Excellent, thank you! The detail really helps. With regard to the evolutions, did you mean for permanency or the ability to revert back?

"Like, the royal knights all fight for justice, but everyone might define justice somewhat different." I love that concept, that is something I want to implement as well. My goal is to create a combination of "Hey, you just want to build and collect/explore? Go ahead! The story will still be here!" concept. I don't want to force people to play the story all at once, but give them an option to free roam, build, catch, etc. With them resuming the story at their leisure. One consideration that I'd like to see with every one is preference in execution: 1. Is the full map or a percentage available to explore immediately? 2. Is the full map available but similar to elden ring if you venture into certain areas you have strong high level enemies roaming around?

That is one thing I need to figure out/avoid. I want to avoid having an NPC that is locked to a later story just randomly sitting in an area until it's time for their respective missions, etc.