Theia

Benefits Cavalry God Power Hesperides: Creates a tree in the selected location that will allow you to train Dryad myth units. Myth Unit Stymphalian Bird: Attacks units from the air. Can only be attacked by ranged units.

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Going to the Heroic Age with Gaia allows you to choose between Rheia and Theia, two of the female Titans. Theia was another Titan, and her children included Helios (the sun), Selene (the moon), and Eos (the dawn). Because of her association with light, she was also thought to have given the luster to gold, silver, and gems.

Choosing Theia gives you access to the Hesperides god power, a giant tree that can be placed on the map and from which you train Dryad myth units. The Dryads are walking trees that can attack. The Hesperides also gives you protection from god powers within a radius of the tree. Control of the Hesperides can switch to an enemy player who moves units closer to it than you. As with Hades' gold vault, you'll want to guard this god-power-created building vigilantly. But unlike with the vault, you can use it twice, building two trees. However, your total number of Dryads will be the same whether you have one or two trees. You won't be able to win the game with these dryads, but they will give you some extra muscle. One good thing about the tree is that you can build it anywhere you have line of sight, even behind enemy lines.

Theia's myth unit is the Stymphalian bird, a flying myth unit that has a ranged attack. Their wings give them incredible mobility, meaning they can fly to the back of enemy bases and pick off villagers, disrupt economies, and harass undefended areas. To make matters worse for your enemy, they can only be attacked by ranged units. So if the enemy didn't plan to have lots of archers or towers, these birds would make quick work of them. Mythological improvements accessed through Theia are the Lemurian descendants (which increase line of sight for all soldiers), Poseidon's secret (secrets stolen from Poseidon give your cavalry more speed and attack), and the Lance of Stone (which improves the overall attack of Contarius heroes, especially against buildings - Contarius heroes are normal cavalry units upgraded to heroes)."

Myth Unit

The Stymphalian Bird is a formidable Heroic Age myth unit. Only ranged units and buildings can attack it - ranged heroes are the strongest against the birds of Stymphalos.