The Codex
What is Aetheria?
Aetheria is a kingdom-builder in the lineage of Utopia (2000–). The shape is familiar: provinces, armies, magic, war, ages. The hand is modern.
Your province
You rule one province on a continent of thousands. Acres hold buildings; buildings yield resources; resources fund armies. There is no end state — only the end of the age.
Your kingdom
Up to 25 provinces form a kingdom. In the MVP, kingdoms are AI-managed; in later phases, you and your friends can claim one together and coordinate wars, aid, and council votes.
The age
Every age lasts roughly three real months. At age's end, everything resets: rankings are recorded, formulas may change, and a new world is seeded. Long memory, fresh starts.
Time
There are no turns. Armies march in real hours. Spells last days. The game plays you as much as you play it — so we built it to respect your phone, your sleep, and your job.
War
March, plunder, raze, traditional, conquest. Each attack type trades risk for reward. Honor accumulates with good targets and bleeds with cowardice.
Magic & Thievery
Train wizards and thieves. Spend mana and stealth on a book of spells and operations: harvests blessed, towers razed, gold stolen in the night.