Ur is a warm plain inhabited by Enkidus, large, hairy wild men with horns and unkempt hair. Once upon a time all Enkidus lived in the wild, frolicking with feral beasts, but when the Enkidus met with the Avvim, some Enkidus adopted their ways of life. Now there are three Enkidu tribes. The members of the first tribe live pastoral lives and are led by shamans of remarkable power. The second one is a ferocious, swamp dwelling hunter-gatherer society led by Head Hunters and Bone Readers. The third tribe are the ones who adopted the Avvite way of life, of agriculture and metalworking. It is they who founded Eridu, the First City. In the city a great temple was built and the kings of Eridu were inaugurated as priest-kings and rulers of the young nation. In the cities of Ur, where metalworking is common, medium and heavy infantry is raised. On the plains and in the swamps of the nation nomadic Enkidus gather and form quickly levied raiding parties. In the Swamps of Ur, near Eridu, live ancient dragon-kin known as Mushussus. They are benevolent and powerful beings sacred to the Enkidus

"Ur came to be as a result of Trade & Taint, an earlier unfinished Illwinter project. I made the first Enkidus and Sobeks for that game. Shame, bone readers and reavers were some of the possible career paths for the Enkidu race. In Dominions 5 the Enkidus were given a nation influenced by Mesopotamian history. They had it in Trade & Taint as well, but in Dominions 4 it became more pronounced. After Dominions 4 was released we took up work on Trade & Taint again and ideas on the enkidus were developed. . . .

"Hinnom is to some extent Sumerian, but I wanted the backstory of Ur to have a more Sumerian feel. I like the concept of a single center of civilization surrounded by lands inhabited by wild men roaming around tending goats and hunting game. . . .

This led to the development of the mechanic where some of a nations units are recruitable, not in their home or fortresses, but in their surrounding lands. It gave the nation a troop rooster that accentuated the backstory of the nation. And of course they had to have sirrushes, the wingless dragons of the Ishtar Gate. The nations' shamans and bone readers are also influenced by some shamanistic concepts, Caananite ideas on veneration of the dead and probably a dose of some old TTRPGs. -Illwinter

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Magic Access	Alt. Access	Unit Summary	Core Abilities	Buildings
4 (Rare 5) 3 3 (Rare 4) 2 2 1 3	Hero 1133 4323 Summons 332422 (req. 5) 3 (req. 3)	Enkidu infantry Recruit shamans and infantry anywhere Special recruits in swamps Underwater fort recruits Mushussu dragons	Stealthy Supply Bonus Swamp Survival Aquatic	Fortified cities

Capitol Gems: 213

Order Limit + 1
Heat Limit + 1

Prefers Heat Scale + 1

Excellent Recall: Ur priests can recall a dead God faster. Recalled God doesn't lose magic skills.

Marginal Magic: Some of Ur's magic access is not found in its land forts. The following table shows the sort of magic access it can find on its national mages in different terrains, and with-or-without forts:

Land Forts	Underwater Forts	Off-Fort Swamps	Off-Fort (other)
3 (2 off-capital) 3 (2 off-capital) 2 2 (1 off-capital) 3 (2 off-capital)	3 2 1 1 2	4 (rare 5) 3 (rare 4) 2 1 (rare 2)	4 (rare 5) 3 (rare 4) 1 (rare 2) 1 (rare)

• Herd of Buffaloes (Conjuration 3) Buffalo x 5+
  2 for 8
  Commentary here.
• Summon Kusarikkus (Conjuration 4) Kusarikku x 2
  1 for 4
  Commentary here.
• Summon Ugallu (Conjuration 5) Ugallu x 1
  3 for 24
  Commentary here.
• Call Anzus (Conjuration 7) Anzu x 2
  22 for 4
  Commentary here.
• Contact Scorpion Man (Conjuration 8) Scorpion Man x 1
  11 for 12
  Commentary here.
• Call Apkallu (Conjuration 8) Apkallu x 1
  5 for 60
  Commentary here.

• Headdress of the Bull (Construction 5)
  1 for 5
  Commentary here.

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