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