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This article is about the campaigns in Age of Empires II. For the unit in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten, see Prithviraj (unit). |
Prithviraj are two different campaigns in Age of Empires II - one in The Forgotten, and its reworked version in the Definitive Edition, both named after Prithviraj.
Definitive Edition[]
| “ | The young king Prithviraj is strong, smart, and adored by his people. But what happens when he falls in love with the daughter of his enemy? And will his love be enough to help him save India from invasion? | ” |
| —In-game campaign description in Definitive Edition | ||
The Prithviraj campaign consists of five scenarios. The playable civilization is the Gurjaras (Indians before Dynasties of India) and the color is blue. The campaign is narrated by Chand Bardai, a court poet of the Chauhan Dynasty and the author of the Prithviraj Raso.
With the release of Dynasties of India, various changes were also made to individual scenarios, with The Legend of Prithviraj being overhauled.
The Forgotten[]
| “ | As the 12th century come to a close, India is divided between the ruling Rajput clans. One of them, the Chauhans, have just been blessed with a new king. His name is Prithviraj and his determination to unite the rival states is unprecedented. But what happens when he falls in love with the daughter of his enemy? And does he have the strength to stop a full-scale Muslim invasion from the west? | ” |
| —In-game campaign description in the HD Edition | ||
The Prithviraj campaign consists of four scenarios. The playable civilization is the Indians and the color is orange.
Trivia[]
- Even before update 128442, players who did not own Dynasties of India could still play this campaign. Initially, if the scenario was saved, players who didn't own the expansion could not load the save. In a later update[When?], this is no longer the case, and all players can safely save and load the scenarios of this campaign.
- The campaign icon is a Rajput turban (pagri) with a royal emerald brooch, in front of a longbow. Longbows in India were made of bamboo, and not easily used on horseback, which was how the Rajputs usually fought. They also lacked easy access to bamboo in their arid homeland. Instead they used recurved composite bows, just like the Central Asian steppe nomads who they had regular conflicts with.
Gallery[]
Prithviraj
Prithviraj and Sanyogita
Jayachandra
Muhammad Ghori
Prithviraj defeating Ghori
The narrator Chand Bardai
The cutscene background in the Definitive Edition
The cutscene background in the HD Edition
