Marignon is a feudal theocracy that rose out of the ashes of Ermor. Through religious austerity and fanaticism the young kingdom prevailed when death walked the land. When kingdom after kingdom crumbled under the might of the Ashen Empire, the leaders of Marignon turned to desperate measures. The Grand Masters of the House of Fiery Justice struck a bargain with infernal forces. Devils started to fill the ranks of the human armies and with time Marignon became dependent on devils to survive. Devils and the Holy Knights of the Chalice were all that kept death at bay. In a cataclysmic battle the knights fought a great army of walking dead. Both armies were annihilated, but new Ermorian legions would soon re-emerge from the ashen realm. The Grand Masters called their Infernal Lords and a host of demons was released upon Eldregate. The Holy Chalice was captured and brought to the House of Fiery Justice. Ermor was destroyed, but the Infernal Lords demanded continued sacrifice and devil-worship became part of the faith. Imps are bound as jesters and servants and most noble families have their own imp familiar. Order has returned to the kingdom and Marignon is slowly turning its interests outwards. Recent developments in shipbuilding and navigation have allowed the priests and nobles of Marignon to expand the influence of God to distant shores. To bring the True Faith to the heathens has become more important than hunting heretics at home. Witch Hunters have been replaced by Navigators and Chartmakers who serve under the command of admirals to spread the might of the kingdom to distant shores.

"Marignon is a late medieval nation of inquisitors and religious fanatics. Prudent – or perhaps paranoid – priests search for vice and heresy throughout the land, putting men and women to the pyre with fiery justice. Imagine the soldiers wearing fancy and colorful Renaissance clothing, while religious and arcane officials wear red or black robes and severe miens. In the late era the Spanish influence is heavier than the Albigensian. Later Gothic concepts of occultism and devil worship are incorporated along with seafaring and missions abroad." -Illwinter

Before Dominions 6, Late Marignon was a prime Blood nation that suffered from a crippling oversight in its troop structure. Now, with a litany of additions and attunements that could have formed their own faction, Late Marignon is an overstuffed turkey with roughly the same faults as before. Many have compared it to Jomon; but even with the nerfs to lower-level Blood, Marignon still has a foothold in the grisly Imp-and-Devil industry.

The worst thing about Late Marignon is its troops, who struggle with advancing across the battlefield due to their choice of equipment. Their standard kit of a two-handed weapon and a heavy breastplate made sense in the previous era, when they were most concerned with skeletons without crossbows; now they have no excuse, and they stand to suffer against a quite-significant portion of the game's independent armies. One can argue that their plight isn't as bad as before; Late Marignon can now recruit decent counter-snipers from its capital (though they compete for Holy Points), and their new Imp Trainers can possibly distract the ranged menace. Still, the lack of shields (on all but the independent troops) makes attrition a major concern.

Marignon's Magic is remarkable, though not ideally distributed. The mage corps is one of Astral Communions and Blood/Fire Sabbaths, who (now) don't overlap outside of the odd Astrally-trained Goetic. Chairs in the capital are contested between the high masters of Goetia, the high Priests, the Glamour masters, and the Alchemists; none of these lot are guaranteed the esoteric path combinations required for Marignon's new rituals, but they can still manage the generic magic just fine. Outside of the capital, the best Marignese mage (if you're not focused on the Blood Hunt) is the Royal Navigator, who can only be found on the coastlines of the world.

Magic Access	Alt. Access	Unit Summary	Core Abilities	Buildings
3 (rare 4) 3 (rare 4) 2 2 2 2 2 (rare 3) 1 3	Heroes 114 322 Summons 32 (req. 4) 333 (req. 14) 4444 (req. 27)	Heavy Infantry Crossbowmen Flagellants	Castle Defence Sailing Inquisitor	Starts with a Grand Citadel Standard Forts Masons Trace income across oceans.

Capitol Gems: 1111
Order Limit + 1
Productivity Limit + 1
Bless Points + 3

Blood Sacrifice: May blood sacrifice to increase dominion. This ability is not transferred to disciple nations. Disciple nations with this ability can still use it. These nations do not have dying dominion.

Inquisition: Automatically reduces enemy dominion and spreads own dominion up to 1 in owned provinces.

The Hall of Mirrors: In the capital, a glamour mage may enter this site to scry (range 3).

House of Justice: In the capital, any undead beings have a 25% chance of getting blasted by holy energies (10 AN, MR).

: Magic Being, Flying, Need Not Eat, Spirit Sight

• Holy Pyre: (Evocation 4) 2
  Commentary here.

• Mirror Walk: (Thaumaturgy 4)
  11 and 1
  A 7-tile-range Gateway that comes a lot earlier in research and is a lot cheaper. It only transports the caster (like with Teleport), however, and there's a one-month delay.

All of these items have some oddities due to their nature; they don't benefit from a Forge Bonus (meaning they don't get any cheaper than this), they can't be removed, they can't be recycled in the event of their bearers dying, and they have a small taint.

• Imp Familiar (Construction 3)
  1 and 4
  An item of mixed use, providing a Research bonus, and a meager assistant (a Shadow Imp) in nighttime assassinations.
• Soul Contract (Construction 3)
  13 and 460
  The holder will summon 1 Devil each turn, while still being able to do other things. They will be able to move around at least 10 of them. The Soul Contract requires a signature, and thus cannot be used by the Mindless; thus, deploying a Soul Contract will inevitably lead to the bearer being targeted by Horrors.
• Lifelong Protection (Construction 5)
  2 and 40
  A notorious item that Illwinter has had much trouble trying to balance, Lifelong Protection auto-summons 2 Imps each combat round. Dominions 6 changed this so that it can only lift the number of living Imps in the army towards 50, and not an Imp more. ( Or is it that the max is 50 per contract?) Lifelong Protection also requires a signature, and thus also cannot be used by the Mindless.

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

• 3 on one-in-four Goetic Masters (capital-only), 2 on one-in-four Goetic Adepts off-capital
• 2 on one-in-three Royal Navigators (coastal forts only), 1 on one-in-three Chartmakers elsewhere
• 2 on one-in-three Royal Navigators (coastal forts only), 1 on one-in-three Chartmakers elsewhere
• 2 on one-in-five Royal Alchemists (capital-only), 1 on one-in-three Chartmakers off-capital

• 2 on one-in-three Royal Navigators (coastal forts only) and one-in-five Royal Alchemists (capital-only); 1 on Chartmakers otherwise
• No death magic (aside from the summon, which requires boosters and/or empowerment)
• 1 on one-in-five Plague Doctors
• 2 on each Master of Mirrors (capital-only), 1 on Mirror Mages off-capital

• 3 on one-in-four Goetic Masters (capital-only), 2 on one-in-four Goetic Adepts off-capital
• 3 on High Inquisitors (capital-only), 2 on Inquisitors off-capital

LA Marignon has enough recruitable Astral and the right crosspaths to get high enough in Astral to get a Ring of Sorcery and a Ring of Wizardry.

Highest starting: 3 Goetic Master (1 in 4)

Bind Arch Devil Limited Amount 23 Goetic Master + Arch Devils have at least 3

The Forbidden Light Unique 32 Tomaso del Monferrada - Witch Hunter General + Clearly, difficult to get all the boosters, but the + is helpful.

Highest starting: 2 Royal Navigator (1 in 3)

Tome of High Power Unique 21 Royal Navigator (1 in 3) +

Contact Harbinger 2 Royal Alchemist (1 in 5) Harbinger has 3.

Highest starting: 2 Royal Navigator (1 in 3)

Trident from Beyond Unique 12 Royal Navigator (1 in 3) +

Orb of Atlantis Unique 11 Royal Alchemist (1 in 5) +

Highest starting: 2 Royal Alchemist (1 in 5)

Pebble Skin Suit Unremovable 12 Goetic Master (1 in 4) +

Blood Stone 12 Goetic Master (1 in 4) +

Father Illearth Unique 12 Goetic Master (1 in 4) + Father Illearth has 4

Multiple LA Marignon mages have Earth and Astral but none are high enough in them to make Atlas of Creation (Unique) practical.

Highest starting: 2 Royal Alchemist (1 in 5)

Coin of Meteoritic Iron 12 Royal Alchemist (1 in 5) +

Tome of High Power Unique 21 Royal Navigator (1 in 3) +

Golem Construction 12 Royal Alchemist (1 in 5) + Golem has 2

The Forbidden Light Unique 32 Tomaso del Monferrada - Witch Hunter General + Clearly, difficult to get all the boosters, but the + is helpful.

LA Marignon mages have the right crosspaths for The Trapped Dreams of Hruvur, Atlas of Creation, and The Void Sphere, (all Unique), but the mages require too many boosters to practically make them.

No national access.

Reascendance 12 Goetic Master (1 in 4) + Fallen Angel has 3.

Highest starting: 1 Plague Doctor (1 in 5). It has no crosspaths.

Highest starting: 2 Master of Mirrors (1 in 4)

Mirage Crystal 12 Master of Mirrors (1 in 4) +

The Sword of Many Colors Unique 12 Master of Mirrors (1 in 4) +

LA Marignon mages have the right crosspaths for The Trapped Dreams of Hruvur, but they are too weak to practically get there.

Highest starting: 3 Goetic Master (1 in 4)

Tome of the Lower Planes Unique 12 Goetic Master (1 in 4) +

The Oath Rod of Kurgi Unique 12 Goetic Master (1 in 4) +

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