Oak of Ages (Budding)

is a settlement building introduced in Total War: Warhammer with the Realm of The Wood Elves DLC.
With Spring, Orion emerges from the Oak once more, renewed.
== Background ==
At the centre of Athel Loren's multifarious glades and boughs lies the Oak of Ages. The great tree occupies its space both physically and spiritually, in the very essence of the forest and its dwellers. For the Wood Elves, it is the birthplace of their realm and the place where Orion, King in the Woods and a figurehead of their culture, symbolically dies and is reborn each year. Although immortal, he is tied to the seasons and subject to their changes. At Midwinter, Orion willingly enters his own funeral pyre; the following Spring, a new candidate, prepared and fashioned in her consort's likeness by Queen Ariel, emerges from the Oak as the new living embodiment of the Master of the Hunt. As such, the Oak of Ages is the hub of the Wood Elves' power - as it grows, their kingdom and influence grows also.
==Effects==
=== Wood Elves (except Wargrove of Woe) ===
* Forest Health: +2 per turn to local Magical Forest
* Control: +3 (factionwide)
* Adds defences to the settlement (battles fought here will be unwalled settlement battles)
* Growth: +40 (all provinces)
* Corruption: -6 (all adjacent provinces)
* Winds of Magic power reserve: +9 per turn (armies in region)
* Unlocks Confederation missions with Argwylon, Talsyn and the Heralds of Ariel
* Provides garrison:
**3 Glade Guard
**2 Eternal Guard
**2 Eternal Guard (Shields)
**2 Wildwood Rangers
**2 Deepwood Scouts
**1 Dryads
**1 Wardancers
**1 Wardancers (Asrai Spears)
**1 Glade Guard (Starfire Shafts)
**1 Deepwood Scouts (Swiftshiver Shards)
**1 Tree Kin
* Discoverability of Skaven Under-Cities: +70
=== Wargrove of Woe (Wood Elves) ===
*Forest Health: +2 per turn to local Magical Forest
*Public order: +3 (factionwide)
*Unlocks confederation missions with Argwylon, Talsyn and the Heralds of Ariel
*Growth: 40 (all provinces)
*Untainted: +6 (all regions in adjacent provinces)
*Provides Garrison:
**4 Glade Riders (Hagbane Tips)
**5 Malevolent Dryads
**6 Malevolent Tree Kin
**1 Malevolent Treeman
**2 Glade Guard (Starfire Shafts)
*Discoverability of Skaven Under-Cities: +70
== Building Chain ==
* - Oak of Ages (Dormant)
** - Oak of Ages (Withered)
*** - Oak of Ages (Budding)
**** - Oak of Ages (Thriving)
***** - Oak of Ages (Flourishing)
Category:Wood Elves settlement buildings
Category:Special settlement buildings