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* DownerBeginning: The fifth scenario opens with the fall of Kutha Hora and your forced escape across the cold, snowy countryside. You have to build a stronger base to counter the forces of Sigismund, the Hungarian Crusaders and the Polish Mercenaries.

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* DownerBeginning: The fifth scenario opens with the fall of Kutha Kutná Hora and your forced escape across the cold, snowy countryside. You have to build a stronger base to counter the forces of Sigismund, the Hungarian Crusaders and the Polish Mercenaries.mercenaries.



* GracefulLoser: The Royalists in the final scenario will admit that, as much as they hate the Hussite, they recognize their valor in battle upon being submitted.
* HiredGuns: Jan Zizka is a mercenary for the first two scenarios of the campaign, though he evolves in a patriot after joining the Hussite.

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* GracefulLoser: The Royalists in the final scenario will admit that, as much as they hate the Hussite, Hussites, they recognize their valor in battle upon being submitted.
* HiredGuns: PrivateMilitaryContractors: Jan Zizka is a mercenary for the first two scenarios of the campaign, though he evolves in becomes a patriot after joining the Hussite.Hussites.



** The fourth scenario has Jan Zizka holding Prague and its northeastern hill against the combined forces of Teutons from northwest, Italian Crusaders in the south and opposing Royalists located in the western half of Prague.
** The fifth scenario opens with the Hungarian Crusaders crushing the town of Kutha Hora, forcing the Hussite to flee north. A bonus objective seems to imply that you have to retake the city, [[SubvertedTrope but once you get there you find nothing but charred ruins and extra resources]].
** The sixth scenario has Jan Zizka and the Hussite forces of Tabor ready to attack Prague to retake the city, as well as needing to conquer the city of Pizen where the imperial troops are stationed. Luckily, the siege of Prague doesn't have to involve complete destruction of the enemy forces, as you can bring Zygimantas Korybut to the Cathedral to make the entire town surrender and become ally.

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** The fourth scenario has Jan Zizka holding Prague and its the Vítkov Hill in northeastern hill Prague against the combined forces of Teutons from northwest, Italian Crusaders in the south and opposing Royalists located in the western half of Prague.
** The fifth scenario opens with the Hungarian Crusaders crushing the town of Kutha Kutná Hora, forcing the Hussite to flee north. A bonus objective seems to imply that you have to retake the city, [[SubvertedTrope but once you get there you find nothing but charred ruins and extra resources]].
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** The sixth scenario has Jan Zizka and the Hussite forces of Tabor ready to attack Prague to retake the city, as well as needing to conquer the city of Pizen Plzeň where the imperial troops are stationed. Luckily, the siege of Prague doesn't have to involve complete destruction of the enemy forces, as you can bring Zygimantas Korybut to the Cathedral to make the entire town surrender and become ally.
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* DownerBeginning: The fifth scenario opens with the fall of Kutha Hora and your forced escape across the cold, snowy countryside. You have to build a stronger base to counter the forces of Sigismund, the Hungarian Crusaders and the Polish Mercenaries.



* CosmeticAward:
** "Man of the Chalice" for completing the campaign.
** There's also "Malevolent Marauder"[[note]]Destroy all 6 Bohemian villages in "The One-Eyed Wanderer"[[/note]], "Zizkov Hill"[[note]]Do not lose the Old Tower northeast of your city in "The Golden City"[[/note]] and "Against All"[[note]]Defeat the Crusaders in "The Emperor's Fury"[[/note]].
* DownerBeginning: The fifth scenario opens with the fall of Kutha Hora and your forced escape across the cold, snowy countryside. You have to build a stronger base to counter the forces of Sigismund, the Hungarian Crusaders and the Polish Mercenaries.
* EscortMission: "The Iron Lords" start with Jan Zizka leading a small amount of Feudal Age troops and Hussite Wagons across the countryside to reach the city of Tabor. Once there, he obtains control of the place and can produce troops, but not research most technology. In the final scenario, it's advisable to keep Zygimantas unit alive and well, as he can take the entire city of Prague if he reaches the Cathedral and turns a difficult opponent into a precious ally.



* EscortMission: 'The Iron Lords'' start with Jan Zizka leading a small amount of Feudal Age troops and Hussite Wagons across the countryside to reach the city of Tabor. Once there, he obtains control of the place and can produce troops, but not research most technology. In the final scenario, it's advisable to keep Zygimantas unit alive and well, as he can take the entire city of Prague if he reaches the Cathedral and turns a difficult opponent into a precious ally.



* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: In the first scenario you can capture villages to obtain a steady income of resources... or you can raze them all to the ground to obtain istantly a larger amount of resources. There's even an achievement for that.

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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: In the first scenario you can capture villages to obtain a steady income of resources... or you can raze them all to the ground to obtain istantly a larger amount of resources. There's even an achievement for that.that.
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One-eyed Jan Zizka spent his youth as a mercenary fighting for honor and coin, but his destiny changed forever when he heard the preachings of the reformer Jan Hus in Prague. As a champion of the Hussite cause and the leader of its invincible armies, Zizka shattered existing notions of warfare with technological and tactical innovations. Cement the legacy of one of history’s greatest generals by galvanizing mere peasants into highly disciplined units and leading them to triumph over the Holy Roman Emperor’s knightly armies

In this campaign the player controls the Bohemians, represented by the color Cyan.

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One-eyed Jan Zizka spent his youth as a mercenary fighting for honor and coin, but his destiny changed forever when he heard the preachings of the As religious reformer Jan Hus had preached his sermons in Prague. As a champion Prague, it had caught the attention of one-eyed mercenary Jan Zizka, as well as the ire of the Holy Roman Empire. Zizka has rallied around the Hussite cause and the leader of its invincible armies, Zizka shattered existing notions of warfare with technological and tactical innovations. Cement the legacy of one of history’s greatest generals by galvanizing mere as he seeks to transform peasants into highly a disciplined units force with innovations in defense and leading them to triumph over tactics, as the Holy Roman Emperor’s knightly armies

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* BittersweetEnding: The victory of Grunweld is this for the Bohemians, as noted by Zizka himself. In the final scenario,

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* BittersweetEnding: The victory of Grunweld is this for the Bohemians, as noted by Zizka himself. In the final scenario, the victory over the forces of the Emperor is countered by Jan Zizka's own demise.


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* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Hussite under Jan Zizka start off as a bunch of peasants with improvised weapons and the need to use massive wagons to stand a chance against their enemies. By the end of the campaign they have become a powerful force capable of taking on the imperial army and win.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
** In the first scenario, one of your Bohemian opponents will have Cavalry Archers in his ranks, a kind of unit that the Bohemians do not have.
** Downplayed in the third scenario: the outro will mention the fall of the town of Sedlec, one of the three opponents, even if you opted to destroy the castles of Pisek and Prachatice instead. In a very minor example, you can also obtain the Chemistry tech by pillaging a Blacksmith.
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!!!'''The One-Eyed Wanderer'''

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!!!'''Courage and Coin'''

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!!!'''The Iron Lords'''

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!!!'''The Golden City'''

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With the triumph in the snow-covered lands around Kutha Hora, now the dream of a free, independent Bohemia is close to be realized... but there's one final obstacle in the way. A faction of traitorous Hussite in Prague has betrayed Jan Zizka's cause and sided with the Royalists, while the forces of Emperor Sigismund occupy the nearby city of Pizen. With the support of the loyal city of Tabor and the foreign mercenary Zygimantas Korybut, Jan Zizka and his troops are ready to take Prague and defeat the remaining opposition to realize Jan Hus' dream.



* BittersweetEnding: The victory of Grunweld is this for the Bohemians, as noted by Zizka himself.

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* BittersweetEnding: The victory of Grunweld is this for the Bohemians, as noted by Zizka himself. In the final scenario,
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: The third scenario features a map centered around the city of Tabor, while the following one has one centered around Prague. The final scenario includes both cities at once in different locations on the map (Prague to the north, Tabor to the south), though they are identical, brick by brick, to their appearence in the previous two scenarios.
* BreakTheHaughty: Emperor Sigismund starts off as haughty, dispotic and confident that his knights will crush the Hussite rebels with ease. By the time the final scenario rolls in, Jan Zizka's streak of victories turned him into a fatalistic man who seems to believe that his fate is already sealed.



* GracefulLoser: The Royalists in the final scenario will admit that, as much as they hate the Hussite, they recognize their valor in battle upon being submitted.



* EscortMission: 'The Iron Lords'' start with Jan Zizka leading a small amount of Feudal Age troops and Hussite Wagons across the countryside to reach the city of Tabor. Once there, he obtains control of the place and can produce troops, but not research most technology.
* TheSiege: The fourth scenario has Jan Zizka holding Prague and its northeastern hill against the combined forces of Teutons, Italian Crusaders and opposing Royalists.

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* EscortMission: 'The Iron Lords'' start with Jan Zizka leading a small amount of Feudal Age troops and Hussite Wagons across the countryside to reach the city of Tabor. Once there, he obtains control of the place and can produce troops, but not research most technology.
technology. In the final scenario, it's advisable to keep Zygimantas unit alive and well, as he can take the entire city of Prague if he reaches the Cathedral and turns a difficult opponent into a precious ally.
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The fourth scenario has Jan Zizka holding Prague and its northeastern hill against the combined forces of Teutons, Teutons from northwest, Italian Crusaders in the south and opposing Royalists.Royalists located in the western half of Prague.
** The fifth scenario opens with the Hungarian Crusaders crushing the town of Kutha Hora, forcing the Hussite to flee north. A bonus objective seems to imply that you have to retake the city, [[SubvertedTrope but once you get there you find nothing but charred ruins and extra resources]].
** The sixth scenario has Jan Zizka and the Hussite forces of Tabor ready to attack Prague to retake the city, as well as needing to conquer the city of Pizen where the imperial troops are stationed. Luckily, the siege of Prague doesn't have to involve complete destruction of the enemy forces, as you can bring Zygimantas Korybut to the Cathedral to make the entire town surrender and become ally.

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After the triumph of the Hussite troops over the heavily armored knights at Tabor, Jan Zizka rides to Prague, the capital of Bohemia. However, his enemies do not i

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After the triumph of the Hussite troops over the heavily armored knights at Tabor, Jan Zizka rides to Prague, the capital of Bohemia. However, his enemies do not i
intend to let him or the Hussite go away, so Emperor Sigismund, alongside an army of Crusader Knights from Italy, march on the Golden City to quell this heresy. Furthermore, a faction of Royalists hostile to Zizka has taken control of the western side of the city. Soon, the Charles Bridge will be the theather of a terrible battle.



The victory at Prague has humiliated Emperor Sigismund, but in the following battes Jan Zizka lost his other eye. Thankfully, his military prowess is untouched, and he will need all of it for the next battle: the Hussite plan to attack the city of Kutha Hora, rich in silver but infamous for the executions of Hussite people. The forces of Sigismund are marching there too and backed up by battalions of Hungarian Crusaders and by the Polish sellsword Zawisza. However, despite the encroaching winter, the blind commander has a daring plan...



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* AristocratsAreEvil: Most of the time, you end up fighting evil coalitions of noblemen or the despotic Emperor Sigismund.
* BigBad: Emperor Sigismund is this for most of the campaign as the main antagonistic force standing against Jan Zizka.
* BittersweetEnding: The victory of Grunweld is this for the Bohemians, as noted by Zizka himself.
* CallBack: The second scenario is a remix of the sixth scenario of the Polish campaign, this time with different objectives and troops involved.
* HiredGuns: Jan Zizka is a mercenary for the first two scenarios of the campaign, though he evolves in a patriot after joining the Hussite.
* EscortMission: 'The Iron Lords'' start with Jan Zizka leading a small amount of Feudal Age troops and Hussite Wagons across the countryside to reach the city of Tabor. Once there, he obtains control of the place and can produce troops, but not research most technology.
* TheSiege: The fourth scenario has Jan Zizka holding Prague and its northeastern hill against the combined forces of Teutons, Italian Crusaders and opposing Royalists.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: In the first scenario you can capture villages to obtain a steady income of resources... or you can raze them all to the ground to obtain istantly a larger amount of resources. There's even an achievement for that.
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One-eyed Jan Zizka spent his youth as a mercenary fighting for honor and coin, but his destiny changed forever when he heard the preachings of the reformer Jan Hus in Prague. As a champion of the Hussite cause and the leader of its invincible armies, Zizka shattered existing notions of warfare with technological and tactical innovations. Cement the legacy of one of history’s greatest generals by galvanizing mere peasants into highly disciplined units and leading them to triumph over the Holy Roman Emperor’s knightly armies

In this campaign the player controls the Bohemians, represented by the color Cyan.
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!!!'''The One-Eyed Wanderer'''

The one-eyed mercenary captain Jan Zizka is an incredibly skilled and gifted warrior in spite of his handicap. In a war-torn Bohemia where the union of Nobility, lead by the devious Henry of Rozmberk, oppresses the poor, the mercenary captain has gathered an army and is ready to carve a place for himself.

!!!'''Courage and Coin'''

The campaign against Henry ended in disaster and capture, but Jan Zizka's skill impressed a powerful noble, Jan Sokol, who has him released from his prison, as his talent is required: in the northeast, the combined forces of Lithuania and Poland, lead by the king Wladlyslaw Jagiello and duke Vytautas, are fighting their long date enemy, the Teutonic Order, near Grunweld. The sellsword from Bohemia leads his forces against this mighty opponent, for glory and wealth are at stake.

!!!'''The Iron Lords'''

Bohemia was shaken by the reformist preacher Jan Hus and his challenge to the corrupt Church of Rome. Unfortunately, Emperor Sigismund had Hus captured and executed. Motivated by his death, his Hussite followers, Jan Zizka among them, intend to rebel against the tyrannical nobles and the forces of the Emperor. Devising a new, ingenious war machine to even the odds against the armored knights and infantry of the so-called Iron Lords, Jan Zizka leads the peasant troops of the Hussite towards the city of Tabor to form a stronghold and start a counteroffensive.

!!!'''The Golden City'''

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!!!'''The Emperor's Fury'''

!!!'''Warrior of God'''

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