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The following is a list of characters found in the campaigns of Age of Mythology (Fall of the Trident) and Age of Mythology: The Titans (The New Atlantis):

Arkantos (voiced by Daniel Riordan) is the main character in Fall of the Trident. Living on Atlantis in a time where it was constantly raided by pirates, he had to take up arms and fight the pirates at the very young age of 14. However, he grew strong, and virtually wiped out all of the pirates in the area.

The campaign begins with Krios the theocrat urging Arkantos to join the Greek army in Troy, but Arkantos initially refuses. However, when the Pirate-bandit overlord Kamos, a Minotaur hero who was raised by the Egyptian goddess Bast, steals the trident from a statue of Poseidon, Arkantos is convinced that he must travel to Troy to regain the god's favor. After recovering the trident, Arkantos joins Agamemnon, Odysseus and Ajax and plays an important part in the Trojan War, as one of the soldiers hidden in the Trojan Horse. Afterwards, he and Ajax , on their way back home, stop at Iolcos to repair their ships and find the city taken by pirates. They free the centaur Chiron, who has been imprisoned, and pursue the cyclops Gargarensis to stop him in his evil plan. Gargarensis attempted to free Kronos who had been imprisoned behind 4 adamantine doors in Tartarus, the deepest part of the underworld. These doors could only be opened by a mortal's hand, Gargarensis. Unfortunately he was being aided by the god of the Ocean and horses, Poseidon, who Arkantos thought to be favoured by. If Gargarensis was successful, he would be made immortal by Kronos and Poseidon, for setting the former free. Arkantos however, stopped him in his tracks and killed one of Poseidon's summoned-to-life minions who were huge and seemingly unstoppable by human weapons and means. Therefore Zeus empowered him with the force of thunder, making him more than sufficiently powerful to take on the Titanic creature and erase the life of Gargarensis together with it. After succeeding in such a noble task, the goddess Athena made Arkantos immortal, and he became a god to watch over the sunken land of Atlantis. The land was not lost, the Atlanteans were saved, only the wonders and buildings collapsed during the war and earthquakes that were caused when Gargarensis was killed. Arkantos's special ability is that he gives out a battle cry that that strengthens allied units around him and, after being blessed by Zeus, he transformed from Arkantos(hero) into Arkantos(uber) and so he can throw all units around him. In "New Atlantis", he can't battle enemies. He just appears and disappears in each scenario video from scenario 4 to 12 as an immortal god guiding his son, Kastor, in his quest. It is interesting to note that Arkantos' name is used in Age of Empires III, his armor can be collected as a treasure in that game.

Ajax (voiced by Charlie Rocket) is a renowned Greek warrior, said only to be excelled by Achilles, and the son of the king of Salamis. In Fall of the Trident, he meets Arkantos during the Trojan War (though they seem to have already known each other) and afterwards accompanies him to Ioklos, but stays with him for the rest of his quest. He was transformed into a boar by Circe. Ajax is typically the "brawn" of the team, not being much of a strategist but a hardy fighter nonetheless. In The New Atlantis, Ajax is soon-to-be-King of Salamis, sent leading a company of Greek troops to confront Kastor and the Atlanteans because of their unexplained attack against Sikyos, but joins Kastor after realizing that he had been tricked by Kronos' servant. Ajax wields a spear and a large shield. His special attack is a shield bash that knocks enemy foot soldiers back a short distance. He wears a cap which looks like a bear's fur, the older one wears one which looks like a lions fur. In real Greek mythology, Ajax was a hero of the Trojan War who committed suicide after Achilles was killed.

Arkantos has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.