Beliad

*More the result of the Wanderer's dark deeds than an actual tribe, Beliad is the name of those Midjiwanforsaken souls and land that He seizes in His grasp.*

*All around the Square, this evil, whimsical being tricks and fools naive Polytopian into being his slaves for... as long as they're useful.*

*Beware*

## Beliad

### Starts with

Foolosophy

**Beliad** starts with the **Foolosophy** technology, it unlocks the unique **Wanderer**, the **Ownership** ability, and the Genius task.

They can't recruit any other units than expensive yet worthless **Minions**, or the most useful, and free, **Wanderer**. They rely mostly on stealing other tribes' units with His **Contract** skill.

Beliad also has a unique **Styx** border that will make you think twice before crossing.

Not only minions may appear useless, but you will have to buy them in order to grow your cities. Even though His motives are as mysterious as Himself, it appears that having as much of these around as possible is one of them. Likely in order to rejoice in their degradation...

Not all His promises are void, though, and those who serve him well may be rewarded with actual power.

The Wanderer Himself as well as his servants have horns, red eyes, a pointy beard, and wear grey clothes. What land they seize is burnt beyond recognition, ash, embers and scorched trees are all there is to find there. The only game is actually minions, that can be hunted or recruited depending on His whims. Converted units keep whatever they where riding.

## Resources

They work in the exact same way as Polaris.

## Special Units & Skills

### The Wanderer

The Wanderer wears a hood and wields a staff.

He has no attack, defense, health nor cost, a movement allowance of 1, the dash, sneak, escape, independent and scout skills as well as the following :

**Immortal** : When attacked, He disappears. When recruited, He can move right away. And obviously there can only be one.

**Contract** : When attacking, He *converts* target unit for its cost in stars, or for free if this unit's technology has been searched. This unit now has the **Liable** skill.

**Liable** : If this unit doesn't attack for 3 turns, it becomes a minion. If it attacks (and survives !) for 3 turns in a row, it becomes a **Fiend** and is rewarded with a full heal, +5hp, +0.5 attack, defense, **and** movement ; a slighty different sprite and pictogram display those changes ; and loses the liable skill. A liable or fiend unit cannot be promoted to veteran.

### Minions

Minions replace *warriors*. They can be recruited in cities, and the same way as *polytaurs* (after *hunting* has been researched).

Disbanding a minion only yields 1 star, no matter how much you paid for it.

### Super Unit : Overseer

Motivate : Surrounding minions have their attack and defense doubled ! They are shown partially burning to distinguish them from other minions.

## Special Rules

### Ownership

With this ability you can buy any tile that is in one of your cities' radius (3x3 or 5x5) but not in its territory (meaning it's foreign land). It costs 5 stars + the cost of whatever building is on that tile. A monument is worth (at least ) 10 stars.

If the tile has a forge, customs house, sawmill or windlwill, and there was already one in the city's territory, it just doesn't work. It would if you destroyed the first one.

### Styx

Whenever a unit enters or leaves your territory, its owner pays you 1 star. If he cannot at the moment, he shall pay 2 instead at the beginning of his next turn. This works with *expand borders* as well as *ownership*.

The thin grey Styx river flows all around your territory. If some of your cities are not next to the others, each piece of territory has a place where the river appears to be entering a tunnel and coming out of another.

### City Growth

To grow to the next level, your cities need to fill the population **and units** row. In case you already have more than enough population but not enough units, the surplus population is displayed the same way as the lack of it, but in yellow.

## Other Tribes

If you liked this one, go take a look at the others here : Gradokko