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โ€œCyclops hero. Regenerates.โ€

Gargarensis is the main antagonist in the Fall of the Trident campaign of Age of Mythology. He is a Cyclops and the descendant of the Greek God Poseidon. Gargarensis orchestrates an elaborate plan to release Kronos and become immortal. Gargarensis is aided by the Minotaur Kamos, an Egyptian bandit-lord named Kemsyt, and an aspect of Loki named Skult.

Abilities[]

Like the Cyclops unit, Gargarensis has a powerful throwing ability. He is classified as a hero unit and is effective in combat against myth units. If Gargarensis is killed, he collapses and can be revived.

Campaign[]

Gargarensis sends Kamos to provoke Atlantis by stealing a trident from a monument to Poseidon (the civilization's patron). Kamos steals the object but is pursued by Arkantos, Admiral of Atlantis. Arkantos retrieves the sacred object and goes to fight at Troy. Sometime beforehand, Gargarensis had Kemsyt lead some bandits to Ioklos. After Troy has fallen, Arkantos and his ally, Ajax, a Greek prince, head to Ioklos to repair their ships. The duo learn what has happened and later defeat the bandits with various Militia, Centaurs, and Astynomia.

Gargarensis imprisons Chiron, a centaur hero, and leads prisoners up a pass into cliffs. Ajax and Arkantos save Chiron and follow the bandit trail.

Here, Gargarensis is found opening a passage to Erebus. Arkantos, seeing this, fights Gargarensis's forces and makes it to the passage to see where the other slaves have gone. After taunting Arkantos about his city and son, he calls down meteors from the sky and kills the slaves and Arkantos's forces. Then, he walks into the open Underwold Passage. Down there he tries to open the first gate to Tartarus. Arkantos and some back-up forces manage to destroy his gate ram.

Egyptian part[]

Meanwhile, Kemsyt attempts to stop Amanra, a Nubian leader, from defeating himself and his Set worshiping bandits. The three protagonists find a way into Egypt and aid Amanra. The heroes find a piece of Osiris and then try to reunite pieces of the god, bringing him back from the dead. Chiron meets Niordsir, a Norse soldier sent to defeat Gargarensis by the Valkyrie Reginleif. United by their common purpose, they retrieve Osiris' head from the great Tamarisk Tree. Amanra steals a piece from Kemsyt, and in the Levant, Arkantos traps Kamos and kills him, securing the fourth and final piece. Kemsyt attempts to prevent the resurrection of Osiris but the heroes reunite the pieces and summon Osiris. Kemsyt then flees Egypt with Gargarensis.

The heroes realize that Gargarensis is heading to Midgard, trying to reach Niflheim, the Norse Underworld.

Norse part[]

Kemsyt

Kemsyt (disguised as Gargarensis) is beheaded by Ajax out of vengeance for Chiron's death.

On the way, Arkantos and Ajax free Odysseus from Circe and bid him farewell. The villains meet with the trickster god, Loki (disguised as Skult) and enlist his help. The heroes find Reginleif and the dwarven brothers Brokk and Eitri. The dwarves forge Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, closing the third gate, however Chiron sacrifices himself so the others can flee Niflheim. The heroes retreat into a town and fortify it, The villains besiege the heroes and are about to finish off Arkantos and his allies when Odysseus arrives with a huge army. Using Loki's magic, Kemsyt is disguised as Gargarensis and killed by Ajax.

Showdown at Atlantis[]

Gargarensis heads for the fourth gate in Atlantis. He calls upon his ancestor, Poseidon, to help him break Kronos out from underneath the Great Temple Complex on the island, and Poseidon responds by animating one of the statues erected in his honor. Arkantos and the others evacuate Atlantis. Arkantos, after building a Wonder to Zeus, is later blessed by Zeus and strikes the statue down. It starts to crack and its trident falls impaling Gargarensis, who dies and vanishes into the ocean along with Atlantis.

In-game information[]

โ€œAge -- 59
Homeland -- Lerna
Occupation -- Warlord
Special attack -- Cyclops throw

Gargarensis is a cyclops and a distant descendant of Poseidon. His great-grandmother, Amymone, was seduced by Poseidon for which Gargarensis has never forgiven him. Rather than try to exact revenge against the sea god, the cyclops figures Poseidon owes him. He wants nothing more than to be a god himself and will stop at nothing to achieve this.
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—In-game help section

Trivia[]

  • Gargarensis is heard reciting verses from the poem "Lepanto" written by G.K. Chesterton in the ending cutscene of I Hope This Works and Bad News and the opening cut scene of North.
  • Gargarensis is descended from Lerna (Greek: Lerne/ฮ›ฮญฯฮฝฮท), a lake close to the ancient city of Argos, where the Hydra lived, before getting killed by Heracles.
  • Gargarensis is the grandson of the sailor Naupilus, the founder of Nauplia, and likely also the son of the leader of the Greek expeditionary force into Troy, Palamedes, who also brought Odysseus into the war, and was also never forgiven for doing so, and as such was stoned to death by him, and Diomedes.
  • Although Gargarensis is a hero and is revivable, he does not have the "Hero Soul" when he falls. Before update 2.0 in the Extended Edition, he did not have the message "A hero has fallen".

Gallery[]

Campaign-exclusive units, characters, buildings, technologies, and god powers in Age of Mythology
Aom original icon Age of Mythology
ProtagonistsAgamemnon Icon Agamemnon ยท AjaxIcon Ajax ยท Amanra Icon Amanra ยท Arkantos Icon Arkantos ยท Arkantos Icon Arkantos (uber) ยท Boar icon Boar (Ajax) ยท Boar icon Boar (Arkantos) ยท Brokk Icon Brokk ยท ChironIcon Chiron ยท Eitri Icon Eitri ยท OdysseusIcon Odysseus ยท Reginleif icon Reginleif ยท Setna icon Setna
AntagonistsCirce icon Circe ยท Gargarensis Icon Gargarensis ยท Kamos Icon Kamos ยท Kemsyt Icon Kemsyt ยท Living Statue Living Poseidon Statue ยท Skult icon Skult ยท AnubiteIcon Theris
Supporting charactersAthenaIcon Athena ยท Greta Forkbeard Icon Greta Forkbeard ยท GuardianIcon Guardian ยท Young Kastor Icon Kastor ยท Niordsir ยท AoM Villager Greek Icon Old Man ยท OsirisIcon Osiris ยท Krios icon Theocrat ยท Zethos
Other unitsStonewall icon Boulder ยท Kebeniticon Charon Ferry ยท Flag Bearer Icon Folstag Flag Bearer ยท Osiris Box Icon Osiris Piece Cart ยท Longboaticon Pirate Ship ยท PolarBearIcon Polaris ยท AoM Villager Greek Icon Prisoner ยท ShadeIcon Shade ยท Triremeicon Shipwreck ยท Statue of Lightning Icon Statue of Lightning ยท SwordBearersIcon Sword Bearers ยท Thor's Hammer icon Thor's Hammer Haft ยท Thor's Hammer icon Thor's Hammer Head ยท Trojan Horse Icon Trojan Horse
BuildingsStonewall icon Boulder Rolling Dead ยท Stonewall icon Boulder Wall ยท Statue Columns Icon AoM Columns ยท Dig Pile icon AoM Dig Pile ยท ArmoryIcon Dwarven Forge ยท ExcavationIcon Excavation ยท Fountain AoM Icon Fountain ยท Wall of Troy Icon Gate of Troy ยท GiantgateramIcon Giant Gate Ram ยท Hades Gate Hades Gate ยท Fence Icon Iron Fence ยท Fence Icon Jail Wall ยท Statue Lion Icon Lion Statue ยท Statue of Lightning Icon Major God Statue ยท Market icon AOM Market Stall ยท DockAOMIcon Naval Shipyard ยท Statue Obelisk Icon AoM Obelisk ยท Osiris Pyramid Icon Osiris Pyramid ยท Statue Pharaoh Icon Pharaoh Statue ยท GreekShrineIcon Shrine ยท GuardianIcon Sleeping Guardian ยท Living Statue Statue of Poseidon ยท Fence Icon Stone Fence ยท TempleAOMIcon Temple of the Gods ยท Tent Icon Tent ยท UnderWorldPassageIcon Underworld Passage ยท Stonewall icon Wall of Atlantis ยท Wall of Troy Icon Wall of Troy ยท UnderWorldPassageIcon Well of Urd ยท Fence Icon Wooden Fence
TechnologiesHammerOfTheGods Giant-slaying Blades  ยท MeteoricIronMail Osmium Mail  ยท DragonscaleShields Asbestos Shields
Embellishment objectsTamarisk Tree Icon Tamarisk Tree ยท Taproot Icon Taproot ยท Osiris Box Icon Osiris Piece Box
God powersBlessingofZeus Blessing of Zeus
AoM The Titans icon The Titans
ProtagonistsAjaxIcon Ajax ยท Amanra Icon Amanra ยท FolstagIcon King Folstag ยท Titan Gaia Icon Gaia ยท Adult Kastor Icon Kastor ยท SonOfOsirisIcon Son of Osiris
AntagonistsMelagius icon General Melagius ยท Titan Kronos Icon Kronos ยท Titan Prometheus Icon Prometheus ยท Kronny Icon Servant of Kronos
Supporting charactersArkantos Icon Arkantos ยท Atlantean Commander ยท Krios icon Krios ยท Zeno
BuildingsAutomaton icon Automaton Statue ยท Statue Chimera Icon Chimera statue ยท Statue Cyclops Icon Cyclops statue ยท Gaia Pool icon AoM Gaia Pool ยท Statue Hydra Icon Hydra statue ยท Statue Manticore Icon Manticore statue ยท Statue Nemean Lion Icon Nemean Lion statue ยท TempleAOMIcon Overgrown Temple ยท Statue of Melagius icon Statue of Melagius ยท TempleAOMIcon Temple of Kronos ยท AomWonderIcon Tower of Odin ยท Statue Valkyrie Icon Valkyrie statue
Embellishment objectsSummoning Tree icon AoM Summoning Tree
God powersDeconstructionWonderIcon Deconstruction Wonder ยท Seedofgaia Seed of Gaia
AoM Extended icon Tale of the Dragon
ProtagonistsJiao-Long Icon Jiao-Long ยท Shun Icon Shun ยท Zhi Icon Zhi
AntagonistsDanzhu Icon Danzhu ยท Yama
Supporting charactersSpecial-c-azure-dragon-icon Ao Kuang ยท Special-c-earth-dragon-icon Dilong ยท Krios icon Emperor Yao ยท TitanChineseIcon Pangu ยท Special-c-vermilion-bird-icon Vermilion Bird
Other unitsGriffon Icon Griffon
BuildingsExcavationIcon Dam ยท Tent Icon Roc Tent
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Cinematic hero g icon Misenus ยท Mnevis
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