In-game nation description. – Nation Description

The in-game nation description is acceptable here (please note the source like above if you are directly copying a passage), but a custom-written version of the lore that incorporates insights from commander/hero descriptions and the Dominions 5 manual also works - it helps to keep things concise!. A link to related nations in earlier or later ages fits here too.

This should be a brief overview of a nation's strengths and weaknesses and a short hook for what makes this nation cool and why people should play it. Some useful points to include might be:

• Mage quality and magic access
• Unit quality
• Playstyle, archetype and power curve
• Cool and useful summons
• Unique mechanics

Many of these points will be elaborated upon in later sections, so avoid going into too much detail here.

Provide a brief overview of commanders and units and what tools they provide you with. Outline any peculiarities across the roster (e.g. the animal tag, cold blooded). Highlight any particular strengths of the roster and describe their roles (e.g. high-quality infantry, thugs, powerful mages).

Midgård's hero lineup is not particularly impressive, but the high air access provided by Vanlade is nice if he turns up.

Sprite	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
	Farbaute - Einhere	Ambidextrous (3) Berserker (+8)	A stronger, commanderified Einhere. When berserked he will have very high protection and damage but very low defense.
	Vanlade - Vanadrott Minimum hero arrival turn: 10	4222 21 Sacred Shock Resistance (7) Stealthy (65) Sailing (Max size 3) Mounted Glamour	Provides access to high air magic with some useful crosspaths. Worth twiceborning to protect access to those paths.

Midgård's main magic access comes from the Galderman. Many of the paths below are contingent on a 12.5% chance due to multiple randoms; however, as Galdermen are not slow-to-recruit and can be recruited from any fort, it is fairly likely that at least one will show up for each path eventually. Astral is supplemented by Völvor.

Elemental

• No fire magic at all
• 3 on Galdermen
• No water magic at all
• 2 on Galdermen, 6 via Earth Boots, a Blood Stone, Troll King's Court (expensive!) and King of Elemental Earth (expensive!)

Sorceries

• 2 on Völvor, 3 via a Starshine Skullcap
• 2 on Galdermen, 3 via a Skull Staff
• 1 on Galdermen
• 2 on Galdermen, realistically as much blood as required via empowering and boosters.

Combat

• Conjuration 6 31 for 1: Summon Valkyries ( Valkyrie×7)
  Summons flying glamoured sacreds. Useful for pressuring back lines in combat, but may require a few scripting tricks to bless as they are summoned.

Ritual

• Conjuration 3 2 for 8: Sloth of Bears ( Great Bear×7)
  Undisciplined animals with low attack density but a lot of strength. Makes decent siege chaff.
• Conjuration 4 2 for 12: Awaken Draugar ( Draug×3)
  Undead medium-heavy infantry with fear and a cold aura. They change into Draug once under 20 hitpoints. Comparable to Wights; a bit more expensive and lower protection, but the fear aura gives the Draugar significant utility when mixed into front lines.
• Conjuration 8 43 for 62: Summon Dwarf of the Four Directions
  Summons one of the four Dwarves of the Four Directions, powerful mages who have significant combat, ritual-casting and forging capabilities. Also increases the likelihood of hurricanes ravaging the world for each dwarf summoned. If all four dwarves are alive at once, the world is plunged into perpetual darkness and storm.

Discuss the top few generic spells that most increase a nation's combat power or synergize with national strategies. These will generally be early-to-mid game spells since individual spells matter much more during those periods of the game. Some examples are Foul Vapors for MA C'tis, Horde of Skeletons + Sabbath Master/Sabbath Slave for the Niefelheim line of nations, Mother Oak for the Pangaeas, Wailing Winds access, etc. For broader advice on magic use, link to Not-Lola's Basic Magic Use Guide.

This is also a good place to point out notable magic weaknesses, such as a lack of nature access making a nation vulnerable to Foul Vapors.

List and describe any unique national items or discounts in this section, discuss and compare with similar generic items. Also discuss generic items that are useful and accessible for the nation. These may include:

• Thug gear (if the nation has good thugs)
• Research boosters (particularly if the nation needs help researching or is already very good at researching)
• Other items that synergize with the nation (e.g. Dwarven Hammers for MA Ulm)

This is probably the most difficult section to get consensus for. Describe how strong the nation is during expansion, the early, mid and late game, and what makes it strong/weak at each of those points. This should give readers an idea of where the weaknesses of a nation lie (if they have not been shown already) and when to take advantage of a nation's strengths.

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

List some example pretender builds. Try to use the following format to keep authorship and pretender design rationale clear.

Add links to guides or other overviews for this nation here.

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