// overflow areas start at 449000, with 100 lines for each scenario starting at // 449000 + (scenarioNo - 1) * 100 // // Scenario One // 444000 "Artaphernes: Ah, the glorious stench of a siege camp. Let's get these supplies to the front." 444001 "King Darius: You've a talent for logistics, Artaphernes." 444002 "Artaphernes: A glorified muleteer. What grand rewards come from being brother to the Great King." 444003 "King Darius: Half-brother. And it is only thanks to me that you have any authority whatsoever. Now observe: the final assault is about to begin." 444004 "King Darius: Half-brother. And it is only thanks to me that you have any authority whatsoever. Now, you have one more task: deliver this bribe, and ensure that the mercenaries in Babylon give us no trouble." 444005 "Artaphernes: This cart is stuffed with enough jewels and golden drinking bowls to make you the richest man of any town you might choose. When the time comes, your men will repay their master, understood?" 444006 "King Darius: Fine work, little brother, and just in time: our sappers have almost finished undermining the lapis-lined walls." 444007 "Datis: My lord, the Babylonians sally out to attack our siegeworks!" 444008 "King Darius: Daiva-worshipping dogs! Well-spotted, general — defend the sappers!" 444009 "Datis: They pour forth again — hold, men!" 444010 "Datis: They’ve collapsed one of the tunnels!" 444011 "Datis: One of the tunnels has collapsed!" 444012 "Datis: They've taken out one of our tunnels!" 444013 "King Darius: See, Babylonians: Marduk forsakes you! Your walls are but wind-blown sand. Datis, my most dependable general: I give you the honor of leading the assault." 444014 "King Darius: Use these gold darics to bribe whomever you must." 444015 "King Darius: None of these gluttonous Babylonians can ever resist gold — not even their garrison commanders." 444016 "Datis: Into the city, men! Take out their command posts." 444017 "King Darius: Fine work, Datis. My cavalry will take things from here." 444018 "Datis: Ambush! Ambush! Pull back!" 444019 "King Darius: Three-mouthed Dahāka! No matter — engineers, divert this obstinate river, and we shall walk right across!" 444020 "Datis: Across we go, men! Keep those bows above the water, and on to the palace!" 444021 "Mercenary Leader: You fight for the Persians now, lads — it's all been arranged." 444022 "Mercenary Leader: Change of plan, boys — you're Persian mercenaries now." 444023 "Mercenary Leader: The Babylonians got outbid — you men fight for the Persians now." 444024 "Mercenary Leader: You've got a new master now, boys." 444025 "Mercenary Leader: Help the Persians, and try not to get killed, lads — we're going to be rich men after this." 444026 "Datis: Onwards, men! These Babylonians, so used to soft living, cannot withstand our strength!" 444027 "Datis: Courage, men! The light of Ahuramazda guides our arrows!" 444028 "King Darius: Glorious work, Datis! Watch closely, Artaphernes: you might learn a thing or two." 444029 "King Darius: Bring up the siege weapons!" 444030 "King Darius: Crush all who stand in our way!" 444031 "Datis: Some desperate fool tried to escape with this gold. Seize it." 444032 "Datis: Seize that gold — whoever was trying to smuggle it out is either dead or long gone." 444033 "Datis: Grab that gold, men — its owner will have little use for it now." 444034 "Datis: You will receive further rewards when we are victorious." 444035 "Datis: The Great King rewards his servants well." 444036 "Datis: It should not take gold to make you see the Great King's righteousness." 444037 "Datis: Hanging gardens… And I thought these were found only at Nineveh." 444038 "Datis: Seize the palace, and end this!" 444039 "King Darius: Bear witness, men of Babylon: your gates, your gods, your armies will not hold me back. For my kingdom was granted me by Ahuramazda, and blessed by all the gods who are. Now, bow!" 444040 "1. Prologue: Gates of the Gods" 444041 "Mesopotamia, 522 BCE" 444042 "There are few cities as wondrous as Babylon. Regrettably for the Babylonians, there are few mistakes as fatal as defying the Great King of Persia." 444043 "Artaphernes" 444044 "King Darius" 444045 "Datis" 444046 "Mercenary Leader" 444047 "Persians" 444048 "Babylon" 444049 "Nidintu-Bel" 444050 "Mercenaries" 444051 "Babylonian Commander" 444052 "Treasure Cart" 444053 "Sapper Tunnel" 444054 "Monument of Babylon" 444055 "+ Bring the supply carts to Darius." 444056 "+ Deliver the Treasure Cart to the mercenary camp." 444057 "+ Meet with Darius in the main siege camp." 444058 "+ Choose a bodyguard by bringing Artaphernes to them.\nYour choice will persist in future scenarios!" 444059 "- Bring Artaphernes to the cavalry to command them." 444060 "- Bring Artaphernes to the infantry to command them." 444061 "- Bring Artaphernes to the archers to command them." 444062 "+ Defend the Sapper Tunnels: (/3 left)." 444063 "+ Defend the Sapper Tunnels until they bring down the walls: (/3 Sappers remain)." 444064 "+ Destroy the 2 Fortified Towers in west Babylon." 444065 "- Locate the city's five mercenary camps (/5 camps found)." 444066 "- Locate the city's five mercenary camps (/5 camps found) to collect additional troops." 444067 "- Find Treasure Carts to bribe Babylonian commanders." 444068 "- Bring Treasure Carts to Babylonian commanders to bribe them." 444069 "- Bring Treasure Carts to the Babylonian Commanders." 444070 "- Recruit wounded Hero units at the Fort." 444071 "+ Capture the Ziggurat of Babylon." 444072 "+ Deliver the Treasure Cart to the Mercenary Camp." 444073 "Babylonian Cavalry" 444074 "OR" 444075 "- You can now train cavalry. -" 444076 "- You can now train infantry. -" 444077 "- You can now train archers. -" 444084 "- Kill the corrupt Tax Collector." 444085 "Heal Artaphernes ()\nSelect to heal Artaphernes and return him to the fight!" 444086 "Heal Datis ()\nSelect to heal Datis and return him to the fight!" 444087 "Royal Convoys" 444088 "- Use units to collect stranded Supply Carts." 444089 "Choose one of the three bodyguards by bringing Artaphernes to them. Your choice will persist in future scenarios!" 444090 "Babylonian Militia" 444091 "+ Cross the dried-up river." 444092 "+ Construct a dam across the river." 444093 "- A Supply Cart has arrived safely. -" 444094 "+ Train more units until you have at least 10.\n(/10 units owned.)" 444095 "- Train additional bodyguard units at the Fort." 444096 "Tower" 444097 "River Dam" 444098 "Immortals can swap between a spear and a bow." 444099 "Babylonians" // overflow one 449000 "Ziggurat of Babylon" 449001 "Use the villager to construct a dam." 449002 "+ Defeat the Babylonian navy." // // Scenario Two // 444100 "Aristagoras: Glorious days lie ahead, my friend! Soon we shall seize Naxos, and bask in the praise of the Great King — and the riches of conquest." 444101 "Artaphernes: We are not friends, Aristagoras, nor do I need my brother's approval. Now, we must make ready for the first convoy to arrive: I suggest we prepare an escort, in case bandits try to seize the wagons." 444102 "Aristagoras: Pfft, bandits? This region is entirely safe." 444103 "Convoy Leader: Help! Bandits are on our tail!" 444104 "Artaphernes: Six-eyed Dahāka! Protect the convoy!" 444105 "Datis: Charge! Defend what belongs to the Great King!" 444106 "Artaphernes: Datis. I presume my brother sent you here to keep an eye on me?" 444107 "Datis: Just here to dispense some military advice. The Great King doesn't fund expeditions like this without oversight — even for family." 444108 "Artaphernes: A convoy has arrived — sturdy oak for the ships' hulls. See it safely to Miletus." 444109 "Artaphernes: Another convoy is on its way: three thousand akinakai and spears of Cypriot iron. " 444110 "Artaphernes: The ropes have arrived. See that they make it to Miletus." 444111 "Artaphernes: Ten thousand arrows, fletched with the feathers of eagles. Bring them in." 444112 "Artaphernes: Food supplies are coming in now — barley flour, lentils, dates; a thousand artabae of each." 444113 "Artaphernes: Thirty-four thousand oars arrive. This expedition had better be worth it, Aristagoras." 444114 "Artaphernes: Here are two-hundred oxen in train, fit for the table of a king — never mind a petty tyrant." 444115 "Artaphernes: These bleating lambs should suffice for your sacrificial offerings, Aristagoras." 444116 "Datis: Be vigilant, Artaphernes — your brother does not approve of waste." 444117 "Datis: The Great King keeps careful tallies of all his possessions — take care not to waste them, Artaphernes." 444118 "Datis: What folly has this Greek roped you into, Artaphernes? The Great King will be angered by these losses." 444119 "Datis: Enough! The king will not countenance any more waste. The expedition is cancelled." 444120 "Aristagoras: My shipwrights will put this splendid wood to good use." 444121 "Aristagoras: What delights you bring me, Artaphernes! To have such good friends is a sweet thing indeed." 444122 "Artaphernes: Are you certain that this expedition will be a success?" 444123 "Aristagoras: Of course! I have good friends among the Naxians — they will ensure our victory, I promise you that." 444124 "Aristagoras: What animals do you think it best to sacrifice before the voyage? I had a fine white heifer that might have been suitable, but we ate that." 444125 "Aristagoras: Ah, fodder for the animals, good. Oh, this food is for the men?" 444126 "Datis: The King approved this expedition while drunk, and then again while sober. Though I wonder if he may have been a little hungover the second time." 444127 "Aristagoras: The Great King honors us with the bounty of his realm." 444128 "Aristagoras: Poseidon prefers bulls to lambs, you know… But this should do!" 444129 "Datis: The Greeks, for all their faults, have many wise oracles who speak to their gods — one of which is not far from here. I would counsel you to visit." 444130 "Priestess: Ah, satrap, I was told of your arrival. Hear these words, straight from sun-bright Apollo: if you launch your ships against the isle where Father Zeus was raised, a great city will burn." 444131 "Artaphernes: Precisely my intention. Perhaps these Greek oracles are worthwhile after all. I shall bring offerings and fresh barley cakes to your temple." 444132 "Artaphernes: Accept these offerings, priestess, and bless our infantry." 444133 "Artaphernes: Accept these offerings, priestess, and bless our keen-eyed archers." 444134 "Artaphernes: Accept these offerings, priestess, and bless our cavalry." 444135 "Artaphernes: The sight of my entourage has prompted a slew of petitions from the squabbling villages here. " 444136 "Ionian Townswoman: Here comes the satrap — he'll clear this up for us." 444137 "Ionian Townsman: He'll affirm that the land is mine! My grandfather got married beneath that very tree, and my great-grandfather died tripping over that very root." 444138 "Artaphernes: Lay the boundary marker here. Scribe, note its location: if any man moves it, may daenā forsake his soul." 444139 "Artaphernes: More village squabbles — I suppose I ought to investigate." 444140 "Ionian Townsman: Satrap! Thank Zeus you've arrived — this thief lays claim to my goats!" 444141 "Ionian Townswoman: Hera take your tongue, you liar! Look at its markings — just like half the other goats in my paddock!" 444142 "Artaphernes: There, you have my judgement. Only Greeks could argue so fiercely over such inelegant creatures." 444143 "Aristagoras: Since you're here, Artaphernes, I've had this old farmer buzzing in my ear for weeks about squatters on his land. Maybe you could clear them out?" 444144 "Datis: I suggest you leave this one to me, satrap." 444145 "Datis: It is done. In future, Aristagoras, I suggest you resolve such problems yourself — we have no use for puppet rulers who cannot rule." 444146 "Datis: I hear complaints throughout this land that the tax collectors take more than their proper due. I suggest we investigate." 444147 "Artaphernes: What sort of tax collectors bear such deadly arms? Or brandish them at their rightful satrap?" 444148 "Artaphernes: How are we to keep the empire loyal, when men like Aristagoras allow such corruption to fester?" 444149 "Ionian Townswoman: Ah, satrap, thank the gods you came!" 444150 "Ionian Townsman: You honor us with your presence, satrap." 444151 "Artaphernes: You have all you asked for, and more. Now deliver me a victory, Aristagoras." 444152 "Aristagoras: Set a course for Naxos! The Milesians will storm the city; Persians, you take out their naval base." 444153 "Artaphernes: My men have done their part… You seem to be losing a lot of men, Aristagoras." 444154 "Aristagoras: No, all going well here, just… By Zeus, his head came clean off! Sound the retreat! A, er, tactical retreat!" 444155 "Artaphernes: Where are you going, Aristagoras? Aristagoras, where are you going?" 444156 "2. Greeks Bearing Gifts" 444157 "Ionia, 499 BCE" 444158 "Artaphernes, satrap of Lydia, readies an expedition to seize the island of Naxos. This should be a simple task — or so the wily Greek Aristagoras claims..." 444159 "Aristagoras" 444160 "Convoy Leader" 444161 "Ionian Townswoman" 444162 "Ionian Townsman" 444163 "Supply Cart" 444164 "Convoy Guard" 444165 "Elite Convoy Guard" 444166 "Concerned Ionian" 444167 "Tax Collector" 444168 "Marauder" 444169 "Ionians" 444170 "Naxos" 444171 "Bandits" 444172 "Miletus" 444173 "Sun-Branded Goat" 444174 "Moon-Branded Goat" 444175 "+ Protect the first Convoy." 444176 "+ Do not lose or more Supply Carts.\nSupply Carts lost: " 444177 "+ Escort the Supply Carts to the city of Miletus." 444178 "- Tribute 500 food and 300 gold to the Ionians." 444179 "+ Ensure enough carts survive for Aristagoras to build ships\nShips built: " 444180 "- Limited resources have been salvaged from a lost convoy. -" 444181 "Next convoy arrives in %d" 444182 "- The fleet is ready for battle. -" 444183 "- The invasion fleet is moving into position for the glorious conquest of Naxos. -" 444184 "+ Destroy both Naxian Shipyards: /2 Shipyards destroyed" 444185 "- Bring Artaphernes to the left flag to side with the Ionian Townswoman's rightful claim." 444186 "- Investigate the corrupt tax collectors." 444187 "- Bring Artaphernes to the Oracle's Temple." 444188 "Oracle's Temple" 444189 "- Choose an aura effect at the Oracle's Temple. Your choice will persist in future scenarios!" 444190 "- Choose an aura effect for Artaphernes at the Oracle's Temple. Select one of the three icons to enable Artaphernes to boost nearby infantry, cavalry, or archers. Your choice will persist in future scenarios!" 444191 "+ Destroy /3 Shipyards on Naxos." 444192 "+ Destroy the Harbor on Naxos." 444193 "Cavalry Aura I" 444194 "Select Cavalry Aura I\nGive Artaphernes an aura effect that will boost nearby cavalry units." 444194_perth "Give Artaphernes an aura effect that will boost nearby cavalry units." 444195 "Infantry Aura I" 444196 "Select Infantry Aura I\nGive Artaphernes an aura effect that will boost nearby infantry units." 444196_perth "Give Artaphernes an aura effect that will boost nearby infantry units." 444197 "Archery Aura I" 444198 "Select Archery Aura I\nGive Artaphernes an aura effect that will boost nearby archer units." 444198_perth "Give Artaphernes an aura effect that will boost nearby archer units." 444199 "+ Await the first convoy." // overflow two 449100 "Select the Oracle's Temple to choose an aura effect for Artaphernes." 449101 "Greek Noble Cavalry (Bodyguard)" 449102 "Cretan Archer (Bodyguard)" 449103 "Ekdromos (Bodyguard)" 449104 "Scythian Axe Cavalry (Bodyguard)" 449105 "Sakan Axeman (Bodyguard)" 449106 "Bactrian Archer (Bodyguard)" 499107 "/13 convoys have entered the region." 449108 "Brasideios (Bodyguard)" 449109 "Lysander's Raider (Bodyguard)" 449110 "Aristagoras is beginning his assault on Naxos!" 449111 "- Tribute 500 food and 300 gold to the Ionians." 449112 "The Ionians can be tributed through the diplomacy menu." 449113 "Final four carts arrive from all directions in %d" // //Scenario Three // 444200 "Aristagoras: Hear me, citizens: for too long, the Great King has stolen what is yours! Tell me, do you stand for rats in your storehouses, locusts in your fields, thieves in your marketplaces? No... No! So march with us, brothers, and take back what’s ours!" 444201 "Artaphernes: Aristagoras! That lying traitor! Assemble the men — I want that renegade apprehended!" 444202 "Datis: The Greeks have quite the host — we must build up our forces before we face them directly. " 444203 "Aristagoras: Now fellow Greeks, some may say, 'Aristagoras, you gladly served the Persians for years, gaining wealth and power — who are you to now proclaim our liberty?' I respond: who could understand the bitter yoke of Persia better than its most decorated slave?" 444204 "Datis: We must try to retake the towns — they are our recruiting grounds, as well as sources of tribute." 444205 "Artaphernes: Gold darics are disappearing from the treasury — treachery at my own court! We shall intercept the thieves, and uncover those behind this scheme." 444206 "Artaphernes: There — daiva-cursed dogs bearing gold from the treasury. Apprehend them!" 444207 "Artaphernes: As I thought — they carry messages in Greek. Have them brought in and translated." 444208 "Datis: Another message — bring it in." 444209 "Datis: Let's get that message deciphered." 444210 "Artaphernes: As I thought — messages in Greek. There seems to be an entire network of traitors, operating among the towns… We need more information." 444211 "Artaphernes: There seems to be an entire network of traitors, operating among the towns… We need more information." 444212 "Artaphernes: It seems the traitors operate through merchants… Names, I need names!" 444213 "Artaphernes: Philocles son of Alexandros; Thales the dye-maker; Hekatomnos of Ephesus. Kill the traitors." 444214 "Datis: Impressive, Artaphernes. It seems your brother isn't alone in his talent for retribution." 444215 "Aristagoras: Throw off your Persian masters, and lend me your bows!" 444216 "Aristagoras: Swift archers, join our noble cause!" 444217 "Aristagoras: Swordsmen, lend your blades to the cause of freedom." 444218 "Aristagoras: Mighty tamers of horses, throw off your Persian overlords!" 444219 "Aristagoras: Masterful builders of chariots, we have need of your craft." 444220 "Aristagoras: Muscle-bound slingers, loose your rocks in the cause of freedom!" 444221 "Aristagoras: Bronze-clad hoplites, fight beside your Greek brothers!" 444222 "Aristagoras: This city once furnished the Great King with his elite guards — now its men stand with me!" 444223 "Aristagoras: The Great King will be upset that this happened on your watch, Artaphernes." 444224 "Aristagoras: These men wish only to be free — and so they are, once more." 444225 "Aristagoras: Freed once again from bondage to the Great King!" 444226 "Aristagoras: Zeus Soter blesses this victory!" 444227 "Aristagoras: Zeus Eleutherios, witness this triumph!" 444228 "Aristagoras: Another town rid of Persian despotism." 444229 "Aristagoras: Freedom for Ionia, that’s all that matters to me. And if I happen to benefit along the way, that’s just the gods rewarding the righteous." 444230 "Datis: Archers! You fight for the Great King once more." 444231 "Datis: Swift archers, remember your true master." 444232 "Datis: Sharpen those akinakai — the Great King has need of you." 444233 "Datis: Chariot-makers, the Great King has need of your craft. " 444234 "Datis: Return to the service of the Great King." 444235 "Artaphernes: Those fine bronze shields will look better in our front line." 444236 "Artaphernes: Your treachery will be forgiven, horse tamers, if you ride for us." 444237 "Artaphernes: My brother need not hear of your treachery, if you serve me well." 444238 "Artaphernes: The town is ours once more." 444239 "Artaphernes: We have driven the rebels out." 444240 "Artaphernes: Another town reclaimed." 444241 "Datis: This town serves its rightful king again." 444242 "Datis: Our rule is restored here." 444243 "Datis: Come, Artaphernes: stand before the townspeople and restore your rule." 444244 "Datis: Your brother sends aid from Susa: his own elite guards, their spears adorned with shining apples." 444245 "Datis: More reinforcements from Susa." 444246 "Datis: The Great King sends reinforcements." 444247 "Datis: Take heart: reinforcements have arrived." 444248 "Datis: The Lydians set great store by oracles and soothsayers. There is one such oracle nearby — perhaps if we gain the trust of the mountain-dwellers, they will show us the way." 444249 "Datis: The oracle dwells among the high mountains, like the sacred peak of Bisitun nestling within the Zagros." 444250 "Priestess: Your reverence is pleasing, Artaphernes. Step forth, and tell me what manner of blessing you would receive." 444251 "Artaphernes: Daub the shields of our infantrymen with sweet-smelling incense." 444252 "Artaphernes: My horsemen seem to spook as easily as their mounts. Bless our steeds and calm their nerves." 444253 "Artaphernes: Teach our bowmen prayers to your archer god, to whisper as they notch their arrows." 444254 "Datis: We must drive Aristagoras from both the large cities, not just the small towns." 444255 "Artaphernes: See how the traitor flees! An oath-breaker, a liar, and now a coward!" 444256 "Aristagoras: How's this for an oath, Persian: I swear by Ares, Enyo, and blood-loving Phobos that I shall return, and you will cower before me." 444257 "3. The Ionian Revolt" 444258 "Ionia, 499 BCE" 444259 "Rebellion! Rather than face punishment for failing the Great King, Aristagoras and his fellow Greeks have revolted. Artaphernes and Datis scramble to contain the rebels." 444260 "Loyal Towns" 444261 "Rebel Towns" 444262 "Aristagoras's Army" 444263 "Traitors" 444264 "Aristagoras's Bodyguard" 444265 "Philocles" 444266 "Thales" 444267 "Hekatomnos" 444268 "Archer Guard" 444269 "Infantry Guard" 444270 "Cavalry Guard" 444271 "Greek Commander" 444272 "Persian Commander" 444273 "Sardis" 444274 "Oracle of Apollo" 444275 "Secret Message" 444276 "- Reclaim towns by capturing their towers.\nEach town provides tribute and a unit bonus." 444277 "- Reclaim towns by capturing their towers (reduce their HP).\nEach town you control provides a regular tribute of gold, and gives a bonus for a different type of unit." 444278 "- Kill the traitorous Messengers." 444279 "- Take the Secret Message to your Fort." 444280 "- Kill /3 Traitors." 444281 "- To reclaim your stolen gold, kill the 3 leading traitors: Philocles, Thales, and Hekatomnos." 444282 "- Build a Town Center in the flagged location." 444283 "- Bring Artaphernes to the Oracle." 444284 "+ Do not lose all towns:\n/8 Towns held" 444285 "- /8 Towns held" 444286 "+ Kill Aristagoras." 444287 "- Town taken: Archer bonus active! -" 444288 "- Town taken: Cavalry Archer bonus active! -" 444289 "- Town taken: Swordsman bonus active! -" 444290 "- Town taken: War Chariot bonus active! -" 444291 "- Town taken: Immortals bonus active! -" 444292 "- Town taken: Lancer bonus active! -" 444293 "- Town taken: Skirmisher bonus active! -" 444294 "- Town taken: Light Cavalry bonus active! -" 444295 "- Reinforcements have arrived! -" 444296 "- Datis provides vision over adjacent towns! -" 444297 "- Cavalry Aura I received. -" 444298 "- Infantry Aura I received. -" 444299 "- Archery Aura I received. -" 444300 "- Cavalry Aura improved. -" 444301 "- Infantry Aura improved. -" 444302 "- Archer Aura improved. -" 444303 "Aristagoras is almost in control of the entire region! Reclaim your towns!" 444304 "- Heal Artaphernes at the Fort." 444305 "- Upgrade the Town Center in the flagged area to a Fortified Satrapy." 444306 "- Heal Datis at the Fort." 444307 "- Kill the traitorous Messengers to recover their secret messages and discover who is stealing your gold. Messengers will spawn randomly and make their way across the map." 444308 "- Collect /3 Secret Messages at your Fort." 444309 "Fire Temple" 444310 "+ Do not lose all towns:\n/8 Towns held" 444311 "- Build a Town Center in the flagged area to try to convince the mountain dwellers to reveal the Oracle." 444312 "Bonus Objectives" 444313 "and" 444314 "- Traitors stole gold from your treasury! -" 444315 "+ Bring the Supply Carts to Miletus.\nYou can send units to take control of stranded supply carts." 444316 "Bandit Camp" 444317 "- Upgrade the Town Center you built in the flagged area to a Fortified Satrapy, and the mountain dwellers will reveal the Oracle's location." 444318 "Mountain Dwellers" 444319 "The Achaemenids can upgrade their Town Centers to boost nearby economic or military production, or fortify them against attack." 444320 "- Build a Fort to train bodyguard units and research special technologies." 444321 "- Research a Mutually Exclusive Technology at the Fort." 444322 "You have a choice of two mutually exclusive unique technologies. Researching one will disable the other." 444323 "- Train more bodyguard units at the Fort." 444324 "- Town lost: Archer bonus lost! -" 444325 "- Town lost: Cavalry Archer bonus lost! -" 444326 "- Town lost: Swordsman bonus lost! -" 444327 "- Town lost: War Chariot bonus lost! -" 444328 "- Town lost: Immortals bonus lost! -" 444329 "- Town lost: Lancer bonus lost! -" 444330 "- Town lost: Skirmisher bonus lost! -" 444331 "- Town lost: Light Cavalry bonus lost! -" 444332 "Economic Town Center" 444333 "Military Town Center" 444334 "Fortified Town Center" 444335 "- Upgrade the Town Center you built in the flagged area to a Fortified Town Center, and the mountain dwellers will reveal the Oracle's location." 444358 "1. Escort Supply Carts to Miletus to fund Aristagoras's fleet.\n\n2. Each convoy you successfully bring in will also grant you resources.\n\n3. This scenario contains an aura quest. Visit the Oracle and fulfil her quest to give Artaphernes an aura that improves nearby infantry, archers, or cavalry.\n\n4. Tribute can be sent through the diplomacy tab.\n\n5. In Chronicles, some of the decisions you make will affect future scenarios. In this scenario, your choice of aura effect for Artaphernes will persist in future scenarios.\n\n6. Heroes can obtain multiple aura effects. You will have the option to add additional auras to Artaphernes in future scenarios.\n\n7. The Achaemenids have the War Chariot at their disposal, a powerful cavalry unit that tramples nearby infantry underfoot." 444359 "1. You are limited to the Classical Age.\n\n2. Build up your economy and army before confronting Aristagoras. Remember to create plenty of villagers!\n\n3. Each town you own will periodically send you tribute, as well as providing a unique bonus for a different type of units. Retake towns by capturing their Towers (reduce their HP until they convert).\n\n4. The Achaemenids can upgrade their Town Centers to specialize in economic productivity, military productivity, or defense.\n\n5. In the Classical Age, you can choose between two mutually-exclusive technologies at the Fort. Choosing one will disable the other.\n\n6. This scenario contains an aura quest for Artaphernes - gain the trust of the mountain dwellers to reveal the Oracle's location.\n\n7. Chronicles features cross-scenario choices - the decisions you make in one scenario can affect future scenarios. In addition to the Bodyguard and aura choices there are other actions that can impact future scenarios in small ways.\n\n8. The Bodyguard units you chose in scenario one can be recruited at the Fort.\n\n9. The Achaemenids have the War Chariot at their disposal, a powerful cavalry unit that tramples nearby infantry underfoot.\n\n10. The Achaemenids' unique unit, the Immortal, wields both a spear and a bow and can swap between the two.\n\n11. The rivers of this region are too shallow to support the construction of warships." 444360 "1. Welcome to Chronicles.\n\n2. Do as you are commanded with the forces you are given, and conquer Babylon.\n\n3. In Chronicles, some of the decisions you make will affect future scenarios. In this scenario, your choice of bodyguard will persist in future scenarios.\n\n4. The types of mercenaries available on the map will be different each playthrough. Each kind of mercenary unit comes with unique bonuses and uses.\n\n5. The Achaemenids have the War Chariot at their disposal, a powerful cavalry unit that tramples nearby infantry underfoot.\n\n6. The Achaemenids' unique unit, the Immortal, wields both a spear and a bow and can swap between the two." 444361 "Select an aura effect for your hero at the Oracle's Temple." 444362 "Research Economic Town Center ()\nUpgrades this Town Center to an Economic Town Center, making all nearby Villagers gather 15% faster." 444363 "Research Military Town Center ()\nUpgrades this Town Center to a Military Town Center, making nearby military production buildings work 50% faster." 444364 "Research Defensive Town Center ()\nUpgrades this Town Center to a Defensive Town Center, increasing its durability and firepower, and making all nearby units attack 15% faster." 444365 "- Train bodyguard units (requires building a Fort)" 444366 "- Train a bodyguard unit at the Fort." 444367 "Only a limited number of powerful bodyguard units can be trained at a time." 444368 "The bodyguard unit you chose for your hero can also be trained at the Fort." 444369 "Artaphernes \n \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to Cavalry and +2 to Cavalry Archers" 444370 "Artaphernes \n \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to Infantry" 444371 "Artaphernes \n \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to Archers" // //Scenario Four // 444400 "Datis: Bring up the reserves! The acropolis cannot fall!" 444401 "Artaphernes: You heard him, men — protect the citadel!" 444402 "Datis: The acropolis may be safe for now, but fire is spreading in the lower city. We must retake Sardis before there's nothing left!" 444403 "Artaphernes: The main Greek force is gathered in the agora. We are too few to face them now, but we may find men and weapons if we can retake the city districts." 444404 "Datis: The fire takes hold among the food sellers' stalls." 444405 "Datis: The coin mints are aflame. There are furnaces there we might use." 444406 "Datis: Fire in the menagerie! There are fine horses there, choking on smoke!" 444407 "Artaphernes: That stench can mean only one thing — the fire has spread to the tanneries!" 444408 "Artaphernes: The smithies are on fire! We should recover what arms we can." 444409 "Artaphernes: The blaze has spread to the noble quarters! Save the district — then requisition their chariots." 444410 "Artaphernes: The bowmakers' workshops are aflame!" 444411 "Artaphernes: The wind carries the fire to the farmland!" 444412 "Datis: Evil-doing daivas… The food market has burned to ashes." 444413 "Datis: Coins have been minted by the Pactolus for decades. Now the furnaces are smoldering ruins." 444414 "Datis: The menagerie is gone, and the proud horses of Nisaea lie dead in its ashes." 444415 "Datis: Piles of scorched leather are all that remains of the tanneries." 444416 "Artaphernes: The smithies have burned! Fine ironwork turned to slag." 444417 "Artaphernes: The finest dwellings in the city — now nothing but ash." 444418 "Artaphernes: The bowmakers' workshops have turned to charcoal." 444419 "Artaphernes: The fields are black and dead. No pestilence ever caused such ruin as these Greeks." 444420 "Datis: A third of the city has succumbed to the blaze. " 444421 "Datis: More than half of the city is ablaze — we must press on." 444422 "Datis: The fire spreads quickly now — make haste!" 444423 "Datis: Clear out the Greeks before there's nothing left!" 444424 "Datis: O Mithra… The city is lost to the blaze." 444425 "Artaphernes: The market is safe from the blaze." 444426 "Artaphernes: The mints are secured. Empty the stolen darics from the Greeks' pockets." 444427 "Datis: The menagerie and the lustrous horses of Nisaea are safe." 444428 "Artaphernes: We've secured the tanneries." 444429 "Datis: The smithies are secured. Get those forges working, immediately." 444430 "Artaphernes: By the grace of Anahita, we've retaken the noble quarters." 444431 "Datis: The bowmakers' workshops are ours once more." 444432 "Datis: The farms are safe. Gather fruits for the soldiers and fodder for the horses — we shall need our strength." 444433 "Artaphernes: We've taken the food market… What's left of it." 444434 "Artaphernes: We hold the mints, though I doubt these furnaces will work any time soon." 444435 "Datis: We have the menagerie. Fetch a priest to honor the sacred horses… or their ashes." 444436 "Artaphernes: The tanneries are no use to us now, but the blaze has at least improved their stench." 444437 "Artaphernes: We've recaptured the smithies. Clear away the smoking slag metal." 444438 "Datis: The noble quarters are ours again… Though the fine houses are blackened husks now." 444439 "Datis: The blackened remains of the bowmakers' workshops are ours now." 444440 "Artaphernes: We've recaptured the farms — or what remains of them." 444441 "Artaphernes: We've retaken all the major districts. Now, on to the agora — let us finish this." 444442 "Artaphernes: We must do all we can to slow the blaze. Secure the wells!" 444443 "Datis: Water from the wells will help manage the blaze — but we cannot quench it altogether until we drive out the Greeks." 444444 "Datis: Greek soldiers continue to flood into Sardis like demons pouring forth from Arezûra. We should secure the city gates." 444445 "Artaphernes: The northern gate is ours. No more Greeks will slip through here." 444446 "Artaphernes: Fine work, men — the western gate belongs to us." 444447 "Artaphernes: We've taken the gate — and behold, reinforcements from the east!" 444448 "Datis: Look to the southern gate: reinforcements from the outlying towns!" 444449 "Datis: Rescue those soldiers!" 444450 "Artaphernes: These men need our help!" 444451 "Datis: Defenders of Sardis, we will aid you!" 444452 "Artaphernes: The Greeks have those men surrounded!" 444453 "Datis: Protect those men!" 444454 "Artaphernes: Save those men!" 444455 "Datis: These soldiers need our help!" 444456 "Artaphernes: Into the fray — save these men!" 444457 "Datis: These brave men need our aid!" 444458 "Artaphernes: Do not let these men be slain!" 444459 "Datis: These men are in trouble!" 444460 "Artaphernes: Pull the men away from the flames!" 444461 "Datis: Get the men out of that burning alley!" 444462 "Artaphernes: Get away from the flames, men!" 444463 "Datis: Get out of that burning street!" 444464 "Artaphernes: The smoke is suffocating — find another way!" 444465 "Datis: Stay clear of the smoke!" 444466 "Artaphernes: Pull out of the alleyway, before you choke to death!" 444467 "Melanthios the Athenian: Things are getting out of hand here, Aristagoras — we came for plunder, not slaughter!" 444468 "Aristagoras: My men have taken your pretty palace, Artaphernes. You know, I always thought it rude that you never invited me for dinner." 444469 "Datis: What demons are these, who burn temples and break oaths on a whim?" 444470 "Datis: They've burned the temple of Cybele! What foul, daiva-worshipping dogs are these?" 444471 "Datis: Even the dead suffer Greek impiety — the necropolis and its shrines are ruined!" 444472 "Artaphernes: What a perfect metaphor for your predicament, Aristagoras: fleeing for safety from the blaze you yourself started." 444473 "Aristagoras: Ah, now, that fire was an accident — and even if it wasn't, it's your fault for building a city out of reeds!" 444474 "Aristagoras: Flee, men! Gather what loot you can — regroup at Ephesus!" 444475 "Artaphernes: I swear by Mithra, once I have extinguished this blaze, I will hunt you down, Aristagoras, and I shall tear out your lying tongue." 444476 "4. A City Ablaze" 444477 "Sardis, 498 BCE" 444478 "Aristagoras and the Greek rebels have stormed the city of Sardis! As fire spreads through the streets, Artaphernes fights to take back his city." 444479 "Melanthios of Athens" 444480 "Greek Army" 444481 "Sardis Garrison" 444482 "Median Cavalry" 444483 "Temple of Artemis" 444484 "Temple of Cybele" 444485 "Necropolis" 444486 "Food Market" 444487 "Coin Mints" 444488 "Menagerie" 444489 "Tanneries" 444490 "Smithing District" 444491 "Noble Quarters" 444492 "Bowmakers' Workshops" 444493 "Farmland" 444494 "Palace District" 444495 "Agora" 444496 "Acropolis" 444497 "Well" 444498 "+ Defend the Acropolis against Greek attacks." 444499 "+ Win before all of Sardis burns. % has burned." 444500 "+ Defeat Aristagoras at the Agora." 444501 "- Retake city districts to gain resources and unlock units: /8 retaken." 444502 "- Retake city districts to gain resources, production buildings, technologies, and access to new units: /8 retaken." 444503 "- Retake wells to slow the fire." 444504 "- Retake wells to slow down the rate at which districts burn. To retake a well, kill the enemy soldiers surrounding it." 444505 "- Reclaim the city gates (destroy Greek Outposts)." 444506 "- Reclaim the north, east, and west city gates by destroying the Greek Outposts next to them." 444507 "- Rescue /11 Defenders of Sardis." 444508 "Food market retaken! Retake other districts to unlock more units, gain resources and bonuses, and access production buildings." 444509 "- Coin mints retaken: Mercenary Hoplites unlocked and melee unit attack increased. -" 444510 "- Menagerie retaken: Shock Cavalry unlocked. -" 444511 "- Tanneries retaken: Immortals unlocked and archer armor increased. -" 444512 "- Smithies retaken: Slingers unlocked and infantry armor increased. -" 444513 "- Noble quarters retaken: Elite War Chariot unlocked. -" 444514 "- Bowmakers' workshops retaken: Bowmen unlocked and ranged unit attack increased! -" 444515 "- Farmland retaken: Cavalry Archers unlocked and mounted unit HP increased. -" 444516 "- Reinforcements have arrived at the south gate! -" 444517 "- Reinforcements have arrived at the east gate! -" 444518 "Districts burned down: /8" 444519 "Well retaken: districts burn less quickly!" 444520 "Food Market burns down in %d." 444521 "Smithies burn down in %d." 444522 "Tanneries burn down in %d." 444523 "Coin mints burn down in %d." 444524 "Farmland burns down in %d." 444525 "Bowmakers' workshops burn down in %d." 444526 "Menagerie burns down in %d." 444527 "Noble Quarter burns down in %d." 444528 "- Retake burnt districts for fewer resources: retaken." 444529 "Food Market burns down in %d." 444530 "Smithies burn down in %d." 444531 "Tanneries burn down in %d." 444532 "Coin mints burn down in %d." 444533 "Farmland burns down in %d." 444534 "Bowmakers' workshops burn down in %d." 444535 "Menagerie burns down in %d." 444536 "Noble Quarter burns down in %d." 444537 "Food Market burns down in %d." 444538 "Smithies burn down in %d." 444539 "Tanneries burn down in %d." 444540 "Coin mints burn down in %d." 444541 "Farmland burns down in %d." 444542 "Bowmakers' workshops burn down in %d." 444543 "Menagerie burns down in %d." 444544 "Noble Quarter burns down in %d." 444545 "1. Save a district by defeating the units around its central building. This will convert the district to you, and stop it from burning.\n\n2. Each district provides a one-off influx of resources, unlocks different units, and provides access to production buildings.\n\n3. Save as many as you can, but you do not have to save all the districts.\n\n4. Districts which have already burned down can still be retaken. They will grant you some resources, but less than if you were to save the district, and you will not have access to the district's production buildings.\n\n5. Your units will automatically heal near Temples, so long as you have defeated all nearby enemies.\n\n6. Destroy the Greek Outposts to recapture the city gates so your troops can pass through." 444546 "Your units will take damage if they enter burning alleys! Consider alternate routes — destroy barricades if you must!" 444547 "Artaphernes \n \n Cavalry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack and +1 armor to Cavalry Archers" 444548 "Artaphernes \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry" 444549 "Artaphernes \n \n Archery Aura II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Archers" 444550 "Artaphernes \n \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to Cavalry Archers \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 444551 "Artaphernes \n \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 444552 "Artaphernes \n \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 444553 "Artaphernes \n \n Cavalry Aura III: +4 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Cavalry; +2 attack, +1 armor, +20 regeneration and slightly increased attack speed to nearby Cavalry Archers" 444554 "Artaphernes \n \n Infantry Aura III: +4 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Infantry" 444555 "Artaphernes \n \n Archery Aura III: +2 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Archers" 444556 "Artaphernes \n \n Cavalry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Cavalry, +2 attack and +1 armor to Cavalry Archers \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 444557 "Artaphernes \n \n Cavalry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Cavalry, +1 armor to Cavalry Archers \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 444558 "Artaphernes \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to Cavalry Archers" 444559 "Artaphernes \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 444560 "Artaphernes \n \n Archery Aura II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Archers \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry" 444561 "Artaphernes \n \n Archery Aura II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Archers \n Infantry Aura I +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 444562 "Artaphernes \n \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 444563 "- Destroy Greek Outposts to recapture the city gates. -" // //Scenario Five // 444600 "Artaphernes: Aristagoras will pass us on his way to Ephesus soon. We should pick off as many Greeks as we can before they make it to the city, as hunters take down lions that straggle behind the pack." 444601 "Datis: We are too few to confront the rebels head-on. But there are hidden places along the road where one could set up an ambush — as bandits often do." 444602 "Datis: These bandits have a good eye for an ambush site. Seize it!" 444603 "Datis: Clear out these bandits and set up an ambush of our own." 444604 "Datis: Our archers will lie in wait at this overlook." 444605 "Datis: Our keen-eyed archers will set up their ambush here." 444606 "Datis: From this point, we can rain death on any who pass." 444607 "Datis: The brigands planned a rockslide here... We'll take over their trap for ourselves." 444608 "Datis: You can't fault these bandits for ingenuity. The rockslide they prepared will serve us well." 444609 "Datis: Avoid this camp for now, and focus on setting up ambushes." 444610 "Datis: Stay clear of these rebels for now." 444611 "Datis: Ignore this camp — preparing ambushes for the main army is our priority." 444612 "Datis: Make ready, men: the Greek column has arrived!" 444613 "Artaphernes: Archers, loose!" 444614 "Artaphernes: Archers, fire!" 444615 "Artaphernes: Fire a volley!" 444616 "Artaphernes: Release the rocks!" 444617 "Artaphernes: Unleash the boulders!" 444618 "Aristagoras: Ambush! Get to Ephesus, quick!" 444619 "Datis: The rest of our forces have arrived. I suggest we commandeer one of the local villages as a base." 444620 "Artaphernes: A fine location from which to strike the harbor of Ephesus." 444621 "Artaphernes: A good location — I can see the lofty walls of Ephesus, just beyond the treeline. Soon, they will be rubble." 444622 "Artaphernes: My spies hear disquieting rumors about that other village. Datis, I'd appreciate your expert eye." 444623 "Datis: Your spies were correct, Artaphernes. The village headman took one look at our approaching cavalry and confessed to supplying the rebels. Should we burn the place down, or spare them?" 444624 "Artaphernes: I have had my fill of treachery. Kill any deceivers who hide among the ashes, and take anything of use." 444625 "Artaphernes: I have had my fill of treachery. Burn the village, kill the deceivers, and take anything that may be of use." 444626 "Datis: That traitorous village sends you tribute, as a token of their gratitude for sparing them. Mercy has its benefits." 444627 "Artaphernes: Plump geese and finely-milled flour from the food market in Sardis. Thank Ahuramazda we saved it in time." 444628 "Artaphernes: Gold-struck darics from the mints of Sardis. Thank Ahuramazda we saved them in time." 444629 "Artaphernes: Nisaean horses from the menagerie in Sardis. Thank Ahuramazda we saved it in time." 444630 "Artaphernes: Corselets from the tanneries in Sardis. Thank Ahuramazda we saved them in time." 444631 "Artaphernes: Finely-wrought iron from the smithies in Sardis. Thank Ahuramazda we saved them in time." 444632 "Artaphernes: Aid from the noblemen of Sardis. Thank Ahuramazda we saved their dwellings in time." 444633 "Artaphernes: The bow-makers of Sardis send aid. Thank Ahuramazda we saved their workshops in time." 444634 "Artaphernes: Fresh fodder and grain from the farmland of Sardis. Thank Ahuramazda we saved it in time." 444635 "Artaphernes: My scouts report strange banners to the south. We ought to investigate." 444636 "Datis: Artemisia. What brings the queen of Halicarnassus so far from Caria? Here to help us deal with these rebels, I presume?" 444637 "Artemisia: Nothing so virtuous, Datis. Bandits stole my prize horse, and I tracked them here before they disappeared into the mountains. If you recover the horse for me, I might assist with your endeavors…" 444638 "Datis: Bandit-infested highways, wine-addled Greek oathbreakers, wandering warrior queens… What strange lands." 444639 "Artaphernes: There they are, the lawless dogs!" 444640 "Bandit Leader: We want no trouble — just take the horse!" 444641 "Artemisia: What slaughter you wrought on those brigands, Artaphernes — the brother of Darius indeed. Very well: I shall aid you." 444642 "Artemisia: You spared the brigands? A more merciful man than your brother, it seems. Very well, Artaphernes: I shall aid you." 444643 "Artemisia: To arms — glory for Halicarnassus!" 444644 "Artemisia: Artemis, bless me in this hunt!" 444645 "Artemisia: Look to the front — there is glory to be won." 444646 "Artemisia: Tell that slug-witted fool Aristagoras that Queen Artemisia comes for his head!" 444647 "Artemisia: Blood-loving Enyo, witness this slaughter!" 444648 "Artemisia: Let me replenish my forces." 444649 "Artemisia: My soldiers must recover from their wounds." 444650 "Artemisia: I cannot attack until my troops have healed." 444651 "Artemisia: The brother of the Great King, seeking my help? Turbulent times indeed. " 444652 "Artemisia: A rare thing you are, Artaphernes: a man with sense. " 444653 "Artemisia: Form up behind me! Row hard, aim true — and when your rams strike the enemy, and every bone in your body shudders, embrace it: for this is how triumph feels!" 444654 "Artaphernes: My spies tell me that the Greeks are attempting to bring in supply convoys. Seize them, and Ephesus will starve." 444655 "Datis: These supplies belong by right to the Great King. We should remain vigilant: more convoys will surely come." 444656 "Datis: The cowards are trying to ship their stolen gold out of Ephesus. Don't let them escape!" 444657 "Artaphernes: Fine work. Helmsman: watch for more transports." 444658 "Datis: When besieging a coastal city, one must force the issue both on land and sea; squeeze the foe like a grape beneath the vintner's foot. Destroy the docks of Ephesus, and I wager the fleet will abandon the city." 444659 "Melanthios the Athenian: By Zeus, this adventure hasn't turned out anything like what Aristagoras promised. Back to Athens, men!" 444660 "Artaphernes: The walls of Ephesus are formidable indeed… I may need your expertise in the methods of siege, Datis." 444661 "Datis: By Ahuramazda's grace, we're through the walls!" 444662 "Aristagoras: How did they get through the walls? Ready my pentekonter — this city is not safe!" 444663 "Priest of Mithra: Lord Mithra, lover of justice, surely shudders to see the defilers of Sardis and its temples still alive. There must be retribution!" 444664 "Artaphernes: This man came all the way from Athens to loot our cities and torch our temples. O Lord Mithra, see to it that the rest of them meet an equally fitting fate." 444665 "Priest of Mithra: Let the justice meted out to these men be the beginning of still greater retribution. Now we worship. Step forth, Artaphernes: you will act as lan-lirira, the leader of this rite. " 444666 "Artaphernes: I pour my offering, O Mithra, over the shields of my infantrymen." 444667 "Artaphernes: I pour my offering, O Mithra, over the arrowheads of my archers." 444668 "Artaphernes: I pour my offering, O Mithra, over the bitted bridles of my horsemen." 444669 "Aristagoras: You may have forced me to flee again, but I have strongholds greater than this; I have soldiers fiercer than these; and I have the gods on my side." 444670 "Artaphernes: You pitiable fool. Ahuramazda will see to it that your lies are punished — you cannot run forever!" 444671 "5. Chasing Smoke" 444672 "Ephesus, 498 BCE" 444673 "Enraged by the burning of Sardis, the Persians pursue the Greek rebels to the city of Ephesus." 444674 "Artemisia" 444675 "Bandit Leader" 444676 "Priest of Mithra" 444677 "Arion the Horse" 444678 "Athenian Fleet" 444679 "Ephesus Port" 444680 "Ephesus" 444681 "Ambush Site" 444682 "Rebel Supply Cart" 444683 "Temple of Mithra" 444684 "Rebel Transport Ship" 444685 "Ionian Villages" 444686 "- Capture the 3 Shipyards to rout the Athenian Navy." 444687 "- Destroy Ionian Supply Carts that try to enter Ephesus." 444688 "- Destroy Ionian Convoys that try to flee Ephesus." 444689 "- Capture /3 Athenian Shipyards." 444690 "+ Claim bandit ambush sites by capturing their building.\nSelect the buildings to launch ambushes." 444691 "+ Activate ambushes by casting flares at the desired locations." 444692 "+ Destroy the Fort of Ephesus." 444693 "- Explore to the south." 444694 "- Retrieve Artemisia's horse from the Bandits." 444695 "- Retrieve Artemisia's horse from the Bandits in the mountains in order to gain her as an ally." 444696 "- Kill the bandits or spare them." 444697 "- Use flares to direct Artemisia's forces." 444698 "+ Claim one of the two Ionian villages as a base by moving to its Town Center." 444699 "+ Claim one of the two Ionian Villages as a base by casting a flare over the village of your choice." 444700 "- Kill /3 Green Ionian Strategoi." 444701 "- Send Datis to the forest village's Town Center." 444702 "- Send Datis to the coastal village's Town Center." 444703 "- Choose whether to forgive the treacherous forest village (set the Purple player to enemy or ally)." 444704 "- Choose whether to forgive the treacherous coastal village (set the Purple player to enemy or ally)." 444705 "- Choose an Aura at the Temple of Mithra." 444706 "- Choose an aura effect for Artaphernes at the Temple of Mithra. Choose to have Artaphernes strengthen nearby cavalry, infantry, or archers." 444707 "- Tribute received from the coastal vilage. -" 444708 "- Tribute received from the forest village. -" 444709 "- Cavalry Aura maximized. -" 444710 "- Infantry Aura maximized. -" 444711 "- Archery Aura maximized. -" 444712 "Launch Ambush" 444713 "Fire a volley of arrows.\n(30 second cooldown after use)" 444714 "- / ambush sites ready to use." 444715 "- Investigate reports of an unusual presence in the south." 444716 "+ Wait for your main force to arrive and set up a base." 444717 "- Kill as many of Aristagoras's men as you can!\nKills: " 444718 "- Kill as many of Aristagoras's men as you can. The more you slay, the easier Ephesus will be to besiege.\nKills: " 444719 "Unleash a rockslide.\n(One-time use)" 444729 "Unleash a rockslide.\n(30 second cooldown after use)" 444730 "+ Bring units to the village to claim it as a base." 444731 "- An archer ambush site is ready again -" 444732 "- An archer ambush site is ready again -" 444733 "- An archer ambush site is ready again -" 444734 "- A rockslide ambush site is ready again -" 444735 "- A rockslide ambush site is ready again -" 444736 "Archer ambush site ready again in %d" 444737 "Archer ambush site ready again in %d" 444738 "Archer ambush site ready again in %d" 444739 "- Rockslide ambush site ready again in %d" 444740 "- Rockslide ambush site ready again in %d" 444741 "Fishing ships can gather Oysters, a source of gold found at sea." 444742 "- Build a Shipyard and train 5 military ships." 444743 "You can now use flares to direct Artemisia's attacks!" 444744 "Cavalry Aura III" 444745 "Select Cavalry Aura III\nMaximize the potency of Artaphernes' cavalry aura." 444745_perth "Maximize the potency of Artaphernes' cavalry aura." 444746 "Infantry Aura III" 444747 "Select Infantry Aura III\nMaximize the potency of Artaphernes' infantry aura." 444747_perth "Maximize the potency of Artaphernes' infantry aura." 444748 "Archery Aura III" 444749 "Select Archery Aura III\nMaximize the potency of Artaphernes' archery aura." 444749_perth "Maximize the potency of Artaphernes' archery aura." 444750 "Aristagoras's army arrives in %d" 444751 "- It would be beneficial to construct a fleet. -" 444752 "Rockslide" 444753 "Arrow volley" 444754 "1. You cannot advance beyond the Classical Age.\n\n2. At the start of this scenario, you must set up ambushes for the incoming Greek army. Claim ambush sites from the bandits by capturing either the building at the ambush site (attack it until it converts to you).\n\n3. Archer ambush sites can be used unlimited times, but have a 30 second reload times. Rockslide ambush sites can only be used once.\n\n4. Your main forces will soon arrive and allow you to establish a base.\n\n5. You have two different naval buildings. The Port trains economic and scout ships. The Shipyard trains military ships.\n\n6. Fishing ships can gather gold from Oysters, which you can find at sea.\n\n7. The Achaemenids can upgrade their Town Centers to specialize in economic productivity, military productivity, or defense.\n\n8. In the Classical Age, you can choose between two mutually-exclusive technologies at the Fort. Choosing one will disable the other.\n\n9. Find the Temple of Mithra to start an aura quest for Artaphernes." 444755 "- Artemisia's horse has perished. -" 444756 "Royal War Chariot" 444757 "Royal Cavalry Archer" 444758 "Royal Light Cavalry" 444759 "Royal Lancer" 444760 "- Supply Cart destroyed. Ephesus will not receive these resources. -" 444761 "- Destroy Aristagoras' Supply Carts for resources." 444762 "- You destroyed very little of Aristagoras' army. The garrison of Ephesus will remain strong. -" 444763 "- You destroyed some of Aristagoras' army. The garrison of Ephesus will be slightly weakened. -" 444764 "- You destroyed roughly half of Aristagoras' army. The garrison of Ephesus will be somewhat weakened. -" 444765 "- You destroyed most of Aristagoras' army. The garrison of Ephesus will be moderately weakened. -" 444766 "- You destroyed almost all of Aristagoras' army. The garrison of Ephesus will be significantly weakened. -" 444767 "- A convoy is trying to flee Ephesus! -" 444768 "- A supply cart is bound for Ephesus! -" 444769 "Cavalry Aura II" 444770 "Select Cavalry Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Artaphernes' cavalry aura." 444770_perth "Increase the effects of Artaphernes' cavalry aura." 444771 "Infantry Aura II" 444772 "Select Infantry Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Artaphernes' infantry aura." 444772_perth "Increase the effects of Artaphernes' infantry aura." 444773 "Archery Aura II" 444774 "Select Archery Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Artaphernes' archery aura." 444774_perth "Increase the effects of Artaphernes' archery aura." // //Scenario Six // 444800 "Datis: The Greek fleet is moored off the island of Lade. Queen Artemisia will need our help to take it out — either through force or through espionage." 444801 "Datis: The many-layered walls of Miletus are exceptionally strong, and can only be breached with sappers. Queen Artemisia will provide these." 444802 "Artaphernes: And all the while, no doubt, we will be harried and harassed. We must defend ourselves, even as we prepare our assault. " 444803 "Datis: You were right to spare that village near Ephesus — it seems they have sent you aid." 444804 "Artaphernes: Resist all you like, rebels. The Maeander will carry your corpses to the sea." 444805 "Artemisia: I back my rowers against any trireme that prowls these lawless waters. Coastal defenses, though, are a trickier matter…" 444806 "Artemisia: Enough dallying, Artaphernes — I have need of your ships." 444807 "Artaphernes: Citizens of Myous, lay down your arms and allow us passage to Miletus — else you will suffer the same fate as all who disobey their rightful masters." 444808 "Polemarch of Myous: The Great King's authority wears thin these days, and we will not comply without recompense. A company of mercenaries has encamped nearby, and rather than seek employment, they use their arms to threaten our fields. Defeat them, and we may grant you passage." 444809 "Datis: If these were settled times, we would punish such insolence… But it may be more pragmatic to simply do as they ask." 444810 "Nikostratos the Mercenary: Call back your men, satrap: we wish to make an offer. Give Myous to us, and you shall have at your command the finest mercenaries in all Ionia." 444811 "Artaphernes: I do not make deals with freebooters and brigands." 444812 "Artaphernes: Your offer was an insult, citizens of Myous." 444813 "Artaphernes: Wandering mercenaries, preying on cities; highways rife with bandits… I shall have much order to restore when this is over." 444814 "Polemarch of Myous: Our gates are open to you, satrap." 444815 "Nikostratos the Mercenary: It's the urban life for us now, boys — our very own city. Artaphernes, we will serve you well for this." 444816 "Pyrrhan Noblewoman: We have no wish to fight the Great King. Please, pass us by, and do no harm to our fields and sanctuaries." 444817 "Pyrrhan Noblewoman: How dare you burn Apollo's temple! To arms!" 444818 "Artaphernes: Didyma, with its precious temple of Apollo. How demoralising it would be for the Milesians to watch it burn — and how just, after they torched the sanctuaries of Sardis." 444819 "Datis: That may be so, but I warn you: nothing good comes of burning temples, no matter the gods to which they are dedicated." 444820 "Aristagoras: You think you can breach my walls, Artaphernes? I shall drink my finest wine and watch this comedy unfold." 444821 "Artaphernes: For once you impress me, Aristagoras: my spies told me that you planned to flee to Thrace, and yet here you are, finally ready to face justice." 444822 "Artemisia: Artaphernes, ready your triremes! This Ionian rabble can barely tie a reef knot, but they are numerous." 444823 "Dionysius: This is no rabble you face, demon-woman — I've hammered these rowers into shape like Hephaestus at the forge, and now you shall face what I have wrought." 444824 "Dionysius: Useless, lazy, wine-sodden cowards! Hoist the sails and get us out of here — these fools are beyond my help." 444825 "Artaphernes: My spies report that the Samians in the Greek fleet are ready to turn. A few gold darics should tip them over the edge." 444826 "Datis: Your methods bear fruit again, Artaphernes. It seems there are many routes to victory." 444827 "Aristagoras: Curse you, faithless dogs! Apollo strike you with pus-filled sores! Eileithyia shrivel the wombs of your wives!" 444828 "Artemisia: I shall bring the siege engineers ashore. Then the real fun begins." 444829 "Artemisia: Dig, sappers — dig as if you were trying to rescue Eurydice from Hades itself!" 444830 "Datis: If only all of the Great King's subjects had such relish. Artaphernes, we shall have to keep these sappers protected." 444831 "Artemisia: A sapper tunnel requires repair!" 444832 "Artemisia: All hands, repair that sapping tunnel!" 444833 "Artemisia: A sapping tunnel has collapsed — restore it!" 444834 "Artemisia: Get the spare pickaxes — we must repair that tunnel." 444835 "Artemisia: Pick up your shovels, and repair that tunnel." 444836 "Aristagoras: To arms — they're trying to undermine the walls!" 444837 "Aristagoras: The outer walls are lost — fall back, men!" 444838 "Artemisia: I have an engineer who would gladly build you the most delightfully devastating siege engines you ever did see. Just send me the resources." 444839 "Artemisia: Go forth and tear down Miletus." 444840 "Artemisia: Behold these splendid siege engines." 444841 "Artemisia: I believe it was the Assyrians who invented these." 444842 "Artemisia: Your siege engines are ready, Artaphernes." 444843 "Artemisia: Put these to good use, satrap." 444844 "Aristagoras: They're in the city! " 444845 "Artemisia: My fleet is vanquished! How have you let this happen?" 444846 "Aristagoras: Father Zeus, look kindly on your humble servant. Just let me live, and I’ll… I’ll build you the greatest temple you’ve ever seen — marble columns, one of those ivory-panelled statues, whatever you want! " 444847 "Aristagoras: Thundering Zeus, that hurts! Is that… O Hades, that's my liver." 444848 "Artaphernes: Justice found you and your lies eventually, Aristagoras; as all deceivers one day discover." 444849 "Datis: A fine victory, my friend. To tell you the truth, I had you down as a mere bureaucrat — but you've proven yourself a true warrior. Your brother will be proud." 444850 "Artaphernes: Kind words, Datis — but I daresay it's not pride that consumes my brother. No, our dealings with the Greeks are far from over…" 444851 "6. Death to Traitors" 444852 "Miletus, 494 BCE" 444853 "The Greek rebels prepare to make their last stand at Miletus. In a combined naval and siege assault, the Persians intend to finally break their resolve." 444854 "Polemarch of Myous" 444855 "Mercenaries" 444856 "Dionysius" 444857 "Ionian Fleet" 444858 "Myous" 444859 "Pyrrha" 444860 "Mercenaries" 444861 "Didyma" 444862 "Temple of Apollo" 444863 "Mercenary Camp" 444864 "Lade" 444865 "- Destroy the Fortified Towers in the coastal village." 444866 "- Destroy the Fortified Towers in the coastal village to assist Artemisia." 444867 "- Defeat the Mercenaries." 444868 "- Destroy the Towers in Myous for the Mercenaries." 444869 "- Defeat the Mercenaries to get safe passage from Myous." 444870 "- Defeat the Mercenaries to get safe passage from Myous" 444871 "- Destroy the Towers in Myous to give the city to the Mercenaries, who will serve you from their new base." 444872 "+ Destroy the Shipyards at Lade." 444873 "- Bribe the Samians: tribute the Ionian Fleet gold." 444874 "+ Raze /3 Forts in Miletus." 444875 "- Destroy the Temple of Apollo at Didyma or spare it." 444876 "- Destroy the Temple of Apollo at Didyma or spare it. Destroying the temple may demoralize the defenders of Miletus, but such sacrilege may have other consequences..." 444877 "- Kill Aristagoras." 444878 "- Defend the Sapper Tunnels until the walls are breached." 444879 "- Raze the coastal village's Fortified Towers to gain a naval base." 444880 "- Tribute gold to Artemisia for siege units." 444881 "+ Destroy / Ionian Fleet Shipyards." 444882 "+ Kill Aristagoras.\nHe hides within one of the Forts in Miletus." 444883 "Supply base plundered!" 444884 "- Destroy the 3 Milesian supply bases." 444885 "- Destroy /3 Milesian supply bases." 444886 "+ Destroy / Ionian Fleet Shipyards so the siege can begin." 444887 "- Destroy / Towers in Myous for the Mercenaries." 444888 "+ Bring units to the flagged area to begin the siege." 444889 "- Destroy the Temple in Didyma." 444890 "- Destroy the Temple in Didyma to demoralize the Milesians, though Datis counsels against it..." 444891 "- Bribe the Samian ships: tribute the Ionian Fleet gold to make many of their strongest ships abandon the fight." 444892 "- Tribute Artemisia gold to receive siege weapons." 444893 "Tribute Artemisia to receive siege weapons!" 444894 "- Research Flaming Arrows at the Academy to unlock Leviathan siege ships." 444895 "- Train a Leviathan at a Shipyard." 444896 "1. You can advance to the Imperial Age in this scenario.\n\n2. The walls of Miletus are impervious to standard siege units. Artemisia will provide sappers to undermine the walls, but you must first allow her to land by clearing out the Greek fleet.\n\n3. You have two different naval buildings. The Port trains economic and scout ships. The Shipyard trains military ships.\n\n4. The Leviathan is a long-range siege ship available in the Imperial Age. To unlock it, research Flaming Arrows at the Academy.\n\n5. Fishing ships can gather gold from Oysters, which you can find at sea." // //Scenario Seven // 445000 "Artaphernes: I've come to see why my brother favors you so, Datis. Blessings of Ahuramazda be upon you — go do what that conman Aristagoras could not, and take Naxos." 445001 "Datis: Your blessings warm my heart, friend. Not only shall I take Naxos, but all who stand between me and those temple-burning Athenians." 445002 "Datis: Accept my advice, people of Naxos: pledge your loyalty to the Great King freely — for his wrath is gruesome indeed." 445003 "Naxian Polemarch: We turned back Persian ships once before, and we shall do so again." 445004 "Datis: You are subjects of the Great King now. He is beneficent, if you are loyal." 445005 "Datis: Naxians! Come down from your mountain hideaways — you belong to the Great King now." 445006 "Artaphernes: A fine base of operations, Datis. Now, may Vayu carry you swiftly across the waves." 445007 "Artaphernes: Your gentle approach to Delos yielded victory without bloodshed. Build a suitable hall to house royal emissaries, and you may be able to take other islands through persuasion." 445008 "Artaphernes: Simply ask, and I shall arrange for a royal emissary to be sent — these are men skilled in speech, who can turn foe to friend with a word." 445009 "Datis: Delians, do not hide away from me; I mean your sanctuaries no harm. Here: I bring frankincese as an offering for Apollo." 445010 "Artaphernes: The Great King sends you aid… and the half-eaten scraps from his meal." 445011 "Datis: There is no greater honor the king can give, Artaphernes!" 445012 "Datis: Men of Tenos, will you give your hillside city to Persia, or must I wash its slopes with your blood?" 445013 "Datis: Andrians, I have no wish to sully your rich fisheries with gore — but if you resist, I shall roll your corpses off the quay by nightfall." 445014 "Datis: Parians, I have long admired the pristine white marble you quarry — do not make me stain it with your blood." 445015 "Datis: Demeter watches over your bountiful herds, Carystians. Soon, she will witness your slaughter." 445016 "Datis: People of Keos, lay down your arms, and we shall let you tend your terraced slopes in service to the Great King." 445017 "Datis: Tenos, abundant in fresh springs, now succours our thirsty soldiers." 445018 "Datis: I know you Andrians give special reverence to the god of wine; no wonder you fight like drunkards." 445019 "Artaphernes: I look forward to seeing that fine Parian marble adorning our courts." 445020 "Datis: The cattle of Carystos now feed our brave warriors." 445021 "Artaphernes: I am told the people of Keos make offerings to Sirius, the Dog Star. It seems he proved an ineffective guard hound." 445022 "Artaphernes: You are wise to offer earth and water, Naxians. Now, I say we forget about whatever unpleasantness may have passed between us previously." 445023 "Artaphernes: The earth and water you offer is all the sweeter for being drawn from your lush springs, men of Tenos." 445024 "Datis: Earth and water, from the fruitful valleys of Andros. You shall please the Great King with your service." 445025 "Datis: Tell the Great King that I have extracted earth and water from the Parians. Even now, they make ready to send their fine marble to Susa." 445026 "Artaphernes: Keos offers earth and water. It will serve us well to have an ally so close to Attica." 445027 "Datis: We ought to move quickly, before the islanders can organize their resistance." 445028 "Artaphernes: The fools flaunt their disobedience!" 445029 "Artemisia: You thought I'd leave all the glory to you, Datis? Help me establish a foothold — then I can finish hunting our old foe, Dionysius." 445030 "Datis: Truly, you love the hunt as much as your divine namesake." 445031 "Artemisia: Splendid work, Datis — my court could do with a few more like you. Now, I shall sacrifice four goats to the four winds, and hunt down Dionysius." 445032 "Artemisia: You really are no help at all, are you? You can proceed without my assistance." 445033 "Dionysius: Look, men — I told you a life of piracy would be lucrative, and now see what Poseidon delivers into our laps: a splendid Persian fleet!" 445034 "Dionysius: Enough! Plot a course westward — we should be feasting on fat Carthaginian merchants, not wrangling with Persian warships." 445035 "Datis: By the grace of Ahuramazda, we have cleansed Syros of pirates." 445036 "Datis: My my, these pirates have been busy. Retrieve the booty they have stolen." 445037 "Datis: Fine work, men. But our conquest has only just begun — we shall take the rest of Euboea, and then on to Athens." 445038 "Artaphernes: May Ahuramazda grant you strength, Datis. I shall sacrifice a milk-white lamb on your behalf — and when the conquest is complete, come visit me in Sardis, where we shall feast." 445039 "7. Earth and Water" 445040 "The Aegean Sea, 490 BCE" 445041 "The Great King demands vengeance on all who aided the Ionians in their revolt. His greatest general, Datis, leads a mighty fleet through the islands of the Aegean." 445042 "Tenos" 445043 "Paros" 445044 "Carystos" 445045 "Andros" 445046 "Mykonos" 445047 "Hall of Emissaries" 445048 "Royal Emissary" 445049 "Delos" 445050 "Keos" 445051 "Kythnos" 445052 "Syros" 445053 "Pirate Hoard" 445054 "Ikaros" 445055 "+ Establish an island base: destroy /3 Towers on Mykonos." 445056 "- Destroy all Forts on Naxos for a grand reward." 445057 "- Destroy the Fort on Kythnos within: %d." 445058 "- Aid Artemisia by destroying the Gate." 445059 "- Build the Hall of Emissaries on Delos." 445060 "- Recruit a Royal Emissary at the Hall of Emissaries." 445061 "- Conquer other islands by force or via an Emissary." 445062 "- To gain Paros, Tenos, and Andros as allies: send a Royal Emissary to their Town Centers or build a Fort on each island." 445063 "+ Attack the Greek mainland: destroy all Forts and the Town Center on Carystos." 445064 "+ Do not let Carystos win with a Wonder." 445065 "- Destroy Dionysius's Fort." 445066 "- Destroy Pirate Hoards to claim the booty." 445067 "- Defeat Dionysius's Flagship." 445068 "Create Royal Emissary ()\nNon-combat unit that will convert enemies to allies if brought close to their Temple.\nNote that the Royal Emissary cannot be used to take Carystos or Naxos.\n " 445069 "Villagers can now construct a Hall of Emissaries." 445070 "+ Attack the Greek mainland: destroy all forts on Carystos." 445071 "- Take other islands by destroying their Forts" 445072 "- Convert islands (except Naxos and Carystos) peacefully by bringing an Emissary to their flagged temple." 445073 "+ Bring the Emissary to Delos." 445074 "- Take Datis to the temple on Delos to persuade the island to join you." 445075 "Greeks" 445076 "Eretrians" 445077 "1. Your goal is to reach the Greek mainland and conquer Carystos. Defeating other foes is not necessary, but will make your task easier.\n\n2. Conquer enemies by destroying their Forts.\n\n3. Alternatively, you can train an Emissary from the Hall of Emissaries and bring them near an enemy Flagged Temple to persuade them to submit peacefully. These units are highly expensive, so guard them well if you choose to train them! Note that Emissaries cannot be used to take Carystos or Naxos.\n\n4. Use the plentiful fish and oysters to sustain your economy.\n\n5. The Leviathan is a long-range siege ship available in the Imperial Age. To unlock it, research Flaming Arrows at the Academy. These will allow you to destroy Forts from the sea." 455078 "The Great King has blessed you with a second chance!" 455079 "Train Royal Emissaries at the Hall of Emissaries. Emissaries can convert islands without the use of force." 455080 "- Bring Datis to the island of Delos. -" 455081 "Build Hall of Emissaries\nSpecial building used to train Royal Emissaries.\n " 445082 " OR" // //Scenario Eight // 445200 "Datis: Put the cities of Euboea to the torch, one by one. Let the Athenians see what awaits them." 445201 "Miltiades: We need every man we can muster, Themistocles — and few can match your powers of persuasion. Gather as many as you can and meet us at the plain of Marathon. Watchword is Zeus Soter." 445202 "Themistocles: No doubt Aristides is already down at Marathon, reciting Homer... Come, men — we haven't much time." 445203 "Priestess: Ah, Themistocles — the cleverest man in all Athens, I'm told. Yet even wily Odysseus needed divine aid now and then. Bring me goats, and I shall dedicate their sacrifice to the god of your choice." 445204 "Priestess: Tell me, Themistocles: to which god shall I offer these goats?" 445205 "Priestess: Your infantry will be inspired to hear of your devotion to warlike Ares." 445206 "Priestess: Your cavalry will be inspired to hear of your devotion to Poseidon, giver of horses." 445207 "Priestess: Your archers will be inspired to hear of your devotion to Artemis, bearer of the golden bow." 445208 "Oropian Demarch: Our soldiers will not leave their women and children alone while the great wolf Ornucles stalks our city. Slay the beast, and our spears will be yours." 445209 "Themistocles: I'm starting to feel like Heracles, performing all these labors — and this beast had jaws to match the Nemean Lion, that's for sure. Let's take the pelt back to Oropos." 445210 "Oropian Demarch: He returns! Like brave Heracles he returns, draped in the pelt of the beast! These picked men will join you, while the rest of our forces march to Marathon." 445211 "Pallenian Demarch: General Themistocles! We are eager to join the fray, but our town is menaced by bandits. We dare not leave it unguarded!" 445212 "Pallenian Demarch: Our thanks, Themistocles. We march to Marathon — but take these few guards, in case you encounter any more malefactors…" 445213 "Odomantian Mercenary: Men of Rhamnous! Pay us what we're owed, or we'll starve you out!" 445214 "Melanthios: Eis korakas, you dog-faced reprobates! General Themistocles will save us!" 445215 "Themistocles: Everybody calm down — I'm sure we can resolve this peacefully…" 445216 "Odomantian Mercenary: Either you compensate us, or Themistocles does, or we'll smash both of your heads in." 445217 "Odomantian Mercenary: That'll do. Let's get out of here, men… The Persians are going to massacre these half-wits." 445218 "Melanthios: Ah, you've dealt with those lice-infested scoundrels. Now, get me to Athens! Oh, and thank you." 445219 "Themistocles: Think nothing of it. The next time you hire mercenaries, I'd advise you to pay them." 445220 "Melanthios: You know, Themistocles, everyone says you're cunning enough to cheat Hermes at dice — but you're a damn good fighter too. See you at Marathon!" 445221 "Themistocles: Oimoi, Melanthios is dead. I suppose we can't rely on his support." 445222 "Sphettus Noblewoman: Ah, Themistocles. Would that we could help you… But the men have been spooked by the recent theft of our town's holiest relic: the shield of Menestheus. Recover the shield, and they may recover their fortitude…" 445223 "Themistocles: There, men — I see the stolen relic!" 445224 "Themistocles: Let's get this back to Sphettus and put the courage of Menestheus back into their men." 445225 "Sphettus Noblewoman: Euai, euai! The shield is returned! What are you waiting for, men? Get to Marathon!" 445226 "Themistocles: I won't tell them that the Acharnians also claim to have the shield of Menestheus — and the Plataeans, and the Eleusinians…" 445227 "Miltiades: Our finest runner, Pheidippides, prepares to fetch aid from other cities. Themistocles, we need you to escort him part of the way." 445228 "Themistocles: We'll clear the way for you, Pheidippides. I hope you've stretched out those calves." 445229 "Themistocles: Hermes guide you on your way, Pheidippides. " 445230 "Themistocles: Aiboi, Pheidippides has fallen." 445231 "Mercenary Captain: Slide over those shiny owls, and my men will happily fight for you." 445232 "Mercenary Leader: Look at the shine on them Attic drachmas… Loveliest sight in the world." 445233 "Themistocles: How have you men got yourselves so lost? I hope your fighting skills are greater than your sense of direction." 445234 "Themistocles: Survivors from Carystos! Join me, men, and I'll give you the chance for vengeance." 445235 "Miltiades: There are Medizers in our midst, Themistocles: men who would rather betray us to the Persians than stand and fight. Keep a watch along the coast for anyone sending signals." 445236 "Themistocles: There! Kill the Medizers!" 445237 "Miltiades: Death to all who would betray Athens." 445238 "Themistocles: We've put a stop to this treachery — but perhaps, with a few false signals of our own, we could sow some confusion for the Persians." 445239 "Themistocles: We have all we need to construct beacons of our own. To the coast!" 445240 "Aristides: How typical of Themistocles — rather than preparing to face the Persians in glorious combat, he spends his time on ruses and deceit." 445241 "Attic Villager: Help! Help! Up ahead — they're holding our villagers hostage! " 445242 "Attic Villager: Thank you, sir, thank you! Here, take these weapons from the village storehouse." 445243 "Attic Villager: Help us, Themistocles! They've captured my family!" 445244 "Attic Villager: Thank you, Themistocles. Our family have been smiths for generations — let us give you these fine greaves as recompense." 445245 "Miltiades: Amarynthos has fallen! By Zeus, the Persians are making short work of Euboea." 445246 "Miltiades: The Persians have seized Styra, its stores of purple dye now mingled with blood. They are almost done with Euboea!" 445247 "Miltiades: O Zeus, steadfast Eretria has fallen. The Persians will soon be upon us." 445248 "Themistocles: I hear the signal. To Marathon!" 445249 "Datis: Sharpen your swords, men, for you are the Great King’s vengeance made flesh. And so you will be swift, you will be fierce, and you will be merciless. " 445250 "Aristides: Well met, Themistocles. I expect you to set aside our differences: backstabbing in the assembly is politics; here, it is treason." 445251 "Miltiades: Form ranks, men! Form ranks, and hearken to me!" 445252 "Miltiades: Athenians! Your foes today are far from home, dragged here to serve a king they have never seen. But you, men — you fight in the very shadow of the city that nurtured you, that shelters your wives and children! Now, for Athens: charge!" 445253 "Datis: Archers, loose!" 445254 "Aristides: This land will never submit to your despotism, Persian dogs!" 445255 "Datis: The day is lost! Back to the ships!" 445256 "Datis: O Mithra… Don't let me die in this rocky wasteland, so far from the white horses of Nisaea…" 445257 "Miltiades: Athena, witness our victory! May the Great King's halls be filled with wailing widows — never again will he trouble our shores! " 445258 "Themistocles: I fear it will take more than one battle to deter the Persian king…" 445259 "8. The Battle of Marathon" 445260 "Attica, 490 BCE" 445261 "As the Persians bear down on Attica, the wily Athenian general Themistocles scrambles to gather as many men as he can." 445262 "Miltiades" 445263 "Themistocles" 445264 "Mercenary Captain" 445265 "Aristides" 445266 "Ornucles" 445267 "Marathon" 445268 "Oracle" 445269 "Oropos" 445270 "Pallene" 445271 "Rhamnous" 445272 "Athens" 445273 "Shield of Menestheus" 445274 "Sphettus" 445275 "Pheidippides" 445276 "Amarynthos" 445277 "Styra" 445278 "Euboea" 445279 "Eretria" 445280 "Greek Cities" 445281 "Eleusis" 445282 "Toxotes" 445283 "Ekdromos" 445284 "Noble Cavalry" 445285 "Mercenary Camp" 445286 "Odomantian Mercenary Tent" 445287 "Bandit Camp" 445288 "+ Themistocles must survive." 445289 "+ Defeat the Persians!" 445290 "+ Complete side objectives to gain troops and bonuses for the Battle of Marathon." 445291 "+ Miltiades must survive." 445292 "- Bring /10 goats to the Oracle." 445293 "- Find and slay the great wolf Ornucles." 445294 "- Return Themistocles to Oropos to gain their support." 445295 "- Destroy /4 Odomantian Mercenary Tents for Rhamnous." 445296 "- Escort Melanthios to Athens.\nBring Themistocles to Melanthios to begin." 445297 "- Destroy /4 Bandit Camps for Pallene." 445298 "- Find and return the Shield of Menestheus to Sphettus." 445299 "- Return the Shield of Menestheus (Relic Cart) to Sphettus." 445300 "- Bring Themistocles to Pheidippides in Athens." 445301 "- Escort Pheidippides as far as Eleusis.\nSelect Pheidippides to begin." 445302 "- Destroy /5 Medizer signals." 445303 "- Find timber to set up deceptive signal fires." 445304 "- Find wood for false signal flags." 445305 "- Defeat the Medizers." 445306 "- Go to the beach north of Oropos to set up false signals." 445307 "- Gather as much support as you can before the battle begins." 445308 "- Rescue Athenians from /1 Bandit Camps." 445309 "- Rescue Athenians from /2 Bandit Camps." 445310 "- Hire Mercenaries at the Mercenary Camp." 445311 "Move Themistocles in front of the bodyguard you wish to choose." 445312 "- Choose an Aura at the Oracle's Temple." 445313 "- Choose an aura effect for Themistocles at the Oracle's Temple. Choose to have Themistocles strengthen nearby cavalry, infantry, or archers." 445314 "- Destroy /5 Odomantian Mercenary Rams to end the siege of Rhamnous." 445315 "+ Bring Themistocles and his soldiers to Marathon for the final battle." 445316 "Cavalry/Galley Aura I" 445317 "Select Cavalry/Galley Aura I\nGive Themistocles an aura effect that will boost nearby cavalry units when on land, and Galleys when Themistocles is at sea." 445317_perth "Give Themistocles an aura effect that will boost nearby cavalry when on land, and Galleys when Themistocles is at sea." 445318 "Infantry/Monoreme Aura I" 445319 "Select Infantry/Monoreme Aura I\nGive Themistocles an aura effect that will boost nearby infantry units when on land, and Monoremes when Themistocles is at sea." 445319_perth "Give Themistocles an aura effect that will boost nearby infantry when on land, and Monoremes when Themistocles is at sea." 445320 "Archery/Lembos Aura I" 445321 "Select Archery/Lembos Aura I\nGive Themistocles an aura effect that will boost nearby archer units when on land, and Lemboi when Themistocles is at sea." 445321_perth "Give Themistocles an aura effect that will boost nearby archers when on land, and Lemboi when Themistocles is at sea." 445322 "- Cavalry/Galley aura received. -" 445323 "- Infantry/Monoreme aura received. -" 445324 "- Archer/Lembos aura received. -" 445325 "- You have the Shield of Menestheus. -" 445326 "- Infantry and cavalry attack increased. -" 445327 "- Infantry and cavalry armor increased. -" 445328 "- Your false signals tricked the Persians! -" 445329 "- Gold looted. -" 445330 "- Pheidippides found reinforcements! -" 445331 "+ Escort Melanthios to Athens. Bring Themistocles to Melanthios to start." 445332 "Melanthios" 445333 "Bring Themistocles to Melanthios to begin escort quest." 445334 "Select Pheidippides to begin escort quest." 445335 "+ Move Themistocles in front of the bodyguard you wish to select." 445336 "Unruly Ruffian" 445337 "- Find the Medizers." 445338 "- Gather as much support as you can from throughout Attica before the final battle begins. Each successful quest will boost your forces in the final battle." 445339 "- Return Themistocles to Pallene to gain their support." 445340 "- Bring Themistocles to Melanthios inside Rhamnous." 445341 "- Escort Melanthios to Athens." 445342 "- Escort Pheidippides as far as Eleusis." 445343 "- Find treacherous Medizers along the coast." 445344 "+ Explore Attica. Complete quests to gain troops and bonuses for the upcoming battle." 445345 "+ Meet Miltiades at Marathon." 445346 "- Select an aura for Themistocles at the Oracle's Temple." 445347 "- Recapture the towers along the road." 445348 "- Seek out the Oracle." 445349 "Battle begins in %d" 445350 "Attic Towns" 445351 "1. Complete as many objectives as you can before the battle commences to give yourself the best chance of winning.\n\n2. If you find mercenaries (Green), you can select the main tent in their camp to recruit units. You only have access to these tents when your units are next to them.\n\n3. Like Artaphernes, Themistocles can gain aura effects. Because Themistocles will fight at sea in later scenarios, his aura effects impact both land and naval units. Find the Oracle to get his first aura effect in this scenario!\n\n 4. Like the aura, the choice of Bodyguard in this scenario will persist in future scenarios. You will be able to recruit your chosen Bodyguard at the Fort in subsequent scenarios.\n\n 5. The Athenians and Spartans have access to the Hoplite, an infantry unit which is sturdier while fighting alongside other Hoplites.\n\n 6. The Athenian Strategos is a unique unit that enhances the strength of nearby soldiers." 445352 "Economic Policy" 445353 "Enact Economic Policy ()\nVillagers work faster." 445354 "Naval Policy" 445355 "Enact Naval Policy ()\nArchers and Warships train faster and cost 15% less gold." 445356 "Military Policy" 445357 "Enact Military Policy ()\nMelee units train faster and gain gold for killing units." 445358 "- Economic Policy enacted -" 445359 "- Naval Policy enacted -" 445360 "- Military Policy enacted -" 445361 "The Athenians can enact different policies at the Town Center. You can switch policies as often as you wish." 445362 "Plataean Hoplite" 445363 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Swiftness I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to nearby Cavalry Archers" 445364 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 445365 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Vision I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 445366 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Swiftness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Cavalry; +2 attack and +1 armor to Cavalry Archers" 445367 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Boldness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry" 445368 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Vision II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Archers" 445369 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Swiftness I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 to Cavalry Archers \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 445370 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Swiftness I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to Cavalry Archers \n Aura of Vision I: +2 to nearby Archers" 445371 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry \n Aura of Vision I: +2 to Archers" 445372 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Swiftness III: +4 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack, +1 armor, +20 regeneration and slightly increased attack speed to Cavalry Archers" 445373 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Boldness III: +4 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Infantry" 445374 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Vision III: +2 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Archers" 445375 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Swiftness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Cavalry, +2 attack and +1 armor to Cavalry Archers \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 445376 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Swiftness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Cavalry, +1 armor to Cavalry Archers \n Aura of Vision I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 445377 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Boldness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry \n Aura of Swiftness I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to Cavalry Archers" 445378 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Boldness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry \n Aura of Vision I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 445379 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Vision II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Archers \n Aura of Swiftness I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to Cavalry Archers" 445380 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Vision II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Archers \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 445381 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Ramming Ships" 445382 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Vision I: +4 attack to nearby Scout Ships" 445383 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Swiftness I: +2 attack to nearby Arrow Ships" 445384 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Boldness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Ramming Ships" 445385 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Vision II +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Scout Ships" 445386 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Swiftness II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Arrow Ships" 445387 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Ramming Ships \n Aura of Vision I: +4 attack to nearby Scout Ships" 445388 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Ramming Ships \n Aura of Swiftness: +2 attack to nearby Arrow Ships" 445389 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Vision I: +4 attack to nearby Scout Ships \n Aura of Swiftness I: +2 attack to nearby Arrow Ships" 445390 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Boldness III: +4 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Ramming Ships" 445391 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Vision III: +4 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Scout Ships" 445392 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Swiftness III: +2 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Arrow Ships" 445393 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Boldness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Ramming Ships \n Aura of Vision I: +4 attack to nearby Scout Ships" 445394 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Boldness II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Ramming Ships \n Aura of Swiftness I: +2 attack to nearby Arrow Ships" 445395 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Vision II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Scout Ships \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Ramming Ships" 445396 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Vision II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Scout Ships \n Aura of Swiftness I: +2 attack to nearby Arrow Ships" 445397 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Swfitness: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Arrow Ships \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Ramming Ships" 445398 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Swiftness: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Arrow Ships \n Aura of Vision I: +4 attack to nearby Scout Ships" 445399 "Melanthios \n " // overflow eight 449700 "Pheidippides starts running in %d" 449701 "Themistocles \n \n Aura of Swiftness I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry \n Aura of Vision I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 449702 "Themistocles, Warship \n \n Aura of Boldness I: +4 attack to nearby Ramming Ships \n Aura of Vision I: +4 attack to nearby Scout Ships \n Aura of Swiftness I: +2 attack to nearby Arrow Ships" 449703 "Pheidippides \n " 449704 "Unruly Ruffian \n " 449705 "Beacon" 449706 "Beacon ()\nSignal pyre to direct the Persian Army.\n " 449707 "Beacon ()\nFalse signal pyre to misdirect the Persian Army.\n " // //Scenario Nine // 445400 "City Crier: By order of the assembly, an ostracism will be held here on the first day of Anthesterion. Women, slaves, and metics are to keep away. Intimidation, bribery, and public defecation are strictly forbidden." 445401 "Aristides: The people will never support you, Themistocles, or your mad desire to waste our silver on ships. They know an unjust man when they see one." 445402 "Themistocles: These fools won't believe that the Persians will return... I must find another foe for them to fear — or simply slander Aristides." 445403 "Themistocles: Demetrios, I hear you've encountered some financial difficulties of late. Here's a proposal: you testify that Aristides is in league with the Persians, and when I'm elected archon, I'll see you're repaid." 445404 "Demetrios: Deal. You'd better be true to your word, you wily snake." 445405 "Themistocles: Here's the plan: we hoist Aeginetan sails, head to the Piraeus, and fake an attack on our own harbor. The people need to see that Athens is vulnerable." 445406 "Themistocles: That should do it. Athena, forgive me — it is for the good of the city." 445407 "City Crier: Assemble, all good citizens, for the vote is underway!" 445408 "Aristides: Athenians, hear me. Themistocles is a paranoid fantasist, who would squander your money on ships to fight the Persians — whom we have already beaten! He spits on your great victory, in his vain desire to be an admiral!" 445409 "Themistocles: Fellow citizens, look just beyond the Piraeus, and you'll see why we need a fleet: Aegina, a teeming nest of pirates and thieves! And this man Aristides, who calls himself \"the Just,\" is a known agent of the Persian king!" 445410 "City Crier: Silence! The votes have been tallied. Aristides, son of Lysimachus, you are hereby ostracized. Leave the city, and do not return until ten years have passed, else your life will be forfeit." 445411 "Themistocles: You chose well, Athenians. Now, to build a fleet and cleanse the Saronic Gulf of Aeginetan piracy." 445412 "Themistocles: Aegina is ruled by merchant princes — fearsome sailors all, and none more so than Polycritus, son of Krios. Should we capture him, his fellow plutocrats will lose heart." 445413 "Melanthios: That ostracism went well, eh, Themistocles? By Dionysos, if I had to hear Aristides called 'the Just' one more time… Anyhow, here's a little gift for helping me with those mercenaries." 445414 "Demetrios: Time for you to pay me back, Themistocles — or else I'll tell everyone about our little deal." 445415 "Themistocles: If I have to stuff your mouth with gold, so be it." 445416 "Demetrios: Athenians, the archon Themistocles is a liar! He offered me money to slander Aristides — and worst of all, he never even paid me!" 445417 "Themistocles: Grip those oars tight, men — Polycritus and his sharp-beaked trireme hunt in these waters." 445418 "Polycritus: Starting wars to serve your political ends, Themistocles? Let's hear you spew your slander when I sink you to the bottom of the gulf!" 445419 "Themistocles: Not so cocky now, Polycritus. Fish him out of the water, men — the Aeginetans can have him back when they surrender." 445420 "Polycritus: Enough! Name your terms, Athenian." 445421 "Themistocles: What destruction the Persians wrought on Tenos. Its hillside cities look as though they might slide into the sea." 445422 "Themistocles: The Persians wrought a terrible slaughter on Andros." 445423 "Themistocles: Keos suffered greatly for resisting the Persians. At least they've repaired the temple to Athena." 445424 "Themistocles: Tenos took one look at the Persian fleet and offered up earth and water. Cowards." 445425 "Themistocles: Keep a close eye on the Andrians — they gave earth and water to the Persian king once, and I wager they'd do it again." 445426 "Themistocles: Craven Keos gave earth and water rather than resist the Persian fleet. " 445427 "Themistocles: I hear it was a Carian warrior queen who wrought this destruction on Kythnos." 445428 "Themistocles: Destroying pirate shipyards will help both to pacify these waters and to train our crews." 445429 "Themistocles: The Aeginetans attack Laurion! I was right, citizens — without ships of our own, we'd be completely at the mercy of these ravening pirates." 445430 "Themistocles: Thundering Zeus! Having taken Laurion, who knows where these reprobates will strike next — especially now they're laden with our silver…" 445431 "Themistocles: Though Attica has blessed us with silver, she's less bountiful in other resources. Perhaps we might find better ship-building materials elsewhere." 445432 "Themistocles: Egyptian linen — this will make fine sails." 445433 "Themistocles: Iberian copper, to strengthen our rams!" 445434 "Themistocles: This Thracian pine will make our ships stronger, lighter." 445435 "Themistocles: Lebanese cedar! Quite the find." 445436 "Themistocles: Our captains will appreciate these fine hemp ropes." 445437 "Themistocles: The fleet is starting to take shape." 445438 "Themistocles: The fleet is almost ready." 445439 "Themistocles: The Phoenicians, craven subjects of the Great King, have had free run of the Aegean for too long. Now that we have the ships, we should strike their rich merchant vessels." 445440 "Themistocles: By Zeus, the wealth on these Phoenician ships… Ploutos himself would be jealous! " 445441 "Themistocles: Loot these fine Phoenicians, boys." 445442 "Themistocles: We rule these waters now, Phoenicians." 445443 "Themistocles: Grab the gold, the sails, and those lovely oars of Thracian fir." 445444 "Themistocles: We should seek a treaty with Corinth — they may not be fond of us, but everything in Corinth has its price…" 445445 "Themistocles: That seems to have satisfied the Corinthians — miserly wretches…" 445446 "Eretrian Archon: Oimoi… First Datis and his Persians devastate our cities, then pirates come to prey on our defenseless people. If you were to fortify your side of the Euboean Gulf, Athenian, it would surely deter our enemies." 445447 "Eretrian Archon: The Lelantine fields and pastures feel safer already, with such a stout fortress across the gulf. You can count on our aid, Themistocles." 445448 "Themistocles: We've cleared out the pirates — for now…" 445449 "Themistocles: A glorious day! Be proud of yourselves, Athenians: with this fleet, we can withstand any foe, be they Aeginetan raiders, rapacious pirates… Or the ravening myriads of the Persian king." 445450 "9. Raise the Sails" 445451 "Attica, 483 BCE" 445452 "Themistocles knows that the Persians will one day return for vengeance. Can he persuade his fellow Athenians to spend their wealth on a mighty fleet?" 445453 "City Crier" 445454 "Demetrios" 445455 "Polycritus" 445456 "Aegina" 445457 "Piraeus" 445458 "Laurion" 445459 "Tyrian Dye Cart" 445460 "Cycladic Islands" 445461 "Pirates" 445462 "Phoenician Merchants" 445463 "Corinth" 445464 "Unscrupulous Shipwright" 445465 "Seriphos" 445466 "Phoenician Merchant Ship" 445467 "Polycritus's Flagship" 445468 "+ Slander Aristides: meet with Demetrios in the north." 445469 "+ Fake an Aeginetan raid: meet with the Unscrupulous Shipwright to the south\nOR" 445470 "+ Destroy 3 Athenian Fishing Ships." 445471 "+ Destroy 3 Athenian Fishing Ships to fake an Aeginetan attack on the harbor." 445472 "+ Bring Themistocles back to Athens." 445473 "- Repay Demetrios (tribute gold to Mines of Laurion player)." 445474 "Repay Demetrios within %d" 445475 "- Tribute 800 gold to Corinth to establish a treaty." 445476 "- Build a Fort in the flagged area to gain support from Eretria." 445477 "+ Destroy /3 Forts on Aegina." 445478 "+ Defend Laurion." 445479 "+ Sink Polycritus's Flagship." 445480 "- Destroy /5 Pirate Hoards." 445481 "- Destroy Phoenician Merchant Ships." 445482 "+ Reach Naval Experience.\nCurrent Naval Experience: ." 445483 "To gain Naval Experience:" 445484 "- Choose an Aura at the Temple." 445485 "- Destroy Pirate Shipyards and Ports." 445486 "+ Do not allow Laurion to lose all 3 Mining Camps." 445487 "Strengthened Prows" 445488 "Research Strengthened Prows ()\nTriremes deal splash damage." 445489 "Prayers to Artemis" 445490 "Research Prayers to Artemis ()\nGalleys fire multiple projectiles." 445491 "Alchemist's Delight" 445492 "Research Alchemist's Delight ()\nIncendiary ships explode twice." 445493 "Artillery Spotters" 445494 "Research Artillery Spotters ()\nLeviathans can dodge some incoming projectiles, and gain an improved aura effect." 445495 "Torsion Experts" 445496 "Research Torsion Experts ()\nCatapult ships gain extra range." 445497 "Liquid Courage" 445498 "Research Liquid Courage ()\nLemboi gain a charge attack." 445499 "Iron Harpoons" 445500 "Research Iron Harpoons ()\nFishing ships gain increased gathering rate." 445501 "Careful Captains" 445502 "Research Careful Captains ()\nShips receive less bonus damage." 445503 "Sea Shanties" 445504 "Research Sea Shanties ()\nShips move 10% faster." 445505 "Strengthened Hulls" 445506 "Research Strengthened Hulls ()\nShips gain +1 melee armor and +1 pierce armor." 445507 "Marines" 445508 "Research Marines ()\nShips attack 10% faster." 445509 "Thrifty Craftsmen" 445510 "Research Thrifty Craftsmen ()\nShips cost less wood and gold." 445511 "Themistocles' Masterplan" 445512 "Research Themistocles' Masterplan ()\nThe ultimate naval upgrade: Triremes strip enemy armor; Galleys shoot more powerful bolts; Incendiary Ships ignore armor; Leviathan projectile speed increased; Catapult Ship blast range increased and friendly fire removed; Lemboi can build a water barricade when destroyed (maximum 15 units)." 445513 "Hire Helmsmen" 445514 "Use Hire Helmsmen ()\nGive gold, receive Naval Power." 445515 "Sell Spare Parts" 445516 "Use Sell Spare Parts ()\nGive Naval Power, receive gold.:" 445517 "- New naval technologies are available! -" 445518 "- Strengthened Prows researched. -" 445519 "- Prayers to Artemis researched. -" 445520 "- Alchemist's Delight researched. -" 445521 "- Artillery Spotters researched. -" 445522 "- Torsion Experts researched. -" 445523 "- Liquid Courage researched. -" 445524 "- Iron Harpoons researched. -" 445525 "- Careful Captains researched. -" 445526 "- Sea Shanties researched. -" 445527 "- Strengthened Hulls researched. -" 445528 "- Marines researched. -" 445529 "- Thrifty Craftsmen researched. -" 445530 "- Themistocles' Masterplan researched. -" 445531 "- Fishing Baskets researched. -" 445532 "- Belligerent Captains researched. -" 445533 "- 25 Naval Experience gained. -" 445534 "- Melanthios sends gold! -" 445535 "- Infantry/Ramming Ship Aura improved. -" 445536 "- Cavalry/Galley Aura improved. -" 445537 "- Archer/Lembos Aura improved. -" 445538 "Mines of Laurion" 445539 "- Naval Experience gained! -" 445540 "- Pirate Shipyard destroyed: Naval Experience gained! -" 445541 "- Pirate Port destroyed: Naval Experience gained! -" 445542 "- Treaty agreed with Corinth: Naval Experience gained! -" 445543 "- Treaty agreed with Eretria: Naval Experience gained! -" 445544 "- Pirate Hoard looted: Naval Experience gained! -" 445545 "- Phoenician ship plundered: Naval Experience gained! -" 445546 "- New ships and naval technologies available! -" 445547 "Unlock Galley" 445548 "Unlock Incendiary Raft" 445549 "Unlock Leviathan" 445550 "Unlock Catapult Ship" 445551 "- Destroy /10 ships." 445552 "- Destroy /25 ships." 445553 "- Destroy /50 ships." 445554 "- Destroy /100 ships." 445555 "- Destroy /200 ships." 445556 "Demetrios" 445586 "- Destroy /300 ships." 445587 "Aeginetans" 445588 "Corinthians" 445589 "Fishing Baskets" 445590 "Research Fishing Baskets ()\nFishing ships gain increased gathering capacity." 445591 "Belligerent Captains" 445592 "Research Belligerent Captains ()\nShips deal more bonus damage." 445593 "Hymns to Poseidon" 445594 "Research Hymns to Poseidon ()\nShips move 15% faster." 445595 "Oakum" 445596 "Research Oakum ()\nShips regenerate HP." 445597 "Hardened Marines" 445598 "Research Hardened Marines ()\nShips attack 15% faster." 445599 "1. Initially, the only military ships you can build are Monoremes and War Lemboi. To build more advanced ships, you must accumulate Naval Experience, which can be gained through various side objectives — including sinking enemy ships.\n\n2. This scenario also contains numerous special naval technologies, which get unlocked as you accumulate more Naval Experience. Use them to gain the edge over the Aeginetans!\n\n3. Any special naval technologies you research in this scenario will also show up in later levels in a weakened form.\n\n4. Your main source of gold will be the mines of Laurion. Defend the mines against attacks from Aegina and the Pirates, both of whom will attack with warships as well as transport ships.\n\n5. The Athenians are able to select different policies at the Town Center, which have a global effect for you. You can switch between policies as often as you wish, choosing the one that best fits your needs.\n\n6. Gain two allies to unlock a new aura effect for Themistocles.\n\n7. Plundering Pirate Hoards will provide extra Naval Experience as well as some additional resources." //overflow Nine 449800 "- New ships available! -" 449801 "- New naval technologies available! -" 449802 "Angry Citizen" 449803 "Create Phoenician Merchant Ship ()\nSturdy vessel utilized by Phoenician Traders. Shoots multiple arrows.\n " 449804 "Research Strengthened Hulls ()\nShips gain +1 melee armor." 449805 "Research Hardened Marines ()\nShips attack 10% faster." 449806 "Research Hymns to Poseidon ()\nShips move 10% faster." // //Scenario Ten // 445600 "Themistocles: Make ready, brave oarsmen: the Persian fleet will be here soon. We are all that stands between them and Greece — we cannot let them pass!" 445601 "Polycritus: Hateful though you are to me, Themistocles, I shall stand with you if it means Greece will be saved." 445602 "Themistocles: Halt, sailors! Identify yourselves!" 445603 "Aristides: It is I, Aristides. The assembly has declared that any exile willing to fight for Athens may return. You should be glad that my love for Athens is greater than my hatred for you." 445604 "Themistocles: You will observe, Aristides, that I have been proven conclusively correct: the Persians have returned, and without this fleet, we would be defenseless against them." 445605 "Themistocles: The swells here favour our ships." 445606 "Themistocles: Our ships are heavier than those of the Mede; here, where the winds are strong, we shall be the more stable." 445607 "Themistocles: This is a good spot to fight: our heavy ships can resist the roiling waves." 445608 "Themistocles: Here they come. O Poseidon of the golden trident, accept the libations we pour for you; look upon us, your suppliants, with favor; grant us strength to fill your briny halls with Persian treasure!" 445609 "Aristides: Fight on, brave sailors: either we hold, or all Greece burns!" 445610 "Themistocles: See how the strait fills with wreckage. Clog it up with broken ships, and the Medes' numbers will mean nothing!" 445611 "Themistocles: Nightfall — the Persians will not come again till daybreak. Let us make what repairs we can in the harbor." 445612 "Aristides: The sailors tell me that a storm struck you on your way here, Themistocles. We might consider searching for shipwrecks." 445613 "Themistocles: Get back in position." 445614 "Themistocles: Have these men returned to the mainland, and salvage what you can from the shipwreck." 445615 "Themistocles: Get these men back to dry land, along with any provisions you can find." 445616 "Themistocles: Ferry these men ashore, and recover whatever you can from the wreck." 445617 "Themistocles: Poseidon, we offer you these barley-cakes in humble supplication — and we beseech you, O lord of the sea, bear us to victory!" 445618 "Aristides: Keep going, men! Grip those oars tight and remember your training!" 445619 "Themistocles: The day is done. To harbor, men — we'll need our strength for tomorrow." 445620 "Aristides: Though your moral character leaves much to be desired, I cannot deny that you fight well, Themistocles." 445621 "Themistocles: Dark-haired Poseidon, favor us once more, and when I step ashore, I shall honor you with ten black bulls. Just see us through this day, earth-shaker." 445622 "Themistocles: We must hold! Though your arms are aching and your palms are calloused, we must hold!" 445623 "Artemisia: I am done watching the failures of these useless fools — I shall end this, now!" 445624 "Themistocles: News from Thermopylae — the pass is lost! Retreat, men, retreat!" 445625 "Themistocles: Oimoi, they've gotten through! We are done for." 445626 "Narrator: You didn't think I'd leave Thermopylae out of the story, did you? Well, three days earlier…" 445627 "Leonidas: Spartans, exercise your bodies and comb your hair, for we must be ready to die. And you brave men who stand with Sparta today — Thebans, Phocians, Thespians — watch closely, for never again shall you see such prowess with spear and shield." 445628 "Leonidas: Behold, men: from the sacrificial lamb, an unblemished liver, healthy and well-formed! The gods show us favor — now treat them to a worthy slaughter!" 445629 "Leonidas: Fight on, men: shield beside shield, foot beside planted foot, crest beside swaying crest!" 445630 "Leonidas: A fine harvest. Back to camp." 445631 "Leonidas: The admiral sends aid." 445632 "Leonidas: Assistance from the fleet." 445633 "Leonidas: The Athenian sends us aid." 445634 "Leonidas: The ground here favors us, men — hold!" 445635 "Leonidas: Firm ground for fighting here, men." 445636 "Leonidas: This is a good spot to fight: hard ground, no slick rocks." 445637 "Leonidas: We cannot hold this position — fall back!" 445638 "Leonidas: Fall back to the next position!" 445639 "Leonidas: Take out their commanders!" 445640 "Leonidas: Kill the overseers, and their soldiers will surely lose heart." 445641 "Leonidas: See how they quiver before us with no commander to whip them into battle!" 445642 "Leonidas: The hours of night are precious. We can tend our wounds back in the camp, or slaughter the Medes by their tents." 445643 "Leonidas: The Persian camp lies this way. Shall we spatter their fine tents with blood, brothers?" 445644 "Leonidas: To me, men. Someone sing for us — I would hear of flame-haired Menelaus; Ajax, bulwark of the Achaeans; lion-hearted Achilles…" 445645 "Leonidas: See, brave warriors: as I pull the knife from the sacrificial heifer's throat, the blood comes steady and plentiful; a deep, rich red. The gods favor us today — as we soak this land with the blood of men!" 445646 "Leonidas: Heracles, whose blood courses through my veins, witness this glorious strife!" 445647 "Leonidas: The day is done. Have the helots clear up these corpses — I won't die slipping on the entrails of some rotting Mede." 445648 "Leonidas: An ill omen, my brothers: observe the sacrificial victim's liver, incomplete and lacking a lobe. I hope you have breakfasted well, for tonight we dine in Hades." 445649 "Leonidas: The Persians have found the second pass! Those of you Greeks who wish to flee, do so now — we Spartans shall remain, and drag these bleating Medes down with us to Hades!" 445650 "Leonidas: Black spirits of death, I hold you dear as the rays of the sun! Fight on, men — with fists and teeth if you must!" 445651 "Leonidas: Hateful Eris smothers me... We have failed." 445652 "Leonidas: Raging Eris has her fill... And I have the sweetest of fates: a noble death." 445653 "10. The Hot Gates" 445654 "Thermopylae/Artemisium, 480 BCE" 445655 "The Persians return to Greece in overwhelming numbers. Leonidas and the Spartans attempt to hold the narrow pass of Thermopylae, while the Greek fleet anchors at Artemisium." 445656 "Leonidas" 445657 "Persian Commander" 445658 "Persian Camp" 445659 "Persian Navy" 445660 "Persian Army" 445661 "Strategic Site" 445662 "+ Do not allow more than /15 Persian ships to pass through." 445663 "+ At least one naval building must survive:\n/4 currently remaining." 445664 "- Bring ships back to the harbor to repair them." 445665 "- Search for shipwrecks to the south." 445666 "- Fight in strategic locations (flagged) with Themistocles to receive temporary bonuses." 445667 "+ Defend the mountain pass and keep Leonidas alive for /3 days." 445668 "- Kill the Persian Commanders." 445669 "- Bring units back to camp or near an Outpost to heal them." 445670 "- Raid the Persian Camp." 445671 "- Survive as long as you can:\nKeep at least 10 units alive." 445672 "- Supplies received from the fleet. -" 445673 "- Shipwrecked soldiers arrive as reinforcements. -" 445674 "- Units gain armor at Strategic Site. -" 445675 "- Regeneration enabled at Strategic Site. -" 445676 "- Extra resources enabled at Strategic Site. -" 445677 "- Strategic site lost: bonus armor disabled. -" 445678 "- Strategic site lost: regeneration disabled. -" 445679 "- Strategic site lost: extra resources disabled. -" 445680 "Time until Persians attack: %d" 445681 "+ Day " 445682 "Three days earlier…" 445683 "%d left to locate shipwrecks" 445684 "+ Leonidas must survive." 445685 "- Ship armor bonus active -" 445686 "- Ship armor bonus inactive -" 445687 "- Ship HP regeneration active -" 445688 "- Ship HP regeneration inactive -" 445689 "- Unit HP regeneration active -" 445690 "- Unit HP regeneration inactive -" 445691 "- Fight in strategic locations (flagged) with Leonidas to receive temporary bonuses." 445692 "- Defend the flanking pass." 445693 "- The Persians are coming through the second pass! -" 445694 "- Unit armor bonus active -" 445695 "- Unit armor bonus inactive -" 445696 "- Resource generation active -" 445697 "- Resource generation inactive -" 445698 "- A New Day -" 445699 "Xerxes prepares to send his skirmishers!" 445700 "Xerxes prepares to send his archers!" 445701 "Xerxes prepares to send his spearmen!" 445702 "Xerxes prepares to send his swordsmen!" 445703 "Xerxes prepares to send his cavalry!" 445704 "Pray to Apollo" 445705 "Use Pray to Apollo\nIncreased attack for archers. Deactivates other prayer bonuses." 445706 "Pray to Ares" 445707 "Use Pray to Ares\nIncreased attack for infantry. Deactivates other prayer bonuses." 445708 "Pray to Hephaestus" 445709 "Use Pray to Hephaestus\nIncreased armor for infantry. Deactivates other prayer bonuses." 445710 "Pray to Artemis" 445711 "Use Pray to Artemis\nIncreased armor for archers. Deactivates other prayer bonuses." 445712 "Forward position lost! Attack bonus lost for all units." 445713 "Forward position regained! Attack bonus restored for all units." 445714 "Central position lost! Armor bonus lost for all units." 445715 "Central position regained! Armor bonus restored for all units." 445716 "Rearguard position lost! Attack speed bonus lost for all units." 445717 "Rearguard position regained! Attack speed bonus restored for all units." 445718 "Pray to Apollo" 445719 "Use Pray to Apollo\nIncreased attack for all archers." 445720 "Pray to Ares" 445721 "Use Pray to Ares\nIncreased attack for all infantry." 445722 "Pray to Hephaestus" 445723 "Use Pray to Hephaestus\nIncreased armor for all infantry." 445724 "Pray to Artemis" 445725 "Use Pray to Artemis\nIncreased armor for all archers." 445726 "Forward Position" 445727 "Central Position" 445728 "Rearguard Position" 445729 "- Hold the Outposts in the flagged areas for bonuses." 445730 "Rebuild the Wall" 445731 "Use Rebuild the Wall ()\nRebuild the Phocian Wall." 445732 "- Gain resources for every ship you destroy." 445733 "- Kill commanders to gain extra resources." 445734 "- Gain resources for every enemy you kill." 445735 "Persian ships sunk: " 445736 "- Units can be trained at the tents -" 445737 "+ Hold the pass.\nKeep at least 10 units alive." 445738 "Persian soldiers killed: " 445739 "The eve of battle" 445740 "First Day" 445741 "Second Day" 445742 "Third Day" 445743 "+ Prevent the Persians from sailing Transport Ships through the Strait of Artemisium:\n/ broken through." 445744 "- The Persians are attempting to send Transport Ships through the Strait of Artemisium! -" 445745 "- Ships will rapidly heal near the Shipyards at night. -" 445746 "- Units will rapidly heal near the camp and Outposts at night. -" 445747 "Time until Persians attack: %d" 445748 "- Unit healing halted. Battle is nigh! -" 445749 "- Leonidas is wounded! He temporarily withdraws. -" 445750 "- Leonidas has recovered from his wounds! -" 445751 "- Blessings of Apollo lost, archer attack bonus removed -" 445752 "- Blessings of Ares lost, infantry attack bonus removed -" 445753 "- Blessing of Hephaestus lost, infantry armor bonus removed -" 445754 "- Blessing of Artemis lost, archer armor bonus removed -" 445755 "1. Keep surviving. You do not need to go forth and destroy your enemy; maintain a defensive position and hold on!\n\n2. Gain resources by destroying enemy units. You cannot build buildings or villagers.\n\n3. In the first part of this scenario, you must keep at least one of your naval buildings alive, and do not allow more than 5 enemy transports to pass through the strait.\n\n4. Weaker forms of the special naval technologies you researched in the previous scenario are available to you here!\n\n5. In the second part of the scenario, you must defend the pass against the oncoming Persian army. Recapture forward positions (marked by outposts) to activate different bonuses. These are deactivated when you lose the positions.\n\n6. Use the command tent in the centre of Leonidas's camp to pray to different gods for inspiration, activating further bonuses." 445756 "Leonidas \n \n Royal Aura: +40 Regeneration, increased attack speed to nearby units, +5 attack; +2 armor to nearby Hoplites, Strategoi and Hippeis" 445757 "Leonidas \n \n Royal Aura: increased attack speed to nearby units; +5 attack, +2 armor to nearby Hoplites, Strategoi and Hippeis" 445758 "Leonidas \n \n Royal Aura: increased attack speed to nearby units; +3 attack, +1 armor to nearby Hoplites, Strategoi and Hippeis" 445759 "Overseer" 445760 "- Your soldiers no longer have time to loot the enemy. -" 445761 "Survive Artemisia's onslaught for %d" 445762 "War Chariot Overseer" 445763 "Camel Raider Overseer" 445764 "Raider Overseer" 445765 "Swordsman Overseer" 445766 "Sakan Axeman Overseer" 445767 "Sparabara Overseer" 445768 "Shock Cavalry Overseer" 445769 "+ Survive Artemisia's onslaught as long as possible." // //Scenario Eleven // 445800 "Themistocles: The Persians hold Athens. They have blockaded the eastern exit from the strait, and hold the island of Psyttaleia as a naval base." 445801 "Themistocles: The Great King has ordered the Egyptians to hold the other exit. " 445802 "Themistocles: They will come upon us here, in the Bay of Salamis. And with Athena looking on, we shall crush our foes." 445803 "Aristides: Why haven't they attacked us already? Were they so rattled by Leonidas' resistance that they fear to face us?" 445804 "Aristides: You smell that odor, men? Those are your homes, burned by the Mede; those are our sacred temples, desecrated! Now take up your spears, and let no man rest until we return this city to Athena!" 445805 "Polycritus: You and I know better than anyone the value of a good admiral, Themistocles. We ought to target the Persian commanders." 445806 "Themistocles: We have slain Ariabignes — a son of Darius himself, dead on Attic shores!" 445807 "Themistocles: We have slaughtered Megabazus, loyal lapdog of the Persian king." 445808 "Aristides: You should have stayed home in Thebes, Ariomardus — Attica has nothing for you but death." 445809 "Aristides: Pegastagon will issue no more commands, except to the black-robed ferryman." 445810 "Themistocles: The king's foremost commanders are naught but bloated corpses now." 445811 "Aristides: Persian camps besmirch the mainland shore. Show these intruders the fate due to all such ill-mannered guests." 445812 "Aristides: Just as bold Theseus rid this land of ravening beasts, so we shall cleanse Attic soil of these invaders." 445813 "Aristides: Athena be praised for this victory. Gather the shields of the Medes: these will make fine offerings." 445814 "Aristides: Ares, witness this deed, and grant us the strength for many more." 445815 "Themistocles: The camps are cleared. Their stay on Attic soil was a short one." 445816 "Aristides: Much as I hate to admit it… Your plan is sound, Themistocles." 445817 "Aristides: You see what happens when you listen to my wise counsel? You’re rewarded like an honest man. Even though you are not." 445818 "Priestess: We on Salamis are no strangers to violence; for here Ajax was raised. Yet the destruction that rages around us now… Oimoi talas. Bring my poor serving girls safely to the temple, Themistocles." 445819 "Priestess: My thanks, Themistocles. Here in the temple, we have many artifacts that once belonged to mighty Ajax — you may take one, in this hour of need." 445820 "Themistocles: The butt-spike from Ajax's spear shall remind my infantry of their deadly duty." 445821 "Themistocles: Ajax's stout shield, with which he sheltered the masterful archer Teucer." 445822 "Themistocles: The horsehair crest from Ajax's helmet will thrill my cavalrymen." 445823 "Themistocles: Xerxes moves to reinforce one of his blockades. Another opportunity to trick him: if I light beacons at one or the other side, I might direct his ships at my will." 445824 "Themistocles: Xerxes has taken the bait — his squadron heads to the western exit." 445825 "Themistocles: The Great King was not fooled this time — he sends his squadron to Psyttaleia." 445826 "Themistocles: We have fooled the Great King — he sends his squadron to Psyttaleia." 445827 "Themistocles: Xerxes saw through our ploy — he sends his squadron to the western blockade." 445828 "Aristides: The Persians attempt to land on Salamis! We must drive them off!" 445829 "Aristides: A Persian landing party approaches! Defend the island!" 445830 "Aristides: The Persians mean to land on Salamis!" 445831 "Themistocles: Xerxes comes for Salamis. Drive his forces back!" 445832 "Aristides: There they are: the king's Egyptian slaves, in their ships of acacia wood." 445833 "Themistocles: Of all the Persian king's subjects, none despise him more than the Egyptians — he should never have depended on these unreliable wretches to bottle us in the strait!" 445834 "Aristides: Purge the Medes from Psyttaleia!" 445835 "Aristides: We have scrubbed this rock clean of the Mede, as a mariner scrapes his boat clean of barnacles. " 445836 "Artemisia: I counseled the king against fighting you here, Athenian. No matter: I shall crush you all the same." 445837 "Aristides: Athens has turned back fiercer warrior-queens than you, Artemisia; and just as Theseus fought off the Amazons, so we shall put a stop to your invasion." 445838 "Artemisia: Set this fort ablaze! If the Greeks will not face us on the open sea, we shall burn them out. " 445839 "Artemisia: I am done with this folly — turn this ship around and get us back to Halicarnassus! Ram anyone, friend or foe, who tries to stop us!" 445840 "Aristides: Loath as I am to admit it… You fight well, Themistocles." 445841 "Themistocles: My word, Aristides — for a stuck-up grouch, you fight with chilling ferocity." 445842 "Themistocles: Back on Attic shores once more! Onward, men: retake the Piraeus!" 445843 "Aristides: Fortress Salamis falls. Oimoi, what will become of us?" 445844 "Themistocles: Victory! Let the Great King see that all his fine ships and all his thundering myriads of men were no match for the cunning of a Greek." 445845 "11. Divine Salamis" 445846 "The Bay of Salamis, 480 BCE" 445847 "The Greek fleet moors in the Bay of Salamis. Both exits are blocked by the Persians; in the distance, Athens burns. Themistocles must prevail, or Greece is lost." 445848 "Temple of Athena" 445849 "Salamis" 445850 "Psyttaleia" 445851 "Xerxes" 445852 "Egyptian Blockade" 445853 "- Defeat the Egyptian blockade." 445854 "+ Destroy the Persian Forts at the Piraeus." 445855 "- Sink /4 Persian Commanders." 445856 "- Destroy /3 Persian Camps." 445857 "+ Do not lose the Fort on Salamis." 445858 "- Train 5 Priestesses and bring them to the Temple of Athena." 445859 "- Flare over one of the blockades to attempt to send Xerxes' reinforcements there." 445860 "- Flare over one of the blockades for a chance to direct Xerxes' reinforcements there, allowing you to focus your efforts on the weaker blockade." 445861 "- Choose an Aura at the Temple of Athena." 445862 "- Choose an aura effect for Themistocles at the Temple of Athena. Choose to have Themistocles strengthen nearby cavalry, infantry, or archers when on land, and galleys, ramming ships, and lemboi when at sea." 445863 "- Defeat the Persian landing party on Salamis." 445864 "- Your signal tricked Xerxes! -" 445865 "- Your signal did not trick Xerxes this time. -" 445866 "+ Break through the Egyptian Blockade to stop most of the attacks" 445867 "- Break through the Egyptian Blockade" 445868 " OR" 445869 "+ Break through the Psyttaleia Blockade" 445870 "+ Destroy the Persian Forts at the Piraeus." 445871 " Artemesia attacks in %d" 445872 "Time to Signal Xerxes %d" 445873 "-Salamis send what they can-" 445874 "+ Destroy the blockade at Psyttaleia." 445875 "- Heal Themistocles at a Shipyard" 445876 "- Heal Aristides at the Fort" 445877 "+ Defeat the Psyttaleia blockade." 445878 "+ Destroy /2 Persian Forts at the Piraeus." 445879 "+ Survive Artemisia's attack on Salamis." 445880 "Artemisia attacks Salamis in %d" 445881 "- Find the Temple of Athena on Salamis." 445882 "Xerxes attacks Salamis in %d" 445883 "+ Prepare to defend Salamis." 445884 "+ Defend Salamis against Persian attacks." 445885 "Psyttaleia Blockade" 445886 "- Additional technologies unlocked at the Shipyard! -" 445887 "1. You are blockaded! You cannot build Ports or Shipyards on the western coastline of Salamis.\n\n2. The Athenians are able to select different policies at the Town Center, which have a global effect for you. You can switch between policies as often as you wish, choosing the one that best fits your needs. Changing Policy becomes progressively more expensive, up to a maximum of 150 gold.\n\n3. This scenario contains an aura quest for Themistocles — seek out the priestess!" 445888 "Cavalry/Galley Aura II" 445889 "Select Cavalry/Galley Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Themistocles' cavalry aura on land, and Galley aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445889_perth "Increase the effects of Themistocles' cavalry aura on land, and Galley aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445890 "Infantry/Monoreme Aura II" 445891 "Select Infantry/Monoreme Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Themistocles' infantry aura on land, and Monoreme aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445891_perth "Increase the effects of Themistocles' infantry aura on land, and Monoreme aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445892 "Archery/Lembos Aura II" 445893 "Select Archery/Lembos Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Themistocles' archery aura on land, and Lembos aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445893_perth "Increase the effects of Themistocles' archery aura on land, and Lembos aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445894 "Cavalry/Galley Aura III" 445895 "Select Cavalry/Galley Aura III\nMaximize the potency of Themistocles' cavalry aura on land, and Galley aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445895_perth "Maximize the potency of of Themistocles' cavalry aura on land, and Galley aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445896 "Infantry/Monoreme Aura III" 445897 "Select Infantry Aura/Monoreme III\nMaximize the potency of Themistocles' infantry aura on land, and Monoreme aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445897_perth "Maximize the potency of of Themistocles' infantry aura on land, and Monoreme aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445898 "Archery/Lembos Aura III" 445899 "Select Archery/Lembos Aura III\nMaximize the potency of Themistocles' archer aura on land, and Lembos aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445899_perth "Maximize the potency of of Themistocles' archery aura on land, and Lembos aura when Themistocles is at sea." 445900 "The Persians are coming! Prepare your navy for their assault!" 445901 "Artemisia is coming! Prepare for her assault on Salamis!" 445902 "- Heal Polycritus at a Shipyard." 445903 "Polycritus' ship has been sunk!" 445904 "Polycritus returns to the fight!" 445905 "- Choose an aura effect at the Temple of Athena." 445906 "- Warships +1 attack. -" 445907 "- Warships +20 HP. -" // //Scenario Twelve // 446000 "Aristides: Ah, bronze-greaved Achaeans sailing east — a tale fit for the bard himself! We even have our own wily Odysseus." 446001 "Themistocles: And I suppose you get to be Achilles. Waffling Nestor, maybe…" 446002 "Pausanias: Get ashore, all of you. The kings of Cyprus claim loyalty to the Mede — they will not do so when we seize their cities!" 446003 "Themistocles: Seize this village!" 446004 "Aristides: The cities here still bear the scars of their subjugation after the Ionian Revolt. If we offered to repair the damage, they may come over to us willingly." 446005 "Themistocles: This village will supply us now." 446006 "Themistocles: We've taken a village." 446007 "Themistocles: Another village taken." 446008 "Themistocles: We now hold this village." 446009 "Themistocles: This village is ours." 446010 "Aristides: Another village liberated." 446011 "Aristides: We control another village." 446012 "Aristides: We have conquered this village." 446013 "Aristides: This village will supply our brave soldiers." 446014 "Pausanias: Keep up, you wine-sodden laggards!" 446015 "Pausanias: As ever, a dozen Spartans can do the work of a thousand other Greeks!" 446016 "Pausanias: Another village bows to Spartan might. " 446017 "Pausanias: Another village falls to Sparta. We should have left the rest of you on the ships." 446018 "Themistocles: Some aid, if you wouldn't mind?" 446019 "Themistocles: We need you here, Pausanias." 446020 "Aristides: We have need of Spartan arms." 446021 "Aristides: Strike together!" 446022 "Pausanias: Onwards, Spartans!" 446023 "Pausanias: Spartans, show these weaklings how a true warrior fights!" 446024 "Pausanias: The allies beg for our help, men." 446025 "Pausanias: Attack!" 446026 "Pausanias: Spartans, take the lead." 446027 "Pausanias: On your feet, men!" 446028 "Aristides: The Spartans lack the men to aid us for now." 446029 "Pausanias: My men need their rest." 446030 "Pausanias: We will strike when we are ready, Athenian." 446031 "Pausanias: My men have bled enough for now." 446032 "Artemisia: I will retake every town you've stolen." 446033 "Artemisia: You should never have come here, you fools." 446034 "Artemisia: Flee now, before I cast you back into the sea!" 446035 "Artemisia: You'll get nothing more from this village." 446036 "Aristides: We hold Tamassos, and its rich copper mines." 446037 "Aristides: People of Soloi, we shall treat you well: for the same Solon after whom you are named, who laid out your city streets, was the man who gave Athens its laws." 446038 "Aristides: People of Ledrai, we come not to conquer, but to liberate!" 446039 "Themistocles: Once again, I triumph at Salamis. You'd think they might have given the city a more original name." 446040 "Themistocles: We hold Paphos, birthplace of Aphrodite. If any of you men are unlucky in love, I suggest you get praying..." 446041 "Themistocles: We've retaken the city!" 446042 "Themistocles: The city is ours once more." 446043 "Aristides: We hold this city again." 446044 "Aristides: We've lost Tamassos!" 446045 "Aristides: Soloi is lost!" 446046 "Themistocles: Ledrai is in enemy hands again." 446047 "Pausanias: By the twin gods, Salamis is lost!" 446048 "Pausanias: You fools, Paphos is lost!" 446049 "Polycritus: Ill news — the Persians know we're here, and they’re sending reinforcements. We must make what progress we can." 446050 "Polycritus: The Persian fleet is almost upon us — led, I hear, by Queen Artemisia herself." 446051 "Artemisia: You've come a long way from home, Athenian. It will be some time before your wife knows she's a widow." 446052 "Artemisia: Load up the ships and get us back to Caria! If they want this blasted rock so badly, they can keep it." 446053 "Themistocles: What fine pelts these Persians cover their tents in — I don't even know the names of half of these animals." 446054 "Artemisia: These tents are too splendid for the likes of you, Themistocles. " 446055 "Aristides: Look at that — a salt lake! The flamingos seem to have fled, though…" 446056 "Aristides: Not just a schemer, but a warrior too. I'm glad we fight on the same side, Themistocles." 446057 "Themistocles: Maybe you do bear comparison to Achilles. How many have you slain today, Aristides?" 446058 "Aristides: The city of Salamis is ruled by a priest-king, and it is said that he seeks a lost relic — the golden mixing bowl of Menelaus, left here as he returned from Troy. If we return it, we may secure Salamis without force." 446059 "Aristides: There it is — the bowl of Menelaus! Let us take it to the shrine near Salamis." 446060 "Pausanias: Bring me that bowl, Athenian. Menelaus was a Spartan king, so that's a Spartan relic." 446061 "Aristides: Accept this relic, noble king of Salamis, and see that we come in good faith. " 446062 "Pausanias: Correct choice, Athenian. In Sparta, we flog those who take things that don't belong to them." 446063 "Themistocles: Cyprus is ours! A fine victory for this grand alliance." 446064 "Pausanias: This is a Spartan victory. Your lazy rabble would still be on the beach if you didn't have the red cloaks ahead of you. Now, back to the ships: we move on." 446065 "12. Across the Wine-Dark Sea" 446066 "Cyprus, 478 BCE" 446067 "The Greeks launch an audacious counter-attack against Persia, striking the important naval base of Cyprus. Its many kingdoms will prove difficult to subdue..." 446068 "Pausanias" 446069 "Paphos" 446070 "Tamassos" 446071 "Soloi" 446072 "Ledrai" 446073 "Bowl of Menelaus" 446074 "Temple of Zeus Salaminios" 446075 "Priest-King of Salamis" 446076 "Temple of Aphrodite" 446077 "Temple of Isis" 446078 "Cypriot Village" 446079 "Persian Field Camp" 446080 "Command Tent" 446081 "+ Seize the village by capturing its Fortified Tower." 446082 "+ Claim villages to increase resource generation." 446083 "+ Seize Cypriot villages by capturing their Fortified Towers (reduce the Tower's HP).\nEach village will increase the rate at which you generate wood, food, or gold." 446084 "+ Claim kingdoms by capturing their Forts." 446085 "+ Seize Cypriot kingdoms by capturing the Forts located in their main cities. To do this, defeat surrounding units and reducing the Fort's HP until it converts the city to an ally." 446086 "+ Seize 4 Cities by capturing their Forts (Mason ()\nNon-combat unit Send Masons to the Forts located in Cypriot cities in order to make that Cypriot kingdom convert to your side." 446101 "- You can now train Masons. -" 446102 "- Imperial Age researched. -" 446103 "- Pausanias now fields Elite Hoplites. -" 446104 "- Cavalry/Galley aura maximized. -" 446105 "- Archer/Lembos aura maximized. -" 446106 "- Infantry/Ramming Ship aura maximized. -" 446107 "Artemisia arrives in %d" 446108 "Village captured: food income increased." 446109 " Paphos took back a village!" 446110 "Village captured: gold income increased." 446111 " Tamassos took back a village!" 446112 "Village captured: wood income increased." 446113 " Soli took back a village!" 446114 " Ledrai took back a village!" 446115 " Salamis took back a village!" 446116 "+ Control 4 Cities (/4 Cities controlled)." 446117 "- Capture /2 Cities to advance to Imperial Age." 446118 "- Capture villages to generate different resources (Food, Wood and Gold)." 446119 "- Capture villages to generate different resources." 446120 "- Flare to direct Pausanias' troops." 446121 "+ Capture a village by damaging its central fortification." 446122 "Cypriots" 446123 "Use flares to direct Pausanias' forces." 446124 "Village lost: wood income decreased." 446125 "Village lost: food income decreased." 446126 "Village lost: gold income decreased." 446127 "1. You passively generate resources in this scenario. To increase the rate at which you generate resources, capture villages. Each village will increase your income of wood, food, or gold.\n\n2. To capture a village, capture its central Tower (reduce its HP); to capture a city, capture its Fort (reduce its HP).\n\n3. The first time you capture a village you will receive an influx of resources.\n\n4. Direct Pausanias to help you using flares." 446128 "Pausanias is sulking and will not respond for %d" 446129 "The Bowl of Menelaus has been destroyed!" 446130 "Friendly Priestesses have joined your side!" 446131 "Pausanias' Hoplites have been upgraded!" 446132 "Bowl of Menelaus\n " // //Scenario Thirteen // 446200 "Pausanias: Make ready to attack, you lazy, goat-stinking knaves! If we weren't dragging you along with us, we'd have speared the Great King himself by now!" 446201 "Themistocles: Pausanias is like a mad dog: he needs watching, or he'll maul friend as like as foe." 446202 "Aristides: You aren't the first to say as much. The Spartans do not know how to govern free men." 446203 "Themistocles: Look at that — the Persians would rather burn their own storehouses than risk us capturing them! Stop them, before there's nothing left!" 446204 "Themistocles: We retook this storehouse before the Persians could destroy it, but they will no doubt try to burn other places of value when we enter Byzantium." 446205 "Themistocles: The Persians torched this storehouse rather than let us get our hands on it. No doubt they will try to burn other places of value when we enter Byzantium." 446206 "Pausanias: Enough waiting, Spartans — we march on Byzantium now, with or without the others!" 446207 "Themistocles: By Zeus, when Pausanias goes barrelling into the city, the Persians are sure to burn anything of value in his wake! We have to get in there and save as much as we can!" 446208 "Pausanias: We're in, men! Sate yourselves with Persian blood!" 446209 "Themistocles: It would have been an ill thing indeed to lose the temple of Zeus." 446210 "Themistocles: We've reclaimed Poseidon's temple." 446211 "Themistocles: The shrine of Ajax is safe." 446212 "Themistocles: The temple of Apollo is saved." 446213 "Aristides: Bless us, Dionysos: your temple is saved." 446214 "Aristides: Aphrodite, your shrine is safe." 446215 "Aristides: The temple of Artemis is in our hands." 446216 "Themistocles: O Zeus, we could not save your temple." 446217 "Themistocles: Poseidon's temple is lost." 446218 "Themistocles: The shrine of Ajax burns!" 446219 "Themistocles: We couldn't save Apollo's temple." 446220 "Aristides: The temple of Dionysos is in ruins!" 446221 "Aristides: Forgive us, Aphrodite: we could not save your shrine." 446222 "Aristides: The temple of Artemis burns." 446223 "Aristides: The Persians are trying to burn a district! Stop them!" 446224 "Aristides: The Persians burn the city in our wake! At them!" 446225 "Themistocles: There'll be nothing left of this district if we don't stop these arsonists." 446226 "Themistocles: Save what you can!" 446227 "Aristides: They're burning the inner city!" 446228 "Aristides: Arson, by the northern docks!" 446229 "Aristides: Stop those Persians, before the city is stripped bare!" 446230 "Themistocles: They are determined to leave us as little as possible." 446231 "Themistocles: Their stripping of the city continues." 446232 "Themistocles: They're tearing down another district." 446233 "Pausanias: Burn all you want, you dogs: I am here not for trinkets, but for blood." 446234 "Aristides: The Persians are absconding with a statue of Helios! Stop them!" 446235 "Aristides: Get a move on, men! If the Persians get that statue on a ship, it will be lost to us forever!" 446236 "Aristides: They've escaped with the statue. Another trinket for the Great King's court." 446237 "Pausanias: Bring me the statue, Athenian. That's an order." 446238 "Polycritus: Bring the statue to the allied camp, Themistocles — I'll see that Pausanias doesn't get his blood-soaked hands on it. Dark days indeed, when I'd rather trust an Athenian…" 446239 "Pausanias: Took you long enough. Assemble, Spartans, and make offerings to tireless Helios, that he might shine golden light on our deeds!" 446240 "Polycritus: How delicately formed, how graceful this statue is… Quite unlike that ruffian Pausanias." 446241 "Pausanias: You ignored my order, Athenian. You are less use to me than the basest of slaves!" 446242 "Pausanias: Spartans, leave no survivors!" 446243 "Pausanias: Run these Persians through!" 446244 "Pausanias: I want to see blood on your spears. Any shirkers will be thrown from the city walls!" 446245 "Pausanias: By the Twin Gods, I demand blood!" 446246 "Pausanias: Artemis Orthia, give me the strength to bring black death upon my enemies, and I shall make offerings in ivory at your shrine." 446247 "Pausanias: At least the Persian king has an appetite for conquest, unlike you lily-livered laggards! Perhaps he would be a more fitting ally for Sparta." 446248 "Pausanias: These \"allies\" are no warriors. Men fit to be slaves." 446249 "Pausanias: Who are these wretches we've dragged along with us? Aeginetans, Corinthians, Sicyonians… Cowards all." 446250 "Pausanias: We'd move faster without these leeches on our glory." 446251 "Pausanias: Leonidas was a fool to die for men like you! We should have walled off the Peloponnese and left you all to the Persians." 446252 "Aristides: Blood-loving Ares favors you today, Themistocles. I am glad to fight beside you." 446253 "Themistocles: By Zeus, you fight well, Aristides. Imagine what we might have accomplished had we worked together from the start." 446254 "Polycritus: May Aphaia watch over you as you march into the city. We shall use the ships to strike at the harbors." 446255 "Polycritus: Greece did not resist Persian tyranny only to be treated like slaves by a Spartan." 446256 "Polycritus: The Chians, the Samians, the Troezenians, they all agree: Pausanias is not in his right mind." 446257 "Polycritus: This mad regent will be the ruin of us all. I cannot say how much longer the allies will consent to follow him." 446258 "Polycritus: We hold the first harbor. Not that we'll get any credit from Pausanias." 446259 "Polycritus: We've captured the central harbor. Whatever that pig Pausanias may say, we are not lacking in fortitude." 446260 "Polycritus: Another harbor seized. Celebrate this victory, fellow Greeks, however much Pausanias might scorn your courage." 446261 "Themistocles: We need to get rid of this demented Spartan. Accuse of him of Medism, perhaps?" 446262 "Aristides: So little remains… This city is no longer worth fighting for." 446263 "Themistocles: We are close to the acropolis. Make ready for a tough fight — the Persian commander has already given us ample evidence of his ruthlessness." 446264 "Pausanias: The city is mine! See how these Persians cower before me — as all of you should." 446265 "Aristides: Enough, Pausanias: we shall not abide your unjust conduct a moment longer. I have spoken with the allies, and the only league they will support is one led by Athens." 446266 "13. Wrath of the Regent" 446267 "Byzantium, 478 BCE" 446268 "The Greeks turn their attention to the wealthy city of Byzantium — but with Pausanias behaving like a violent despot, and the Persians torching anything of value in the city, will there be anything left worth conquering?" 446269 "Byzantium" 446270 "Persian Garrison" 446271 "Merchants of Byzantium" 446272 "Temple of Zeus" 446273 "Temple of Poseidon" 446274 "Shrine of Ajax" 446275 "Temple of Dionysos" 446276 "Temple of Apollo" 446277 "Temple of Artemis" 446278 "Shrine of Aphrodite" 446279 "District 1" 446280 "District 2" 446281 "District 3" 446282 "District 4" 446283 "District 5" 446284 "District 6" 446285 "District 7" 446286 "District 8" 446287 "District 9" 446288 "District 10" 446289 "Greek Allied Camp" 446290 "Statue of Helios" 446291 "Spartan Camp" 446292 "Storehouse" 446293 "Acropolis" 446294 "- Stop the Persians from destroying the Market." 446295 "+ Do not let the Persians destroy Markets/Ports.\n buildings lost." 446296 "+ Do not let the Persians destroy Markets/Ports. Kill the units attacking the buildings to save them.\n Markets/Ports lost." 446297 "+ Capture the Acropolis of Byzantium before Pausanias." 446298 "+ Capture the Acropolis of Byzantium before Pausanias by defeating surrounding enemy units." 446299 "- Capture the Statue of Helios before it leaves the city." 446300 "- Choose who should receive the Statue of Helios:\nFlare over Pausanias' camp to give him the statue" 446301 "- Flare over the Greek Allies' camp to give Polycritus the statue." 446302 "- Save Temples (/7 Temples saved)." 446303 "- Cost of Trade Carts and Merchant Ships reduced by 50%. -" 446304 "- Ships gain extra armor. -" 446305 "- Lancer-line gains extra armor. -" 446306 "- Levy-line gains extra melee armor. -" 446307 "- Infantry now do bonus damage against cavalry. -" 446308 "- Regeneration unlocked for all units. -" 446309 "- Hoplite and Strategos HP increased. -" 446310 "- Archers gain extra range. -" 446311 "- Ship cost decreased. -" 446312 "- Infantry gain splash damage. -" 446313 "- Take it to Pausanias' Town Center." 446314 "- Take it to Polycritus' transport ship next to your base." 446315 "You saved a Port!" 446316 "You saved a Market!" 446317 "You saved a Temple!" 446318 "A Port was destroyed!" 446319 "A Market was destroyed!" 446320 "A Temple was destroyed!" 446321 "1. Pausanias has gone rather mad, and will no longer respond to your flares. In fact, you can expect his behaviour to be erratic and unhelpful!\n\n2. However, once the assault on Byzantium begins you can use flares to direct the allied fleet.\n\n3. The city is arranged into tiers separated by walls and gates. When you or your ally are close to entering a new tier, the Persians will begin to destroy any important assets there!" 446322 "+ Prepare to besiege Byzantium." 446325 "- Use flares to direct the Greek Navy." 446326 "Greek Navy" 446327 "Use flares to direct the Greek Navy." 446328 "Persian Saboteur" 446329 "Possession of the Statue of Helios inspires the Greek navy's ship builders, but Pausanias is angry!" 446330 "Possession of the Statue of Helios inspires the Spartans to attack with renewed ferocity!" 446331 "In his mad rage, Pausanias will attack you for %d" 446332 "Persian Saboteur\n " 446333 "Persian Commander\n " 446334 "Choose who should receive the Statue of Helios:" // //Scenario Fourteen // 446400 "Aristides: Delos has served us well as a base for the league, these past seven years. It is only right that we honor this holy place." 446401 "Themistocles: Building a monument would also demonstrate our power — and with all the whining I hear from the allies these days, such a demonstration might be wise." 446402 "Aristides: I do wonder, Themistocles — are we leaders of an alliance, or masters of an empire? Some of the allies talk of refusing to pay their tribute — what would we do in such a situation?" 446403 "Themistocles: We would take it from them, Aristides." 446404 "Aristides: A fine sight. Perhaps this might be an opportunity to reassess the tributes we ask of our allies." 446405 "Naxian Polemarch: Open your eyes, fellow Greeks: this \"Delian League\" has nothing to do with fighting the Persians — the Athenians simply want our money! Burn down their frivolous monument, and throw off their tyranny!" 446406 "Themistocles: Faithless wretches! We must punish this treachery." 446407 "Aristides: Athens gives so much, yet asks so little." 446408 "Aristides: We do not ask for much, dear allies." 446409 "Aristides: We are not tyrants: we ask only for a little." 446410 "Aristides: All things in moderation: that is the way." 446411 "Aristides: Nothing in excess, as the Delphians say." 446412 "Aristides: We ask only what is reasonable, treasured allies." 446413 "Themistocles: Times are hard, and we demand all you can spare." 446414 "Themistocles: Complain all you like, so long as you pay." 446415 "Themistocles: We must all make sacrifices for the common good." 446416 "Themistocles: The rebels assault Delos!" 446417 "Themistocles: Defend the wonder! I will not have these insurrectionists make fools of us!" 446418 "Themistocles: Protect the wonder!" 446419 "Aristides: Violence on holy Delos! Put a stop to this!" 446420 "Aristides: They mean to destroy the wonder!" 446421 "Themistocles: This tribute will help us restore Athens to its former glory. Already, the walls torn down by the Medes rise higher than ever before." 446422 "Themistocles: What wealth flows to Athens now. The Piraeus resounds with the hollering of shipwrights — twenty triremes built every year." 446423 "Themistocles: With this tribute, we shall build walls from Athens down to the Piraeus, and ensure that our city will never be cut off from its port." 446424 "Themistocles: See the riches I gather for Athens! Go show Cimon, and Timocreon, and all the others who whine and complain in the assembly." 446425 "Themistocles: I could send Athens the trident of Poseidon himself, and Cimon would still find something to criticize me for." 446426 "Themistocles: Not even a decade since the Mede torched our city, yet thanks to our endeavors, Athens is more stunning than ever." 446427 "Aristides: Keos has almost nothing left to give — at this rate, a rebellion is imminent!" 446428 "Aristides: Kythnos is almost out of resources — in their desperation, I fear they could turn to rebellion…" 446429 "Aristides: The Parian treasury is almost empty — soon they will have no choice but to revolt!" 446430 "Aristides: Syros is struggling to keep up with our demands — their minds will soon turn to rebellion!" 446431 "Themistocles: Keos has rebelled! We cannot tolerate such disobedience — especially so close to Attica!" 446432 "Themistocles: Kythnos turns against us! Would that the Dryopians had never colonised that blasted rock!" 446433 "Themistocles: The Parians rebel! How are we to rebuild Athens without their marble?" 446434 "Themistocles: Syros rebels now? What treachery is this?" 446435 "Aristides: The rebellion on Andros has been extinguished. I shall go to their temple of Dionysos, and offer libations." 446436 "Aristides: I see none of the water nymphs said to dwell on Keos: only bitter destruction." 446437 "Aristides: We did not wish to devastate your homeland, people of Kythnos — we remember well how you fought at Salamis." 446438 "Themistocles: Decades ago, Miltiades failed to take Paros. Athens is led by stronger men now." 446439 "Aristides: I always wanted to visit Syros: Homer speaks of it as a land without sickness, without famine. Woe, that we should come here as conquerors." 446440 "Aristides: I hear rumblings at Athens, Themistocles — men who envy your achievements… They would do well to recognize, as I have, that Athens is fortunate to have you." 446441 "Themistocles: Snakes. Liars. Petty, scheming, miserable men who can’t bear my success. If they drive me from my city, they will soon regret it." 446442 "Naxian Polemarch: Tyrants! Despots! Slave-drivers! Suck on the poisoned fruits of your empire while you can, for the gods will soon punish your hubris." 446443 "Aristides: He speaks true, Themistocles: the gods cannot abide excess. Oimoi… What have we done?" 446444 "Themistocles: Carystos is ours. The Carystians could not resist Datis — how could they hope to resist us?" 446445 "Naxian Polemarch: See, Athenians, see how the gods punish your hubris! Your monument falls, and so will your tyranny!" 446446 "Aristides: This is no alliance — it is an empire, and we are its cruel overlords. O Zeus… I’d scuttle every ship, melt down every drachma to regain but a scrap of our honor." 446447 "14. The Fruits of Empire" 446448 "Delos, 471 BCE" 446449 "The Athenians now lead a powerful alliance of Greek cities: the Delian League. But when the discontented allies refuse to pay their tribute, the Athenians confront the harsh reality of ruling others." 446450 "Delian Treasury" 446451 "+ Build a Wonder in the flagged area on Delos." 446452 "- Set tribute demands at the Wonder." 446453 "+ The Wonder must survive." 446454 "+ Destroy the Forts and Town Center on Naxos." 446455 "+ Destroy the Forts and Town Center in Carystos." 446456 "- Reconquer rebellious allies by destroying their Forts." 446457 "Demand Low Tribute" 446458 "Select Low Tribute\nAsk your allies for low levels of gold when they send tribute. The allies will be less likely to rebel." 446459 "Demand Medium Tribute" 446460 "Select Medium Tribute\nAsk your allies for moderate levels of gold when they send tribute. The allies will have a moderate chance of rebellion." 446461 "Demand High Tribute" 446462 "Select High Tribute\nAsk your allies for high levels of gold when they send tribute. Constantly asking for high tributes will lead to a high chance of rebellion." 446463 "- Low tribute demands set. -" 446464 "- Medium tribute demands set. -" 446465 "- High tribute demands set. -" 446466 "- Naxos has revolted! -" 446467 "- Keos has revolted! -" 446468 "- Carystos has revolted! -" 446469 "- Andros has revolted! -" 446470 "- Kythnos has revolted! -" 446471 "- Paros has revolted! -" 446472 "- Syros has revolted! -" 446473 "- Defend the Wonder! -" 446474 "+ Build a Wonder in the flagged area on Delos before the timer expires." 446475 "+ Set your tribute demands at the Wonder before the timer expires." 446476 "Time left to build Wonder: %d" 446477 "Time left to set tribute demands: %d" 446478 "Tribute level: low" 446479 "Tribute level: medium" 446480 "Tribute level: high" 446481 "Tribute demands can be changed in %d" 446482 "Chance of rebellion: %" 446483 "Naxos, Carystos, and Andros have rebelled!" 446484 "1. At the beginning of this scenario, all other players are your allies.\n\n2. Gold is very limited on this map. You will have to rely on tributes from your allies. You can set the level of tribute at the Wonder you must build on Delos. Higher tributes will increase the risk of allies rebelling against you." 446485 "+ Defeat Carystos (destroy their Forts)." 446486 "+ Defeat Naxos (destroy their Forts)." // this is the overflow area from 15 - be careful to avoid overlaps if you extend this 446514 " Build a Wonder and set tribute demands within %d" 446515 "+ Build a Wonder and set tribute demands at the Wonder before the timer expires." 446516 "You can set tribute demands at the Wonder." 446517 "You must set tribute demands within the next 2 minutes. Do this by selecting the wonder and choosing an option. If you do not set a tribute in the next 2 minutes then tribute demands will automatically be set to Medium." // this (above) was overflow from 15 be careful of overlaps! // //Scenario Fifteen // 446600 "Pericles: Everybody inside the walls! Back to the city!" 446601 "Aspasia: The people are safe for now, but they will surely become discontent soon, cooped up here while their farms are burned. You must do all you can, my love, to stay in power — Athens needs you." 446602 "Cleon: You shut our people in as though they are frightened lambs! They won't abide your cowardice much longer — and when I take your place, Pericles, Athens will carve a bloody trail to Sparta." 446603 "Pericles: The Spartans return to harry our fields! If you value your lives, get inside the walls!" 446604 "Pericles: The Spartans come for our fields again! Gather what goods and livestock you can, and retreat inside the walls!" 446605 "Pericles: The Spartans return to ravage our land! Get back to the city, or I cannot guarantee your protection." 446606 "Cleon: Pericles — a guest-friend of the Spartan king, don't forget — allows the Spartans to ravage your fields, year after year; and yet his own estate remains untouched." 446607 "Pericles: I have no wish to lose the income from my estate — but if it will please the people, I shall turn it over to them." 446608 "Pericles: What's mine is yours, fellow citizens." 446609 "Aspasia: Behold, Athenians, how Pericles glorifies the acropolis! As Athena once blessed this summit with the gift of the olive tree, Pericles gives you monuments of marble." 446610 "Aspasia: The treasury is running rather low… Loath as I am to suggest it, we could unload some gold from the statue of Athena." 446611 "Aspasia: What desperate straits we're in, having to strip the statue of Athena…" 446612 "Cleon: People of Athens, Pericles will not confront Sparta, yet he provokes Athena herself! Throw off this thief!" 446613 "Pericles: The people cry out for vengeance against these Spartan marauders. We shall prepare a fleet, and send it to ravage the Peloponnesian coast." 446614 "Pericles: Zephyros, Notos, gracious winds, accept this offering of frankincense. Bear these brave sailors onward." 446615 "Pericles: Black-haired Poseidon, relish the sweet smoke rising from the thighs of these black bulls. We honor you, that you might smile on our endeavours." 446616 "Pericles: Poseidon, master of dolphins and lord of the waves, see our brave sailors return safely." 446617 "Aspasia: Our sailors return from the Peloponnese, laden with loot!" 446618 "Aspasia: Poseidon be praised: our sailors return, weighed down with booty!" 446619 "Aspasia: Our sailors return from the Peloponnese — bloodied, to be sure, but successful." 446620 "Aspasia: Make offerings to Poseidon — he has brought our sailors home… Most of them, at least." 446621 "Aspasia: Our sailors return from the Peloponnese! But… Oh, how few remain." 446622 "Aspasia: The ships return from the Peloponnese — full of loot but lacking in men." 446623 "Pericles: These towns are ripe for raiding. Even Cleon would not think to strike so far beyond Attica." 446624 "Pericles: A bitter sight indeed: sacred Eleusis, swarming with Spartans." 446625 "Aspasia: See what victories Pericles accomplishes in your name, people of Athens!" 446626 "Aspasia: Observe the spoils that Pericles wins for you, Athenians, and remember his name as you give thanks to the gods." 446627 "Pericles: Make what offerings you can to Demeter Eleusinia, before the Spartans return!" 446628 "Aspasia: Plataea is a bulwark not only against Sparta, but Thebes too. We ought to aid them in the defense of their city." 446629 "Pericles: Go forth to Plataea — may we aid them in their hour of need, as they aided us at Marathon." 446630 "Cleon: Not only does Pericles fail Athens — now he fails our bold allies the Plataeans, whom the Spartans will surely massacre!" 446631 "Aspasia: Without our support, Oenoe will surely fall. We must reinforce the garrison." 446632 "Pericles: Let the people of Oenoe attest: Athens is a loyal friend to its allies. " 446633 "Cleon: Nobody trusts a watchman who falls asleep at his post. Now why should we trust Pericles, who sees our allies in peril and does nothing to rescue them?" 446634 "Pericles: There are storehouses beyond the city walls that the Spartans have not yet found. We should protect them as long as we can." 446635 "Cleon: Look beyond the walls, men: Pericles invites the Spartans to eat your food, relax in your farmhouses, and spit in your hearths!" 446636 "Cleon: Pericles lets the Spartans do as they wish with Attica — next he'll be inviting King Archidamus along for meals at the Prytaneum!" 446637 "Cleon: A general who does not fight, a leader who does not lead, a strategist who does not think. Pathetic." 446638 "Aspasia: Word is that the Spartans are preparing to attack Salamis — we must send aid!" 446639 "Pericles: The Spartans prepare another attack on Salamis. Anyone who's been spoiling for a fight, this is your chance." 446640 "Aspasia: The Spartans are making another move against Salamis!" 446641 "Pericles: Hold, defenders of Salamis! Recall the deeds of Themistocles, and hold!" 446642 "Aspasia: The island of Ajax cannot fall!" 446643 "Pericles: Defend Salamis! I shall not allow the site of our greatest victory to fall into enemy hands!" 446644 "Aspasia: Salamis is saved. See, Athenians: Pericles is a leader worthy to follow in the footsteps of Themistocles. " 446645 "Pericles: No foe of Athens shall ever set foot on Salamis and live!" 446646 "Pericles: Salamis is safe! You fought like mighty Ajax himself, brave warriors." 446647 "Cleon: How far we have fallen under this charlatan Pericles! At Salamis, Athens once turned back the unending myriads of Persians — now we cannot resist even a handful of Spartans!" 446648 "Pericles: Aegina may have stood with us against the Persians, but it didn't take them long to return to their piratical ways. A reckoning is overdue: gather soldiers and a naval escort for the invasion." 446649 "Aspasia: Load up the transports, and take heart: not two days ago, an owl was seen carrying a turtle back to its nest — a certain portent of our victory over Aegina." 446650 "Aspasia: Board the transports with confidence, for the portents are certain: a storm cloud was seen to gather at the Piraeus, but not until it reached hateful Aegina did it discharge its thunder!" 446651 "Aspasia: Get the soldiers aboard the transports, and tell them this: last night, a seer observed an owl fly in the direction of Aegina, swoop upon the water, and emerge with a fish of monstrous proportions." 446652 "Aspasia: Make sure to guard the transports — the Corinthian navy is on the prowl." 446653 "Pericles: Aegina draws near. Destroy its forts, and the island will be ours." 446654 "Cleon: Someone bring me an abacus, because I'm struggling to tally all of Pericles' failures. " 446655 "Cleon: Someone bring me an abacus, because I'm struggling to tally all of Pericles' failures. Even puny Aegina laughs at him!" 446656 "Cleon: Aeginetans murdering our soldiers, Spartans ravaging our fields, Corinthians sinking our ships… Am I missing anything?" 446657 "Cleon: Pericles thinks of himself as a new Themistocles — but I don't seem to recall Themistocles failing to take Aegina." 446658 "Aspasia: Now, secure the island." 446659 "Pericles: Aegina is ours! Citizens of Athens, I give this place to you: we shall expel the Aeginetans, and you shall fill their colonnaded houses." 446660 "Pericles: Spartan camps on our land. We should torch these, and sate the people's anger." 446661 "Pericles: Leave our land, you dog-faced wretches." 446662 "Pericles: You came for Attica, but I shall send you to Hades." 446663 "Pericles: For this victory, Athena, accept our thanks, and the red cloaks we shall hang in your temple." 446664 "Pericles: Father Zeus, we give thanks for this victory. The pick of the spoils shall be yours." 446665 "Aspasia: See how the people celebrate! At last, a victory on Attic soil." 446666 "Aspasia: The time to celebrate the Panathenaic festival is upon us — and what better way to unify the people?" 446667 "Aspasia: This may not be the usual time for the Panathenaic festival, but the people need just such a festival of unity." 446668 "Aspasia: From the keremaikos to the acropolis, the streets resound with joyous hymns!" 446669 "Pericles: Once more, we are called to glorify Athena: prepare the Panathenaic procession!" 446670 "Aspasia: Dance, sing, rejoice, good people of Athens! Today, races and wrestling; tonight, poetry and music." 446671 "Aspasia: Bring the people together in celebration, Pericles: it is time for the Panathenaia." 446672 "Aspasia: Take the ceremonial kopis, and divide the warm meat among the joyful people." 446673 "Pericles: Weep for your dead, oh yes, but celebrate too: for they died in service to Athens. Our monuments, our riches, our deeds of old, our games and sacrifices, our constitution: in all these things, we are the envy of the world." 446674 "Aspasia: In such uncertain times, an oracle may reassure our frightened people." 446675 "Priestess: Far-seeing Apollo speaks clear: the Spartans will never take Athens, so long as the son of Xanthippus lives." 446676 "Aspasia: Send offerings to the oracle, I urge you." 446677 "Priestess: The God sees all. Pericles, you are not fated to die by a Spartan spear; nay, you shall never see your city fall to the foe." 446678 "Aspasia: The people wish to know what is fated for Athens. Seek out the oracle." 446679 "Priestess: The God speaks: though this war may rage for many years, no man mothered by a Spartan shall take Athens." 446680 "Pericles: Not content to urge the Spartans to war with us, now the Corinthians swarm our shipping lanes. Smash these interlopers!" 446681 "Pericles: The Corinthians will try to snatch the tribute shipments sent by our allies. Protect the convoys!" 446682 "Pericles: Tribute from the empire: see that it arrives safely." 446683 "Pericles: Our allies send tribute. Escort the ships to the Piraeus." 446684 "Pericles: Don't let the Corinthians steal our tribute." 446685 "Cleon: Our enemies steal the tribute that is rightfully ours — all on Pericles' watch!" 446686 "Cleon: O poor citizens, not only are you deprived of your farms and fields, but the fruits of your empire too!" 446687 "Cleon: Remind me of your strategy, Pericles — cede the fields to the Spartans, and the sea to the Corinthians?" 446688 "Cleon: Pericles can protect neither the fields of Athens nor the ships of our allies!" 446689 "Aspasia: Cleon uses the courts against his enemies — let's do the same to him, and tie him up in legal proceedings." 446690 "Cleon: You, prosecute me? You'll regret this, Pericles, you and that wicked-tongued concubine!" 446691 "Cleon: A pox on every one of you fools! How could you re-elect this man?" 446692 "Pericles: Thank you, citizens: I will be honored to serve you as strategos once again." 446693 "Aspasia: The election will be held soon, but the people are dissatisfied with your rule. We must do all we can to put things right!" 446694 "Aspasia: The election will be held soon. So long as you maintain your current popularity, all will be well." 446695 "Aspasia: The election fast approaches — you must recover the favor of the people!" 446696 "Aspasia: The election fast approaches. Stay as popular as you are until then, and you'll be re-elected for sure." 446697 "Aspasia: The people turn against you, Pericles, just as the election looms! Put this right!" 446698 "Aspasia: Keep up your good work, my love: you are on course to be re-elected again." 446699 "Aspasia: The people grow dangerously restless. If they are not appeased, they might turn to rioting." 446700 "Aspasia: The people riot! Quick, this must be quelled — either through gold or through force." 446701 "Aspasia: How fickle the demos is — your gifts have appeased them." 446702 "Pericles: The rioters are dead. A dark day for Athens." 446703 "Aspasia: Unrest has spilled into the streets! We cannot allow this to continue." 446704 "Pericles: In politics, any situation can be solved through gold." 446705 "Pericles: Order! We shall have order, even if it means bodies in the streets." 446706 "Aspasia: Oimoi… The people riot!" 446707 "Pericles: Go home, you unruly dogs — and take this gold for your troubles." 446708 "Pericles: This is a time of war! All civil disobedience will be punished." 446709 "Aspasia: The people approve." 446710 "Aspasia: I hear terrible things about an affliction taking hold in the Piraeus — oozing pustules, bloody tongues, fetid breath…" 446711 "Aspasia: Oimoi, what evils Apollo visits upon the city — plague, rancid plague! Men crazed with thirst throw themselves into wells; women cough and wheeze and spew foul bile." 446712 "Pericles: We must do all we can to save our people from this malady." 446713 "Pericles: We must get rid of the plague victims' bodies. Fetch kindling." 446714 "Pericles: We have done all we can… But the ravages of Apollo are not easily quelled." 446715 "Cleon: Pericles, a man with the head of a sea-onion, and the mind of a donkey!" 446716 "Cleon: Ask yourselves this, fellow citizens: is it Pericles who rules Athens, or his scheming concubine?" 446717 "Cleon: Pericles is a weakling: he gives our fields to the Spartans, and our democracy to Aspasia!" 446718 "Cleon: Aspasia cavorts with women of ill repute, educates sophists and revolutionaries, and advocates for surrender!" 446719 "Cleon: You see, citizens, I was right all along: Pericles is not fit to lead you!" 446720 "Pericles: Citizens, I am honored that you would vote for me again… But my body is wracked with pains. Oimoi talas…" 446721 "Aspasia: Someone, fetch a physician! Don't go, my love." 446722 "15. Within the Long Walls" 446723 "Attica, 431 BCE" 446724 "The Peloponnesian War erupts! The Athenian leader Pericles shelters his people behind the city's long walls — but how long will they tolerate this defensive strategy?" 446725 "Pericles" 446726 "Megara" 446727 "Oenoe & Plataea" 446728 "Oenoe" 446729 "Nisaea" 446730 "Pegae" 446731 "Tribute Ship" 446732 "Year: BCE, Winter" 446733 "Year: BCE, Spring" 446734 "Year: BCE, Summer" 446735 "Year: BCE, Fall" 446736 "Political Favor: /100" 446737 "+ Remain in power for 3 elections.\nKeep your Political Favor above 50 at election time to avoid being voted out." 446738 "+ Remain in power for 3 elections.\nKeep your Political Favor above 50 at election time to avoid being voted out.\nPolitical Favor will slowly decrease unless you take actions to boost it." 446739 "- Kill /4 Spartan camp leaders." 446740 "- Capture /2 Forts in Eleusis." 446741 "- Send at least 20 Hoplites to the flagged area in Plataea." 446742 "- Send at least 20 Lancers to the flagged area in Oenoe." 446743 "- Select the Acropolis (Wonder) to see options for gaining political favor." 446744 "- Destroy Storehouses in /2 towns to gain resources." 446745 "- Sell Pericles's Estate at the Acropolis." 446746 "- Order Repairs at the Acropolis." 446747 "- Sell Athena's Gold at the Acropolis." 446748 "- Send a Raiding Party from the Acropolis." 446749 "- Send out troops while the Spartans are away." 446750 "- Defend the 3 Storehouses." 446751 "- Defend the Fort on Salamis." 446752 "- Pay for a Festival at the Acropolis." 446753 "- Send tribute to the Oracle from the Acropolis." 446754 "- Protect the Tribute Ships." 446755 "- Prosecute Cleon at the Acropolis." 446756 "- Stop the rioters: kill them or bribe them (at the Acropolis)." 446757 "- Reduce the plague at the Acropolis." 446758 "- Load up the Transport Ships with soldiers to conquer Aegina." 446759 "- Load troops onto Transport Ships to Aegina." 446760 "- Escort the Transport Ships to Aegina." 446761 "- Destroy the Forts on Aegina." 446762 "Sell Estate" 446763 "Use Sell Estate ()\nSell your estate. You will lose its income but gain 30 Political Favor.\nOne-time use." 446764 "Repair Acropolis" 446765 "Use Repair Acropolis ()\nRepair the Acropolis to gain 25 Political Favor.\nOne-time use." 446766 "Sell Athena's Gold" 446767 "Use Sell Athena's Gold\nSell the gold on the statue of Athena. Gain 3000 gold but lose 40 Political Favor.\nOne-time use." 446767_perth "Sell the gold on the statue of Athena. Gain 3000 gold but lose 40 Political Favor.\nOne-time use." 446768 "Embassy to the Oracle" 446769 "Use Embassy to the Oracle ()\nCreates a Tribute Cart which you can send to the Oracle; gain 15 Political Favor if it arrives successfully.\nCan be used three times." 446770 "Host Festival" 446771 "Use Host Festival ()\nFund a Festival to gain 15 Political Favor.\nCan only be used during festival season." 446772 "Raid the Peloponnese" 446773 "Use Raid the Peloponnese ()\nSend a raiding party to the Peloponnese to gain resources and 25 Political Favor. You will have to provide a fleet yourself. \nCan be used three times. " 446774 "Colonize Aegina" 446775 "Use Colonize Aegina ()\nInitiate the colonization of Aegina. You will need to provide soldiers for the expedition.\nA successful expedition will grant you 30 Political Favor. If you fail, you can try again." 446776 "Bribe Rioters" 446777 "Use Bribe Rioters ()\nPay gold to stop the rioters. You will also gain 15 Political Favor." 446778 "Prosecute Cleon" 446779 "Use Prosecute Cleon ()\nDecrease the rate (by 1 per minute) at which you lose Political Favor by prosecuting Cleon. One-time use." 446780 "Burn Plague Bodies" 446781 "Use Burn Plague Bodies ()\nHalve the Political Favor loss caused by the plague, halve its effects on unit stats, and gain 10 Political Favor. One-time use." 446782 "Funeral Oration" 446783 "Use Funeral Oration ()\nDeliver a fitting oration for the Athenian war dead, gaining 10 Political Favor. One-time use." 446784 "- An election approaches. Your Favor is low! -" 446785 "- You have been re-elected! -" 446786 "- The Spartans withdraw from Attica. -" 446787 "- The Spartans return to ravage Attica. -" 446788 "- You have gained Favor! -" 446789 "- You have lost Favor! -" 446790 "- Salamis has fallen to Sparta: favor lost! -" 446791 "- A Storehouse has fallen to Sparta. -" 446792 "- The Storehouses have fallen to Sparta. -" 446793 "- Oenoe has fallen to Sparta: favor lost! -" 446794 "- Plataea has fallen to Sparta: favor lost! -" 446795 "- Your raiding party has returned! -" 446796 "- Cleon litigation underway: favor loss rate decreased. -" 446797 "- Cleon's tirades drain your Favor. -" 446798 "- An election approaches! -" 446799 "Change of season in %d" 446487 "- Estate sold: favor gained; passive income lost! -" 446488 "- Acropolis repaired: favor gained! -" 446489 "- Athena's gold sold: favor lost! -" 446490 "- Oracle received: favor gained! -" 446491 "- Festival celebrated: favor gained! -" 446492 "- Raiding fleet returns: favor and resources gained! -" 446493 "- Aegina colonised: favor gained! -" 446494 "- Salamis defended: favor gained! -" 446495 "- Spartan camps cleared: favor gained! -" 446496 "- Eleusis liberated: favor gained! -" 446497 "- Plataea reinforced: favor gained! -" 446498 "- Oenoe reinforced: favor gained! -" 446499 "- Enemy storehouse raided: favor gained! -" 446500 "- A Tribute Ship has arrived -" 446501 "- Allied ships lost: favor lost! -" 446502 "Next election in %d" 446503 "Plague breaks out! Favor loss increased and all unit stats decreased. You can reduce the effects of the plague with the Burn Bodies action at the Acropolis." 446504 "Plague bodies burned: Favor loss and plague stats effects halved." 446505 "Festival available for %d" 446506 "A Panathenaic festival can now be celebrated (via the Acropolis)." 446507 "- Escort the Tribute Cart to the Oracle's Temple." 446508 "- Kill /4 Spartan camp commanders." 446509 "- Escort Tribute Ships to the Piraeus." 446510 "1. Your goal is to remain in office. When an election occurs, your Political Favor must be above 50 for you to be re-elected. The scenario will end if you survive three elections.\n\n2. Because the people are angry at being stuck inside the walls while the Spartans ravage their fields, your Political Favor will continually drain. To top it up, you must complete side objectives and take political actions, which are done via technologies at the Acropolis (Wonder). These technologies take time to complete, so do not wait until the last second before an election.\n\n3. Beware of civil unrest if your Favor drops too low.\n\n4. Do not try to fight the Spartans on land; they are too powerful.\n\n5. Maintain your economy at sea, but make sure to defend against the Corinthian Navy.\n\n6. Remember: attacking and defeating your enemies is not your goal; winning elections is.\n\n7. Oenoe is the orange town closer to Athens, Plataea is the orange town further away in the north.\n\n8. You start with an estate that provides a valuable regular income of wood, gold and food." 446511 "Raiding fleet leaves in %d" 446512 "- Transports for the Aegina expedition can now be built at the Port -" 446513 "Rioters" // 446514 was used elsewhere 446518 "Pericles' Estate" // Overflow 450400 "Corinthian Navy" 450401 "Athenians" 450402 "The Spartan raids force you to rely on your naval economy! Use Fishing Ships to gather food and gold, and Merchant Ships to trade for wood and gold." 450403 "- Select a Port and change the Merchant Ship ratio." 450404 "- Collect resources from ruined buildings beyond the walls." 450405 "In Chronicles, Merchant Ships trade for wood as well as gold. Select the Port to change the ratio of wood to gold." 450406 "- Oracle Tribute Cart destroyed: favor lost! -" 450407 "- Bring at least 10 military ships to the flagged area for a raid on the Peloponnese." 450408 " Expedition to Aegina leaves in %d" 450409 "Spartans" 450410 " Raiding fleet returns in %d" 450411 "Fewer than 10 ships were provided; the raid on the Peloponnese has been cancelled." 450412 "Acropolis" 450413 "Plague Cart" 450414 "Rioter (Ranged)\n " 450415 "Rioter (Ranged)" 450416 "Rioter (Melee)" 450417 "Rioter (Melee)\n " 450418 "Tribute Ship\n " 450419 "Oracle's Temple" 450420 "Spartan Camp Leader" 450421 "Athenian Rioters" 450422 "- Tribute Ship destroyed: favor lost! -" 450423 "- Collect resources from ruined buildings beyond the walls by moving a unit to smoking resource piles." 450424 "- You can sell your estate at the Acropolis to gain Favor -" 450425 "Estate Income: W G F per min" // //Scenario Sixteen // 446800 "Lysander: Methone is surrounded. Athenians everywhere you look. And the defenders are wavering." 446801 "Brasidas: Very well. Here is what we shall do: we shall rush through the siege lines, break into the city, and take charge of the defense ourselves. The Athenians will never expect it." 446802 "Lysander: There are three ways in. Some easier than others… But with fewer opportunities to cause havoc." 446803 "Brasidas: Good people of Methone, fear no longer! I am Brasidas, son of Tellis, and the victory I win here will be immortalized by poets and rhapsodes." 446804 "Brasidas: Spartans, to arms: the Athenians are on the attack!" 446805 "Brasidas: Hear those disordered footsteps, men? The Athenians are on the march!" 446806 "Lysander: They come again. Give them no quarter." 446807 "Brasidas: Here they come! Let not one Athenian set foot in this town!" 446808 "Lysander: They're on the march again. More bleating goats to the slaughter." 446809 "Lysander: Here they come again. Paint the ramparts with their blood." 446810 "Brasidas: The Athenians strike once more — defend the city!" 446811 "Brasidas: Lions of Sparta, it is an honor to witness your bravery." 446812 "Lysander: The cowards flee." 446813 "Brasidas: See how readily these Athenians dishonor themselves!" 446814 "Lysander: Flee, you fork-tongued sons of hags." 446815 "Brasidas: Once more you have triumphed, Spartans: give thanks to the Twin Gods." 446816 "Lysander: Scurry back to your camp, rats." 446817 "Brasidas: Heracles himself would admire your courage, Spartans!" 446818 "Brasidas: They're trying to undermine the walls. Take out their sappers!" 446819 "Brasidas: They've breached the wall!" 446820 "Brasidas: Defend the breach!" 446821 "Brasidas: The wall is breached — don't let them through!" 446822 "Lysander: The rats chew through the wall." 446823 "Lysander: We have a breach. " 446824 "Lysander: Thundering Zeus, there's a hole in the wall!" 446825 "Brasidas: They've opened up a breach — hold, men!" 446826 "Lysander: The Athenians won't expect us in the dark. Slip into their camp and ruin them, I say." 446827 "Brasidas: I see little honor in such methods… Though I suppose godlike Diomedes did strike the Trojans by night." 446828 "Lysander: Night falls. Time to hunt." 446829 "Lysander: The moon is shrouded tonight. Make ready to raid." 446830 "Lysander: Use the darkness, men. Steal into their camps, slit their throats, burn their tents." 446831 "Lysander: Sharpen your daggers and hush your voices. Tonight, we hunt." 446832 "Lysander: There is one downside to raiding at night: you can't see the face of your man as you kill him." 446833 "Lysander: Chaos-born Nyx, blot out the twilight as we dart among our foes." 446834 "Lysander: Open up your stores, little mice." 446835 "Brasidas: Tear this workshop apart — I want every ram, ladder, and shield reduced to firewood." 446836 "Brasidas: Your siege engineers lie dead, Athenians: crushed beneath their own wicked inventions." 446837 "Lysander: I shall bleed these Athenians like sacrificial pigs." 446838 "Lysander: If you want to get through the walls, you'll have to tear them down with your bare hands." 446839 "Lysander: Pox-ridden weasels… Let us see how you fare without your clever machines." 446840 "Brasidas: Your crafty engineers couldn't stop their own workshop collapsing on their heads." 446841 "Brasidas: Your rams and ladders are nothing but splinters now." 446842 "Brasidas: The fort is under attack! " 446843 "Brasidas: Do not let the fort fall!" 446844 "Brasidas: Defend the fort at all costs!" 446845 "Brasidas: The Athenians are at the fort!" 446846 "Brasidas: The helots can't get through the Athenian siegeworks to supply the city. If they will not come to us, we must go to them." 446847 "Lysander: Rank cowardice. Slaves should fear their masters more than any enemy. " 446848 "Brasidas: Get these supplies back to the city." 446849 "Brasidas: Take these goods back to Methone." 446850 "Lysander: Get this back to the city. Pathetic that these cowardly helots couldn't do it themselves." 446851 "Lysander: I've never met a helot who didn't know how to sneak and skulk in the dark. Couldn't they have got through to Methone themselves?" 446852 "Lysander: The helots refuse to bring through the supplies, and rather than punish them, we aid them?" 446853 "Brasidas: See these supplies safely back to Methone." 446854 "Brasidas: We'll take things from here. Get these resources back to the city." 446855 "Lysander: Athenian triremes, beached all along the shore… Burn them, and they'll be distracted from the walls." 446856 "Brasidas: A Spartan should fight face-to-face with his enemy, not trick him into turning his back. But certain situations do call for strategy…" 446857 "Lysander: Burn, triremes. Burn as your masters will burn on their pyres." 446858 "Smith: Siege rations… Okay for some, but I need heartier stuff if I'm to work the smithy. Get me some nice fat goats and I'll forge you a lovely new breastplate." 446859 "Smith: A bit lean, these goats… Still, better than gruel. Tell me what sort of breastplate you want." 446860 "Brasidas: Adorn the breastplate with images of Heracles, that my infantrymen might fight with his unwavering strength." 446861 "Brasidas: Adorn the breastplate with images of centaurs. May my horsemen fight as though they and their mounts were one." 446862 "Brasidas: Adorn the breastplate with images of Philoctetes, to inspire my archers." 446863 "Lysander: By all the Furies, this old man won't stop wittering about a bowl he wants to give us. " 446864 "Brasidas: The mixing bowl of Menelaus, brought back to the Peloponnese by Pausanias! Take a look at this, men!" 446865 "Brasidas: The stronghold of Methone crumbles! Oimoi, how did we let this happen?" 446866 "Brasidas: The siege is broken! Send word of our triumph to Sparta, and ready seven black bulls to sacrifice in thanks." 446867 "16. I am Brasidas" 446868 "Methone, 431 BCE" 446869 "Athenian raiders arrive in the Peloponnese, surrounding the town of Methone. The Spartan general Brasidas prepares to break the siege — and make himself a hero." 446870 "Lysander" 446871 "Brasidas" 446872 "Greedy Smith" 446873 "Methone" 446874 "Helots" 446875 "Helot" 446876 "Helot Village" 446877 "Fort of Methone" 446878 "Infantry Bodyguard" 446879 "Archer Bodyguard" 446880 "Cavalry Bodyguard" 446881 "Supplies" 446882 "Athenian Camp" 446883 "Old Man" 446884 "Athenian Commander" 446885 "+ Sneak Brasidas and Lysander into Methone before daybreak." 446886 "+ Brasidas and Lysander must survive." 446887 "+ Destroy the Athenian supply camps.\n/4 remaining" 446888 "+ Do not lose the Fort in Methone." 446889 "+ Prepare for the Athenians attack at daybreak." 446890 "+ Repel the Athenian attack." 446891 "- Destroy the Sapper Tunnels." 446892 "- Destroy Athenian Storehouses by night for resources." 446893 "- Clear Athenians from the Helot camps to gain supplies." 446894 "- Bring 10 goats to the Smith." 446895 "- Bring 10 goats to the Smith to obtain a new piece of armor (aura effect for Brasidas)." 446896 "- Choose an Aura at the Smith's Workshop." 446897 "- Choose an Aura at the Smith's Workshop for Brasidas to improve surrounding infantry, cavalry, or archers." 446898 "- Bring Brasidas to the Old Man." 446899 "- Bring Brasidas to the Old Man to learn about this bowl that he keeps talking about." 446900 "- Destroy Athenian ships beached on the coast." 446901 "- Secure the Helots' Supplies and bring them to Methone." 446902 "- Choose a bodyguard for Brasidas by bringing him to the desired unit." 446903 "The Old Man gave you the Bowl of Menelaus! Hoplite attack increased." 446904 "+ Survive the final Athenian assault." 446905 "+ Destroy the Athenian supply camps so that they are unable to continue their siege. This is best done at night.\n/4 remaining." 446906 "- Use the night to attack Athenian supply bases." 446907 "The Athenians prepare one last assault before their supplies run dry. Make ready to defend!" 446908 "Polemarch" 446909 "- Train a Polemarch at the Town Center." 446910 "Spartan Polemarchs boost the stats of nearby units. You can field up to two at a time. Find additional Polemarch upgrades at the Town Center." 446911 "1. Defend the city by day, when the Athenians will launch relentless attacks. At night, raid the Athenian supply bases by sneaking out of the exits to the north and south of the city. Just remember to get your units back in time to defend during the day!\n\n2. Do not try to assault the Athenians' main siege camp directly. Use the sneaky exits to skirt around them.\n\n3. Gain extra resources by bringing in supplies from the Helots.\n\n4. Once you have taken out the supply bases, the Athenians will make one final push against the city before their supplies run dry. Be ready to repel it.\n\n5. The Spartans have fearsome heavy infantry, including their tough-as-nails unique unit, the Hippeus. They can also create up to two Polemarchs at the Town Center. These increase the stats of nearby units, as well as being formidable fighters themselves.\n\n6. Spartans cannot build Walls so try to defend Methone's existing fortifications.\n\n7. You are under siege and cannot build offensive siege weapons (Rams and Palintons).\n\n8. Brasidas starts out with an infantry aura. Do as the Greedy Blacksmith asks to unlock his second aura effect.\n\n9. Like the aura, the choice of Bodyguard in this scenario affects future scenarios. You can recruit your chosen Bodyguard at the Fort in this and future scenarios.\n\n10. Helot Levies, one of the Spartan technologies available at the Fort, will help you build up your economy quickly." 446912 "The Athenians attack at daybreak: %d" 446913 "The Athenians attack again at daybreak: %d" 446914 "Night falls in %d" 446915 "Final Athenian attack arrives in %d" 446916 "Smith's Workshop" 446917 "Cavalry Aura I" 446918 "Select Cavalry Aura I\nGive Brasidas an aura effect that will boost nearby cavalry units." 446918_perth "Give Brasidas an aura effect that will boost nearby cavalry units." 446919 "Infantry Aura II" 446920 "Select Infantry Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Brasidas's infantry aura." 446920_perth "Increase the effects of Brasidas's infantry aura." 446921 "Archery Aura I" 446922 "Select Archery Aura I\nGive Brasidas an aura effect that will boost nearby archer units." 446922_perth "Give Brasidas an aura effect that will boost nearby archer units." 446923 "With fewer supplies for their stables, the Athenians will struggle to train Lancers and Light Cavalry." 446924 "With fewer siege engineers, the Athenians will not be able to train Mangonels, Onagers or Scorpions." 446925 "With fewer archery supplies, the Athenians will struggle to train Bowmen." 446926 "Night falls; the Athenians withdraw." 446927 "Brasidas \n \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 446928 "Brasidas \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry" 446929 "Brasidas \n \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to nearby Cavalry Archers \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 446930 "Brasidas \n \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry \n Archery Aura I: +2 to Archers" 446931 "Brasidas \n \n Infantry III: +4 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Infantry" 446932 "Brasidas \n \n Cavalry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Cavalry; +2 attack and +1 armor to Cavalry Archers \n Infantry Aura I: gives +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 446933 "Brasidas \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to Cavalry Archers" 446934 "Brasidas \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 446935 "Brasidas \n \n Archery Aura II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Archers \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 446936 "Brasidas \n \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry \n +2 attack to nearby Archers" 446937 "Lysander \n \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 446938 "Lysander \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry" 446939 "Lysander \n \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry, +2 attack to nearby Cavalry Archers \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 446940 "Lysander \n \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 446941 "Lysander \n \n Infantry Aura III: +4 attack, +2 armor, +40 regeneration and increased attack speed to nearby Infantry" 446942 "Lysander \n \n Cavalry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Cavalry, +2 attack and +1 armor to Cavalry Archers \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 446943 "Lysander \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry and +2 attack to Cavalry Archers" 446944 "Lysander \n \n Infantry Aura II: +4 attack and +2 armor to nearby Infantry \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 446945 "Lysander \n \n Archery Aura II: +2 attack and +2 armor to nearby Archers \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry" 446946 "Lysander \n \n Infantry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Infantry \n Cavalry Aura I: +4 attack to nearby Cavalry \n Archery Aura I: +2 attack to nearby Archers" 446947 "You are under siege and cannot build offensive siege weapons (Rams and Palinton)." // //Scenario Seventeen // 447000 "Brasidas: Athenian triremes prowl the coast like ravening sharks. It is our sacred duty to defend the Peloponnese, and all who need our help." 447001 "Lysander: The signal fires are lit. We must go now." 447002 "Brasidas: Ambush! To arms, men!" 447003 "Lysander: Helots. The scum get the slightest sniff of instability, and they forget their place." 447004 "Brasidas: Cool your tongue, Lysander — treat the helots well, and they will respond in kind. And is it not true that your own mother was a helot?" 447005 "Brasidas: We made it in time — now ready your spears, say your prayers to the olive-wreathed Dioscuri, and throw these Athenians back into the sea!" 447006 "Brasidas: Signal smoke rises from the coast — move out!" 447007 "Brasidas: Another town signals for aid!" 447008 "Brasidas: I see the signal fire. To the coast!" 447009 "Brasidas: The Athenians have been sighted again!" 447010 "Brasidas: Signal fires — the Athenians return!" 447011 "Brasidas: Another settlement calls for help!" 447012 "Lysander: The Athenians flee back to their ships." 447013 "Lysander: They scurry back to their ships like rats in the harbor." 447014 "Lysander: The Athenians have no appetite for combat — they flee to their ships." 447015 "Lysander: They're trying to get away!" 447016 "Lysander: Fly now, Athenians. When you land again, I'll drag you down to the blood-soaked earth." 447017 "Lysander: Flee, Athenians, before I bleed you like boys whipped at the altar of Artemis." 447018 "Brasidas: We stopped these marauders this time, but no doubt they will return soon." 447019 "Brasidas: Zeus Xenios, witness the justice we deal to these ill-mannered guests." 447020 "Lysander: Crawl back empty-handed to the taverns you were born in, you slobbering mules." 447021 "Lysander: You won't get a drachma out of this town, you boil-ridden sons of sows." 447022 "Brasidas: The Twin Gods watch over us: the Athenians scarper empty-handed!" 447023 "Brasidas: Once more you leave with nothing, Athenians! Wherever you strike, I will find you: I would climb Mount Parnon, ford the Eurotas, swim to Kythera to bring you to justice." 447024 "Lysander: Thundering Zeus, they've gotten away with the goods. No doubt they'll soon return for more…" 447025 "Brasidas: We could not stop their thievery this time, but we shall put things right." 447026 "Lysander: Thieving, dog-faced pirates! They stripped the storehouse bare." 447027 "Lysander: Ditch-born, pox-ridden satyrs! They've emptied this town." 447028 "Lysander: Thundering Zeus! Those slathering jackals have looted the town." 447029 "Lysander: They've gotten away with their spoils! When we catch them, I swear by raging Eris that I'll slit them open." 447030 "Brasidas: Up ahead is the camp where the Athenians have been storing their loot. Slaughter them before they slip back onto their triremes and escape for good!" 447031 "Lysander: Look what we found the Athenians trying to drag away — the statue of Helios from Byzantium, brought back by Pausanias. A misunderstood man." 447032 "Brasidas: Chairete, helots. If any among you are of fighting age and suitable physique, follow me — the best fighters will receive their freedom." 447033 "Brasidas: Chairete, helots. My men require supplies — bring them forth, and I shall ensure that you are recompensed once this is over." 447034 "Brasidas: Your loyalty will not go unrewarded, helots." 447035 "Brasidas: Your aid and your loyalty are most welcome, helots." 447036 "Brasidas: I shall reward your loyalty, good people." 447037 "Brasidas: I thank you for your service, helots." 447038 "Brasidas: Athenian agents are trying to incite the helots! We must evict them from the villages, before the uprisings grow." 447039 "Brasidas: The Athenians have infiltrated another helot village!" 447040 "Brasidas: Athenian agitators drip poison into the helots' ears!" 447041 "Lysander: Another village incubates rebellion." 447042 "Lysander: Another helot village swarms with Athenian agitators." 447043 "Brasidas: We may have halted this revolt, but Athenian agents will be prowling for other villages. We must be vigilant." 447044 "Brasidas: Tell any who consider rebellion: I am Brasidas, a friend to all who serve Sparta well, and an unrelenting spirit of vengeance to her enemies." 447045 "Brasidas: I take no satisfaction in these deaths, but Sparta cannot abide rebellion." 447046 "Lysander: The helots were long overdue a cull." 447047 "Lysander: How quickly the helots turned to revolt. We have been too soft on them." 447048 "Lysander: These old Messenian tombs are stuffed with treasure. They ought to have been seized long ago." 447049 "Brasidas: Caution, Lysander — you risk angering the helots." 447050 "Lysander: Seize the gold, and leave these rebels for the crows." 447051 "Brasidas: This risks provoking the helots, Lysander." 447052 "Lysander: Gather up the treasure, and make sure all of these rebels are dead." 447053 "Brasidas: This will enrage the helots, Lysander." 447054 "Lysander: Gather every last trinket from the tombs. Kill any who stop you." 447055 "Brasidas: Careful, Lysander — the helots revere these sites." 447056 "Lysander: Strip the rebels' bodies along with the burial chambers." 447057 "Brasidas: If we carry on with this, the helots will surely seek vengeance." 447058 "Lysander: Empty the tombs of gold, then stuff them with the rebels' bodies." 447059 "Helot Blacksmith: They say you're a friend to the helots, Brasidas. I tell you what: slay the mountain lions that ravage our villages, and I'll forge you a fine new helmet." 447060 "Brasidas: Heracles watches over our labors!" 447061 "Brasidas: Perseus blesses this bloody work." 447062 "Lysander: Running errands for a helot... Who is the slave and who the master here?" 447063 "Lysander: We'd be better off letting the lions cull the helot herd." 447064 "Helot Blacksmith: You're a true hero, Brasidas. Describe to me the helmet you desire." 447065 "Brasidas: Decorate the helmet with lions, that my infantry might be inspired by the memory of brave Leonidas." 447066 "Brasidas: A light helmet, that I might spot targets for the archers more clearly." 447067 "Brasidas: One with a tall horsehair crest, nodding as I plunge into the fray." 447068 "Brasidas: Ambush! We pay the price for mistreating the helots." 447069 "Brasidas: You see, Lysander? Treat the helots mildly, and they shall render good service." 447070 "Brasidas: Ambush! I told you, Lysander: we never should have looted those tombs!" 447071 "Lysander: Ambush! Skulking, fork-tongued cowards!" 447072 "Lysander: Beware this crazed beast!" 447073 "Brasidas: We thank you for your gift, perioikoi — but the thrill of hunting like noble Meleager is the true prize!" 447074 "Lysander: Crafty helots, stashing weapons. Sleep with one eye open in these parts." 447075 "Priestess: I seem to have gotten rather lost while gathering ironwort… Perhaps these healing herbs might help you." 447076 "Brasidas: One last push, men! Though they are many, stand strong: for we are Spartans, and we ask not how numerous the enemy are, but where to find them. " 447077 "Lysander: Recover the loot before they can escape with it!" 447078 "Brasidas: O mighty Spartans, each of you fought like Menelaus himself! Just as that Spartan king of old brought pitch-black death upon his enemies, so you have vanquished the Athenians." 447079 "17. Pyres on the Coast" 447080 "The Peloponnese, 430 BCE" 447081 "The Athenians continue their relentless raids along the Peloponnesian coast, striking town after town. Brasidas will require every ounce of his speed and courage to protect his people." 447082 "Helot Smith" 447083 "Helot Villages" 447084 "Perioikoi" 447085 "Helot Rebels" 447086 "Man-Eating Mountain Lion" 447087 "Helot Offerings" 447088 "Messenian Tomb" 447089 "Rebel Weapon Cache" 447090 "Rampaging Boar" 447091 "- Slay /3 lion packs." 447092 "+ Defend against the final Athenian attack." 447093 "+ Defend the coastal town against the incoming Athenian raid." 447094 "+ Defend the Perioikoi coastal towns. At least Perioikoi Trade Workshop must survive.\nTrade Workshops left: /7" 447095 "- Visit the Helot Village to the north." 447096 "- Visit Helot Villages to conscript troops." 447097 "- Kill the Rampaging Boar." 447098 "- Defeat the Helot Rebels." 447099 "- Stop Helot rebellions by killing all Athenians and rebels in the village." 447100 "- Destroy Messenian Tombs for resources. Doing so will increase the Helot rebellion risk." 447101 "- Destroy Helot Offerings for resources at the risk of rebellion." 447102 "- Destroy the Rebel Weapon Cache." 447103 "- You have discovered the Statue of Helios. Infantry speed increased! -" 447104 "- Helot units gain +15 HP. -" 447105 "- Athenian Raiders are attacking a Perioikic Town! -" 447106 "- A Helot village has rebelled! It will not pay tribute until you clear the village. -" 447107 "- Weapon cache destroyed: missile units gain +1 attack. -" 447108 "+ Kill / Athenians." 447109 "- Choose an Aura at the Helot Smith's Workshop." 447110 "- Choose an Aura at the Helot Smith's Workshop for Brasidas to improve surrounding infantry, cavalry, or archers." 447111 "Helot Conscripts" 447112 "Create Helot Conscripts ()\nImmediately create several Helot Conscripts.\n " 447113 "Helot Conscript (Melee)" 447114 "- Conscript Helots from the Barracks in their villages." 447115 "- Conscript Helots from the Barracks in their villages. Helot Conscripts are weak fighters, but can give you a quick manpower boost when needed." 447116 "1. Athenian raiders will land along the coast and try to destroy the Perioikoi Trade Workshops. Stop them!\n\n2. You cannot build Ports, Shipyards or siege weapons; focus on creating a mobile defense force on land, which can respond to any threat along the coast. \n\n3. The Helot villages provide you with tribute. If the Athenians incite a village to rebel, you will lose that village's tribute. You can reclaim the village by clearing out the rebel helots and Athenian agitators in the village, or you can ignore the rebellion if you want to focus your efforts elsewhere.\n\n4. The Spartans have fearsome heavy infantry, including their tough-as-nails unique unit, the Hippeus. They can also create up to two Polemarchs at the Town Center. These increase the stats of nearby units, as well as being formidable fighters themselves.\n\n5. Find the local Helot Smith to start an aura quest for Brasidas." 447117 "Cavalry Aura II" 447118 "Select Cavalry Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Brasidas's cavalry aura." 447118_perth "Increase the effects of Brasidas's cavalry aura." 447119 "Infantry Aura III" 447120 "Select Infantry Aura III\nMaximize the potency of Brasidas's infantry aura." 447120_perth "Maximize the potency of Brasidas's infantry aura." 447121 "Archery Aura II" 447122 "Select Archery Aura II\nIncrease the effects of Brasidas's archery aura." 447122_perth "Increase the effects of Brasidas's archery aura." 447123 "Next Athenian raid: %d" 447124 "Final Athenian attack: %d" 447125 "+ Defeat the final Athenian attack." 447126 "- The angry Helots seek vengeance. Be prepared! -" 447127 "- Trade Workshop lost! -" 447128 "/5 helot villages remain loyal" 447129 "- The Helots deliver tribute -" 447130 "Defeat the final Athenian attack or survive for %d" 447131 "Athenian raid arrives: %d" 447132 "Helot Conscript (Ranged)" 447133 "Helot Conscript (Melee)\n " 447134 "Helot Conscript (Ranged)\n " // //Scenario Eighteen // 447200 "Lysander: Acanthus is up ahead. Ripe for the slaughter." 447201 "Brasidas: Sheath your sword, Lysander. Let me show you what can be achieved through persuasion." 447202 "Brasidas: Acanthians, we come here not to conquer, but to liberate. Under the Athenians, you are subjects; with us, you would be allies. So accept this gift of freedom — or I shall have no choice but to devastate these fine vineyards." 447203 "Acanthian Herald: You speak well for a Spartan. We accept your offer." 447204 "Brasidas: You see, Lysander: a fine speech can be worth a hundred swords. Now, on to our true prize: Amphipolis." 447205 "Lysander: I did not train with the spear from birth to settle my disputes with words." 447206 "Brasidas: This way lies Dium. Let us take Amphipolis first." 447207 "Brasidas: The road to Torone. We must turn back." 447208 "Brasidas: Potidaea can wait: we take Amphipolis first." 447209 "Brasidas: This is not the way to Amphipolis." 447210 "Brasidas: It's the Athenians! Shields up!" 447211 "Perdiccas: You might want to hurry to Amphipolis, Spartans — the Athenian general Thucydides is on his way." 447212 "Brasidas: I offer you fair terms for surrender, Amphipolitans. Anyone who wishes to leave can do so safely; any who wish to stay will have their property respected." 447213 "Amphipolitan Herald: Since Thucydides and the Athenians show no sign of turning up… We shall accept." 447214 "Cleon: You've been a busy little bee, haven't you, Spartan? That miserable laggard Thucydides couldn't make it in time to stop you, but now you've got me to contend with." 447215 "Brasidas: Ignore this fool for now. Let us seize the rest of the cities, through persuasion if we can, or force if we must." 447216 "Brasidas: Whatever else happens, Amphipolis cannot fall back into Athenian hands." 447217 "Brasidas: People of Dium, though you speak with two tongues, and some call you barbarians, you shall have a cherished friend in Sparta... if you submit willingly." 447218 "Herald of Dium: Your generous words move us. We open our gates to you." 447219 "Herald of Dium: We would rather be called barbarians than slaves to Sparta." 447220 "Lysander: Dium is ours by the spear." 447221 "Lysander: The Athenians swarm through Dium." 447222 "Brasidas: Let my words ring around Mount Athos once more: return to Sparta before we spill your blood!" 447223 "Dium Herald: We throw ourselves on your mercy, Brasidas." 447224 "Dium Herald: Come at us, Spartan: your body will roll straight back down the mountainside." 447225 "Lysander: I have yet to hear a speech as persuasive as my sword." 447226 "Brasidas: Acanthians, I call on you once more to submit, else these vineyards shall burn." 447227 "Acanthian Herald: Of course, Brasidas — we never wished to betray you!" 447228 "Acanthian Herald: We shall sweeten our vintage with your blood, Spartan." 447229 "Lysander: Some people understand only the sword." 447230 "Brasidas: The Athenians have retaken Acanthus!" 447231 "Cleon: I thought the Spartans were supposed to be people of few words… This Brasidas waffles on like a sophist." 447232 "Brasidas: Good people of Torone, I stand before your temple to the Dioscuri, the Twin Gods revered here as they are at Sparta. Do you not see: we are natural allies." 447233 "Toronaean Herald: Aye, and by the Twin Gods we pledge ourselves to Sparta." 447234 "Toronaean Herald: Then you'll recognise this oath, Spartan: by the Twin Gods, we shall drive you from our lands." 447235 "Lysander: Give thanks to the Dioscuri, once you've finished stripping the corpses." 447236 "Cleon: What was that fool Pericles thinking, making us cower behind the walls of Athens? There's such glorious slaughter to be had out here!" 447237 "Lysander: Torone has joined those mongrel Athenians." 447238 "Brasidas: I offer freedom to Torone once again. By the Twin Gods, I promise safety for all who submit." 447239 "Toronaean Herald: Your piety is as welcome as your mercy." 447240 "Toronaean Herald: You claim to offer freedom, when all you really offer is a new master." 447241 "Lysander: Blood-loving Ares, look on Torone and revel in the slaughter." 447242 "Cleon: This Spartan general fancies himself an orator. I would murder you in the assembly — as I shall slaughter you here." 447243 "Brasidas: Tales are told of the heroes who founded Scione, blown off course returning from Troy. Honor your ancestors, throw off the mewling Athenians, and make a pact with the warriors of Sparta." 447244 "Scionaean Herald: We have heard much about you, Brasidas, and consider you an honorable man." 447245 "Scionaean Herald: Our ancestors came to grief because a Spartan king couldn't keep hold of his wife. We'll have nothing to do with your people." 447246 "Lysander: So much for fine speeches. Only force will win this war." 447247 "Cleon: I look forward to lining the hills of Scione with Spartan dead." 447248 "Brasidas: Scione is once more under the Athenian yoke!" 447249 "Brasidas: Men of Scione, come down from your steep-hilled dwellings and make a pact with Sparta willingly — else we shall haul you from the crags. " 447250 "Scionaean Herald: Do us no harm, Brasidas — we pledge ourselves to you." 447251 "Scionaean Herald: Come up here and fight. We'll see who loses their footing first." 447252 "Lysander: Vicious Eris, see how the streets of Scione run with blood." 447253 "Cleon: How do you hope to win this war, Spartan? Your hoplites ravaged our fields, plague ravaged our city, and still we stand." 447254 "Brasidas: Potidaeans, your mother city Corinth stands with Sparta; will you not do the same?" 447255 "Potidaean Herald: Aye, the Athenians are our true enemies!" 447256 "Potidaean Herald: Our ancestors left Corinth for a reason. And we shun you, too." 447257 "Lysander: Leave the speeches for the Athenians. Only force will win us victory. " 447258 "Cleon: I hear it was the Corinthians who provoked you into this war. Now you run around recapturing their colonies for them. Who really runs the Peloponnesian League, I wonder?" 447259 "Lysander: The Athenians have taken Potidaea!" 447260 "Brasidas: A different man than I would have turned to violence by now, but I offer you terms in peace." 447261 "Potidaean Herald: You're an honorable man, Brasidas. We shall submit." 447262 "Potidaean Herald: Unlike you, we do not shrink from battle." 447263 "Lysander: In Corinth, they worship Necessity and Force in the same shrine. You ought to have paid attention." 447264 "Cleon: Athens is stuffed with droning playwrights and whining authors these days. How refreshing to be out in the thick of the action." 447265 "Perdiccas: Heroic work, Brasidas, truly! You have no greater admirer than me. And how I yearn to join the fight, but… Well, my coffers are running a little low." 447266 "Perdiccas: Oh, you haven't the money to spare? Well, that is... Most unfortunate." 447267 "Brasidas: I am not in the habit of buying my friends, Perdiccas… I expect every obol to be put toward the war effort." 447268 "Brasidas: We should not wander further — King Perdiccas has his camp here, and may take poorly to the presence of armed men." 447269 "Perdiccas: I had rather hoped you Spartans would simply kick the Athenians out, not become masters of the Chalcidice yourselves. Now I see you are my true enemy." 447270 "Lysander: I know of men we might hire. Men without scruples, who can plunder a hamlet or strip a corpse in the blink of an eye. Let me loose with them, Brasidas." 447271 "Lysander: Any gold you find goes to me. Everything else you may keep." 447272 "Lysander: Take anything that shines. Burn everything else." 447273 "Lysander: Remember, you rabid hounds: loot first, then burn." 447274 "Lysander: I want to see blood on your shields." 447275 "Lysander: We will make many widows today." 447276 "Brasidas: That's enough, Lysander." 447277 "Brasidas: Call off your raiders, Lysander." 447278 "Brasidas: Tell your men to sheathe their weapons, Lysander." 447279 "Brasidas: That is enough bloodshed for now, Lysander." 447280 "Brasidas: Leash your attack dogs now, Lysander." 447281 "Brasidas: You have done enough damage for now, Lysander." 447282 "Brasidas: Amphipolis is under attack!" 447283 "Brasidas: Amphipolis is in danger!" 447284 "Brasidas: Amphipolis is in peril!" 447285 "Brasidas: We need men at Amphipolis!" 447286 "Brasidas: The Athenians attack Amphipolis!" 447287 "Brasidas: Stop the Athenians before they take Amphipolis!" 447288 "Brasidas: You are a man without honor, Cleon – and you are no soldier. Go back to ranting in the assembly, before I run you through." 447289 "Brasidas: A toast to you, men: the liberators of Greece! " 447290 "Brasidas: I offer you freedom from the Athenians. And if you will not accept it willingly, then I shall make you free." 447291 "Brasidas: These helots will fight in exchange for their freedom. " 447292 "Brasidas: These helots will fight in exchange for their freedom. After all the tombs you looted, Lysander, it is a wonder that they trust us." 447293 "Lysander: You put too much trust in these helots, Brasidas. A slave should fear his master." 447294 "Brasidas: From the shadow of Mount Athos to the borders of rocky Thrace, we have freed this land from the Athenians!" 447295 "Cleon: Amphipolis is mine! Pericles, Aristophanes, Thucydides, I spit on your names and your petty criticisms — I am the greatest Athenian who ever lived!" 447296 "Brasidas: Amphipolis is lost! None in the Chalcidice will put their faith in us now." 447297 "Cleon: Enough of these games! Fight me, Brasidas, man to man. Let me tear out that clever tongue." 447298 "Brasidas: Remember this, men: we have but one life, before we shuffle through Hades as empty-minded shades. So seize the glory I offer you now: a chance for deeds so great that poets will never cease to sing of them. Come: make yourselves immortal!" 447299 "Lysander: Victory. We've… By the Twin Gods Brasidas, you're bleeding like a stuck pig." 447300 "Brasidas: Listen to me, Lysander: you must be Sparta's hero now. And remember: a victory without honor is no victory at all." 447301 "18. Speeches and Spears" 447302 "The Chalcidice, 424 BCE" 447303 "Athens itself may be impregnable, but its allies in the far north are ripe for the taking — and Brasidas aims to do so through persuasion, not mere force." 447304 "Acanthus" 447305 "Amphipolis" 447306 "Dium" 447307 "Torone" 447308 "Scione" 447309 "Potidaea" 447310 "Perdiccas" 447311 "+ Bring Brasidas and Hippeus to the flagged vineyard next to Acanthus to persuade the city to ally with you." 447312 "+ Destroy the 3 Mills outside Acanthus to encourage the city to surrender." 447313 "+ Brasidas must survive." 447314 "- Defeat the Athenian ambush." 447315 "+ Defeat the Athenian army outside Amphipolis to make the city surrender." 447316 "+ Bring Brasidas to Amphipolis." 447317 "+ The Fort in Amphipolis must survive." 447318 "+ Have all 5 cities allied with you.\nAllied cities: " 447319 "Capture a city by:" 447320 "- Capturing its Fort" 447321 "- Building a Fort in the flagged area outside the city." 447322 "- Bringing Brasidas and to the flagged areas beside cities to persuade them to ally." 447323 "- Tribute gold to Perdiccas to gain his allegiance." 447324 "- Recruit Lysander's Raiders at the Fort." 447325 "- Recruit Helot Hoplites at the Barracks." 447326 "+ Defeat Cleon." 447327 "- Perdiccas has betrayed you! -" 447328 "Lysander's Raiders" 447329 "Create Lysander's Raiders ()\nElite units that generate gold by killing units and destroying buildings.\n " 447330 "- Helot Hoplite created. -" 447331 "Helot Hoplite" 447332 "Create Helot Hoplite ()\nHelots who serve as Hoplites, loyal to Brasidas.\n " 447333 "- Lysander's Raiders recruited. -" 447334 "- Lysander's Raiders recalled. -" 447335 "- Helot Hoplite created. -" 447336 "Lysander's Raiders are available at the Fort." 447337 "Create Lysander's Raiders ()\nElite units that generate gold by killing units and destroying buildings.\n Only 20 can be fielded at any one time.\n " 447338 "Cleon attacks Amphipolis in %d" 447339 "1. You can capture cities one of two ways: either reduce the HP of the central Fort, or build a Fort of your own in the flagged area outside the walls.\n\n2. The enemy cities, allies of the Athenians, will attempt to retake captured cities.\n\n3. You cannot build Ports or Shipyards." 447340 "To gain the support of Perdiccas, tribute within %d" 447341 "+ Bring Brasidas to the hill east of Amphipolis to confront Cleon." 447342 "Time left to pay Perdiccas: %d" 447343 "Macedonians" // //Scenario Nineteen // 447400 "Gylippus: Good to have you with us, Lysander! Here's the situation: the Athenians mean to enclose the city with a wall." 447401 "Gylippus: So the Syracusans are going to build a counter-wall of their own, straight upwards, and intercept the Athenians. It's up to us to protect them — and ensure that the Athenians don't progress too fast." 447402 "Gylippus: Is it true, Lysander, that you wear the armour of Brasidas, specially forged for him by all the grateful people he aided?" 447403 "Lysander: He hardly has use for it any more." 447404 "Gylippus: Tell us, Lysander: what did you learn from the great and noble Brasidas?" 447405 "Lysander: I learned that a glorious death is easily acquired. Victory is the harder thing." 447406 "Gylippus: We are very much alike, you and I: both mothakes, born to helot mothers, who worked our way up!" 447407 "Lysander: We are nothing alike. And no man I killed ever asked for my lineage." 447408 "Gylippus: I sense that we could become great friends, you and I, and accomplish wonderful things for Sparta! Maybe even enrich ourselves in the process." 447409 "Lysander: I have no need of friends. I would rather more enemies." 447410 "Gylippus: How do these vipers build their walls so quickly?" 447411 "Gylippus: Fine progress, fine progress! I would come out and help you, but I'm feeling rather gouty today. These Sicilian sausages, I think…" 447412 "Gylippus: If you want to build any further, you'll have to get rid of that Athenian fort. Terribly crafty of them to put it there, eh?" 447413 "Lysander: The fort is smoking rubble. Builders, get on with the wall." 447414 "Lysander: In every country, there are men who would do any amount of violence for coin." 447415 "Lysander: Protect the wall!" 447416 "Lysander: The Athenians attack the wall!" 447417 "Lysander: Defend the wall, now!" 447418 "Gylippus: O Zeus, they're attacking the wall!" 447419 "Gylippus: Protect the wall!" 447420 "Gylippus: They mean to bring down the wall!" 447421 "Gylippus: Stop those Athenians!" 447422 "Lysander: Sledgehammers and picks, men. Smash their wall." 447423 "Lysander: Trim back that Athenian wall." 447424 "Gylippus: The Athenians have built past us!" 447425 "Gylippus: The Athenians are ahead of us!" 447426 "Lysander: There: we have stopped the Athenians' pathetic plan. Now, time for us to go on the offensive." 447427 "Gylippus: Oho, terrific work! I was sick of the sight of that fort." 447428 "Lysander: We've razed this fort. Leave the corpses to the rats." 447429 "Gylippus: Thank the Twin Gods you're a better warrior than you are a conversationalist, Lysander!" 447430 "Lysander: This fort is rubble, its defenders shades." 447431 "Gylippus: When the ephors hear of this triumph, they are sure to honor me! Oh, and you, of course." 447432 "Lysander: Stack the bodies of these lumberjacks like firewood." 447433 "Lysander: Torch the lumber, and the bodies with them." 447434 "Lysander: No wood, no ships." 447435 "Lysander: Burn the timber." 447436 "Lysander: These lumberjacks cut their own pyre. Torch the lot." 447437 "Lysander: The Athenians think themselves invulnerable at sea. Shatter their oars, and their pride." 447438 "Lysander: If we are to win this war, there will need to be more victories at sea." 447439 "Lysander: The Athenians have no control of their appetites. Destroy their storehouses and supply ships, and watch them starve." 447440 "Lysander: Athenian olive oil burns so well." 447441 "Lysander: The Athenians will be chewing the bark from the trees." 447442 "Lysander: Let the Athenians scrabble in the dirt for sustenance." 447443 "Lysander: The sharks will feast while the Athenians starve." 447444 "Lysander: It's about time we got our hands on some proper warhorses. Nice of the Athenians to bring them for us." 447445 "Gylippus: Spartan cavalry — what a wonderful novelty!" 447446 "Gylippus: You may be an expert in violence, Lysander, but morale is also important in war. Retake the Olympieion, and the men will be inspired!" 447447 "Gylippus: Aha, the Olympieion is ours. Give the Syracusans what they need to fortify the place." 447448 "Gylippus: Make ready, Lysander — the Athenians are plotting a huge attack!" 447449 "Lysander: They are fools to attack at night, when it is hard to tell friend from foe. We shall encourage that confusion." 447450 "Lysander: That should do it." 447451 "Lysander: Dog-eyed morons. They attack their own allies." 447452 "Gylippus: The Syracusans have restored this ship for you, Lysander. Apparently belonged to an old pirate called Dionysius — came here after the Ionian Revolt to prey on Carthaginian merchants." 447453 "Gylippus: You were supposed to bring us victory, Lysander — now Syracuse falls!" 447454 "Gylippus: A glorious victory — not bad for a pair of mothakes, eh?" 447455 "Lysander: There is nothing to celebrate until Athens is destroyed. And I see now how to do it: we require a fleet." 447456 "19. To the Wall!" 447457 "Sicily, 414 BCE" 447458 "The Athenians intend to force Syracuse to surrender by enclosing it within a stone wall. The Syracusans and Spartans have the perfect response: a counter-wall." 447459 "Gylippus" 447460 "Syracuse" 447461 "Labdalon Fort" 447462 "Plemmyrion Fort" 447463 "Olympieion" 447464 "Priestess of Olympian Zeus" 447465 "Dionysius's Flagship" 447466 "Syracusan Wall" 447467 "Athenian Wall" 447468 "Supply Ship" 447469 "Taxiarch" 447470 "+ Both Forts inside Syracuse must survive." 447471 "+ Raze the Athenian Fort so the wall can continue." 447472 "+ Win the wall race: Ensure the Syracusan wall reaches the final flag first." 447473 "+ Break the Athenian naval blockade." 447474 "+ Destroy the Athenian Wall blocking the Syracusan Wall." 447475 "- Choose an elite guard for Lysander near the Fort:\nKeep Brasidas's veterans or choose Lysander's Raiders." 447476 "- Destroy /3 Storehouses." 447477 "- Bring Dionysius's Flagship to the Harbor." 447478 "- Defeat the Athenian troops at the Olympieion." 447479 "- Tribute 500 stone to Syracuse so they can fortify the temple." 447480 "- Move Lysander in front of /4 torches to extinguish them." 447481 "+ Destroy /4 Athenian Forts." 447482 "- Destroy /5 Athenian Lumber Camps." 447483 "- Sink Athenian Supply Ships." 447484 "- Destroy Athenian stables to strengthen your cavalry." 447485 "Select Lysander's Raiders\nElite units generate gold by killing units and destroying buildings.\n " 447486 "Brasideioi" 447487 "Select Brasideioi\nVeterans of Brasidas's elite guard.\n " 447488 "- Destroy the 3 Athenian stables to gain Shock Cavalry." 447489 "- The Labdalon Fort blocks your wall! -" 447490 "- Athenian horses seized: Lancers upgraded to Shock Cavalry! -" 447491 "- Defend against a major Athenian attack on the wall." 447492 "Major Athenian attack arrives in %d" 447493 "Villagers and siege units enabled!" 447494 "Athenian Army" 447495 "Athenian Navy" 447496 "Lumber camps destroyed: The Athenian Navy can now only create weak warships!" 447497 "Storehouses destroyed: The Athenian Army will struggle to train additional soldiers!" 447498 "- Destroy /3 Athenian Storehouses to weaken the Athenian Army." 447499 "- Destroy /5 Athenian Lumber Camps to weaken the Athenian Navy." 447500 "1. In the first part of this scenario, you cannot train villagers. To generate resources, use fishing ships to gather fish and oysters, and trade with Syracuse's Markets and Ports. Change the Merchant Ship ratio at the Port to adjust resources generated.\n\n2. The Athenians are trying to enclose Syracuse with a wall; the Syracusans are trying to build a wall up to intercept the Athenians. Ensure the Syracusans win this 'wall race' by protecting Syracuses's builders while raiding the Athenian builders when you can.\n\n3. Do not try to assault the Athenian base directly during the wall race; you are unlikely to succeed.\n\n4. Once the wall race has been won, you will gain access to villagers and siege units so that you can go on the offensive.\n\n5. Lysander now wears the armor of Brasidas; if you acquired any aura effects for Brasidas, they now belong to Lysander.\n\n6. The Athenians are powerful on both land and sea, but with their supplies destroyed, they will be vulnerable enough to defeat in combat.\n\n7. The choice of Bodyguard in this scenario will persist in future scenarios. You can choose your Bodyguard near the Fort, and recruit more of them at the Fort." 447501 "Weaken the Athenians:" 447502 "- Tribute 500 stone to the Olympieion to fortify the temple and gain a bonus." 447503 "Olympieion secured: infantry gain +30 HP!" 447504 "Use Fishing Ships to gather food and gold and Merchant Ships to trade for wood and gold." 447505 "Sicilians" 447506 "Brasideioi\nVeterans of Brasidas's elite guard.\n " 447507 "Create Brasideios () \n All-purpose unique infantry unit. Strong vs. buildings and infantry. Weak vs. archers at long range. \n Only 24 can be fielded at one time.\n Upgrades: attack, armor (Blacksmith); cost, speed, attack (Barracks); creation speed (Fort); more resistant to conversion (Temple). \n " 447508 "Create Brasideios () \n Unique ranged unit. Strong vs. units at long range. Weak vs. Skirmishers, Mangonels, and units at close range. \n Only 18 can be fielded at one time. \n Upgrades: attack, range, armor (Blacksmith); attack, accuracy (Academy); accuracy (Archery Range); creation speed (Fort); more resistant to conversion (Temple). \n " 447509 "Create Brasideios () \n Powerful unique cavalry. Strong vs. infantry and archers. Weak vs. spear units and Priestesses. \n Only 12 can be fielded at any one time. \n Upgrades: attack, armor (Blacksmith); speed, hit points (Stable); more resistant to conversion (Temple). \n " 447510 "+ Defend the Syracusan builders; raid the Athenian builders when you can." 447511 "- Destroy the Athenian Lumber Camps to weaken their navy. -" 447512 "- You can now choose your Bodyguard near the Fort. -" // //Scenario Twenty // 447600 "Cyrus: I shall send you as much gold as I can, Lysander. The rest you may gather from plundering Athens' allies — just make sure to keep the shipwrights at Ephesus well-supplied." 447601 "Lysander: I am ready to rampage through Ionia. We shall have to be swift, and ready to strike the Athenian navy while they are still unprepared." 447602 "Lysander: Relish the slaughter, men, but keep your eyes fixed on Miletus: its capture will break Athenian power in Ionia." 447603 "Lysander: Four obols a day for each sailor, and a month’s pay in advance. Then we’ll sink every Athenian ship from here to the Pillars of Heracles." 447604 "Cyrus: I have some particularly troublesome cities in mind for your rampage, Lysander. If you can take them, there might be some additional gold for you." 447605 "Lysander: Finish your looting quickly. We have more cities to burn." 447606 "Cyrus: Beautifully done, Lysander. The Great King has sanctioned a reward — and when I succeed to the throne, I suspect I shall have further opportunities for a man like you." 447607 "Lysander: Put this towards the fleet." 447608 "Lysander: Take these resources, and build me my navy." 447609 "Lysander: Get to work, shipwrights. Any slackers will answer to me." 447610 "Lysander: I want every ship thoroughly inspected before we sail." 447611 "Lysander: Prepare the fleet for me." 447612 "Lysander: Rake the ashes over our enemies' bones, and move out." 447613 "Lysander: Gather as much as you can. We have fatter prey to hunt." 447614 "Lysander: Plunder swiftly, just like I taught you. There are more towns to ravage." 447615 "Lysander: Ransack the stores and slit the rich citizens' purses." 447616 "Lysander: Don't trip over the corpses when you leave with the loot." 447617 "Lysander: Leave the dead where they lie, and grab the loot." 447618 "Lysander: Fill our coffers with the dead men's riches." 447619 "Lysander: Empty the stores, strip the corpses, and make ready to move." 447620 "Lysander: Ignore the granaries and taverns; loot the mansions and treasuries." 447621 "Lysander: Stuff as much as you can into your packs, and prepare to move out." 447622 "Lysander: Interrogate any man wearing fine cloth: he'll have buried his gold somewhere nearby." 447623 "Lysander: All this is simply practice for when we sack Athens, men." 447624 "Lysander: None will call me mothax when I take Athens. None will call me second to Brasidas." 447625 "Lysander: Those yellow-eyed ephors sought to mock me, making me admiral of a fleet with no ships. Witless fools." 447626 "Lysander: I will have my name remembered. Lysander, victor of the Athenian War, Lord Admiral of Sparta. " 447627 "Lysander: When I tear down the walls of Athens, I will have King Agis himself gaze upon my victory, and recognize that I, Lysander, won Sparta this war." 447628 "Lysander: Even were I to deliver the scepter of Zeus himself to Sparta, those whispering rats in the Gerousia would still despise me." 447629 "Lysander: All I hear about is Brasidas — noble Brasidas, heroic Brasidas, loved by all. His nobility bought him nothing but an early death." 447630 "Cyrus: You seem to be a man who appreciates a challenge, Lysander. I daresay my father's court could benefit from a few more like you." 447631 "Cyrus: You know, this whole land once lived peacefully under Persian rule… Until the Athenians came." 447632 "Mercenary Leader: My men have wrestled with painted Gauls, tamed the wild Scythians, speared snarling Indian elephants — and you can have us for but a handful of silver." 447633 "Mercenary Leader: You're a man who knows exactly what he wants, eh?" 447634 "Mercenary Captain: This war's been rough for Spartan manpower, I hear. Give us some of that gold, and we'll plug the holes in your battle-line." 447635 "Lysander: I expect you to keep pace with my men, and watch your flank." 447636 "Cyrus: Miletus is always at the center of trouble in this region. I look forward to seeing you storm the city." 447637 "Cyrus: I urge you to take Miletus soon, Lysander." 447638 "Cyrus: You fool, Lysander: the Athenians have caught wind of your plans, and removed their fleet to a safer harbor. You have failed me!" 447639 "Cyrus: So slowly do you move that the Milesians have fortified their city against you! There is no way you can take it now!" 447640 "Cyrus: You have sunk my gold to the bottom of the sea! Even Aristagoras made more progress than you!" 447641 "Lysander: Miletus is wracked with infighting: the pro-Athenian democrats rule, but if we give aid to the oligarchic faction, they can help us take the city." 447642 "Lysander: It is agreed: the oligarchs will open the gates for us." 447643 "Lysander: We have purged Ionia, and now we shall cleanse the seas. Ready the fleet." 447644 "Lysander: I shall not detain you with speeches, sailors. Swoop down upon the unsuspecting Athenians, shatter their hulls like cheap amphorae, and leave a feast for the sharks." 447645 "Lysander: Fiery-eyed Phobos, hear me! Run among my foes, spread deadly fear, and I shall slit the throats of ten fat goats for you." 447646 "Lysander: Who will feed you behind your long walls now, Athenians? By Ares, I can almost taste my victory." 447647 "20. Blood and Gold" 447648 "Ionia, 407 BCE" 447649 "Lysander has been appointed admiral... An admiral without a fleet. No matter: while he builds an armada at Ephesus, he'll sack Athens' allies along the Ionian coast." 447650 "Cyrus" 447651 "Notium" 447652 "Priene" 447653 "Ionian Town" 447654 "Ionian Towns" 447655 "Milesian Democrats" 447656 "Milesian Oligarchs" 447657 "- Destroy the Wonder in Miletus." 447658 "+ Tribute Gold to Ephesus to build your fleet." 447659 "+ Plunder towns for resources (destroy their Forts/Fortified Towers)." 447660 "+ Destroy the Athenian Navy.\n Athenian ships remaining." 447661 "- Take /3 cities for Cyrus." 447662 "- Take /3 cities for Cyrus to gain extra gold." 447663 "- Sack Notium." 447664 "- Capture Notium by destroying its Fort. This wealthy city will yield extra resources." 447665 "- Sack Priene." 447666 "- Capture Priene by destroying its Fort. This wealthy city will yield extra resources." 447667 "- Recruit the mercenary cavalrymen by tributing 1000 gold to the Mercenaries player." 447668 "- Support the Milesian Oligarchs (via new technology in the Fort)." 447669 "Support Milesian Oligarchs" 447670 "Use Support Milesian Oligarchs ()\nSend aid to the Milesian Oligarchs in their struggle against the city's Democrats, and they will open the gates for you." 447671 "- The Oligarchs have opened the gates to Miletus! -" 447672 "- You are almost out of time! Take Miletus soon. -" 447673 "- Town looted: resources plundered! -" 447674 "- City looted: resources plundered! -" 447675 "Support the Milesian oligarchs (available at the fort in Ephesus)." 447676 "- Support the Milesian Oligarchs by tributing them 1000 gold." 447677 "+ Destroy the Wonder in Miletus before the timer ends.\nDoing so will begin the naval battle." 447678 "Ships built: \n(+ recommended)" 447679 "Sack Notium (Purple) and Priene (Teal) for large amounts of resources!" 447680 "- Build at least 90 ships." 447681 "- Build 60 ships to receive special bonus ships." 447682 "- Build 90 ships to receive special bonus ships." 447683 "- Build 120 ships to receive special bonus ships." 447684 "- Build 150 ships to receive special bonus ships." 447685 "Remember to build your fleet by sending gold to Ephesus!" 447686 "Elite Warship" 447687 "You can begin the naval battle at any time. Select the Wonder in Ephesus to do so." 447688 "Begin the naval battle" 447689 "Begin the naval battle\nThis will initiate the final battle with the fleet that you have built so far." 447690 "You can begin the naval battle at any time. Bring Lysander to the flagged area in Ephesus to do so, or continue to sack cities." 447691 "+ Begin the naval battle early: bring Lysander to the flagged area in Ephesus." 447692 "- Begin the naval battle: activate the button in the Ephesus Wonder." 447693 "To gain extra resources or ship bonuses:" 447694 "Elite ships have been added to your navy!" 447695 "Naval battle begins in %d" 447696 "1. Build a navy by tributing gold to Ephesus. Gain resources by sacking towns. You must carefully balance your gold expenditure: maintain an army to sack the towns, but ensure you build a sufficiently large fleet!\n\n2. You have a limited window of opportunity before the Athenian navy realises that you're coming. Make sure you have a sufficiently large fleet before the naval battle begins. \n\n3. If you find a Mercenary camp (Orange), you can select the tent in their camp to recruit units. You may also find a powerful Mercenary cavalry army that will join your side for a price. \n\n4. You cannot train villagers or construct buildings in this scenario." 447697 "1. Build a navy by tributing gold to Ephesus. Gain resources by sacking towns. You must carefully balance your gold expenditure: maintain an army to sack the towns, but ensure you build a sufficiently large fleet!\n\n2. You have a limited window of opportunity before the Athenian navy realises that you're coming. Make sure you have a sufficiently large fleet before the naval battle begins." 447698 "Notium looted: your ships now deal area-of-effect damage." 447699 "Priene looted: Galleys and Lemboi attack greatly increased." 447700 "Tribute the Milesian Oligarchs to gain their support." 447701 "Wonder of Miletus destroyed: Leviathan Aura Improved." 447702 "+ Maximum Fleet Size Achieved" // //Scenario Twenty-One // 447800 "King Agis: You have done well to bring us this far, Lysander, but there is still much to do. First, seize a base so that I can bring in the rest of our soldiers." 447801 "Lysander: Then on to Athens. We shall surround the city, and starve its citizens into submission." 447802 "King Agis: I have heard about your appetite for death, Lysander… I expect you to conduct yourself honorably, as befits an officer of Sparta. " 447803 "King Agis: Proceeding straight to Athens may not be the wisest course. There are many other places which we might try to seize beforehand." 447804 "King Agis: We cannot count the city as ours until we raise a new fort." 447805 "King Agis: Well done, Lysander. Now build a new fort to secure the town." 447806 "King Agis: A suitable base. I shall seek the blessings of Demeter, then proceed to besieging Athens. I expect your assistance, Lysander." 447807 "King Agis: Defend my men as we set up our base, Lysander." 447808 "King Agis: Now construct a fort to secure Plataea." 447809 "Lysander: Our stranglehold grows tighter. Soon I will choke the life from Athena's city." 447810 "King Agis: Replace that fort with one of our own, and Salamis will be ours." 447811 "Lysander: Salamis was the Athenians' last refuge against the Mede. Now they lack even this shelter." 447812 "King Agis: Athens has always been wary of Aegina, looming close to their harbors. Build a fort, and secure the place for ourselves." 447813 "Lysander: I can see straight to the Piraeus from here. Soon, those quaysides will be slick with blood; those long walls will echo with the wails of the fallen." 447814 "Lysander: My my, look at what we've looted from the Aeginetans: the statue of Helios, all the way from Byzantium." 447815 "King Agis: Should we fortify Psyttaleia for ourselves, we shall have a splendid position from which to menace Athens' ports." 447816 "Lysander: Old Persian graves litter this island. The Athenians may have proved a match for the Mede, but not for us." 447817 "King Agis: Fortify the Piraeus! Leave the Athenians no route through which they can smuggle in supplies." 447818 "Lysander: No more Athenian ships will enter the Piraeus: no more silver, no more wine, no more grain. No more suckling the fruits of empire: now you will taste bitter sorrow." 447819 "Lysander: How quaint. This trireme is all that is left of the proud merchant princes of Aegina." 447820 "Cyrus: As a reward for taking those cities for me, I have sent you some more gold. Ensure that it reaches your base safely — we both know the Athenians are skilled in theft." 447821 "Cyrus: Those Athenian dogs have sunk my treasure ship! Find where the gold has washed ashore, and secure it — the King will not be pleased if I have inadvertently funded the Athenians." 447822 "Lysander: The Persian gold is secure." 447823 "Cyrus: To ensure your victory over the Athenians, I have sent you some more gold. Make certain that it reaches your base safely — we both know the Athenians are skilled in theft." 447824 "Cyrus: Since you took those cities for me, I'll throw in a little extra gold." 447825 "Cyrus: Your ferocious speed seems to have deserted you… Take this additional gold, and get this finished." 447826 "King Agis: It seems you're not entirely without friends, Lysander — for assisting their coup, the oligarchs of Miletus send you aid." 447827 "Lysander: Thundering Zeus — reinforcements from Athens' allies! It seems they are too stupid to realize their masters have lost this war." 447828 "Lysander: I will put an end to this war, Athenians. I will tear down your walls, shatter your fleet, and fill your pretty temples with shrieking widows." 447829 "King Agis: The Athenians have received reinforcements from Scione — a city so stout, even Brasidas could not capture it." 447830 "King Agis: The Athenians have received reinforcements from Potidaea — a city so stout, even Brasidas could not capture it." 447831 "King Agis: The Athenians have received reinforcements from Torone — a city so stout, even Brasidas could not capture it." 447832 "King Agis: The Athenians have received reinforcements from Dium — a city so stout, even Brasidas could not capture it." 447833 "King Agis: Your temperament troubles me, Lysander. You ought to know that the gods cannot abide excess: excess of glory, excess of spirit, excess of cruelty." 447834 "Lysander: Perhaps I am more beloved of the gods than you think, Agis — they have not ceased to deliver me victories." 447835 "Cyrus: My spies tell me that the Athenians are trying to rebuild their fleet. Do not let them undo your good work." 447836 "Cyrus: My spies report feverish activity in the Athenian dockyards. Crush their navy before they retake the seas." 447837 "Cyrus: The Athenians have almost succeeded in regaining their naval dominance. Stop them!" 447838 "Lysander: Stop those supply ships getting through to Athens! I want them chewing on boiled leather, not feasting on the riches of their empire." 447839 "Lysander: Why should I not celebrate my glory? Lesser men than I have had their likenesses carved in bronze." 447840 "Lysander: Hate me if you will, so long as you fear me." 447841 "Lysander: We have surrounded Athens. Now hold these positions until our starving foes beg for relief." 447842 "Lysander: Here they come, with the wild-eyed ferocity of desperate men. Plant your feet and do not let them push you back!" 447843 "Lysander: I hear the starving Athenians howling for relief. They will soon break." 447844 "Lysander: They surrender. They beg for surrender! I have triumphed!" 447845 "Lysander: Oh, how I have longed to see the acropolis spattered with blood. " 447846 "Lysander: The acropolis is mine! Bow, Athenians — bow before your conqueror." 447847 "King Agis: You would do well to remember that this victory belongs to Sparta, not to you alone." 447848 "Lysander: No. This is my victory. I destroyed their fleet, I starved their city — they came begging for mercy to me. And I will have the glory that is owed me. I will have my name remembered!" 447849 "21. The Fall of Athens" 447850 "Attica, 404 BCE" 447851 "The Peloponnesian War reaches its grim conclusion as Lysander prepares to starve out the city of Athens. But overcoming desperate men is never an easy task..." 447852 "King Agis" 447853 "Athenian Allies" 447854 "Storehouse" 447855 "Cyrus's Treasure Ship" 447856 "Cyrus's Treasure" 447857 "+ Capture the Acropolis of Athens" 447858 "+ Capture and hold /3 Athenian Storehouses to starve the city." 447859 "+ Capture the Monument on the Acropolis by defeating surrounding enemy units" 447860 "+ Capture and hold /3 Athenian Storehouses by defeating all surrounding enemy units. Holding the Storehouses will starve the Athenians into surrender." 447861 "+ Do not let the Athenians build 80 warships.\nAthenian warships: /80" 447862 "- Destroy the Forts at Eleusis so that King Agis can establish a base." 447863 "+ Build your own Fort at Eleusis to claim the town." 447864 "+ Build your own Fort at Eleusis to claim the city as a base for King Agis and to access special technologies at your Wonder." 447865 "- Special technologies enabled at your Wonder -" 447866 "- Defeat Athenian allies to access special technologies at the Wonder." 447867 "- Defeat Athenian allies (destroy their Forts) to access special mutually-exclusive technologies which can be researched at a Wonder." 447868 "- Build your own Forts in cities to claim them as your own and access further unique technologies at your Wonder." 447869 "- Choose a mutually-exclusive technology at your Wonder." 447870 "+ Hold Storehouses for %d to starve out Athens." 447871 "- Sink Athenian Supply Ships to deny the enemy resources." 447872 "- Build a Wonder to access special technologies." 447873 "- Escort Cyrus's Treasure Ship to your base." 447874 "- Use a Priestess to bring Cyrus's Treasure to your Temple." 447875 "- Defeat the Athenian Allies' ships." 447876 "- Recruit Polycritus's Flagship at the Dock." 447877 "Hipparchs" 447878 "Research Hipparchs ()\nMelee Cavalry gain +5 attack." 447879 "War Dances" 447880 "Research War Dances ()\nInfantry gain +4 attack." 447881 "Hippotoxotai" 447882 "Research Hippotoxotai ()\nCavalry archers gain +1 range, +1 attack." 447883 "Othismos" 447884 "Research Othismos ()\nInfantry damage adjacent units." 447885 "Reinforced Prow" 447886 "Research Reinforced Prow ()\nShips receive +1 normal/+1 pierce armor." 447887 "Forced Levies" 447888 "Research Forced Levies ()\nSwordsman-line gold cost is replaced by additional food cost." 447889 "Thessalian Warhorses" 447890 "Research Thessalian Warhorses ()\nCavalry receive +1 normal/+1 pierce armor." 447891 "Lysander's Furor" 447892 "Research Lysander's Furor ()\nSiege Workshop units gain +40% HP." 447893 "Double Wine Rations" 447894 "Research Double Wine Rations ()\nInfantry get an attack bonus vs. cavalry." 447895 "Harmosts" 447896 "Research Harmosts ()\nFarmers slowly generate gold in addition to food." 447897 "Paean" 447898 "Research Paean ()\nInfantry and cavalry attacks ignore armor." 447899 "Black Broth" 447900 "Research Black Broth ()\nInfantry (except Spearman-line) +30 HP, Priestesses +100% heal speed." 447901 "Create Polycritus's Flagship ()\nRestore this legendary Aeginetan's ship.\nCan only be created once." 447902 "- Hipparchs researched. -" 447903 "- War Dances researched. -" 447904 "- Hippotoxotai researched. -" 447905 "- Othismos researched. -" 447906 "- Reinforced Prow researched. -" 447907 "- Forced Levies researched. -" 447908 "- Thessalian Warhorses researched. -" 447909 "- Forced Levy researched. -" 447910 "- Lysander's Furor researched. -" 447911 "- Double Wine Rations researched. -" 447912 "- Harmosts researched. -" 447913 "- Paean researched. -" 447914 "- Black Broth researched. -" 447915 "- Athenian allies have arrived. -" 447916 "- Reinforcements from Scione aid Athens. -" 447917 "- Reinforcements from Potidaea aid Athens. -" 447918 "- Reinforcements from Torone aid Athens. -" 447919 "- Reinforcements from Dium aid Athens. -" 447920 "- Polycritus's Flagship is yours. -" 447921 "- Cyrus's Relic Ship has arrived. -" 447922 "- Defend Cyrus's Relic Ship from Athens! -" 447923 "- Retrieve Cyrus's Gold Relic. -" 447924 "- You have Cyrus's Gold Relic. -" 447925 "- Aid from the Milesian Oligarchs has arrived. -" 447926 "- The Athenians have begun rebuilding their fleet! -" 447927 "- The Athenians have rebuilt half their fleet! -" 447928 "- The Athenians have almost rebuilt their fleet! -" 447929 "- Eleusis is now King Agis's base. -" 447930 "- Plataea is now yours. -" 447931 "- Salamis is now yours. -" 447932 "- Aegina is now at your command. -" 447933 "- Psyttaleia is now yours. -" 447934 "- The Piraeus is now yours. -" 447935 "- Destroy the Athenian shipyards to stop them rebuilding their navy." 447936 "1. The Athenians cannot be allowed to regain naval supremacy. Keep the Athenian navy's numbers below 80. Destroy their Shipyards to stop them from rebuilding their fleet.\n\n2. Take Eleusis so that King Agis can establish a base; he will be a useful ally.\n\n3. This scenario features special technologies which can be researched at a Wonder if you build one. Each player you conquer will enable extra technologies. You can defeat Athenian allies by destroying their Forts and Town Centers. However, to defeat the Athenian Navy, you must destroy their Forts, Shipyards and Ports.\n\n4. Athens is well-fortified; you are strongly advised to take the city through starvation. To do so, capture and hold the three Storehouses outside the city. Be warned: the desperate Athenians will attempt to retake them!" 447937 "Starvation victory in %d" 447938 "Retake the Storehouses to resume starving the Athenians out!" 447939 "Mercenary Axeman" 447940 "Mercenary Cavalry" 447941 "Mercenary Infantry" 447942 "Mercenary Archer" 447943 "Mercenary Axe Cavalry" 447944 "Mercenary Skirmisher" 447945 "Mercenary Slinger" 447946 "New technologies available at the Wonder." 447947 "Skirmisher Cavalry" 447948 "Starving Villager" 447949 "Remember: build a Wonder to access powerful special technologies!" 447950 "Remember: you can research powerful special technologies at the Wonder!" 447951 "- Lysander's stats increased -" 447952 " Hold the Acropolis for %d" 447953 "- Use flares to direct Agis' forces." 447954 "- Oracle looted. Athens will no longer train new Priestesses. -" 447955 "The Athenians will be victorious if they can rebuild their fleet! Destroy their ships before they have the chance." 447956 "- Conquering Athenian allies will unlock powerful special technologies at the wonder. -" 447957 "Starving Villager\nAthenian civilian, weakened by famine and desperate enough to fight Spartan soldiers. Weak vs. all military units.\n " // //Multi-scenario lines // 448000 "Artaphernes: Daiva-worshipping dogs! I'm injured!" 448001 "Artaphernes: By Mithra, that hurts! Fetch the physician!" 448002 "Artaphernes: I am wounded." 448003 "Artaphernes: These wounds will need stitching." 448004 "Artaphernes: These wounds are too great… I must withdraw." 448005 "Artaphernes: I must recover from these wounds." 448006 "Datis: A wise soldier knows when to pull back and treat his wounds." 448007 "Datis: I am wounded! Fetch chicory and sweet violet." 448008 "Datis: I am struck down!" 448009 "Datis: My wounds are too great — I withdraw for now." 448010 "Datis: I am wounded." 448011 "Datis: Ahuramazda aid me — these wounds are deep." 448012 "Themistocles: I've been wounded!" 448013 "Themistocles: Athena shelter me — I am wounded." 448014 "Themistocles: I must recover from these wounds." 448015 "Themistocles: Thundering Zeus, that hurts!" 448016 "Themistocles: My ship runs aground!" 448017 "Themistocles: Abandon ship!" 448018 "Themistocles: My ship is lost!" 448019 "Themistocles: Swim back to port — the ship is lost!" 448020 "Aristides: I am wounded." 448021 "Aristides: I am injured! " 448022 "Aristides: I must withdraw." 448023 "Aristides: O Zeus, give me strength to overcome these wounds." 448024 "Aristides: Once I've healed, I shall repay these injuries tenfold!" 448025 "Aristides: These wounds are too great even for me to bear." 448026 "Brasidas: I am wounded." 448027 "Brasidas: My body may be wounded, but my spirit is strong." 448028 "Brasidas: You may injure me, but you will never defeat me." 448029 "Brasidas: These injuries will not detain me long!" 448030 "Brasidas: Get the physician, quick — Sparta needs me!" 448031 "Lysander: By the Twin Gods, that stings!" 448032 "Lysander: Thundering Zeus, right in the stomach!" 448033 "Lysander: You won't keep me out of the fight for long." 448034 "Lysander: I am wounded." 448035 "Lysander: I will not forget these injuries." 448036 "Lysander: I've recovered from worse beatings than this." 448037 "Artaphernes: Fetch my horse — I ride once more." 448038 "Artaphernes: Tell that lazy groom to saddle my horse." 448039 "Artaphernes: I ride again." 448040 "Artaphernes: My wounds are healed and my bow is oiled." 448041 "Artaphernes: By Ahuramazda's grace, I return." 448042 "Artaphernes: I am healed — and ready for vengeance." 448043 "Datis: I return with another scar for the collection." 448044 "Datis: I return to the fray." 448045 "Datis: Saddle my horse: I am ready to fight once more." 448046 "Datis: By the grace of Ahuramazda, I return to fight." 448047 "Datis: I am ready to serve my king once more." 448048 "Datis: Ahuramazda fills me with strength again." 448049 "Themistocles: Nobody panic — I'm well again." 448050 "Themistocles: I owe a hen to Asklepios." 448051 "Themistocles: Back in the fight." 448052 "Themistocles: I do not recommend a spear in the thigh." 448053 "Themistocles: I'm ready to sail again." 448054 "Themistocles: Hoist the sails once more!" 448055 "Themistocles: Oarsmen, get me back to the fight!" 448056 "Themistocles: Try not to crash this ship, steersman." 448057 "Aristides: My city calls, and I answer once again." 448058 "Aristides: I have overcome my wounds." 448059 "Aristides: No injury keeps me from my duty for long." 448060 "Aristides: The black spirits of death have left me alone, for now." 448061 "Aristides: No wound will stop me from serving my city!" 448062 "Aristides: I return to serve Athens once more." 448063 "Brasidas: I return to the fight with a glorious new scar." 448064 "Brasidas: No wound can keep me long from the glorious fray." 448065 "Brasidas: Look upon my freshly-scarred body: I share your pains, men." 448066 "Brasidas: My wounds are bandaged, and I hunger for the fight once more!" 448067 "Brasidas: Let these fresh scars bear witness: I never shirk danger." 448068 "Lysander: I have recovered. Now, vengeance." 448069 "Lysander: Gods pity the one who wounded me — for I shall not." 448070 "Lysander: I return to the fray." 448071 "Lysander: Now find me the one who wounded me." 448072 "Lysander: My wounds are stitched." 448073 "Lysander: I have returned, and by the Furies I demand vengeance." 448074 "Lysander: No wound shall block me from my victory." 448075 "Datis: Reinforcements from Susa!" 448076 "Datis: Our gracious king sends aid." 448077 "Aristides: The allies send reinforcements!" 448078 "Aristides: The allies send aid!" 448079 "Lysander: I have found us some reinforcements. Do not ask where these men came from — they will not reply politely." 448080 "Lysander: The locals have provided my men with supplies. Willingly, of course…" 448081 "Main Objectives:" 448082 "\nSide Objectives:" 448083 " " 448084 "\nBonus Objective:" 448085 "\nMain Objectives:" 448086 "Bonus Objective:" // //Cutscenes // 490000 "Look around these halls, stranger. Take in these vases, these tapestries; these creaking statues and broken mosaics. They all have stories, these things: stories that I shall relate to you." 490001 "I’ll be as truthful as I can, though sometimes my memory slips — and some of the stories passed down to me have become confused in repetition, or embellished by poets, or were never true to begin with. " 490002 "And besides, some of the things I shall tell you… They’re so astonishing you may not believe them anyway.   " 490003 "Many cities will fall in this story. Few will be as magnificent as Babylon, once the largest city in the world. " 490004 "A city where gardens grew from rooftops, nourished by the sparkling Euphrates, which flowed right through Babylon’s heart; a city ringed by lapis-blue walls and gates that bore the names of gods.  " 490005 "Darius, newly crowned king of the Persians, was not here to admire the sights.  " 490006 "The Babylonians rejected the rule of Darius, and so he responded as Persian kings do — with thunderous wrath. " 490007 "From their vast realm, the Persians brought forth every tool of destruction they could muster: looming siege towers, battering rams with heads of iron, arrows wrapped in burning flax.  " 490008 "To Babylon, the Persians brought death. " 490009 "You may have the impression that Darius was nothing but a violent conqueror — and indeed, he crushed all who opposed him with brutal force — but he was also an admirable administrator. " 490010 "Once the slaughter was over, he divided his empire into provinces known as satrapies, to be governed by trusted men.  " 490011 "On the western edge of the empire lay the satrapy of Lydia, which Darius gave to his half-brother Artaphernes.  " 490012 "A remote posting, though not an unpleasant one: Lydia was a wealthy land of fine horses, gold-bearing rivers, and wine to rival any Mediterranean vintage. " 490013 "Along Lydia’s western coast was a region called Ionia, and here dwelt Greeks, who many centuries ago had planted colonies along the Ionian shore. " 490014 "These Greeks rarely caused trouble for their Persian masters — and so long as the Greeks paid their tribute on time, the Persians were happy to leave their foreign subjects to their own devices. " 490015 "Enter Aristagoras, ruler of the Greek city of Miletus, a man whose ambitions regularly outstripped his capacities. " 490016 "His head filled with imagined glories, Aristagoras went to the court of the satrap Artaphernes, and proposed a scheme to his master: if the Persians would provide Aristagoras with a fleet, he would conquer the island of Naxos for the Great King. " 490017 "Artaphernes was intrigued. Naxos was a gem that would surely please his half-brother the king. " 490018 "And so Artaphernes summoned all that the expedition might require: shipwrights and steersmen; baggage-handlers and quartermasters; cedar wood for triremes and cornel wood for spears; plump goats for eating and white lambs for sacrifice.  " 490019 "A glorious conquest seemed sure to follow. " 490020 "Having squandered the Great King’s fleet, Aristagoras rightly feared for his head — and most of his other body parts. " 490021 "But fear can make men do unexpected things. Rather than flee, Aristagoras launched a rebellion. " 490022 "Aristagoras knew that he’d need all the men he could muster. He sailed to Greece with a bronze map that showed the rich Persian realm, hoping to tempt would-be fortune seekers from their rocky homeland. " 490023 "The cautious Spartans refused to get involved, but the Athenians, who are fond both of great adventures and reckless decisions, were easily persuaded. " 490024 "Returning with these Athenian treasure-hunters, Aristagoras marched across Ionia, rallying cities to his cause and deposing any rulers who remained loyal to the Persians.   " 490025 "Now, there are some who think that Aristagoras was a true freedom fighter, committed to Greek liberty; others say he acted out of desperation, or embarrassment; others think he wanted only greater power for himself.  " 490026 "Whatever the truth may be, Artaphernes’ once-peaceful satrapy was now the site of a major rebellion, led by a man with nothing left to lose. " 490027 "Whatever the truth may be, Aristagoras was certainly bold. He brought his army to Sardis, the mighty capital of Lydia itself, where the satrap Artaphernes governed in luxury." 490028 "The army of Aristagoras — a rowdy band of desperate rebels, committed freedom fighters, and avaricious fortune seekers — now made its boldest move yet. " 490029 "They descended upon Sardis, the mighty capital of Lydia itself, where Artaphernes governed in luxury.  " 490030 "Like wolves ravaging a flock of lambs, the Greeks swarmed through the streets, overwhelming the unprepared garrison. " 490031 "Artaphernes watched on in horror.  " 490032 "How had Aristagoras, who couldn’t take tiny Naxos even with a Persian armada on his side, swept into Sardis uncontested? " 490033 "In what seemed like mere moments, the Greeks had seized the whole of Sardis — all except the acropolis, where Artaphernes prepared to make his stand.  " 490034 "Fire is sacred to the Persians: in fire, they see the light and truth of their supreme god, Ahuramazda. " 490035 "So imagine their horror, as they watched the holy shrines of Sardis go up in flames; imagine their fear, as they fought the pitiless blaze; imagine their anger, as Aristagoras fled the city with his Greek marauders.  " 490036 "Whether it was arson or accident, the burning of Sardis would spark untold horrors for both the Greeks and Persians — invasions, massacres, slaughters, sieges. All these things I will relate to you, in good time.  " 490037 "Artaphernes had no notion of what great and terrible events were to come — he was focused purely on bringing the treacherous Aristagoras to justice.  " 490038 "His face still blackened with ash, Artaphernes gathered his swiftest riders and rode out after the rebels at a furious gallop.  " 490039 "Like a boxer sent reeling by an unexpected blow, who then turns on his foe with renewed fury, Artaphernes landed his first counterblow to the rebellion at Ephesus. " 490040 "The Persians fully expected this uprising to shatter at the first sign of adversity — and yet the Greeks continued to resist.   " 490041 "Artaphernes knew what had to be done. He directed the full might of Persia against Miletus, home city of Aristagoras and epicenter of the rebellion.  " 490042 "This was no small undertaking: Miletus was a mighty metropolis, famed for its wealth. From its bustling harbor, Miletus had seeded the shores of the Black Sea with dozens of colonies. " 490043 "Now that harbor hosted the entire Ionian navy, its triremes bristling with fierce Greek marines. " 490044 "A formidable target. But Artaphernes was well-acquainted with the endless squabbles of his former subjects, and knew that with a single loose thread, he could unravel the entire Greek alliance. " 490045 "Artaphernes soon found just such a thread. The Greek sailors were on the verge of mutiny, having been driven to exhaustion by the endless drills of their relentless admiral, Dionysius. " 490046 "Artaphernes had found the soft underbelly of Miletus. Now he made ready to slit it open. " 490047 "With the capture of Miletus, the Greek rebellion shattered. " 490048 "The burning of Sardis still fresh in their minds, the Persians brutally stamped out the last isolated remnants of the uprising, taking cleansing fire to cities, fields, and sanctuaries. " 490049 "Ash and blackened bones were the only remaining testaments to the hubris of Aristagoras. " 490050 "For most men, this would have been vengeance enough.  " 490051 "But for the Great King of Persia, retribution had to be absolute: if a single rebel was seen to escape punishment, then Darius would soon be dealing with recalcitrant Bactrians, or the arrogant Babylonians again, or the Egyptians, for whom peace was simply an interlude between uprisings. " 490052 "No, there was still one enemy unpunished: men who had sailed all the way across the Aegean just to pillage the Great King’s realm.\nThree times each night at dinner, Darius had a servant whisper in his ear: ‘Master, remember the Athenians’. " 490053 "So the Great King ordered the construction of a mighty fleet, and entrusted it to his most dependable commander, Datis.   " 490054 "At the first fluttering of the Etesian winds, Datis launched his deep-bellied warships into the Aegean, their prows pointed for Greece. " 490055 "In those days, most fleets would travel along the coastline, returning to shore each night." 490056 "But Datis had a different plan: he would cut a bloody swathe straight through the islands of the Aegean, starting with Naxos — where, all those years ago, the failure of Aristagoras had birthed such troubles for the Greeks. " 490057 "Such was the fury of the Persians. Such was the vengeance they exacted on traitors, oath-breakers, and temple-burners. " 490058 "And though the Athenians had sent only twenty ships to aid the Ionians, they too would face the Great King’s wrath. " 490059 "Panic spread throughout Athens." 490060 "At this time, the city was far from the grand metropolis it would later become — it had no navy, no empire, no Parthenon. Even its democracy was barely two decades old. " 490061 "Yet now, like a storm-tossed fishing boat facing a towering wave, little Athens was on the brink of being engulfed. " 490062 "Like good democrats, the Athenians elected their generals, ten each year — and it was these men who now debated what to do. " 490063 "Among these generals was Aristides — ‘Aristides the Just’, they called him. As upright a man as you’ll ever meet, his commitment to his city faultless. " 490064 "And then there was Themistocles, his lifelong rival. Themistocles was an outsider, from an obscure family; he was a radical, audacious in thinking; and he was a schemer, who never put justice ahead of expediency. " 490065 "But in this desperate hour, these ambitious men agreed that the bold Miltiades should take supreme command. Miltiades ordered the Athenians to muster at the plain of Marathon, there to await the Persians. " 490066 "There was little time left to prepare: across the Euboean Gulf, the Athenians watched the Persians burn Eretria — and knew they were next. " 490067 "Marathon was a stunning victory. Those who fought there became known as the Marathonomachoi — among them the great tragedian Aeschylus, whose tombstone never bothers to mention his dramas; only his glorious involvement at Marathon. " 490068 "With the enemy vanquished, the Athenians slept soundly — all except Themistocles, who yearned for the glory that went to Miltiades.  " 490069 "Not that Miltiades remained a hero very long. The next year, he made a dreadful mess of an expedition to Paros, was promptly thrown in prison by the angry Athenians, and died shortly thereafter from a gangrenous leg wound. " 490070 "Great men, you see, rarely meet great ends.  " 490071 "Lack of recognition wasn’t the only thing that kept Themistocles awake at night: he knew that the Persians would soon return, and Athens was utterly unprepared. " 490072 "So when the Athenians struck a rich vein of silver, Themistocles proposed something radical: they should spend it on a fleet of warships, and transform their unremarkable city into a naval power.  " 490073 "His rival Aristides disagreed, as you might expect. The Persian threat was gone, he argued, and fleets are squalid things rowed by squalid men. " 490074 "The Athenians had a wonderfully efficient way to resolve disputes like these: an ostracism.  " 490075 "Unlike regular elections, where the Athenians voted eagerly for whoever made them the most extravagant promises, in an ostracism, the citizens voted to expel whichever politician they found most disagreeable. " 490076 "This was Themistocles’ opportunity: if he could get his stubborn rival Aristides ostracized, he could have his fleet — and his chance at glory. " 490077 "Just as Themistocles predicted, the Persians were readying another invasion. " 490078 "King Darius had died, but his son Xerxes was no less warlike — indeed, he sought not just to punish Athens, but to conquer the whole of Greece.  " 490079 "This new Great King summoned all the forces of the vast Persian realm: axe-wielding Sakae; Syrians with helmets of twisted bronze; Ethiopians draped in leopard skins and armed with palm-wood bows. " 490080 "At the Hellespont, they gathered in their thousands: a host so enormous it drank rivers dry. " 490081 "The Great King ordered a bridge of boats constructed between Europe and Asia, the two continents yoked together like ill-matched oxen. " 490082 "Xerxes would force the sea itself to bend to his will. " 490083 "The Greeks called an urgent council. " 490084 "Many cities had already submitted to Xerxes, offering the earth and water he demanded.  " 490085 "But other cities resolved to fight. They pledged to unite their forces and cease their feuds with one another — a most extraordinary thing for Greeks to do, you understand. " 490086 "Together, the allied Greek cities devised a plan. King Leonidas of Sparta would march to the mountain pass of Thermopylae, there to await the Persian army.  " 490087 "Meanwhile, Themistocles and the Greek fleet would make their stand at the Strait of Artemisium.  " 490088 "With the narrow terrain on their side, and desperation coursing through their veins, the Greeks hoped to halt the Persian flood — or dam it long enough to buy time…   " 490089 "With their city now completely exposed to the Persian invaders, the desperate Athenians turned to the god Apollo for advice.  " 490090 "At Delphi, Apollo’s priestess — always a wise, graceful woman — would give voice to the god’s prophecies in cryptic riddles. " 490091 "On this occasion, her advice to the Athenians was unusually clear, and utterly terrifying: flee, she told them — flee to the ends of the earth! " 490092 "The Athenians begged for a second audience. Apollo, apparently forgiving this impertinence, now offered one ray of hope: whatever else may occur, intoned his priestess, the wooden wall would remain intact. " 490093 "This was very encouraging… until the Athenians realized that they had no idea what the ‘wooden wall’ was supposed to be. " 490094 "Some argued that it meant the palisade around the acropolis, and wanted to make their stand there — but Themistocles persuaded the Athenians otherwise. " 490095 "The wooden wall, he said, meant the fleet. " 490096 "And so the people of Athens extinguished their hearths, left behind the tombs of their ancestors, and trudged down to the harbor at Piraeus, there to board the fleet with all they could carry. " 490097 "After ferrying the women and children across the Saronic Gulf, the fleet moored in the bay of Salamis with the rest of the Greek allies. " 490098 "There, they watched with anguish as the Persians marched into Athens and torched their undefended homes. " 490099 "Like bulls who reach the sacrificial altar and spook at the baying crowd below, the allies began to panic. Many wished to flee. " 490100 "But there was to be no escape: the Persians blockaded both exits from the straits of Salamis, trapping the Greek fleet. " 490101 "There are some who say that it was the scheming Themistocles himself who tipped off the Great King, forcing his allies to stand alongside him. I know not whether this is true — but I do know that Themistocles would do anything for his people.  " 490102 "Now, trapped in the straits of Salamis, the Greeks had only two options: victory or death. " 490103 "Like a hunter who at last looms over a cornered boar, only for the desperate beast to turn and gore him, Xerxes was stunned by the Greek victory. " 490104 "Themistocles seized this advantage — he tricked the Great King once again, sending word that the Greeks would sail to the Hellespont and destroy the Persians’ bridge back to Asia. " 490105 "Having seen quite enough of Greece already, Xerxes fled as fast as his palanquin-bearers could carry him. " 490106 "The Greeks, who usually love nothing more than fighting each other, had seen what could be achieved through unity. " 490107 "Headed by Pausanias, regent king of Sparta, they formed a grand alliance. Its goal was not simply to defend Greece, but to carry the war across the Aegean, into the Great King’s domain.  " 490108 "Their first target was an audacious one: Cyprus, deep within Persian waters.  " 490109 "Only the Phoenicians and Egyptians supplied more ships to Xerxes than the many kingdoms of Cyprus. " 490110 "And so a Greek armada sailed eastwards, the likes of which none had seen since the days of Agamemnon: an endless tapestry of sails, bearing the proud symbols of cities large and small. " 490111 "Across the wine-dark sea they came, heading straight for the heart of the Persian realm. " 490112 "The Greeks were in high spirits — how could they not be, after the miraculous victory at Salamis, and then the daring strike against Cyprus? " 490113 "And so for their next target, they chose Byzantium: no mere city, but a gateway between continents, its harbors crowded with merchants from a hundred different lands.  " 490114 "But trouble loomed over the Greek fleet.  " 490115 "The Spartan leader Pausanias began to treat the allies as a despot treats his slaves: using threats in place of persuasion, issuing demands rather than seeking counsel.  " 490116 "The allies, enraged by the arrogance of Pausanias, whispered their protests to that most incorruptible of statesmen — the Athenian Aristides. " 490117 "And Aristides — whether irked by injustice, or sensing an opportunity for Athens, or perhaps imbibing some of Themistocles’ talent for scheming — began to wonder whether Athens, not Sparta, should lead the Greek alliance. " 490118 "Accusations rose against Pausanias until Sparta finally recalled him. And into the waiting arms of Athens, the allies willingly came. " 490119 "The Athenians formed a new alliance: the Delian League. Each year, its members would send Athens either money or ships for the common defense.  " 490120 "Most chose coin — and so from many small streams, a torrent of wealth began to flow into Athens. " 490121 "Athenian power now surpassed even Themistocles’ most ambitious dreams: from a hastily assembled fleet to mastery of a mighty league. " 490122 "You might imagine that Themistocles would be terrifically popular after all of this — but that’s not how things work in Athens. His jealous rivals stood by, plotting his fall. " 490123 "And as the years went on, Athens too incurred the suspicion of her allies. With the Persian threat repelled, they asked, why should they continue to pay their tribute to Athens?  " 490124 "The winds of the Aegean were thick with discontent. " 490125 "And so the Delian League became the Athenian Empire. And Themistocles, like all who become great in Athens, suffered his fall.  " 490126 "Exiled from his home by jealous rivals, he ended up volunteering his services to none other than the Great King of Persia, who reasoned that the Persians’ greatest foe might prove their most useful servant. " 490127 "So Themistocles ended his days a loyal subject of the Mede. As I said, great men rarely meet great ends. " 490128 "Decades passed. The Athenian Empire grew to new heights under the wise statesman Pericles, who governed with his beloved Aspasia at his side.  " 490129 "Athens, burnt to a husk mere decades earlier, was now a marvelous metropolis, resplendent in glittering marble. " 490130 "Prosperous and confident, the city of Athena nurtured a golden age of art, philosophy, and architecture. " 490131 "But the days when Athens fought side-by-side with Sparta were long gone.  " 490132 "Greece fractured into two great powers: the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian League, circling each other like yellow-eyed wolves. " 490133 "One hardly needed the foresight of Apollo to see that war was coming. " 490134 "On land, none could resist the Spartans, whose men devoted their whole lives to war. " 490135 "At sea, the Athenian fleet was unmatched. And with Athens connected to its port by a set of long walls, the navy could feed the city indefinitely, should any foe attempt a siege. " 490136 "All Greece held its breath, like an audience that awaits the arrival of a tragic chorus, knowing that things both great and terrible are about to unfold. " 490137 "The plague killed Pericles, and with him Athens' steady hand.  " 490138 "Perhaps Pericles was fortunate, in a way. He died at the height of his fame, before he could suffer the inevitable downfall of great men in Athens.  " 490139 "But enough of Athens. Let me tell you of the Peloponnese, homeland of the Spartans, where jagged mountains loom over plains riven by earthquakes. " 490140 "All along its rugged coastline came Athenian raiders: triremes drove their bronze-clad prows onto Peloponnesian shores, vengeful hoplites swarming out like hornets. " 490141 "For the most part, the Spartans were unsuited to deal with these raids — they have always been a slow, ponderous people.  " 490142 "The dashing general Brasidas, however, was no typical Spartan: energetic, gregarious, eloquent, sharp in thought and quick in action.  " 490143 "When Athenian raiders came to Methone, the town cried out for just such a savior — if only Brasidas could make it in time… " 490144 "The Spartans hailed Brasidas as a hero. " 490145 "In the early days of the war, when their futile occupation of Attica dragged on, and the expected victory never came, Brasidas was a rare figure of inspiration: the protector of Spartan honor against vicious Athenian pirates. " 490146 "But the Athenian raids endangered more than Sparta’s honor: turmoil in the Peloponnese threatened the very foundations of Spartan society. " 490147 "Centuries earlier, you see, the Spartans had marched across the mountains into Messenia, conquered its entire people, and forced them into perpetual serfdom.  " 490148 "Hereafter the Messenians were called helots and toiled year-round for their Spartan masters. " 490149 "The Spartans were utterly dependent on these helots — as dependent as they were fearful, for they knew that given the slightest chance, the helots would gladly eat their masters alive. " 490150 "Like a field of dry heather, the Peloponnese would need only a tiny spark to burst into flames — and the Athenian raiders knew it.  " 490151 "Brasidas donned his helmet, its horsehair crest swaying in the salty breeze, and marched down to the coast. " 490152 "The Spartans fought off raid after raid, but they knew that the black-bellied ships would keep coming — unless they could force the Athenians to direct their attention elsewhere. " 490153 "An opportunity soon presented itself, courtesy of a suggestion from the wily Macedonian king, Perdiccas.  " 490154 "He brought word that many of Athens’ allies in the far north were wavering in their commitment — ripe fruit, perhaps, to be plucked from the enemy alliance. " 490155 "Quite the trek for most Spartans, who spend as little time away from their homeland as possible. But Brasidas was not like most Spartans. " 490156 "He gathered an army, its strength bolstered by thousands of helots, to whom he promised freedom in exchange for brave service. " 490157 "Northwards they marched, the red-cloaked Spartans at their head, ready to plunge their spears into the Athenian empire’s naked flank.  " 490158 "Brasidas lived just long enough to hear that he was victorious. This, for the Greeks, is the perfect way to die: expiring at the very height of one’s glory.   " 490159 "Some say that there was something in Brasidas that sought death; that yearned for it. Not for him, a quiet senescence tending his vines; he would die with Ares watching. " 490160 "The Greeks are always at war with each other, but they usually resolve things quickly: they find a suitable plain, line up opposite each other, and settle their disagreement in a single, brutal clash. " 490161 "But this new, interminable kind of war was exhausting, and with the deaths of Brasidas and Cleon, both Sparta and Athens had lost their most energetic leaders. " 490162 "So they took to diplomacy, and signed a peace treaty that was to last for 50 years. " 490163 "They were fighting again within a decade.  " 490164 "And the Athenians, always quick to make terrible decisions, resolved that the surest path to victory was to open up an entirely unnecessary new front, in Sicily of all places! " 490165 "The Athenians tried to enclose the Sicilian capital of Syracuse within a vast stone wall. " 490166 "To stop this, the Syracusans tried to intercept them with a counter-wall of their own. This is about the height of Greek siegecraft, I’m afraid. " 490167 "After months of this walling and counter-walling, the Syracusans’ resolve began to waver — but just in time, reinforcements arrived from Sparta… " 490168 "The Sicilian expedition was planned hastily, executed incompetently, and concluded horrifically. The Athenians were chased from Syracuse all the way to the river Asinarus, where they were speared like writhing tuna in the blood-churned water.  " 490169 "This defeat should have spelled the end of the Athenian Empire — but like the many-headed Hydra, Athens recovered from every wound. " 490170 "For as long as they could hide behind their walls, supplied from the sea, the Athenians would never surrender. " 490171 "Lysander knew this. When Sparta made him admiral — admiral of a fleet that didn’t yet exist — well, it seemed like the latest insult in a lifetime of derision. " 490172 "But Lysander was determined. He knew that Sparta needed a navy, and that required money — real money, not the iron spits that the austere Spartans used as currency.  " 490173 "So Lysander sailed to Ionia, to meet with the young Persian prince, Cyrus. He struck a deal with the old enemy: Persian gold for a Spartan fleet, and the troublesome Athenian navy reduced to splinters. " 490174 "Like a razor-beaked hawk swooping down on a crowd of startled jackdaws, Lysander shattered the unsuspecting Athenian fleet. " 490175 "At long last, the navy that shielded Athens from the horrors of siege was vanquished. " 490176 "Lysander bore down on Athens, determined to have his victory — but not before driving every Athenian garrison out of Asia Minor, so that their city would be packed with hungry mouths. " 490177 "No fleet, no hesitancy, no law human or divine stood between Lysander and the triumph he sought. " 490178 "Proud Athens, which had once gorged itself on the fruits of its empire, now starved. Sallow-faced and trembling, the Athenians begged Lysander to lift his siege.  " 490179 "To make sure that Athens would always remain at his mercy, Lysander tore down the long walls to the mocking music of flute girls.  " 490180 "Lysander finally had his victory, and he made sure it was never forgotten: at Delphi, the center of the Greek world, he had himself sculpted in bronze. " 490181 "But — as you must have learned by now — great men rarely meet great ends. And before long, Lysander was dead, his legacy scorned by the kings he served, his memory blackened with accusations of arrogance, violence, and greed. " 490182 "You might think that after spending nearly three decades at war, the Greeks would settle down, at least for a little while.  " 490183 "Alas, they were at each other’s throats again soon enough, endless configurations of cities in alliances and leagues and empires, fighting for gold or territory or honor, or sometimes for no good reason at all. " 490184 "No, the Greeks would never stand together by choice, only by necessity — or compulsion. " 490185 "And indeed, the day would soon come when unity would be forced upon them, by a man whose cunning eclipsed Themistocles; whose swiftness was greater than Brasidas; whose ruthlessness was beyond even Lysander; and whose ambitions were a match for any king who ever lived.     " 490186 "And indeed, the day would soon come when one man would force unity upon them." 490187 "A man whose cunning eclipsed Themistocles; whose swiftness was greater than Brasidas; whose ruthlessness was beyond even Lysander; and whose ambitions were a match for any king who ever lived.     " 490188 "But I grow weary now. Return on the morrow, and I shall continue our tale." 490189 "Press ESC to skip cutscene"