Faction name: Maelstrom
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Evil
Patron: ---
Chaos. One word sums up all that is Maelstrom. They may be NPK but their nature is one of chaos, anarchy and lawless bliss. They despise the rules of all the governments and are sworn enemies with the Order of the Radiant Heart. They see no value in structure, only the instant gratification that comes from the onslaught of chaos and the residue that remains.
All anarchists and fans of chaos are welcomed here, the structure is loose and clan members have no love or loyalty for each other past the desire to bring chaos to all those who fight for order.
Keepers of Balance
Faction name: Keepers of Balance
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Neutral
Patron: Sune
From the burning ashes of chaos, life must prevail, endure, and renew. Toril, left to its own ends by the absence of the Gods, has found itself deeply at odds. Crusaders for right war on one side - pushing for good at any cost, while Death rampages on the other - willing to go to any means for suffering and torment. Governments have banded together in opposition of one another, and many without affiliation are left in the ruins. Political ambitions and extreme polarization has filled the vacuum left in the wake of the Black Churchs war on the world. Until now.
The Keepers of Balance are a group of individuals seeking to counter the extreme polarization of the world through balance. The chasm left when opposing forces move apart so violently always leaves a void of disarray in its wake. Balance is the understanding that while each and every position has an opposing side, each side is necessary in order to define the other. Good would not exist without evil, nor evil without good; tolerance is required to evoke this depth of understanding.
Members have the freedom to pursue any focus within the clan - be it balance between magic and technology, balance between good and evil, balance between riches and poverty, balance between knowledge and ignorance - as long as there is an imbalance in the world of any kind, our members can seek to correct it. Those committed to filling the space between polarities and espousing the ideals of tolerance are welcomed into our halls.
Through the spreading of balance and tolerance, we seek to end the age of chaos that has gripped Toril. Though balance and tolerance, we strive to bring into order to what is in disarray. Through balance is the truth, and through truth, balance.
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Neutral
Patron: Sune
From the burning ashes of chaos, life must prevail, endure, and renew. Toril, left to its own ends by the absence of the Gods, has found itself deeply at odds. Crusaders for right war on one side - pushing for good at any cost, while Death rampages on the other - willing to go to any means for suffering and torment. Governments have banded together in opposition of one another, and many without affiliation are left in the ruins. Political ambitions and extreme polarization has filled the vacuum left in the wake of the Black Churchs war on the world. Until now.
The Keepers of Balance are a group of individuals seeking to counter the extreme polarization of the world through balance. The chasm left when opposing forces move apart so violently always leaves a void of disarray in its wake. Balance is the understanding that while each and every position has an opposing side, each side is necessary in order to define the other. Good would not exist without evil, nor evil without good; tolerance is required to evoke this depth of understanding.
Members have the freedom to pursue any focus within the clan - be it balance between magic and technology, balance between good and evil, balance between riches and poverty, balance between knowledge and ignorance - as long as there is an imbalance in the world of any kind, our members can seek to correct it. Those committed to filling the space between polarities and espousing the ideals of tolerance are welcomed into our halls.
Through the spreading of balance and tolerance, we seek to end the age of chaos that has gripped Toril. Though balance and tolerance, we strive to bring into order to what is in disarray. Through balance is the truth, and through truth, balance.
Joybringers
Faction name: Joybringers
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Good
Patron: Lliira
Lliira is a patron, this is not a church of Lliira worhshippers, there is a cult for that. This chuch is about joy and joy comes in all forms from all or no deities. Joy - the common bond.
'Each day is another movement in the Elysian Rigadoon, the joyful dance of a life lived in rapture and without care or frustration. The joybringers seek joy by working to bestow it upon others in their celebrations, songs, and poetry. Festivals are thrown for all. We gather into celebrations the lost, the lonely, the exiled and outlaw, the shunned, and even our foes. We let people follow their own desires, and in return we never fail to follow our own with a smile on our lips and a rhythm in our step.'
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Good
Patron: Lliira
Lliira is a patron, this is not a church of Lliira worhshippers, there is a cult for that. This chuch is about joy and joy comes in all forms from all or no deities. Joy - the common bond.
'Each day is another movement in the Elysian Rigadoon, the joyful dance of a life lived in rapture and without care or frustration. The joybringers seek joy by working to bestow it upon others in their celebrations, songs, and poetry. Festivals are thrown for all. We gather into celebrations the lost, the lonely, the exiled and outlaw, the shunned, and even our foes. We let people follow their own desires, and in return we never fail to follow our own with a smile on our lips and a rhythm in our step.'
Fear
Faction name: Fear
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Evil
Patron: Bane
Little is known about this mysterious organization as its patron is Bane, Lord of Darkness, has a small but loyal following. However, Bane is all about fear, coercion, sacrifice, demented plots and vile intrigues. Knowing that, the tone is set.
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Evil
Patron: Bane
Little is known about this mysterious organization as its patron is Bane, Lord of Darkness, has a small but loyal following. However, Bane is all about fear, coercion, sacrifice, demented plots and vile intrigues. Knowing that, the tone is set.
Black Church
Faction name: Black Church
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Evil
Patron: Malar
Jenova - The Mother. Ragnarok - The Father. Sephiroth - The Son.
Members of the Black Church are followers of Sephiroth. They would lay down their lives for the Lord and believe themselves to be infused with Jenova cells, rendering them special. Their only concern is to serve the "High Priest of the Apprentice, charged with the task of completing the Apprentice's resurrection." They are secretive, devout and have definite plans for the lands beyond the Deva Kingdom. Nothing matters for these beings beyond the long-term goal of seeing the Apprentice returned to the lands at the hand of Sephiroth. However many deaths or disease or famines must occur are merely a means to an end. They feel no love or compassion for those outside their ranks and their entire being truly resides around the One True Son - Sephiroth.
Faction type: Clan
Status: Active
Alignment: Evil
Patron: Malar
Jenova - The Mother. Ragnarok - The Father. Sephiroth - The Son.
Members of the Black Church are followers of Sephiroth. They would lay down their lives for the Lord and believe themselves to be infused with Jenova cells, rendering them special. Their only concern is to serve the "High Priest of the Apprentice, charged with the task of completing the Apprentice's resurrection." They are secretive, devout and have definite plans for the lands beyond the Deva Kingdom. Nothing matters for these beings beyond the long-term goal of seeing the Apprentice returned to the lands at the hand of Sephiroth. However many deaths or disease or famines must occur are merely a means to an end. They feel no love or compassion for those outside their ranks and their entire being truly resides around the One True Son - Sephiroth.
Sentinels of Ehlonna
Faction name: Sentinels of Ehlonna
Faction type: Cult
Status: Defunct
Under the threat of Jihad's destructive plans against nature, sages, rangers and other nature orientated people from various races and places banded together under the flag of the goddess Ehlonna in the year 1270. Never before did the nature orientated classes band together at such a scale. Within a year the Sentinels had risen to great power, and their great hall could be found just southwest of the western gate of Westbridge. However, as the threat waned, Sentinel leadership disintegrated and the cult fell victim on an ideological struggle. A final coup supported by the goddess herself backfired and the Sentinels ceased to be. The great hall of the former sentinels was sold. And although the building still stands today, it serves as a Hoard outpost.
Faction type: Cult
Status: Defunct
Under the threat of Jihad's destructive plans against nature, sages, rangers and other nature orientated people from various races and places banded together under the flag of the goddess Ehlonna in the year 1270. Never before did the nature orientated classes band together at such a scale. Within a year the Sentinels had risen to great power, and their great hall could be found just southwest of the western gate of Westbridge. However, as the threat waned, Sentinel leadership disintegrated and the cult fell victim on an ideological struggle. A final coup supported by the goddess herself backfired and the Sentinels ceased to be. The great hall of the former sentinels was sold. And although the building still stands today, it serves as a Hoard outpost.
Bedlam
Faction name: Bedlam
Faction type: Cult
Status: Defunct
According to Relic
An old anti-governmental cult that opposed the Tripower Kingdom and Vectorian Empire. It was interested in the downfall of governments and instating people's governments. It was mostly centered around gang and pirate oriented activities, led by Relic. Bedlam was closely tied to Shadow Thieves, and became almost a direct branch of the clan. A lot of Shadow Thieves "contracts" that dealt with Bedlam's main focus were taken care of by the cult itself.
The phrase "Ashes to ashes and dust to dust" played an important role in cult code. Often with the leader stating "Ashes to ashes", and the return of any Bedlam member would be "Dust to dust". The Bedlam organization was rich enough to have owned at least one airship. (Bedlam One)
According to The Jihad
Bedlam was a group of Cyricists and other maniacal Jenovese that did not believe The Truth. Rather, as the traditional histories claimed, they believed that The Apprentice was indeed insane, and that his world was indeed filled with anguish and strife. Bedlam's aim, like Jihad's, was to find ways of resurrecting The Apprentice- for very different reasons. They believed that when The Apprentice was resurrected, he would fill the world with strife, and Cyric would rise from his throne to assume his true form- as The Apprentice. They believed that Cyric was, in fact, already The Apprentice, and that The Prophecy was a prophecy of Cyric's ascension into Elder Godhood.
Bedlam pursues many paths to achieve their goals. One was to sometimes subvert the efforts of other Jenovese in order to prevent the fall of the RoK- which they believed caused far more strife still aloft in the sky than if it were to fall. Another, is their effort to gather the Four Elemental Swords of Ragnarok and to take them to the Temple of Light- and to use the powerful wish thereby gained to resurrect The Apprentice without the fall of the Rok.
Most, though not all, members of Bedlam did not pursue any interest in the other five Divisions of Jihad- instead, preferring to act independently as an unofficial sixth Division. The actions of Bedlam were not sanctioned by the Jenovese. In fact, when a member of Bedlam was discovered, that member was sent into exile, if not slain outright. Most Jenovese considered Bedlam a fanatical group beyond redemption.
Faction type: Cult
Status: Defunct
According to Relic
An old anti-governmental cult that opposed the Tripower Kingdom and Vectorian Empire. It was interested in the downfall of governments and instating people's governments. It was mostly centered around gang and pirate oriented activities, led by Relic. Bedlam was closely tied to Shadow Thieves, and became almost a direct branch of the clan. A lot of Shadow Thieves "contracts" that dealt with Bedlam's main focus were taken care of by the cult itself.
The phrase "Ashes to ashes and dust to dust" played an important role in cult code. Often with the leader stating "Ashes to ashes", and the return of any Bedlam member would be "Dust to dust". The Bedlam organization was rich enough to have owned at least one airship. (Bedlam One)
According to The Jihad
Bedlam was a group of Cyricists and other maniacal Jenovese that did not believe The Truth. Rather, as the traditional histories claimed, they believed that The Apprentice was indeed insane, and that his world was indeed filled with anguish and strife. Bedlam's aim, like Jihad's, was to find ways of resurrecting The Apprentice- for very different reasons. They believed that when The Apprentice was resurrected, he would fill the world with strife, and Cyric would rise from his throne to assume his true form- as The Apprentice. They believed that Cyric was, in fact, already The Apprentice, and that The Prophecy was a prophecy of Cyric's ascension into Elder Godhood.
Bedlam pursues many paths to achieve their goals. One was to sometimes subvert the efforts of other Jenovese in order to prevent the fall of the RoK- which they believed caused far more strife still aloft in the sky than if it were to fall. Another, is their effort to gather the Four Elemental Swords of Ragnarok and to take them to the Temple of Light- and to use the powerful wish thereby gained to resurrect The Apprentice without the fall of the Rok.
Most, though not all, members of Bedlam did not pursue any interest in the other five Divisions of Jihad- instead, preferring to act independently as an unofficial sixth Division. The actions of Bedlam were not sanctioned by the Jenovese. In fact, when a member of Bedlam was discovered, that member was sent into exile, if not slain outright. Most Jenovese considered Bedlam a fanatical group beyond redemption.
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