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The Ten Kingdoms

Every commander marches under one of ten kingdoms. Each fields 26 troops of its own — not one of them shared with another kingdom — and carries its own trait and its own powers, so choosing a kingdom is choosing how you will fight.

Brutal · Fast · Monstrous

Orc Horde

Reavers of the Emberwastes. Flood the field.

Balanced · Armoured · Holy

Human Realm

Knights of the Gilded March. Out-tech them.

Reach · Swift · Arcane

Elven Court

Wardens of the Wyldwood. Own the ground.

Armoured · Gunpowder · Siege

Dwarven Clans

Clans of the Frostcrags. Hold and grind.

Relentless · Rotting · Undying

Undead Dominion

Cold Court of the Barrowlands. Outlast the living.

Drilled · Precise · Swift

Jade Dynasty

Courts of the Thousand Shrines. Strike the opening.

Feral · Winged · Untamed

Mythic Beasts

The Untamed of Whisper Hollow. Come from everywhere.

Wrought · Relentless · Loud

Steampunk Hold

Apostates of the Screaming Forge. Run it past the rating.

Ravenous · Costly · Quick

Damned Covenant

Debtors of the Blackened Pact. Collect before you are collected.

Precise · Finite · Scavenging

Star-Fallen

Wreck-born of the Warm Crater. Make the dead pay for it.

The kingdoms at a glance

Kingdom	Style	Trait	Strong	Weak
Orc Horde	Brutal · Fast · Monstrous	+15% damage · +6% speed	Cheap swarms, savage shock troops and warbeasts no one else can tame.	No plate, no precision — armour and massed bows punish it.
Human Realm	Balanced · Armoured · Holy	+45% health · +33% damage	Plate cavalry, healing orders and the widest siege train in the realm.	Master of nothing — outshot by elves, outmuscled by giants.
Elven Court	Reach · Swift · Arcane	+11% damage · +6% range · +3% speed · +2% health	Unmatched bows, blink-strikes and nature magic that roots armies.	Thin ranks — anything that closes the gap tears through them.
Dwarven Clans	Armoured · Gunpowder · Siege	+52% health · +32% damage · −10% speed	Living walls, black-powder volleys and constructs that break castles.	Slow, and it fields no cavalry at all — it can be outrun and flanked.
Undead Dominion	Relentless · Rotting · Undying	−11% health · −20% damage · −10% speed	Ranks that get back up, curses that rot armour off, and a war it can afford to lose slowly.	Nothing in it is quick to muster or quick to run — holy fire and burst damage end it.
Jade Dynasty	Drilled · Precise · Swift	+6% speed · +5% damage · +2% range · −2% health	The best-drilled ranks alive: duellists who cannot be hit, and powder a century before anyone else.	It wears lacquer and silk, not plate — a fight it cannot dictate is a fight it loses.
Mythic Beasts	Feral · Winged · Untamed	+12% speed · −11% damage · −18% health	The fastest roster in the realm, four fliers before the legends, and woodland it moves through like open road.	No armour, no discipline and no line — mass a real formation and it comes apart.
Steampunk Hold	Wrought · Relentless · Loud	+18% health · +12% damage · −6% speed	Four constructs, three engines, and spawners that can be run past their rating.	One horse in the whole hold — everything else walks, and it walks slowly.
Damned Covenant	Ravenous · Costly · Quick	+3% speed · −4% range · −7% damage · −13% health	The densest melee in the realm — four shock lines and four elites, every one above its price.	Every soldier standing bills your own keep by the second.
Star-Fallen	Precise · Finite · Scavenging	+3% range	Five ranged lines, three of them piercing, and the only straight-line weapons outside the Court.	Nothing it carries can be made again — it fights on what the field gives back.

Powers compared

Every kingdom bends a few of the game's rules its own way. How much faster its spawners muster, how sturdy its works are, what its upgrades and its walls cost, and anything else it alone can do:

Kingdom	Muster	Works	Upgrades	Walls	Also
Orc Horde	12% faster	24% weaker	Standard	Standard	A landed blow mends 8% of its damage
Human Realm	Standard	Standard	14% cheaper	30% cheaper	—
Elven Court	6% faster	10% weaker	Standard	Standard	Crosses forest at full speed
Dwarven Clans	12% slower	55% sturdier	Standard	15% cheaper	Opens behind Ramparts and works mend 7 health a second
Undead Dominion	10% faster	Standard	Standard	Standard	Works mend 4 health a second and a landed blow mends 14% of its damage
Jade Dynasty	4% faster	5% sturdier	5% cheaper	8% cheaper	—
Mythic Beasts	10% faster	16% weaker	Standard	10% dearer	Crosses forest at full speed and a landed blow mends 6% of its damage
Steampunk Hold	16% slower	24% sturdier	6% cheaper	5% cheaper	Spawners overdrive for 30% faster musters, paid for in their own hull
Damned Covenant	14% slower	18% weaker	Standard	5% dearer	A landed blow mends 5% of its damage and every soldier fielded costs the keep 0.7 health a second
Star-Fallen	6% slower	Standard	Standard	Standard	Works mend 1 health a second and every kill strips the dead for 2 gold

Choosing a kingdom

Fastest muster: Orc Horde — spawners 12% faster.
Sturdiest works: Dwarven Clans — buildings 55% sturdier.
Cheapest upgrades: Human Realm — 14% cheaper.
Cheapest walls: Human Realm — fortifying the keep costs 30% less.
Hardest-hitting troops: Human Realm (+45% health · +33% damage).
Toughest troops: Dwarven Clans (+52% health · +32% damage · −10% speed).
Fastest troops: Mythic Beasts (+12% speed · −11% damage · −18% health).

New to the game? The guide explains the Builder, spawners and the keep; every kingdom plays the same game with different tools.