Famous Historical Heroes

Once a player's Inn reaches level 5, Famous Historical Heroes become available to hunt through Hero Quests.

Hearsay

In the Inn, you can get many tidbits about folk heroes. The higher level your Inn, the more folk heroes can be found in it.

More Hearsay

You can refresh the list of folk heroes at the expense of 100 gold.

Enquire Details

Spending some game Cents, you will be offered the information of the accurate location of the hero as well as a Portrait which is necessary to capture the hero. Meanwhile a report will be sent to you.

• Notice: You need to use the Enquire details feature again to get the latest location of the hero again in case the hero get captured or moved by other players.

Accept Task

You can accept Historic Hero hunting quests here. The quest will be displayed in the Hero Quests tab under the Quests menu once the quest is accepted. You will get some rewards when the quest is complete.

List of Famous Historical Heroes

Name		Brief History
	Kabir	The son of Brahmin Hindu mother, it is believed Kabir was adopted by a Muslim weaver. He became a mystic preacher who believed in the unity of all religions. Kabir rejected caste and embraced oneness with God in his mystical poems. One of his disciples found the Sikh religion.
	Elfthryth	Elfthryth was the second wife of King Edgar and mother of Ethelred II (the Unready). She may have conspired to have Edward the Martyr (her stepson) murdered so Ethelred could become king. She was influential at court until her death in 1000, but her strength of character was not enough to compensate for the weak will of Ethelred.
	Alexander the Great	Alexander III, better known as Alexander the Great, was born in the northern Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 356 B.C. Against overwhelming odds, he led his army to victories across the Persian territories of Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt without suffering a single defeat. His greatest victory was at the Battle of Gaugamela, in what is now northern Iraq in 331 B.C.. The young kind of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks, overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became Great King of Persia at the age of 25 and is the most well known figure in antiquity. He died of a fever in Babylon in 323 B.C.
	Charlemagne	Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, is a figure larger than life. At seven feet tall, he was as large as He was a devout Christian king and mighty conqueror, whose rule helped define the shape and character of medieval Europe. He subjugated the Saxons and other tribes in Germany, making conquests in Spain and Italy, as well as ruling over France in his quest for the title of Emperor of the We4st. In Rome, Pope Leo III crowned him with the imperial crown worn by the old emperors of the Roman Empire. Charlemagne is credited with implementing important governmental, fiscal, ecclesiastical and cultural reforms.
	Joan of England Queen of Sicily	From a young age, Joan has experienced many difficulties in her life. Her first husband died prematurely, leading to her encarceration at the hand of a madman and her second husband treated her poorly. Regardless, Joan has learned hard lessons about how the political world works.
	Sargon	Sargon of Akkad was known regionally as Sarru-kinnu, meaning 'the legitimate king.' He ruled during the Dynasty of Akkad around 2270-2215 B.C.. His origins and rise to power are found in Sumerian text known as the "Sargon Legend." The illegitimate son of a priestess, Sargon was appointed cup bearer to Ur-Zababa, king of Kish. Ultimately, Sargon overthrew the King, embarked upon the conquest of Mesopotamia and found his own city, a counterpart to Babylon, which he named Agade or Akkad. During his reign, Akkadian was standardized and adapted for use with the cuneiform script previously used in the Sumerian language.
	Catherine of Siena	Catherine was a pious and generous woman who championed the cause of peace among the Italian city-states and dedicated much of her life to helping the ill and destitute. She would write hundreds of letters encouraging men and women of influence in order to advocate reform of the clergy, and end the Babylonian Captivity in Avignon and the undertaking of a new Crusade. 300 of these letters have been preserved are are considered one of the great works of early Tuscan literature.
	Henry the Lion	The only son of Henry the Proud, Henry the Lion controlled a vast swath of land in Northeastern Europe. He gained and held these lands through military skill, shrewd political maneuvering and the legacy of his four grandparents. Ruling over large portions of Bavaria and Saxony from 1142 until 1180 his reign was long and prosperous and during its tenure he founded the historic cities of Munich and Lubeck. His empire was eventually picked apart in 1181 by a large coalition of jealous Germanic princes led by his cousin Frederick I Barbarossa. Humbled but still proud Henry lived out his days sponsoring art and architecture as teh Duke of Brunswick until his death in 1195.
	Sejong the Great	King Sejong was coronated in 1418, at a time when Korea was facing frequent pirate attacks from Tsushima, Japan. Sejong organized the Gihae Easter Exhibition, which killed 243 Japanese pirates and captured 110 more, while only losing 4 of his own soldiers. THe Daimyo of Tshushima capitulated to Sejong, eventually signing the Treaty of Gyehae, which recognized Korean sovereignty. Despite his military success his greatest contribution may have come off the battlefield, where he introduced hangul, a simplified alphabet for the Korean language still in use today.
	Giovanni Paolo	Son of Italian Duke Ludovico Sforza, Paolo is highly respected and successful as a leader of an Italian mercenary army. Not bound by the rules of civilized warfare, Paolo and his men often plunder the riches of their defeated enemy.
	Robert Blake	English Admiral Robert Blake was a member of Parliament who supported the Roundheads of Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War against King Charles I and the Royalists. He won naval battles (1649-1657) against the Royalists, the Dutch, and the Spanish. Blake made lasting impacts on the administration of the Royal Navy. These included building an extensive fleet of large, heavily armed ships, developing professionalism among sailors, and writing instructions for naval warfare.
	Ferrarius	Faraj ben Salim, also known as Ferrarius, was a Sicilian-Jewish doctor and translator who lived and worked in the thirteenth century. His primary claim to fame is the translation of major Arabic medical works into Latin, including a 1279 translation of al-Razi's famous medical encyclopedia. Charles of Anjou was so grateful for his work that he ordered that the portrait of Faraj should be drawn beside his own.
	Emma of Normandy	Emma was the daughter of Count Richard I of the Normans. She first married Ethelred II (the Unready) and then Canute, who supplanted Ethelred as King of England. Emma was the mother of Edward I (the Confessor) and of Harthacanute. She established the dynastic links between Normandy and England, which led to the Norman Conquest. She was known for her political savvy and manipulative personality.
	St. Anselm	A Benedictine monk, St. Anselm attained fame as the "Father of Scholasticism" at the monastery at Bec in Normandy, France. After the Norman Conquest, he became the Archbishop of Cantebury in 1093. In the war between church and state, he battled continually with William II and Henry I of England over the church's right to elect bishops without the crown's control. St. Anselm's victory was one scene in the tapestry of the politics of religion in English history.
	Amanieu de Sescars	Amanieu de Sescars was a Catalan poet of the late 13th century. He was particularly famous for his love songs, so much so that he was known by the popular name of dieu d'amor, dog of love. SOme of his poetry survives to this day. In one of his works he writes on how to be the ideal nobleman, who is noble in love, in leisure and in war. Another one of his works was designed to teach young women hot to behave in society and gain social respect.
	Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley	Henry Stuart, commonly known as Lord Darnley, was the first husband of Mary I, Queen of Scots, and father to James VI of Scotland. He was merely the King Consort with no royal powers but the eventual ascension of his son and the circumstances surrounding his death make him a significant character in Scottish history. He was mysteriously murdered and the Queen's marriage to another man implied that something was amiss. Darnley's death was a key event in Mary's eventual loss of the Scottish Crown.
	Ibn Khaldun	North African Arab polymath, an astronomer, economist, historian, Islamic scholar, Islamic theologian, hafiz, jurist, lawyer, mathematician military strategist, nutritionist, philosopher, social scientist and statesman.
	Tupac Inca Yupanqui	He continued to build the Inca Empire after taking over from his father, Pachacuti. He would expand the Incan lands to the West, all the way to the Pacific Coast. He is also alleged to have taken a long journey into the Pacific, but the details of that expedition cannot be verified.
	Gottschalk of Orbais	Gottschalk was a Saxon theologian, monk and poet during the 9th century. A firm believer in St. Augustine's notion of predestination, he took the concept one step further, believing individuals to be predestined for condemnation as well as salvation. Such extreme theories were common in his works and he developed a reputation for having a violent temperament and was persecuted for espousing controversial ideas, which he refused to recant until his death.
	Louis the Stammerer	Louis the Stammerer ruled in Aquitaine and West Francia during the 9th Century. He had two sons, Louis and Carloman, who would later become Kings of France, but he held the titles of King for less than two years. Louis was said to be physically weak but to his credit he was called "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice and religion" by contemporaries. His political impact was relatively minor but he did launch a campaign against the Vikings before his death in 879 when his Kingdom was split between his two sons.
	Robert Devereux 3rd Earl of Essex	The 3rd Earl of Essex was a soldier in service to Charles I until 1625 when he changed allegiance and joined the Roundheads. In 1642, Devereux was appointed commander of the Roundhead Army at the key Battle of Edgehill. The defeats that followed led to creation of the New Model Army that merged the provincial forces. Devereux resigned his command and retired.
	Pliny the Younger	Lawyer, author, and natural philosopher of Ancient Rom.
	Abu Tamman	Abu Tammam is a famous Muslim convert and poet born to Christian parents. He is best known for compiling early Arabic poems in the 9th century into what is considered one of the greatest anthologies of Arabic literature ever written, though he himself wrote beautiful poetry often describing historical events.
	Fredegund	Fredegund had humble beginnings as a servant despite being of noble descent. Some believe that she may have been the inspiration for the character of Cinderella but if that is the case the similarities go no further as Fredegund was notoriously cruel and murderous. Contemporary chroniclers declared that very few could rival her monstrousness.
	Qianlong Emperor	The Qianlong Emperor was the Fourth Qing emperor in China. He was the longest reigning emperor in Chinese history. He was a very successful military leader. He oversaw a large expansion in territory encompassing millions of square miles.
	St. Bruno of Cologne	St. Bruno was the founder of the Carthusian Order of monks and first prior of their monastery at La Grande Chartreuse in France. The order demanded strict self-denial and separation of monks from the secular life. Pope Urban II, a former student of St. Bruno, summoned him to Rome in 1090 as a trusted advisor. Resisting the pope's wish to name him Archbishop, St. Bruno returned to solitary retreat and died in 1101. In England, the Carthusian order was wiped out during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century.
	Albrecht von Wallenstein	Albrect von Wallenstein was a Bohemian soldier and politician. He fought for the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II in the Thirty Years War. He became Generalissimo and supreme commander of the Hapsburg monarchy.