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The goal of a nation page is to provide factual information about the nation that the game/ mod inspector does not provide in an accessible format. Descriptions should mostly be brief and factual, with more elaborate use-cases only for standout units or spells. Avoid opinions except where the opinion is well-accepted and relatively uncontroversial.* Nation pages are not guides! More in-depth strategy advice is not what these pages are for and such advice belongs on dedicated strategy guides. Give readers a sense of the tools available to a nation instead of a prescriptive manual on how they should play it.

Don't try to explain everything in exhaustive detail; focus on what makes a nation special and highlight those units and spells a prospective player should be paying attention to/building around as they familiarize themselves with a nation.

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Examples from various nations are included, but shortened in some cases for brevity.

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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.

Berytos is the melting pot of the Early Ages. It is the surviving remnants of the empire built by the Telkhines, now a kingdom of ghosts under the sea. Ruled over by an avaricious Melqart king and his wily Telkhine consort, the once-crippled colony of Berytos has birthed its own phoenix empire. Hinnom-style blood worship is in fashion, the sacrifices dedicated to the King of the City, but the cult itself is presided over by a priesthood of Machakan exiles who look to turn the cult to their own ends. It is the Dominions equivalent of Carthage and the Phoenician city-states with a spicy dash of Caananite Ba'al worship, tied into the history of Therodos and its former Telkine overlords as well as the downfall of the Machakan Lion Queens.

Berytos exists only during the Early Ages; by the Middle Ages the Phoenix Empire has been crushed by the armies of Arcoscephale. Like its parent empire, it is succeeded by just one of its colonies: Phaeacia.

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.

Berytos is nation with strong magic diversity, boasting access to all the elements, depth in blood (along with crosspaths that make blood interesting), and even some minor astral magic. Its mage corps is eminently combat-capable, it is a major blood power, and it has some very potent summons including the nation-defining Se'irim, angry sacred goat demons that can shred even the most durable front lines.

Unfortunately, Berytos suffers from a mediocre unit roster that lacks the protection and damage output to compete with their contemporaries in the Early Ages. The aforementioned strengths are also highly terrain-dependent, which may be an issue on less kind map generators. Berytos has some powerful tools and the magic diversity is awesome, but balancing these strengths with its weaknesses is not a straightforward task!

The details in this table should be pulled from the Nation Description in-game. Clarify or omit anything that is unclear (e.g. use glamour instead of "illusions", amphibious instead of "can enter the sea"). Treat 25% magic randoms as guaranteed; anything lower is "rare". Do not count paths from heroes as these are subject to too much variance.

Special Race Attributes	Military	Magic Access	Priests	Buildings
Temperature preference Unit races	Unit types How heavily armored are they?	3 (rare 4) 3 (rare 4) 3 (rare 4) 3* 2 (rare 3) 1*	2 Priests 3 Summons Inquisitor? Blood Sacrifice? Dying Dominion?	Maximum Fort level Cheaper/more expensive labs/temples?

*Coastal-reliant

Bless bonuses, dominion effects and other national features not included in the table can be summarized 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).

Berytos's unit lineup is mediocre, even for the early age. The most durable of Berytos's units are the cap-only Colossi Warrior and fort-recruit Berytian Heavy Spearman; both have only 14 prot which is easily pierced by even indie weapons. Most do not deal enough damage to make up for the low survivability either, which can make it difficult to expand and survive an early war against nations with more powerful national troops.

However, Berytos's mages add the killing power to turn its threat level from almost nonexistent to terrifying with elemental spam, evocations and a comprehensive suite of army buffs. The Storm Caller can only be recruited in coastal forts but is a powerful combat mage; the Bride-in-Waiting is expensive and cap-only, but makes up for it with her spread of useful paths and innate mobility. Just as important is their ability to call forth Berytos's national summons, which dramatically improve the combat ability of Berytos's initially poor armies.

Keep descriptions to the point! Discussion of what to use certain magic paths for, thug equipment, etc. quickly becomes redundant over several nation pages, so describe the unit's function and leave it at that. Elaborate only if it is exceptional and/or a particular strength of the roster. Combine entries if the units are very similar.

The following example roster has been shortened for brevity.

Sprite	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Description
	Berytian Scout 25 3 1	Stealthy (55) Mountain Survival Forest Survival	Slightly more stealthy than a generic scout.
	Storm Caller 205 2 4 Coastal fort recruitment only	221100% 15 Sailing (Max size 2)	40 leadership sailing mage, magic phase-capable with Cloud Trapeze. Usually old when recruited. Strong water and especially strong air paths provide great combat utility. 25% are astral randoms who can join sabbaths.
	Berytian Priest 140 2 2	111100% 9 Sailing (Max size 2) Sacred	Moderately expensive blood hunter, Sabbath Slave and Sabbath Master. Minor priest with 10 leadership.
	Bride-in-Waiting 415 8 4 Capital Only	221221100% 10% 21 Sacred Female	90 leadership mage, multiple moderate-to-high paths. Magic phase-capable with Cloud Trapeze. A flexible but expensive combat mage, capable of evocations/buffs/elemental summoning. Provides some useful forging crosspaths.

Describe overall quality of heroes here.

Sprite	Unit Name	Special Attributes	Comments
	Dis Mater - Bride of the Gods Minimum hero arrival turn: 10	31332 25 Sacred Fire Resistance (13) Female	Describe what this hero can do (thug, cast, forge, etc.) and any new options the hero opens up. Moderate death access with good crosspaths. Opens up the option of an immortal lategame with Vampire Lords. She can also forge Skull of Fire and Shademail Haubergeons.

This section is the longer version of the 'Magic Access' column in National Features. List which paths the nation has access to, what level in each path and the maximum level attainable with common boosters. Avoid discussing in too much depth as much of the information is already covered in MelficeBelmont's Boosting and Access Guide. The length of this section will vary greatly depending on the nation, and does not have to be formatted in the same way as the example below. Some explanation may be required for more complicated boosting methods (e.g. commanderifying a unit with hidden paths). What exactly these paths can be used for can largely be explained in later sections, but pointing out good crosspaths works well in this section too. Mention communion access if applicable.

Berytos gets excellent magic diversity from the coastal fort Storm Caller and cap-only Bride-in-Waiting. All of the paths available to Berytos can be boosted via communions, so for the purposes of combat you will be able to boost beyond these face-value paths.

Elemental

• 3 on Brides-in-Waiting
• 3 on both Brides-in-Waiting and Storm Callers
• 3 on Storm Callers, 7 via a Water Bracelet, Robe of the Sea and Queen of Elemental Water
• 2 on Brides-in-Waiting, 6 via Earth Boots, a Blood Stone, Troll King's Court and King of Elemental Earth

Sorceries

• 1 on Storm Callers
• No death magic at all except for a 3 hero
• No nature magic at all except for a 2 hero
• 3 on Brides-in-Waiting, realistically as much blood as required via empowering and boosters.

Notable Crosspaths:

• for Call Melqart on Brides-in-Waiting
• for Summon Shedim on Brides-in-Waiting
• for Blood Stones, Father Illearth on Brides-in-Waiting
• for Freezing Mist, Summon Telkhine on Storm Callers

Berytos is relatively unique in that it can natively summon a mage that opens up even more magic diversity, the Telkhine. The new paths you get include:

• 2, 3 for forging. Fire randoms open up Flame Helmets and Kings of Elemental Fire
• 4 for Winged Helmets and Queens of Elemental Air
• 2, 3 for forging. Death randoms equipped with a Skull Staff open up Skullfaces for 5 rituals.

They can also forge the Staff of Elemental Mastery using either the or crosspath.

List combat and ritual spells unique to the nation. Keep descriptions brief but elaborate on any particularly useful spells. Nation-defining national spells (e.g. Bind Jaguar Fiends for EA Mictlan or Scapegoats for LA Gath) can be highlighted like important commanders or units.

Berytos mostly borrows national spells from its varied cultural influences, but also has its own unique summon courtesy of its blood cult. The summons shared with Hinnom and Therodos are particularly notable, including strong units and super mages! Wastelands for Se'irim and Shedim are usually generated near Berytos's capital on MapNuke maps, but may be more difficult to find on other maps.

Combat

• Berytos does not have any national combat spells.

Ritual

• Conjuration 3 1 for 3: Summon Mazzikim ( Mazzik×8)
  Nature equivalent of Summon Imps, but cast outside of battle. Can disrupt enemy lines, harass unprotected mages, or patrol blood hunting provinces.
• Conjuration 8 52 for 69: Summon Telkhine ( Telkhine Telkhine×1)
  Summons a size 4 amphibious 233321100% mage with a second form. Autocasts Foul Vapors in battle, kills 5% of population in its province every turn. Human form has Master Smith, demon form has a Fear aura and a +1 pathboost to air and water. Expensive but useful diversity summon and very powerful combat mage.

• Blood 3 1 for 8: Scapegoats. Wasteland Only ( Se'ir×2)
  Summons sacred, triple-attacking berserker demons. Extremely hard-hitting and a defining summon for the Hinnom line of nations. Just as useful for Berytos, if not more so due to Berytos's poor infantry.
• Blood 4 31 for 28: Summon Shedim. Wasteland Only ( Shed×3)
  Summons lightning-flinging, flying demons. Their lightning attack is similar to Lightning Bolt but the damage is based on strength instead, making Shedim mini evocation mages that scale with strength buffs. Much more mage turn-efficient than the generic equivalent, Bind Storm Demon.
• Blood 6 32 for 99: Call Melqart ( Melqart×1)
  Summons a size 5 332200% mage which kills population and raises unrest in its province. Notably different from Hinnom's Melqarts in that they are 3 (can claim thrones) and random air instead of astral. Makes a great heavy thug with minimal gear, but is more expensive than and lacks the immortality of Vampire Lords.

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.

Due to MA C'tis's ubiquitous poison resistance and easy access to the crosspath via the Marshmaster, Foul Vapors is a natural fit for the nation and an early target for most strategies. It can be researched relatively early at Enchantment 5 and is an army-killing threat for anyone who has not researched poison resistance spells and/or lacks nature mages. It is a meta-defining spell for a reason!

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)

• Construction 2 11 for 22: Sword of the Five Elements
  Grants the user Reinvigoration and a lot of Attack and Defence skill. Useful on a mage to reduce fatigue. Potentially mass-produceable for communions. Not terribly well-suited for thugs due to low damage output.
• Construction 2 11 for 22: Armor of the Five Elements
  Light but high prot armor that grants minor Fire, Shock, Poison and Magic resistance. Useful on thugs and mages.

• Construction 2 1 for 4 instead of 5: Chi Shoes
  Grants an additional kick attack. Useful on high strength units but competes with more important boot items such as Boots of the Messenger or Boots of Quickness.

• T'ien Ch'i has access to Owl Quills and Lightless Lanterns for research.
• Broad but shallow path access means that the Ring of Wizardry and other similar items can greatly improve magic diversity in the mid-to-late game.

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.

Berytos starts off slow: expansion with its mediocre troops requires finesse, and Berytos lacks strong tools to deal with very early aggression. However, Berytos's unique blood summons, anyfort blood hunters and powerful mages mean that it can scale very well into the mid game. Once blood hunting operations have become established and you are able to mass Se'irim and Shedim, Berytos's threat level increases significantly. This can provide the breathing room for a powerful late game based on strong, plentiful magic support and summons (particularly Vampire Lords, Melqarts and Telkhines).

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

Berytos has a couple of options for expansion. Berytos is not famous for lightning fast expansion like Arcoscephale or Abysia, but it is definitely possible to expand well enough even without an awake pretender. Here is a non-exhaustive list of example expansion parties:

• 15-20 Berytian Light Spearmen + 4 Elephants on the flank: pretty safe against low-damage indies, but also expensive. Can make it more difficult to afford early infrastructure.
• Pure Berytian Light Spearmen: use a large quantity of javelins to make up for poor quality troops as these parties will definitely suffer attrition. Not great against indies with shields or armor.
• 8-10 Colossi Warriors + however many Berytian Light Spearmen you can afford: Colossi Warriors can take 50 Lion or Deer Tribe without losses in parties of this size, and can also go toe-to-toe with Heavy Cavalry/Jade Maidens as long as they have a slight numbers advantage. Can expand in smaller parties if using a stat bless.

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

For an awake build, try:

For an imprisoned build, try:

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

Dominions 5 National Analysis: EA Berytos by Perun

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