Balauria
Companions and mythics
A hero keeps up to six companions and marches with one. They are tamed after camps the hero led, grow with his battles, and give a bonus to the army he leads or to his capital. Feed them with camp spoils to level them up.
Grey wolf cubA cub from the dens. It runs beside the riders.
Cavalry attack +2 % · Wolf den
War houndDrags the wounded out of the fight.
Wounded recovered +1 % · Bandit camp
Marsh toadFat, poisonous and fond of traps.
Trap strength +3 % · Bog coven
Grave ravenSees everything from above and tells the hero.
Scouting accuracy +5 % · Barrow of the dead, Bandit camp
Tusk boarStands in the gate like a rock.
Infantry defence +2 % · Wolf den, Bandit camp
Night owlOld and wise; the hero learns faster beside it.
Hero experience +3 % · Barrow of the dead, Bog coven
Shadow lynxFinds the short paths through any forest.
March speed +3 % · Wolf den
Gold foxSniffs out every coin the raiders missed.
Loot capacity +3 % · Bandit camp
Cave bearFights at the hero's side.
Hero strength +1500 % · Wolf den, Barrow of the dead
Ember drakeA young dragon. Rare beyond words.
Attack (all) +2 % · Barrow of the dead, Bog coven, Wolf den, Bandit camp
Wisp of the mireA light that guards the walls at night.
Defence (all) +2 % · Bog coven
The twenty mythics
Twenty mythic creatures of Romanian folklore, one of each kind per era, each with its own bonus and a second, fixed one. They go to the first twenty heroes who reach level 70 — and to nobody else.
ZmeuA dragon-man of the old tales; armies he walks with fear nothing.
Attack (all) +4 % · Return speed +5 %
InorogThe unicorn guards the walls of whoever earns it.
Defence (all) +4 % · Hospital capacity +5 %
Pasărea MăiastrăThe golden bird sings and the hero learns.
Hero experience +6 % · Scouting reveal +10 %
Cal NăzdrăvanA wonder-horse that eats embers and runs with the wind.
March speed +6 % · Carry capacity +6 %
PricoliciThe werewolf of the night raids.
Attack at night +8 % · Cavalry attack +4 %
Solomonar's drakeA storm drake ridden by the weather-mages.
Mystics' attack +6 % · Mystics' defence +4 %
Vâlva BăilorThe spirit of the mines shows where the treasure lies.
Loot capacity +6 % · Protected from looting +5 %
The IeleFairies of the night meadows; they heal those they like.
Wounded recovered +3 % · Enemy speed near you −5 %
Strigoi batIt sees every spy in the dark.
Counter-scouting +20 % · Trap strength +5 %
Muma Pădurii's owlThe forest witch's owl; stone hardens where it sits.
Wall strength +5 % · Ranged defence +4 %
The UrsitoareThe three fates who spun the hero's thread.
Hero strength +3000 % · Morale +3 %
Balaur hatchlingA child of the great dragon itself. Very few exist.
Siege attack +6 % · Attack (all) +2 %
CăpcăunThe dog-headed ogre of the tales; foot soldiers march harder behind it.
Infantry attack +6 % · Cavalry defence +4 %
VasiliscThe basilisk whose gaze turns rams and towers to stone.
Siege engine defence +6 % · Support defence +4 %
SpiridușA household sprite that whispers what the scouts saw.
Scouting accuracy +20 % · Hero experience +3 %
SânzianaThe midsummer fairy; wounded men wake healed in her meadows.
Hospital beds +3000 % · Wounded recovered +2 %
Moșul CodruluiThe old man of the deep forest; no shield wall breaks where he stands.
Infantry defence +6 % · Beasts' defence +4 %
Fata PăduriiThe forest maiden; arrows fly true when she sings.
Ranged attack +6 % · Support attack +4 %
Dacian DracoThe wolf-headed dragon banner, alive; mixed hosts fight as one.
Attack with mixed armies +6 % · Defence (all) +2 %
The White HindNo hunter ever caught her; beasts fall before those she follows.
Beasts' attack +6 % · March speed +3 %