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is about town type called Castle. For the structure of the same name see Castles

	Castle
	Towns
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

Castle is a good alignment town type with Knight and Cleric hero classes. Castle armies are primarily composed of human men-at-arms, though these towns have also formed an alliance with the griffins and are under the protection of angels. 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

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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

Heroes

Name	Class	Specialty	Skill 1	Skill 2	Spell
Orrin	Knight	Archery	Basic Leadership	Basic Archery
Valeska	Knight	Archers	Basic Leadership	Basic Archery
Edric	Knight	Griffins	Basic Leadership	Basic Armorer
Sylvia	Knight	Navigation	Basic Leadership	Basic Navigation
Beatrice	Knight	Scouting	Basic Leadership	Basic Scouting
Lord Haart	Knight	Estates	Basic Leadership	Basic Estates
Sorsha	Knight	Swordsmen	Basic Leadership	Basic Offense
Christian	Knight	Ballista	Basic Leadership	Basic Artillery
Tyris	Knight	Cavaliers	Basic Leadership	Basic Tactics
Catherine	Knight	Swordsmen	Basic Leadership	Basic Offense
Roland	Knight	Swordsmen	Basic Leadership	Basic Armorer
Sir Mullich	Knight	Speed	Advanced Leadership
Adela	Cleric	Bless	Basic Wisdom	Basic Diplomacy	Bless
Cuthbert	Cleric	Weakness	Basic Wisdom	Basic Estates	Weakness
Adelaide	Cleric	Frost Ring	Advanced Wisdom		Frost Ring
Ingham	Cleric	Monks	Basic Wisdom	Basic Mysticism	Curse
Sanya	Cleric	Eagle Eye	Basic Wisdom	Basic Eagle Eye	Dispel
Loynis	Cleric	Prayer	Basic Wisdom	Basic Learning	Prayer
Caitlin	Cleric	Gold	Basic Wisdom	Basic Intelligence	Cure
Rion	Cleric	First Aid	Basic Wisdom	Basic First Aid	Stone Skin

Creatures

Name	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special

Pikeman Pikeman	1	4	5	1	3	10	4	14	80	60		Immune to jousting
Halberdier Halberdier	1⁺	6	5	2	3	10	5	14	115	75		Immune to jousting
Archer Archer	2	6	3	2	3	10	4	9	126	100		Ranged (12 shots)
Marksman Marksman	2⁺	6	3	2	3	10	6	9	184	150		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Griffin Griffin	3	8	8	3	6	25	6	7	351	200		Flying, Two retaliations
Royal Griffin Royal Griffin	3⁺	9	9	3	6	25	9	7	448	240		Flying, Unlimited retaliations
Swordsman Swordsman	4	10	12	6	9	35	5	4	445	300
Crusader Crusader	4⁺	12	12	7	10	35	6	4	588	400		Double attack
Monk Monk	5	12	7	10	12	30	5	3	582 485	400		Ranged (12 shots)
Zealot Zealot	5⁺	12	10	10	12	30	7	3	750	450		Ranged (24 shots), No melee penalty
Cavalier Cavalier	6	15	15	15	25	100	7	2	1946	1000		Jousting
Champion Champion	6⁺	16	16	20	25	100	9	2	2100	1200		Jousting
Angel Angel	7	20	20	50	50	200	12	1	5019	3000	1	Flying, Hates Devils, Morale +1
Archangel Archangel	7⁺	30	30	50	50	250	18	1	8776	5000	3	Flying, Hates Devils, Resurrection, Morale +1

Town costs

Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
	46000	29000	110000
	60	17	137
	50	22	122
	12	17	47
	12	12	42
	12	12	42
	12	12	42
Troop cost/week:		29580 6

Discussion

Pros:

Many useful creature specialties:
- Marksman shoots twice
- Royal Griffin always retaliates (Griffin retaliates twice)
- Crusader strikes twice
- Cavalier has jousting bonus
- Archangel can resurrect
Good variety of units including two Flyers (Griffins/Royal Griffins and Angels/Archangels) and two ranged units (Archers/Marksmen and Monks/Zealots).
Easy to create fast moving heroes, with Griffins/Royal Griffins and Stable.
Pikemen/Halberdiers are one of the best 1st tier units, second only to Centaurs.

Cons:

The Mage Guild is limited to level 4.
Relatively expensive town. Hard to obtain the required 6 gems/week, without 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.

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 == Discussion ==
 '''Pros:'''
-* Overall very powerful and above average units: [[Marksman]] shoots twice, [[Crusader]] strikes twice, [[Royal Griffin]] always retaliates.
+* Many useful creature specialties:
+** [[Marksman]] shoots twice
+** [[Royal Griffin]] always [[retaliation|retaliates]] ([[Griffin]] retaliates twice)
+** [[Crusader]] strikes twice
+** [[Cavalier]] has jousting bonus
+** [[Archangel]] can [[resurrect]]
 * Good variety of units including two Flyers ([[Griffin]]s/[[Royal Griffin]]s and [[Angel]]s/[[Archangel]]s) and two ranged units ([[Archer]]s/[[Marksman|Marksmen]] and [[Monk]]s/[[Zealot]]s).
 * Easy to create fast moving heroes, with [[Griffin]]s/[[Royal Griffin]]s and [[Stable]].