Athar (Defiers, Lost)
	The gods are frauds; the unknowable truth is beyond the veil.
	
	Factol: Terrance
	Sigil HQ: Shattered Temple, Lower Ward
	Task: None
	Home Field: Astral Plane
	Allies: Believers of the Source
	Enemies: -
	
Believers of the Source (Godsmen)
	All life springs from the same divine source, ascending and descending in form as the cosmos tests it.
	
	Factol: Ambar Vergrove
	Sigil HQ: Great Foundry, Lower Ward
	Task: Metalwork production
	Home Field: Ethereal demiplanes
	Allies: Athar, Doomguard (temporary)
	Enemies: Bleak Cabal, Dustmen
	
Bleak Cabal (Bleakers, the Cabal, Madmen)
	The multiverse ain't supposed to make sense; there's no grand scheme, no deep meaning, no elusive order.  The only truth worth finding lies within.
	
	Factol: Lhar
	Sigil HQ: The Gatehouse, Hive Ward
	Task: Asylum management, care for the homeless poor and barmy in the Hive
	Home Field: Pandemonium
	Allies: Doomguard, Dustmen, Revolutionary League
	Enemies: Fraternity of Order, Harmonium, Mercykillers

Doomguard (Sinkers)
	Entropy is ecstasy; decay is divine.  The multiverse is _supposed_ to fall apart.  We're just here to keep leatherheads from interfering.
	
	Factol: Pentar
	Sigil HQ: Armory, the Lady's Ward
	Task: Weapon and armor production
	Home Field: Each negative quasiplane
	Allies: Bleak Cabal, Dustmen
	Enemies: Fraternity of Order, Harmonium

Dustmen (The Dead)
	We're all dead - some more than others.  So, we explore our current state with patience, purge our passion, and ascend toward the purity of True Death.
	
	Factol: Skall
	Sigil HQ: Mortuary, Hive Ward
	Task: Morticians and coroners
	Home Field: Negative Energy Plane
	Allies: Bleak Cabal, Doomguard
	Enemies: Society of Sensation, Sign of One

Fated (Takers, Heartless)
	The multiverse belongs to those who seize it.  No one's to blame for a poor sod's fate but the sorry sod himself.
	
	Factol: Duke Rowan Darkwood.
	Sigil HQ: Hall of Records, Clerk's Ward
	Task: Taxmen, keepers of city records
	Home Field: Ysgard
	Allies: Free League, Mercykillers (loosely)
	Enemies: Harmonium

Fraternity of Order (Guvners)
	Everything has laws; most are dark.  Learn the laws of the multiverse and you can rule it.
	
	Factol: Hashkar
	Sigil HQ: City Court, the Lady's Ward
	Task: Judges, solicitors, keepers of the law
	Home Field: Mechanus
	Allies: Mercykillers, Harmonium
	Enemies: Xaositects, Revolutionary League

Free League (Indeps)
	This ain't no faction, and _nobody_ tells us what to do.  Keep your options open; nobody's got the key to the truth.
	
	Factol: None
	Sigil HQ: Great Bazaar, Market Ward
	Task: None
	Home Field: Outlands
	Allies: Fated (sometimes)
	Enemies: Harmonium

Harmonium (Hardheads)
	Peace is our goal.  But if it takes a little war to get others to set things right, the _Harmonium_ way, so be it.  That's how we'll reach our golden harmony.
	
	Factol: Sarin
	Sigil HQ: City Barracks, the Lady's Ward
	Task: Guards, police officers, investigators
	Home Field: Arcadia
	Allies: Guvners, Mercykillers
	Enemies: Indeps, Revolutionary League, Xaositects

Mercykillers (Red Death)
	Justice is everything.  When properly applied, punishment leads to perfection.
	
	Factol: Formerly Mallin, now Alisohn Nilesia
	Sigil HQ: Prison, the Lady's Ward
	Task: Wardens, sentencers
	Home Field: Acheron
	Allies: Harmonium, Guvners
	Enemies: Often Sensates, Signers, Revolutionary League

Revolutionary League (Anarchists)
	The status quo is built on lies and greed.  Crush the factions.  Break 'em all down and rebuild with what's left - that's the only way to find the real truth.
	
	Factol: None
	Sigil HQ: Mobile
	Task: None
	Home Field: Carceri
	Allies: Doomguard, Xaositects (weak tie)
	Enemies: Harmonium, Guvners

Sign of One (Signers)
	The multiverse exists because the mind imagines it.  The Signers - it could be any Signer - create the multiverse through the power of thought.
	
	Factol: Darius
	Sigil HQ: Hall of Speakers, Clerk's Ward
	Task: Moderation of debates, meditation through relaxation (spa)
	Home Field: Beastlands
	Allies: Sensates
	Enemies: Bleak Cabal (especially), Harmonium

Society of Sensation (Sensates)
	To know the multiverse, experience it fully.  The senses form the path to truth, for the multiverse doesn't exist beyond what can be _sensed._
	
	Factol: Erin Montgomery
	Sigil HQ: Civic Festhall, Clerk's Ward
	Task: Arts and entertainment, productions
	Home Field: Arborea
	Allies: Signers; occasionally Indeps and Guvners
	Enemies: Doomguard; often Mercykillers and Dustmen

Transcendent Order (Ciphers)
	Action without thought is the purest response.  Train body and mind to act in harmony, and the spirit will become one with the multiverse.
	
	Factol: Rhys
	Sigil HQ: Great Gymnasium, Guildhall Ward
	Task: Athletic training
	Home Field: Elysium
	Allies: Most factions
	Enemies: Harmonium (suspicion)

Xaositects (Chaosmen)
	Chaos is truth, order delusion.  Embracing the randomness of the multiverse, one learns its secrets.
	
	Factol: Karan
	Sigil HQ: The Hive, Hive Ward
	Task: None
	Home Field: Limbo
	Allies: Doomguard, Bleak Cabal
	Enemies: Harmonium, Guvners