Ramses II (Civ6)

Ramses II (c. 1303 BC – July or August 1213 BC), also known as Ramses the Great or as the Great Ancestor by his successors, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Commonly regarded as the greatest pharaoh of the New Kingdom, during his reign he constructed great temples, cities and monuments, and led several campaigns into Nubia and the Levant to secure Egypt's borders. He leads the Egyptians in Civilization VI.
Who says that wonders are their own reward? So it is with Ramses, who gets large amounts of for completing wonders and a small amount for finishing buildings.
== Intro ==
 Ramses, pharaoh of the black land and the red, beloved like Horus, your imperious face gazes out across the desert in countless stone images. Others claim to be God’s messenger, but you claim to be the sun incarnate. From temples built from the living rock of Egypt, your command calls your people to you. Rule now, and may none stand against the rising flood.
== In-Game ==
Ramses II's unique agenda is Ma'at. He will clear all features and improve all possible tiles, and likes civilizations who do the same. He dislikes civilizations with few improved tiles or that found National Parks.
His leader ability is Abu Simbel. He receives equal to 15% of the cost after completing a building, and 30% after completing a wonder.
== Detailed Approach ==
With a nice river start, Egypt gains bonuses towards wonders and districts. Wonders are a great source of with Ramses’ Abu Simbel ability that gives 30% of the construction cost as . The Sphinx then gives even more if placed adjacent to these Wonders. The Maryannu Chariot Archer will protect Egypt while they focus on construction, leading to a Culture Victory.
== Lines ==
Ramses II is voiced by Hani Ahmed Abdelhay. He speaks reconstructed Ancient Egyptian (with modern Egyptological pronunciation ignoring the original vowels).
=== Voiced ===
Codename 	Quote (English translation) 	Quote (Ancient Egyptian) 	Notes
Agenda-based Approval 	We build that our name will not die out. 	Ketne ten bo erinu en met. 	
Agenda-based Disapproval	Do you think that you can cultivate sand? 	Bi teri kik nitis ka ek sha'i? 	
Attacked 	Fire your arrows at the sun. Strike your swords against the flood. It will have the same effect. 	Si ti aha uwten er bara. Howi nek o'iten bau djinu. Iu ef er dyi kisibedet!	
Declares War 	Look upon my armies, ye mighty, and despair. 	Maha er mi sha’u, isimu sher. 	This is a reference to a line from "Ozymandias," a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The actual line is "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Defeated 	Defeat me, but my monuments will stand over the glory that was Ramses, king of kings. 	Howiwi, wibu e minu aha er ba how ep bro’em Ramses, nisut en nisitu! 	
Greeting 	I am Ramses, beloved of Amun. Every country trembles before me, fear in their hearts. 	Inek Ramses, meri Amun. Aiset nib er si da em ba, e neyru em myibu ten. 	
Quote from Civilopedia 	I have been granted sheaves of wheat like sand, buildings that approach heaven, and grain heaps like mountains.	Ri du isutu em shaï hina. Mi iru nit iam bit hina. Ni bertut em djiu. 	This is a modified version of an inscription on Abu Simbel, attributed to the god Ptah: "I give to you constant harvests, the sheaves are like sand, the granaries approach heaven, and the grain heaps are like mountains".
=== Unvoiced ===
Delegation: I bring to you a small glimpse of the wonders of Egypt: jewels of gold and lapis, ivory and bone. These cost many deben, but we have them in abundance.
Accepts Player's Declaration of Friendship: It is done. A partnership between the black land of Horus and yours.
Rejects Player's Declaration of Friendship: To sit at the same table? To agree as equals? I think not.
Requests Declaration of Friendship: Shall you be a friend to the eternal kingdom?
Player Accepts Declaration of Friendship: So it shall be; a union as of Osiris and Isis!
Player Rejects Declaration of Friendship: We have no peer.
Denounced by Player: Did a jackal bark, just now?
Denounces Player: I shall let you rave on, that all will know you to be mad.
Too Many Troops Near His Border: The sun does not abide other lights in the sky when it shines. So I cannot abide your forces near me.
Invitation to Capital: I invite you to visit our lands, though you will despair to see its glory, and salt the river with your tears.
Invitation to City: I can tell you of the heart of the sun, and the eternal change of the rivers. And you can tell me of wherever you're from.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Trivia ==
* Ramses II's release in Civilization VI marks the fifth time he has led Egypt in the Civilization franchise. He was only absent from Civilization III and the Civilization Revolution games, where Egypt was led by Cleopatra instead.
* Ramses II's name is spelled differently than it usually is in the Civilization games. The only other game to call him "Ramses" instead of "Ramesses" is Civilization III, in which he appears as an Egyptian Military Leader.
* Ramses II's leader ability is named after the great rock-cut temples he constructed at Egypt's southern border, near Nubia, while his agenda is named after the Egyptian goddess of truth, balance and justice.
* Ramses II carries a crook and wears a Uraeus, two common pharaonic symbols.
* Ramses II's diplomacy screen shows the Pyramids at sundown.
== Gallery ==
File:Ramses II Promo (Civ6).jpg|Promotional image of Ramses II
File:Ramses II loadscreen (Civ6).png|Ramses II on the loading screen
File:Ramses II (ref).jpg|Reproduction of a wall painting of Ramses in Abu Simbel by Jean-François Champollion (which appears to have inspired his in-game model)
== Videos ==
thumb|center|300px|Leader Spotlight: Ramses II
== Related achievements ==
== See also ==
* Ramses II in other games
== External links ==
* https://civilization.com/news/entries/new-leaders-coming-to-civilization-vi/
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