=============================================================================== Emperor Rise Of The Middle Kingdom Hero FAQ/Guide Version 1.0 By Kenjo63 Kenjo65@yahoo.com =============================================================================== Table Of Contents - To easily find what you are looking for hit ctrl+f then type the no, including the []s, then poof your there. [1.0] Introduction [2.0] Ancestral Heroes [2.1] Nu Wa [2.2] Shen Nong [2.3] Huang Di [3.0] Confucian Heroes [3.1] Confucius [3.2] Sun Tzu [3.3] Mencius [4.0] Daoist Heroes [4.1] Xi Wang Mu [4.2] Zao Jun [4.3] Guan Di [5.0] Buddhist Heroes [5.1] Guan Yin [5.2] Bodhidharma [5.3] Sun Wu Kong [6.0] Hero Notes [7.0] FAQs [8.0] Ending [9.0] Disclaimer [10.0] Credits And Thanks =============================================================================== [1.0] Introduction Hello, first off this is my first FAQ in anywhere so please don’t expect much, I will try my best. Since this is my first FAQ, e-mails on how to make it better or if I missed some stuff will be appreciated, you will be credited. I got this game because my friend said it was good, so I got it. To my surprise this was a good game even if it is somewhat old, sadly not many are playing it :-( . Even if the manual covers these things I will go deeper into the heroes, telling you things the manual didn’t. =============================================================================== [2.0] Ancestral Heroes - They are available at the start of the game - They are spiteful !!!(they get angry and destroy you) (8-0 =============================================================================== [2.1] Nu Wa - "The Creator Goddess" Rating: * Nu Wa created people from clay and often came to the world’s rescue (in one story, she mended the hole torn in the sky). - Halves the price of clay pits, hunter’s tents, fishing quays, music schools, irrigation pumps, irrigation ditches, and inspector’s towers - She can bless an inspector tower, clay pit, hunter’s tent or fishing quay. - She halves the chance of things being set on fire by the enemy - She captures animals Comments: I don’t like her very much, in my opinion she is the worst hero of the ancestors, she might have a lot of things to bless but she disappears before you can effectively bless your industry (she slowly dislikes you the more you bless things). You shouldn’t use her if you have other options. If you only have ancestral, get her for the menagerie then send her away. =============================================================================== [2.2] Shen Nong - "The Divine Farmer" Rating: **** Shen Nong is one of the nobles in Chinese mythology. He taught the people all about agriculture and the medicinal value of herbs. - Halves the price of fields, farmhouses, hemp farms, herbalist’s stalls, market squares, food shops and mills. - He could bless farms - He is like a herbalist (walks around giving medicine) - He satisfies any request for food made by other cities!! (all kinds of food) Comments: If your in the bronze age and your not planning to wage war get this guy, probably the best ancestral hero around. If someone wants food that you cant give summon this guy, request granted. He is made obsolete by the kitchen god (by obsolete I mean the kitchen god is sooooooo much better). =============================================================================== [2.3] Huang Di - "The Yellow Emperor" Rating: *** Huang Di is one of the legendary Chinese emperors. He was a great military leader, and he and his wife are credited with many inventions. - Halves the price of kilns, silkworm sheds, weavers, mulberry tree orchards, acupuncturist’s clinics, and chariot forts - He fulfills requests for ceramics made by other cities - He can bless a kiln and a silkworm shed - He gives ceramics to every house that he walks by - He can fight wars - He boosts the morale of chariots Comments: The only fighter hero of the ancestors, Until Sun Tzu comes in he is effective but replace him when Sun Tzu comes because by then chariots will be replaced by cavalry (cavalry don’t get a bonus from him ). His other bonuses are also useful , don’t take that for granted. His fighting skill are Ok. (he is strong enough to defeat Sun Wu Kong by just a little bit). He uses a bow =============================================================================== [3.0] Confucian Heroes - Only rich people can study his teachings - Very practical - Comes up during the iron age - Does not cause calamites unlike the ancestral heroes =============================================================================== [3.1] Confucius - "The Sage Of All Time" Rating: ** Confucius (551-479 BCE) is the most famous person in Chinese history. His ethical philosophy became the basis for Confucianism, one of China’s three great religions. Confucius taught filial piety and the golden rule of empathy. He wanted rulers to lead by good example rather than by force. He started his career as a tax collector, but was disillusioned by official bribery and over taxation. The Analects is a compilation of his sayings, written by his followers after his death. - He halves the price of tax offices, ancestral shrines, music schools, and grand and imperial ways. - He collects taxes - He could be a Musician (no he wont be on the market or be in the parade) - He could give burial provisions to the Tumulus - He could bless a tax office filling it with wood or paper - You could increase taxes without any effect to your popularity (yank it up to outrageous, no one would care) Comments: I don’t like him much, some may think he could make you filthy rich but I prefer to use mecius for that. Overall the most useless hero of his own religion. He is NOT as useless as Nu Wa. =============================================================================== [3.2] Sun Tzu - "Master Sun" Rating *** Sun Tzu was a famous military leader during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He is identified with writing The Art of War, a classic Chinese text that emphasizes preparedness, speed and surprise in battle, avoiding losses, and using spies. - He halves the price of military forts, city walls(not residential), city gates and towers - He can fight with the army - He reduces travel time for armies - He can bless forts making them train faster (manual didn’t mention this) - He halves the cost of spies (witch is a LOT because spies are expensive) - He boosts morale of all soldiers - He can capture and reverse enemy spies in your city - Can capture for the menagerie Comments: This person stands for everything conquest has to offer, spies, swift attacks and as a added bonus he can capture animals for the menagerie. This guy is the one if you plan to have a defense line quickly and to slow your opponent giving you more time to defend, he is also good to have if you want to have conquest after conquest. A brutal hero perfect for counter attacks. He is decent with his pole arm, he is stronger than the yellow emperor. =============================================================================== [3.3] Mencius - "The Second Sage" Rating **** Mencius (372-289 BCE) was the second most influential teacher of Confucianism. His text, called The Mencius, was studied by Chinese scholars as reverently as Confucius’ Analects. Mencius believed that subjects had the right to overthrow rulers who were morally unfit and who jeopardized the people. He was a proponent of expanding markets and trade. - He halves the price of warehouses, trading stations, trading quays, and market squares. - He can bless a trading station to have more prophet - More traders come to the city when he is around Comments: He may not look like it at first but this is the hero of money, as you know most of your income comes from trade not taxes, and this guy gives you more money from trade witch in turn gives you more money (a LOT more). Just remember to give him offerings about every month, because if you are like me you’ll be using his bless ability a lot. =============================================================================== [4.0] Daoist Heroes - You need a daoist temple to summon them - Does not get angry unlike the ancestors - They come in during the iron age - They have some of the best heroes of the game =============================================================================== [4.1] Xi Wang Mu - "Queen Mother Of The West" Rating **** or * (depends when) Xi Wang Mu lives in a spectacular jade palace, grows magical peaches that ripen every 3,000 years, and is the source of immortality. She is the highest goddess in the Daoist pantheon, and the embodiment of Yin. - She halves the price of carpenters’, masons’, and ceramists’ guilds , jade carver’s studios and aesthetic sculptures - She fills jade carver studios with raw jade if she blesses them - She captures animals for the menagerie - Most importantly she hurries the construction of monuments Comments: She could be the best or the worst hero in the game, it all depends on the mission. Her most important ability is to hurry monuments(it could save you about 1-5 game year/s) but if the mission does not require monument building don’t get her, her jade ability is not so good, the other Daoist heroes will be soo much better. =============================================================================== [4.2] Zao Jun - "The Kitchen God" Rating***** Zao Jun makes annual reports to Heaven on the household. Families honor the Kitchen God throughout the year but especially at New Year’s when he is supposed to ascend to Heaven and make his report (families offer him sticky sweets for the journey). - He halves the price of food shops - He can bless food shops increasing food quality by one level!!!, but he cant add more food ingredients to it, it magically tastes better. - He makes New Year festivals free!!! - He gives delicious food to every house he passes by!!! Comments: Think of the possibilities, this guy could single handedly feed the nobles, taking away such a hard problem. He can make food taste better with his magic, saving money on imports. For the new year festival I’ll check if it includes making the cash costs free. This guy is a bargain, one of my favorites =============================================================================== [4.3] Guan Di - "The God Of War" Rating****** Guan Di was a famous general during the Three Kingdoms period who was captured and executed in 220 CE. He was venerated as a Daoist god hundreds of years later. At an early point in his life, Guan Di was a bean curd seller, so he’s considered their patron. He also memorized some of the Confucian classics. Statues of Guan Di are used to guard buildings against intruders. - He halves the price of forts, weapon smiths and watch towers - He can preach the word of Confucius - He could act like a city guard - He could magically give bean curd to mills - He could bless a fort giving it weapons and wood !!! - He could bless a Confucian academy - He can fight with the army - He boosts the morale of Cavalry companies - Thieves, muggers and bandits don’t appear in your city Comments: THE best hero in the game for me! the sheer ability to give weapons to forts is already great, add that up with the ability to give free food and unrest control, you have someone who has it all. He is the strongest fighter hero in the game. Lets all just hope Sierra doesn’t nerf this guy. =============================================================================== [5.0] Buddhist Heroes - You need a Pagoda to summon them - They appear during the steel age =============================================================================== [5.1] Guan Yin - "The Goddess of Mercy" Rating** As a bodhisattva, Guan Yin is the greatest Buddhist deity in China. She is revered as a hearer of prayers and a protector of children. - She halves the price of wells, gardens, flowering trees, wayside pavilions, ponds , Tai Chi parks and private gardens. - She could deliver water - She can bless wells and she could lower house unrest - She halves the price to bribe attackers away and to pay your lord Comments: She is the most useless of the Buddhists heroes why?, the only ability making her worth getting is useless, I mean why bribe invaders away when you can fight :p =============================================================================== [5.2] Bodhidharma - "The Kung Fu Monk" Rating*** Bodhidharma was the 28th Patriarch from Buddha and the 1st Patriarch in China. He arrived in China circa 520 CE and met with Emperor Wu. Credited with teaching the Shaolin monastery monks the art of kung fu, he supposedly cut off his eyelids so he could meditate longer, and from them the tea plant was created. - He halves the price of tea curing sheds, tea shops, tea bushes, and watchtowers - He can bless a watchtower - He can only fight enemies at home :-( (too bad his skill are only second to Guan Di - He gives tea to every house he walks by - He automatically gives other cities tea if they ask for it Comments: Do you need tea THAT badly, I see very little use for him but some people say he’s really good I have yet to find that out. But for now I classify him close to useless, this might change in the future. =============================================================================== [5.3] Sun Wu Kong - "The Monkey King" Rating****** The Monkey King was born from a stone egg. He is a capable fighter and versatile with his magic staff. He studied under a Daoist priest at one time. When the immortals grew weary of his misbehavior, Sun Wu Kong was buried under a mountain by Buddha as punishment. He was later released to accompany the monk Xuan Zang on his journey to India and back to bring Buddhist scriptures to China. The Monkey King is aggressive and mischievous … but widely popular in Chinese society. - He halves the price of stoneworks, weapon smiths, acrobat schools, drama schools, theatre pavilions , and Daoist shrines - He can teach Daoism - He can act sing and jump around, this entertains people. - He can bless a quarry and a weapon smith - He can capture animals - Emissaries are free when he is around - He can fight with the army - The only entertaining hero in the game (manual didn’t mention this) (Confucius is NOT an entertaining hero) Comments: My friends say this guy is THE best hero, and I somewhat agree ...but I like the god of war better. He does a lot of things but not with a lot of impact to your city. Entertainment is easily covered. He is the WEAKEST hero in the game =============================================================================== [6.0] Hero Notes - Only ancestral heroes get angry - All of them could be a priest for there religion - The higher the religious coverage the happier they will become - The higher the Fung-Shuay the happier they will become - They need certain buildings to come out. =============================================================================== [7.0] FAQs Q: Do heroes die A: They can be defeated(they disappear), but you can summon them again Q: Is the game buggy A: Yes Q: Xi Wang Mu said shell give me a peach in 3000 years is it true A: No Q: Does the computer use heroes on you A: I have never experienced it =============================================================================== [8.0] Ending That’s it, I hope you liked the faq. E mail me when something’s wrong OK =============================================================================== [9.0] Disclaimer This walkthrough must always be free, you can post in your site as long as money isn’t involved, it is unchanged in anyway and full credit is given to Kenjo63 Copyright kenjo63 =============================================================================== [10.0] Credits And Thanks CjayC- Hopefully he would post this FAQ David G- For talking me into buying this game Sierra- For making the game The Manual- For all the history of the heroes and stuff (even if they missed a few things) You- For reading this