Boris Gudenuf
Deity
. . . It might explain why his laugh makes me want to straight up murder him.
" - may smile and be a Villain . . ."
Like many other people, I confess the most interesting of Civ VI's rulers to me were the ones I knew least about: Lautauro because I've never really studied pre-Columbian South America, and Poundmaker because the Cree, to me, were Them Guys that fought the Nadouessioux and corralled Bison . . .
Since my undergraduate work was mostly European History and my graduate work was Classical Mediterranean - Middle East there were not many revelations to be had in the Civs from there (except for numerous What Were They Thinking?! moments) and in recent years I've gotten increasingly interested in Central - East Asian history so that was at least reasonably Familiar Ground as well.
Kupe surprised me the most of all Civ VI's leaders, but mainly because I couldn't imagine anyone would consider making him a Leader in a purportedly Historical 4X game when just among the Maori you have the likes of Wiremu Kingi, Maui Pomari, Apirana Ngata, Te Wherowhero available . . .