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This article is about the cavalry hero. For the infantry hero, see El Cid. |
| โ | Moor and Christian alike shouted his name from the city walls, and called him El Cid Campeador - my lord, the conqueror. | โ |
| —Described by Jimena in the outro of The Enemy of my Enemy | ||
El Cid Campeador is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors. He has the appearance of a Frankish Paladin, similar to many other campaign-only hero units, and appears in all of the scenarios of the El Cid campaign as a must-survive unit. He is also available in the Scenario Editor. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health. El Cid shares a face icon with his foot version (El Cid), and before the Definitive Edition also shared it with Erik the Red and Harald Hardraade.
Campaign appearances[]
El Cid[]
- Brother against Brother: El Cid participates in King Sancho's tournament on foot and will mount his horse by the end of the tournament. He is then tasked with capturing Alfonso and bringing him to King Sancho for negotiations.
- The Enemy of my Enemy: El Cid is ordered by King Alfonso to pacify the city of Toledo currently experiencing a revolt.
- The Exile of the Cid: El Cid is exiled from Castille by King Alfonso. On his travels he allies with Motamid the Moor and fights off a northern incursion by Count Berenguer.
- Black Guards: El Cid marches into southern Iberia to save King Alfonso from the arriving Almoravids. He is then tasked with beating back their invading forces.
- King of Valencia: Exiled for a second time, El Cid finds a new home in Valencia, becoming its ruler.
- Reconquista: El Cid's corpse is mounted on a horse in front of Valencia's Castle. It must remain upright on his horse to maintain the illusion that he is still alive or the defenders' morale will collapse.
The Hautevilles[]
- Bohemond in the East: Robert of Flanders is a renamed El Cid Campeador and is one of the Crusader commanders in Antioch.
Victors and Vanquished[]
- Robert: Garcia, the Duke of Gascogne, is a renamed El Cid Campeador. He is hostile to Aquitaine and will support Robert should he destroy their cities.
Trivia[]
- El Cid is the second hero in Age of Empires II who has two character models, after Joan of Arc. They are followed in later expansions by Prithviraj, Yodit, Le Lai, Pachacuti, Jadwiga, and Babur.
- "Cid" derives from the dialectal Arabic word ุณูุฏ Sรฎdi, meaning "Lord" or "Master", while "Campeador" is from Medieval Latin Campidoctor, "Master of the Field" or roughly "Outstanding Warrior". El Cid's actual nickname in life was "El Campeador" (which he was given around the Battle of Golpejera, and is used by contemporary Christian and Muslim sources alike), while Cid was a more generic term for battlefield commanders at the time.
Gallery[]
El Cid Campeador in the Scenario Editor
El Cid Campeador in the Definitive Edition
