Orders & factions

Power wears many masks

You can cooperate with every major order, but no playthrough can satisfy all of them. Regional outcomes depend on who you empower and what truths you reveal.

The Lantern Ward

Protectors of roads, villages, and old boundary stones. They value continuity and public safety.

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The Rootbound

Druids, healers, and spirit mediators who believe the kingdom must negotiate with the living forest.

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The Ash Tribunal

Investigators and militant priests determined to destroy corruption before it spreads.

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The Veiled Choir

Secretive historians who preserve forbidden memory rituals and the names of erased rulers.

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The Iron Kin

Frontier smiths and hunters who reject royal authority and survive through craft and mutual defense.

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The Blackbriar Court

Remaining nobles seeking to restore centralized rule around the buried capital.

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