CAMPAIGN · THE AGE OF KINGS
The Emperor Sleeping
A final escorted passage across the Holy Land. Prepare before the temporary truce ends, then clear a safe route through enemy-held territory for the fragile cart.
Overview
A final escorted passage across the Holy Land. Prepare before the temporary truce ends, then clear a safe route through enemy-held territory for the fragile cart.
Player approach
The Emperor Sleeping is an escort mission where the Trade Cart must reach Jerusalem while the Dome of the Rock remains intact. Clear threats in an order that prevents villagers from fleeing into the final southern city.
Step-by-step plan
Collect the nearby Relic with the starting Monks, then attack the eastern Saracen town before breaching the central walls so its Villagers cannot escape to the southern settlement. Use converted Persian Trebuchets and War Elephants to strengthen the army against siege and frontline pressure. Break through Saladin’s camp, remove the towers that threaten the Trade Cart’s path, and escort it toward the Dome with mobile units clearing the route ahead.
Risks and adjustments
The Dome and the Trade Cart are both failure-critical targets, so neither should approach the front line before the path is secure. The second Relic lies deep in hostile territory; collect it only when the army can protect the detour, and avoid drawing the southern defenders before the eastern town is handled.
Focused strategy page
For a dedicated version of this plan, open The Emperor Sleeping cart-and-relic route.
Mission overview
A final escorted passage across the Holy Land. Prepare before the temporary truce ends, then clear a safe route through enemy-held territory for the fragile cart.
Objectives
- Deliver the Emperor in a Barrel to the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
- Keep the Emperor’s cart and the Dome of the Rock alive.
- Focus
- Scenario · Barbarossa
- Signature / category
- Story & scenarios
- Release / context
- The Age of Kings
- Region
- The Age of Kings
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