You don't need undead/monsters to change thing, you just need to find the right people, have the right funds and skill set to accomplish a task. Also having allies early can make things easier short term even if you have to give up some ideals you were going for. Granted you can't expect to join a large realm and just bully your way into things. You have to play smart and build. Revan and I did a heck of a job in Giblot then the Highland Empire, Sara was evil haha.
Secondly I brought up the idea of retirement as an option, you can have a lot of fun with that mechanic by allowing a festival celebrating the successes of that character, you can set up how long the festival lasts by how long they were a member of the realm and the age they retired. Someone that makes it to 90 years or more and was in a realm for 3 years should have a heck of a good bye bash compared to someone that tried to retire at 40 with only 200 days played in realm. This could allow people who don't want to see there character die or pause have an option that says GOODBYE. Granted at some point your character should die so you give them a choice, keep pushing forward or retire and know that your character will live in peace and be able to use them in general roleplays within your families roleplay.
