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EA Berytos, The Phoenix Empire
The people of Berytos are the descendants of a civilization created by the Telkhines, titanic storm demons defeated by a previous Pantokrator. The Telkhines taught shipbuilding, sailing and metalcrafting to the human ancestors of Berytos.When the Telkhines were defeated, the humans fled across the sea, led by the Storm Callers, disciples of the Telkhines.With the knowledge of ironcrafting and the magical might of the Storm Callers, new colonies were founded on distantshores. Like a phoenix, the dying empire was reborn. But the Telkhine gods were dead and the humans sought divineleadership. They found the Melqarts of Hinnom. One of the colonies was situated near Ashdod and the bloody cult ofthe Melqarts soon spread through the Phoenix Empire. In the capital colony of Berytos, a great temple to the Melqarts was built.But soon another power found its way into the cult. Refugee Colossi, great men of the Machakan royal family, arrived in Berytos andestablished themselves as rulers of the bloody cult. Their sorceresses claimed divinity and called themselves Brides-in-Waiting. NowBerytos is a seafaring people led by sorcerer-queens from the great temple in Berytos.
General Overview
Berytos is nation with storng magic diveristy, has access to all the elemental paths, blood and a minor astral as well. Probably has the strongest hero lineup that can fill the missing death and natrue paths too. Troops are medicore, but at least have some usable options. The sacred half giants are not terrible, but should not be the reason to play Berytos. Se'irs, sacred berserking goat demons, which can be summoned with blood 3 are much better if you like good sacreds. To summarize, Berytos is not an easy nation to play, it can be weak early game and you have to know all the spells well to play them efficiently, but, if you do, they can be a real beast in the late mid game, end game.
National Features
| Special Race Attributes | Military | Magic Access | Priests | Buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sailing commanders Coastal bonus income | Greek light to medium infantry, Elephants, Sacred half-giants, National Blood summons |  3 (Rare 4) 3 (Rare 4) 3 2 (Rare 3) 1 3 (Rare 4) |  2 PriestsBlood Sacrefice |  Castles(good in early) |
Capital Special Sites
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| Temple of Storms and Flames |
|---|
| Enables recruitment of Bride-in-Waiting, Colossi Warrior Generates 2  3 2 per turn. |
Notable Units
Commanders
| Sprite | Unit Name | SpecialAttributes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Berytian Scout 25 3  1 |  Stealthy (55) Mountain Survival Forest Survival | Almost a basic scout just a little lighter and stealthier, still use indie scouts if you can and recruit mages in your forts. |
 | Berytian Captain 100 17 1 |  Sailing (Max size 2) | A sailing leader of 80, but in Berytos everything can be done by mages. Mage Pilots and Storm Callers can sail 40 troops, Brides can lead 90, so you can rarely justify recruiting them. |
 | Mage Pilot 80 2 2 Coastal Fort recruitment only | 11  9 Sailing (Max size 2) | Sailing leader of 40. It doesn't have good path for combat but can spam frozen hearts and some lightning in a storm. It's not a bad idea to have one or two in each coastal fort so they can set sail with a small army when needed. |
 | Storm Caller 205 2 4 Coastal recruitment only | 22 1100%    15 Sailing (Max size 2)Coastal recruitment | Another sailing leader of 40. Basically a stronger version of mage pilots. Best available W mage, 25% astral access, who can join your sabbaths to cast big spells. All can cloud trapeze where needed, spam elementals as raiders, with an item, go underwater to conquer with water elementals, fire ones can cast acid spells. A solid mage to have. You should have some coastal forts making these guys constantly. |
 | Berytian Sage 80 4 2 | 11100% 11 Sailing (Max size 2) Adept researcher(+2) | Your most gold efficient researcher, but lacks good combat value. Use them to build up a research core early when you need the gold for expansion and infrastructure. Later, focus on better mages like the Storm Caller and the Berytian Priest. |
 | Berytian Priest 140 2 2 | 111100%  9 Sailing (Max size 2) Sacred | Your blood hunters, Sabbath Slaves and masters. Recruit as many as you can, don't forget to forge Sanguine Dowsing Rods if you blood hunt with a level one bloodmage. |
 | Bride-in-Waiting 415 8 4 | 221221110% 21 Sacred | These ladies give you a lot of magic on a half-giant priestess who can lead 90 troops as well. They are not cheap but get as many as you can. The magic support they can provide is awesome and you are able to change an army script from storm, lighting spams, to firestorm, and elementals easily for the next battle. They have nice mobility already, but all can Cloud Trapeze too. Imagine flying in a small sabbath of them to Life for a Life an enemy SC. Just take care of them; they are brides after all. |
Troops
| Sprite | Unit Name | Special Attributes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Berytian Militia  7 5  3 | Siege chaff or when you need a lot of bodies fast. | |
 | Berytian Archer 10 7 9 | They are like indie archers, but you have access to Wind Guide and Flaming Arrows so they can be viable. | |
 | Berytian Spearman 10 9 9 | Low protection, but massable javelin throwers just like indie light infantry. Can be useful against shieldless, low prot enemies. | |
 | Berytian Soldier 10 14 9 | Like low prot indie heavy infantry with short swords, hard to find a good use for them. | |
 | Berytian Heavy Spearman 12 19 14 |  Formation fighter(2) | Your highest prot troops 4 fitting a square. They have a chance to repel most other human troops. Not bad as line holders with some buffs. |
 | Berytian Elite Soldier 14 19 18 | They have 13 moral and same prot as a heavy spearman. They can be useful when you need more damage and morale on your lines, but short swords are just meh. | |
 | Berytian Lancer 14 13 24 | Low prot, one attack, but only 20 gold for a 17 def unit. Good against low attack enemies like barbs and pale ones. Can be used as flankers or as a high mobility group with elephants(both MM 20). Note that you can't sail them. | |
 | Colossi Warrior 14 21 25 | Sacred bodyguard(2) | Half-giants with those short swords again and 13 prot. not good enough to focus on them, but they have their uses, especially with a utility bless like magic weapons, dark vision, etc. Can be nice bodyguards for brides when facing assassins. Also, note that you can't sail them. |
 | War Elephant 14 20 33 |  Animal Trample | With practice can be used for expansion. Make sure you pack them in a group with 5+ units for moral reasons, also if routed they can trample your guys so try to keep your lines clear behind them. With their lot of hp they take buffs pretty well. No sailing of course. |
Heroes
| Sprite | Unit Name | SpecialAttributes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dis Mater - Bride of the Gods Minimum Hero Arrival turn: (10) | 31 332 25 SacredFemale | dec |
 | Ba'al Hammon - King of the City Minimum Hero Arrival turn: (20) | 3233 21 Sacred Fear (5) Adept Sacrificer(1) Resist fire (13) Wasteland Survival Gluttony (20) Kills Population (80)  Cause Unrest (+8 Per Month)  Need Not Eat old age(770/735) | dec |
 | Makelo - Queen of the City Minimum Hero Arrival turn: (25) | 3444 23 36 Sacred Fear (5) Resist fire (5) Resist cold (5) Resist poison (15) Resist shock (20) healer (1) supply bonus (20) Sailing (Max size 4) shapechanger (Makelo - Queen of the City)  master smith(1)(second shape only) | dec |
Magic
National Spells
national spell or summon cost and usecase, judgment if it's good.
- Summon Mazzikim:1 conj3 3
. ( 
Mazzikx8) - Herd of Elephants:2 conj3 25. (
Elephantx5+[lv/2]) - Pride of Lions:2 conj3 10. (
Great Lionx10+[lv]) - Summon Lilot:4 conj5 15. (
Lilotx1) - Summon Telkhine:52 conj8 69
. ( 
Telkhine 
Telkhinex1)
- Scapegoats:1 Blood3 8. Wasteland Only (
Se'irx2): Sacred, rage-filled, triple-attacking demons that come fairly cheap – cheaper than in Hinnom, in fact, though less efficient in terms of Mage turns – and that arguably carry whatever your bless is better than your Colossi. Being demonic, however, it takes a bit of extra work to bring them to the battlefield in large numbers. You also need a Wasteland to summon them, which can potentially be an issue. - Summon Shedim:31 Blood4 28. Wasteland Only (
Shedx3): Though Hinnom gets them for all three Ages, Berytos has the easiest time summoning them by far. Unfortunately, there aren't that many heavily-armored troops in the Early Age for you to invalidate with these flying shockers, but Shedim are still practically made for Air nations. The only issue is that Berytos might not start on a Wasteland. - Call Melqart:32 Blood6 99. (
Melqartx1)
Magic Access
What magic path/mages define your nation, what can you level, e.g., thunderstriking, astral, elementals, earth buffs, blood, what is recruitable anywhere and good, what are some summons you are likely able to get and are useable
Combat Magic
What is the best spell you can use in combat. What spells the best support your national lineup, Is their weakness that you need to fix? Any tricks you should be aware you have?
Ritual Magic
What is the best ritual you could cast. Are there any globals you want up, any units you should be summoning? Are there any Generic rituals few nations can cast?
Magic Items
Do you have any National items(Construction Level, Price, and required Paths). Any unique generic items few other nations can forge? What item would be useful on your unit lineup (non-standard recommend thug gear)?
National Items
nation exclusive items
National Dicount Items
items you get national Discounted on (Reduced Price and required Paths). Any Reasons your nation may want to forge it?
Strategy
do you have a game plan? Anything you should always be working toward? Any National weaknesses?
Pretender
What kinds of scales dose your nation like? Do they require any to function? Any blesses your sacreds would like? Do you desperately need an awake expander? Examples of Pretenders?
Early Game
How to expand, potential pitfalls and how to get around them, obvious weakness strength, how much do you have to focus on war/infrastructure
Mid Game
what is the first big research rush, what is the first big powerspike, where do you shift recruitment to? what are the big magic diversity issues, are there particular globals you should gun for
Late Game
How do you close out the game if you are in it, is the high-level research stuff you can do uniquely well, does your nation fall off, aka do you have to force things to conclude swiftly
Links
youtube of someone discussing the nation
guide page on steam??
forum thread or AAR