Order · law · rebuilding
Dawn Pact
The repentant heirs of the empire: humans, dwarves and gnomes sworn to share the Dawn with anyone who accepts the law. Behind the banners is fear, and an Inquisition that burns what it does not understand.
- Races
- Human, Dwarf, Gnome
- Capital
- Valcrest, a city on an island in Helmsmere
- Leader
- High Lord Aldric Vane
“For the Dawn!”
Freedom · oath · strength
Iron Host
The orcs were the empire's chained soldiers. In the dark of the Eclipse they broke their chains and built Kor'Vash inside the crater where the rite was cast. They guard the volcano now, with the trolls and minotaurs who joined them.
- Races
- Orc, Troll, Minotaur
- Capital
- Kor'Vash, inside a volcano crater
- Leader
- Forgelord Ulmarr
“By Iron!”
Balance · memory · passage
Circle of the Veiled Moon
Moon elves who left the Pact, the Returned dead they protected, and the moth-folk who have always guided souls. On the misty isle of Nyr they work to stitch the Veil shut. Everyone else calls them the people of the dead.
- Races
- Moon Elf, Returned, Phalen
- Capital
- Nysaleth, a ring of standing stones
- Leader
- Veil Warden Ilyra Dawnlight
“Under the Moon!”