Not having a scout at the beginning is no big deal, but as Sombre said, I do try to live up to my name.
Creating two monsters and not making them recruitable took care of the uniqueness problem, as far as I can tell. So the FM and Prophet can both start for the nation, without worrying about hero events.
I wonder why there are no nation-specific items? Seems to me there ought to be. It seems wrong that mages can forge, e.g., black steel armor without first having to steal the secret from Ulm.
-- Mal