diff --git a/src/game/engine/src/autoloads/game_state.gd b/src/game/engine/src/autoloads/game_state.gd
index 70307469..cebb29ce 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/src/autoloads/game_state.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/src/autoloads/game_state.gd
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ func initialize_game(settings: Dictionary) -> void:
 	npc_buildings = []
 	_npc_buildings_by_tile = {}
 
+	var settings_seed: int = int(game_settings.get("seed", 0))
+	if settings_seed != 0:
+		map_seed = settings_seed
 	game_rng = RandomNumberGenerator.new()
 	game_rng.seed = map_seed if map_seed != 0 else hash(Time.get_unix_time_from_system())
 	seed(game_rng.seed)
@@ -168,6 +171,16 @@ func create_player(
 	var tier: String = str(race_data.get("growth_tier", ""))
 	if tier != "":
 		player.growth_tier = tier
+	if not is_human:
+		var clans: Dictionary = DataLoader.get_data("ai_personalities")
+		if not clans.is_empty():
+			var ids: Array = clans.keys()
+			ids.sort()
+			var pick: Dictionary = clans.get(ids[game_rng.randi() % ids.size()], {})
+			var axes: Dictionary = pick.get("strategic_axes", {})
+			if not axes.is_empty():
+				player.strategic_axes = axes.duplicate()
+				print("Player %s personality: %s" % [player_name, pick.get("name", "")])
 	add_player(player)
 	PersonalityAssignerScript.assign(player, game_rng)
 	return player