Factions

The Party

Also known as The Arrivals

The six outsiders who joined Torrentmoot’s contests and accepted Bonesnap’s invitation to the aurochs hunt.

The Parents

The worried parents of Kar, Xan, and Ilo, whose plea began the children’s rescue.

The Orc Holds

Also known as Belkzen’s Halls

Belkzen’s independent holds, gathered under the Flood Truce while Ardax argues for deeper alliance and collective defence.

Orcs

The many orc peoples of Belkzen whose history, identity, and future stand at the centre of the campaign.

Knights of Lastwall

Veteran enemies of the orcs now seeking cooperation against the greater threat of the Whispering Tyrant.

The Pathfinder Society

Field agents dedicated to exploring and recording world history while forging connections across borders.

The Warmongers

Urgir’s most traditional political bloc, favouring decisive physical solutions over hesitant diplomacy.

The Reverent

Representatives of Urgir’s many faiths, united by the desire to strengthen the orc people.

The Provident

A bloc representing common hunters and raiders while defending the balance of power among the holds.

The Jobbers

An emerging merchant-class bloc favouring business growth and accused of dismissing tradition.

Oprak

A militaristic hobgoblin nation seeking alliances so its neighbours will not test its strength.

The Blackjackets

A prestigious, disciplined Druman mercenary company seeking recruits and knowledge of orc battle tactics.

Golden Wheel Trading Company

A small mercantile conglomerate looking toward Belkzen’s opening markets.

Prophets of Kalistrade

Druman merchant-mystics interested in Belkzen’s markets, though few risk travelling there.

The Aspis Consortium

A cutthroat commercial organisation always seeking fresh recruits willing to bend the rules.

Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye

Ustalavic occult scholars who are rarely granted safe passage into Belkzen.

Kellid Followings

Northern communities that stand to gain from safer trade routes through Belkzen.

Empty Hand Hold

Belkzen’s most powerful hold, ruling Urgir and driving the campaign to unite against the Whispering Tyrant.

Death’s Head Hold

The hold surrounding and guarding Urgir, closely allied with Ardax’s Empty Hand Hold.

Burning Sun Hold

A Sarenrae-worshipping hold that challenges some crueler traditions while remaining ready for battle.

Gutspear Hold

A displaced, itinerant hold represented at Torrentmoot by the formidable Grothlyn Zor.

Unbroken Horn Hold

The powerful rulers of Wyvernsting, renowned for blacksmiths, trained megafauna, and aggressive trade.

Storm-Screamers of Rull

Nomadic weather-masters who welcome the floods and guard the aurochs migration, now divided over Dergram’s prophecy.

Cleft Head Hold

A pragmatic, guarded hold controlling Splitskull Keep near the Ustalav border.

Bloodied Gauntlet Hold

A formerly Gorum-devoted hold searching for spiritual direction and renewed purpose after the god’s death.

Wingripper Hold

A hold known for training and riding wyverns.

Death Tower Hold

A hold devoted to unsettling religious rites and shadowed by rumours of the Carcass Man.

One Eye Hold

Darklands-descended residents of Blisterwell locked in a long rivalry with the Haskodar Hold.

Haskodar Hold

A newer Blisterwell hold competing with the One Eye Hold for control of the town.

Ice Tooth Hold

A northern hold focused on hunting, megafauna, and trade rather than Urgir’s politics.

Drowning Sand Hold

Expert navigators who ferry travellers across the Dirt Sea’s treacherous quicksand.