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Starting Units and Technologies for Late Era Starts

Thaw: Standard Start

Discovery:
Normal Units

Agriculture
Exploration
Crafting
Ancient Chants

Calender
Animal Husbandry
Fishing
Cartography
Hunting
Mining
Masonry
Education
Mysticism

Archery
Bronze Working

Expansion:
Normal Units AND
Worker
Archer

All the Discovery techs AND
Festivals
Horseback Riding
Construction
Writing
Warfare
Code of Laws
Knowledge of the Ether
Way of the Forests
Way of the Earthmother
Philosophy
Message from the Deep

Forest of Leaves founded on T5 (roughly)
Runes of Kilmorph founded on T5 (roughly)
Octopus Overlords founded on T5 (roughly)

Innovation:
Normal units AND
Longbowman
Worker

All the Expansion techs AND
Sailing

Trade
Optics
Poisons
Animal Handling
Smelting
Sanitation
Mathematics
Military Strategy
Currency
Necromancy
Elemntalism
Divination
Alteration
Hidden Paths
Arete
Priesthood
Orders from Heaven
Honor
Corruption of Spirit
Mind Stapling

Astronomy
Bowyers
Medicine
Feudalism

All religions founded

Mastery:
Normal units AND
Scout
Warrior
Settler with bonus
Two Longbowman
Worker

All the Innovation techs AND
Drama
Deception
Feral Bond
Stirrups
Iron Working
Engineering
Taxation
Sorcery
Fanatacism
Religious Law
Infernal Pact

Arcane Lore

All religions founded

Hyborem Summoned

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Great Person Bulb lists:

Reorganized so they're a bit easier to read:

Great Bard:

DRAMA
FESTIVALS
EDUCATION
ASTRONOMY
SANITATION
WRITING
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
ANIMAL MASTERY
EXPLORATION
FISHING
AGRICULTURE
MEDICINE
MYSTICISM
PHILOSOPHY
SORCERY
OMNISCIENCE
ALTERATION
CALENDAR
HUNTING
PASS THROUGH THE ETHER
ANCIENT CHANTS
KNOWLEDGE OF THE ETHER
ANIMAL HANDLING
ARCANE LORE
CONSTRUCTION
FERAL BOND
FEUDALISM
SAILING
STRENGTH OF WILL
DIVINATION
ELEMENTALISM
NECROMANCY
CODE OF LAWS
OPTICS
GUILDS
MASONRY
ARCHERY
POISONS
PRIESTHOOD
RELIGIOUS LAW
COMMUNE WITH NATURE
HIDDEN PATHS
MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP
CARTOGRAPHY
MITHRIL WORKING
PRECISION
WAY OF THE FORESTS
BOWYERS
DECEPTION
DIVINE ESSENCE
HONOR
MALEVOLENT DESIGNS
MILITARY STRATEGY
ENGINEERING
HIDDEN PATHS
HONOR
MINING
MITHRIL WEAPONS
ORDERS FROM HEAVEN
PHILOSOPHY
SMELTING
THEOLOGY
MACHINERY
MALEVOLENT DESIGNS
RIGHTEOUSNESS
FUTURE TECH
NEVER
SEAFARING

Great Engineer:

ENGINEERING
MITHRIL WORKING
MACHINERY
SMELTING
BLASTING POWDER
BOWYERS
IRON WORKING
BRONZE WORKING
CRAFTING
FEUDALISM
MASONRY
ARCHERY
MILITARY STRATEGY
MITHRIL WEAPONS
RAGE
CONSTRUCTION
MINING
CARTOGRAPHY
GUILDS
PRECISION
ANIMAL HANDLING
FERAL BOND
OPTICS
POISONS
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
DIVINE ESSENCE
AGRICULTURE
CODE OF LAWS
MEDICINE
ANIMAL MASTERY
CALENDAR
FISHING
HUNTING
STIRRUPS
ARETE
EXPLORATION
MIND STAPLING
SANITATION
FANATICISM
ASTRONOMY
HORSEBACK RIDING
WARFARE
SAILING
WARHORSES
MERCANTILISM
ORDERS FROM HEAVEN
THEOLOGY
WAY OF THE EARTHMOTHER
CURRENCY
EDUCATION
MATHEMATICS
RIGHTEOUSNESS
STRENGTH OF WILL
TAXATION
TRADE
WRITING
ALTERATION
ELEMENTALISM
KNOWLEDGE OF THE ETHER
NECROMANCY
PASS THROUGH THE ETHER
WAY OF THE FORESTS
ANCIENT CHANTS
COMMUNE WITH NATURE
DRAMA
FESTIVALS
HIDDEN PATHS
MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP
MYSTICISM
OMNISCIENCE
PHILOSOPHY
SORCERY

Great Merchant:

CURRENCY
MATHEMATICS
TAXATION
MERCANTILISM
TRADE
WARHORSES
CALENDAR
AGRICULTURE
HORSEBACK RIDING
MEDICINE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CARTOGRAPHY
CODE OF LAWS
FISHING
OPTICS
SANITATION
ANIMAL MASTERY
EXPLORATION
GUILDS
HUNTING
STIRRUPS
MITHRIL WORKING
SAILING
WRITING
MACHINERY
ANIMAL HANDLING
ASTRONOMY
ENGINEERING
FERAL BOND
MASONRY
POISONS
SMELTING
CONSTRUCTION
EDUCATION
FEUDALISM
MINING
PRECISION
DECEPTION
HONOR
ANCIENT CHANTS
BOWYERS
FESTIVALS
MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP
MYSTICISM
ALTERATION
ARCHERY
ORDERS FROM HEAVEN
PASS THROUGH THE ETHER
THEOLOGY
WAY OF THE FORESTS
ARETE
BLASTING POWDER
IRON WORKING
MALEVOLENT DESIGNS
MIND STAPLING
MITHRIL WEAPONS
RIGHTEOUSNESS
STRENGTH OF WILL
BRONZE WORKING
COMMUNE WITH NATURE
CRAFTING
DRAMA
HIDDEN PATHS
MILITARY STRATEGY
OMNISCIENCE
PHILOSOPHY
SORCERY
WAY OF THE EARTHMOTHER
WARFARE
FUTURE TECH
NEVER
SEAFARING
FUTURE TECH
NEVER
SEAFARING

Great Prophet:

CORRUPTION OF THE SPIRIT
PRIESTHOOD
RELIGIOUS LAW
COMMUNE WITH NATURE
HIDDEN PATHS
INFERNAL PACT
MALEVOLENT DESIGNS
WAY OF THE EARTHMOTHER
WAY OF THE FORESTS
DECEPTION
HONOR
MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP
PHILOSOPHY
ANCIENT CHANTS
ORDERS FROM HEAVEN
THEOLOGY
MYSTICISM
RIGHTEOUSNESS
DRAMA
ARETE
MIND STAPLING
FESTIVALS
FANATICISM
DIVINATION
SORCERY
ARCANE LORE
EDUCATION
KNOWLEDGE OF THE ETHER
OMNISCIENCE
ELEMENTALISM
NECROMANCY
ALTERATION
DIVINE ESSENCE
PASS THROUGH THE ETHER
STRENGTH OF WILL
WRITING
ASTRONOMY
ARCHERY
CONSTRUCTION
FEUDALISM
SAILING
CODE OF LAWS
BOWYERS
EXPLORATION
FISHING
GUILDS
MASONRY
MILITARY STRATEGY
SANITATION
TRADE
FUTURE TECH
NEVER
SEAFARING
MIND STAPLING
RIGHTEOUSNESS
TRADE
CURRENCY
ENGINEERING
INFERNAL PACT
MATHEMATICS
MERCANTILISM
MITHRIL WEAPONS
ORDERS FROM HEAVEN
SMELTING
STIRRUPS
TAXATION
THEOLOGY
WARHORSES
CORRUPTION OF THE SPIRIT
FUTURE TECH
NEVER
SEAFARING

Great Sage:

ARCANE LORE
SORCERY
ALTERATION
PASS THROUGH THE ETHER
DIVINATION
ELEMENTALISM
NECROMANCY
OMNISCIENCE
STRENGTH OF WILL
KNOWLEDGE OF THE ETHER
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
ANIMAL MASTERY
SANITATION
AGRICULTURE
MEDICINE
CALENDAR
EDUCATION
WRITING
EXPLORATION
FISHING
HUNTING
ANIMAL HANDLING
ASTRONOMY
CODE OF LAWS
CURRENCY
FERAL BOND
MATHEMATICS
OPTICS
TAXATION
MERCANTILISM
TRADE
WARHORSES
CARTOGRAPHY
POISONS
SAILING
GUILDS
HORSEBACK RIDING
INFERNAL PACT
STIRRUPS
MITHRIL WORKING
PRECISION
CONSTRUCTION
FEUDALISM
MASONRY
WAY OF THE FORESTS
ANCIENT CHANTS
CORRUPTION OF THE SPIRIT
FESTIVALS
MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP
MYSTICISM
COMMUNE WITH NATURE
DECEPTION
DRAMA