I was thinking of a race that didn't really progress down the magic or tech tree. Something like the Chimera Ants from HxH or the Zerg from Starcraft. More or less a race that adapts and evolves, with buildings being organic or something like ant-hives. If not suitable for this, which is perfectly understandable and I wouldn't complain, then I'll go a tech race to balance out Mae's magic and work from there.