Introduction[]
The Academy is the screen which lets you manage your Hero and assign them to armies or cities. It can be accessed from the Military screen or from certain notifications shortcuts.
1. Heroes are listed in the form of cards showing their basic stats. You can click a Hero card to get more detail on them
2. The list of actions you can apply to the selected Hero:
- Restore will heal heroes who have been injured in battle. This allows you to speed up the recovery which might otherwise take several turns.
- Inspect opens the hero inspection panel.
- Assign / Unassign will allow you to give new missions to a Hero. Be warned that Heroes given a new assignment will be locked in that post for a number of turns.
- Create an Army will create an army with only your hero in it, in the city of your choice.
- Dismiss will remove the Hero from your empire (maybe because they cost too much Dust in Upkeep, for example), and place them in the Marketplace for hiring.
3. The Marketplace shortcut displays Heroes available for recruitment. This is simplest way to acquire Heroes, though some quests will allow you to acquire others.
Hero Equipment[]
When you inspect a Hero, you open a panel reminiscent of the Unit Design panel. You can open this from many user interface elements: The Academy, by clicking on various Hero portraits, or through certain notifications.
The main difference between the Hero Inspection panel and the Unit Design panel is that equipment is applied instantly on a Hero, while Unit Design only applies to “templates” which must be later constructed or retrofitted.
Starting heroes are equipped with a default set of items, but equipping new items will cost you Dust as well as the required Strategic Resources. Otherwise, you will not be able to validate your hero equipment.
Hero Skills[]
The Hero inspection also allows you to select Skills for your heroes. Skills are special abilities earned as the Hero gains experience levels. Click on the “Skill Tree” tab of the Hero inspection panel to display his skills.
Each time a Hero gains a level, he is awarded a Skill point which can be used to select a Skill in the Skill Tree. Skills are unlocked hierarchically, so you must start from the root of the tree to progress towards the leaves.
The tree is divided into 3 main branches:
• The left branch is determined by your hero class (Infantry, Ranged, …)
• The right branch is determined by your hero faction (Wild Walkers, Broken Lords, …)
• The center branch is common to all Heroes, although some Skills are adapted to leading armies, while others are adapted to governing a city.
Some skills can be selected multiple times, with an increasing effect each time.