Like how the Pale Ones now start in Agartha, the Cloud Lord starts in the sky.

The Cloud Lord can be seen as an air-themed counterpart to the earth-themed Pale Ones. Even in combat, the Scourge Lord's defilement magic requires life force to be used - in the absence of nearby plant life, allied soldiers provide an equally ample supply of it. The main use of Life Force is summoning a variety of monsters themed around decay, though there's a few other uses for it. Partly inspired by the Dark Sun setting of D&D fame, a successful Scourge Lord will slowly turn the entire world into a barren desert in his pursuit of power. The power these Pillars generate is determined by how rich in life the area around it is - and as time passes, the Pillar will destroy that life. The Scourge Lord makes use of a new resource called 'Life Force', which is generated through constructing Pillars of Power in various locations on Elysium. As the game progresses, the Kobold King's armies will progress from swarms of fragile and weak troops, to huge swarms of fragile but hard-hitting troops and mages. The Kobold King uses elemental gems for various rituals, including summoning dragons to protect your mines.

not coal mines) for a one-time cost in gold and iron. The Kobold King has access to frail but incredibly numerous kobolds of five different subtypes, four of which can be made to spawn from greater mines (i.e. The Kobold King is, in principle, the reincarnation of the Draconian from Conquest of Elysium 2, though with a lot of changes.

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