LA Agartha, Ktonian Dead

In dark caverns under the Roots of the Earth a strange kind of one-eyed humanoids once evolved. Untouched by the sun, they became known to humans as the Pale Ones. When humans first met these pale giants, it was in war. With the destruction of the false god of the Pale Ones, an ancient Seal was broken and vast powers of destruction were released. The Pale Ones were almost wiped out of existence and humans could move down into the caverns of Agartha. Here they found fabulous riches and ancient secrets. The humans replaced the Pale Ones and now all Agarthans are pale-skinned humans with large eyes. Everything left by the Ancients became subject to worship in Agartha. At first, statues of the Ancients were adored and animated by the Golem Crafters, but most of the statues were destroyed during the great war and new forms of worship have evolved. The mummified remains of the now-extinct Pale Ones are worshiped and reanimated by necromancer-priests. While the mummies of Pale Ones are sacred, the human dead are not treated with the same respect. Used for menial tasks and warfare, the dead of Agartha now walk side by side with the living.

Agartha is inspired by fantasy RPG's in general, and an Earth Dawn setting of my brother's imagination, ripe with mummified ancestors entombed in ancient cavern halls, in particular. Old ideas of a race of pale, cave-dwelling humanoids from my ideas of the game “Shepherds of Creation” completed the conglomerate. Think of opulent halls adorned with riches of the deeper earth in which reside ancient bloated oracles with pallid skins ruling their kin with increasing desperation; desperation because their proud race is dying. Agartha is perhaps the most tragic of the nations in Dominions. Surviving oracles cling to memories of a glorious past unable to stop the unavoidable disappearance of their ancient race. I wanted a sense of loss to permeate the nation. - Illwinter

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Magic Access	Alt. Access	Unit Summary	Core Abilities	Buildings
3 (Rare 4) 3 (Rare 4) 2 2 1 (Rare 2) 2	Hero: 22211131 Summons: 333	Light and Heavy Human Infantry Steel Crossbows Cave Drake Knights	Darkvision Corpse Stitcher	Standard Forts Cave Forts have extra Gold and Resources

Capitol Gems: 112

Productivity Limit + 1
Death Limit + 1

• Iron Marionettes (Alteration 5)
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The hero, Eckhart von Kohlbrunn - Master of Alchemical Secrets makes getting the major elemental boosters doable, and having both makes climbing all the elemental paths easy.

Staff of Elemental Mastery or Crown of the Elements Unique
22 The hero, Eckhart von Kohlbrunn - Master of Alchemical Secrets +

Highest starting: 2 Ktonian Alchemist (1 in 4)

Skull of Fire
11 is had by many mages.

No national access.

Troll King's Court
3 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4) +
Troll King has 1

Highest starting: 2 Ktonian Alchemist (1 in 4)

Orb of Atlantis Unique
21 Ktonian Alchemist (1 in 4) +

Streams from Hades
11 Ktonian Alchemist (1 in 4) +
Kokythiad has 3

Trident from Beyond Unique
21 The hero, Eckhart von Kohlbrunn - Master of Alchemical Secrets +

Highest starting: 3 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4)

Ktonian Necromancer potentially has the right paths for the Atlas of Creation Unique, but it's a lot of boosters to get there.

Highest starting: 1 Servant of the Oracles (1 in 4) or Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4)

Coin of Meteoritic Iron
21 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4) +

Golem Construction
21 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4) +
Golem has 2

Ether Gate
11 Servant of the Oracles (1 in 4) or 12 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4) +
Ether Lord has at least 3, 1 in 4 has 4.

Hidden in Sand in Wasteland
32 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4)
Dust Priest has a 1 in 3 chance of 2

Although LA Ulm has the crosspaths for Atlas of Creation (Unique) it requires a ton of boosters.

Highest starting: 3 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4)

No national access. No simple summons.

No national access.

Troll King's Court
3 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4) +
Troll King has 1

Summon Spectre
3 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4)
Spectre has a 7 in 16 chance of at least 1

No national access.

Ether Gate
11 Servant of the Oracles (1 in 4) or 12 Ktonian Necromancer (1 in 4) +
Ether Lord has a 1 in 4 chance of 1.

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