Hero

Recruiting
By default you can recruit three heroes. It is possible to research ambition at the Cultural Institite however, and recruit more.

Heroes can be recruited at the Tavern. The higher level your tavern is,the more heroes will show up that you can recruit.

A hero will request a salary to be recruited. This is a one time fee however and often well worth it.

Heroes also come with a "free" Light Flagship which has a moderate health pool and weighs 20 ton. It can not contain any Emplacements however, but acts as a decent meat shield.

Statistics
Heroes can have four stats, which come into effect if they are leading a fleet or are assigned the city's archon:
 * Holy : Increases your fleet or city's offensive ability.
 * Devil : Increases your fleet or city's defensive ability. A high devil stat makes a hero good at defending cities.
 * Light : Increases your entire city's resource yield. This only applies if the hero is made archon of the city.
 * Shadow : Reduces the city's component construction time. Meaning cannons, wings, engines etc will be constructed faster. This effect only applies if the hero is made archon of the city. Creating new buildings and upgrades are unaffected by this.

A hero's statistics can be upgraded with the use of Experience. Your hero will gain experience if he is leading a Fleet or a city Archon. Making your favorite hero a city archon is the recommended way to boost his power, as experience is gained by "all" branch city archons as well anytime "any" of the cities give you Commercial Reputation by selling materials on the Market or to another Player.

Formula for calculating the amount of experience your archon gains is determined by this formula: (max population in current town) / (total max population in all towns) * (total rep gained)

The following shrines and temples allow your heroes to gain more power in those four stats.
 * Divine Hall : Holy.
 * Cursed Temple : Devil.
 * Bright Shrine : Light.
 * Shadowy Shrine : Shadow.

XP and shrine levels
Below are the XP and shrine levels needed to upgrade your hero's stats:

Some players have reported having heroes with stats at a ridiculously low level. Levels 1~4 are the only levels exempted from the 4 level-per-shrine rule because you can't increase their level without a shrine.

These are verified all the way up to 69.