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Champion, Europe, French, Yellow
Deploy: At the start of each round, place up to three unrevealed loadout cards adjacent to this Champion as 1 life, 1 damage, +0 DEF minions. Spend actions to move them and attack using this Champion's base attack grid.
From modest beginnings, Napoleon rose through the military ranks, conquered Europe, crowned himself Emperor, and reshaped law and society with his Napoleonic Code.
With 43 battles, 38 wins (17 against the odds), and only 5 losses, Napoleon Bonaparte stands as one of history’s most successful military leaders. It took five coalitions of European powers over 11 years to finally defeat him—and they had to do it twice. France versus all of Europe? Europe blinked.
Bullied as a boy, Napoleon showed early leadership by rallying younger students to win a snowball fight against older bullies. He joined the French army and quickly gained fame for daring brilliance. In 1796 Italy, he ran between his own cannons to aim them under enemy shellfire. His troops saw this fearless warrior and his daring and love for his men led them to become fiercely loyal.
That same year, he married Josephine and wrote her passionate letters from the front. In 1802, he created the Legion of Honor to reward merit over birth. Two years later, he crowned himself Emperor—not for vanity, but to mock Europe’s royals and prove that greatness came from grit, not bloodlines.
Then he rewrote the law. The Napoleonic Code, introduced in 1804, replaced feudal chaos with equality for male citizens. It trashed the old system where the poor couldn’t own property and nobles lived off their labor. Across his empire, Jews, Protestants, and Catholics gained rights to worship, own land, and build careers. Napoleon wasn’t just a battlefield prodigy—he was a legal one too.
On the battlefield, his tactics were legendary. At Ulm (1805), he captured 60,000 Austrians while losing only 2,000 French. At Austerlitz, he feigned weakness, gave up the high ground, baited the Allies into a trap, split their forces, and crushed them. Final score: 36,000 Allied casualties to 9,000 French. Game over.
In 1814, he was exiled to Elba. The end? Not even close. Eight months later, he escaped with 700 men and marched toward Paris. When the 5th Regiment confronted him, Napoleon rode alone to point-blank range, opened his coat, and shouted, “Here I am. Kill your Emperor, if you wish!” No one fired. Instead, they shouted “Vive L’Empereur!” and joined him.
Two weeks later, he was in Paris. Ten weeks later, he had 200,000 troops. On June 18, he faced the British and Prussians at Waterloo. This time, they stopped him for good. He was exiled to Saint Helena, a remote island in the Atlantic, where he died in 1821—but his legend never did.
