Total War: ATTILA - Viking Forefathers Culture Pack

Total War™: ATTILA – Viking Forefathers Culture Pack About the DLC: The Viking Forefathers Culture Pack adds The Norsemen as a new playable culture to Total War™: ATTILA. These factions may be used in Single or Multiplayer Campaign modes and Custom and Multiplayer battles. With the Viking Forefathers at their command, players can marshal the forces of The Geats, The Jutes and The Danes as they launch southwards from their icy homelands on campaigns of looting, raiding and conquest. In the bitter, windswept north, hard winters breed hard men, and Norse warriors are redoubtable in combat on land and sea. To these natural seafarers and expert coastal raiders, the plentiful lands to the south promise glorious victories and great plunder! Unique Cultural traits All Norse factions share the Viking Raiders trait, making them expert profiteers from raiding, looting and sacking. Unique Faction Traits All Norse factions bear a unique trait which further defines their strengths and play-style in the Grand Campaign. The Danes: Seaborn Immune to both high-seas attrition and seasickness, The Danes are able to weather the worst maritime conditions and make full use of their land units in naval conflict. The Geats: Cold Blood The hardy Geats are raised in icy climates. As such they benefit from a morale-boost when fighting in winter and are immune to snow attrition. The Jutes: Despoilers The Jutes are the ultimate profiteers in war, and gain significant income from razing settlements and destroying units in battle. Unique mission objectives Players using Norse factions will receive a unique series of mission objectives over the course of the campaign. Unique units Each of the three Norse factions can recruit two unique units in battle: Geats Thrall Spears Plentiful and Inexpensive, Thrall Spears can form a defensive backbone for any army. Thrall Spearmen Thrall Spearmen represent a solid anvil for the enemy to spend his cavalry against, and can pack a deadly punch on the charge with their javelins. Jutes Huscarls The fearless Huscarls hurl themselves into battle, carving a gory path through the enemy ranks with their axes. Royal Huscarls Disciplined, highly trained and more heavily armoured than other axe units, the Royal Huscarls strike fear – and sharpened steel – into the hearts of their foes. Danes The seagoing Danes may recruit the fearsome Drekkar Dragonship manned with two extra varieties of troop options. These rugged warships can withstand much punishment before delivering some of the Viking Forefathers’ most powerful and vicious melee warriors – the Chosen Norse Marauders and the Elite Norse Marauders - into the fray. Viking Forefathers unit rosters Alongside elements from the Barbarian battlefield unit roster, The Geats, the Jutes and the Danes can field specific Norse units in battle on land and sea. Spear infantry: Thrall Spears (Geats only) Thrall Spearmen (Geats only) Nordic Levy Nordic Spearmen Elite Nordic Spearmen Nordic Spearmasters Pike infantry: Nordic Pikemen Melee infantry: Nordic Band Nordic Brigade Wold Coats Hirdmen Nordic Warriors Elite Nordic Warriors Chosen Warriors Axe infantry: Nordic Axe Warband Huscarls (Jutes only) Nordic Axe Warriors Royal Huscarls (Jutes only) Viking Raiders Norse Berserkers Bow infantry: Nordic Bows Slingers: Nordic Hurlers Skrimishers: Thrall Skirmishers Nordic Skrimishers Nordic Javelinmen Nordic Brigands Melee Cavalry: Nordic Mounted Raiders Nordic Horse Raiders Nordic Horse Lords Viking Raider Cavalry Skirmisher Cavalry: Nordic Raiders Artillery: Onager Large Onager Warhounds: Warhounds Naval units Unique General unit: Viking Captain Ramming ships: Strike Liburnian (Nordic Light Bowmen) Assault Liburnian (Nordic Light Bowmen) Melee ships: Snekkja Longship (Nordic Heavy Marauders) Assault ships: Drekkar Dragonship (Elite Norse Marauders – Danes only) Drekkar Dragonship (Nordic Berserker Marauders) Drekkar Dragonship (Chosen Norse Marauders – Danes only)