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The Crimson Eagle wrote:

Master Sima Yi wrote: I have to say I personally don't see much of an issue at this point when it's not up to thirty lines of era icons. Whether it's one line or three, doesn't really make all that much of an issue I'd say. A solution to this though would, I think, to indeed bring it down to a literal era icon, as well as a faction icon.

As for the issue Sol Pacificus raises, perhaps it is best to use the names that apply to the location that they are set in. So the Jiajing Emperor would not have a Renaissance era icon but, for lack of something I can better think of at the moment, a Ming dynasty icon. This however raises another issue of what symbols to use. I think this is the best solution, personally. Certainly better than what we're using era icons for at present. Also, I neglected to mention it originally, but I've no issue with faction icons. They don't pose much of an issue, I don't think. As for the question of what symbols to use though... I'm stumped. Any ideas from anyone are certainly welcome here, since I lack the imagination required. I myself also don't think there is much of an issue at the moment. The faction icons are fine as is, but I will admit that I do find the idea of using era icons that actually indicate the era that the character lived in to be very interesting. Admittedly, finding a symbol to represent the era seems rather difficult, not to mention the fact that we would need an icon for Modern Day as well.