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===Campaigns=== There are three new campaigns, one for each new civilization. Furthermore, these campaigns return to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, which are different from the past campaigns in the ''Age of Empires III series''.<ref name="Goes Gold">{{Cite web|url= http://www.gpstore.com.au/News/Archive/7302.html |title=Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Goes Gold|publisher=Gameplanet |location=Australia|accessdate=2008-01-15}}</ref> Each campaign consists of five new scenarios.<ref name="GameSpotreview">{{Cite web | url = http://au.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/ageofempiresiiitheasiandynasties/review.html | title = GameSpot review, page 1 | author = Jason Ocampo | accessdate = 2007-10-23 | date = 2007-10-23 | publisher = [[GameSpot]]}}</ref> *'''Japanese campaign''' β The Japanese campaign focuses on the unification of Japan, which was also a scenario in [[Age of Empires II: The Conquerors]]. It mainly concentrates on the establishment of the [[Tokugawa Shogunate]], which players will control, and a young general, named Sakuma Kichiro, the "adopted son" of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], who leads numerous scenarios before the [[Battle of Sekigahara]].<ref name="GameSpotreview" /> First, Kichiro meets up with Daimyo [[Torii Mototada]]. Then they help the villagers outside [[Osaka]] castle, who ally with them to attack the castle. After that they have to move east to destroy villages before the villagers ally with the enemy. After the victory, in which they suffer heavy losses, Mototada has to return to his [[Fushimi Castle|castle]]. Kichiro goes on to take control of the [[Tokaido Road]] (a trade route), then joins Mototada at his estate. There, Kichiro learns that it was Tokugawa who destroyed his home when he was a baby and murdered his parents. Kichiro remains loyal, and escorts the villagers to safety, but has to leave Mototada to fight alone. Mototada commits [[seppuku]], though his death was not witnessed by Kichiro. Kichiro joins Tokugawa at Sekigahara. After the Battle of Sekigahara ends in victory for Tokugawa, Kichiro abandons his loyalty to his master and rides away through the war-torn battlefield, forsaking his honor and cursing his family name for generations. *'''Chinese campaign''' β The Chinese campaign focuses loosely on the [[1421 hypothesis]] and is about a Chinese [[treasure ship]] discovering the [[New World]] before [[Christopher Columbus]]. The story mainly focuses on Jian Huang, a Ming captain who dreamed of seeing the outside world, and his partner, Lao Chen, a large and powerful sailor and friend of Jian Huang, who are given orders to help expand the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming Empire]]. But before exploring the [[New World]], Admiral Jinhai, a cold and power hungry admiral, hopes to become emperor of the new lands.<ref name="GameSpotreview" /><ref name="Heroes and Villains">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ageofempires3.com/asiandynasties/heroesandvillians.html |title=Heroes and Villians<!--SIC -->|publisher=[[Microsoft|Age of Empires 3.com]]|accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref> In the beginning, the fleet is under attack from [[Wokou]] pirates. Huang and Chen save the fleet and they land in a port on the coast of [[India]]. Suddenly, they are attacked by Indian soldiers of the Zamorin. They set up a new base and build ships to mount a rescue mission and save Jinhai, who has been captured by the Zamorin's troops. Then, they head west, and land in YucatΓ‘n. Chen and Huang go to rescue the rest of the crew and fleet from hostile [[Aztecs]]. Jinhai mysteriously disappears, and Jian suspects he was captured, along with much of the crew and they mount a rescue mission. They rescue many soldiers and Jian learns of the Admiral's treason. Jian and Lao Chen rescue the crew who fled from the mutineers in the caves, then set up a base and defeat Jinhai. Jian, Chen, and the surviving crew members scour the beaches for evidence of their presence and then sail home to [[China]], hoping that no one will ever find out the Chinese were once there and the disturbed natives will forget and go back to their daily lives. *'''Indian campaign''' β The Indian campaign is about the [[Revolt of 1857]].<ref name="GameSpotreview" /> The protagonist of the Indian campaign is [[Lieutenant]] Nanib Sahir (a [[portmanteau]] name of [[Nana Sahib]]), a member of the [[Sepoy]] regiments, who first allied with the [[British East India Company]], but slowly becomes disillusioned from its cruel ways and abuse of the Indian citizens. He helps the British regain control of the [[Potassium nitrate|saltpetre]] trade. Nanib and his superior, Colonel Edwardson, then defeat arsonists in [[Calcutta]]. However, Nanib eventually joins the rebels in the Sepoy rebellion after he and his men are forced by the company to use new [[Pattern 1853 Enfield|Enfield Rifles]], despite the cartridges' coverings of beef and pork fat, which was a taboo to Nanib's and the sepoys' [[Hindu]] and [[Muslim]] beliefs (historically an untrue rumour)[http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/docs/history/primarydocs/War%20of%201857/Indian%20Mutiny--Ch1/letter%2031.htm]. Nanib then fights and destroys a company fort by assaulting weapon caches to cause fires and explosions. Nanib and another sepoy hero, Pravar Patel, rally enormous forces and decide to rescue [[Bahadur Shah II]]. They sneak into Delhi in the dead of night and destroy weapon caches to cause elephant stampedes which destroy gates. Then they rally soldiers and battle through the Delhi, freeing the Shah. Nanib then leads his forces in an assault on Colonel Edwardson's stronghold. Nanib destroys Edwardson's saltpeter sites and defeats three waves of attackers. Then, he captures the fixed guns and assaults the fort, killing Edwardson in the process. Nanib's situation is very similar to Chayton Black's situation in "The Warchiefs" campaign: "Shadow". Nanib's character is very much based on [[Mangal Pandey]] who served as a soldier for the Company but got fed up from its abuse of Indian Citizens; and led the first rebellion against the [[British East India Company]].<ref name="GameSpotreview" /><ref name="Heroes and Villains"/>
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