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Zemaitia is a woodland realm of harsh winters and short summers inhabited by humans and Chudes, an exalted race of great strength and beauty. Once the Chudes were at war with the Vanir, but with the arrival of the Black Knights all changed. While some of their kin allied with the Vanir to fight the Black Knights, the Chudes of Zemaitia withdrew to defend their forest home. But the Black Knights were unstoppable and the Chude armies were defeated. The knights entered the forest and erected the mighty fortress Fort Vedun where the dweomer of the land was the strongest.

But over time the Chudes regrouped. For a time Fort Vedun stood fast, but as the war against Vanarus dragged on the Iron Kingdom withdrew. Fort Vedun was left to defend itself and became isolated in a hostile land seeped with magic. The fortress and its inhabitants were slowly transformed by the magic of the Dreamwild. The last human Hochmeister struck a deal with the Chudes and swore them allegiance. With the aid of the Black Knights the Chudes of Zemaitia defended their forests from the nascent Vanarusian kingdom. For centuries the Zemaitians went into hiding.

When Vanarus eventually crumbled and the human princes replaced the last of the Vanjarls, the Chudes of Zemaitia and their Sylvan Knights emerged from their sequestration and challenged the Princes of Bogarus.

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Magic Access	Alt. Access	Unit Summary	Core Abilities	Buildings
3 (rare 4) 3 (rare 4) 2 (rare 3) 1 (rare 2) 1 (rare 2) 1	Heroes: 231 (one) Summons: 2222 (req. 22) Also see Rus	In Forts: Ulmish (high HP & STR) Great Armor Arbalests In Forests: Above-Average MR Poor Equipment Stealthy Forces Chudes (amazing stats) off-fort (Capital gets Chudes as well) In the Capital: Shapeshifters Sacred Moose Riders	Cold Resistance Mountain Survival Forest Survival Snow Move Magic Power Shape Changer 2-Holy-Pt. Sacreds	Primitive Forts Starts with a Citadel Temples cost 300 in Forests

Capitol Gems: 121
Cold Limit + 1
Magic Limit + 1

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

1-in-250 Antlered Vedun have 2. The same proportion have 2, 3, 4, or 4.

• 1 on 1-in-3 Vedun Mage Smiths
• 1 on 1-in-4 Chud Vedun (capital and nonfort forests only), and on 1-in-5 regular Vedun
• No Water magic
• 2 on Vedun Mage Smiths, and on 1-in-2 Chud Vedun in nonfort forests

• No Astral magic
• No Death magic
• Nature varies:
  • 3 on roughly 2-in-9 Antlered Vedun (capital only)
  • 2 on Chud Vedun (nonfort forests only), and on 1-in-5 regular Vedun
• Glamour also varies:
  • 3 on roughly 2-in-9 Antlered Vedun (capital only)
  • 2 on 1-in-2 Chud Vedun (nonfort forests only), and on 1-in-5 regular Vedun

• No Blood magic
• 1 on Seniunas

Highest Starting: 1 Vedun Mage Smith (33%)

Highest Starting: 1 Chud Vedun (25%)

Zemaitia can summon Mountain Vilas (213) with relative ease. 2 on its own is not that impressive, but Zemaitia gets the option earlier than Glamour nations' typical route, Faerie Court. Zemaitia can also summon Leshiys (2124 in Forests), if it gets to 6.

No Native Access.

Zemaitia has earlier access to Water than most other Glamour nations, through summoning Laumas (2). This is also less demanding for them than the traditional option, Faerie Court.

Laumas can then craft both the Water Bracelet and the Robe of the Sea. They can summon 3 Sea Kings for an extra level; or they can pass on both boosters to a Leshiy (12), who can summon Bereginas (312).

Highest Starting: 2 Vedun Mage Smith

No Native Access.

Zemaitia can summon Mountain Vilas (1) with relative ease. 1 on its own is not great, but you get it without needing to perform Gem Alchemy and/or Empowerment.

No Native Access.

Highest Starting: 3 Antlered Vedun (22%)

Notably, Zemaitia's Glamour access lets it cast Lore of Legends, boosting up from 4 (with the Thistle Mace) to 5; from there, they can craft the Treelord's Staff to stay at 5.

Zemaitia's 4 mages can also cast Contact Mountain Vila, summoning a 31 mage who can craft the Moonvine Bracelet; this brings Zemaitia's magic access up to 6, if you do both. You can then climb to 7 by summoning a Leshiy, who has 4 without items (in Forests).

Highest Starting: 3 Antlered Vedun (22%)

Notably, Zemaitia has access to the Mirage Crystal; combined with the Gossamer Veil, they can attain 5 without much issue. They need only 4 to cast Lore of Legends, which provides one turn of extra boosting in each of their paths.

No Native Access.

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Pyrène is one of three Late nations without any Astral magic; the other two are Caelum and Xibalba. This makes Pyrène immune to Magic Duel rushes, but not if they take an Astral Pretender God, in which case all Magic Duel attempts will be funneled upon them. This also makes Pyrène one of the only three nations vulnerable to Mind Hunt sniping, and arguably the most vulnerable of them due to the nation's typically low Magic Resistance.

Aside from that, Pyrènian magic is rather narrow on off-capital forts; disregarding the 10% randoms on the Cambion Countess, the nation is essentially limited to Blood and Glamour from its citadels. The off-capital mages are more varied, but the gulf between a fort-less province and one with a citadel is extremely significant.

The best Pyrènian mages have average Morale, which ironically makes the nation vulnerable to its own Seduction gimmick. Said mages can deflect Dream Seduction with their Magic Resistance (which is above average), but they're out of luck against Pangaean Dryads and Marignese Troubadours.

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