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 is a magocracy of winged humanoids who inhabit the highest mountain peaks. In ancient times, there were three Caelian clans led by semi-divine beings known as Yazatas. The Raptor clan was accepted by the Yazatas even though they were held responsible for the corruption of Catharsis. When the Harab Seraphs of the Raptor clan began to study dark magic once more, the purifying flames were tainted and Catharsis became Anthrax, King of Banefires. As a result many of the Seraphines died from a wasting disease and their sacred task was abandoned. The Harab Seraphs were condemned and civil war broke out. The Raptor Clan was banished and scattered across the world. The last of the Eagle Kings disappeared and were replaced by the High Seraphs of the Airya clan. The Seraphs are administrators, judges and temporal leaders of Caelum. They are masters of Air magic and craft the magical ice that 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 Airyas live in the coldest mountain peaks and are unaffected by low temperatures. They are thin and light. Spire Horn Caelians are less resistant to cold but have partial resistance to lightning. Since the fall of the Harab Seraphs more of them have turned to martial occupations. The Caelians are skilled archers and prefer hit-and-run tactics, even though they do have some heavy troops, such as huge Mammoths." -Illwinter

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Magic Access	Alt. Access	Unit Summary	Core Abilities	Buildings
4 (Rare 5) 3 (Rare 4) 1 1 (Rare 2) 1 (Rare 2) 1	Heroes: 22 Summons Many different summons. and can get you: 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 3, 4. No . See Summons for details.	Flying Units Skilled Archers Mammoths	Flying Cold Resistance Shock Resistance Ice Protection	Ice Forts Forts reduce Cold Scale deaths by one step.

Capitol Gems: 32
Cold Limit + 1
Prefers Cold Scale + 3

Ice Forts: Cheaper than normal forts, faster to upgrade, but they melt and lose effectiveness in heat scales. They can only be built and upgraded in cold scales. If the temperature rises to neutral or above, construction is halted and can only continue once cold scales return.

All Commanders have Supply Size (-1) and Flying

Sprite	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.
	Airya Noble 70 38 1	Cold Resistance (15) Ice Protection (2)	Commentary here.
	Storm General 95 36 1	Cold Resistance (10) Shock Resistance (10) Ice Protection (2) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
	Seraphine 95 2 1	1020% Sacred Cold Resistance (15) Stealthy (65) Female Prophet Shape (Seraphine)	Commentary here.
	Ice Crafter 65 3 2	17 Cold Resistance (15) Ice Forging (4) Forge Bonus (1)	Commentary here.
	Spire Horn Seraph 65 1 2	17 Cold Resistance (5) Shock Resistance (5) Storm Immunity	Commentary here.
	Caelian Seraph 175 2 2	2111 Cold Resistance (15) Prophet Shape (High Seraph)	Commentary here.
	High Seraph 355 3 4	321100% 10%17 Cold Resistance (15) Shock Resistance (5) Old Age Prophet Shape (High Seraph))	Commentary here.

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

MA Caelum can summon powerful mages, if it can get the right paths. Two of the summons, Call Yata and Call Greater Daeva, require Fire and Death, which MA Caelum does not natively have. A pretender with the right praths is probably necessary. They can give everything except Air, Nature, and Glamour.

The other powerful summoning spells, Call Fravashi, Call Celestial Yazad, and Call Amesha Spenta, require Astral. MA Caelum only has native access 1, so again, a pretender with enough Astral is, again, probably necessary. The summons can give access to everything except Death, Glamour, and Blood.

1 Seraphine (1 in 5) is the only option. Has no crosspaths.

4 High Seraph (1 in 4) is the highest available, and it's at the key path 4. 1 High Seraph (1 in 4), with an Astral booster can attempt the unique Tome of High Power.

3 High Seraph (1 in 4) is the highest available. A 1 High Seraph (1 in 4), with two easy to make Water boosters, can cast Streams from Hades. With the two boosters the Kokythiad is at 5.

12, which is a little tricky to get, can Call Ahurani for a 2 mage.

No National Access. 31 can cast Hidden in Snow for at least 1.

1 Seraphine (1 in 5) is the only option. With a level of empowerment, it can attempt the unique Tome of High Power.

1 Seraphine (1 in 5) is the only recruitable option. No useful crosspaths.

The hero, Zaelinys - Harab Seraphine, has 2.

No National Access. No simple summons.

No National Access. 3 can Summon Spectre for a 7 in 16 at least 1.

No National Access. 41, (hard to reach), can cast Ether Gate for a 1 in 4 chance of 1.

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