Tome of the Cold Dark

 Tier III - Affinity Icon IconAffinity Icon IconSpread Arctic terrain throughout the world and envelop your units with its power, so they may be empowered by its presence.
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"Light brings both warmth and hope. Snuff it out and you plunge your foes into cold, everlasting night! Rob them of comfort, shatter their hope, leave them with numb limbs and blinded eyes. Darkness will sap your enemies' will to fight, to win, to live!"
- Artica the Cold, Queen of the Frostlings

Initial Bonus

Special Province Improvement Icon IconFrostspire
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Flash Freeze

Cost: 100Mana Icon100Operation Icon
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Terraforming Spell


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Target Province:

Marching Winter

Cost: 120Mana Icon120Operation Icon
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Terraforming Spell

Upkeep: 12Mana Icon

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Target friendly City gains:

Veil of Darkness

Cost: 100Mana Icon100Operation Icon
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Friendly Army Spell


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Target that is leading an army gains Universal Camouflage for its entire army for 3 turn Icon Turns.

Frostling Transformation

Cost: 350Mana Icon350Operation Icon
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Minor Race Transformation


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Makes winter run through the target race's veins, granting them:
  • 3 defenseFrost Icon Frost Protection.
  • Immunity to Frozen.
  • +10 happiness Icon Morale while on cold terrain.
  • Arctic Walk, which allows them to traverse cold terrain faster.

Summon Snow Spirit

Cost: 150Mana Icon150Operation Icon
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Summon Spell


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Summon a Snow Spirit, a Magic Fighter Unit with attacks that inflict Frozen.
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Frostspire

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Province Improvement


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Requirement:

Must be built on an annexed Province.
Requires City Tier II.

Description:

  • +10 knowledge Icon Knowledge.
  • +3 knowledge Icon Knowledge per adjacent Snow or Ice Province.
  • Visiting units gain Icetouch until the end of the next battle, giving their physical attacks a base 30% chance of inflicting Frozen.
  • Counts as a researchPost Icon Research Post.