u/Hizsoo

A wizard faction that is closer to the H3 style wizards could live in mountain monasteries. It's a great fit for monks. A new cultural identity could bring some variety to the unit design.

1; From the Batbam Begins movie, this place is apparently called as the League of Shadows headquarters. Other buildings of monastery kinds are easier to search.

2; Ra's al Ghul by Liam Neeson

Vs

4; Era of Chaos - Tower loading screen

5; Burj al Baabas is an abandoned housing project with gothic-Disney style castles in Turkey. Ironically it is in Turkey.

The arabian Academy faction of Ashan is not represented in this post.

GEM Capital is a Ciprus based investment firm founded by Anatoliy Paliy, who previously worked as an executive, supporting the Russian petrol industry. GEM Capital is the main financer for the 25 game developer studios in their portfolio.

Due to the local law, they don't pay much taxes in Cyprus. Remotely employed people and shareholders pay taxes in their own countries. Oligarchs pay for what they want.

GEM Capital also has assets in the Russian chemical industry, supporting manufacturing for the Russian military: https://trap.org.ua/en/publications/games-for-adults-how-a-games-developer-works-for-the-russian-defence/

Mundfish and Owlcat Games are two big pieces of GEM Capital's portfolio, who are large enough to operate entirely on their own.

Mundfish

• ​Atomic Heart (2023)

• ​Atomic Heart 2 (Announced)

• The CUBE (Announced)

• ​ILL (Announced)

Owlcat Games

• ​Pathfinder: Kingmaker (2018)

• ​Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (2021)

• ​Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (2023)

• ​Rue Valley (November 11, 2025)

• ​The Expanse: Osiris Reborn (Beta April 2026)

• ​Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy (Announced):

Nova Assembly is a holding company formed in April 2026 by five mid sized studios within the GEM Capital portfolio. It functions as a cooperative guild. They are working together to establish financial independence, resource sharing, self publishing and redistributing work force.

#Games and studios of Nova Assembly:

Unfrozen

• Iratus: Lord of the Dead (2020)

• ​Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era (2026)

Weappy

• This Is the Police (2016)

• ​This Is the Police 2 (2018)

• ​Rebel Cops (2019)

• ​Hollywood Animal (2025)

• ​The Eternal Life of Goldman (2026)

Sad Cat Studios

• ​REPLACED (2026)

VEA Games

• ​Nikoderiko (2024)

Game Garden

• Farmdale (2014)

• ​Global City (2020)

• ​Enginefall: (2026/2027)

#Other studios from GEM Capital's portfolio:

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Unfrozen Studio received investment from GEM Capital in 2021: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/unfrozen/announcements/detail/5328307984833822624

Unfrozen studios was founded in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2016 and moved to Limassol, Cyprus in 2021. Allegedly only the 8 founding members are Russian. They also employ people from Uzbekistan, Serbia and Latvia. There are major overlaps between where these Cyprus based developer studios employ people from.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization of former Soviet republics in Eurasia. It includes the counties of:

• Armenia

• Azerbaijan

• Belarus

• Kazakhstan

• Kyrgyzstan

• Moldova

• Russia

• Tajikistan

• Uzbekistan

I'm having a dilemma about games funded by ex-Gazprom agents Vs the rest of the capitalist exploitation in the gaming industry. The Ukraine war is temporary.

It's fine to be hesitant of purchasing any game. We can slow down the adaptation rate.