The Ancestral Sky

The Ancestral Sky is the prestige layer of Marrow March. When every step of the Essence Tree is grown, its heart opens onto the sky: your commander rises to the ancestors, years pass, and an heir takes the wall with Legacy, earned by how deep the line held. Legacy lights stars, each lit once and kept for every line after. The sky has 30 stars in 10 layers, from the Dawn to Beyond, in the lanes of three ancestors.

A star opens once the one below it or beside it is lit.

The Messenger

who rode ahead of the horde. The pace of the siege, AUTO, and the gate’s machines working by themselves.

Star	Effect	Layer	Legacy
Swift Riders	Opens the siege at 1.5×	The Dawn	1
The Standing Muster	Your army stands again as every run begins	The Morning Sky	2
Fleet Couriers	Opens the siege at 2×	The High Sky	3
Marching Orders	AUTO: every assault begins by itself	The Dusk	4
The Tree Grows	When the wall falls the Essence Tree grows itself, cheapest first	The Night Sky	5
Drilled Heirs	After every assault, spare gold trains the army	The Stars	10
Night Riders	Opens the siege at 2.5×	The Nebula	22
Forced March	Every age opens on assault 5	The Deep	35
The War Chest	Every run begins with five times the gold	The Void	50
The Swift Horn	AUTO sounds the next assault in half the time	Beyond	100

The Warlord

who broke the first siege. Great leaps in damage, gold and Essence, and a tree that grows deeper.

Star	Effect	Layer	Legacy
Ancestral Wrath	Damage, gold and essence ×2	The Dawn	1
The Tree Deepens	The Essence Tree grows a ring further: +121 upgrades	The Morning Sky	2
The Blooded Line	Damage, gold and essence ×3 in all	The High Sky	3
The Tree Remembers	The Essence Tree costs half	The Dusk	4
The Tree Deepens II	The Essence Tree grows a ring further: +107 upgrades	The Night Sky	5
The Old Wrath	Damage, gold and essence ×4 in all	The Stars	10
The Tree Deepens III	The Essence Tree grows a ring further: +152 upgrades	The Nebula	22
The Wrath of Kings	Damage, gold and essence ×5 in all	The Deep	35
The Tree Deepens IV	The Essence Tree grows a ring further: +146 upgrades	The Void	50
The Last Wrath	Damage, gold and essence ×6 in all	Beyond	100

The Chronicler

who wrote down the dead. Head starts: every soldier unlocked, runs that begin in later ages, the Inner Ward and artifacts.

Star	Effect	Layer	Legacy
Remembered Muster	Every soldier and every trap comes unlocked	The Dawn	1
Remembered Roads	An heir begins in Age II	The Morning Sky	2
Grave Robbers	+50% chance of an artifact	The High Sky	3
The Inner Ward	When the wall falls, hold the road behind it: the city is defended inside its walls	The Dusk	4
The Gate Wardens	The gatehouse's machines work themselves	The Night Sky	5
The Long Road	An heir begins in Age III	The Stars	10
Deep Roots	Every gift of the Essence Tree ×2.5	The Nebula	22
Deep Graves	+100% chance of an artifact in all	The Deep	35
Heirlooms	Every artifact stays with the heir	The Void	50
The Remembering	An heir begins with the tree's first two rings grown	Beyond	100