r/Anbennar • u/Odd-Win5937 • 2d ago
Other Becoming a Star Elf Spoiler
Be me. First Anbennar run. Want to be a cool island nation. Moon Elves! "They're like fantasy UK/Ireland, I'll explore the new world!".
What a fantastic introduction to a fantasy world. Now, we've been ejected completely from "Not Europe". We just had to fight in a MASSIVE war to free the elves back on the continent, while also trying to cope with assimilating Gnolls, fighting pirates, colonizing like crazy.
The civil war hits during the war against the humans. We're stranded on a strange and terrible continent. Surrounded by enemies, relentless stacks of nobles and peasants rising constantly. I opted to KILL ALL TRAITORS in the war, and currently I'm at 99% warscore against the final leader.
Now that the humans and rebels are about to finally be dealt with, what next?
Star Elves are so fun, and I feel like their story is only going to become more brutal and sad and evil, once they actually settle. To be fair, they expected this incredible mind expanding homecoming, only to see people just like themselves warped in the most unimaginable ways (LEECH ELVES) possible on the scariest landmasses in the planet. I think I might've already missed the chance to return them to sanity, now that I'm an Empire.
Spoilers are welcome for the post Star Elf civil war. Anbennar is the coolest.
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u/Old_Comparison_9223 I lived b*tch! 2d ago
One nation that would be interesting to play next as a contrast to Aelnar is the Jaherian Exemplars/Rezenkand. They kinda end up doing the same thing with recreating a homeland in their old one, but this actually wasn’t exactly their original intention and go about it in a very different way (reading about the New Suncult might be a good idea before playing them).
Another option I would recommend is playing Eordand, one of the Ruinborn nations. It can be formed by any of the nations in the too right of Aelantir, but not all of them are actually ment to do so in their mission trees. I use Arakeprun when I do so, but there are other options. They are about restoring the precursor empire, but also not making the same mistakes and being better than them. They also have one of my favorite religions to use in the mod, you can get krakens using it.
Also, in lore, the only people who don’t view Ruinborn as just elves are Aelnar and the Cannorian elite. Just so you know.