Faction Name: The Stormraiders
Faction Type: Collection of semi-nomadic tribes.
Capital: The Hive.
Holdings:The Hive, Hotwaters, Ashenfield, Grey Forest, the Lonely lands, Iceriver, Hidden Mountain, the Three Peaks, Last Mountain, Southernlands, the Forgotten One.
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Flag of the current reigning clan.
Leader(s): Rotary Tribal Council.
Persons of Importance: The hundred and eighty two chiefs of the clans.
Racial Demographics and Population: Uniform racially, almost all of them human, even though most have some kind of alteration thanks to biotech modifications to their ancestors from before the catastrophe. Their numbers reach around 150.000
Culture and Religion: To understand the Stormriders it is necessary to understand the environment in which they live most of their lives, this being the harsh wastes of the great desert. Contrary to popular belief, the Stormriders don't spend most of their time in cities or oasis but travelling between them. Harsh doesn't even begin to describe the lifestyle most of the population has. Therefore, it is no surprise that they had to develop a very specialized lifestyle which includes leaving behind most of those who can't take care of themselves for basic things.

The Stormraiders live either on the move, or, unknown to the rest of the wastelands, hidden in underground caves. Of all of the Holdings of importance they posses, the most important ones aren't mobile, but almost nobody but them knows it. While they are a minority, eleven to be exact, these are the centres of culture and where most of the important events that concern the whole culture are held. We will be back to this point soon.

To be a Stormraider is to be almost completely self-sufficient and know how to survive in the wastelands. While it is extremely rare that a single tribe member is found travelling alone, every person in the caravans is expected and educated all of his or her life to survive in the most hostile of the environments for an indefinite period of time should the need arise. However, this doesn't mean that either the quality of life of the Stormraiders is low nor than that they haven't developed other methods of dealing with their daily struggle which have made for a comfortable existence.


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The Schiift, literally "hounds", are a race of blind, gregarious canines that live symbiotically with the Stormraiders. They have the best known sense of smell and can dwell in almost all environments. Added to this is the fact that they are apex predators capable of reaching almost 250km/hr in flat terrain in short bursts, maintain around 100km/hr for days on end and are excellent diggers. All of this has made them the perfect partner for the tribes. From time immemorial since the great disaster it has been this way.

Their capacity to reach and maintain such high speeds with little energetic cost has allowed them to travel at the same speed as the motorized caravans of the Stormraiders and their digging ability has been widely used in the construction and maintenance of the great underground shelters. They are also extremely well suited to the hunting methods of the tribe members. The Shiift are so engrained in the culture of the nomads that the pups are often feed human milk and vice-versa.

The aforementioned methods of hunting consist mainly of bows and crossbows, with powder weapons being granted only to the very best shooters of each tribe and therefore being considered among the highest honours. That isn't to say that one should underestimate a normal Stormraider; on the contrary, they are extremely lethal with ranged weapons and slightly less so with close quarter ones.
Even though they are traders, the Stormraiders don't accept fiat money, due to its uselessness in the deserts and other hostile environments in which they spend most of their time.

The immobile holdings of the tribes are dug underground by the Schiift and reinforced with the technology they tribe members scavenge. They are also sanctuaries for technology and have a much higher quality of life for the elders which live on them, their only permanent population. That doesn't mean they aren't completely devoid of people save for the elders, just that those that inhabit them don't stay beyond what takes the next group to arrive.

These holding also serve as place for the rituals and councils of the whole people, with The Hive being the most important.
History: Stormraider society hasn't changed much in general terms even though they possess a rich history of tribes' and clans' disputes and internal conflicts which is very detailed in their records.

Military: Every person in the tribes that can walk can fight, and, while slow to anger and always on guard, a Stormraider is a lethal combatant.
Other: The usual basic equipment for a Stormraider consist in:
- Between 3 and 7 bows and crossbows and their corresponding arrows.
- Several Blowpipes and their corresponding darts.
- Usually two halberds.
- Three or more spears.
- A multipurpose axe.
- A multipurpose sword or machete.
- Several knives.
- Poison to coat most of the aforementioned.
- All-terrain boots.
- A gas mask.
- Travelling cloaks.
- A motorcycle or equivalent.

Faction Name: The Disciples of Yre-Keltha

Faction Type: Theocratic tribal community

Capital: Vulkorrth, the Crepuscular Shrine

Holdings: The Disciples make their home in a vast maze of subterranean caverns and tunnels whose main mouth is located near the Ashlands, and which extend to unfathomable deeps beneath the barren wastes. None has ever explored them in their entirety, and those who venture into the lower reaches often fail to return. Vague tales and rumours tell of impossibly vast chasms, black, boundless oceans which never saw the light of day and creatures strange even by the standards of the cavern-dwellers; yet none of them has ever been confirmed.
Aside from their main settlement in a number of large chambers below-grounds, the Disciples maintain a few outposts at a certain distance from the cavern mouth, both in the Ashlands and the wastes to the south-west. These spots serve as observation and guard points, as well as staging grounds for hunting or raiding expeditions.

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Leader: Elder Skotarch Alth-Vuul

Persons of Importance:

Skotarch Darr-Nrath

Handler-Master Koluun

Great Overseer Tramnos Vallin

Racial Demographics and Population:

Culture and Religion:

History:

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Faction Name: “The Golden Coin”, also called simply “The Brotherhood”
Faction Type: Blackmarket, mainly trading focused and defensive oretinated faction
Capital(if applicable): Dawnhill
Holdings(if applicable): A few various trading posts and the odd settlement around their city of Dawnhill
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Leader(s):

The Golden Coin is subdivided into 3 categories, the overseer is an elected official who is chosen by all three of the categories to represent the Golden Coin and it’s people.

Overseer - Joseph Green

Persons of Importance:

The three heads are voted in by members of the category (Soldiers, traders, people etc)

Head of Military - Moe Williamson
Head of Coin - George Howard
Head of People - Julie Mistwater

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Racial Demographics and Population:

Due to the trading nature of the Coin, a lot of ethnic groups and cultures beside the “city dwellers” do exist in Dawnhill. Various races and skin colors co-exist for the part mainly due to the need for co-existing in a primary trading environment. The population for the Coin is mainly concentrated in it’s city but they are a few chunks that exist in trading posts, caravans and other smaller groups.

Culture and Religion:

Culturally the Golden Coin is varied. Dawnhill has been called a trader’s paradise and one of the places where the coin is top power. With trading as a key aspect of daily life on average if you aren’t involved in the military you'ref involved in some sort of trading connection for the Golden Coin. Innercity trading is mostly of food, clothing, gems electronics and other luxuries and needs for daily life.

Outercity trading is where things get exciting. Vehicles, weapons to expensive gadgets are sold here, but often away from the general public’s eye. Of course it’s easy to acquire these goods but it simply takes time. The Golden Coin’s governments keeps tabs on every one of its businesses through agents, extensive bookkeeping and through a deep array of sources and informants.

Leisure wise various things exist. Weather it be racing go-karts on tracks for kids to the various gambling dens in the city, any one of any age or gender can have fun. Of course drugs and prostiution do exist and are legal but again, outercity.

Religion is where things get murky. No established churches nor religious buildings exist in the city, not even outercity. There has been a push for some sort of church but various inner-city factions are against it, saying it’ll add strain onto the community’s health but also jeopardize trading due to the need to adhere to religious customs and laws. Of course the government has the land innercity, but it’s a political mess one could say.

History:

The Golden Coin has had a fabled past. None can really point to where it began or when it stopped due to varying accounts by varying sources. However people do agree the Golden Coin did have influence during the Golden Age’s but simply wasn’t known. Some argue that the Golden Coin traces it lineage to noblemen and other high ranking aristocrats. Though some village elders that live in the library’s and other places tend to provide a unbiased history… if your willing to listen that it.

Military:

The Golden Coin’s armed forces are mainly defensive, however they are capable of performing offensive tasks to a degree of high efficiency if needed. Trading convoy’s are often accompanied by convoy’s and hidden units along them.
In terms of training a basic recruit get’s six months, mostly of firearms, tactical and risk assessment based training. After that the military divides into 3 branches: Trade, Reconnaissance and Defense.

The trade branch is mainly the convoy vehicles and hidden units. It also consists of the armed detail trade agents and delegates get for performing their respective duties. Trade operatives are often armed with sub-machine guns, pistols and assault rifles but some units do get rocket launchers for rival vehicles and armored targets.

Vehicle wise the Golden Coin in the trade division mainly uses Humvees, and armored armoured trucks as their main drivers. Cargo, men and often a machine gun placement are seen on these vehicles

The recon branch is one of the less known about branches in the Coin military. Recon units often prefer ATV’s, bikes to even simple cars. They often act as scouts but sometimes as long range fighters if the need arises. Sniper Rifles, Assault Rifles aren’t uncommon for these units. The Recon branch is the only branch in the Coin army that has the option for flight training. The Coin airforce is light in numbers however is actively recruiting. Recent drills have gone well and only look to help the Coin’s advancement into the air.

Lastly, Defense. The bulk of the Coin’s forces. Weather it be local patrolmen to outposts guards Defensive units are what make the military. Most defensive units are armed with a standard issue assault rifle, pistol and often either a shotgun or SMG as their backup primary weapon. Tanks, rocket propelled vehicles, hovercraft and many more vehicles are at the fingertips of the Coin for Defense.

Other:

A small airstrip exists out of the city limits of Dawnhill and could be considered the national airstrip for the Golden Coin