| “ | Elite musketeer of the Circle of Ossus. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Boneguard Musketeer is an infantry unit that serves the Circle of Ossus in Age of Empires III. It is first seen in Act I: Blood. Boneguard Musketeers are not trainable in skirmish and campaign modes, but they are available in the Scenario Editor. Rarely, it becomes trainable from Barracks and Forts in Unknown maps.
Overview[]
Compared to other infantry in the game, Boneguard Musketeers have massive hit points. They appear in two campaign acts in the original Age of Empires III (Ice and Steel) as elite enemies that serve the antagonists, such as Warwick.
It is one of the toughest infantry units in Age of Empires III. It is advised to deal with them with artillery, as most of them could kill this kind of unit in a few shots.
Changelog[]
Age of Empires III[]
- Boneguard Musketeers give 20 XP when trained or killed.
Knights of the Mediterranean[]
- With update 13.58326, Boneguard Musketeers give 18 XP when trained or killed.
In-game dialogue[]
The Boneguard Musketeer speaks modern Standard German using the German Heavy Cannon's dialogue files.
History[]
| “ | The Boneguard are modeled loosely after the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, better known as the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar were a very influential order formed in the twelfth century to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Some saw the Knights Templar as corrupt because over time they became deeply involved in finance and politics. They became much more secularly oriented than other knightly orders, and rulers coveted their power. Some eventually confessed to heresies under torture and the order was crushed by political fallout in the wake of these, later pardoned, admissions. There is wild speculation that the Knights Templar led expeditions to North America predating Columbus' voyage by up to 100 years. This is unproven, but the mythos of Columbus is sprinkled with Templar lore; Columbus' naviagtors were rumored to have charts of earlier voyages and their sails bore the red cross of the defunct order. |
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