It was also the sheer amount of suffering and death that defined the Age of Strife that would shape the later culture of the Imperium of Man. It was in reaction to the horrors and loss of life that befell Humanity during the Age of Strife that the Emperor of Mankind first decided to unite all of Humanity beneath His enlightened rule, building the foundation of what eventually became the Imperium during the Unification Wars on Old Earth starting in the late 29th Millennium. This is due to the data having been lost over vast amounts of time, the sheer chaos of the period, and censorship by various Imperial authorities who seek to prevent the people of the Imperium from learning more about the rampant uncontrolled psykers and daemonic Chaos incursions that afflicted many of the Human worlds of the period - including Terra itself. These events killed tens of billions of people and pushed Humanity to the brink of extinction.Īccording to the 'official' histories of the Imperium, the precise details and dates of the Age of Strife are not known. It was in this time that the great Human interstellar civilisation created during the golden age of the Age of Technology collapsed into isolation, constant warfare, disease, rampant mutation, famine and a host of other terrible tragedies. and ended in the 30th Millennium with the birth of the Imperium of Man. Costs: 800 File:Resources wood.png, 400 File:Icon coin.The Age of Strife, also sometimes referred to as ' Old Night' based on the name for the era on Terra in older Imperial histories, is the name for the chaotic and highly fragmented period of Human history that began roughly in the 25th Millennium A.D.Effects: Increases attack with 50% ( doesn't affect anti-ship attack).Costs: 400 File:Resources wood.png, 200 File:Icon coin.gif.Black Flag Army ( Arquebusiers and Flamethrower).Mongolian Army ( Keshiks and Hand Mortars).It starts as an flatland castle and can be upgraded to a hill castle, which can be upgraded to a mountain castle. It is more expensive, but stronger than an outpost, and a equal amount can be built of them.

The Castle is similar to an Blockhouse or War Hut, but it trains Siege Units instead of normal infantry.

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