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"You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Lore of Bragi."
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Bragi is a Heroic Age Norse Minor god in Age of Mythology. He is the god of poetry and skalds. He is available to worshipers of Thor, Loki and Freyr.

Attributes

God Power

Name	Description
Flaming Weapons	Increases the attack of all human soldiers, heroes, and ships by 75% for one minute.

Technology

Name	Description
Call of Valhalla	Berserks gain +10% hit points and grant 1 favor when they fall in battle.
Swine Array	Hirdmen gain +10% damage and +2.0 damage multiplier vs. cavalry.
Thurisaz Rune	Myth units gain +10% movement speed and 0.25 HP/sec regeneration.
Long Serpent	Longboats gain +10% more hit points and fire +1 more arrows when attacking enemies (stacks up to 5 times).

Myth Unit

Name	Description
Battle Boar	Fast moving construct that occasionally bucks all enemy human units around it.

Gameplay

Bragi's improvements are purely offensive. He has two technologies that upgrade Ulfsarks, making them better all-round and devastating to cavalry. This is very important as the Ulfsark is the only human counter to cavalry available to the Norse, and a weak one at that. His god power, Flaming Weapons, can turn the tide of a battle (especially one featuring Ulfsarks vs cavalry) bringing an easy victory to the caster.

Bragi's myth unit is the Battle Boar, one of the faster and better-armored myth units. It has a bucking attack which briefly stuns all human units (and some myth units) nearby. Bragi's other technology is Thurisaz Rune, which makes the Battle Boar charge into combat even faster and can boost slower myth units such as the Troll, Einheri, and even the Titan.

Mythology

"Son of Odin and a female giant, Bragi was the god of poetry and eloquence. He was portrayed as an old bearded man playing a harp. He spoke bluntly to Loki, following the death of Baldr, telling him he was unwelcome in Asgard. Loki became enraged and called Bragi a "braggart." Bragi threatened to rip off Loki's head to end his lies. Loki then fled Asgard, prophesizing that the gods would all fall. Bragi is considered a late addition to the Norse/Germanic pantheon, possibly in recognition for the newly high status of bards and poets as wise men passing on knowledge and truth. Solemn oaths were sworn over the Cup of Bragi."
In-game compendium

List of Gods

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 }}
-{{Quote|You have advanced to the Mythic Age through the Secrets of Thoth.|Age up text}}
+{{Quote|You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Lore of Bragi.|Age up text}}
-Thoth is an ibis-headed Egyptian Mythic Age minor god in Age of Mythology. He is available to worshipers of Set and Isis.
+Bragi is a Heroic Age Norse Minor god in Age of Mythology. He is the god of poetry and skalds. He is available to worshipers of Thor, Loki and Freyr.
 ==Attributes==
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:nrs-gp-meteor.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Meteor]] || Rains down meteors in the targeted area, doing massive damage to buildings and moderate damage to units while also scattering them.
+| [[File:nrs-gp-flaming-weapons.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Flaming Weapons]] || Increases the attack of all human soldiers, heroes, and ships by 75% for one minute.
 |}
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:nrs-t-kings.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Valley]] || Migdol Strongholds produce a free duplicate of the units they train while empowered.
+| [[File:nrs-t-call-of-valhalla.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Call of Valhalla]] || [[Berserk]]s gain +10% hit points and grant 1 favor when they fall in battle.
 |-
-| [[File:nrs-t-book.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Book]] || Improves [[Laborer]] gather rates of food, wood and gold by 10%.
+| [[File:nrs-t-swine-array.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Swine Array]] || [[Hirdman|Hirdmen]] gain +10% damage and +2.0 damage multiplier vs. cavalry.
 |-
-| [[File:nrs-t-tusks-of-apedemak.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Tusks]] || [[War Elephant]]s gain 10% attack, occupy 1 less population slot, and cost 10% less.
+| [[File:nrs-t-thurisaz-rune.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Thurisaz Rune]] || Myth units gain +10% movement speed and 0.25 HP/sec regeneration.
+|-
+| [[File:nrs-t-long-serpent.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Long Serpent]] || [[Longboat]]s gain +10% more hit points and fire +1 more arrows when attacking enemies (stacks up to 5 times).
 |}
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 ! Name !! Description
 |-
-| [[File:phoenix.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Phoenix]] || A flying fiery bird that does Area of Effect damage. Turns into an egg when killed, from which it can be reborn for free.
+| [[File:battle-boar.webp|50px]] &nbsp; [[Battle Boar]] || Fast moving construct that occasionally bucks all enemy human units around it.
 |}
 ==Gameplay==
+Bragi's improvements are purely offensive. He has two technologies that upgrade Ulfsarks, making them better all-round and devastating to cavalry. This is very important as the Ulfsark is the only human counter to cavalry available to the Norse, and a weak one at that. His god power, Flaming Weapons, can turn the tide of a battle (especially one featuring Ulfsarks vs cavalry) bringing an easy victory to the caster.
-Thoth's bonuses are mostly offensive, though one is economic. First, his Tusks of Apedemak technology makes War Elephants deal more damage, cost less, and take up less population space, allowing them to be massed more easily. This pairs especially well with Valley of the Kings, which allows empowered Migdol Strongholds to spawn double any units being trained. These improvements allow the player to create a huge army of War Elephants that can destroy anything that gets in their way.
+Bragi's myth unit is the Battle Boar, one of the faster and better-armored myth units. It has a bucking attack which briefly stuns all human units (and some myth units) nearby. Bragi's other technology is Thurisaz Rune, which makes the Battle Boar charge into combat even faster and can boost slower myth units such as the Troll, Einheri, and even the Titan.
-Thoth's myth unit, the Phoenix, is highly powerful against both units and buildings. If slain, it can be reborn, provided enemies do not attack and destroy the egg.
-Economically, Thoth improves the gather rate of all resources, offsetting the initial Egyptian gathering penalty. This gives the player the option of training fewer Laborers and more military units at maximum population.
-Followers of Set who pick Sekhmet for the Heroic Age and Thoth for the Mythic Age will be able to amass large armies of strengthened Chariot Archers. Likewise, two of the Egyptian Classical Age minor gods, Bast (accessible to Isis) and Ptah (accessible to Set), have economic bonuses which synergize nicely with Thoth's economic improvement.
 ==Mythology==
+{{Quote|Son of Odin and a female giant, Bragi was the god of poetry and eloquence. He was portrayed as an old bearded man playing a harp. He spoke bluntly to Loki, following the death of Baldr, telling him he was unwelcome in Asgard. Loki became enraged and called Bragi a "braggart." Bragi threatened to rip off Loki's head to end his lies. Loki then fled Asgard, prophesizing that the gods would all fall. Bragi is considered a late addition to the Norse/Germanic pantheon, possibly in recognition for the newly high status of bards and poets as wise men passing on knowledge and truth. Solemn oaths were sworn over the Cup of Bragi.|In-game compendium}}
-{{Quote|A patron of learning and invention, Thoth was the chief god of the city of Khmun and a divine scribe. He served as a loyal advocate and supporter of Osiris, defending him against charges by Set, helping Isis resurrect him as lord of the underworld, helping to keep Horus hidden from Set until the son reached adulthood, and then helping Horus regain his inheritance. Thoth then assisted Osiris by recording the past deeds of all who sought to enter the Underworld. He read the scales when the hearts of those seeking entrance were weighed versus the feather of truth. Thoth grew in importance as people sought his help in proving their innocence at judgment time. The priests of Thoth enhanced his reputation as a magician and claimed he had access to spells that gave him domination over the natural world and the gods themselves. Thoth is usually depicted with the head of an ibis or baboon.
-"Thereupon shall come Thoth, who is equipped with words of power in great abundance, and shall untie the fetters, even the fetters of the god Set which are over my mouth."
--- From the Papyrus of Ani|In-game compendium}}
 ==List of Gods==