Heroes
Every player picks one of three starter heroes for their first game — one per victory axis. The hero takes the field in place of the generic opening unit. More heroes unlock as you play.
Every hero also swears, once per match, to one of three orders — what each grants and costs is on People & Orders.
Starter heroes — choose one
Hannibal Barca Military
The Tactician
Elite Vanguard — no active ability; the Hero's own stats (HP 8 / ATK 4) are the highest raw combat profile among the starters.
The general who marched war elephants over the Alps and shattered Rome's legions at Cannae.
Mansa Musa Economic
The Golden
Golden Caravan — +1 gold at the start of every turn.
The Mali emperor whose pilgrimage spent so much gold it crashed the price of bullion across Egypt for a decade.
Hammurabi Civil
The Lawgiver
Code of Law — +2 population cap.
The Babylonian king who carved 282 laws into stone so that the strong could not oppress the weak.
Unlockable heroes
Saladin Military
The Unifier
Elite Vanguard — no active ability; the Hero's own stats (HP 9 / ATK 4) are the toughest melee profile in the roster.
The sultan who united Egypt and Syria, retook Jerusalem, and whose chivalry even his enemies recorded with respect.
Cosimo de' Medici Economic
The Banker
Patronage — +1 gold per turn from merchant trade.
The Florentine who ruled a republic without a crown, financing the Renaissance one loan at a time.
Ashoka Civil
The Enlightened
Edicts — your HQ heals +1 HP at the start of each turn.
The emperor who conquered nearly all of India, then renounced war and carved his change of heart into pillars across the land.
Hero roster read straight from the game's data; updates with each release.