The Battles of the Forgotten are a series of unrelated campaign scenarios in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. Unlike with most other campaigns in Age of Empires II, the scenarios in this campaign have no true order, instead all being unlocked from the start for play.
In the Definitive Edition, all eight scenarios are now part of the Historical Battles section, along with the Battles of the Conquerors scenarios.
Scenarios[]
| “ | Time has faded the names of many of the greatest leaders ever known. During their age they were famed for their fierceness on the battlefield, their just rule and their quest for power. Witness the path to glory of Richard the Lionheart, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Sultan Osman Ghazi, Khosrau and many more. | ” |
| —In-game campaign description | ||
All scenarios are listed in the following table sorted by the year. The table also shows the civilization, color, and the historical event(s) they are based on.
| Scenario | Year | Civilization | Color | Historical event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bukhara | 557 |  Persians
|
Yellow | Battle of Bukhara |
| Dos Pilas | 648 |  Maya
|
Cyan | Calakmul's attack on the town of Dos Pilas in the Second Tikal–Calakmul War |
| York | 865 |  Vikings
|
Red | Raids on Britain by the Great Heathen Army, led by the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok |
| Honfoglalás | 895 |  Magyars
|
Red | Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin |
| Langshan Jiang | 919 |  Chinese
|
Blue | Battle of Langshan Jiang |
| Kurikara | 1183 |  Japanese
|
Blue | Battle of Kurikara |
| Cyprus | 1191 |  Britons
|
Red | Richard the Lionheart's conquest of Cyprus during the Third Crusade |
| Bapheus | 1302 |  Turks
|
Green | Battle of Bapheus |
In addition, another scenario, Kaesong (936), was planned, which was meant to be played as Koreans.
Some scenarios are narrated by an external narrator while others are narrated by a secondary character outside or participating to the events.
Trivia[]
- This was the second campaign (after Barbarossa) where all scenarios could allow the player to reach the Imperial Age.
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