Having never played WoM, but messing around creating characters I realized there were two factions and therefore races not represented with a hero.

Is there some reason for this, perhaps in the lore?

I found this particularly interesting since one of the wonders is named after a Capitar settlement name.

i made a general sov with tactician and wealthy for capitar and a beastlord sov for umber.

Yep, I did pretty much the same myself. I don't see a problem with not having in game sovs for them. It encourages the player to mess with the custom sov feature. My Umber sov is a bandit lord instead.

I bet they are going to be in the expansion as part of the plot. It's a good idea to make some suggestions, but who knows if the devs are even thinking about it yet?

I like the idea of Capitar being able to bribe themselves out of a battle   (aka gold-costing retreat)

However, night assassin might work better for the Umber, imho.

I also like the idea of Horses and Wargs giving the Umber food instead of mounts   ... (perhaps *they* can use Skaths as mounts, as a natural ability perhaps instead of Master Scouts? Or as part of the race. Skath or Umberdroth perhaps ... probably can use Skath mounts, and can build Umberdroths, neh?)

Thanks all for the support.

Hope they will back to main page, bring back the old WOM feeling.

Not sure I am the only one feel like we are not doing enough faction difference?  I don't know but if you played the granddaddy - Master of Magic,

 you will understand my feeling.

I remembered factions are totally unique like dark elves has almost all the units doing ranged attack for the first 4 turns, all units / buildings are purpose color etc.

There is also a flying race, most of them can fly I think is  called kalkon or something like that which kind exciting and totally different even in tactical battles strategies.

Looking back FE, we only have 2 buildings theme - kingdoms or empires and units also look not much different which 1 or 2 special units, special skills or special equipment or special trait.

Not sure if Dev will consider doing some touch up to the units in future like

 1) Have 1 FACTION COMMON ABILITY like Tarth - we can do unit will have 1 starting range attack regardless of whatever tier (I admit this borrow from MOM's Dark elf first 4 ranged attack), maybe another faction all the units can do tunneling (moving underground without restriction of surface objects in battle field) then another one with  ability of simple evolve mechanism to beasts and another one probably can always escape in battle field like above "bribe" suggestion for Capitar.

2) Totally same skin colors for units for each factions, occasionally 1 very unique cosmetic difference like "tails" or "duck feet"? right now we have Magnar with "horns"