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  1. Ultimate Aurelian
    Norse wonder could be Uppsala or a burial mound. Also all Workshops and ranges use vanilla placeholders; Frankish stable and palace too. Ummayads lack heroes.
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    Machimoi are pikemen i think.
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    Yes the clothing and most weaponry is similar to other artworks. My only doubt is the small hand axes (One is made of stone, the other is a shortened polearm), maybe the axeman unit should use a two handed dagger axe. It's fine to use multiple sources for reference, as long as they are from Yayoi period. I think golden shield boss should be for champion.
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    They seem to have rank tags (_a and _b), does this mean the Jaguar upgrades to Eagle ? If so that's a interesting idea, more accurate than making them separate units with vastly different stats (Like in AOE).
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    My idea would be Basic (unarmored, simple outfit with no leggins like archer in that picture) -> Advanced (Improved outfit with legging, may have leather or cloth armor) -> Elite (simple wood armor some have war paint) Champions have painted wood armor or the black one with lacing; they have jewelry with some having warpaint and/or a feather headdress.
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    In game i think Gauls is used to refer to La Téne culture in the area the Romans called Gaul (Not necessarily the best definition) My understandings is that La Téne culture spread eastwards from Gaul, but it is not clear if the invasion of Greece came straight from Gaul or if it came from Celtic tribes already living in Pannonia.
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    Some suggestions for Celtic Heroes. Gauls could have Ambiorix (Bonuses and appearance could be based on @Genava55's design here:https://www.docdroid.net/9fLYce0/gauls-design-pdf#page=25 ) and Dumnorix. Another option could be Bolgios (Portraying the invasion of Greece without having two different heroes named Brennus), but i am not sure if he counts as Gallic. For Britons the main one i can think of is Cassivelanus (Currently used in catafalque); for a possible fifth one Diviciacus (Ruled parts of britain and north gaul) or maybe even Tuathal (Since they have a irish wonder)
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    Indeed there are finds of a ''pick'' weapon similar to the Chinese ge; this is what i had in mind for citizen axeman. Alongside with the long two handed one; one of the artworks in this threads portray some kind of shortened version not sure if accurate: I think there could be two japanese factions: Yayoi (500 b.c to 300 a.d Wooden buildings, wooden armor, no cav only rams) Yamato (250 to 710 a.d, Metal armor, cavalry, some stone buildings, possibly ranged siege weapons)
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    I'd say mounts are fine for most heroes. If there is a particular hero who you want to remain on foot or a future civ with no cav; you could have a tech that upgrades his equipment (Giving him a fancier shield, helmet, armor) instead. I am not sure if Brasidas should have only one greave (I think wearing a single greave was a Itallic custom).
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    Are not rams getting a big nerf in the next version ?
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    The Toltec and Inca ones could be fully painted like mexica one. Some references for emblems/banners: Toltec emblem, (Based on a Teotihuacan glyph, not sure how accurate it is): Reconstructed Inca banner (For rallypoints): Maybe the unpainted part of the Toltec emblem could be purple or dark red ? Based on this civ 5 mod: For Incas you could make the unpainted part of the shield a pinkish red: Or maybe use a gold disk for emblem instead (As far as i know Incans used square shields):
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    Been looking into addditional heroes for the other two greek factions. Thebes could have Pagondas, Attaginus or maybe even Cassander. For Epirotes it's a bit harder; possible choices would be Antinous (Technically a Molossian since the unified kingdom had been replaced by the Epirote league; last ruler of the region to stand against Rome.) or Aeacides.
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    Maybe change his armor as well; Unpaited leather shoulderpads look a bit simple for a hero. They could be white with a player color pattern (Star?) instead. IIRC i think there is already a ingame variant of that scale thorax but with white shoulders.
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    Maybe use a laurel helmet ?
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    White palace of Ctesiphon could be another option, but there is nothing left of it. Taq Kasra arch is the only structure in Ctesiphon that survived: For Parthians you could use the Hatra temple complex:
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    Syracuse was not really linked to Athens (It was allied to Sparta and Corinth and was attacked by Athens during the Peloponessian war.) IIRC i think Athenians have Xenophon as a fourth hero (Using Iphicrates as a placeholder)
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    The shields described by Homer are similar to the ones from central Europe as well. Ceremonial shield from the Archaic period: ] Urnfield shield: Descripition of Agamemnon's shield
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    It's interesting to note that the bell cuirass (Whose anatomical shape is believed to originate from heroic nudity tradition) has some similarities to some Hallstat armors: Earliest example of that shape is in Urnfield armor:
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    Do you think it could be related to heroic nudity in archaic Greece ? I have considered that idea a couple times.
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    My idea to include them was because of Jingu's invasion of Korean, and maybe for balancing their roster (In case cavalry is considered too essential). For armor techs my idea would be to replace the more generic ingame names: Leather/cloth Body Armor - Upagakë/Uwagake (literally "upper covering") Wooden Body armor - Mokusei Katchu Iron Hero Armor - Tankō or maybe ''Tatehagi Ita'' (The later is not the name of the armor itself, but of the plates).
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    Possible Illyrian wonder ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Tombs_of_Selca_e_Poshtme
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    He is often depicted with a lion headdress, since he claimed that Herakles was his ancestor. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/199227/tetradrachm-coin-portraying-alexander-the-great-wearing-the-head-of-the-nemean-lion-as-a-helmet http://forum.alexander-the-great.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=533
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    https://abcnews.go.com/US/small-town-police-chief-killed-officers-cities-wounded/story?id=71017820 https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-george-floyd-protest-deady-violence-20200528-5mxkpj3y4bgt7gihunobintjou-story.html#nt=oft-Double Chain~Flex Feature~top-version1~georgeflloyd-1102a~~1~yes-art~curated~curatedpage]
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    Fan-made mound builder concept for AOE2 https://www.deviantart.com/kondrikthus/art/Mississippian-Architecture-Set-Age-of-Empires-2-338494647
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    On the topic of Lidar, there is the recently discovered civilization at Mosquitia (Not sure they have been named yet). https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/03/150302-honduras-lost-city-monkey-god-maya-ancient-archaeology/
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