LA Lemuria, Soul Gates

With the second fall of Ermor, hope finally came to the Scelerian remnants of the ancient empire. The fear of the dead faded and undead legions were no longer needed. Instead the soulless were put to menial labor. But the Thaumaturgs turned their attention elsewhere. The common people became ever more dissatisfied. Some soulless slaves still toiled the land, but with the Thaumaturgs less interested in reanimating slaves for the populace, the common men felt abandoned. Demands were made that the Thaumaturgs should provide slaves to keep the kingdom going. The conflict escalated and finally, in an act of remarkable hubris, the Thaumaturgs decided to settle the problem once and for all. In a great ceremony every Thaumaturg in the kingdom joined a communion and poured their lower souls into a ritual that would open a gate to the underworld, so that the dead willingly might return to the land of the living as workers and farmers. The ritual succeeded, in a way. The gate opened, but the lower souls of the Thaumaturgs were ripped apart and swallowed by the gate. And from the gate emerged, not dead servants, but a spectral host of legionnaires and shadows. Now the land is slowly withering and falling under the dominion of a God of darkness. Ghosts and spectral legions reclaim a land once theirs and the shattered souls of the former Thaumaturgs are mustering the shadows and memories of a glorious past.

"Lemuria is a reprise of the Dominions 2 Ermor theme "Soul Gates." With Dominions 3, the Soul Gate and the Carrion Wood mechanics were remade into global spells. This change practically removed them from the game. We wanted them back and with the rewriting of the history the new nation of Lemuria followed in the wake of Sceleria.

Lemuria is an undead nation of ghosts and immaterial undead instead of skeletons and zombies. Think of grey lands of ash and dust. Imagine spectral hordes marching forth under banners swaying in a wind you cannot feel. Stand still and you might hear the clamor of ancient weaponry when the ghost legions pass you by. At the horizon a great darkness is spreading as shadows pour forth from the Soul Gate." -Illwinter

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Magic Access	Alt. Access	Unit Summary	Core Abilities	Buildings
4 3 1 1 3		Reanimation Instead of Recruitment Spectral Legionnaires Ghosts Shadows Hordes of Dispossessed Spirits	Undead Ethereal Need Not Eat Immortal Cold Resistance Poison Resistance Cold Aura Magic Power Dark Power Magically Attuned Researcher Amphibious Reanimator Priest	Primitive Forts Starts with a Fortified City Temples Produce Death Gems

Capitol Gems: 9
Death Limit + 2
Magic Limit + 1

Land of Undeath: Dominion kills population and summons ghosts and shadows. The dead will rise to serve Lemuria and the living will die so they can rise later on. These effects will also take place for disciple players and the undead will obey the disciples when they appear there. The disciple players start with full population in their realm, but it will die quickly and undead will rise instead. Being a disciple to Lemuria will not be easy.

Mercenaries are more expensive.
Province Defense does not need population to support it.

LA Lemuria cannot natively recruit any units or commanders whatsoever. Instead, Lemuria relies on rituals, freespawn, and indies to for its mage corps and armies.

All Summons Have: Poison Resistance (25), Undead, Ethereal, Need Not Eat, Spirit Sight, Spiritform

Summon Spell	Unit	Special Attributes	Comments
Revive Lemur Centurion (Conjuration 0) 1 and 5	Lemur Centurion	Cold Resistance (25) Cold Aura (3) Magic Power (1) Fear (5) Amphibious	Commentary here.
Revive Shadow Tribune (Conjuration 0) 1 and 8	Shadow Tribune	1 Sacred Cold Resistance (15) Dark Power (2) Amphibious Floating Reanimator Priest	Commentary here.
Revive Lemur Acolyte (Conjuration 0) 2 and 11	Lemur Acolyte	117 Sacred Cold Resistance (25) Stealthy (40) Cold Aura (3) Magic Power (1) Fear (6) Poor Amphibian Magically Attuned Researcher Reanimator Priest	Commentary here.
Revive Lemur Senator (Conjuration 0) 2 and 15	Lemur Senator	2 \\ Sacred Cold Resistance (25) Cold Aura (3) Magic Power (1) Fear (5) Amphibious Reanimator Priest	Commentary here.
Revive Lemur Thaumaturg (Conjuration 0) 3 and 20	Lemur Thaumaturg	12211 Sacred Cold Resistance (25) Stealthy (40) Cold Aura (3) Magic Power (1) Fear (7) Poor Amphibian Magically Attuned Researcher Reanimator Priest	Commentary here.
Revive Lemur Consul (Conjuration 0) 3 and 25	Lemur Consul	3 Sacred Cold Resistance (25) Cold Aura (3) Magic Power (1) Fear (5) Immortal Amphibious Reanimator Priest	Commentary here.
Revive Grand Lemur (Conjuration 0) 3 and 50	Grand Lemur	2331100% Sacred Cold Resistance (25) Stealthy (40) Cold Aura (3) Magic Power (1) Fear (8) Immortal Poor Amphibian Magically Attuned Researcher Reanimator Priest	Commentary here.

All provinces under LA Lemuria's dominion have a chance to generate freespawn.

[?Freespawn Rates?] Quantity and quality increse with dominion score, forts, temples, and laboratories. [?Needs Confirmation?] Spectral Lictors only spawn with a Dominion Score over 5 .

All Reanimations Have: Cold Resistance (15), Poison Resistance (25), Salt Vulnerability (1), Undead, Ethereal, Amphibious, Need Not Eat, Floating, Spirit Sight, Spiritform

Sprite	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
	Dispossessed Spirit	Stealthy (40) Undisciplined	Commentary here.
	Spectral Velite	Skirmisher (1)	Commentary here.
	Spectral Hastatus		Commentary here.
	Spectral Standard	Fear (5)	Commentary here.
	Spectral Principe		Commentary here.
	Spectral Triarius		Commentary here.
	Praetorian Spectre	Bodyguard (2)	Commentary here.
	Spectral Lictor	Sacred	Commentary here.

All LA Lemuria's Reanimator Priests can Call Spirits. When giving the command, the player can choose what type of unit to summon.

Priest Level	Dispossessed Spirits	Shadows	Shade Beasts	Apparitions
1	10	2	0	0
2	12	3	1	1
3	14	4	2	2
4	16	5	3	3
+	+2	+1	+1	+1

All These Units Have: Cold Resistance (15), Poison Resistance (25), Undead, Ethereal, Need Not Eat, Spirit Sight

Sprite	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
	Dispossessed Spirit	See Above	Commentary here.
	Shadow	Stealthy (40) Dark Power (2) Amphibious Spiritform	Commentary here.
	Shade Beast	Stealthy (40) Dark Power (2) Poor Amphibian	Commentary here.
	Apparition	Stealthy (40) Fear (5) Spreads Plague (5) Amphibious Floating Spiritform	Commentary here.

• Unholy Command (Divine) 1
  Commentary here.
• Unholy Protection (Divine) 1
  Commentary here.
• Unholy Blessing (Divine) 1
  Commentary here.
• Unholy Power (Divine) 1
  Commentary here.
• Anathema (Divine) 2
  Commentary here.
• Unholy Protection (Divine) 2
  Commentary here.
• Unholy Blessing (Divine) 2
  Commentary here.
• Apostasy (Divine) 3
  Commentary here.
• Unholy Power (Divine) 3
  Commentary here.
• Unholy Blessing (Divine) 3
  Commentary here.
• Protection of the Shadelands (Divine) 3
  Commentary here.
• Power of the Shadelands (Divine) 4
  Commentary here.

See Magic Access. These guides supplement the summaries at the top.

The Ring of Sorcery and Ring of Wizardry are within reach but require either empowerment or unique boosters.

No national access. No simple summons.

Highest Starting: 1 Grand Lemur (1 in 4)

Tome of High Power Unique 12 Grand Lemur (1 in 4) + It's hard to get an Air booster.

Highest Starting: 1 Grand Lemur (1 in 4)

Trident from Beyond Unique 12 Grand Lemur (1 in 4) +

Streams from Hades 13 Grand Lemur (1 in 4) + Kokythiad has 3, with two Water boosters it reaches 5 Getting the third booster is a little tricky.

No national access.

Hidden in Snow in Mountains 13 Grand Lemur (1 in 4) + Has at least a 7 in 8 chance of an Unfrozen Mage with at least 1

Highest Starting: 3 Grand Lemur (1 in 4)

Tome of High Power Unique 12 Grand Lemur (1 in 4) + It's hard to get an Air booster.

Highest Starting: 4 Grand Lemur (1 in 4)

No national access. No simple summons

No national access.

Summon Spectre 3 Grand Lemur Has a 7 in 16 of at least 1

No national access.

Ether Gate 33 Grand Lemur (1 in 4) + A 1 in 4 chance of Ether Lord with 1

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