Malians (Age of Empires IV)/Mastery

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Mastery

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Mastery

From the lush coasts of West Africa to the dry sands of the Sahara, the medieval Malian Empire grew to become the largest and most prosperous empire in North Africa. Its incredible wealth in gold and salt, its stable trade routes, and its highly mobile army made its influence felt across the continents

Commune of Wealth

Generate 1,000 Gold resources from an Open Pit Gold Mine with 4 Houses within its influence.

Rewards

• Gold Mine Portrait
• Fun Fact: Griots

Fun Fact: Griots

Owners of the power of speech, griots were musicians, genealogists, and councilors. They knew the stories of ancient ancestors and were feared because they could extort payment from people in public by shouting praises that turned to insults if not paid. Feared for their power to destroy reputations, in early times some were buried in the hollow trunks of baobab trees so their bodies would not pollute the earth.

Tip of the Spear

Kill 20 Horsemen with Donso.

Rewards

• Tamba Spear Sigil

Malian Novice

Win a game as the Malians.

Rewards

• Salt Portrait
• Fun Fact: Snuff Before Battle

Fun Fact: Snuff Before Battle

When two armies faced each other before battle, the enemy commanders would meet in the middle of the field for a deadly ritual called sigifili. Each swore an oath boasting of his fearlessness and invincibility and snorted a pinch of poisonous snuff from his enemy's pouch. If he staggered around and sneezed loudly without collapsing or dying, he had proven his worth as an enemy to be feared.

Grazing Herds

Generate 3,000 Food from the Ranch.

Rewards

• Cattle Portrait

Barrage

Defeat 20 ranged units with Javelin Throwers.

Rewards

• Javelin Banner Pattern

Healing Around

Research the Local Knowledge upgrade and when in stealth heal 500 of total health on your Musofadi Warrior units.

Rewards

• Musofadi Warrior Portrait

Malian Apprentice

Win 2 games as the Malians.

Rewards

• Toll Outpost Monument
• Fun Fact: Deadly Projectiles and Magic Words

Fun Fact: Deadly Projectiles and Magic Words

One weapon of sorcerers, who were often blacksmiths, was kòròtè, a tiny, possibly poisonous projective that may or may not have been invisible. It forced the recipients to at least tell the truth, but could also sicken, cripple, or kill them. The kòròtè was directed and activated by incantations called kilisiw which were either benevolent or malevolent and were the basis of both positive and negative sorcery.

Toll Road

Gather 500 Gold from Traders passing by Toll Outposts.

Rewards

• Desert Landscape Portrait

All That Glitters

Produce 20 Freeborn Warrior and 20 Mansa Musofadi Warrior units from the Farimba Garrison.

Rewards

• Barracks Sigil

Haywire

Upgrade Sofa Horsemen with the Imported Armor upgrade and kill 50 units.

Rewards

• Sofa Horsemen Portrait

Malian Adept

Win 5 games as the Malians.

Rewards

• Lion of Mali Portrait
• N'Dama Monument
• Fun Fact: The Good Uncle's Responsibility

Fun Fact: The Good Uncle's Responsibility

In Maninka and Bamana society, it is claimed, both jokingly and seriously, that it is the uncle's duty to provide a wife for his nephew, the so-called "nephew wife." The obligation of this uncle-nephew bond is implied in the proverb: "When your uncle fails to give you a wife, he is no longer your uncle, he's just your mother's brother."

Pick Your Poison

Defeat 20 enemies with Poisoned Arrows.

Rewards

• Poison-Tipped Arrow Portrait
• Animal Hide Banner Shape

Underbrush

Construct the Fort of the Huntress and kill 40 units with Musofadi Gunners.

Rewards

• Musofadi Gunner Portrait

All-Nighter

Throw all three festivals with the Griot Bara in Age IV.

Rewards

• Mansa Musa Portrait

Malian Master

Win 10 games as the Malians.

Rewards

• Saber Weapon Sigil
• Musofadi Warrior Monument
• Fun Fact: One Woman Worth a Thousand Others

Fun Fact: One Woman Worth a Thousand Others

Maminyan is the name of a legendary woman remembered as a great solver of women's problems. When a griot wants to honor a woman admired for her accomplishments, she is praised in a song as musolu ba maminyan, "the mother of all woman who is ranked above all women" or wulu kelen maminyan, "Maminyan that is worth one thousand."