Field of Glory II: Wolves at the Gate
This DLC expands Fields of Glory II to 1040, exploring the rich military history of the so-called “Dark Ages”, from the tumultuous Arab conquest to the looting of the Vikings and Magyars, the birth of England, France, Germany, and Spain, and the long struggle of the Byzantine Empire to keep Roman civilization alive in the east
From 600 to 628 A.D. The Byzantines struggled to survive the aggressive Sassanid Persian Empire. In the end, they prevailed. Both empires, however, were severely weakened. Six years later, in 634, the newly Islamized Arabs led a rebellion from Arabia, quickly defeating the Byzantines and Persians. In 750, under the Umayyad Caliphate, the Muslim Arab empire stretched from Spain to India’s borders
The Byzantine Empire, after losing its Levantine and North African provinces, survived the initial Islamic advance. Constantinople experienced a year of siege (717–718), which proved to be the beginning of the end of the Umayyad Caliphate. Eventually, weakened by defeats on the borders of their vast empire and internal unrest, the Umayyads were overthrown by the Abbasid dynasty. The great Islamic empire was now divided into a number of separate and often competing states. The Byzantines strengthened themselves during the Macedonian dynasty (867-1056) and ended the period much stronger.
In Northern Europe, Viking raids began at the end of the eighth century. Great sailors used their long-distance boats to sail into the Baltic and northern seas against cities, farms and monasteries, and to attack their opponents as far as Seville and Constantinople. Eventually, they settled down and created important states in Normandy and Kievan Rus. Their invasions of the British Isles resulted in centuries of intermittent wars with the English, Irish, and Scottish kingdoms.
Charlemagne ruled as king of the Franks from 768 to 814 AD. The kingdom he inherited included most of modern-day France and parts of Germany. After his death in 814. His empire included modern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, northern Italy, and a strip of northern Spain. In 800, he was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III. After his death, the Carolingian Empire split into two main states: West France (modern France) and East France (modern Germany)
In the ninth century, the nomadic Magyars began to be an important player in European history. Their western invasions reached as far as Spain. Their defeat to the Germans at Lechfeld in 955 ended their threat to Western Europe, and in 1000 their prince converted to Christianity and was recognized as king of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II, ruling under his Christian name Stephen I the Saint.
Feature Summary:
19 new factions
55 new units
76 New Army Lists
6 New Epic Battles
74 new quick battles
Extended Custom Battles module.
Extended sandbox campaign module.
6 new historical campaigns.
Added a new allies feature in the game update.
19 new named factions: Andalusians, Bulgarians, Croats, Dailami, Fatimids, French, Ghaznavids, Khazars, Khorasans, Magyars, Moravians, Navarres, Normans, Pechenegs, Poles, Ruthenians, Scots, Serbs, Vikings
55 new units: Hurskarls (Spear), Hurskarls (Axe), Mounted Hursklar, Berserker, Well-Equipped Shield (Offense), Protective Shield (Offense), Hirdmen, Hirdmen without horses, Irish Pike Infantry (Axe), Irish Infantrymen (Axe), Irish Kerni, (Dark Age) armored lancers, armored lancers without horses, lancers (Dark Wind), lancers without horses, armored cavalry (Dark Age) (Light Spear), Horseless Armoured Cavalry (Dark Age) (Light Spear), Mounted Horseman, Crossbowmen, Light Crossbowmen, Byzantine Cataphracits, Tagmatic Lancers and Archers, Lancers and Thematic Archers, Varangians – Guards (Early), Byzantine Skutatoi, Byzantine Strict Skutatoi, Byzantine Mass Archers, Byzantine Light Archers, Byzantine Skutatoi and Archers, Strict Byzantine Archers, Byzantine Skutatoi and Archers, Strict Byzantine Skutatoi and Archers, Archers – Light Cavalry, Archers – Horsemen, Muslim Spearmen, Strict Muslim Spearmen, Veteran Muslim Spearmen, ‘Abid al-Shira, Muslim Irregular Infantry, Armored Muslim Lancers (Superiors), Armored Muslim Foot Lancers, Armored Muslim Lancers (middle class), Armored Muslim lancers without horses, Muslim lancers, Ghilmans, Ghilmans without horses, Muslim cavalry (light spear), Muslim war elephants, Muslim Light Horse (Javelins), Muslim Light Infantry Archers, Muslim Light Javelin Throwers, Naffatun, Dailami – Veteran Infantry, Dailami – Infantry, Indian High Class Lancers, Indian Lancers
76 new army lists (bringing the total number of army lists to 281):
Andalusian 756-1049 AD
Anglo-Danish 1017-1041 AD
Anglo-Saxon 600-870 AD
Anglo-Saxon 871-949 AD
Anglo-Saxon 950-1016 AD
Arab (conquest) 629-637 AD
Arab (conquest) 638-684 AD
Arabic (Umayyad) 685-750 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 747-793 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 794-814 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 815-835 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 836-873 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 874-946 AD
Arab (North Africa) 789-999 AD
Arab (North Africa) 1000-1160 AD
Arab (Syria/Iraq) 890-1008 AD
Arab (Syria/Iraq) 1009-1150 AD
Armenian 639-717 AD
Armenian 885-1045 AD
Avarisk 632-826 AD
British 600-1030 AD
Bulgarian 631-679 AD
Bulgarian (Volga) 675-1237 AD
Bulgarian (Danube) 680-851 AD
Bulgarian (Danube) 852-1018 AD
Byzantine 600-649 AD
Byzantine 650-739 AD
Byzantine 740-903 AD
Byzantine 904-962 AD
Byzantine 963-987 AD
Byzantine 988-1041 AD
Croatian 625-849 AD
Croatian 850-1102 AD
Dabuyid 642-760 AD
Dailami 928-1055 AD
Egyptian 978-1073 AD
Francs 600-750 AD
Franks 751-887 AD
Franks 888-1049 AD
Georgian 1008-1049 AD
German 888-932 AD
German 933-1049 AD
Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD
Indian (Hindu) 600-1049 AD
Indian (Hindu) 600-1049 AD
Indian (Rajput) 650-1049 AD
Irish 900-1049 AD
Khazarian 650-737 AD
Khazarian 738-969 AD
Khorasańska 821-1003 AD
Lombard 650-775 AD
Lombard 776-1049 AD
Hungarian 830-1049 AD
Moravian 833-907 AD
Navarre 778-899 AD
Navarre 900-1049 AD
Norman 923-1040 AD
Pecheneg 850-1122 AD
Poland 966-1057 AD
Ruska 860-959 AD
Ruska 960-1053 AD
Persian Sassanids 629-651 AD
Saxon 600-804 AD
Scottish 851-1051 AD
Serbian 625-849 AD
Serbian 850-1039 AD
Spanish 718-899 AD
Spanish 900-1049 AD
Turkish 600-1036 AD
Vikings 780-899 AD
Vikings 900-1049 AD
Vikings (Ireland) 780-899 AD
Vikings (Ireland) 900-1049 AD
Visigothic 622-717 AD
Welsh 600-1049 AD
6 new epic battles: Yarmouk 636 AD (Byzantines vs. Arabs), Ashdown 871 AD (Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings), Lechfeld 955 AD (Franks vs. Hungarians), Apamea 998 AD (Byzantines vs. Egyptians), Chach 1001 AD (Indians vs. Ghaznavids), Clontarf 1018 AD (Irishmen & Vikings vs. Vikings & Irish) (each playable from either side).
74 new fast-paced battles (each played from all sides).
The Field of Glory II Custom Battles expansion now includes all 281 army lists from Immortal Fire, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Age of Belisarius, Rise of Persia, and Wolves at the Gate. (Purchasing the appropriate DLCs is necessary to access them.)
The expanded Field of Glory II Sandbox Campaigns now includes all 281 army lists from Immortal Fire, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Age of Belisarius, Rise of Persia, and Wolves at the Gate. (Purchase of the relevant DLCs is necessary to access them)
6 New Historical Campaigns:
The Arab Conquest
Basil II (Byzantine Revival)
Charlemagne
Mahmud of Ghazni
Wolves of the Sea 1 (Viking Age from a Viking’s point of view)
Wolves of the Sea 2 (Viking Age from the Enemy’s Point of View)
The New Allies feature added in the accompanying game update allows historical allies in one or both armies to be included in SP and MP custom battles for the entire period covered by the game – now 680 BC-1040 AD. The game creates a complex list of armies made partly from the main list of armies and partly from the list of allied armies. This effectively increases the number of army lists to over 700. (Purchasing the appropriate DLCs is necessary to access them.) Including “what if” battles, this increases the number of potential matches to an astonishing 500,000 – before choosing a unit