How about this, to be different?
Cronocke
Core sovereigns have the life and death books, but custom races have them instead of custom sovereigns. See for yourself - make a Kingdom and an Empire faction, then open the files up in Notepad. Those will have the Life and Death spellbooks, and your sovereign won't. Why? You'll have to ask SD themselves.
I love how people are debating about the realism of skimpy armor in a game where I can ride a giant wolf and create elemental fire with my mind while leading an army of ogres. [e digicons]:dur:[/e] Joking aside, I don't even care what sort of armor my male and female sovereigns, units, and champions can wear. All I want is the ability to tell that the women are women and the men are men, even when they're wearing armor. Right now, a woman in armor looks like an effemin