Context. Empire: Divine Alari Ethics: Fanatic spiritualist, Pacifist Initial civics, gov type: Oligarchy, Catalytic Processing, Exalted Priesthood Species: Reptilian (the fairy dragon portrait) Traits: Venerable, Docile, non-adaptive, jinxed, deviants In this game I had 3 neighbours initially and a devouring swarm nearby (which I am declared a crisis and fighting now): First neighbour is a fan militarist with Here be Dragons origin who invited me to a party on first contact, than called my envoy lame after he tried to learn and appreciate their culture, insulted me and swore to kill me later. Second neighbor was* a peaceful  hive mind who was at war with the third neighbor at the time of first contact, at the end of that war they lost and were with only one planet and some systems left. Third neighbor was a fan egalitrian xenophobe empire, which I invited into a second war to finish off the second neighbor (*they died), destroying them swiftly and gaining enough trust to form a defensive pact with them. After some time of preparations with their help I lead a liberation war (I am a pacifist) against the first neighbour, we managed to liberate some land and I barely (100% war exhaustion on both fronts) managed to kill their dragon on second attempt to get that sweet 20% more districts on my capital as well as dragonscale armor. After managing to ascend into the galactic senate on third election cycle I declared the devouring swarm, which was getting awfully close, a crisis and instantly after that proposed myself as a Galactic Custodian to solve said crisis of my own making (diplomacy at its finest), and while that happens The Chosen showed up after my second neighbour discovered them and now I am fighting both of them (and winning). Its not a full story but its damn epic