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This article is about the hero unit. For the campaign, see Thoros II. |
| “ | Another day of death and ruin draws to a close. Will the senseless carnage never end? Oh Armenia, what price do we pay? | ” |
| —Tired of his struggle in Of Turncoats and Traitors | ||
Thoros is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - The Mountain Royals. He has a unique model. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health. He was the sixth Lord of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1144-1169).
Campaign appearances[]
He has a dedicated campaign, Thoros II, and personally appears in all of its scenarios, although in Bloody Crestwaves he appears only briefly in the initial discussion of the invasion of Cyprus.
History[]
Thoros II (1110/1111-1169) was the sixth Lord of Armenian Cilicia from the Rubenid dynasty from 1144/1145–1169. He was initially imprisoned by the Byzantines but in 1143 escaped to Armenian Cilicia to become its ruler in 1144 after expelling the Byzantines. In 1152, a Byzantine invasion was defeated in Mamistra by Thoros and his brothers Mleh and Stephan. He formed an alliance with the Knights Templar in 1154 to wage war against the Seljuk Turks, and joined up with his former rival Reynald de Chatillon in 1156 to plunder Cyprus. In 1164, Thoros' Crusader allies were defeated at the Battle of Harim, while his forces managed to escape. After defeating a third and final invasion of Armenia by the Byzantines in 1168, Armenia recognized Byzantine sovereignty of the Gulf of Alexandretta in exchange for autonomy, and Thoros ruled the rest of his days in peace.
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