The Story of Our Founders

The Story of Our Founders is the first scenario in the Gajah Mada Campaign in Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas.

It follows the first king of the Majahapit Empire, Raden Wijaya, establishing his new kingdom on Java.

Ally

 * Javanese (Malay) form the villages dotting the landscape. They are allied to all players and perform an immersive role.

Neutral, possible ally, then enemy

 * Mongols (Mongols) are the forces of Kublai Khan, invading the area. They are hostile towards the player's enemies, and living by the motto "my enemy's enemy is my friend" they suggest an alliance with the player after conquering a few villages. After one of the two enemies is defeated however, they betray the player and switch thei allegiance back to enemy. Their base is in the very south of the map and they field a hard to counter army consisting of Light Cavalry, Cavalry Archers, Mangudai, Mangonels and Battering Rams. They will usually beat Singhasari by themselves.

Enemy

 * Singhasari (Malay) is the current kingdom, which Raden Wijaya seeks to overthrow. Their with Walls and Watch Towers guarded base is in the east und their army consists of Crossbowmen, Long Swordsmen, Battle Elephants, Pikemen, Cavalry Archers and Mangonels. they will usually be conquered by the Mongols.
 * Kediri's Castle (Malay) is, as the name suggests, a very well fortified stronghold in the west. Their units also guard the Javanese villages. Given the resources, which arrive by trading carts spawning at 3 different points on the map, they train Knights, Crossbowmen, Pikemen and Battle Elephants.

=Strategy=

Setting
The player starts in the Castle Age, but with only Dark Age technologies are researched, the aging up being done via trigger.

While the initial population cap is 75, it can be raised by conquering villages (+5 per village, up to 125). This is done by defeating all enemy units there and destroying the Watch Tower guarding the village, upon which a player's Watchtower will spawn at the location,but the player's Watch Tower can also in turn be destroyed by enemies, so the should be guarded by units, preferrably Pikemen, because they can deal with Battle Elephants and Knights, while the tower makes short work of ranged units.

The player starts with a small but easy to defend base in the north of the map. The space is very constricted, but additional room can be aquired by chopping the wood to the north, which reveals a larger area, filled with additional resources, most importantly gold.

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