5.3 KiB
5.3 KiB
| Faction | Type | Core Focus | Allies / Sympathies | Enemies / Conflicts | Neutral / Opportunists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Vexen Overview | Vexens]] | Political Party (Elite, pro-automation) | Centralized gov’t, [[Automatons | automatons]], free-market capitalism | [[Serpents Coil Overview |
| Belters | Political Party (Populist, anti-auto) | Worker rights, anti-automaton, local/self-rule | Shadowforged (occasional tactical unity), Sable Coven (workers) | Vexens, Serpent’s Coil, [[C of A Overview | Crown of Ashes]] |
| Crown of Ashes | Imperial Conspiracy / Cabal | Re-establish empire, ley fracture, militarization | [[Iron Sentinels Overview | Iron Sentinels]] (secret army), Ashen Court (dealers of relics) | [[Vaultsingers Overview |
| Iron Sentinels | Mercenary Order (secret Crown army) | Elite mercs, arcane war machines, sabotage | Crown of Ashes | Shadowforged, Belters (seen as rebellious) | Serpent’s Coil (contracts), Vexens (hire without knowing true hand) |
| Shadowforged | Underground Resistance | Free automatons, sabotage, anti-capitalist & anti-Crown | Belters (uneasy allies), automatons, Sable Coven (heal support) | Vexens, Iron Sentinels, Crown of Ashes | Ashen Court (competition for relics), Cogswrights (rival/ally ethos clash) |
| Arcane Concord | Arcane Institution | Teaching, leyline balance, responsible magics | Vaultsingers (shared preservation), Sable Coven (medicine overlap) | Crown of Ashes (forbidden magics), Cogswrights (mystic tech-noise), Serpent’s Coil (contraband) | Often courted by both Vexens & Belters as advisors |
| Cogwrights Collective | Mystic Inventors (Philosophical Circle) | Automatons as divine beings, invention-as-ritual | Shadowforged (shared concern over automatons), automatons themselves | Arcane Concord (dismiss mysticism), Belters (reject automatons) | Crown of Ashes (temptation), Serpent’s Coil (artifact leakage) |
| Vaultsingers | Relic Keepers | Preserve artifacts & knowledge for stability | Arcane Concord, Shadowforged (cautious) | Crown of Ashes, Ashen Court (plunderers), Serpent’s Coil (smugglers) | Sable Coven (respect healing neutrality) |
| Ashen Court | Explorer/Merchant Guild | Relic hunters & artifact traders for power & wealth | Serpent’s Coil (black markets), Crown of Ashes (resource buyers) | Vaultsingers (ideological rivals), Arcane Concord (oppose profiteering), sometimes Shadowforged (competition for ruins) | Neutral toward most if profit is possible |
| Sable Coven | Healing Guild | Heal without borders, pragmatic medicine | Belters (workers), Shadowforged (automatons), Arcane Concord (overlap) | Vexens (resent healing “unprofitable”), Serpent’s Coil (try to steal recipes) | Neutral mediator force |
| Serpent’s Coil | Smuggling Syndicate | Contraband, influence via black market | Vexens (mutual profit), Ashen Court (artifact trade), Crown (services) | Vaultsingers, Shadowforged (oppose theft), Sable Coven (stealing supplies) | Opportunists — sell to anyone |