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"Hero. Good against myth units. Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units. Collects Relics."
In-game description

Ajax is the Archaic Age hero for Hades. He also appears in the Fall of the Trident and The New Atlantis campaigns. The stats to the right are for the non-campaign Ajax, who lacks a Shield Bash attack, the ability to be revived and is slightly weaker.

Special Abilities

	Name	Description
File:Shared-abl-sacred-hands.png	Sacred Hands	Can pick up Relics and drop them off at a Temple.
File:Grk-abl-scourge-of-the-skies.png	Scourge of the Skies	Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units.

Technologies & Relic Bonuses

General Technologies

	Name	Description
File:Shared-t-copper-weapons.png	Copper Weapons	+10% damage
File:Shared-t-bronze-weapons.png	Bronze Weapons	+10% damage
File:Shared-t-iron-weapons.png	Iron Weapons	+10% damage
File:Shared-t-ballistics.png	Ballistics	Fires more accurately at moving targets.

	Name	Description
File:Shared-t-copper-armor.png	Copper Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-bronze-armor.png	Bronze Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-iron-armor.png	Iron Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-copper-shields.png	Copper Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-bronze-shields.png	Bronze Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability
File:Shared-t-iron-shields.png	Iron Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability

Myth Technologies

	Name	God	Description
File:Grk-t-beast-slayer.png	Olympian Parentage	Zeus	+25% hit points, -50% training time
File:Grk-t-oracle.png	Oracle	Apollo	+4 Line of Sight
File:Grk-t-sun-ray.png	Sun Ray	Apollo	+10% anti-flying damage, projectiles reveal the surrounding area
File:Grk-t-dionysia.png	Dionysia	Dionysus	+5% hit points

Bonuses

Age Bonuses

	Name	Description
File:Infobox-age1.png	Archaic Age	-75% damage
File:Infobox-age2.png	Classical Age	+10% hit points, +10% damage (damage resets to base).
File:Infobox-age3.png	Heroic Age	+15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units.
File:Infobox-age4.png	Mythic Age	+20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units.

Relic Bonuses

	Name	Description
	Arrows of Heracles	+5% attack
	Hermes' Winged Sandals	+10% movement speed
	The Khopesh of Horus	+1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units
	Pelt of Argus	+6 Line of Sight
	Thundercloud Shawl	-5% pierce vulnerability
	Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword	Regenerate +10% of damage dealt

Gameplay

Like all Greek heroes, Jason is strong against myth units, but can tackle most units on the battlefield. As the first available hero for Zeus, he is critical in fighting off myth units early in the game, and for poaching early Relics.

Mythology

"◆ Age -- 34
◆ Homeland -- Salamis
◆ Occupation -- Prince, Warrior
◆ Special Attack -- Shield bash sends units flying
The son of the King of Salamis, Ajax was the second greatest Greek champion at Troy, behind only Achilles. Homer described Ajax as a wall, and said he was much taller than other men. When Achilles withdrew from the fighting, it was Ajax who met Hector in single combat. The two heroes fought all day, with only Hector taking a slight wound. Following the death of Achilles, Ajax competed with Odysseus for the armor of the fallen hero. Odysseus proved more eloquent as a speaker, however, and was awarded the prize."
In-game compendium

Older Ajax

"◆ Age -- 44
◆ Homeland -- Salamis
◆ Occupation -- Prince, Warrior
◆ Special Attack -- Shield bash sends units flying
The son of the King of Salamis, Ajax was the second greatest Greek champion at Troy, behind only Achilles. Homer described Ajax as a wall, and said he was much taller than other men. When Achilles withdrew from the fighting, it was Ajax who met Hector in single combat. The two heroes fought all day, with only Hector taking a slight wound. Following the death of Achilles, Ajax competed with Odysseus for the armor of the fallen hero. Odysseus proved more eloquent as a speaker, however, and was awarded the prize. Ajax accompanied Arkantos, before he ascended to godhood, on his journeys across the world to stop the Cyclops Gargarensis from releasing the Titan Kronos. His father still rules Salamis, but more and more it appears that the gruff, brutal warrior will succeed his father on the throne."
In-game compendium

Gallery

Trivia

Early screens show Ajax originally was going to use a sword, however this was changed for unknown reasons.
Unlike in the Iliad, Ajax does not die from suicide, but instead lives on for at least a decade after the Trojan War.
During the campaign cutscenes, Ajax has a sarcastic and rather aggressive attitude.
Comically, Ajax seems to be fond of pulling off the heads of his foes. Throughout the original campaign, he mentions it thrice (both in the original game and in The Titans).
- The first instance is in the post cutscene of the campaign scenario Isis, Hear My Plea in Fall of the Trident. When Gargarensis was interrogating Arkantos on the prison island, he said that the Cyclops may feel less like fighting after pulling off his head.
- The second instance is in the opening cutscene of Betrayal at Sikyos from The Titans. When Kastor was tricked by the Atlanteans into attacking the Greeks, he told Amanra that he will pull off Kastor's head when he sees him.
- The third instance is in the campaign scenario Making Amends. As the player captures three settlements, Ajax will comment that after claiming the last Settlement, he will tear off the Titan's head.

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 {{Quote|Hero. Good against myth units. Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units. Collects Relics.|In-game description}}
+Ajax is the [[Archaic Age]] [[Heroes|hero]] for [[Hades]]. He also appears in the Fall of the Trident and The New Atlantis campaigns. The stats to the right are for the non-campaign Ajax, who lacks a Shield Bash attack, the ability to be revived and is slightly weaker.
 ==Special Abilities==
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-|+ Ajax Abilities
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-! Image !! Name !! Description
+! !! Name !! Description
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 | [[File:shared-abl-sacred-hands.png|50px]] || Sacred Hands || Can pick up Relics and drop them off at a Temple.
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 ==Technologies & Relic Bonuses==
-=====General Technologies=====
+====General Technologies====
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-|+ Offense
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-! Image !! Name !! Description
+! !! Name !! Description
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 | [[File:shared-t-copper-weapons.png|40px]] || Copper Weapons || +10% damage
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-|+ Defense
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-! Image !! Name !! Description
+! !! Name !! Description
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 | [[File:shared-t-copper-armor.png|40px]] || Copper Armor|| -15% Hack Vulnerability
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-=====Myth Technologies=====
+====Myth Technologies====
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-! Image !! Name !! God !! Description
+! !! Name !! God !! Description
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 | [[File:grk-t-beast-slayer.png|40px]] || [[Olympian Parentage]] || [[Zeus]] || +25% hit points, -50% training time
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-=====Age Bonuses=====
+==Bonuses==
+====Age Bonuses====
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-! Image !! Name !! Description
+! !! Name !! Description
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 | [[File:Infobox-age1.png|40px]] || [[Archaic Age]] ||  -75% damage
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 | [[File:Infobox-age4.png|40px]] || [[Mythic Age]] || +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units.
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-=====Relic Bonuses=====
+====Relic Bonuses====
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+ Defense
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-! Image !! Name !! Description
+! !! Name !! Description
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 | [[File:shared-r-bow.webp|40px]] || [[Arrows of Heracles]]|| +5% attack
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 ==Mythology==
+{{Quote|◆ <b>Age</b> -- 34</br>&nbsp;◆ <b>Homeland</b> -- Salamis </br>&nbsp;◆ <b>Occupation</b> -- Prince, Warrior</br>&nbsp;◆ <b>Special Attack</b> -- Shield bash sends units flying </br>The son of the King of Salamis, Ajax was the second greatest Greek champion at Troy, behind only Achilles. Homer described Ajax as a wall, and said he was much taller than other men. When Achilles withdrew from the fighting, it was Ajax who met Hector in single combat. The two heroes fought all day, with only Hector taking a slight wound. Following the death of Achilles, Ajax competed with Odysseus for the armor of the fallen hero. Odysseus proved more eloquent as a speaker, however, and was awarded the prize.|In-game compendium}}
-{{Quote|◆ <b>Age</b> -- 22</br>&nbsp;◆ <b>Homeland</b> -- Iolcos, later Corinth </br>&nbsp;◆ <b>Occupation</b> -- Leader of the Argonauts </br>In fear of a prophecy that Jason would someday kill him, King Pelias of Iolcos sent the hero on the impossible quest to obtain the Golden Fleece from the distant country of Colchis. Jason ordered the construction of the great ship Argo and gathered a host of heroes, thereafter known as the Argonauts, to accompany him. After a number of adventures, including the first passage of the Symplegades (the Bosphorus), the Argonauts arrived at Colchis, believed to be somewhere on the edge of the Black Sea. King Aeetes of Colchis demanded that Jason fulfill a number of tasks to obtain the fleece, including plowing a field with fire-breathing oxen, sowing the teeth of a dragon in a field and fighting the army that rose up from them, and finally defeating the dragon that guarded the fleece itself. With the fleece in hand, Jason fled with Aeetes' daughter Medea and had many adventures on the return journey. Medea engineered the death of King Pelias, fulfilling the old prophecy. When their marriage failed, Medea took a terrible revenge, killing their sons as well as Jason's new bride Creusa. Jason was killed many years later by a timber that fell from the Argo.|In-game compendium}}
+====Older Ajax====
+{{Quote|◆ <b>Age</b> -- 44</br>&nbsp;◆ <b>Homeland</b> -- Salamis </br>&nbsp;◆ <b>Occupation</b> -- Prince, Warrior</br>&nbsp;◆ <b>Special Attack</b> -- Shield bash sends units flying </br>The son of the King of Salamis, Ajax was the second greatest Greek champion at Troy, behind only Achilles. Homer described Ajax as a wall, and said he was much taller than other men. When Achilles withdrew from the fighting, it was Ajax who met Hector in single combat. The two heroes fought all day, with only Hector taking a slight wound. Following the death of Achilles, Ajax competed with Odysseus for the armor of the fallen hero. Odysseus proved more eloquent as a speaker, however, and was awarded the prize.
+Ajax accompanied Arkantos, before he ascended to godhood, on his journeys across the world to stop the Cyclops Gargarensis from releasing the Titan Kronos. His father still rules Salamis, but more and more it appears that the gruff, brutal warrior will succeed his father on the throne.|In-game compendium}}
 ==Gallery==
 ==Trivia==
+* Early screens show Ajax originally was going to use a sword, however this was changed for unknown reasons.
-* Jason's in-game model wears only one sandal. This is a reference to the story of King Pelias, mentioned in the Mythology section, who was told by an oracle to "beware of the man wearing a single sandal". Jason lost a sandal while helping [[Hera]], who was disguised as an old woman, cross a river.
+*Unlike in the Iliad, Ajax does not die from suicide, but instead lives on for at least a decade after the Trojan War.
+* During the campaign cutscenes, Ajax has a sarcastic and rather aggressive attitude.
+* Comically, Ajax seems to be fond of pulling off the heads of his foes. Throughout the original campaign, he mentions it thrice (both in the original game and in The Titans).
+** The first instance is in the post cutscene of the campaign scenario Isis, Hear My Plea in Fall of the Trident. When Gargarensis was interrogating Arkantos on the prison island, he said that the Cyclops may feel less like fighting after pulling off his head.
+** The second instance is in the opening cutscene of Betrayal at Sikyos from The Titans. When Kastor was tricked by the Atlanteans into attacking the Greeks, he told Amanra that he will pull off Kastor's head when he sees him.
+** The third instance is in the campaign scenario Making Amends. As the player captures three settlements, Ajax will comment that after claiming the last Settlement, he will tear off the Titan's head.
 ==Video==
 ==List of Units==