| “ | Hardship is upon your families, wives, and children, and your people need your help now more than ever. | ” |
| —Outro of The Battle of the Frigidus | ||
Alaric the Goth is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. He has a unique appearance similar to a caped Huskarl riding a horse. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health. He is available in the Scenario Editor.
Alaric shares his portrait icon with Ataulf and Theodoric the Goth in the Definitive Edition. In the Battle Royale map BR Fall of Rome, Alaric is one of two starting hero units for the player, the other being Attila the Hun.
Campaign appearances[]
Alaric[]
- The Giant Falls: In the co-op version, Alaric leads the southern Gothic army during the siege of Rome, set to sacking the city. Before an update, he was also present in the normal version of the campaign, commanding Ataulf's army in the west.
Event scenarios[]
- The Siege: Theophilos Palaiologos is a renamed Alaric. He leads the defense of the southern gates of Constantinople.
Victors and Vanquished[]
- Constantine XI: Theophilos Palaiologos is a renamed Alaric. He leads the defense of the southern gates of Constantinople.
- Fetih: Theophilos Palaiologos is a renamed Alaric. He leads the defense of the southern gates of Constantinople and must be killed to defeat the Byzantine garrison and conquer Constantinople.
- Gaiseric: Gunderic is a renamed Alaric. He and his brother Gaiseric are leading the Vandals west across the Danube on their journey across western Europe to Africa.
- Ragnar: Bjorn Ironside, the second son of Ragnar, is a renamed Alaric. He will join Ragnar's forces after growing old enough to fight.
History[]
Alaric I (370/375 – 410 A.D.) was the first king of the Visigoths from 395 to his death. He is most famous for sacking Rome in 410, an event considered to have contributed decisively to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and the beginning of the Middle Ages.
Trivia[]
- The unit was present at one point in the scenario The Giant Falls of the reworked Alaric campaign, presumably in substitution of Kushluk who had stood for Alaric in The Sack of Rome (the Forgotten scenario it was edited from). However, he was controlled by Ataulf instead of the player or the Visigoths (equivalent to the Goths in The Sack of Rome, who controlled Kushluk/Alaric in The Forgotten). This was possibly a mistake, as Alaric was replaced by Ataulf's own unit after an update[When?].
Gallery[]
Views of the unit
Alaric in the Definitive Edition
Alaric as he appears in The Forgotten.
Alaric entering Athens by Allan Stewart.
