Qan
Isolated Society descended from pre-Cataclysm civilization.
Led by Hereditary Rulers
Recorded a fateful prophecy.
Established a form of art or expression.
Fled or abandoned an important location.
Banishes the disloyal.
Affinity for fire and related motifs.
Distrustful of mysticism or magic.
Obsession to using fire to cleanse the world of the Relentless undead.
At WAR with the Ishana Ascendancy.
At WAR with the Brigade.
Does Business with the Visen Arrows.
Ishana Ascendancy
Established Empire
Led by the Ascendant Council, but the Ascendant Emperor is taking control.
Tactics: Assassination and unification of splintered factions.
Vulnerability: Cheap labor industry, always looking for new people to exploit.
Suspicious of the Qan, but doesn’t consider them a real threat.
Supplies resources to the Brigade secretly, trying to disrupt rival trade networks.
Supplies resources to the Visen Arrows as a major trade partner.
Brigade of the Exalted Seekers
Established Organization of Pirates
Holds challenges to test skills.
Corrupt leaders are siphoning resources.
Broke faith with the Qan when they betrayed them in behalf of the Ishana Ascendancy.
Shares a new rivalry with the Ishana against the Qan. (Ishana pays them to assault Qan ships).
Negotiating with the Visen Arrows to reduce piracy against them.
Visen Arrows
Dominant Society
Face occupation and invasion by the Ishana Ascendancy.
Founded a great settlement, the city-state of Viseria.
Led by the Elder Council.
Favors body modifications or tatoos. [Rings and tattoos of arrows, going back to their roots as deadly archers before the rise of gunpowder].
Secretly subordinate to the Qan (many Qan are secret members of the Elder Council).
Subordinate to the Ishana Ascendancy (they rely on trade from the Empire, but fear an outright invasion).
Extorted by the Brigade of pirates, trying to negotiate a truce.