Troy

Troy was an ancient, Bronze Age city in Asia Minor, known for being the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle, in particular in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer.

It is a major city, and the primary enemy in most of the Greek part of the Fall of the Trident campaign, in Age of Mythology. It also appears in the Trojan War scenario of the Glory of Greece campaign in Age of Empires.

Overview
Troy (Ancient Greek as: Τροία, Troia and Ἴλιον, Ilion, or Ἴλιος, Ilios) was a city situated in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, near (just south of) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida.

Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wilion); this is also supported by the Hittite name for what is thought to be the same city, Wilusa.

Age of Mythology
As in the Iliad, Helen has been kidnapped and held behind Troy's walls, with the Mycenean Greeks (the Achaeans) trying to besiege Troy's gates and save her. Of course, as subtly hinted in Agamemnon's mythology section and his behaviour, the motives behind defeating Troy are more pragmatical in nature.

Of course, Troy in Age of Mythology deviates much from the epic poem's version, with Nestor, Paris, Priamus, Hector and other heroes and antagonists missing or not being mentioned, with only Menelaus and Achilles being mentioned indirectly (Achilles also appears as a Hero unit).

Instead, Arkantos has sailed from Atlantis, after the events of the Omens mission, to break the siege in Troy, with the help of Ajax, Odysseus and Agamemnon. After certain misadventures, namely a brutal Trojan raid on Agamemnon's camp and constant Trojan counterattacks, the heroes manage to sneak through the Trojan Horse to Troy, and in nightfall, they bring down one of the gates, destroy the defending Trojan Fortresses and conquer the city.

Appearence
Troy is represented by the Greeks, and worship either Hades or Zeus. Troy's defenders are represented by the color Red, as are most main opponents in Fall of the Trident. The only different thing about the Trojans are their Walls of Troy; while their gates can be relatively easily destroyed, the Walls are nigh indestructable.

Missions of appearance

 * Scratching the Surface
 * A Fine Plan
 * Just Enough Rope
 * I Hope This Works

Trivia

 * Ironically, the Trojans are represented by the Greeks in Age of Mythology. Their true origins are debatable, but is plausible they are an Anatolian people, linguistically and genetically related to the Hittites.
 * During the third mission of Fall of the Trident, Scratching the Surface, an allied town named Cyzicus made its appearance; this is a blatant anachronism, as Cyzicus was founded during the Archaic Age, not during the Bronze Age.