Well, how about building off the second god rings branch? I found it rather promising, and was disappointed paradox didn't continue it more.
http://fb.countd.eu/cgi-bin/fbstorypage.pl?page=110925044427chickenchaos&path;=nospamstory
the distinguishable branch begins here:
http://fb.countd.eu/cgi-bin/fbstorypage.pl?page=110826225509Paradox&path;=nospamstory
Anyhow, I added the first response to the parasol branch.
