I think with all things said, Kyiv could at least be it's own city-state.
They partially are with Babylon. At least their UU and unique building Civilopedia entries states their connection to Assyria.AKSHUALLY, assyria should be in the game regardless and it's heinous robbage that they aren't.
Hopefully his weird cult is dead in 40 years.
There's no reason to assume Tomyris was fictional. Semiramis was certainly fiction (and a highly fetishized fiction at that), but she was based on a real queen. A real queen who ruled Assyria at one of the lowest points in its history, but...If you want a woman to rule Assyria, at least choose someone interesting like Naqi'a or Serua-etirat, not some Greek fetish. Both were highly influential during the reign of Esarhaddon.
Gilgabro's Sumer is also basically Assyria.They partially are with Babylon. At least their UU and unique building Civilopedia entries states their connection to Assyria.
I was really hoping Alexandr Nevsky or Ivan III would lead Russia in Civ7. That's not going to happen now.
Well, Ivan III, Prince of Moscow and All Rus, might be a dim possibility, but he doesn't have the romantic appeal of Alexandr Nevsky.
Yes? That’s what we do haha
The mentality of immediately moving on to the next thing tends to result in my losing excitement for the present thing.
Yeah, but it IS their general rule.
Was mentioned in some interview some years ago IIRC.
I can entirely understand that! I guess for me, the fun lies in speculating who and what could come, so since we already know what's coming, there isn't as much fun anymore besides to see how everybody looks and feels and then gameplay mechanical abilities stuff. Given we've gone two years since NFP and haven't been able to really speculate on stuff, it's a long break and then a breath of fresh air that was cut short by the leak combined with everything getting revealed upfront on announcement
I asked someone - getting the licensing to use someone's likeness is pricey, so they probably avoid those people to begin with unless that license is inapplicable (like in cases of Ancient era people of interest).Yeah, but it IS their general rule.
Good point as well about this being “pent up” speculation from the long drought after NFP. I get that entirely. It’s really nice to have a reason to think about Civ 6 again!
I predict Isis Cleopatra (or some variation thereof). Cleopatra probably never dressed after the fashion of Ancient Egyptians in real life, but she was portrayed in art in the guise of Isis.
Queen of the Mediterranean works just fine for old CleopatraNow that we know the personas what do you think the other names of the leaders will be?
I think the most obvious one is Viking King Harald.
Scholar Saladin
Public Works Qin Shi Huang?
Star-Crossed Lover Cleopatra, unless Ptolemaic Cleopatra is the old one?
Empress Victoria
Suleiman the Magnificent sounds like it could be the current version. I'm not sure. Suleiman the Lawgiver could be a cultural one, or vice versa.
From what little I know, she and Marc Antony would hold lavish feasts and dress as gods. So it's not implausible that she would have dressed as Isis.
She doubtless would have worn a himation like Athena. Or, given how she scandalized the Romans, perhaps went nude like Venus. Worth noting, even the Copts weren't wearing sheath dresses and wigs in 30 BCE; it was just an artistic convention.From what little I know, she and Marc Antony would hold lavish feasts and dress as gods. So it's not implausible that she would have dressed as Isis.
That makes more sense than trying to go all Shakespearean with the name. She already mentions how she's Isis reborn in her greeting.
