Guardians

Guardians are colossal solitary units that can be recruited through research and subsequent construction. Some of the guardians can also be unlocked via Global Quests.

The five different guardians all have unique Army Actions that they are able to perform, as well has having unique powerful capacities. Constructing a Guardian is similar to constructing a district in that you "build" the guardian on an available tile adjacent to your city; as such, anyone who can see your city can see that you are constructing a guardian, construction on it can be halted by a siege, and as long as you are building the guardian, districts cannot be placed on that tile.

The following Guardians are unlocked in the following Eras.

Era III

Skoros Faction: All Obtained: Era III Unit Type: Support Costs: 2000 20 20

Base Attributes: Life 640 Speed 4 Attack 144 Defense 75 Initiative 54 Damage 25 Range 3 Sight 3

One of the five ancient spirits that once protected Auriga, this quick and dangerous Guardian of Dust was attuned to the planet's magical currents. Though it was imprisoned by the Endless, Skoros's chains have faded and it now lives again.

Era IV

Fotios Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Unit Type: Ranged Costs: 2000 30

Base Attributes: Life 500 Speed 4 Attack 100 Defense 18 Initiative 52 Damage 100 Range 3 Sight 3

Linked to the primeval force of fire, Fotios is a fast and deadly Guardian that was held in chains by the Endless. Now alive and aware, seeking a cause, it watches across the vast landscapes of Auriga.

Gios Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Unit Type: Infantry Costs: 2000 30

Base Attributes: Life 833 Speed 4 Attack 75 Defense 127 Initiative 42 Damage 64 Range 1 Sight 3

Gios, the Guardian of Earth and as tough and solid as the rock itself, spent millennia in chains forged by the Endless. It has awoken and freed itself, and can once more sense all that moves in or across the planet.

Era V

Neros Faction: All Obtained: Era V Unit Type: Cavalry Costs: 2000 30

Base Attributes: Life 900 Speed 6 Attack 100 Defense 48 Initiative 48 Damage 100 Range 1 Sight 3

This ancient Guardian, both tough and deadly, was deemed too dangerous by the Endless. Confined for millennia but finally free, it once again listens to the echoes of the present and the past.

Atmos Faction: All Obtained: Era V Unit Type: Flying Costs: 2000 30

Base Attributes: Life 820 Speed 6 Attack 160 Defense 140 Initiative 38 Damage 60 Range 1 Sight 3

Adept at tracking the winds and scents of Auriga, Atmos is one of the ancient spirits that were imprisoned by the Endless. Now that those chains are gone, the tough and dangerous Guardian of Air is free to act as it will.

Lore

There are older and greater things in the universe than the Endless, whose few hundred centuries barely scrape the surface of history. What of those older entities, those other forces? Did they disappear before the arrival of the Endless, or could the Endless, at the height of their power, have contained and controlled them? And now that the Endless have faded or moved on, might some of these elder beings suddenly rise up again…?