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name: create-faction
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description: Create a new Faction note (political party, guild, secret order, criminal syndicate, religious body, etc.) for the Baltun'ia campaign from the Faction Framework Template — as a faction folder with its Overview note, wikilinked and slotted into the web of faction relationships. Use when the DM wants to add an organization or power bloc (e.g. "create a smugglers' guild", "add a rival party to the Belters", "make the automaton-rights movement a faction").
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---
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# Create a Faction
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First read `.claude/skills/_shared/vault-conventions.md` and
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`z_templates/Framework Templates/Faction Framework Template.md`. Read a real
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faction (`2. World Almanac/Factions/Belters/Belter Overview.md`) and
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`2. World Almanac/Factions/Faction Relationships.md` and `Faction Types.md` to
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slot the newcomer into the existing political map.
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## Steps
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1. **Place it.** `2. World Almanac/Factions/<Faction>/<Faction> Overview.md`
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(folder + overview note, matching e.g. `Belters/Belter Overview.md`).
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2. **Mine canon.** Read Faction Types, Faction Relationships, and the Campaign
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Premise. Identify which existing factions this one allies with, opposes, or
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competes against — especially around the core tensions (automatons, the
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Crown Elect election, the ley-line conspiracy).
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3. **Draft** Type, Core Focus, Regions/Cities of influence (wikilinked),
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Structure & Membership, and public-facing Philosophy/Goals.
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4. **Collaborate on the creative pivots.** Use AskUserQuestion for:
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- The faction's *true* agenda vs. its public face
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- Its stance toward the central conspiracy (unaware / pawn / architect / opposed)
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- Key rivalries and alliances with named existing factions
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- 1–2 plot hooks and a notable NPC leader
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5. **Write the Overview** following the real faction style (concise bold-field
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header, then `## Ideology & Goals`, `## Influence`, `## Notes`, plus Plot
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Hooks and Notable NPCs). Wikilink regions, cities, rival factions, and leaders.
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6. **Connect it.** Add the new faction to `Faction Relationships.md` (and
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`Faction Types.md` if it's a new type) and reciprocally note it in the
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overviews of factions it directly allies/clashes with. Offer to create its
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leader via create-npc.
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