Paladin

Description	The Paladin protects your villages and can also lead your units into battle. Each player may only have one. The Paladin can be equipped with weapons that give your army bonuses.
Requirements	Statue level 1
Special Ability	Can equip weapon that gives a bonus
Cost	0	0	0	1	06:00:00
Values	150	250	400	150	100

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Paladin's Weapons

You can recruit one paladin from your statue. You can also rename your paladin if you want to. If the paladin dies a new one can be recruited.
The paladin is a good addition to your looting units at the beginning of the game. He reduces your losses and can also carry quite a few resources. He can also assist your defense. He is most effective when a lot of your friends or tribe members send their units and their paladins to one player. This way even very large armies can be defeated.
The paladin also plays an important role later in the game, since he increases the speed of your defensive units. Every support unit that you send with your paladin marches as fast as he does if you have researched "Forced march". For example, sword fighters walk more than twice as fast as they would without him. As soon as you have built several statues, you can also let your paladin move between your villages.

Another ability of the paladin is that he can carry mighty weapons which influence the strength of one unit type in attack and defense.
If the paladin is located in a village with statue at level 5, you have a faithful paladin which helps you to attack into a new province: when he is with your attacking units, the units attack with 100% faith, even if you do not own a church or chapel in that province.
The attack strength of a unit type is only increased if the army is accompanied by the paladin and he has equipped the respective weapon.
The defensive strength of a unit type is only increased if the paladin is stationed in the attacked village and equipped with the related weapon. Several paladins with the same weapon do not increase the strength of a unit type more than once. But paladins with different weapons can increase the strength of multiple unit types.

Weapon	Quest	Bonus
Halberd of Guan Yu	Plunder resources	Increases attack and defense strength of Spearmen
Paracelsus' Longsword	Defeat units as defender	Increases attack and defense strength of Swordsmen
Thorgard's Battle Axe	Attack villages (not unique)	Increases attack and defense strength of Axe Fighters
Nimrod's Longbow	Defeat units as supporter	Increases attack and defense strength of Archers
Mieszko's Lance	Defeat units as attacker	Increases attack and defense strength of Light Cavalry
Nimrod's Composite Bow	Defeat complete armies (at least 2000 provisions worth)	Increases attack and defense strength of Mounted Archers
Baptiste's Banner	Support in battles (at least 2000 provisions worth)	Increases attack and defense strength of Heavy Cavalry
Carol's Morning Star	Destroy wall levels	Increases attack and defense strength of Rams
Aletheia's Bonfire	Destroy building levels	Increases attack and defense strength of Catapults
Vasco's Scepter	Conquer villages	Increases effectiveness of Noblemen

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