy researched. -" 76154 "- Faith researched. -" 76155 "- Ballistics, Treadmill Crane and Murder Holes researched. -" 76156 "- Capped Ram and Siege Engineers researched. -" 76157 "- Trebuchets enabled. -" 76158 "- Pohonicz has fallen to the forces of Halych! -" 76159 "- Rohatyn has fallen to the forces of Halych! -" 76160 "- Terebovl has fallen to the forces of Halych! -" 76161 "Lithuanian Rebels" 76162 "Lithuanian Villages: I would help you, My Queen, if you had not destroyed my market!" 76163 "Lithuanian Villages: We will offer what we can spare." 76164 "Lithuanian Villages: We need no firewood for the winter, anyway..." 76165 "Lithuanian Villages: We never had much, but now it is yours... Queen Jadwiga." 76166 "Lithuanian Villages: We were going to use this stone to build a wall to protect ourselves from you. But I guess we do not need it anymore..." 76167 "Lithuanian Villages: We have no food to spare at the moment, Queen Jadwiga." 76168 "Lithuanian Villages: We have no wood to spare at the moment, Queen Jadwiga." 76169 "Lithuanian Villages: We are but poor farmers! We have no gold to give you." 76170 "Lithuanian Villages: Get it yourself! ... we mean, get it yourself, Your Highness!" 76171 "- Jogaila is now fully upgraded! -" 76172 "- Jadwiga is now fully upgraded! -" // // Jadwiga 3 // 76201 "Vytautas" 76202 "Polish Forces" 76203 "The Teutonic Order" 76204 "Muscovy" 76205 "Lithuanian Towns" 76208 "1. In this mission, you will be fighting across the entire map - often in several locations at once - with the goal of seizing enemy towns by destroying their Castles. For the most part, you will not have to worry about gathering resources, as you will receive continuous tributes from your Polish allies. However, there is a small economic base in your starting location where you can gather extra resources if you need them.\n\n2. You cannot build any buildings in this mission, nor can you produce any new Villagers. You also do not need to build Houses to maintain your population limit of 200.\n\n3. Be aggressive! Vytautas will not rest on his laurels, and neither can you if you want to win.\n\n4. When selecting your starting towns, be careful which choices you make. For example: if you do not pick a starting town that can produce infantry, you will need to conquer one before you can train that type of unit. Remember that you only control the military production buildings - not including Docks or Monasteries - and Blacksmiths in a town.\n\n5. Beware of foreign interventions! Some neutral factions might see this civil war as an opportunity to expand their own realms." 76209 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jogaila and Jadwiga (Red) have arrived in a war-torn Lithuania and set up a small economic camp. They control three of the nine towns in the region.\n\n- Meanwhile, Vytautas (Green) has six towns under his control. His starting position is stronger, so you must act quickly to even the odds.\n\n- To the west lies the realm of the Teutonic Order (Grey). The Order is a neutral faction in this war... ostensibly. Its ranks have recently swelled with volunteers from Western Europe, soldiers eager to fight against the “eastern pagans” – by which they mean you!\n\n- The villages and towns of Lithuania (Cyan) have (rather unwillingly) lent their homes and fields as the stage for this great war, but they will take no part in it themselves.\n\n- Lastly, a contingent of Muscovite soldiers has been seen marching into Lithuania from the far north. While they appear to be a neutral faction, they may have thrown their lot in with Vytautas." 76210 "Vytautas: You have been quite busy in your new kingdom, cousin. Far too busy to care for your own people! It is no wonder that Lithuania now looks to me as its leader. I suggest that you scurry back to Poland and leave these lands to a proper ruler." 76211 "Jogaila: I should have murdered him when I killed his father Kestutis. Very well. If Vytautas will not relinquish my lands, I will take them by force. Tell me, which towns are still loyal to me?" 76212 "Jadwiga: These three towns remain under your control. The others have been seized by Vytautas' forces." 76213 "Jogaila: Then let us retake them!" 76214 "Vytautas: All of Lithuania now bows to me!" 76215 "Vytautas: I never really liked that town anyway." 76216 "Jadwiga: Another victory for the union!" 76217 "Jadwiga: Vytautas has captured one of our towns! Pray that we retake it!" 76218 "Vytautas: I believe that this town is mine now!" 76219 "Jogaila: This war is bleeding our lands dry. What say you, Vytautas? Shall we settle this in a more civilized manner?" 76220 "Vytautas: Aye. The swords have spoken. Now let the pens make the final statement." 76221 "Muscovy: It would seem that our friend Vytautas has some problems holding on to his new throne. Perhaps we can be of help!" 76222 "Teutonic Knight: Lord Vytautas promised us the lands of Samogitia if we would join him. Now, who could refuse a chance at converting the last true pagans in Europe? For now, we march with Vytautas!" 76223 "Teutonic Knight: You are quite the celebrity within Christendom, Jogaila! Some of our crusaders have come all the way from England and France just to fight you. Now, please do not disappoint our guests by refusing to die!" 76224 "Jadwiga: The main Polish army has arrived to help us!" 76225 "+ Place a flare in the town that you want to take control of." 76226 "+ Inspect the neutral towns and which units can be produced there. You can train siege units and Obuchs in every town, but each town also specializes in either cavalry, infantry or archers.\n\nAfter each of your choices, Vytautas will make his choice of a town. Choose carefully!" 76227 "+ Seize 8 of the 9 towns on the map by razing their respective Castles." 76228 "+ Do not let Vytautas seize all of your towns." 76229 "+ Place a flare in the town that you want to take control of." 76230 "+ Vytautas will pick a town after each of your choices." 76231 "+ /8 towns seized." 76232 "+ Do not lose all of your towns." 76233 "Kaunas Castle" 76234 "Vilnius Castle" 76235 "Volkowysk Castle" 76236 "Grodno Castle" 76237 "Ostrow Castle" 76238 "Seinai Castle" 76239 "Krewo Castle" 76240 "Minsk Castle" 76241 "Trakai Castle" 76242 "- Place a flare in a town that you want to take control of. Remember that you can only pick one at a time. -" 76243 "- Wait while Vytautas makes his choice. - " 76244 "- The town of Vilnius is under your control. -" 76245 "- The town of Grodno is under your control. -" 76246 "- The town of Kaunas is under your control. -" 76247 "- The town of Volkowysk is under your control. -" 76248 "- The town of Ostrow is under your control. -" 76249 "- The town of Seinai is under your control. -" 76250 "- Vytautas controls the town of Vilnius. -" 76251 "- Vytautas controls the town of Grodno. -" 76252 "- Vytautas controls the town of Kaunas. -" 76253 "- Vytautas controls the town of Volkowysk. -" 76254 "- Vytautas controls the town of Ostrow. -" 76255 "- Vytautas controls the town of Seinai. -" 76256 "- The town of Krewo is under your control. -" 76257 "- The town of Trakai is under your control. -" 76258 "- The town of Minsk is under your control. -" 76259 "- Vytautas controls the town of Krewo. -" 76260 "- Vytautas controls the town of Trakai. -" 76261 "- Vytautas controls the town of Minsk. -" 76262 "%d minutes until Vytautas attacks." 76263 "- The University in Kaunas has given you knowledge of Chemistry! -" // // Jadwiga 4 // 76301 "Vytautas" 76302 "Vilnius" 76303 "Vilnius" 76304 "The Teutonic Order" 76305 "Teutonic Raiders" 76306 "The Teutonic Order" 76308 "1. Jadwiga and Jogaila can reach the Imperial Age but are restricted to a population limit of 150.\n\n2. The Teutonic Knights will push hard to seize Vilnius, but they can only maintain their ferocity for so long. They will not attack the city during the night, so use this time to repair your damaged defenses, strengthen your economy, and attack the Teutonic Raiders.\n\n3. You will control military buildings inside of the city. Use these to train soldiers closer to the heat of battle.\n\n4. You are here to end a siege, not lay one yourself, so you cannot construct any siege weapons. Mounting a direct assault on the Teutonic war camp is futile and will waste good men.\n\n5. You do not have the luxury of constructing large-scale defenses in the middle of a siege. As such, you cannot build new Gates, Palisade Walls, or Castles, and every section of Stone Wall costs 200 stone. Towers also have an increased stone cost of 300 stone.\n\n6. Obuchs reduce the armor of enemy units with each strike, making them quite useful against heavily armored Teutonic soldiers such as the inconvertible Crusader Knights.\n\n7. A relief force is on its way from the south to help you, but it will not arrive until late in the fight.\n\n8. Even though Vilnius is the most important location, do not forget to scout the land around the city for resources and potentially rewarding secondary objectives.\n\n9. Vytautas has turned from your foe to your friend. You can command him to attack by using taunt 31." 76309 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jadwiga and Jogaila (Red) have just arrived near Vilnius (Cyan). You will need to set up a camp and break the siege of the city to claim victory.\n\n- To the northwest, the vast army of the Teutonic Order (Grey) has set a siege. They will assault the city of Vilnius during the day, leaving the nights open for you to counterattack.\n\n- Closest to you is a detachment of Teutonic raiders (Orange). They will harass you in an attempt to prevent you from reaching the bulk of the crusader army.\n\n- The city of Vilnius (Cyan) will train some soldiers to defend itself, but its people look to you to take charge of their defense.\n\n- Lastly, your former nemesis Vytautas (Green) camps to the east and has joined you for the battle; after all, it is his lands that the Order has invaded!" 76310 "Teutonic Knight: Pull back, men! Let us eat and rest while the Lithuanians put out their fires!" 76311 "Jogaila: It seems that we arrived just in time. We must defeat the crusaders before they destroy the castles in the city, or Vilnius will be lost!" 76312 "Vytautas: I see a part of their army by the gate just ahead of us. Let us crush these little rats first!" 76313 "Vilnius Nobleman: My eyes do not deceive me - help has finally come! Praise the gods! ... I, I mean, praise God of course! Apologies, it is hard for an old man to keep up with all the latest religious trends!" 76314 "Vilnius Nobleman: We are barely holding on, Your Highness, but with your army we could turn the tide. Please, take these workers and help us end the siege!" 76315 "Vytautas: I shall set up camp to the east of you, cousin. Call upon me when you are ready to attack the crusader scum!" 76316 "Jogaila: Night will soon be upon us. We should use the darkness to our advantage and raid the Teutons while their main army is sleeping!" 76317 "Vytautas: Jogaila! My scouts tell me that the Teutons get their supplies by carts during the night. If we were to stop these shipments, we could break the crusaders' fighting spirit!" 76318 "Jogaila: The Teutons are mounting another assault! Defend the walls!" 76319 "Teutonic Knight: Ah, another beautiful day to lop off pagan heads!" 76320 "Teutonic Knight: You fight bravely, Jogaila, but you cannot hold these battered walls forever!" 76321 "Vytautas: Run while you can, you bloody cowards!" 76322 "Jogaila: We have captured a Teutonic supply cart! Now these supplies will feed our forces and not the crusaders!" 76323 "Jogaila: We have crushed the Teutonic flank and exposed their supply lines. I would not be surprised if they double the guard on their supply carts." 76324 "Jogaila: That is the last of the supply carts! Now the crusaders will have to fight on empty stomachs." 76325 "Teutonic Knight: You leave us no choice. We have but one day's rations left, so we will take Vilnius before darkness falls - whatever the cost!" 76326 "Jadwiga: The rest of our army has arrived! Quick, send these men to the front lines! Vilnius must be saved!" 76327 "Teutonic Knight: You have bested us, Jogaila. Take Vilnius. Take all of Samogitia - but mark my words, we will be back!" 76328 "Vilnius Nobleman: Your Highness, I have heard of a Teutonic deserter who has taken up residence in the eastern part of the city. Apparently he knows when and where the Order brings supplies into its camp. Perhaps you should pay him a visit?" 76329 "Teutonic Deserter: Your Majesty, I can give you complete knowledge of the Order's supply lines, but only for a favor. I fled here to begin a new life, but my wife, Gisela, never made it to the city. Bring her to me, Your Majesty, and I will tell you everything that I know." 76330 "Jadwiga: Come with us, my dear Gisela! We will escort you to your husband in Vilnius." 76331 "Teutonic Deserter: Gisela? It really is you! I can never thank you enough, Your Majesty... here is the route of the Order's supply lines, as promised!" 76332 "Monk: The crusaders stole our holy relic! If you bring it back to us, we will reveal the location of a hidden treasure!" 76333 "Monk: We are forever grateful, My Queen! Now, for the treasure we promised... do you see that something glitters in the bushes here? ... No? Look closer..." 76334 "Jogaila: So, the monks will make us work for our reward? Ah well, bring up some peasants; they love this sort of thing, do they not?" 76335 "Vytautas: 'Tis but a scratch! I will be fine, just get me back to camp and fill my goblet!" 76336 "Jadwiga: The Teutons have destroyed all three castles. We have failed the people of this city!" 76337 "Vytautas: 'Tis but a scratch! I will be fine, just get me back to camp and fill my goblet!" 76338 "+ Defeat the Teutonic detachment besieging the southern gate." 76339 "+ Break the siege of Vilnius." 76340 "+ Do not let the Teutonic Order destroy the three Castles in the western part of Vilnius." 76341 "+ Find the route along which the Teutonic Order receives its supply carts." 76342 "+ Break the siege of Vilnius by destroying 5 supply carts bound for the Teutonic camp. " 76343 "+ Crush the last of the crusaders!" 76344 "- Speak to the Teutonic deserter in Vilnius' eastern quarter." 76345 "- Find the Teutonic deserter's wife, Gisela, and bring her to him in Vilnius. Do not let the Teutons kill her!" 76346 "- Capture the Relic from the Teutonic Raiders and place it in the Monastery outside of Vilnius." 76347 "+ Defeat the Teutonic force by the southern gate." 76348 "+ Break the siege of Vilnius." 76349 "+ /3 Castles remain standing." 76350 "+ Find the Teutonic supply lines." 76351 "+ Destroy /5 enemy supply carts to break the siege." 76352 "+ Crush the last of the crusaders!" 76353 "- Speak to the Teutonic deserter." 76354 "- Bring Gisela to the Teutonic deserter." 76355 "- Place a Relic in the Monastery outside of Vilnius." 76356 "Gisela" 76357 "Teutonic Deserter" 76358 "Supply Cart" 76359 "- You can now see the supply carts as they move. Keep an eye out during the night! -" 76360 "%d minutes until the Teutonic assault ends." 76361 "%d minutes until the next Teutonic assault begins." 76362 "Nobleman" 76363 "Vytautas: You require assistance, 'eh? Very well, I shall send my best men!" 76364 "Vytautas: You are a demanding one! Ask me again once I have replenished my forces." 76365 "Vytautas: I will send men to your aid as soon as I have cleared out the Teutons from my own camp!" 76366 "Vytautas: My army needs these resources. You will have to find your own!" 76367 "%d minutes left to clear the gate." // // Jadwiga 5 // 76401 "Poland-Lithuania" 76402 "Tokhtamysh" 76403 "Ruthenian Villages" 76404 "Vozia" 76405 "Crimean Tatars" 76406 "Kazikermen" 76407 "The Golden Horde" 76408 "1. Vytautas can advance to the Imperial Age and support a maximum population of 200. You also cannot construct any naval vessels other than Fishing Ships in this mission, but there may be another way to obtain some warships...\n\n2. In this mission, you play as Vytautas' Lithuanian forces and not as the Poles. Remember to collect Relics, as each one garrisoned in your Monasteries will increase the attack of your heavy cavalry units.\n\n3. Initially, you must liberate Ruthenian villages in order to obtain Villagers.\n\n4. Do not wait too long before building your base. The Tatars of Kazikermen will not be waiting around idly for you to settle in.\n\n5. Once you build your first Town Center, Tokhtamysh and his riders will split off to defend their own camp.\n\n6. Raid enemy supply depots to obtain extra resources. Complete secondary objectives to speed your economic growth and obtain extra soldiers. \n\n7. The Crimean Tatars are the weaker of your enemies. It might be wise to deal with them quickly so that you can focus your energy on the greater threat from Kazikermen.\n\n8. Use chat commands to cooperate with your AI allies. Taunts 3-6 will tell them to send you resources, while taunt 31 will cause them to attack an enemy. In the lead-up to the final battle, you can also taunt 14 to start the battle before the timer has run out." 76409 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Vytautas (Red) and his newfound ally Tokhtamysh (Cyan) are marching south into the Ruthenian lands held by the Golden Horde. They bring a highly mobile army, but must quickly find a good location to settle in for the long haul. Tokhtamysh, wise from the long struggle against his rival Tamerlane, has already set up a preliminary base further into the country.\n\n- In the north lies the town of Cherkasy, held by Poland-Lithuania (Purple). It will not take part in your crusade, but it may send you reinforcements from time to time.\n\n- The towns of Ruthenia (Green) are neutral. Their homes are occupied by Muslim Tatars and they will welcome a Christian ruler - even one so recently converted as Vytautas!\n\n- The Crimean Tatars (Orange) occupy the far south of the map as well as the lands west of the Dnieper River. After years of internal strife, they are not mobilized for war. You can take advantage of their slowness to react - at least for a time. They will mostly produce Light Cavalry and Cavalry Archers.\n\n- By the mouth of the Dnieper lies the Tatar capital of the region, Kazikermen (Blue). This powerful fortress will be your most formidable opponent, although their economic holdings to the east are vulnerable. Expect to face heavy cavalry, Cavalry Archers, Camel Riders, and formidable siege engines when its occupants attack.\n\n- Along the beaches of the Black Sea lies the old Genoese fortress of Vozia (Grey). With a history dating back to an ancient Greek settlement, the fortress is now little more than a ruin, but may have some spare weapons lying around!\n\n- There are also rumours of a vast Golden Horde army marching from the east. Little is known about its size or when it is set to arrive, as the scouts sent towards it have all failed to return..." 76410 "Vytautas: The lands of Tatar Ruthenia are ripe for conquest! Let us ride south and capture as many towns as we can! ... Oh, and of course reinstate you to your throne, Tokhtamysh! I do overlook the details sometimes!" 76411 "Ruthenian Villager: Thank you for freeing us from the Tatars! We will help you in the fight against the Horde!" 76412 "Tokhtamysh: To raid and pillage is good for a man's health, but we will both need bases of operations to win this war. I shall make camp to the west. Give me your signal when you are ready to attack." 76413 "Jadwiga: The Christians of Ruthenia have long lived under the Tatar yoke. If you construct monasteries in the towns that lack places of worship, I am sure that the Polish nobility will deem it prudent to aid you in your holy quest." 76414 "Jadwiga: I must say that I never expected you be a defender of the faith, Vytautas - but, regardless, your actions are inspiring!" 76415 "Jadwiga: You are doing well, Vytautas. All throughout the court there is gossip about your pious actions." 76416 "Jadwiga: God has certainly blessed you, Vytautas! I hear that even the Pope is impressed with what you have accomplished for the Ruthenians!" 76417 "Ruthenian Villager: We were doubtful of you at first, but you have proven beyond a doubt that we are better off under your rule. From this day forth, we fight for Lord Vytautas!" 76418 "Vytautas: What a sight! With this new stronghold, we can benefit from the trade on the Black Sea!" 76419 "Kazikermen: So, the deposed Tokhtamysh Khan returns... as a pawn of our old enemies. What a disgrace." 76420 "Kazikermen: Was this your dream, Tokhtamysh? To rule over an ashen graveyard? We have no choice but to bow to you... but once the horde arrives, I hope that they squash you like the dung fly you are!" 76421 "Vytautas: All of Tatar Ruthenia will soon be mine! But I wonder... why stop here? With the Pope's support, I shall call a crusade against the Tatars and drive them back to Asia!" 76422 "Tokhtamysh: I hope that you do not refer to me... I am Mongol, not Tatar. Big difference!" 76423 "Timur Qutlugh: You must be proud to have taken so much land from us while we were busy elsewhere, Lithuanian. Now, enough child's play. Meet me in the field by the Vorskla River. I will give you three days to prepare your forces!" 76424 "Vytautas: Excellent, then we have time to muster every last man that we can find. Let us crush these Tatars once and for all!" 76425 "Tokhtamysh: My men will ride with you to battle!" 76426 "Jadwiga: My nobles are eager to fight for you, Vytautas, but I grow concerned. Is Ruthenia not enough? Must you conquer all of Asia to satisfy your vanity?" 76427 "Ruthenian Villager: We shall ride with you to victory, Lord Vytautas!" 76428 "Vytautas: The time has come! Let us crush the Golden Horde once and for all!" 76429 "Vytautas: The Tatars flee the battlefield! After them, men! Slaughter them and scatter them to the wind! For Lithuania!" 76430 "Timur Qutlugh: You should have attacked three days ago, Vytautas, before Edigu's second army arrived. Instead you walked right into our trap! Turn around, men! Slaughter them! Leave none alive!" 76431 "Vytautas: My army, obliterated... those blasted Tatars lured me into a position where they could surround me. A brilliant tactic, but not one you want to be on the receiving end of... I wonder..." 76432 "Vytautas: Felled by a bloody Tatar... my father will mock me in the afterlife!" 76433 "Tokhtamysh: Alas, I must retire for a while; a stray arrow pierced my side and threw me from my horse! Send word when you have retaken my throne for me, Vytautas." 76434 "- Vytautas has gained fighting experience! (+20 HP, +4 attack) -" 76435 "- You have found resources in this supply depot. -" 76436 "+ Vytautas must survive." 76437 "+ Defeat the Crimean Tatars." 76438 "+ Force Kazikermen into submission so that Tokhtamysh can reclaim his throne." 76439 "+ The Golden Horde will soon attack, but Timur Qutlugh, the Tatar commander, has given you three days (10 minutes) to prepare your forces. Spend that time well and muster every soldier that you can! If you want to start the battle before the timer runs out, taunt '14'." 76440 "+ Destroy the Golden Horde's 3 Castles." 76441 "+ Chase the fleeing Tatars and crush them!" 76442 "+ Escape back across the bridge!" 76443 "- Use Vytautas in combat. The more experience that he gains, the stronger he will become." 76444 "- Destroy Tatar towers in the Ruthenian villages to gain Villagers. " 76445 "- Construct a Castle in the ruins of Vozia so that you can profit from the trade on the Black Sea." 76446 "- Build Monasteries in Ruthenian towns to receive reinforcements from Poland." 76447 "- Destroy enemy Trade Workshops to gain extra resources." 76448 "+ Vytautas must survive." 76449 "+ Defeat the Crimean Tatars." 76450 "+ Defeat Kazikermen." 76451 "+ Prepare for battle with the Golden Horde." 76452 "+ /3 Golden Horde Castles destroyed." 76453 "+ Crush the fleeing Tatars!" 76454 "+ Escape back across the bridge!" 76455 "- Upgrade Vytautas by using him in combat." 76456 "- /9 villages liberated." 76457 "- Build a Castle in the ruins of Vozia." 76458 "- /3 Monasteries built." 76459 "- Destroy Trade Workshops for resources." 76460 "%d minutes left until the Golden Horde attacks." 76461 "- Vytautas was badly wounded and is being carried back to camp. -" 76462 "Tokhtamysh: I will send my army to your aid!" 76463 "Tokhtamysh: You are asking me for help? I thought that you were supposed to help me, not the other way around!" 76464 "Tokhtamysh: I would help you, if you had not let these bloody enemies march right into my camp!" 76465 "Tokhtamysh: My army needs these resources. You will have to find your own!" 76466 "Ruthenian Villages: At once, Lord Vytautas!" 76467 "Ruthenian Villages: Our forces are too depleted, but we shall attack as soon as we have regained our strength!" 76468 "Ruthenian Villages: We would help you, Lord Vytautas, but it appears that someone has destroyed our market!" 76469 "Ruthenian Villages: We had a bountiful harvest this year and we are happy to share!" 76470 "Ruthenian Villages: Here is some of our finest lumber!" 76471 "Ruthenian Villages: You are going to give the Tatars a good thrashing? Take my gold!" 76472 "Ruthenian Villages: We have some leftover stone after constructing our castle. You may have it if you wish!" 76473 "Ruthenian Villages: We are afraid that we only have enough food to feed our own men." 76474 "Ruthenian Villages: Before we can share our wood, we must first rebuild our homes." 76475 "Ruthenian Villages: Gold? We can barely afford to pay our own soldiers, Lord Vytautas!" 76476 "Ruthenian Villages: Surely you can find some rocks to pick up on your own?" 76477 "Ruthenian Villages: We are sorry, Lord Vytautas. We need that stone for a castle!" 76478 "- Taunt '14' to start the battle before the timer runs out. -" 76479 "- Vytautas is now fully upgraded! -" // // Jadwiga 6 // 76501 "The Teutonic Order" 76502 "Prussia" 76503 "Mercenaries" 76504 "The Teutonic Order" 76505 "The Lizard Union" 76506 "The Polish Army" 76507 "Vytautas" 76508 "1. Jogaila begins in the Imperial Age and can support a population of 200, but cannot build a Market or convert enemy buildings.\n\n2. Your time before the Teutons force you into battle is limited. Spend it wisely!\n\n3. When the timer runs out, you will lose control of your starting assets and the action will shift to the location of the final battle. Your prior decisions will determine the strength of your forces and those of your opponents.\n\n4. Gold is scarce. Spending most of it on soldiers early on is tempting, but buying mercenaries is a long-term investment.\n\n5. The Teutonic fortresses are intimidating targets, but taking them will ensure that the soldiers besieging them can join you for the final battle.\n\n6. If you need assistance, you can use taunt 31 to tell Vytautas to attack an enemy." 76509 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jogaila (Red) and Vytautas (Green) have arrived in Prussia with a large vanguard. They must gather enough troops to defeat the Teutonic army in battle before they make their way north.\n\n- The vast armies of the Teutonic Order (Grey) have been spotted to the west, marching north to protect their capital of Marienburg and seeking an opportunity to force a battle. Some of their soldiers also guard the fortresses of Soldau and Gilgenberg, currently besieged by the Polish army.\n\n- The countryside is dominated by the towns of Prussia (Yellow). Their inhabitants will not attack you, but they will defend themselves should you attack them first.\n\n- Spread around the countryside are several groups of mercenaries that have travelled to join you, but not without pay.\n\n- Word has spread that the knights of the Lizard Union (Orange) comprise part of the Teutonic army. While loyal to the Order, these knights also have strong ties to Poland and only reluctantly fight against the Polish crown.\n\n- Lastly, the forest to the north appears to be impenetrable..." 76510 "Jogaila: Our forces are tied up in sieges throughout Prussia. We must secure these lands and hire as many mercenaries as possible before we face the Teutons!" 76511 "Vytautas: Let us ravage these lands! I have been itching for a fight for months!" 76512 "Jogaila: This castle is ours! Its Polish besiegers will join us in battle against the Teutonic Order when the time comes." 76513 "Jogaila: I can see the banners of the Lizard Union among the enemy ranks. These knights have always had connections to Poland. If we can reach their leader, we may be able to convince him to stand his forces down." 76514 "Nicholas von Renys: This is an unjust war. The pagans that we once fought have become our fellow Christians, and with that we have lost our casus belli. My men and I will not take up arms against you." 76515 "Jan Zizka: My men and I have come from Bohemia to fight for you, Your Highness, should you desire our services. We will be yours to command for... a fair price." 76516 "Jalal ad-Din: You already know the loyalty of my family. My father, Tokhtamysh, fought many wars by Vytautas' side. For a modest price, my men and I will be your fiercest warriors." 76517 "Smolensk Mercenary: A terrible tragedy has struck our homeland, Your Highness... and that tragedy is peace! We are entirely out of work, but we would be happy to offer a discount if you would care to hire us!" 76518 "Jogaila: Prussia is under our control. Let us march on the Teutonic capital!" 76519 "Vytautas: Jogaila! My scouts inform me that the Teutons have camped near the village of Grunwald, right on the road to Marienburg." 76520 "Jogaila: So, they want to force a battle before we reach their capital? Very well - our ranks are filled and morale is high. We will meet the Order in the field!" 76521 "Ulrich von Jungingen: The pagan king has decided to face us at last. I was starting to think that you had fled back to Poland!" 76522 "Vytautas: Form ranks, men! I shall take the right flank with my Lithuanian forces! I have a plan that I want to try out..." 76523 "Polish Knight: My Lord, two riders are approaching from the Teutonic camp!" 76524 "Teutonic Knight: Our Grand Master sends these two swords to you, King Jogaila. He says that they will prove useful if you ever muster the courage to face him in the field." 76525 "Jogaila: Tell your master that he has waited long enough. I will return these swords to him... lodged in two of his commanders!" 76526 "Jogaila: The time has come! Charge, men! For God and Poland!" 76527 "Jogaila: The Teutons are sending another wave towards us!" 76528 "Vytautas: Pull back, men! Let us feign a retreat to lure the Teutons out of formation... and then turn and charge them when they are vulnerable!" 76529 "Ulrich von Jungingen: The Lithuanians are fleeing the battle! Run them down!" 76530 "Vytautas: My plan worked! Return to the battlefield and charge once more into the crusader lines!" 76531 "Ulrich von Jungingen: We should have prevailed by now, but we shall turn the tide with one final, valiant push! Ride, my knights, ride with me into the fray!" 76532 "Teutonic Knight: The Grand Master has fallen! We are doomed!" 76533 "Jogaila: The Teutonic Order is retreating and nearly all of their knights lie slain! We have claimed a magnificent victory today, men!" 76534 "Jogaila: Our army is decimated! We have lost this battle!" 76535 "+ You will soon have to deal with the main Teutonic army. To prevail, you must first increase the size of your army. You can do so by hiring mercenaries who will join you at the final battle, and by taking Teutonic fortresses, which will free up the Polish soldiers besieging them. Sacking Prussia will also reduce the strength of its army in the finale. You will most likely not have time to complete all secondary objectives, but each one will increase your chances of victory in the final battle." 76536 "+ Defeat the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Grunwald." 76537 "- Kill Ulrich von Jungingen to break the Order's morale." 76538 "+ At least 10 units must survive the battle." 76539 "- Sack Prussia by destroying its 5 Town Centers." 76540 "- Travel to Nicholas von Renys of the Lizard Union and convince him to stand down." 76541 "- Use Jogaila in combat. The more experience that he gains, the stronger he will become." 76542 "- Hire a mercenary band by accumulating 10,000 gold and then selecting its leader." 76543 "- Destroy the two Teutonic strongholds to free up their besiegers for the final battle." 76544 "+ Complete as many objectives as possible before the timer runs out." 76545 "+ Defeat the Teutonic Order." 76546 "- Kill Ulrich von Jungingen." 76547 "+ At least 10 units must survive." 76548 "- /5 Prussian Town Centers destroyed." 76549 "- Travel to the Lizard Union." 76550 "- Upgrade Jogaila by using him in combat." 76551 "- Hire a mercenary band." 76552 "- /2 Teutonic strongholds destroyed." 76553 "- Accumulate 10,000 gold." 76554 "Nicholas von Renys" 76555 "Jalal ad-Din" 76556 "Mercenary Leader" 76557 "Fortified Outpost" 76558 "- Once you have 10,000 gold, select the leader of the mercenaries to hire them. -" 76559 "- These mercenaries will fight for you when you meet the Teutonic Order in battle. -" 76560 "- You have found gold in the ruins of this Town Center. -" 76561 "%d minutes left to build up your army." 76562 "%d seconds until the battle begins." 76563 "Bohemian Mercenaries" 76564 "Tatar Mercenaries" 76565 "Smolensk Mercenaries" // 33 - Jadwiga 233101 "June 15th, 1399." 233102 "You can hear a distant bell tolling, as the first light of dawn glitters on the Vistula River; an industrious friar, somewhere in the outskirts of Krakow, hailing the arrival of the new day, long before the priests in our own cathedral have risen from their beds." 233103 "It has been a long time since I noticed such things: the little things of beauty that season our days of war and toil and make them almost... palatable." 233104 "But as I lie here, counting the days until the arrival of my first child, I notice them more and more. Perhaps they never went away; perhaps being confined to this bed has simply opened my eyes to them again." 233105 "Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind." 233106 "As I write these words of the Preacher, the mighty bells of Wawel Cathedral finally toll for the morning... incredible, really, how the sound of those bells is wedded both to the worst and the most wonderful memories of my life." 233107 "I came to this city when I was eleven years old; a lonely princess from Hungary, surrounded by guards; a stranger in a strange land. " 233108 "This kingdom of Poland, which my late father had left as my inheritance, was a country on the brink of ruin. A civil war raged, with every duke and petty lord laying claim to the throne - and to my hand in marriage as his queen." 233109 "It was not a prospect that I longed for... but, on the other hand, coming here meant that I would finally get to meet William again." 233110 "My William; the Habsburg prince of Austria... we had been promised to each other since before I could remember. Once I sat upon the throne of Poland, we would be wedded at last. " 233111 "As the mountains came to an end and the bells of Wawel Cathedral sang from Krakow in the distance, it was him I thought of. What I would not give to be so young and naive again!" 233151 "It was at the end of the war that William arrived outside of the castle gates. When I heard the news, it was as though a pulse of sunlight came from my heart, and I ran to meet him..." 233152 "...only to see him surrounded by my own guards." 233153 "I threw myself at the gate, but the guards pulled me away, and William disappeared in a crowd of uniforms and glittering steel." 233154 "The Archbishop, his otherwise kind eyes grey and hard, spoke almost in a whisper, as if the words stung his throat:" 233155 "'Your marriage to Prince William has been annulled, My Queen. We have found a more suitable king for Poland. His name is Jogaila, Duke of Lithuania.'" 233156 "I felt my heart shatter." 233157 "The noblemen of Krakow had never intended to honor my vows to William, as they did not want Poland to fall under Habsburg influence. And so they had made a secret deal with Jogaila of Lithuania; a deal they now expected me to fulfill." 233158 "For a long time I insisted that I would marry my William, but after many days and nights, in tears and in prayer, I could see no other way out than to break that vow." 233159 "I would trade my own happiness for the happiness of the Polish people. I would marry Jogaila, the pagan duke, and do my duty as queen. " 233160 "God, forgive me." 233201 "Jogaila... it was like the name of a demon in those early days." 233202 "He was a handsome man, in his way. He had a face of stone and steel, and eyes like frozen pools. It was not until months later that I saw his features soften, his eyes becoming warm as he looked at me: his child bride; the key to his political legacy." 233203 "I was not... immediately swayed by this pagan that the nobles had saddled me with. He was not a man of the heart; he thrived in the royal court and on the battlefield, and every choice he made was to further his political goals." 233204 "He was nothing like my William... but, as the months went by, I began to warm to him." 233205 "Before ascending to the Polish throne, he was baptized, and he swore to Christianize the whole of Lithuania. He even changed his name to Wladyslaw Jagiello, to sound more Polish - more Christian..." 233206 "...but to me, he would always be Jogaila." 233207 "As ruthless as he was to his opponents, he was always a good husband. My words, whether private or given as political advice, mattered to him, and I often felt that we were equals on the throne... what a strange, powerful feeling!" 233208 "After the civil war, our first aim was to rebuild what had been lost. Nowhere was this more necessary than in the province of Galicia; and so we travelled there, together, to right the wrongs of the recent past." 233251 "As the noblemen of Halych surrendered, the last embers of insurrection in Galicia went out. Poland was at peace, and Jogaila was now the unquestioned king of the country." 233252 "With Poland unified and Lithuania on its way to being Christianized, it seemed as though nothing could stand in our way." 233253 "Unfortunately, Jogaila was not the only warrior-duke that his house had spawned..." 233301 "Since a king's word is supreme, who can say to him, 'What are you doing?' So says the Preacher." 233302 "Vytautas, Jogaila's cousin, disagreed." 233303 "Back in Lithuania, he was building an alliance of noblemen who would rather have him as Grand Duke than Jogaila - and people were flocking to him." 233304 "Many Lithuanian nobles were disillusioned with Jogaila's reign. The few times the king went back to Lithuania, he spent his days converting the people to Christianity en masse and burning pagan holy sites." 233305 "The things that we do for the Pope's approval..." 233306 "Vytautas was no pagan zealot, but he knew an opportunity when he saw one. As the son of Kestutis, a former duke of Lithuania who had been killed on Jogaila's orders, he also had a bone to pick with his cousin." 233307 "That personal mission of revenge resonated with the Lithuanian people, even though Vytautas, being quite accustomed to that ruthless political climate, used it mostly for political gains." 233308 "But, as I said, Vytautas knew an opportunity when he saw one." 233351 "Vytautas, much like Jogaila, was at heart a pragmatist." 233352 "Apparently that is what they call themselves, the men who would shake hands with their father's murderer for a bit of land and a slightly fancier title." 233353 "As total victory proved impossible, Vytautas settled for a partial one. He would become Duke of Lithuania, claiming Jogaila's old title, but Jogaila would remain his overlord; and with the stroke of a pen, the Lithuanian civil war came to a close." 233354 "For all of the bloodshed that we had seen, I believe that something was born that day that will eclipse any of their military victories: a true union between our countries." 233355 "It happened gradually, but it dawned on me at last why I had been put in this role as queen. I had been placed there by Providence to preserve this union; this bond of peace between two countries and their peoples." 233356 "It is a beautiful thing, peace - a rare thing; a golden seam that glitters only for a moment in the fabric of reality." 233357 "If I leave no other legacy than having kept this union intact for a few more years, I shall have served my people well." 233401 "The Teutonic Order had its roots in the Crusades in the Holy Land, but now their mission was to Christianize the pagans of Eastern Europe - or die trying." 233402 "Most of the time, though, it was pagans who died." 233403 "After over a hundred years in the region, the sincerity of the Order's original mission had been nearly forgotten. These so-called crusaders were now playing for land and power and calling it God's will." 233404 "That is why they allied with Vytautas. He promised them the lands of Samogitia, home to some of the last pagans in Europe; but when Vytautas made peace with us and refused to cede the region to the Order, they were outraged." 233405 "The Knights now lay siege to the Lithuanian town of Vilnius, and Jogaila and Vytautas hurried to the rescue. It was to be the first time that they fought side by side." 233451 "On that day, the combined forces of Poland and Lithuania drove the Teutons back to their Prussian domains. But, more importantly than the victory in the field was the fact that the alliance between Jogaila and Vytautas - the former rivals - had held fast." 233452 "Those imposing men eyed each other after the battle, never exchanging a word, and - I believe - realizing at last that they could accomplish things together that neither could do on their own." 233453 "Though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him - a threefold cord is not quickly broken. So says the Preacher." 233501 "June 18th, 1399." 233502 "A gift arrived for me today: a silver cradle, 'for the mother of two kingdoms', courtesy of Vytautas. I could not help but laugh as it was carried into the room. Such a work of beauty, from a man who appreciates nothing but war and power, wine and women!" 233503 "Vytautas... I am not sure that he ever gave up on his dream of being sole ruler of Lithuania. He certainly never acts like he is Jogaila's subordinate!" 233504 "For the past few years, Jogaila has been rebuilding our war-torn kingdoms while I have worked to prevent further conflicts from breaking out. All the while, Vytautas has gone on the offensive." 233505 "He has now gone off to conquer Tatar Ruthenia, where he has befriended a deposed khan, one Tokhtamysh. Together, he claims, they are going to conquer their way to the Black Sea." 233551 "June 22nd, 1399." 233552 "I have received no news of Vytautas' escapades in Ruthenia for some days now. I pray that he is successful... and yet, I fear that his insatiable hunger for power will be the downfall of everything I have striven for..." 233553 "... but for now, I must not worry about Vytautas. I have more pressing worries, and my mind is racing with fear and anticipation." 233554 "My body swells and aches and changes. To walk is exhausting, and to lie down is no relief. For days I have written in this journal to keep my mind occupied, but now I can barely even do that." 233555 "Any day now, I will give birth to my first child: Jogaila's firstborn, the heir of two kingdoms whose union I have worked so hard to foster." 233556 "I look out of the window, breathing the crisp morning air. Krakow is beautiful in its thin dress of mist and sunlight. The Vistula glitters; birds sing their praises to God from trees and bushes and tufts of grass." 233557 "And for just a short moment, it seems as though every thread in the fabric of reality is made of gold, glowing and glittering like never before." 233558 "Any day now..." 233601 "June 3rd, 1410." 233602 "It has been years since I last entered this room. I always expect her to be lying there, with our daughter on her breast, in that bed now covered with dust... smiling, glowing the way that only they can, who know in their bones that their days on earth are numbered." 233603 "My Jadwiga..." 233604 "Her heart was broken one time too many after our daughter died, only four days old. Jadwiga was sick with grief... and with a fever that would not pass; but despite it all, she held true to her duty through that youthful twilight." 233605 "She told me to marry again: to marry a granddaughter of the legendary Polish king Casimir the Great. This, she said, would strengthen my claim to Poland's throne once she was gone and prevent another civil war." 233606 "I had broken her heart when I took her from Prince William. I had broken it again when the child I gave her died in her arms... to obey this desire was the least I could do." 233607 "She died just two weeks after our daughter." 233608 "Much has changed since then. Poland and Lithuania have grown stronger together. Now, the time has come for us not only to survive, but to conquer our old enemies." 233609 "We are at war again with the Teutonic Order, but we no longer cower from their discipline and military prowess; we strive to match it." 233610 "We march now on Marienburg, the Teutonic capital. Once the dust settles on the ruins of that fortress, the union of Poland and Lithuania - the wedding ring of Jadwiga - will stand stronger than ever before." 233651 "We were never able to take the fortress of Marienburg - but, in the end, it did not matter." 233652 "The Teutons were crushed. Their masters lay slain on the fields of Grunwald and the Order would never truly recover." 233653 "We held a wild celebration. Vytautas was more drunk with pride, joy, and wine than anyone else after that Tatar maneuver that helped win the battle." 233654 "After a few hours, I could no longer stand the heat of that great tent; the shouting and the music and the laughter of so many victorious men." 233655 "I slipped out into the darkness, down to a small stream near our camp. I sat there in silence, giving thanks to God for our victory and listening to the murmur of the stream and the cold evening wind." 233656 "I could not help but think of her then - my Jadwiga, who made all this possible..." 233657 "...I lost you too soon, and Poland lost its brightest star... but now, at last, I know that your dream will live on where you could not." 233658 "I could hear a bell tolling, then. A friar, somewhere in the distance, hailing the arrival of the night, with that deep, resounding music." 233659 "It has been a long time since I noticed such things: the little things of beauty, that season our days of war and toil and make them almost... palatable." // // Jan Zizka 1 // 76601 "Heinrich of Rozmberk" 76602 "Rozmberk Forces" 76603 "The Union of Nobility" 76604 "Bohemian Peasants" 76608 "1. Jan Zizka is restricted to the Castle Age and can support a population limit of 75.\n\n2. You have no way to obtain Villagers. Plunder enemy convoys, farms, and villages to acquire resources, and scout the map for production buildings to assume control of.\n\n3. Rozmberk Castle is heavily fortified. Avoid it until you command a large military force and siege equipment.\n\n4. Destroying local settlements yields considerable plunder in the short term, but conquering them will assure a consistent flow of supplies.\n\n5. The aristocrat Jan Sokol has taken an interest in Jan Zizka's skillset. Continue to impress him with successful exploits and he will support your army." 76609 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jan Zizka (Cyan) and a small company of mercenaries camp to the north, poised to strike at the Rozmberk possessions in southern Bohemia.\n\n- Heinrich of Rozmberk (Green), Zizka's main adversary, resides in his fortified citadel to the far south, but has sent out armed patrols in search of brigands. Heinrich trains Crossbowmen, Pikemen, and Scorpions.\n\n- Bohemian peasants (Grey) own several local settlements scattered about the countryside. These are occupied by Rozmberk forces (Orange) comprised of a wide assortment of military units. Vulnerable convoys of supplies regularly travel the main roads to Rozmberk Castle.\n\n- Heinrich's faction, the Union of Nobility (Yellow), is based inside of Rozmberk Castle. Whereas Heinrich's policy is primarily defensive, the Union is far more belligerent and will send out sorties of cavalry and swordsmen to hunt down Zizka and his mercenaries." 76610 "Jan Zizka: No wound daunts this one-eyed warrior! I will soon be back, mark my words!" 76611 "Jan Zizka: The Rozmberk scum rule this region from their citadel in the south. We shall tear it down, brick by brick!" 76612 "Jan Zizka: Justice pursues you at the point of a blade, Heinrich. Run while you can, you lousy fiend!" 76613 "Jan Zizka: We will need resources to sustain our army. Harry these lands and rob our enemies so that we might eat instead!" 76614 "Jan Zizka: This convoy will never reach Heinrich's castle!" 76615 "Jan Zizka: We can pasture these cows north of our camp. Their milk will keep our bold fighters strong!" 76616 "Jan Zizka: This settlement will provide us with meager supplies... but if we are in a pinch we can burn it and take its stockpiles for our own!" 76617 "Jan Zizka: I despise the slaying of innocents, but this surplus is necessary to grow our fighting force!" 76618 "Jan Zizka: Protect this market! We cannot obtain another." 76619 "Jan Zizka: We can use these buildings to support our bands of raiders!" 76620 "Sokol: You are a unique specimen, Jan of Trocnova. I shall watch your exploits with keen interest!" 76621 "Sokol: Bravo, Jan Zizka, bravo! Take this gold and hire some mercenaries with it!" 76622 "Sokol: You cover yourself in glory without becoming arrogant, Jan of Trocnova. Now gird your armies with this equipment as well!" 76623 "Sokol: I can appreciate a man who fights valiantly under unfavorable conditions. I offer you these fighting men as a token of my favor - now bring fire and ruin to our traitorous enemies!" 76624 "Heinrich of Rozmberk: What is this - more rats come to spoil our supply stores? Saddle up, my knights! We will have something to say about that!" 76625 "Heinrich of Rozmberk: Do you hear the rhythm of boots and the din of thundering hooves? My armies come to stomp you out like the vermin that you are!" 76626 "Heinrich of Rozmberk: Leave my possessions alone, rodents, and I will offer you a quick death! Persist, and I will watch your long and painful demise with glee..." 76627 "Heinrich of Rozmberk: So, a pack of weasels assails my castle walls. Guards! Bring any survivors to my dungeons - soon the cells will ring with the sweet sound of anguished howls!" 76628 "Jan Zizka: Your demented sadism is at an end, Heinrich. I am here to dispatch you to the fires of hell!" 76629 "Heinrich of Rozmberk: You think me doomed, you rat, but I left the castle long ago. Enjoy your smoking ruin!" 76630 "+ Destroy Heinrich of Rozmberk's Castle." 76631 "- Plunder enemy supply convoys to obtain additional resources." 76632 "- Pasture captured cows in the meadow north of your camp to obtain additional food." 76633 "- Conquer local settlements so that the inhabitants will provide you with resources." 76634 "- Destroy local settlements' economic buildings to plunder their resources." 76635 "+ Destroy Heinrich's Castle." 76636 "- Plunder enemy convoys." 76637 "- /20 cows pastured." 76638 "- Conquer local settlements." 76639 "- Destroy local economic buildings." 76640 "- Ballistics researched. -" 76641 "- Capped Ram researched. -" 76642 "- Siege Engineers researched. -" 76643 "- Scout the map for villages and military buildings to claim. -" // // Jan Zizka 2 // 76701 "The Polish Army" 76702 "The Lithuanian Army" 76703 "Wladyslaw II Jagiello" 76704 "The Teutonic Order" 76705 "Teutonic Commanders" 76706 "Crusader Knights" 76708 "1. Jan Zizka and Jan Sokol begin in the Imperial Age and can support a population limit of 150.\n\n2. Prudent rationing of supplies means that gathered resources will last significantly longer than usual.\n\n3. Castles and stone walls cannot be constructed in this mission. Your army has gathered to do battle, not to erect fortifications.\n\n4. Strike a balance between holding the center and supporting your allies on the flanks. If either are routed, victory will become much harder to achieve.\n\n5. Bohemian spear units do additional bonus damage to cavalry. Use this advantage against the heavy mounted forces of your adversaries." 76709 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jan Zizka and Jan Sokol's mercenary army (Cyan) is arrayed on the plains near Grunwald in the center of the Polish force, immediately in front of the command post of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello (Red).\n\n- The Polish army (Blue) has lined up on the left flank to the south. Its forces are comprised of heavy cavalry and infantry units.\n\n- The Lithuanian army (Green) is deployed on the right flank to the east. Its ranks are filled with cavalry, Pikemen, and Skirmishers.\n\n- The Teutonic Order camps across the field to the west and northwest. Its dread armies are composed of heavy cavalry, infantry, Crossbowmen, and cannons.\n\n- The Order's Crusader allies (Yellow) have taken up position in the north, opposite the Lithuanians. They bring heavy cavalry and infantry to the battlefield.\n\n- Enemy morale hinges on the welfare of its commanders (Orange). It will plummet should they fall." 76710 "Zawisza: Our bold king has fallen in the fray. Now Poland has seen its darkest day!" 76711 "Sokol: The Teutonic army flees the battlefield! You have done beautifully, Zizka!" 76712 "Sokol: We will secure your center against Teutonic attacks, Your Highness. Zizka! Prepare the troops, for it shall be on this bright day that the bold men of Bohemia prove their worth!" 76713 "Teutonic Knight: Our Grand Master Ulrich sends you these two swords so that you might find your courage and not delay the clash any longer. If you lack space to deploy your ranks, we shall be glad to cede you some!" 76714 "Jagiello: We accept your swords and land as an omen of victory, for the powers in whose name we fight do not look favorably upon the prideful and arrogant." 76715 "Vytautas: This is a day for battle, not prayer!" 76716 "Jagiello: Right you are, Vytautas. Take your Lithuanian forces and draw out the enemy flank!" 76717 "Vytautas: Forward, men! Lietuva!" 76718 "Ulrich von Jungingen: The Lithuanian rabble is attacking. Christ ist erstanden!" 76719 "Jagiello: Vytautas retreats to bait the enemy out of line. Hit them now, Zawisza! Bogurodzica!" 76720 "Zawisza: Far too long have I rested in the shade. Now is the hour to draw my dread blade!" 76721 "Ulrich von Jungingen: Go forth now and crush these fools! Gott mit uns!" 76722 "Vytautas: We are overrun! Fight to the last, and perish if you must!" 76723 "Zawisza: The knights of Poland fall down with a cry; this is surely the day that we shall die." 76724 "Ulrich von Jungingen: Better men than you have tried to kill me. Prepare to taste my bitter wrath - and that of God!" 76725 "Teutonic Knight: The Grand Master falls to the fallow earth! A calamitous day!" 76726 "Teutonic Knight: The enemy has slain our Grand Marshal! Has God abandoned us in our direst hour?" 76727 "Teutonic Knight: Kuno von Lichtenstein, greatest swordsman of the age, has been bested? Woe to the Order! Woe to our fallen brothers!" 76728 "Jan Zizka: Our enemies are not invincible! Pour forth in numbers and drive them to the brink!" 76729 "Jagiello: By the grace of God we have triumphed on the field of battle today! Gaude mater Polonia!" 76730 "+ Wladyslaw II Jagiello must survive." 76731 "Choose your path to victory:" 76732 "+ Defeat the Teutonic Order (Grey)." 76733 "+ Kill the three Teutonic commanders: Ulrich von Jungingen, Friedrich von Wallenrode, and Kuno von Lichtenstein." 76734 "+ Wladyslaw II Jagiello must survive." 76735 "Choose one:" 76736 "+ Defeat the Teutonic Order (Grey)." 76737 "+ /3 commanders killed." 76738 "- Conscription researched. -" 76739 "Friedrich von Wallenrode" 76740 "Kuno von Lichtenstein" // // Jan Zizka 3 // 76801 "Tabor" 76802 "The Iron Lords" 76803 "Sedlec" 76804 "Pisek" 76805 "Prachatice" 76808 "1. Jan Zizka is restricted to the Castle Age and can support a population limit of 150.\n\n2. The Iron Lords prowl the route to Tabor. To preserve the integrity of your force, use dense terrain and elevation advantageously and fight only when absolutely necessary.\n\n3. The Taborites have quarried most of the nearby stone to build their fortress. Additional stone must be sought in enemy territory.\n\n4. The Hussites are peasants with only rudimentary war materials at their disposal. Plunder enemy armories and estates to acquire more advanced armor and weapons.\n\n5. Although Jan Zizka and his Hussites cannot currently recruit Knights, the Bohemians can train powerful Hand Cannoneers in the Castle Age - provided that they can somehow obtain the knowledge of Chemistry." 76809 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jan Zizka's Hussite army (Cyan) has just left Plzen and is marching to reinforce the allied fortress of Tabor (Purple), which is located in the east of the map.\n\n- The Iron Lords (Green) have reneged on their peace agreement with Zizka and now scour the countryside for him and his army. Their forces of cavalry and infantry block the route to Tabor and defend several estates and armories scattered throughout the map.\n\nThree major enemy fortresses dominate the region:\n\n- Sedlec (Orange) lies to the north and is defended by Pikemen, Skirmishers, and Scorpions.\n\n- Pisek (Blue) is situated to the southwest and will field armies of cavalry and Mangonels.\n\n- Prachatice (Yellow) towers over the southeast region. Its forces consist of swordsmen, Crossbowmen, and rams." 76810 "Jan Zizka: This decimated force cannot hope to reinforce our comrades at Tabor. A curse on the Iron Lords!" 76811 "Hussites: Welcome, Jan Zizka. Our fortress is yours - just lead us to victory over these predatory noblemen and flush them out of their tall castles!" 76812 "Jan Zizka: With the Iron Lords defeated, we have made safe our new citadel. A small flame of hope now glows in the vast darkness of ignorance!" 76813 "Jan Zizka: March on the double, Hussites! The Iron Lords are hot on our tail!" 76814 "The Iron Lords: You are a raft sailing into a maelstrom, Jan of Trocnova. Prepare to face the wrath of the Iron Lords!" 76815 "Jan Zizka: This bridge is one route to Tabor, but it is heavily guarded. Perhaps we should sneak through the swamps to the southeast instead..." 76816 "The Iron Lords: So, you heretics seek to creep through the marsh like a nest of adders. The Iron Lords' cavalry will rip you out like a clump of reeds, root and stem!" 76817 "Jan Zizka: Steady on, Hussites - we have them right where we want them! Close formation and prepare to fire!" 76818 "The Iron Lords: Your feeble pile of stones will not save you from the Iron Lords, Jan Zizka. True warriors from real castles now issue forth against you!" 76819 "Hussites: Our scouts have mapped the region and located several of the Iron Lords' estates. Our weapons and supplies are few, but perhaps we can seize what we need from our enemies?" 76820 "The Iron Lords: Word has it that the castle in Sedlec lies in ruins. The Iron Lords cannot believe this disgrace!" 76821 "The Iron Lords: Pisek was a beloved residence of the Iron Lords. You miscreants will pay for this affront!" 76822 "The Iron Lords: Must we truly also endure the martyrdom of the people of Prachatice? The Iron Lords curse you, Hussites!" 76823 "Jan Zizka: We have seized valuable equipment from this arsenal. Arm yourselves, brothers!" 76824 "Jan Zizka: Just look at all of these valuable resources, my fighters! Feast your eyes - and then your stomachs!" 76825 "The Iron Lords: Peasant armies falter and bow like grass before a breeze, but the Iron Lords stand tall like the great oak. Soon, like the grass, you shall all be mown!" 76826 "The Iron Lords: Stealing supplies, are we? Be warned: the Iron Lords take the hands of thieves!" 76827 "The Iron Lords: You have pilfered some elegant weapons, Jan Zizka - but surely you do not presume that foolish peasants could actually know how to brandish such fine armaments?!" 76828 "The Iron Lords: Wait - you presume to besiege our castles? Such amusement has not regaled the Iron Lords since Hus burned like a sentry's beacon!" 76829 "Hussites: Commoners though we may be, Hussites fight for a cause. Through Sanctity and Fervor, your villagers will prove hardy in the face of enemy attacks!" 76830 "+ At least 10 units must reach Tabor." 76831 "+ Destroy the Castle in 2 of the 3 enemy fortresses (Sedlec, Pisek, and Prachatice)." 76832 "- Plunder the Blacksmiths of the Iron Lords (Green) to obtain additional upgrades." 76833 "- Plunder the Trade Workshops of the Iron Lords (Green) to obtain additional resources." 76834 "+ 10 units must reach Tabor." 76835 "+ /2 Castles destroyed." 76836 "- Destroy enemy Blacksmiths (Green)." 76837 "- Destroy enemy Trade Workshops (Green)." 76838 "- Bodkin Arrow and Crossbowman researched. -" 76839 "- Chain Mail Armor and Pikeman researched. -" 76840 "- Iron Casting and Long Swordsman researched. -" 76841 "- Leather Archer Armor and Elite Skirmisher researched. -" 76842 "- Chain Barding Armor and Chemistry researched. -" 76843 "- Capped Ram and Conscription researched. -" 76844 "- Research Sanctity and Fervor to improve Villager HP and speed. -" 76845 "Hussites" // // Jan Zizka 4 // 76901 "Prague" 76902 "Emperor Sigismund" 76903 "Royalists" 76904 "Crusaders" 76905 "Hussites" 76906 "German Mercenaries" 76908 "1. Jan Zizka can reach the Imperial Age and support a population limit of 150, but training additional Villagers, building more walls, or constructing Docks on the Vltava is impossible.\n\n2. Your enemies will attack soon. Dedicate the early stages of the mission to organizing and upgrading your troops to prepare for an assault.\n\n3. Your ability to break the siege hinges on shipments of supplies from your allies. Protect these wagons and ensure that more arrive - every one that does means more resources for you and less for your enemies.\n\n4. Your enemies have superior numbers. Use the terrain and the congested urban setting to your advantage.\n\n5. Hussite Wagons are brilliant defensive units capable of sustaining immense damage and protecting vulnerable ranged units from enemy attacks." 76909 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jan Zizka's Hussite army (Cyan) has occupied Prague but is now besieged from all sides by hostile armies.\n\n- Emperor Sigismund (Red) camps to the north with an army of infantry, cavalry, and siege engines that will attack from the northeast.\n\n- Royalist Bohemians (Green) have seized Prague's so-called 'Lesser Town' on the west bank of the Vltava River with a force of swordsmen and Hand Cannoneers. These troops will attack from the west across the Charles Bridge accompanied by siege engines.\n\n- Crusader forces (Yellow) led by the Italian magnate Pippo Spano have set a siege to the south of the city and will attack from that direction with Light Cavalry, archery units, Condottieri, and Bombard Cannons.\n\n- Vicious German mercenaries (Orange) rove about the countryside, looting and killing as they go. Lately they have taken to setting blockades on the major roads to intercept relief supplies destined for Prague." 76910 "Jan Zizka: Sigismund and his crusaders converge on our golden city, but fear not! We shall drive them from our walls - and from all of Bohemia!" 76911 "Jan Zizka: Even emperors can receive a good drubbing. Watch how that despicable craven takes to flight!" 76912 "Jan Zizka: These crusaders came with a pope's blessing, but not that of the Lord! It is no wonder that they were no match for our virtuous Hussites." 76913 "Jan Zizka: The royalist forces flee into the hills with reckless abandon! Where is their hubris now?" 76914 "Jan Zizka: The Lesser Town is ours! Clean out the royalist stragglers and secure the western walls!" 76915 "Hussites: Look - Zizka's chalice banner rises over the Vysehrad! Sail up the river and reinforce our Hussite brothers!" 76916 "Jan Zizka: We have recovered some supplies in this local storehouse. Return them to Prague to nourish our bold defenders!" 76917 "Jan Zizka: These are but meager rations - but every little bit helps!" 76918 "Hussites: A supply convoy is on its way, Jan Zizka. Protect it from our enemies!" 76919 "Hussites: You have our thanks, Jan Zizka. Use these supplies to withstand the enemy onslaught!" 76920 "Jan Zizka: We can count on supplies from the northeast for now, but Sigismund's mercenaries have blockaded all other roads to Prague. We should eliminate these fiends and allow resources to pour in from all directions!" 76921 "Jan Zizka: Another band of marauders is vanquished. Now this route is open for supply convoys!" 76922 "Hussites: We have sent reinforcements up the Vltava, but the Vysehrad fortress looms over the river. Remove this obstacle so that we might join our forces!" 76923 "Hussites: If the leader is righteous, so too is the journey. Lead us to victory, Jan Zizka!" 76924 "Royalists: The Hussites have crossed the Charles Bridge and now assail the Hradcany! Help us, O' Emperor Sigismund!" 76925 "Emperor Sigismund: Jan Zizka moves against the Vysehrad. Cut these frenzied heretics down!" 76926 "Emperor Sigismund: Nobles, knights, and crusaders! Tear down these walls and bring me the Hussites' heads!" 76927 "Royalists: You may take the Lesser Town, but do you truly think that you can stand against the glorious armies of the Holy Roman Empire?" 76928 "Emperor Sigismund: Look, a rabble of peasants has taken a stand on Vitkov Hill. Our first catch of the day, it would seem." 76929 "Emperor Sigismund: Now I have a trebuchet. Ho ho ho." 76930 "Emperor Sigismund: I have conquered more lands than most men have even heard of. I will not be stopped by a turbulent mob playing at war!" 76931 "Emperor Sigismund: You once served great kings, Jan Zizka, but now you command heretics and rebels? Oh, how the mighty do fall!" 76932 "+ Defend Prague by defeating Emperor Sigismund, the Royalists, and the Crusaders." 76933 "- Capture the St. Vitus Cathedral (Monument) to retake the Lesser Town from the Royalists." 76934 "- Collect supply carts from local storehouses and return them to Prague for resources." 76935 "- Protect allied supply wagons on their way to Prague to receive additional resources." 76936 "- Destroy enemy blockades (Orange) to allow more supply wagons to travel to Prague." 76937 "- Destroy the Vysehrad Fortress (Yellow) so that allied reinforcements can arrive." 76938 "+ Defeat Sigismund, the Royalists, and the Crusaders." 76939 "- Capture the St. Vitus Cathedral (Monument)." 76940 "- /3 supply carts found." 76941 "- Protect allied supply wagons." 76942 "- Destroy enemy blockades (Orange)." 76943 "- Destroy the Vysehrad Fortress (Yellow)." 76944 "- A supply cart approaches from the north. -" 76945 "- A supply cart approaches from the northeast. -" 76946 "- A supply cart approaches from the east. -" 76947 "- A supply cart approaches from the southeast. -" 76948 "- A supply cart approaches from the south. -" 76949 "- Your opponents will receive fewer supplies from now on. - " 76950 "St. Vitus Cathedral" 76951 "Old Tower" 76952 "Sentry Tower" 76953 "Storehouse" 76954 "Vysehrad Fortress" // // Jan Zizka 5 // 77001 "Hussites" 77002 "Kutna Hora" 77003 "Emperor Sigismund" 77004 "Crusaders" 77005 "Zawisza" 77008 "1. Jan Zizka begins in the Imperial Age and can support a population limit of 100.\n\n2. The crusader army will not take long to slaughter the Hussite garrison in Kutna Hora. You must break through Sigismund's lines and escape before you are enveloped.\n\n3. When going on the offensive, remember to defeat in detail. Prioritize the small Crusader forces - their resources will still help you improve your army, and each small victory will convince increasingly large groups of local peasants to join your cause.\n\n4. Coordinate with your Hussite allies. Attack when they are attacking, and help them defend when they are attacked.\n\n5. The Houfnice is a deadly unique Bohemian upgrade to the Bombard Cannon. Use groups of them to destroy fortresses and armies from afar." 77009 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jan Zizka (Cyan) has decided to abandon Kutna Hora (Grey) and retreat north to the Hussite village of Kolin (Purple) to recruit reinforcements.\n\n- Emperor Sigismund (Red) blocks Zizka's path to Kolin, besieging Kutna Hora with an army of infantry, cavalry, and siege engines.\n\n- Crusader forces (Yellow) from Sigismund's eastern domains in Hungary have entered Kutna Hora with cavalry, swordsmen, and archery units and have taken to slaughtering the Hussite garrison, hoping to take the town and then attack Zizka from the rear.\n\n- The border town of Nemecky Brod (Blue) defends the main crossing of the Sazava River and the route to Hungary. The Polish knight-turned-crusader Zawisza the Black, Zizka's old comrade from the Battle of Grunwald, commands the garrison of Obuch infantry and cavalry." 77010 "Hussites: Jan Zizka! We did not expect you from Kutna Hora so soon - nor so worn and battered. Can we offer you shelter and a warm fire?" 77011 "Jan Zizka: Zawisza's fortress is ours, and with it the path to Moravia. Bring me Zawisza and fetch us chalices full of the sacrament!" 77012 "Jan Zizka: Emperor Sigismund scurries back to Hungary while his knights flail about and drown in the icy river! Is this truly conduct befitting a king?" 77013 "Hussites: We are overrun, Jan Zizka! We must abandon this region to Sigismund and his crusaders!" 77014 "Jan Zizka: Well fought, brothers! Inspired by our defeat of these crusaders, more Hussites now flock to join our force!" 77015 "Jan Zizka: The wretched emperor and his crusaders have burnt Kutna Hora! Let us salvage what we can and leave this dismal place." 77016 "Emperor Sigismund: I have you now, heretic scum! I can offer you two choices: one within the city, and one outside of it - but they are both death!!!" 77017 "Jan Zizka: Our journey does not end here, brothers! Fix those tarasnice guns to the wagons. We are blasting our way through Sigismund's knights!" 77018 "Emperor Sigismund: No! He is escaping! How does this devilish warrior continue to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat?!" 77019 "Jan Zizka: Hurry, my brothers! Salvation lies with our Hussite allies to the north!" 77020 "Jan Zizka: A base and some supplies, rather! Now is no time for dallying. Sigismund thinks himself in control and will settle in for the winter - so we will strike him unawares and annihilate his army!" 77021 "Hussites: We will offer you what we can, but you must help us defend when Sigismund's knights come to kill our families!" 77022 "Jan Zizka: We cannot face the entire crusader army with this force, but Sigismund will have scattered it about the region to shelter and resupply. We will cut our enemies down piecemeal and rekindle confidence in our cause!" 77023 "Hussites: We are under attack, Jan Zizka! Send any available reinforcements!" 77024 "Emperor Sigismund: Surely I hear false reports, Zawisza. Not even Zizka would mount a campaign in the dead of winter!" 77025 "Zawisza: I have fought with him before, Emperor. His forces do not wait until summer to stir!" 77026 "Emperor Sigismund: Your filthy peasants have shot down armored knights for the last time, Jan Zizka! Or are you Jan the Fully-Blind now?" 77027 "Emperor Sigismund: It cannot be! The Hussites have penetrated our defenses! Fight with furor, lest they kill us all!" 77028 "Emperor Sigismund: How many more Bohemian peasants will you corrupt with your zeal, Jan Zizka? How many more must my knights ride down?" 77029 "Zawisza: Zizka, old comrade, how do you do? I fear that my obuchs have a date with you!" 77030 "Zawisza: Piercing the air is the cawing of the crow; before long, your scarlet blood will stain the snow!" 77031 "Zawisza: Killing my brave crusaders will do you no good; God deals out graver vengeance than you ever could!" 77032 "Zawisza: If my tall fortress indeed is to fall, it will be ransom for which I soon call!" 77033 "+ Escape Kutna Hora and reach your Hussite allies in the north." 77034 "+ Defeat Emperor Sigismund and Zawisza to drive the crusaders from Bohemia." 77035 "+ Assure that your Hussite allies are not defeated." 77036 "- Kill crusader troops (Yellow) to inspire local peasants to join the Hussite cause." 77037 "- Recapture Kutna Hora." 77038 "+ Escape to the Hussites." 77039 "+ Defeat Emperor Sigismund and Zawisza." 77040 "+ Protect your Hussite allies." 77041 "- /10 crusader cohorts killed." 77042 "- Recapture Kutna Hora." 77043 "- Local peasants have joined your army! -" // // Jan Zizka 6 // 77101 "Tabor" 77102 "Zygimantas Korybut" 77103 "Royalists" 77104 "Prague" 77105 "Plzen" 77106 "Neutral Praguers" 77108 "1. Jan Zizka begins in the Imperial Age and can support a population limit of 200.\n\n2. You begin with a sizeable army. Weigh your options: a quick strike could cripple an opponent, but it could also leave you and your ally exposed to enemy counterattacks.\n\n3. Your ally Zygimantas Korybut will take control of Prague if he can reach the St. Vitus Cathedral. Avoid leveling the city lest he obtain no more than a smoking ruin.\n\n4. Most of Bohemia's mineral resources have been mined and spent during the ruthless conflicts of the recent years. Supplement your income by trading with your allies and prevent your enemies from doing the same.\n\n5. The Hussite Reforms technology in the Castle makes Monks and Monastery technologies considerably more affordable when gold is scarce. Consider researching it and supporting your armies with groups of Monks." 77109 "Your scouts report:\n\n- Jan Zizka (Cyan) has arrived from the southeast. Confident after a string of decisive victories, his army is poised to seize the remainder of Bohemia.\n\n- The allied Hussite stronghold of Tabor (Purple) lies to the south, defended by a force of Hussite Wagons, Hand Cannoneers, and Pikemen.\n\n- Royalist forces (Green) camp to the northeast and will send Light Cavalry, Skirmishers, swordsmen, and siege engines into battle.\n\n- In the north, the Utraquist Hussites of Prague (Orange) have made common cause with the enemy, fielding a force of Crossbowmen, infantry, and Hussite Wagons.\n\n- The German rulers of Plzen (Red) dominate the west of the map with armies of cavalry, infantry, Monks, and siege engines.\n\n- Vytautas' nephew, the Lithuanian magnate Zygimantas Korybut (Blue), is an ally of the Hussites. Given the opportunity, he will support Zizka's cause with Pikemen, Skirmishers, and heavy cavalry." 77110 "Jan Zizka: The Praguer insurrection is at an end. These Utraquists had better rejoin our ranks - or else!" 77111 "Jan Zizka: Sigismund has left the arrogant citizens of Plzen to a grim fate. Shall we be merciful, like the lion to the mouse, or vicious, like the eagle on Sigismund's banner?" 77112 "Royalists: There is little that we respect about you Hussites, but we cannot deny your superiority on the field of battle. Very well, we will surrender." 77113 "Zygimantas Korybut: Prague is mine thanks to you, Jan Zizka. I will be your loyal friend in this conflict - so long as it remains beneficial to me!" 77114 "Jan Zizka: Warriors of God! You need not flee before your enemies. Fight boldly and fulfill your dream of an independent Bohemia!" 77115 "Zygimantas Korybut: Prague could be swayed and become a powerful ally under my command, Jan Zizka. I must only reach the St. Vitus Cathedral to convince the people so!" 77116 "Royalists: The Hussites extend too far, and now we spring our trap. Rejoice, Emperor Sigismund, for we have Jan Zizka right where we want him!" 77117 "Emperor Sigismund: He will get away." 77118 "Jan Zizka: Let them come! It is high time that another enemy charge was broken against the wagenburg." 77119 "Jan Zizka: Our ally Zygimantas has fallen! We must now subdue Prague the old-fashioned way." 77120 "Zygimantas Korybut: March forth, bold Praguers! Give a bloody death to Jan Zizka's enemies!" 77121 "Zygimantas Korybut: Alas that our enemies were more shrewd than I! Back to Lithuania I go in shame." 77122 "Jan Zizka: Bohemia is now free of foreign emperors, dogmatic clerics, and wretched invaders. Hus' dream is complete at last!" 77123 "Hussites: Enemy forces threaten Tabor, Jan Zizka! Come swiftly and help us drive them off!" 77124 "Hussites: Glad are those who die fighting for truth!" 77125 "Hussites: Men of all walks of life! Grasp your weapons, remember your love for your brothers, and have at your enemies!" 77126 "Royalists: Have you come to wipe us out for good, Jan Zizka? You are free to try." 77127 "Royalists: You may triumph for days, months, even years - but your cause is doomed to failure in the end." 77128 "Emperor Sigismund: Jan Zizka's invincible army approaches the walls of Plzen! The town will surely be lost before our knights could hope to arrive." 77129 "Emperor Sigismund: Is Jan Zizka your scourge, O' Lord, come to punish us for our pride and earthly sins?" 77130 "Emperor Sigismund: As I hear these tidings from afar, I finally realize a bitter truth: only Bohemians can defeat Bohemians." 77131 "+ Defeat Prague, Plzen, and the Royalists." 77132 "- Bring Zygimantas Korybut to the St. Vitus Cathedral (Monument) in Prague so that he will take control of the city." 77133 "+ Defeat Prague, Plzen, and the Royalists." 77134 "- Bring Zygimantas Korybut to the St. Vitus Cathedral (Monument)." 77135 "- Zygimantas Korybut now controls Prague! -" 77136 "St. Vitus Cathedral" // 34 - Jan Zizka 234101 "When magnates quarrel, the realm trembles and commoners bleed." 234102 "My beloved Bohemia has been enveloped by a grim shadow. Led by the devious and cruel Heinrich of Rozmberk, some of our more ambitious lords have formed the so-called Union of Nobility and deposed King Wenceslaus. In a world governed by God and greed, it seems that not even monarchs are safe." 234103 "Now I, too, have been swept up by this chaos." 234104 "They call me Jan 'Zizka' for the eye that I lost in my youth. For most of my life I tended to my family's small estate in Trocnova, while, all around me, our homeland slowly went to the dogs." 234105 "Once I inherited the land, I sold it to seek my fortune in Prague, where I became a retainer of the court. Now, with no king to serve and enemies closing in on all sides, I must once more forge a new life for myself." 234106 "Having gathered what little I own, I set out into the country. There, in this vibrant land of verdant forests, majestic mountains, and rushing rivers, I shall seek out those bold men who would join me in a desperate battle against this foul tyranny." 234107 "My enemies take me for a fool, mocking me as One-Eyed Zizka - but it is they who cannot see. Like the one-eyed god of whom the men in the far north tell tales, I have a talent for the art of war." 234151 "It is strangely gratifying to destroy the livelihoods of those who have extinguished your own. Yet, life on the road as a hired sword is perilous; when you walk the edge of a knife, any error may prove fatal." 234152 "While I was busy razing the Rozmberk fortress to a smoldering ruin, Heinrich's forces captured a mercenary band led by my own brother. For refusing to give us up, he was cruelly slain along with his men." 234153 "I came too late to rescue him, and my rash decision left me chained in a cell, awaiting my grim fate." 234154 "I can only pray to God that I might prove as steadfast and unyielding in the face of torment and death as my brother was." 234201 "Just as all hope fades, an angel swoops in to deliver the desperate from the abyss. Such is the way of things." 234202 "Jan Sokol, my patron and benefactor, is now also my savior. The generous man who backed my expeditions exhorted King Wenceslaus, now restored to the throne, to demand that I be spared from a horrific death." 234203 "After securing my release, Sokol bestowed yet another honor upon me, and made me an officer in his army of sellswords. Now, I march at the head of that force - but for now, our sights are not set on Bohemia." 234204 "To the northeast, a savage conflict has erupted between two age-old enemies. The Teutonic Order, a fanatical brotherhood of crusader knights, wages war upon the growing Kingdom of Poland." 234205 "King Wladyslaw Jagiello of Poland, still known as Jogaila by his Lithuanian relatives, has taken the initiative and struck deep into Teutonic territory. Knowing that his Polish and Lithuanian army is not enough to achieve his ambitions, he has enlisted our famed company of Bohemian mercenaries." 234206 "We are among the best swords in Europe, but the Teutonic Knights and their crusader allies are a formidable match. On the plains near Grunwald, courage will yield coin - or else a glorious death." 234251 "Our victory was terrible but great. For decades, travelers will be stunned by the graveyard left by this clash of arms, the greatest in living memory!" 234252 "With the Teutonic army crushed, we lost no time in pressing our advantage. The castle of Radzyn quickly fell to our forces, but this triumph came at a tragic cost." 234253 "My patron Jan Sokol, who had become almost like a second father to me, perished of poison - a base fate unworthy of such a marvelous leader." 234254 "A joyous affair it was for the Polish king and his allies... but for us, it was a melancholy end. We now march home to our beloved Bohemia, pockets lined with coin but hearts bitter with the sorrow of loss." 234301 "Despite my skill as a commander, I cannot say that I am a great man - but I was fortunate to be alive at the same time as one, and even luckier to join his ranks. That man was the reformer Jan Hus." 234302 "Hus saw through the hypocrisies of our leaders and criticized them openly; the clergy and nobility, he said, exploited the common folk and denied them the wine in the holy act of communion. He was fearless - and the Pope was terrified of him." 234303 "Hus was charged with heresy, and the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund pledged him safe passage to Konstanz to defend himself - but the foul knave reneged on his word and handed Hus over for execution. Resolute to the last, Hus remained true to his cause even as the flames took him." 234304 "The tidings of Hus' brutal end sent Bohemia into a frenzy. With unbridled rage, we Hussites stormed the town hall in Prague and hurled royalist officials through its windows." 234305 "Powerless to contain the chaos, King Wenceslaus died of shock, causing the hated Sigismund to lay claim to the throne. Now, as we prepare for all-out war, some Hussites have journeyed to the south and rebuilt an abandoned fortress into the citadel of Tabor." 234306 "I march to join them, but our route is fraught with peril. A league of ruthless noblemen known as the Iron Lords have sworn death to any Hussite that they meet, and most of our army consists of untrained peasants: men - and even some women - who have never seen a day of battle." 234307 "If we are to survive an onslaught of armored knights, these untrained commoners will have to turn wagons into weapons and fight in a way never seen before." 234351 "On the marshy plains of Sudomer, a rabble of peasants became a disciplined army. Crouched behind a wall of wagons, 400 Hussites broke charges of knights with volleys of crossbows and hand cannons before charging into the fray with flails fashioned from farm tools." 234352 "As castle after castle fell, we exacted our grim vengeance. Only one man survived our sack of Sedlec: a lord to whom we offered freedom on the condition that he lop off the heads of the other five noblemen standing beside him." 234353 "Within the smithies and arsenals of the Iron Lords lay enough weapons to equip a small army. As my Hussites took these arms in their hands, I watched a force of commoners begin to realize the previously unimaginable." 234354 "With faith, discipline, and my astute leadership on the battlefield, the Hussite movement could defy knights, nobles - and even an emperor." 234401 "Blooded and battle-hardened from our defeat of the Iron Lords, my Hussites were not content merely with surviving within the thick walls of Tabor." 234402 "Knowing that our enemies would soon renew their efforts, we moved north to seize the golden city of Prague, jewel of Bohemia and its seat of power." 234403 "Straddling the Vltava River, Prague is not easily defended. We hold all of the city on the east riverbank, but enemy forces have overrun the sector across the river to the west. The glorious Charles Bridge that connects the two will soon become a bloody battleground." 234404 "Emperor Sigismund, the man responsible for Hus' death, leads an army of crusaders into Bohemia, vowing to wipe out the so-called Hussite heresy. It is the ultimate irony for an oath-breaker to claim the moral high ground - but not unexpected from a snake like Sigismund." 234405 "His forces seek to encircle the city and suffocate us within our walls. This cannot happen, so we will array our wagons and make our stand on Vitkov Hill." 234406 "These fanatical crusaders can keep Rome for all I care, but they will never claim our beloved Prague. Into the battle line, for Hus and dearest Bohemia!" 234451 "A drawback of a comfortable, noble life, or even a life of crusading against disorganized heathens, is that you become unaccustomed to true adversity. As they faced our new, unconventional battle tactics, the armies of Sigismund were a relic of a bygone age, and they melted away like snow in the sweltering heat of the summer sun." 234452 "Failing to break through our line of wagons, the enemy forces were hurled back by a fierce counterattack. We drove them to the edge of a precipice - and then over it! Sigismund will return, I am sure, but for now we have humiliated him." 234453 "One image from the battle is etched into my mind: that of a fearless woman who led a defiant charge in the heat of battle, martyring herself in defense of our cause. Her name may be unknown, but her legend will live on forever." 234501 "As I suspected, even after being humiliated time and again, Emperor Sigismund is still determined to quench the fire started by the great Jan Hus. That two-faced scoundrel invades Bohemia once more with an army of crusaders!" 234502 "I would shed a tear for my homeland, but I no longer have the means. As we besieged Rabi Castle, an arrow took my last good eye, ripping away my vision for good. Mercifully, Providence intervened and left my keen wit intact; I am blind, but I see the future clearly." 234503 "We must deal a crushing blow to Sigismund's army before he can become entrenched for the winter. The bird first out of bed is the earliest fed, as it were - and Sigismund's wit is softened with delusions of grandeur." 234504 "Our first target is Kutna Hora, a town famed for its silver deposits but infamous for the local nobility's custom of hurling Hussites down mine shafts. Soon, retribution shall be meted out to these fiends for their cruelty to our brethren." 234505 "Sigismund is not alone, however. Riding with him is the fiery Zawisza the Black, our former comrade at Grunwald and bane of the Teutonic Order." 234506 "I shall spare Zawisza for old time's sake, but any other invading scum can expect justice from the barrel of a firearm and the head of a mace." 234551 "I may be blind, but my mind's eye sees all - and there are few things quite so sweet as witnessing an overconfident fool like Sigismund degenerate into a despondent wretch. His frustration is my elation; his despair the question that I would spend the rest of my days answering if I could." 234552 "As the battle unfolded, I could all but see the determination of loyal Hussites as they fixed the tarasnice guns to the wagons; the volleys of bolts and bullets that tore through Sigismund's ranks; and the torrents of blood that stained the once-pure blanket of snow a deep scarlet." 234553 "I could even picture Zawisza's wry grin as he mused that a blind man had taught him a crucial lesson that no one else could: to expect the unexpected." 234554 "With Zawisza ransomed home to Poland and Sigismund finally beaten back, I sense that Jan Hus' dream of a free, righteous Bohemia is close to becoming a reality." 234601 "War turns fine men into circling ravens and makes tyrants of us all. The faithless falter and new enemies rise as old ones fall." 234602 "With Sigismund gone, I turned to smashing the few remaining pockets of royalist resistance. The Hussite dream of a Bohemia independent from the grip of foreign imperial powers was nearly achieved when misfortune struck us once more." 234603 "Jealous of my success on the field of battle and lusting after the power that I have justly earned, a faction of Hussites in Prague turned from the righteous path and made a deal with the devil. Now, they march in league with the royalist armies and call on Sigismund to return." 234604 "My Hussites are undefeated, but it would be a fool's errand to contend with internal dissent and invasion at once. I have appealed to my former comrades in Poland and Lithuania for help, and one man and his army have answered the call: Zygimantas Korybut, an ambitious young duke with a fierce love for our cause." 234605 "We have come far already, and our mission to bring freedom, peace, and justice to our beloved homeland will not be stopped now. With our eastern allies by our side, we shall smite the royalist oppressors in the north while our Hussite allies in Tabor strike out from the west." 234606 "Once more, we shall unify this broken land and remind Sigismund that the Hussites are no mere peasant rabble to be oppressed and trampled. If he enters Bohemia again, he will face the wrath of men inspired by the soul of the martyr Jan Hus and see that Jan Zizka, warrior of God, still leads this unconquerable army." 234651 "With the rival Hussite factions reconciled and the royalists defeated, nothing stands in our way. We will honor Jan Hus by building a Bohemia free from the corruption of the Church in Rome and the avaricious talons of foreign emperors." 234652 "Yet I, Jan Zizka, will not be there in earthly form to see it." 234653 "To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven; and my time under the sun is nearly over. Even now I can feel the bubonic plague coursing through my veins, swiftly stripping the warmth and life from my aged bones." 234654 "Ye who are warriors of God, hear my dying wish! After I expire, you will flay the skin from my corpse and use it to build the drums to whose beat this army will march henceforth." 234655 "When our enemies hear the ominous din of those drums and the joyous clamor of thousands of valorous Hussites singing battle hymns, they will know one dreadful truth:" 234656 "Jan Zizka still leads this army from beyond the grave."