EA Caelum, Eagle Kings

Lore

Caelum is a magocracy of winged humanoids who inhabit the highest mountain peaks. They are the offspring of the Yazatas, semi-divine beings of an earlier age. Three tribes served the Yazatas in ancient times, the Kavi, the Airyas and the Mairyas. But some were led astray by the wicked Mainyus and Daevas. With the corruption of the purifying flame the Daevas as well as the Yazatas were banished from this world. With the disappearance of the Yazatas the three tribes were dispersed and fled their homelands. But when some Yazatas reemerged from hiding, the three tribes gathered and settled in the high mountain range where the last of the Eagle Kings resided. The former tribes are now known as the Tempest Clan of Spire Horn Mountain, the Raptor Clan of Raven's Vale and the Airyas of High Caelum. The Spire Horn Caelians are partially resistant to cold and lightning. The Raptorians are stronger and attuned to the Earth, but lack the elemental resistance characteristic of the other clans. The Airya once lived in the land of the White Forest where winter lasts for ten months. They still live in the coldest mountain peaks and are unaffected by low temperatures. Their priestesses try to purify the taint of the daevas and are keepers of the sacred flame of the White Forest. The Airya Seraphs craft magical ice that the many Caelians use instead of regular metal. The ice tempers with lower temperatures and the heavy ice armor is more durable in cold climates than in warmer ones. All weapons crafted from the ice are magical and capable of harming magical beings. The Caelians are skilled archers and prefer hit-and-run tactics, even though they do have some heavy troops, such as huge Mammoths.

"Caelum was originally a purely fictional nation of winged humanoids living atop the coldest mountain peaks. Later development has gifted them with Zoroastrian traits. In a Dominions 4 patch, the nation’s backstory was remade and more Zoroastrian traits, summons, and spells were added to the nation. The backstory of a primordial was between Daevas and Yazatas along with concepts of the pollution of the sacred flame merged with earlier ideas of Catharsis/Anthrax. We also added some new guardian spirit mechanics based on Zoroastrian concepts of the soul." -Illwinter

General Overview

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National Features

Magic Access	Alt. Access	Unit Summary	Core Abilities	Buildings
4 (Rare 5) 2 1 1 (Rare 2) 1 (Rare 2) 2	Summons Many different summons. Planning can get you to 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 3, 4. No . See Summons for details. In Combat 11 (Guardian)	Flying Units Skilled Archers Mammoths	Flying Cold Resistance Shock Resistance Ice Protection Guardian Spirits for Priests	Standard Forts

Capitol Gems: **411
**Cold Limit + 1
Prefers Cold Scale + 2

Caelians are Size 4 (two-to-a-square) beings who eat like Size 3 beings; those wings take up a bunch of space. Disregarding the Magic Beings who rule them, there are three clans of Caelians, with somewhat-different stats. All Caelians have a debilitating 4 Encumbrance, unless they take off their wings in a grueling procedure. Their Map Movement and Combat Speed vary greatly, generally with training.

The Airya Clan has white wings and 15 Cold Resistance. Not a martial people, they have 9's in HP, Strength, and Defence Skill. Blessed with clear minds and eyes, however, they have 12 Magic Resistance and 11 Precision.
The Spire Horn Clan has gray wings, 5 Cold Resistance, and 5 Shock Resistance. They appear to have a bit more Strength and HP than the Airya, though this varies with training, with the Archers being closer to the Airya and the Warriors being closer to humans. Most of them have 11's in Precision and Magic Resistance, however, and 9 Defence Skill.
The Raptor Clan has brown wings and black wings. Crossed with human blood and that of other earthen peoples, Raptors have human combat stats (aside from the increased Encumbrance and the wing-adjusted speed stats), 11 Morale, and 11 Attack Skill if they're soldiers.

National Units

Commanders

All Commanders have Supply Size (-1) and Flying

Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
Caelian Scout 35 13 1	Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Stealthy (55) Ice Protection (1) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Sastar 105 14 1	Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Spire Horn Seraph 65 1 2	17 Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Airya Seraphine 150 2 2	127 Sacred Cold Resistance (15) Stealthy (65) Female	Commentary here.
Harab Seraph 160 3 2	111100%11	Commentary here.
Airya Seraph 175 2 2	2111 Cold Resistance (15)	Commentary here.
Mairya Ahu 90 12 1 Capital Only	Sacred Stealthy (40) Pillager (5)	Commentary here.
Eagle King 555 25 4 Capital Only	4112010%17 Sacred Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (17) Awe (+3) Guardian Spirit (10) Magic Being Storm Immunity	Commentary here.

Troops

: Supply Size (-1), Flying

Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
Raptorian Militia 8 4 5		Commentary here.
Spire Horn Militia 8 5 5	Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5)	Commentary here.
Airya Light Infantry 10 11 9	Cold Resistance (15) Ice Protection (1)	Commentary here.
Airya Infantry 10 16 9	Cold Resistance (15) Ice Protection (1)	Commentary here.
Raptorian Warrior 10 12 9		Commentary here.
Spire Horn Archer 10 6 9	Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Spire Horn Warrior 10 7 9	Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Blizzard Warrior 15 13 21 Capital Only	Cold Resistance (15) Ice Protection (1)	Commentary here.
Iceclad 15 24 21	Cold Resistance (15) Ice Protection (2)	Commentary here.
Tempest Warrior 15 12 21	Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Mammoth Rider 120 27 34	Cold Resistance (20) Shock Resistance (5) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Mammoth	Cold Resistance (15) Animal Trample Snow Move	Commentary here.
Mammoth Archer x 2	Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Storm Immunity Mobile Archer	Commentary here.
Kavi Archer 14 9 12 Capital Only	Sacred Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10) Storm Power (2) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Airya Temple Guard 20 26 23 Capital Only	Sacred Cold Resistance (15) Ice Protection (2) Bodyguard (1)	Commentary here.
Mairya Warrior 20 11 23 Capital Only	Sacred Stealthy (40) Pillager (1)	Commentary here.

Heroes

Sprite	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
	Isvat - Unwinged	2 Sacred Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10) Awe (2) Inspirational (1) Guardian Spirit (20) Magic Being	Commentary here.
	Vata - Ahu of the Kavi	2 Sacred Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10) Storm Power (3) Awe (2) Supply Size (-1) Guardian Spirit (10) Magic Being Flying Storm Immunity	Commentary here.

National Spells

Summons

Combat

Summon Spell	Unit	Special Attributes	Comments
Parting of the Soul // (Thaumaturgy 6) // 11	Paralyze and Black Hawk x 3	Undisciplined Animal Flying Mountain Survival Forest Survival Bird	Commentary here.

Ritual

EA Caelum has many ritual summons, but generally lack the mages to summon them. nature 2 2 is necessary for the Nature summons. Between fire 1 1 death 2 2 and fire 2 2 death 4 4 is needed for the demons. Between astral 2 2 and astral 5 5 is needed for most of the others, except for Call Ahurani, which needs water 1 12.

Summon Spell	Unit	Special Attributes	Comments
Herd of Elephants // (Conjuration 3) // 2 and 20	Elephant x 5 + [1/2 per lvl]	Animal Trample	Commentary here.
Ambush of Tigers // (Conjuration 3) // 2 and 9	Tiger x 15+	Darkvision (50%) Undisciplined Animal Forest Survival	Commentary here.
Herd of Buffaloes // (Conjuration 3) // 2 and 8	Buffalo x 5 + [1/2 per lvl]	Berserker (+2) Animal Trample	Commentary here.
Call Daevas // (Conjuration 5) // 12 and 12	Daeva x 6	Sacred Fire Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Chaos Power (1) Fear (+5) Flying Demon	Commentary here.
Call Jahi // (Conjuration 5) // 13 and 15	Jahi	Sacred Fire Resistance (5) Stealthy (+60) Chaos Power (1) Dream Seduction (Morale vs. 15) Flying Spy Need Not Eat Demon Spirit Sight Female	Commentary here.
Call of the Drugvant // (Thaumaturgy 7) // 14 and 15 Anonymous Event (2817)	Daeva x 2d6	Sacred Fire Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Chaos Power (1) Fear (+5) Flying Demon	Commentary here.
	Brigand Leader x 2	Stealthy (+40) Cause Unrest (+2 per Month) Mountain Survival Forest Survival	Commentary here.
Call Yata // (Conjuration 6) // 23 and 40	Yatas:	Common Attributes: Sacred Chaos Power (1) Flying Demon Spirit Sight	Commentary here.
	Daeva of Shooting Stars or	33217 Fire Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Fear (+8) Bringer of Misfortune (-5)	Commentary here.
	Daeva of Frost and Snow or	33217 Cold Resistance (20) Fear (+8) Snow Move	Commentary here.
	Yata or	33217 Fire Resistance (10) Shock Resistance (5) Fear (+8)	Commentary here.
	Pairika	223219 Fire Resistance (5) Stealthy (+60) Fear (+7) Dream Seduction (Morale vs. 14) Need Not Eat Female	Commentary here.
Call Greater Daeva // (Conjuration 8) // 24 and 60	Greater Daevas:	Common Attributes: Sacred Unique Flying Need Not Eat Demon Spirit Sight	Commentary here.
	Akem Manah - Daeva of Evil Intentions or	43319 Fire Resistance (15) Stealthy (+25) Chaos Power (1) Fear (+9) Invulnerability (15) Spreads Turmoil	Commentary here.
	Indra - Daeva of Frozen Minds or	34319 Fire Resistance (20) Stealthy (+25) Chaos Power (1) Fear (+9) Invulnerability (15) Heretic (5)	Commentary here.
	Saurva - Daeva of Oppression or	43419 Fire Resistance (22) Fear (+5) Invulnerability (20) Population Killer (50 per Month) Spreads Order	Commentary here.
	Nanghaithya - Daeva of Discontent or	43419 Fire Resistance (15) Stealthy (+25) Chaos Power (1) Fear (+8) Invulnerability (15) Supply Bonus (+150) Causes Unrest (+10 per Month) Spy Female	Commentary here.
	Taurvi - Daeva of Destruction or	432323 Fire Resistance (22) Chaos Power (1) Fear (+7) Invulnerability (15) Spreads Turmoil Female	Commentary here.
	Zauri - Daeva of Aging	5315 Fire Resistance (15) Stealthy (+65) Chaos Power (1) Fear (+10) Invulnerability (15) Spreads Death Female	Commentary here.
Summon Yazatas // (Conjuration 5) // 2 and 12	Yazad x 6	Sacred Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10) Awe (+2) Supply Size (-1) Magic Being Flying Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
Call Ahurani // (Conjuration 5) // 12 and 12	Ahurani	219 Sacred Cold Resistance (5) Poison Resistance (15) Disease Healer (1) Waterbreathing (120) UW Regeneration (50%) Awe (+2) Recuperation Female	Commentary here.
Call Fravashi // (Conjuration 7) // 3 and 30	Ancestral Fravashi	32315 Sacred Fire Resistance (15) Shock Resistance (20) Awe (+4) Magic Being Ethereal Flying Need Not Eat	Commentary here.
Call Celestial Yazad // (Conjuration 6) // 4 and 40	Celestial Yazads:	Common Attributes: Sacred Awe (+3) Magic Being Flying Spirit Sight	Commentary here.
	Yazad of Fire or	42217 Fire Resistance (22) Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10)	Commentary here.
	Yazad of Justice or	33217 Fire Resistance (20) Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10)	Commentary here.
	Yazad of the Stars or	24217 Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10)	Commentary here.
	Yazad of the Sky or	42217 Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (22)	Commentary here.
	Yazad of Water or	42217 Cold Resistance (12) Shock Resistance (10) Amphibious Female	Commentary here.
	Yazad of the Earth	322219 Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (10) Supply Bonus (+20) Female	Commentary here.
Call Amesha Spenta // (Conjuration 8) // 5 and 60	Amesha Spenta:	Common Attributes: Sacred Unique Awe (+5) Magic Being Flying Need Not Eat Spirit Sight	Commentary here.
	Khshathra Vairya - Spenta of Sky and Metals or	43419 Shock Resistance (22) Invulnerability (20) Spreads Order	Commentary here.
	Vohu Manah - Spenta of Animals or	5315 Poison Resistance (9) Shock Resistance (15) Animal Awe (+8) Invulnerability (15) Supply Bonus (+50) Beast Master (3) Spreads Order	Commentary here.
	Asha Vahishta - Spenta of Fire or	5315 Fire Resistance (24) Shock Resistance (15) Invulnerability (15) Spreads Dominion (1)	Commentary here.
	Ameretat - Spenta of Plants or	23315 Dominion Immortality Poison Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (15) Invulnerability (15) Supply Bonus (+30) Spreads Growth Female	Commentary here.
	Haurvatat - Spenta of Waters or	4313 Cold Resistance (7) Shock Resistance (15) Healer (3) Invulnerability (15) Spreads Order Recuperation Female	Commentary here.
	Spenta Armaiti - Spenta of the Earth	42417 Shock Resistance (15) Invulnerability (15) Supply Bonus (+170) Reduces Unrest (-10 per Month)	Commentary here.

Magic Access

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

While EA Caelum has normal magic access using only its recruitable mages, it has plenty of summons with broad path access. Through a pretender, indies, or empowerment, fire 2 2 death 3 3 and astral 3 3 can get you where you need to be. (Also, fire 2 2 death 3 3 can Call Yata for a 1 in 4 chance of 3.)

fire 2 2 death 3 3 can create a Skull Staff to get to fire 2 2 death 4 4. If a different mage can make a Fire booster, you only need fire 1 1 death 3 3 to start with.

astral 5 5 is the goal. astral 3 3 can create the Starshine Skullcap to get to astral 4 4. If it can make the unique Dimensional Rod, goal reached. If not, Call Celestial Yazad has a 1 in 6 chance of 4. Give the newly called Yazad of the Stars the Starshine Skullcap.

Another option is to start with earth 2 2 astral 3 3, so that, in addition to the above, the mage can make a Coin of Meteoritic Iron.

Fire

Airya Seraphiine has fire 1 1. It's a rough climb up.

With fire 2 2 death 3 3, Call Yata has a 1 in 4 chance of fire 3 3.

With fire 2 2 death 4 4, Call Greater Daeva has a 1 in 6 chance of fire 3 3 and 2 in 6 chance of fire 4 4.

With astral 4 4, Call Celestial Yazad has a 1 in 6 chance of fire 3 3 and a 1 in 6 chance of fire 4 4.

With astral 5 5, Call Amesha Spenta has a 1 in 6 chance of fire 6 6.

Air

The Eagle King starts at the key air 4 4 path.

astral 3 3 can Call Fravashi. astral 4 4 can Call Celestial Yazad, 2 of 6 have at least air 2 2 astral 2 2. The Fravashi and those Yazads can create the unique Tome of High Power.

Water

Airya Seraph and Eagle King both have water 1 1. Some empowerment will be necessary to go up the paths. Not too much, Water is an easy path to climb.

With fire 2 2 death 3 3, Call Yata has a 1 in 4 chance of water 3 3.

water 1 1 astral 2 2 can Call Ahurani, which has water 2 2.

With astral 4 4, Call Celestial Yazad has a 1 in 6 chance of water 4 4.

With astral 5 5, Call Amesha Spenta has a 1 in 6 chance of water 4 4.

Earth

Harab Seraph has a 1 in 3 chance of earth 1 1 and Eagle King has earth 1 1. The Eagle King, once at air 4 4 earth 4 4, can create a Staff of Elemental Mastery. Neither of them has any useful paths.

With fire 2 2 death 4 4, Call Greater Daeva has a 1 in 6 chance of earth 3 3 and 1 in 6 chance of earth 4 4.

With astral 4 4, Call Celestial Yazad has a 1 in 6 chance of earth 3 3.

With astral 5 5, Call Amesha Spenta has a 1 in 6 chance each of earth 2 2, earth 3 3, and earth 4 4.

Astral

No native access. fire 2 2 death 3 3 can Call Yata for a 1 in 4 chance of astral 3 3.

Death

death 2 2 Harab Seraph has a 1 in 3 chance of occurring.

Nature

No native access.

With astral 4 4, Call Celestial Yazad has a 1 in 6 chance of nature 2 2.

With astral 5 5, Call Amesha Spenta has a 1 in 6 chance each of nature 2 2, nature 3 3, and nature 5 5.

Glamour

No native access. earth 4 4 for Troll King's Court gets glamour 1 1.

death 3 3 for Summon Spectre has a 7 in 16 chance of glamour 1 1.

Blood

No native access. No simple summons.

Strategy

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Expansion

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Early Game

Early game options.

Mid Game

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Late Game

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Example Pretender Builds

Format for putting a pretender build in.

Chassis: Awake Titan of Crossroads
Paths: astral 4 4 death 5 5 nature 7 7
Bless: MW/Arcane Finesse, Invuln 10, Regen.
Scales: Dominion strength 6 Turmoil 2 Productivity 0 Heat 3 Death 1 Misfortune 2 Magic 3

Format for putting a pretender build in.

Chassis: Awake Titan of Crossroads
Paths: astral 4 4 death 5 5 nature 7 7
Bless: MW/Arcane Finesse, Invuln 10, Regen.
Scales: Dominion strength 6 Turmoil 2 Productivity 0 Heat 3 Death 1 Misfortune 2 Magic 3

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