Amber Knight

You unlock the Amber Knight with the skill of the same name in the Doctrine of War; before that, Wallbreaker, Stormrunner and Raiding Party must be fully developed (see Quintessence). The knight is raised in the Barracks of exactly the castle that holds the skill, and costs no resources but one amber of each of the four kinds. A single point already unlocks him, but then training takes very long; only with the fully developed skill do you recruit him in normal time.

Strengths and weaknesses

• + An enormous defence, and in attack he is every bit as strong as armored cavalry.
• + He strikes five times as hard against all four kinds of dragon, and on wild animal hunts against aurochs and wisents he loses no knights.
• – Can neither be relocated nor sent as support, marches slowly and slows down every army he joins.

Amber raids: if you take amber knights along on a successful attack against a player, the surviving knights bring some amber home – though not any number of times against the same opponent. Whatever you capture, your opponent loses (see Amber).