Temples, Afflictions, and more

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Leveling up (more stars) give you increased stats but never a higher magic path. To do that you need to empower using gems. It's very confusing compared to a more traditional game.

Temples can only be built by priests with holy magic. A traditional "mage" can only build labs. Look for the candelabra icon where the magic path icons are. Fomorian priests are the druids I believe. They have both nature and holy magic so they can bulid both labs and temples.

Healers attempt to heal everyone in the province, but there's no guarantee of success. You can't cure old age, but the afflictions can be cured (but they might come back)