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The Helvetians are an European civilization introduced in . They focus on Halberdiers
Overview[]
The Helvetians are
Campaign appearances[]
The Helvetians have a campaign devoted to their civilization: Adrian von Bubenberg.
Characteristics[]
Unique unit[]
- Reisläufer: Heavy Pikeman unit
Unique technologies[]
- Closer Order Drill Reisläufer and Spearman +1/+1 armour
- Confederacy All units except ship and siege +5 HP
Civilization bonuses[]
Team bonus[]
- Castles work 15% faster
In-game dialogue language[]
In-game,Helvetian units speak Swiss German, which is a Germanic language
- Villager
- Select 1 Ja? - Yes?
- Select 2 Grüezi - Hello
- Select 3 Bereyt - I'm ready
- Select 4 Befähl? - Orders?
- Move 1 Ja - Yes
- Move 2 Verschtandä - I understood
- Move 3 I wiu - I do
- Female Move 4 I mach's sofort - I will do it immediately (Only spoken by female villager)
- Male Move 4 Sofort - Immediately
- Build Bouä - I build
- Chop Houz hakchä - I chop wood
- Farm Buur - I gather (from farm)
- Fish Fischä - I fish
- Forage Sammlä - I gather (from forage)
- Hunt Jagä - I hunt
- Mine Usgrabe - I dig
- Repair Flikche - I repair
- Military
- Select 1 Ja? - Yes?
- Select 2 Zu Dienschtä - At your service
- Select 3 Befähl? - Orders?
- Move 1 Verschtandä - I understood
- Move 2 I wiu - I do
- Move 3 Ja, min Här! - Yes, sir!
- Attack 1 Agriff - Attack!
- Attack 2 Mer wärdä agriffä - We'll fight!
- Attack 3 Agriff! - We attack!
- Monk
- Select 1 Ja? - Yes?
- Select 2 'Befähl? - Orders?
- Select 3' Zu Dienschtä - At your service
- Select 4 Im Name üses Vaters - In the name of God
- Move 1 I gan - I'm going
- Move 2 Ja - Yes
- Move 3 Kchlar. - Right
- Move 4 I mach's sofort - I will do it immediately
- King
- Select 1 Bitte sehr. - Here you go
- Select 2 Was möchtet er? - What do you want?
- Select 3 Wieso störet er mi? - Why do you disturb me?
- Select 4 Rapport - Reporting
- Move 1 I mache was er möchtet. - I will do what you ask
- Move 2 Bi miner Würd - By my grace
- Move 3 Win er heit wöue - As you requested
- Move 4 I wärds mche - I shall do
AI player names[]
When playing a random map game against the computer, the player may encounter any of the following Bohemian AI characters:
- Adrian von Bubenberg : Adrian von Bubenberg (born c. 1434 in Bern; died August 1479 in Bern) was a Bernese knight, military commander and mayor (Schultheiss) of Bern in 1468-1469, 1473-1474 and 1477-1479. In Switzerland, he is remembered as the hero of the Battle of Murten.
- Petermann von Gundoldingen: Petermann of Gundoldingen (* 14th century in Lucerne ; † 9. July 1386 ) was Schultheiss (akin to today's office of mayor) of Lucerne and participated in the Battle of Sempach.
- Arnold von Winkelried:Arnold von Winkelried or Arnold Winkelried is a legendary hero of Swiss history. According to 16th century Swiss historiography, Winkelried's sacrifice brought about the victory of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the Battle of Sempach (1386) over the army of the Habsburg Duke Leopold III of Austria.
- Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen:Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen (1160 – 18 February 1218 in Freiburg im Breisgau), also known as Bertold V or Berchtold V, was Duke of Zähringen from 1186 until his death. He was the son of Berthold IV and Heilwig of Frohburg. Founded Berne.
- Rudolf I. von Nidau: First mentioned in 1201, around 1258, Gottstatt. Son Gf. Ulrichs III. from Neuchâtel. Brother or half-brother of Heinrich von Neuchâtel. Nephew of Rudolf II of Neuchâtel. 1) Bertha von Grenchen, 2) Richenza von (last name unknown, after 1267). During the division of the estate with his brothers Berthold von Strassberg and Ulrich von Aarberg around 1226, N. received the castles N. and Erlach and the title of Gf from Neuchâtel. He owned together with the Fürstbf. from Basel rulership rights on the Tessenberg and in Biel. He becomes tangible in 1255 as the founder of the Premonstratensian Monastery of Gottstatt and as a sponsor of the Erlach, Frienisberg and Hauterive abbeys, where he was first mentioned in 1201 when his father transferred his property.
Still WIP
History[]
The Old Swiss Confederacy began as a late medieval alliance between the communities of the valleys in the Central Alps, at the time part of the Holy Roman Empire, to facilitate the management of common interests such as free trade and to ensure the peace along the important trade routes through the mountains. The Hohenstaufen emperors had granted these valleys reichsfrei status in the early 13th century. As reichsfrei regions, the cantons (or regions) of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden were under the direct authority of the emperor without any intermediate liege lords and thus were largely autonomous.
With the rise of the Habsburg dynasty, the kings and dukes of Habsburg sought to extend their influence over this region and to bring it under their rule; as a consequence, a conflict ensued between the Habsburgs and these mountain communities who tried to defend their privileged status as reichsfrei regions. The three founding cantons of the Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, as the confederacy was called, were joined in the early 14th century by the city states of Lucerne, Zürich, and Bern, and they managed to defeat Habsburg armies on several occasions. They also profited from the fact that the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, for most of the 14th century, came from the House of Luxembourg and regarded them as potential useful allies against the rival Habsburgs.
By 1460, the confederates controlled most of the territory south and west of the Rhine to the Alps and the Jura mountains. At the end of the 15th century, two wars resulted in an expansion to thirteen cantons (Dreizehn Orte): in the Burgundian Wars of the 1470s, the confederates asserted their hegemony on the western border, and their victory in the Swabian War in 1499 against the forces of the Habsburg emperor Maximilian I ensured a de facto independence from the empire. During their involvement in the Italian Wars, the Swiss brought the Ticino under their control.
Two similar federations sprung up in neighboring areas in the Alps in the 14th century: in the Grisons, the federation of the Three Leagues (Drei Bünde) was founded, and in the Valais, the Seven Tenths (Sieben Zenden) were formed as a result of the conflicts with the Dukes of Savoy. Neither federation was part of the medieval Eidgenossenschaft but both maintained very close connections w
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