Aramon has its monarch Elsin with the ability to raise the dead fully recovered and converted to his side.

Taros has mind mages with the ability to convert a single target, or do an area attack to convert several at once.Zhon has the flying unit 'harpies' to capture other units with.All factions have the ability to produce defensive structures, which vary in firing speed, aiming speed, fire power, range, cost, and some lack the ability to hit anything right next to them, like Bastion or Mage Tower.ДЄs in many games of this type, there are units that are able to turn enemy units to their side.Zhon is the only faction that can not build walls or gates, and has only one defensive structure.All of these units are mobile, and Beast Handlers and Beast Lords are able to fight.

Zhon has no buildings to produce its units, but instead relies on three construction units: Beast Handler to build tier one units, Beast Tamers to build tier two units, and Beast Lords to build tier three units.

All monarchs could build their faction's tier one defensive structures, and tier one factories.

Unlike the other monarchs, he does not any special ability of his own. It takes time to hit a target, and the target can easily move out of the way before it lands. His level two attack is a mortar-type cannonball, able to travel above obstacles like walls or cliffs.

Creon's monarch, known as 'The Sage', is about as strong as Kirenna.

Unlike the rest of the monarchs, she has not the ability to build any gates or walls, as her faction does not have such things. She has the ability to fly, and able to build a tier two defensive structure.

Zhon's monarch Thirsha is the weakest.

Her level two attack is a ball of water, able to swerve around corners to hit an enemy.

Veruna's monarch Kirenna is able to swim, and is the third strongest.

He can build factories for all three tiers of his faction. His level two attack is a guided fireball able to move around objects.

Taros's monarch Lokken is able to use his energy to turn invisible.

He alone could also produce a unique type of ship, the Ark. He has the ability to raise the dead, allowing him to capture enemy units. He can fire lightning, meteor attacks in a straight line, and earthquake wave.

Aramon's monarch Elsin is the most powerful.

There are different categories which highlight just how different the various factions were. Where Total Annihilation had largely parallel technology trees between two similar sides, Total Annihilation Kingdoms tried a more diversified approach. Units and sides Main article: List of units for Total Annihilation Kingdoms Cavedog released nine additional units for TAK over time. This was due, in part, to the added complexity of the models, animation and textures required for living creatures (versus the robots and machines of Total Annihilation). Total Annihilation Kingdoms also opted for fewer units per faction than its predecessor. Total Annihilation Kingdoms reduced the number of resource types from the two found in Total Annihilation (Metal and Energy) to one: Mana or magical energy. These unique units are likely not intended for multi-player competitions as many of them are unbalanced for that type of gaming experience. In order to accommodate the storyline, some of these missions featured unique units that can not be reproduced during multi-player competitions without outside manipulation of the game. Sometimes a faction would not have certain units until a mission in which they gained that technology or ally(Aramon's Cannons, ancient dragons, etc). You did not choose a faction, but instead played the four factions at various times, it switching back and forth between them as the story progressed. If you failed at a mission after trying it, you could skip it and go to the next chapter if you so desired. These missions followed a linear path from one mission to the next, each needing to be played before the next could be accessed. Total Annihilation: Kingdoms featured a linear single-player campaign of 48 missions. The game booklet and a detailed HTML atlas of Darien also added further background information to the storyline. In that mission, the player plays the side of Aramon where using a gunpowder-based unit is critical towards the success of that mission. In one example, a cutscene describes that the side of Aramon obtains the use of gunpowder. The missions coincided with the storyline that was presented. The story involves four sibling monarchs in their struggle to dominate the land of Darien: Elsin of Aramon, Lokken of Taros Kirenna of Veruna, and Thirsha of Zhon, following the disappearance of their father, Garacaius.ДЄ more detailed story and world was presented in Total Annihilation Kingdoms than was in Total Annihilation.

9 Other differences between the factions.

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