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 Mongol Uls, A.D. 1180 Summer
Though few in number (approximately two million people at the height of their empire), Mongols were important in Eurasian history. Under the leadership of Genghis Khan, the Mongols created the second largest empire in world history, ruling thirty-five million square kilometres (13.8 million square miles) and more than 100 million people, nearly equal to the British Empire in land area. At its height, the Mongol Empire extended from Manchuria in the east to Hungary in the west, and from Russia in the north to Java island in Indonesia in the south, and it included most of the lands in between, such as Afghanistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Persia, Pakistan, China, and much of the Middle East. The Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century, culminating in the subjugation of Baghdad in 1258 and the demise of the Abbasid caliphate, had an enormous impact on large areas of the Islamic world, which now experienced its greatest threat. These conquests were carried out under the command of Hülagü, a grandson of Genghis Khan, who assumed the title Il-Khan, meaning "lesser Khan," a subordinate of the Great (Mongol) Khan in China. The name Il-Khan (or Ilkhanid) is also used to describe the branch of the Mongol dynasty that ruled over Iraq, the Caucasus, parts of Asia Minor, and all of Iran, as far east as Central Asia.
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| Units List |
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Dhow
light ship
A ship already in use for a thousand years. The Dhow is a trading vessel that can carry troops.
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32
Mercenary German Knights
heavy cavalry
Protected by plate armour and equipped with maces, these knights for hire excel at taking on heavily armoured units.
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32
Mercenary Knights
heavy cavalry
Capable of deadly charges and impressive melee combat, these mercenary knights are well worth the money.
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32
Condottieri
heavy cavalry
Armed with a lance and plate armour these trained and experienced mercenaries are well known for their capricious ways.
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32
Alan Light Cavalry
light cavalry
Hardy horsemen accustomed to the plains and steppes of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region. Excellent light cavalry.
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32
Cuman Horse Archers
missile cavalry
Asiatic Nomads, who fight as mercenary horse archers, wearing little armour and armed with a composite bow.
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60
Slav Mercenaries
light infantry
Poorly trained and equipped mercenaries from Eastern Europe, armed with spears.
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72
Landsknecht Pikemen
spearmen infantry
Originally from the Holy Roman Empire, these elite mercenaries are armed with pikes and their distinctive slash and puffy clothing
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60
Frankish Foot Knights
spearmen infantry
These Feudal mercenary knights are powerful troops and invaluable for whomever can afford them.
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32
Armenian Cavalry
heavy cavalry
Armenian mercenaries equipped in a western style, armed with lances and protected by mail.
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56
Peasant Archers
missile infantry
Accustomed to using their bow for hunting, these peasant archers are armed with a small bow and knife.
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24
Naffatun
missile infantry
These men throw deadly pots of flaming Naphtha that can seep through any armour.
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56
Armenian Archers
missile infantry
Armenian mercenaries from the mountains. Lightly armed, but still effective.
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72
Peasants
light infantry
In times of war peasants are forced from their farms and drafted into levies. Good cannon fodder.
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60
Town Militia
spearmen infantry
Armed with a spear but little armour, these troops are made up of locals who have been organised to defend their town.
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72
Spear Militia
spearmen infantry
Armed with a long spear but little armour, these troops are made up of locals who have been organised to defend their settlement.
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72
Levy Spearmen
spearmen infantry
Levied troops, comprised of people from captured territories and the bottom rung of nomadic society, armed with spears.
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60
Ghazis
light infantry
Reckless and fanatical religious warriors armed with an axe, capable of devastating attacks.
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32
Mongol Horse Archers
missile cavalry
The most common troop type amongst the Mongols, these light mounted missile troops combine famed Mongol archery with excellent horsemanship.
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32
Mongol Light Lancers
light cavalry
Lightly armoured and equipped with lance and hand weapon, these matchless horseman excel at harassing enemy flanks.
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Mongol Heavy Archers
missile cavalry
Protected by lamellar armour, giving these horse archers better protection against enemy attacks.
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Mongol Heavy Lancers
heavy cavalry
Elite shock troops who exchange mobility for heavier armour.
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Khan's Guard
heavy cavalry
Magnificently equipped elite troops loyal to the Khan, and willing to protect him at all costs.
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56
Mongol Foot Archers
missile infantry
With little or no armour, these archers are best at weakening enemies from a distance with their powerful composite bows.
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56
Mongol Infantry
missile infantry
Lightly armoured and equipped with swords and their impressive composite bows, these warriors are still formidable without their horses.
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16
Bodyguard
heavy cavalry
Men picked for valour and loyalty to protect the general.
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56
Dismounted Archers
missile infantry
These light mounted missile troops have dismounted, yet they are still formidable warriors.
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60
Dismounted Light Lancers
spearmen infantry
Despite preferring to fight on horseback, these lightly armoured warriors have dismounted to fight on foot.
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56
Heavy Archers
missile infantry
Despite preferring to fight on horseback, these heavily armoured archers have dismounted to fight on foot.
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60
Dismounted Heavy Lancers
spearmen infantry
Despite preferring to fight on horseback, these heavily armoured warriors have dismounted to fight on foot.
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16
Ballista
missile siege
Resembling a giant crossbow, this powerful weapon can fling a javelin to a great range, skewering men with ease.
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16
Catapult
missile siege
Older style rock-flinging wooden artillery piece. Can throw flaming and normal shots.
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Trebuchet
missile siege
Giant rock flinging artillery piece. Capable of flaming and normal shot. Also able to fling diseased cows!
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16
Rocket Launcher
missile siege
Rocket Launcher capable of delivering a great, if inaccurate salvo, over a large area.
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56
Welsh Longbowmen
missile infantry
The first wielders of the longbow. Totally unarmoured means they need to stay out of melee. Can lay stakes.
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56
Bulgarian Brigands
missile infantry
Brigands armed with a composite bow, sword, padded armour and shield.
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72
Swiss Pikemen
spearmen infantry
The most renowned mercenaries of their age. Lightly equipped, but exceptionally brave and fierce.
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60
Galloglaich
heavy infantry
Fierce Scottish warriors who have settled in Ireland. Formidable troops armed with large two-handed axes and wearing light armour.
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32
Turkomans
missile cavalry
Tribal Turkish nomads, accustomed to life in the saddle. These hardy bowmen have a fierce and unruly reputation.
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Kwarizmian Cavalry
heavy cavalry
These Khwarizmi are well equipped and protected heavy cavalry ready to fight for whomever can afford them.
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16
Bombard
missile siege
Primitive siege-gun forged of bronze or iron, can shoot solid stone or flaming shot. Inaccurate versus units.
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| Faction strength |
Best cavalry power in the known world. |
| Faction weakness |
Lacks infantry and effective gunpowder units. |
| Special unit |
Mongol Horse Archers |
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| City Buildings List |
Wooden Palisade (Upgrade)
A Wooden Palisade gives a sense of security but is unlikely to delay determined attackers for very long.
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Ballista Towers
Ballista Towers provide the defenders with enough firepower to keep attackers at bay.
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Town Watch
The Town Watch have the minimum equipment and resources needed to train infantry.
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Ballista Maker
A Ballista Maker allows the construction of ballista siege weaponry.
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Gunsmith
A Gunsmith allows the construction of a bombard cannon.
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Leather Tanner
A Leather Tanner offers the most basic armour improvements to new and retrained units.
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Port
A Port allows a settlement to trade with the far-distant corners of the world.
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Merchant's Wharf
A Merchant's Wharf allows an extra trade fleet, and increases trade to the settlement.
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Grain Exchange
A Grain Exchange is absolutely essential if townsfolk are to be fed and good profits made.
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Dirt Roads
Dirt Roads increase the movement speed of units that travel along them, as well as improve trade.
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Land Clearance
Land Clearance allows a region to begin producing enough food to encourage growth.
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Mines
Mines increase the trade income generated by metal deposits in the region.
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Well
Wells are a healthy water source for the people.
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Bimaristan
A Great Bimaristan improves public health markedly, and also significantly lowers retraining costs in its host city.
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Alchemist's Lab
An Alchemist's Lab allows gunpowder infantry to upgrade their weapons, as well as improve the education of characters created here.
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Brothel
A Brothel increases happiness in the settlement slightly, and allows the recruitment of a spy.
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Town Hall
A Town Hall helps maintain law and order, as well as reduce squalor.
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Hashashim's Guild
A Hashashim's Guild house improves law and order in the region, and the quality of locally trained assassins.
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Masons' Guild
A Masons' Guild house reduces the cost of stone buildings, and improves happiness.
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Theologians' Guild
A Theologians' Guild house improves the quality of priests created in the region.
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Merchants' Guild
A Merchants' Guild house improves both the trade income, and the quality of merchants created in the region.
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Alchemists' Guild
An Alchemists' Guild house improves the experience level of gunpowder units trained in the same settlement.
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Thieves' Guild
A Thieves' Guild house improves the quality of spies hired in the same settlement.
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Explorers' Guild
An Explorers' Guild house slightly increases the movement speed of those trained in the same settlement.
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Swordsmiths' Guild
A Swordsmiths' Guild house allows trained melee units to upgrade their weaponry by retraining in the same settlement.
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Horse Breeders' Guild
A Horse Breeders' Guild improves the quality of cavalry units recruited in the region.
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Slave Market
Slave Market considerably improves the trade but also affects the happiness of the common folk decreasing it noteably. It requires slave resource in province to work.
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Forging Shop
Forging Shop provides the basic melee weapon upgrade and slightly increases the profit from the trade. Local resource of iron or tin provides the material to work.
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Mint Coin
Mint Coin requires gold or silver to function and brings a moderate bonus to the trade in all cities of your empire but also deacreases the law abidience due the corruption.
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Jeweller's Shop
Jeweller's Shop uses local resource of gold, silver, ivory, or amber to provide an extreme boost to the trade as some people not only travel hundreds of miles to bring jewellery from far away land, but also are obsessed by it.
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Joiner's Shop
Working with the local resource of timber Joiner's Shop reduces the costs of the wooden buildings and ships. Also it slightly improves the trade but only during the winter, the peak logging season.
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Vineyard
Vineyard gives a slight boost to the trade in region. Its value is greater in summer, the peak grape-harvesting season. If you have an inn in the town common folk also will be glad to take a cup of good wine, sometimes even loosing the measure and health.
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Textile Mill
Textile Mill provides above average impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer during the linnen harvesting season.
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Cotton Mill
Cotton Mill provides above average impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer during the cotton harvesting season.
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Silk Mill
Silk Mill provides high impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer when the silkworms are in active state.
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Fishers Quarter
Fishers Quarter gives a slight bonus to the trade in region as well as improves the health in the province. Due to the storms and bad weather in the winter season its trade bonus is somewhat decreased.
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Sugar Refinery
Sugar Refinery gives the moderate bonus to the trade, which is greater in the warmer summer season, but also are not very low in winter since the sugar plantation are mostly in the warm middle eastern regions. It also gives a slight health bonus to the province.
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Marble Workshop
Marble Workshop gives high bonus to the trade in region and also increase the happiness due the masterpieces made of it.
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Wool Farm
Wool Farm provides the basic cycle of cloth manufacturing without dyeing or finishing of the woven product. Its trade impact is beyound average but somewhat increases in the winter time, when the mass sheep shearing occurs.
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Trappers Hut
Trappers Hut provides the high bonus to the trade as well as a happiness increase if there are furs resources in region. The bonus is much higher in the winter fur hunting season.
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Glass Blower
Glass Blower adds big bonus to the trade of the region and also encorages the peolple happiness with a state of art masterpieces.
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Saltern
The saltern gives the city high trade bonus based on the level of market city has.
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Bakery
Bakery provides the settlement with a fresh bread slightly increasing the population growth, happiness and trade of the region.
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Small Jewish Synagogue
Small Jewish Synagogue
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Dungeon
Dungeon improves law but decreases happiness.
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Scholarium
A scholarium is necessary for the civilian education and offers a happiness bonus.
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Dome of the Rock
A Dome of the Rock increases happiness and loyality.
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Bayt al Hikma
A Bayt al Hikma increases happiness and loyality.
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Kaaba
A Kaaba increases happiness and loyality.
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Mezquita de Córdoba
A Mezquita de Córdoba increases happiness and loyality.
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| Castle Buildings List |
Motte and Bailey (Upgrade)
A Motte and Bailey is a simple, defensible outpost, little more than a watchtower and protective fence.
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Ballista Towers
Ballista Towers provide the defenders with enough firepower to keep attackers at bay.
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Stables
A Stable allows for the recruitment of basic cavalry units.
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Mustering Hall
Men must be gathered, selected and trained if military strength is to be maintained.
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Bowyer
A Bowyer allows for the recruitment of basic missile units.
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Ballista Maker
A Ballista Maker allows the construction of ballista siege weaponry.
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Gunsmith
A Gunsmith allows the construction of a bombard cannon.
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Racing Track
A Racing Track allows cavalry recruitment in a city, and the ability to stage races. It also improves public happiness.
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Leather Tanner
A Leather Tanner offers the most basic armour improvements to new and retrained units.
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War Harbour
A War Harbor can build the warships needed for a strong fleet.
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Dirt Roads
Dirt Roads increase the movement speed of units that travel along them, as well as improve trade.
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Land Clearance
Land Clearance allows a region to begin producing enough food to encourage growth.
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Mines
Mines increase the trade income generated by metal deposits in the region.
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Swordsmiths' Guild
A Swordsmiths' Guild house allows trained melee units to upgrade their weaponry by retraining in the same settlement.
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Horse Breeders' Guild
A Horse Breeders' Guild improves the quality of cavalry units recruited in the region.
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Forging Shop
Forging Shop provides the basic melee weapon upgrade. Local resource of iron or tin provides the material to work.
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Joiner's Shop
Working with the local resource of timber Joiner's Shop reduces the costs of the wooden buildings and ships. Also it provides better material for the bows and crossbows.
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Mercenary Camp
A Mercenary Camp decreases happiness and loyality. But if new mercenaries arrive from time to time in the camp, a trader will propose them to you.
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