Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

The immersive story-driven campaign mode features interconnected scenarios with specific missions, such as demolishing targeted structures. In Age of Empires III, the narrative unfolds around the fictional Black family, divided into three captivating “Acts” that span multiple generations. Each act is narrated by the voice of Amelia Black (Tasia Valenza).

Rather than controlling traditional civilizations, players lead unique factions connected to the characters and historical contexts represented in each Act: the Knights of St. John in Act I, John Black’s Mercenaries in Act II, and the United States in Act III. The majority of player units communicate in English, with a few exceptions like the Spanish Rodeleros and Lancers, or the German Uhlans and War Wagons.

Act I: Blood
Set in the late 16th century, Morgan Black—a Scottish-born commander of the Knights of Saint John—bravely defends their final stronghold on Malta against Sahin “The Falcon” of the Ottoman Empire, during a dramatic retelling of the Great Siege of Malta. After the Turks retreat, Morgan and his leader, Alain Magnan, stumble upon a stone library revealing secrets of the Lake of the Moon, which is said to hold the Fountain of Youth, rumored to grant eternal life, and a clandestine organization known as the Circle of Ossus, bent on claiming the Fountain for their own purposes. Alain instructs Morgan to voyage to the New World in search of the Lake, but pirate Elisabet “Lizzie