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 the Goth 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.
Since then, Alaric the Goth does not appear in the single-player campaign, but does appear in the co-op version of the scenario, commanding the main army.
Alaric shares his portrait icon with Ataulf and Theodoric the Goth (in the Definitive Edition). In the Battle Royale game mode, Alaric is one of two starting hero units for the player, the other being Attila the Hun.
History[]
Alaric I (370/375 โ 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.