The Norsemen are one of the cultures available in the Medieval Era, with the Militarist culture focus.
"Seafaring raiders and settlers, Norsemen are a hardy, adventurous people, masters of sailing and shipbuilding, and ready to seize what they can from a world in turmoil."
Culture orientation[]
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Militarist cultures favour a gameplay orientation focused on waging and inciting wars. These cultures earn extra Fame from Militarist Era Stars for defeating enemy Military Units. |
Affinity Action: Iron Reserves[]
Can periodically call upon able bodied patriots to take up arms in defense of the mother land.
- Instantly raise Militia Armies in your Cities, these militia behave like regular armies, cost no maintenance and upgrade automatically when a better version is unlocked in the tech tree.
- The Militias only cost Population to raise, limited to your maximum army size. In the Industrial Era and Contemporary Era militia costs 2Population each.
- Militia Units can be upgraded into professional Units in the Anti-Cavalry branch starting from Spearmen up to Rifles.
- The ability can be used once per turn and may be used to rapidly resettle population if needed.
Affinity Bonus: Vigilance[]
+30War Support equilibrium value on Relations.
- That is, Militarist Empires can declare Formal War without Grievances or Demands, and forcing a Militarist culture to surrender in a war is significantly harder than most of other cultures.
Transcendence Bonus: Bond Among Warriors[]
-5% Army upkeep on Army and Squadron.
Trait: Stormborn[]
Emblematic quarter: Naust[]
“The walls and roof of the boathouse are wrought from cut timber, but underfoot the Norse walk on sand or rock.”
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Emblematic unit: Langskip[]
“These clinker-built ships are far superior to contemporary enemies in speed, maneuverability, and flexibility.”
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City names[]
The names listed are default names, players can change their cities' names if they choose.
Heiðabýr, Birka, Kaupangr, Jórvík, Lundr, Aldeigjuborg, Niðaróss, Hróiskelda, Uppsala, Dyflinn
- The first new city found by this culture will use the first name on the city list.
Trivia[]
- "Norsemen" was initially called "Vikings" during the development.
- The in-game appearance of the Norsemen City Center is based on the Viking Longhouse, the typical dwelling or mead halls built by the Norse people.