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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Frederick was not buried at the Dome of the Rock, nor did his army siege Jerusalem. Attempts to preserve his body to do so failed, and thus his flesh was interred in the Church of St Peter in Antioch, his bones in the Cathedral of Tyre, and his heart and inner organs in Tarsus. Also, Richard the Lionheart was not in the holy lands yet when Barbarossa died, he arrived after.

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* OptionalBoss: In the third scenario he will personally storm your base with some elite troops if you destroy one of the English Castles, but neither killing him nor defeating his ''bloody tough'' armies is vital to win the scenario.



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* HealingFactor: Subverted in that Bleda is actually a named, regular unit and lacks the healing factor of the Hero units of the game. Even in the map editor, he appears under the regular units tab and not under the Hero units tab. This was fixed in ''The African Kingdoms''.
* HorseArcher: Technically. Averted completely in the ''Definitive Edition'', where he's represented as a Steppe Lancer (albeit with 0 range instead of the usual 1).

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* HealingFactor: Subverted in that Bleda is actually a named, regular unit and lacks the healing factor of the Hero units of the game. Even in the map editor, he appears under the regular units tab and not under the Hero units tab. This was fixed in ''The African Kingdoms''.
* HorseArcher: Technically. Averted completely in In the original version, he uses the model of a Mangudai, who attacks at melee range with a bow. In ''Definitive Edition'', where he's represented as a Steppe Lancer (albeit with 0 range instead of the usual 1).



The focal character of the Montezuma campaign, though arguably not the protagonist; that would probably be his nephew, Cuauhtemoc. Never appears in person.\\\

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The focal character of the Montezuma campaign, though arguably not the protagonist; that would probably be his nephew, Cuauhtemoc. Never appears in person.\\\
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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: He can live up to the very end of the scenario and even participate in the final objective of destroying Harold the Saxon's Castle even though he is your rival to the throne, as opposed to RealLife where there wasn't any significant contact between them and Harald launched his own invasion that was separate from William's. The endgame cutscene mentions him dying at the Battle of Stamford Bridge before Harold fights William.

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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: He can live up to the very end of the scenario and even participate in the final objective of destroying join forces with William against Harold the Saxon's Castle even though he is your Saxon as opposed to RealLife, where Harald was William's rival to the throne, as opposed to RealLife where there wasn't any significant had little contact between them with him and Harald launched his own invasion that was separate from William's. The endgame cutscene mentions him dying at the Battle of Stamford Bridge before Harold fights William.



* CompositeCharacter: Erik the Red was forced out of Norway, went to Iceland, was forced out of Iceland, founded the first Viking settlement in Greenland. Erik stayed in Greenland while his son, Leif Erikson, founded the first settlement in Vinland. In the game, Erik is forced out of Norway, but Iceland is not in the map. Instead, he goes directly to Greenland, which is already settled by (hostile) Norse, and then founds a settlement in Vinland.

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* CompositeCharacter: Erik the Red was forced out of Norway, went to Iceland, was forced out of Iceland, founded the first Viking settlement in Greenland. Erik stayed in Greenland while his son, Leif Erikson, founded the first settlement in Vinland. In the game, Erik is forced out of Norway, but Norway (original version) or Iceland (''Definitive Edition''), then goes to Greenland (Iceland is not on the map in the map. Instead, he goes directly to Greenland, original version), which is already settled by (hostile) Norse, and then founds a settlement in Vinland.



%%* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: His "rescue" attempt.

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%%* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: His "rescue" attempt.* FissionMailed: The first objective in Kyoto is to save Nobunaga and cannot be completed, since he dies very soon after the scenario begins. After this, the real mission begins--to storm Kyoto to avenge his death.

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