Northgard - Nidhogg, Clan of the Dragon

Nidhogg, the Clan of the Dragon

The most alien of all clans, the Dragons follow ancient customs and embrace freakish traditions. They use sacrifice and slavery to further their goals, often earning the other clan's distrust.

The clan starts with several bonuses:

• Your civilians can go into neutral territory.
• No Happiness or Production penalty for being wounded.
• You start with a Sacrificial Pyre. You can build a - Dragonkin Altar instead of other military buildings.
• You start with 2 Thralls. You can buy thralls from your Longship Dock

Slavery, Sacrifices and Dragon Essence gauge
Slavery is an important part of the clan’s economy. Like the regular civilians, thralls can travel in neutral territory and fight.

Thralls do not count towards your population and do not require housing. Their maximum number is based on your current population number.
They consume less food than a Villager, and gather 50% less resources than a civilian.

There are 2 different ways of getting new thralls:

• You can buy them from your longship dock. the price of each thrall will increase after each purchase.
• After getting the Capture Lore, you’ll be able to enslave other faction's people.

Thralls are a powerful economic and military asset but beware of their number! If by any chance your regular population falls under your Thrall population, they will rise against you!

The Sacrifices & the Dragon Essence Gauge
The Clan of the Dragon starts each game with an already built exclusive building: the Sacrificial Pyre. Through this building, you’ll be able to send every unit you have to be sacrificed to honor the gods and gain their favors.
Sacrificing a unit will earn you Dragon Essence that can be used to unlock various bonuses:

Dragonkin and their Altar
The Clan of the Dragon does not have access to the regular Military Building. The only military camp you’ll be able to build is the Dragonkin Altar. Each Altar increases your warband size by 1 (2 if upgraded).
Giving a Villager his Dragonkin form is a non-reversible process and will consume 50 Krowns (+10 per new Dragonkin) and 1 Dragon Essence.
Dragonkins are ferocious military units, far more powerful than warriors.

The Dragon's Lore Tree
The Clan of the Dragon has 5 new Lore:

• Hard Labor
• Blood, Sweat and Tears
• Capture
• Slave Trade
• Draconic Frenzy

After years of tireless explorations, brave Vikings have discovered a new land filled with mystery, danger and riches: Northgard.

The boldest Northmen have set sail to explore and conquer these new shores, bring fame to their Clan and write history through conquest, trading, or devotion to the Gods.

That is, if they can survive the dire Wolves and Undead Warriors roaming the land, befriend or defeat the giants, and survive the harshest winters ever witnessed in the North.

FEATURES:

• Build your settlement on the newly discovered continent of Northgard
• Assign your vikings to various jobs (Farmer, Warrior, Sailor, Loremaster...)
• Manage your resources carefully and survive harsh winters and vicious foes
• Expand and discover new territory with unique strategic opportunities
• Achieve different victory conditions (Conquest, Fame, Lore, Trading...)
• Play against your friends or against an AI with different difficulty levels and personalities
• Enjoy dedicated servers and grind the ranks to reach the final Norse God rank!

STORY MODE: RIG'S SAGA

• The Viking High King is murdered and his Regal Horn is stolen by a man named Hagen.
• This event kickstarts a saga that will take Rig, his son and heir accompanied by his right-hand man Brand through the new continent of Northgard.
• The continent where he will make new friends and foes and discover a much greater threat than Hagen, and the reasons behind his father’s assassination.

CHOOSE YOUR CLAN
In order to complete the 11 campaign chapters, the player will have to master the specificities of the 6 first clans and tame the unforgiving wilderness of Northgard.

Since the beginning of Northgard's colonization, 5 new clans have joined the battle, introducing new ways of playing and battling.

FREE MAJOR UPDATES
After each additional clan release, Northgard is upgraded by free major content which add new ways to play, and allow you to discover all the possibilities that Northgard offers you.