Ermor / Ashen Empire: How to get dominion ?

[Graeme Dice]

You need both a high starting dominion of around 9 or 10, and as many temples as you can afford. You'll also want to protect your temples with castles, as 200 gold is a very large expense for Ermor. This also has the benefit that each castle acts as a auto-recruiting centre for your longdead velites, longdead horseman, and with a temple, the Knights of the Unholy Sepulchre. To get this gold, I recommended using your troops to pillage any newly conquered provinces, and to alchemize fire gems. You can improve your fire gem income greatly by searching with a fire dusk elder that has built himself a skull of fire.