Peoples

You pick your people at registration and they stay for the whole season. The three peoples sit on a scale from attack to defense.

Peoples

Nords hit hardest and fastest but defend worst at home. Sylvans are exactly the other way round, and Aumenians stand between them and make their living from the economy. None is best overall — they differ in what comes easily to you and what will cost you more work.

NordsAttack

Raiders at war — slingers, wolf riders and fire throwers with a hard attack and a fast march, at the cost of weak defense. Their rangers keep foreign scouts away.

+10 % attack+5 % army speed

Racial eliteRanger — defense against spying, worth 8 ordinary scoutsUnlocked by the Hunting Lore research (Nords only).

Defensive boostHeavier losses for the winning attacker by 40 % for every defender in the village

SylvansDefense

Forest folk, masters of the bow and of defense — borderers and bowmen hold the wall, bison and mammoths break the enemy's, and guardians stop cavalry dead.

+10 % defense+10 % archer strength

Racial eliteGuardian — extreme defense against cavalryUnlocked by the Forest Martial Arts research (Sylvans only).

Defensive boostLighter losses for the defenders by 30 % for every defender in the village

AumeniansEconomy

Builders and husbandmen — a balanced roster from men-at-arms to trebuchets, faster building, higher output, and a guard that infantry breaks on.

+10 % build speed+5 % output

Racial eliteSentinel — extreme defense against infantryUnlocked by the Guard Discipline research (Aumenians only).

Defensive boostStronger walls by 25 % for every defender in the village

Defensive boosts

A boost applies to the whole defense of a village — the garrison and every ally's reinforcements alike.
The larger the share of the defense a race holds, the stronger its boost, in full from 33 %. A single unit sent over therefore counts for almost nothing.
A village defended by all three races gets all three boosts: stronger walls, lighter losses, and a costly victory for the attacker.