Hinnom is a dry wasteland inhabited by giants. At the dawn of time, on the sacred Mount Hermon, six Angels in full celestial splendor descended to aid and instruct the giants of the land. The Avvim were a people strong and beautiful of mind and body. They were adept students and their culture flourished under the tutelage of the Grigori, the angelic Watchers. But before long the Angels became enamored with the Avvim and taught them things that should not be taught. Tempted by the beauty of the Avvim, they took their daughters as wives and sinned before the Celestial Powers. Their offspring were the Nephilim, giants of godlike power, abominable to the world. The Angels were imprisoned in the Infernal Realms for their sins, but the Nephilim were partly of this world and could not be banished by the Celestial Powers. The Nephilim made themselves kings over the Avvim, and they fathered sons who became known as the Rephaim. The Nephilim and their sons had unnatural appetites and consumed food, livestock, beasts and finally their own offspring. With time, the Nephilim left Hinnom in search of a purpose and left their sons to rule the Avvim.

"Hinnom, Ashdod and Gath are heavily influenced by ancient Israelite, Canaanite and Philistine concepts. I have always been intrigued and fascinated by biblical mythology, and had long I wanted to include the Nephilim and biblical Genesis myths into the game. However, I was worried that I would not do the sources justice, so it took a while before I finally got down to finishing the nations. The Bible, the Book of Enoch, the Dead Sea scrolls and the Ras Shamra texts of Ugarit and interpretations of these texts are the main sources of the nations.

Hinnom draws more heavily on the biblical and Enochian tradition, while the veneration of the deified dead kings of Ashdod draws inspiration from the Ras Shamra and Canaanite/Ugaritic concepts of the dead. The rephaim/r'p'm of the Ugaritic texts are ghosts or deified dead rather than giants, so Ashdod turned out a bit different than I first intended, with death magic replacing blood. The shift from blood to death gave the nation a different and interesting mood. . . .

Hinnom is perhaps more than any other nation in the game an evil nation. I'm not very fond of the concept of evil, but it would be difficult to claim that the cannibalistic giants of Hinnom are anything but." -Illwinter

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Magic Access	Alt. Access	Unit Summary	Core Abilities	Buildings
3 (Rare 4) 3 (Rare 4) 3 (Rare 4) 3 2 2 1 1	Hero 431 431 431 431 431 2242 Summons 32454 (req. 8) 4443 (req. 8) 4443 (req. 8) 4443 (req. 8) 543 (req. 8) 4443 (req. 8)	Rephaite giants with enormous appetites Horite cave dwellers Enkidu slaves Avvite giants Chariots	Sacreds (2 pts.) Cause Unrest Kills Population Gluttony Fear of the Flood Fear Resist Fire Need Not Eat	Giant Forts

Capitol Gems: 2212

Prefers Heat Scale +2
Heat Limit +1

Blood Sacrifice: Priests can sacrifice a blood slave at a temple to help extend the dominion.

: Resist Cold (5), Resist Fire (5), Darkvision (50%), Wasteland Survival, Mountain Survival

Sprite	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
	Enkidu Slave 11 2 3	Slave	Commentary here.
	Horite 18 1 4		Commentary here.
	Horite Hunter 21 3 13		Commentary here.
	Horite Champion 23 2 10		Commentary here.
	Avvite Spearman 25 21 15	Wasteland Survival	Commentary here.
	Avvite Light Infantry 25 13 15	Wasteland Survival	Commentary here.
	Avvite Swordsman 25 22 15	Wasteland Survival	Commentary here.
	Avvite Heavy Archer 25 31 15	Wasteland Survival	Commentary here.
	Avvite Horn Blower 35 24 24	Wasteland Survival Standard (1) Siege Bonus (5)	Commentary here.
	Dawn Guard 40 29 28	Wasteland Survival Bodyguard (2)	Commentary here.
	Avvite Charioteer 55 48 25	Wasteland Survival	Commentary here.
	War Cart	Animal Trample Wasteland Survival	Commentary here.
	Rephaite Warrior 100 50 39 Capital Only	Sacred Resist Fire (5) Cause Unrest (+2/Month) Kills Population (20) Gluttony (10) Fear of the Flood (5) Need Not Eat Wasteland Survival	Commentary here.

• Wall Shaker (Construction 5)
  3 and 12
  Commentary here.

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

The Sons of Grigori are a bunch of heroes with a wide variety of paths. After turn 20, Hinnom may suddenly find itself with 4 in a path it didn't have access to before.

Similarly, Release Lord of Civilization summons one of six Grigori who have widely varying paths.

A Fire random Ba'al has 3. If it can forge the unique The Ruby Eye, it can keep heading up. If it has two Blood boosters, it can cast Bind Arch Devil and have the Devil go up the path. Otherwise, it'll need to be empowered.

No native access. 8 can Bind Demon Lord, which has a 1 in 6 chance of giving a 5 demon lord. It may seem like a low rate, but it also has a 3 in 6 chance of at least 4.

No native access. 25 can Contact Lamia Queen for a 7 in 16 chance of at least 1.

3 can Summon Spectre for a 7 in 16 chance of at least 1.

An Earth random Ba'al has 32, a great crosspath for climbing Earth. Also, the Horite Shaman, given an Earth and a Nature booster, can create the unique The Tome of Gaia.

3 Ba'al (1 in 3), with a Blood booster, or an 2 Melqart with an Astral booster, can forge the unique The Oath Rod of Kurgi.

Horite Shaman is the only native option. If it can get to 3 using boosters forged by other mages, it can use Hidden Underneath.

Horite Shaman with a Thistle Mace made by a Acha and an Earth booster, it can create the unique The Tome of Gaia. Use the Acha to climb the path.

No native access. 3 can cast Forest Troll Tribe for a 1 in 4 chance of 1.

3 can Summon Spectre for a 7 in 16 chance of at least 1.

A Melqart can climb Blood relatively easily. An 3 Ba'al (1 in 3) can create the Tome of Lower Planes, making it even easier.

How to win as the nation. Feel free to use the following sections, or delete them, or change them.

Different expansion options.

Early game options.

Mid game options.

Late game options.

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