diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/units/heads/head_pers_xerxes.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/units/heads/head_pers_xerxes.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b244ce85c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/units/heads/head_pers_xerxes.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<actor version="1">
+  <castshadow/>
+  <group>
+    <variant frequency="1" name="Xerxes Face">
+      <mesh>props/head_beard_wide.pmd</mesh>
+      <props>
+        <prop actor="props/units/heads/pers_hair_xerxes.xml" attachpoint="root"/>
+      </props>
+      <texture>props/head/xerxes.png</texture>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+</actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/units/heads/pers_hair_xerxes.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/units/heads/pers_hair_xerxes.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60583c2b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/units/heads/pers_hair_xerxes.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<actor version="1">
+  <castshadow/>
+  <group>
+    <variant>
+      <mesh>props/helmet/pers_hair.dae</mesh>
+      <texture>props/head/xerxes.png</texture>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+</actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/skins/props/head/xerxes.png b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/skins/props/head/xerxes.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b32a0ef4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/skins/props/head/xerxes.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4bc4e04365d2b7f916c80f728993a1d05b566c74e22bd70d0cf5e50fe4071249
+size 29288
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/session/portraits/units/256/pers_hero_xerxes.png b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/session/portraits/units/256/pers_hero_xerxes.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c33295538b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/session/portraits/units/256/pers_hero_xerxes.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c82d84a2b17bd1a5d8cb885c58c1cc531a18ff7c3bf845ff3399e6b7f0213257
+size 132892
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/session/portraits/units/pers_hero_xerxes.png b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/session/portraits/units/pers_hero_xerxes.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38479c7ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/session/portraits/units/pers_hero_xerxes.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8ee7ddda7749d0756e1f33b1e4858b900332641c5922bc8d747ddeec14043abb
+size 40432
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Acropolis.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Acropolis.xml
index 93a5e26695..dd7d70d763 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Acropolis.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Acropolis.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:32a4facf75b7218773a5f70c21a2c1f1eaea9cb0f2069ed64e98ee098ced5cd6
-size 1427158
+oid sha256:33e0611bf3bd1054f56d324f9521c6372d6780bd99f7d0e1eefd155b00d066d7
+size 1427644
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Gallic Fields.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Gallic Fields.xml
index 7416c6c88f..a0cc9c1d37 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Gallic Fields.xml	
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Gallic Fields.xml	
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6181416a57ed2e433dbb91f5e59d8801aa1d0b04036a945e57556ffc8fb75ff7
-size 526056
+oid sha256:bc5a13966720af0302c744ace63546a0dd38094749cfed5ffc504b82c66df174
+size 526057
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Oasis IV.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Oasis IV.xml
index de0bb3dc29..0ce80a2cac 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Oasis IV.xml	
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scenarios/Oasis IV.xml	
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:80a020d5c76c6aa43e4580176aff03f80110b2adfc1fb75bbfe30f9d6e82b730
-size 500762
+oid sha256:c8a4e821fea7cec944b312b5f79dbaafc7fef01381684649de66697cc7ed9902
+size 500758
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/pers_apadana.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/pers_apadana.xml
index 3f4f854392..2aad368efd 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/pers_apadana.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/pers_apadana.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <SpecificName>Apadana</SpecificName>
     <History>The term Apadana designates a large hypostyle palace found in Persia. The best known example, and by far the largest, was the great Apadana at Persepolis. Functioning as the empire's central audience hall, the palace is famous for the reliefs of the tribute-bearers and of the army, including the Immortals. The annual tribute that the Persians received from their satrapies and vassal states, as regularised by Darius the Great, accounted for incredible annual revenue.</History>
     <Icon>structures/palace.png</Icon>
-	<Tooltip>"Satrapy Tribute": Gain a trickle of Food, Wood, Stone, and Metal resources. Train Persian Immortals. Build Limit: 1.</Tooltip>
+	<Tooltip>"Satrapy Tribute": Gain a trickle of Food, Wood, Stone, and Metal resources. Train Persian Heroes and their "Immortals" bodyguards. Build Limit: 1.</Tooltip>
   </Identity>
   <Obstruction>
     <Static width="28.0" depth="32.0"/>
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   <TrainingQueue>
     <Entities datatype="tokens">
       units/pers_champion_infantry
+	  units/pers_hero_cyrus
     </Entities>
   </TrainingQueue>
   <VisualActor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/pers_fortress.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/pers_fortress.xml
index 47bf9e59a1..b0a9ca7848 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/pers_fortress.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/pers_fortress.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <Entities datatype="tokens">
       units/pers_champion_cavalry
 	  units/pers_mechanical_siege_ram
-	  units/pers_hero_cyrus
     </Entities>
   </TrainingQueue>
   <VisualActor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_hero_cyrus.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_hero_cyrus.xml
index 02bd76cf9e..d75c956ff7 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_hero_cyrus.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_hero_cyrus.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <Civ>iber</Civ>
 	<GenericName>Cyrus II The Great</GenericName>
     <SpecificName>Kurush II</SpecificName>
-    <Icon>units/pers_hero_cyrus.png</Icon>
+    <Icon>units/pers_hero_xerxes.png</Icon>
 	<Tooltip>Hero Aura: "Lead from the Front." Boosts attack of nearby cavalry units.</Tooltip>
     <History>(559 BC - 530 BC) The son of a Median princess and the ruler of Anshan; justly called the 'Father of the Empire', Cyrus the Great conquered Media, Lydia, Babylonia and Bactria, thereby establishing the Persian Empire. He was also renown as a benevolent conqueror. Technically the second ruler of the Persians by that name, and so appears as Kurush II on his documents and coins. Kurush I was his grandfather.</History>
   </Identity>