Blood : Set in the late 16th century, the first act of the single-player campaign begins with the player in the role of Morgan Black[24]—of the Knights of Saint John—defending the last stronghold on Malta from Sahin "The Falcon" of the Ottoman Empire (in a telling of the Great Siege of Malta). The player must light a signal fire to call in supporting cavalry led by Morgan's superior, Alain Magnan, who fends off the Turks. Morgan and Alain drive the Ottomans from Malta, and when they detonate Ottoman weapon caches in the nearby caves, they discover a hidden stone library telling the story of the "Lake of the Moon" and the secret society called the "Circle of Ossus" who seek it out. Morgan then sails to the New World, but lands in Cuba after a pirate attack. They find some navigation charts, land in Mexico, and destroy an Ottoman base there. But the Spanish commander Francisco Juan Delgado de Leon captures Sahin and some other Turks. They defeat the Spanish, who are attacking the Aztecs. He then sails to Florida, but is trapped in the Caribbean again and must earn Lizzie the Pirate's respect. Once in Florida, Morgan captures some Spanish treasure ships, and after the battle, Sahin joins him, telling him that the Circle thinks that the Lake of the Moon is the Fountain of Youth. Delgado and his army are subsequently destroyed. Since the Spanish have been wiped out from Mexico, Sahin is freed, but has been subsequently captured by Morgan. Alain orders Morgan to execute him but Sahin and Lizzie convince Morgan that Alain is actually the Circle's leader. Therefore, they decide to destroy the Fountain of Youth to stop the Circle's plans for domination of the New World. Upon reaching the Lake of the Moon, the group captures and retains an enormous stationary cannon called a "Fixed Gun". Using the Fixed Gun and Lizzie's fire ships, they destroy the Fountain. Alain Magnan leads a force to counterattack, but is killed during the fighting. Sahin returns to his country, and Lizzie leaves for the Caribbean (although it is hinted that she reunites with Morgan several years later). Morgan is last seen wondering about the significance of the Fountain and whether he should drink its remaining water, although a very old man identical to Morgan appears in Act III, talking about The Circle (also when making a custom scenario, if a player places an old man on their side, and select it while playing, the character portrait is identical to Morgan including his hair being the same, and even wearing the same armor). During Act I, the player assumes command of the "Knights of St. John", which resembles the Spanish civilization (even though the faction played is actually Maltese). The Spanish had numerous colonies in the area played through in this Act.
Ice : In 1757,[25] Morgan's grandson, John Black, and his Native friend Kanyenke are on their way to Brunswick, Black's uncle Stuart’s colony, as he has called for help. After exchanging attacks with Cherokee raiders and war camps, they attempt to arrange a peace settlement. When they reach the village, they are attacked by the British who capture the town. While planning a counter attack, they discover that John's uncle Stuart has been kidnapped; John concludes that the Circle of Ossus has returned. Kanyenke realizes that his sister, Nonahkee is in danger, too; but he is stunned to discover, after saving the Iroquois village in New England that she called home, that she and John were secretly in love. Afterwards Kanyenke consents to their love and joins John in taking down the Circle.
They fight with the French in the Seven Years' War. When Colonel Washington tells them that Warwick is a renegade, John agrees to track him down for the British. John leads his mercenaries and Washington's forces and destroy a Circle base in the Great Lakes. Warwick, the Circle's leader, is revealed to have killed Stuart, and flees to the western mountains. John and Kanyenke follow him, first earning the respect of the Great Plains tribes by gaining enormous amounts of experience from good deeds, then destroying a fortified Circle base in the mountains. They soon discover that Warwick and his soldiers have fled west, to act as a checkpoint for a Russian army. They realize that the Circle plans to capture British and French colonies and towns while their soldiers are at war with one another. With the help of some miners, they were able to bring down large rock bridges to stop the Russian large cannons from getting through. In the end John is shown setting up some dynamite. Warwick and several Circle soldiers approach him. Warwick attempts to kill John but when the Circle soldiers shoot at him, John dodges the bullets, jumps to the trigger, and pushes it, detonating the bridge, killing himself, the soldiers, and Warwick, and causing an avalanche. The avalanche buries the Russians. Kanyenke returns to his village, where he learns that his sister had given birth to John's son Nathaniel.
During Act II, the player plays as John Black's Mercenaries, which is modeled after a cross between the French and German civilizations. The French were involved in the fur trade at the time, and German mercenaries were in great use during this time. This campaign is roughly similar to The Last of the Mohicans, as the year is 1757 in both stories, John Black is similar to Hawkeye, Kanyenke to the Mohicans, Warwick to Montcalm and the French, and the Cherokee to the Hurons.
Steel: In 1817, the narrative shifts to Amelia Black, the granddaughter of John Black and heiress owner of The Falcon Company (possibly named after Sahin), a railroad company whose sights are set on expanding new railroad operations in the United States since the compensation given by the British and Americans for John Black's sacrifice has dried up. A French prospector named Pierre Beaumont helps her and the railroad boss, Major Cooper, defeat a Mexican army attacking a fort. He then lures them to a northern mine, where a surprise visit from Kanyenke reveals Beaumont as the leader of Circle of Ossus. Amelia, Kanyenke, and Cooper chase him through the mines, where they find a map to the Lake of the Moon. They travel there, but find that the lake has dried up and is now a swamp. Subsequently, they destroy a Circle base in the swamp. Cooper approaches Beaumont and Beaumont commands two wolves to attack him. Cooper shoots one of them with his pistol, but the other kills him. Amelia now wants to avenge Cooper. The Seminoles tell Amelia and Kanyenke that there is an Inca city in Pacamayo Valley where several barrels of the fountain's water are. They sail to South America, where they help Simón Bolívar defeat the Spanish, then go through the Andes and discover the Inca city in Pacamayo Valley. They defend the city from the Circle, who have a base nearby that they destroy. But Beaumont escapes with some of the Fountain's water. Amelia and Kanyenke fight the Circle at their stronghold in Cuba, and after allying with the Spanish colony of Havana and awaiting the arrival of the U.S. Navy, they destroy the Ossuary and the fixed guns guarding it. Amelia and Kanyenke go under a ledge, but Beaumont is hiding on top. Beaumont jumps down and attempts to stab Amelia. But Amelia dodges him and she and Kanyenke are knocked down. Beaumont charges at Amelia about to stab her, but when Beaumont gets near, she kicks him and Beaumont is pushed back. He quickly charges at her but she grabs her gun and shoots him. She later uses the Circle's stored treasure to revive the Falcon Company, and succeeds in building railroads to the west coast. During the credits, there is a final cut scene between Amelia and an Old Coot first introduced earlier in the campaign. After some conversation, he makes a reference to the Circle and how she was able to defeat them in only one lifetime, hinting that he is indeed the original Morgan Black. It appears he has lived longer than the average person because he drank from the Fountain of Youth after Act I. Amelia then asks what he just said, he replies with, "Don't miss your train," and then he walks away.
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