Reynald de Chatillon

This article is about the hero in Age of Empires II and leader in Age of Empires IV. For the leader flagship in Age of Empires IV, see Reynald of Châtillon (flagship).

Reynald of Châtillon is a unit in Age of Empires II and Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend.

Age of Empires II

Reynald de Chatillon
Hero information
Introduced in	Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Hero type	Cavalry
Pronunciation	Re-noh the Shaa-tee-yo
Statistics
Hit points	250
Regeneration	30 hit points per minute
Melee attack	16
Reload time	2
Melee armor	2
Pierce armor	3
Armor class	Cavalry Hero
Speed	1.32
Line of Sight	6
Ability	Cannot be converted

“	When an infidel mother tells horror stories to frighten her children into behaving, it is not of them that she speaks – but of me, Reynald de Chatillon, the fiend of the Cross.	”
—Intro of Caught in the Crossfire

Reynald de Chatillon is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II. He is found in the campaigns and is available in the Scenario Editor. He shares his appearance, that of a heavy knight armed with a lance, with the Frankish Paladin and several other cavalry Hero units.

He is affected by cavalry technologies and civilization bonuses which affect cavalry. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health (since The Conquerors).

Campaign appearances

Saladin

• Lord of Arabia: Reynald's forces serve as the main antagonists, raiding the coasts of the Red Sea. Reynald himself briefly appears in the initial raids, but disappears later on.
• The Horns of Hattin: Reynald leads the French forces assaulting the southern Saracen base. He can be killed in battle.

The Hautevilles

• Guiscard Arrives: Drogo de Hauteville is a renamed Reynald de Chatillon. He holds the Norman barony of Melfi in the center of the map and will turn Guiscard away. He can be killed to take over the barony. Alternatively, he might also be assassinated by the Byzantines later on, with Roger inheriting the barony and all of Drogo's soldiers without bloodshed.

Thoros II

• Bloody Crestwaves: Reynald briefly appears to discuss the raid against Byzantine-held Cyprus. His forces invade from the opposite side of the island from Thoros' forces.

Reynald's forces also appear in the Caught in the Crossfire and Of Turncoats and Traitors scenarios in the Thoros II campaign, but Reynald does not make a personal appearance.

Age of Empires IV

Reynald of Châtillon
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend
Type	Leader Heavy Melee Infantry
Civilization	Antioch
Statistics
Hit points	180
Melee armor	5
Ranged armor	5
Speed	1.125 tiles/s
Melee damage
Attack	14
Rate of Fire	1.375 seconds
Torch damage
Attack	16
Range	1.25 tiles
Rate of Fire	2.125

Reynald of Châtillon is a non-playable heavy melee infantry leader in the The Sultans Ascend campaign in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend. He has the same statistics as an Elite Man-at-Arms.

Reynald of Châtillon appears at the very end of The Horns of Hattin as part of the last wave of enemy Franks trying to reach Tiberias, leading a large army of infantry. He must be defeated along with all the other soldiers to win the scenario.

History

Renaud de Châtillon (c. 1123 - July 4, 1187) was a Burgundian Knight and Crusader of relatively humble origin who gained great military and political influence in the Kingdom of Jerusalem between the Second and Third Crusades. Reynald took his name from Châtillon-sur-Loire, a small town in central France. After losing his land for unknown reasons, he joined the Second Crusade (1147-1150) and stayed in the Holy Land after its defeat, entering the service of King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.

Reynald was described as a rogue, greedy, and ruthless by contemporary Muslims and Crusaders alike. He rose to prominence in 1153, when he married the widow princess of Antioch, and tortured the local Latin Patriarch due to his opposition to the marriage. In 1155, he attacked the Armenian Christian kingdom of Cilicia at the request of the Byzantines, then switched sides and sacked Byzantine Cyprus when they failed to pay him what they promised. These are covered in the Thoros II campaign, where Reynald himself serves as the narrator.

Like the narrator in the Saladin campaign, he was captured by the Muslims in 1160 and imprisoned for 15 years, but he hated Muslims more after his release instead of becoming sympathetic to them. Then he married the widow lady of Transjordan and used this vast territory and resources to raid Muslim trade caravans and shipping in defiance of the truce signed by Saladin and Baldwin IV in 1180. Before that, he also inflicted Saladin his worst defeat at Montgisard (1177).

Because of his breach of the truce and threats to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Saladin swore to personally behead Reynald, which he did after capturing him at Hattin. He was the only Crusader leader executed by the Muslims after the battle. A later legend claimed that Reynald killed Saladin's sister during his raids in the Red Sea (as shown in the movie Kingdom of Heaven). This grew from reports of Saladin assigning extra forces to protect her during the raids.

Trivia

• Age of Empires II uses the English spelling Reynald rather than the French Renaud, but also the French particle "de" instead of "of".
• In the original game, the switch in Reynald's faction from cyan Franks in Lord of Arabia to blue Byzantines in The Horns of Hattin is likely because Reynald fights with his own forces as Lord of Transjordan in the former, and in the latter as part of the Kingdom of Jerusalem's Army (which is portrayed as Byzantines). The kingdom was later depicted as Franks in the Definitive Edition's version of the scenario.
  • In the Definitive Edition, Reynald wears blue in both scenarios, in addition to his appearances in the Thoros II campaign.
• Reynald's appearance in Age of Empires IV is most likely based on his portrayal by Brendan Gleeson in the 2005 movie Kingdom of Heaven.

Gallery

Many views of Reynald de Chatillon

Reynald de Chatillon before the Definitive Edition

Reynald during the Crusades

Reynald accepting bribes from the Byzantines to abandon aid to Thoros

Reynald leading an army of infantry in Age of Empires IV

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