⚔️ WARBAND

🗺️ Campaign: pick your path node by node — ⚔️ fights, ⭐ elite fights (better spoils), ❓ events with a choice. Beat 👑 The Warlord at the end to claim the trophy. You have 5 ❤️ lives; a lost battle costs 1 (2 deep in the campaign).

🛒 Shop: before each fight you get gold (10🪙 base). Units cost 3🪙, reroll 1🪙, ❄ freezes a card for your next shop. Bank 3🪙 to earn +1 interest next shop (max +3, pool caps at 12).

🖱️ Moving units: click a unit then click a destination — or simply drag & drop. The lineup (5 slots) fights; the bench (3 slots) holds reserves and merge fodder. FRONT is on the right, facing the enemy.

★ Merging: drop a unit onto a same-type unit to merge (+1★, max ★★★). Stats jump and ability values scale with ★. Holding a copy on the bench for a future merge is real strategy.

⚜️🐾💀🔮 Factions: field 3 / 5 of one faction in your lineup for doctrine bonuses — half-measures pay nothing. From node 3, pick a patron to flood your shop with its faction.

🎒 Items: won battles drop gear — click an item in the stash, then a unit, to equip (1 per unit). Selling a unit returns its item to the stash.

🔭 Scouting: the enemy band is fully revealed before every fight — draft and position against it. Their faction synergies are real; read the counter hints.

🎖️ Medals: every run earns medals by depth reached — spend them on the title screen for permanent unlocks.