Bandar Log, the nation of the monkey people, is inspired by Hindu myths, ancient India and Rudyard Kipling. The Vanara comes from the Ramayana, an epic in which the monkey people aid prince Rama in his struggle against the demon king Ravana. The hierarchical division of the different species of monkeys has parallels in the Hindu caste system. I wanted the Bandar to use the alleged colors of the Indo-Aryan castes: white for priests, red for nobles and black for commoners. Markatas are exempt from the hierarchy and society at large and might be seen as untouchables of earlier times, although I imagine them less vulnerable. Important to the development of the Bandar Log were the semi-divine beings of Hindu myth. With a slight breath of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Yavanas and Devatas became lords of the monkey people. When these beings left the world the monkey people found themselves in control, until the emergence of another divine race, the Nagas. As Kaa hypnotized the monkeys in Kipling's Jungle Book, the Nagas mesmerized the Bandar and Vanaras and claimed rulership over the nation. - Illwinter

On the sacred Mount Kailasa, beings from an earlier era still linger. They are blessed with mystical powers but are few in number. With the emergence of the New God they have mustered aid from a most unsuspected source. Deep in the forests below the Sacred Mountain, apes of uncanny brightness have evolved. The apes are uncivilized and have only recently mastered the mysteries of metalworking.

Kailasa is a fun little mess. Even without Lanka's Blood summons (which are available to bootstrappers in both of this nation's successors), Kailasa is still playable due to the summon-tier units that it can recruit with gold. The sheer amount of national summons that you get is remarkable, especially since they allow a cheaper method to break into most of the paths you don't have if you climb into higher levels of Conjuration. Your cheap Communions can cast a very powerful troop buff, while your Cap-only mages are not slow-to-recruit and can accomplish major Magic feats on their own. Just figure out when your monkeys are usable – and when to use your expensive guys – and you'll have a fun time.

Your main national weakness is arrows as you have almost no protection.

You unit lineup is mostly made up of animals with below average Magic Resistance and Morale. Your troops are very likely to succumb to fear spells or fail to resist Charm Animal.

The saving grace of the nation is the Sacred Yakshas, Also susceptible to arrows but very competent in melee and strong mages.

Most of your national troops cost low resources. The monkeys are cheap chaff, costing less than average. Markatas are very cheap, so it's easy to mass a swarm of monkeys when needed. The Atavi make for good chaff troops and can be used for light raiding. Bandar still suffers animal penalties but has a decent amount of HP, Str, and Morale making them best suited to taking on large or higher protection enemies. Many of the ape troops have a ranged attack that becomes useful after applying Strength of Giants and useful for popping elf Glamour.

Your Sacreds are very good in melee but are very susceptible to most things that ignore awe when not heavily blessed, and they require Magic Leadership. They are still strong and you can produce Guhyaka from any Templed Fort, so massing them with a strong bless can carry you as a mainline troop with the cheaper ape troops in the frontlines taking the big hits from cavalry.

Things start to get better if you survive to the mid-game as mass protection buffs become widely available to make up for your troops' lack of protection.

Img	Unit Name	Abilities	Comments
	Markata 5 1 3 + Forest Rec	Undisciplined Animal Forest Survival	Highly massable ultra light undisciplined infantry. Can use sticks and stones attack vs very low armor units. Low MR and morale. Despite these deficiencies, their best job is lance catching and holding up enemies as 6 Def Skill 14 per square is hard to hit.
	Markata Archer 5 2 3 + Forest Rec	Undisciplined Animal Forest Survival	One of the cheapest short bow units in the game, but has abysmal strength which affects short bow damage.
	Atavi Archer 7 3 3 + Forest Rec	Stealthy (40) Animal Forest Survival	Stealthy. Very cheap short bow to mass, but low morale and MR.
	Atavi Infantry 7 3 3 + Forest Rec	Stealthy (40) Animal Forest Survival	Can function as a stealthy raider or mass stone throwing if fighting a very low protection adversary. Has low morale and MR.
	Light Bandar Archer 16 7 9	Animal Forest Survival	No armor but high HP and str. The high strength gives this unit a very damaging long bow attack. The light bandar archer will struggle if it is trading fire with other archers due to no armor.
	Bandar Warrior 16 4 9	Animal Forest Survival	No armor except for a buckler but high HP and str. A glass cannon compared to the Atavi Infantry chaff, Hits very hard with its mace and their stone throwing is more likely to kill. They still die in one-to-two hits without prot buffs.
	Bandar Swordsman 19 17 12	bodyguard(2) Animal Forest Survival	Medium infantry Bodyguard. Has a small buckler and modest body armor but not helmet. High HP and a high damage sword. Kailasa prefers to dump productivity scales for more bless points, so you are unlikely to mass them. They are still a bodyguard choice to protect your mages. Low MR and being a animal is still a liability in late game.
	Guhyaka 27 2 18	sacred Awe(1) magic Being	They are magical beings with Awe and stats better than a Bandar Warrior with two attacks. Especially weak to ranged attacks. Would love a protection bless and Earth mages. Can have large stack of them as they are not cap restricted.
	Yavana Archer 30 5 21 Capital Only	sacred Awe(1) magic Being	A ranged sacred unit. Dies in archer exchanges but are fairly powerful if you have a archer bless and get archer buffs. Have the stats to protect themselves from flyer distractions.
	Yavana 35 8 24 Capital Only	sacred Awe(1) magic Being	Improved Guhyaka, trading the spear repel for a high damage and a more reliable buckler. More expensive and cap only, but more reliable early game.

• Thaumaturgy 2+: Communion Master, Communion Slave, Mind Burn.
• Conjuration 3+: National Summons, Summon Earthpower, Water Elementals if going underwater.
• Construction 3+: Legions of Steel
• Alteration 4+: Curse of Stones

Animal Summons: You can spend nature gems for animal chaff with big HP pools but low MR. Nature gems are desperately needed elsewhere, so use only when desperate for bodies.

• Herd of Elephants Conj 3, 2, 25. (Elephant x5+[1/2lv]) Biggest HP pool.
• Ambush of Tigers Conj 3, 2, 10. (Tiger x5+[1/2lv]): Has multiple attacks
• Herd of Buffaloes Conj 3, 2, 10. (Buffalo x5+[1/2lv]): Tramplers that never retreat.

Glorious Devas
A "Deva" is anything that is heavenly and sublime; in this case, it applies to Kailasa's ancient Celestial order. Each of its members have the following traits:

• Sacred
• Magic Being

Img	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
	Apsara Conj 3 2 2 for 3	Troop Awe (+4) Standard (1) Female	A naked cloud nymph, the Apsara encourages your other troops. She can also avoid melee hits fairly well, but that's about it. Summoned by Summon Apsaras
	Yaksha Conj 4 21 25	3111100% 10% 15 Awe (+1) Supply Bonus (10)	In case you're rolling in and Commander Points are being a drag… Well… here you go. Summoned by Contact Yaksha (the EARTH) and Contact Yakshini (the WATER)
	Yakshini Conj 4 21 25	3111100% 10% 15 Amphibious Cold Resistance (5) Awe (+2) Supply Bonus (10) Female
	Gandharva Conj 5 2 18 for 6	Troop Awe (+2) Standard (1)	A wind nymph, the Gandharva is fully-armed-and-armored. Is he worth his cost? Well, he's certainly worth his summoning time. Summoned by Summon Gandharvas
	Kinnara Conj 6 3 25	222 13 Flying Awe (+3) Inspiring (1)	Finally, a diversity summon. A Flying Thunder Striker, he should be kept away from harm, if possible. Summoned by Summon Kinnara
	Siddha Conj 7 4 35	233 15 Spirit Sight Blinker Teleporter Awe (+3) Ambidextrous (4)	The Siddha has four hand slots, and a much-better substitute for flight. On the other hand, it has only one miscellaneous slot. Oof! Big-brained players use it to help with rushing Thrones. Summoned by Summon Siddha
	Devata Conj 8 5 45	323 15 Spirit Sight Shock Resistance (5) Awe (+5) Ambidextrous (5)	Finally, the god tier. The Devata has everything you'd want on a light thug: good stats, armor, three attacks, and Air for Cloud Trapeze. Pick your foes wisely, though; Magic Duel exists. Summoned by Summon Devata
	Devala Conj 9 5 55	34 11 Spirit Sight Awe (+4) Inspiring (1) Spreads Dominion (1) Spreads Magic (hidden) Female	The Devala has four arms, and none of them will attack. She's more of a cheerleader, anyway, even outside of battle. For some reason, her Magic-spreading is only referenced in her Ritual. Summoned by Summon Devala
	Rudra Conj 9 5 55	3331 3 Flying Storm Immunity Spirit Sight Fire Resistance (20) Shock Resistance (20) Fear (8) Ambidextrous (5) Storm Power (2) Forge Bonus (-5)	Finally, another diversity summon. You could use this guy outside of battle, sure, but he's quite good in it. When Yomi fields a Dai Oni with Cloud Trapeze, they're imitating this guy. Supporting him with a Storm-caster is also good, if you can afford it. Summoned by Summon Rudra

• Celestial Music Thaumaturgy 6, 3, 1. Grants Army-wide Quickness to all your Sacred Magical units. Four attacks Per Sacred.

Has 21 and with your cap can produce 4,4 and 2.

If you get the right random, you can forge boosters to get to 6,5, and 4.

You do have a summon that give you access to Air access, and a 5 with boosters, with Conj 9 giving you a 333 that you can use for late-game lab and battle magic.

Your monkeys would love it if you can find a fire mage to cast Flaming Arrows and Strength of Giants.

Yakshas with Earth Boots are your strongest combat mage, improving your troops' natural protection with Earth spells and making the enemies easy pickings with Curse of Stones.

Yakshini is your underwater expander by summoning full size Water Elementals and School of Sharks.

Guru communions are your massed mage, casting Swarm, Howl, Enslave Mind, and Mind Burn

Having a strong earth and Water Access makes Summoning the respective Elemental Royalty easy.

Forest Troll Tribe and Contact Naiad improves your magic, with Troll Shamans dipping you into Death and Naiads can get you into 5.

Could craft Golem as a hard to kill thugs.

Headdress of the Bull 5 1. Grant the user +2 strength and a retinue of a Buffalo. Great on a mage as the Buffalos can buy time for the caster and run over any would-be assassin's retinue.

Vajra 10 2. Shock Damage weapon that can be made by an astral mage. Adds armor ignoring damage on a thug, and even if not a melee guy, a mage can benefit by the Resist Shock(10) and be able to cast Lightning Bolt.

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List some example expansion strategies here. If a strong bless or pretender is required then leave the specifics for the pretender section.

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Nations
Early Ages	Arcoscephale • Ermor • Ulm • Marverni • Sauromatia • T'ien Ch'i • Machaka • Mictlan • Abysia • Caelum • C'tis • Pangaea • Agartha • Tir na n'Og • Fomoria • Vanheim • Helheim • Niefelheim • Rus • Kailasa • Lanka • Yomi • Hinnom • Ur • Berytos • Xibalba • Mekone • Ubar • Atlantis • R'lyeh • Pelagia • Oceania • Therodos
Middle Ages	Arcoscephale • Ermor • Sceleria • Pythium • Man • Eriu • Ulm • Marignon • Mictlan • T'ien Ch'i • Machaka • Agartha • Abysia • Caelum • C'tis • Pangaea • Asphodel • Vanheim • Jotunheim • Vanarus • Bandar Log • Shinuyama • Ashdod • Uruk • Nazca • Xibalba • Phlegra • Phaeacia • Ind • Na'ba • Atlantis • R'lyeh • Pelagia • Oceania • Ys
Late Ages	Arcoscephale • Pythium • Lemuria • Man • Ulm • Marignon • Mictlan • T'ien Ch'i • Jomon • Agartha • Abysia • Caelum • C'tis • Pangaea • Midgård • Utgård • Bogarus • Patala • Gath • Ragha • Xibalba • Phlegra • Vaettiheim • Atlantis • R'lyeh • Erytheia