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Followers of Veles

These men rest in the arms of the dragon, and fight in its name.

Veles is the Slavic god of the underworld. As part of their polytheistic pantheon, he is also attached to natural elements like the earth, forests and water. Things that are 'below' like caves and springs, too, fall under his purview - literally the 'under' world. Veles is in direct opposition to Perun, thunder god and lord of the 'quintheism'. Perun lives above, in the sky, and is depicted as fiery and dry - diametrically opposed to Veles and his damp, dark corners of the earth. In Slavic mythology, the two fought one another - Perun hurling lightning from the sky and chasing down his opponent. This concept of lightning storms as manifestations of Perun's power was extremely important to the Slavs, in a similar way as it was in many other pantheons - notably, the Greek thunder god Zeus, and the Nordic Thor.

Followers of Veles

Unit Name

Followers of Veles

Main Unit Key

att_slav_followers_veles

Land Unit Key

att_slav_followers_veles

Naval Unit Key

att_lon_heavy_tra_ger

Soldiers

160

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Melee Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

500

Recruitment Cost

500

Upkeep Cost

250

Melee Attack

42

Melee Damage

32

├ Melee Weapon

att_axe

├ Melee Base Damage

16

├ Armour-piercing Damage

16

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

10

Charge Bonus

35

Melee Defence

47

├ Base Defence

32

├ Shield

att_round

└ Shield Defence

15

Armour

25

├ Armour

att_leather

├ Armour Defence

10

└ Shield Armour

15

Health

110

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health

105

└ Bonus Hit Points

5

Morale

45

Abilities

Followers of Veles
  • Rapid Advance
    Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.

Attributes

  • Resistant to Fatigue
    Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
  • Guerrilla Deployment
    This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Upgrade
Required Technology Slavic Martial Culture Cost 163 Upgrade To Veles' Chosen
Requires Buildings
Followers of Veles Lv. 0 Tavern
Tavern
(att_bld_barbarian_civic_tavern_3)
Level 2
Mead Hall
Mead Hall
(att_bld_barbarian_civic_tavern_4)
Level 3
Sparring Fields
Sparring Fields
(att_bld_barbmigs_military_warriors_3)
Level 2
Warriors' Encampment
Warriors' Encampment
(att_bld_barbmigs_military_warriors_4)
Level 3
Faction Availability
Grand Campaign