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Warlord
Gothic Empire
Barbarians at the Gates
All military units gain +3 combat strength against Walls. Tile improvements pillaged by Gothic units grant +25% their typical yield. Razing cities incurs 25% less Grievances than normal and grants a boost of 500 Culture. Clearing a Barbarian Outpost has a chance of spawning an era-appropriate land military unit under your control.*
*In the Barbarian Clans game mode, this is instead changed to "All costs to treat with Barbarian Tribes are halved."
Gadrauhts
Unique Classical Era unit that replaces the Swordsman. Ignores movement and sight penalties for Woods and Rainforest. +5 combat bonus while defending in Woods, Rainforest, or on Hills, +8 if defending against cavalry-class units.
Alhs
Replaces the Shrine. +2 Faith if adjacent to Woods, +2 Production if adjacent to a Bonus Resource. Provides Tourism once Flight is researched, providing more Tourism the longer since it was built or repaired.
Theodoric
In Simulacro Romae
All City Center buildings generate +1 Culture, +2 once Cultural Heritage is discovered. When sending a Trade Route to a civilization that is further along the Civics tree, that Trade Route yields Culture equal to the difference in number of Civics between your civilizations. Sending your first Trade Route to such a civilization triggers an Inspiration for one Civic they have discovered that you have not.
Urbium Restaurator
Likes civilizations who quickly repair their cities and Districts after wars or natural disasters and always tries to keep his cities in their best shape. Dislikes civilizations who neglect such maintenance.
Theodoric, son of Theodemir, you and your fierce warriors struck fear into your enemies across Europe, civilized and barbaric alike. You took hold of Italy for yourself and united the Gothic kingdoms, rightly earning the name The Great. But, standing in the shadows of Roman greatness, you did not let the Empire fall further into ruin -- instead, you built, you restored, you gave the people bread and circuses and kept them safe with your great armies, whether Roman or Goth. Let not your legacy fall into darkness, for the Goths are not mere barbarians; show the world the skill and strength of your people, and the legends will speak of them as gloriously as any who came before.
Theodoric's Details
Religion: None?/Protestantism?/Eastern Orthodoxy? (IRL, Theodoric was Arian, the Goths' preferred flavor of Christianity. I didn't think it necessary to add yet another Christian denomination into the game, and I feel like Catholics AND ancient Goths would take offense to him being Catholic, so if you didn't want him to default to founding a random religion, presumably the other two Christian faiths could fill in. Is it accurate? No, but neither is anything about Harald Hardrada's religion in this game.)
General personality: Haughty and self-assured, but generally fairly cheery; if angered, disdainful and quick-tempered. (Expect him to physically threaten you.)
Dialogue:
Theodoric would speak a reconstructed form of the Gothic language.
Goths' Details
Start bias: Tier 1 towards Woods, Tundra, Mountains, Tier 2 towards Bonus Resources, Plains, Tier 4 towards Rivers
Ideal victory types: Domination, Cultural, Religious
Jerseys:
This symbol is an eagle or other bird of prey taken from a Visigothic brooch in the collection of the Walters Art Museum. The colors were chosen simply to look nice and fill un/derused combinations.
City List:
Citizen List:
River names: Frigidus River, Rhine River, Danube River, Rhône River, Po River, Tiber River, Tagus River, Ebro River, Duero River...
Lake names: Bourget Lake, El Bricial, Fucine Lake, Lake Aiguebelette, Lake Balaton, Lake Larius, Lake of Banyoles...
Sea/Ocean names: Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea...
Mountain Range names: Muntiupa, Apennine Mountains, Balkan Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Cantabrian Mountains, Cévennes, Chianti Mountains, Dolomites, Jura Mountains, Montes de Toledo...
Volcano names: Mount Etna, Furnas Volcano, Larderello Volcano, Mount Pico, Stromboli, Vulsini...
Civilization theme: Teiwis Hauheins ("Praise of Tiw")
Just as Rome's theme was based off an album that tried to recreate Roman music, so is the Goths' based off an artist's interpretation of their music! There are a lot of tracks on this album that could make for excellent ambient music once Civ-ified, but I picked Teiwis Hauheins as the main theme because I can see it building up well over time: Imagine it starting in the Ancient Era, sounding somber and mysterious on simple instruments, like you've stumbled upon a Gothic ritual in the woods, then turning into something more grand and powerful by the Industrial Era, maybe even incorporating a pipe organ to invoke a different kind of "Gothic" feel. I could even see it making that progression within one version of the song, sort of like what Gaul's theme does.
There are probably a few different ways I could've taken the Goths design-wise, and I'm not 100% sure why I chose the direction I did... actually, I know a little bit why. Culture always seemed so much harder to me to accumulate than Science, and I almost always found myself on the losing end of the Civics tree, absolutely dragging behind most other civs in terms of Civic era and Great Writers/etc. I wanted a Civ that could potentially pull ahead in that area, perhaps by force, without necessarily having to focus overmuch on Theatre Squares. The Goths just happened to fit in my mind; even if their civilization didn't last as long as Rome or Egypt or some of the others, I'd argue they still have an impact in how we (in the Anglosphere, at least) speak and think. Goths are go-to barbarians for many (even if they're misguidedly referring to people who like eyeliner, metal music, and Hot Topic), and one of their client kingdoms/fellow barbarians, the Vandals, once looted Rome so thoroughly that we still speak of vandalism. As for Theodoric, I went with him because he seemed like an interesting figure who ruled for a fair amount of time (poor Alaric, he was gone too soon after his greatest achievement), and could also arguably be said to represent both western and eastern Goths, having power over both kingdoms for a time. I found it cool how he acted, essentially, like an emperor in all but name, building and rebuilding the stuff that was damaged or left behind, making sure the people had grain and entertainment and working aqueducts, he even paid to rebuild Ravenna's synagogues after they were burnt down (his Italy seems to have been at least partly religiously tolerant)... a very benevolent leader, or at least he might have said so. He didn't even force his rule, so to speak, on the Romans - he allowed Roman law to apply to Roman citizens and Gothic law to apply to Gothic citizens (they also tended to live apart), and I can't help but wonder what the people thought of this so-called "barbarian conqueror" being so seemingly generous. Would some maybe have preferred him to the final slate of weak Roman emperors in the west?
Gadrauhts' Details
Era: Classical
Promotion Tree: Melee
Upgrades from: Warrior
Upgrades to: Man-at-Arms
Unlocks with: Iron Working
Obsolete with: Apprenticeship
Cost:
•20 Iron
•90 Production
•360 Gold
•2 Gold maintenance cost
Stats:
•Movement: 2
•Melee: 35
•Sight: 2
Alhs' Details
Unlocked by: Astrology
District: Holy Site
Cost:
•70 Production
•1 Gold maintenance cost
Effects:
•+2 Faith
•+2 bonus Faith if adjacent to Woods
•+2 Production if adjacent to Bonus Resources
•+1 Citizen slot
•+1 Great Prophet point per turn
•+2 Culture with Choral Music follower belief
•+1 Housing with Religious Community follower belief
•+3 Food and +2 Housing with Feed the World follower belief
•+1 Faith for each Religious City-State with 1 Envoy
•Allows purchasing of Missionaries in this city
•Yields Tourism with Flight, yielding more Tourism for each era since constructed or last repaired
Barbarians at the Gates
All military units gain +3 combat strength against Walls. Tile improvements pillaged by Gothic units grant +25% their typical yield. Razing cities incurs 25% less Grievances than normal and grants a boost of 500 Culture. Clearing a Barbarian Outpost has a chance of spawning an era-appropriate land military unit under your control.*
*In the Barbarian Clans game mode, this is instead changed to "All costs to treat with Barbarian Tribes are halved."
Gadrauhts
Unique Classical Era unit that replaces the Swordsman. Ignores movement and sight penalties for Woods and Rainforest. +5 combat bonus while defending in Woods, Rainforest, or on Hills, +8 if defending against cavalry-class units.
Alhs
Replaces the Shrine. +2 Faith if adjacent to Woods, +2 Production if adjacent to a Bonus Resource. Provides Tourism once Flight is researched, providing more Tourism the longer since it was built or repaired.
Theodoric
In Simulacro Romae
All City Center buildings generate +1 Culture, +2 once Cultural Heritage is discovered. When sending a Trade Route to a civilization that is further along the Civics tree, that Trade Route yields Culture equal to the difference in number of Civics between your civilizations. Sending your first Trade Route to such a civilization triggers an Inspiration for one Civic they have discovered that you have not.
Urbium Restaurator
Likes civilizations who quickly repair their cities and Districts after wars or natural disasters and always tries to keep his cities in their best shape. Dislikes civilizations who neglect such maintenance.
Theodoric, son of Theodemir, you and your fierce warriors struck fear into your enemies across Europe, civilized and barbaric alike. You took hold of Italy for yourself and united the Gothic kingdoms, rightly earning the name The Great. But, standing in the shadows of Roman greatness, you did not let the Empire fall further into ruin -- instead, you built, you restored, you gave the people bread and circuses and kept them safe with your great armies, whether Roman or Goth. Let not your legacy fall into darkness, for the Goths are not mere barbarians; show the world the skill and strength of your people, and the legends will speak of them as gloriously as any who came before.
Theodoric's Details
Religion: None?/Protestantism?/Eastern Orthodoxy? (IRL, Theodoric was Arian, the Goths' preferred flavor of Christianity. I didn't think it necessary to add yet another Christian denomination into the game, and I feel like Catholics AND ancient Goths would take offense to him being Catholic, so if you didn't want him to default to founding a random religion, presumably the other two Christian faiths could fill in. Is it accurate? No, but neither is anything about Harald Hardrada's religion in this game.)
General personality: Haughty and self-assured, but generally fairly cheery; if angered, disdainful and quick-tempered. (Expect him to physically threaten you.)
Dialogue:
Theodoric would speak a reconstructed form of the Gothic language.
Spoiler Dialogue :
Goths' Details
Start bias: Tier 1 towards Woods, Tundra, Mountains, Tier 2 towards Bonus Resources, Plains, Tier 4 towards Rivers
Ideal victory types: Domination, Cultural, Religious
Jerseys:
This symbol is an eagle or other bird of prey taken from a Visigothic brooch in the collection of the Walters Art Museum. The colors were chosen simply to look nice and fill un/derused combinations.
City List:
Spoiler Gothic Cities :
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Spoiler Gothic Citizens :
River names: Frigidus River, Rhine River, Danube River, Rhône River, Po River, Tiber River, Tagus River, Ebro River, Duero River...
Lake names: Bourget Lake, El Bricial, Fucine Lake, Lake Aiguebelette, Lake Balaton, Lake Larius, Lake of Banyoles...
Sea/Ocean names: Atlantic Ocean, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea...
Mountain Range names: Muntiupa, Apennine Mountains, Balkan Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Cantabrian Mountains, Cévennes, Chianti Mountains, Dolomites, Jura Mountains, Montes de Toledo...
Volcano names: Mount Etna, Furnas Volcano, Larderello Volcano, Mount Pico, Stromboli, Vulsini...
Civilization theme: Teiwis Hauheins ("Praise of Tiw")
Just as Rome's theme was based off an album that tried to recreate Roman music, so is the Goths' based off an artist's interpretation of their music! There are a lot of tracks on this album that could make for excellent ambient music once Civ-ified, but I picked Teiwis Hauheins as the main theme because I can see it building up well over time: Imagine it starting in the Ancient Era, sounding somber and mysterious on simple instruments, like you've stumbled upon a Gothic ritual in the woods, then turning into something more grand and powerful by the Industrial Era, maybe even incorporating a pipe organ to invoke a different kind of "Gothic" feel. I could even see it making that progression within one version of the song, sort of like what Gaul's theme does.
There are probably a few different ways I could've taken the Goths design-wise, and I'm not 100% sure why I chose the direction I did... actually, I know a little bit why. Culture always seemed so much harder to me to accumulate than Science, and I almost always found myself on the losing end of the Civics tree, absolutely dragging behind most other civs in terms of Civic era and Great Writers/etc. I wanted a Civ that could potentially pull ahead in that area, perhaps by force, without necessarily having to focus overmuch on Theatre Squares. The Goths just happened to fit in my mind; even if their civilization didn't last as long as Rome or Egypt or some of the others, I'd argue they still have an impact in how we (in the Anglosphere, at least) speak and think. Goths are go-to barbarians for many (even if they're misguidedly referring to people who like eyeliner, metal music, and Hot Topic), and one of their client kingdoms/fellow barbarians, the Vandals, once looted Rome so thoroughly that we still speak of vandalism. As for Theodoric, I went with him because he seemed like an interesting figure who ruled for a fair amount of time (poor Alaric, he was gone too soon after his greatest achievement), and could also arguably be said to represent both western and eastern Goths, having power over both kingdoms for a time. I found it cool how he acted, essentially, like an emperor in all but name, building and rebuilding the stuff that was damaged or left behind, making sure the people had grain and entertainment and working aqueducts, he even paid to rebuild Ravenna's synagogues after they were burnt down (his Italy seems to have been at least partly religiously tolerant)... a very benevolent leader, or at least he might have said so. He didn't even force his rule, so to speak, on the Romans - he allowed Roman law to apply to Roman citizens and Gothic law to apply to Gothic citizens (they also tended to live apart), and I can't help but wonder what the people thought of this so-called "barbarian conqueror" being so seemingly generous. Would some maybe have preferred him to the final slate of weak Roman emperors in the west?
Gadrauhts' Details
Era: Classical
Promotion Tree: Melee
Upgrades from: Warrior
Upgrades to: Man-at-Arms
Unlocks with: Iron Working
Obsolete with: Apprenticeship
Cost:
•20 Iron
•90 Production
•360 Gold
•2 Gold maintenance cost
Stats:
•Movement: 2
•Melee: 35
•Sight: 2
Alhs' Details
Unlocked by: Astrology
District: Holy Site
Cost:
•70 Production
•1 Gold maintenance cost
Effects:
•+2 Faith
•+2 bonus Faith if adjacent to Woods
•+2 Production if adjacent to Bonus Resources
•+1 Citizen slot
•+1 Great Prophet point per turn
•+2 Culture with Choral Music follower belief
•+1 Housing with Religious Community follower belief
•+3 Food and +2 Housing with Feed the World follower belief
•+1 Faith for each Religious City-State with 1 Envoy
•Allows purchasing of Missionaries in this city
•Yields Tourism with Flight, yielding more Tourism for each era since constructed or last repaired
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