Editing Castle

{{About|is about town type called Castle. For the structure of the same name see [[Buildings common to all towns#Castles|Castles]]}}{{Towns}}

'''Castle''' is a good [[alignment]] [[town type]] with [[Knight]] and [[Cleric]] [[hero class]]es. Castle armies are primarily composed of human men-at-arms, though these towns have also formed an alliance with the [[griffin]]s and are under the protection of [[angel]]s. With two types of [[ranged attack]] units and two [[flying]] creature types available, Castle-based armies are well equipped to quickly engage and defeat their enemies. 

Castle's [[native terrain]] is [[grass]].

== Structures ==
[[Image:Castle-in.png|right|thumb|500px|Castle town seen form the inside]]

{{StandardBuildings|Ballista|4|[[Wood]] and 1 [[Ore]]}}

'''Castle specific buildings'''
*[[Brotherhood of the Sword]] (add +2 morale bonus to the generic tavern +1 bonus, resulting in a +3 morale bonus for the defender on siege)
*[[Griffin Bastion]] ([[Griffin]] [[horde building]], +3/week)
*[[Lighthouse]] (unique [[Castle]] town building, +5 movement tiles on sea, like [[Lighthouse]] on the adventure map, cumulative)
*[[Shipyard]]
*[[Stables]] (unique [[Castle]] town building, like [[Stables]] on the adventure map, +400 movement points each day for the rest of the week)
*[[Colossus]] ([[Grail]] building, +2 morale to all own units, the usual 5k gold each day additionally and +50% creature growth)

'''[[Castle creature dwellings]]'''
*Guardhouse
*Archers' Tower
*Griffin Tower
*Barracks
*Monastery
*Training Grounds
*Portal of Glory

{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 valign=middle style="background-color:#{{purple 3}}; border: 1px solid; text-align:center; "
| colspan=2 bgcolor={{purple 1}} style="height: 25px; color:white;" | '''Castle structure costs'''
|- 
| align=left style="width:200px" | {{-}}To build 7th level dwelling
| {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>60|{{M}}<br>12|{{O}}<br>50|{{S}}<br>12|{{C}}<br>12|{{Gem}}<br>12|{{G}}<br>46,000}}
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| align=left | {{-}}Upgrade all creature dwellings 
| {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>17|{{M}}<br>12|{{O}}<br>22|{{S}}<br>12|{{C}}<br>17|{{Gem}}<br>12|{{G}}<br>29,000}}
|-
| align=left | {{-}}Fully built
| {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>137|{{M}}<br>42|{{O}}<br>122|{{S}}<br>42|{{C}}<br>47|{{Gem}}<br>42|{{G}}<br>110,000}}
|}

== Heroes ==
{{Hero table}}
{{Castle hero table}}
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== Creatures ==
{{Creature table}}
{{Castle creature table}}
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{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 valign=middle style="background-color:#{{Blue 3}}; border: 1px solid; text-align:center; "
| colspan=2 bgcolor={{Blue 1}} style="height: 25px; color:white;" | '''Castle creature costs'''
|- 
| align=left | {{-}}Weekly troop cost 
| {{Building cost||||||{{Gem}}<br>6|{{G}}<br>29,580}}
|}

== Story ==
''See: [[Erathia]]''

== Discussion ==
'''Pros:'''
* Many useful creature specialties:
** [[Marksman]] shoots twice
** [[Royal Griffin]] always [[retaliation|retaliates]] ([[Griffin]] retaliates twice)
** [[Crusader]] strikes twice
** [[Cavalier]] has jousting bonus
** [[Archangel]] can [[Resurrection|resurrect]]
* Versatile units including two [[flying]] units, two [[ranged attack|ranged units]]
* [[Stables]] can provide heroes +400 [[movement]] points per day, which means roughly +20% more movement for heroes.
    
'''Cons:'''
* Second most expensive town, [[Tower]] being the most. Hard to obtain the required 6 gems/week, without a pond or Tower town with a [[Resource Silo]] providing them.
* The 6th tier dwelling, [[Training Grounds]] is the extremely hard to build, as it requires 30 woods.
* No units with immunity or resistance.

[[Category: Castle]]