Notes and corrections on various of my babblings above:
I finally realized at some point that my frustration with the Sheaim story was unfounded: I love the idea that the ending of the Ice Age provides a sensible reason for every civ starting out at the same ancient tech and strength level at the same time, but the game does not restrict itself on that basis. It looks to me like the Sheaim are a civ that canonically appears later in the Age of Rebirth, but can still be played in-game from turn zero, much like (the United States of) America can be played from a prehistoric starting Settler in the base game.
Also, as for this:
Well, that's still true if we now take "it's possible I'll someday come up with" to now mean, "I've already mostly written..." I'll try to post what I've got (for this one and the Priest of Leaves) so you can consider or reject (but in any case hopefully enjoy) them in the next day or so if you'd like.
I finally realized at some point that my frustration with the Sheaim story was unfounded: I love the idea that the ending of the Ice Age provides a sensible reason for every civ starting out at the same ancient tech and strength level at the same time, but the game does not restrict itself on that basis. It looks to me like the Sheaim are a civ that canonically appears later in the Age of Rebirth, but can still be played in-game from turn zero, much like (the United States of) America can be played from a prehistoric starting Settler in the base game.
Also, as for this:
RefSteel Wrote:it's possible I'll someday come up with a Nyxkin story that will work better by answering fewer questions (at least explicitly) and raising more
Well, that's still true if we now take "it's possible I'll someday come up with" to now mean, "I've already mostly written..." I'll try to post what I've got (for this one and the Priest of Leaves) so you can consider or reject (but in any case hopefully enjoy) them in the next day or so if you'd like.