11/25/2022 – Replaced the image of the low-ranked generals due to the large number of renewals of their illustrations. and added generals only obtainable from NPC subordinate cities.

In Evony’s game, the term “historic general” is often used, but I’m sure some of you may not know which general we are talking about.

In this article, I will explain the definition of a historic general and what exactly a historic general is.

Definition of a Historic General

There are two main types of generals.

Historic General

• The General in a portrait of the tavern.

• In the card image of the General, there is a helmet symbol in the upper left corner.
• Has one of the original skills.

• It is only present in gold, purple, and blue rarities. Not present in green or white. (Note: The golden history generals turn RED when they reach star level 10.)
• Mostly the names of real people. (Some are fictional characters and some are common nouns rather than personal names.)

Note – The blue historic generals have a few things that do not apply to the above. They are not in the tavern portraits and do not have the helmet symbol in the upper left corner of the general’s card image. They have no original skills either.

However, if you appoint him/her as the mayor of a subordinate city, the historic general’s exclusive subordinate city buff (Subordinate City Training) becomes active.

Note 2 – Not ALL gold, purple, and blue are historical generals. There are also “non” historical generals in gold, purple, and blue.

Non-Historic General

• A general that exists in all colors (rarity) and appears in the same form in all colors.
• A general with the same appearance, but with various variations in name.

• Lower status and less growth than historic generals.

Specific Generals List

Golden Historic General

*What is listed as “Epic (Orange) General” at the bottom of the tavern screen

See the list in the following article.

List of Generals by Role (+ How to Get)

A comprehensive list of all golden historic generals, over 100 in total, by role.

Purple Historic General

Europe

• Joan of Arc
• Frederick the Great
• Gaius Marius
• Hernando Cortes
• Constance I

America

• Jefferson
• Philip Sheridan (old name: Thomas Jackson) *name changed 5/17/2022
• John Buford

Japan

• Tachibana Muneshige (*He is not in the tavern portraits.)
• Uesugi Kenshin
• Miyamoto Musashi
• Shimazu Yoshihiro
• Sanada Yukimura

Korea

• Kim Si-min
• Yi Song-gye

China

• Zhuge Liang (changed to golden historic general by 3.87.7 update on 4/9/2021)
• Lu Ban
• Xiang Yu
• Hua Mulan

Russia

• Ivan IV
• Alexander Suvorov

Arabia

• Harun al-Rashid
• Antara

Others

• Belisarius (*He is not in the tavern portraits.)
• Tariq ibn Ziyad (*He is not in the tavern portraits.)
• John Paul Jones (*He is not in the tavern portraits.)
• Cleopatra
• Hamilcar Barca
• Attila
• Spartacus
• Princess Lucy
• Undead General

Blue Historic General

• You can get them at the tavern.
• Note: Not all blue are historical generals. Only the following generals.

• Hattori Ninja
• Asai Chacha
• Samurai
• Ranger
• Hong Fu Nu
• Han Lin
• Hong Gildong
• Kim Nam Joo
• Lee Jae-yeong
• Buffalo Bill
• Robin Hood

Non-Historic General

They appear under a variety of names and therefore only list in the image.

Available from Tavern

Only available from NPC subordinate cities

• Can be found in new NPC subordinate cities and can be obtained by defeating them.
• They are not available at a tavern.
• The general’s name is not unique. (There are many variations of the same illustration with different names.)
• Rarity of generals is green for all of them.

Extra: Old illustration

Illustrations were renewed on 11/22/2022 (with some exceptions).