Their primary magic type is blood, however, which is fairly newbie-unfriendly.
You might really like T'ien C'hi, actually. They've got decent front line troops, access to almost every path of magic, and some of the best archers in the early age. I might be switching nations again anyway.
And yes, I'm planning on naming my pretender (and important units, probably) after a Kohan from the game
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