Factions

There are various factions present in Riven Realms. As a vagrus you can run tasks for them and earn reputation. Doing so eventually gives you access to various benefits, and exclusive trade offers.

House Venari
An Imperial Trading House, Venari is an old institution uniting merchants and rich aristocrats into an economic powerhouse. They have monopolies on oil and mushrooms but they are very prominent in other businesses as well.

Opponents

 * House Darius
 * House Oquo
 * Ratharnak Alliance
 * Scythichnis Covenant

House Darius
An Imperial Trading House, Darius was born of a single family's legacy and is now among the most powerful trade unions. It has monopolies on military supplies and is the biggest player in the slave trade.

Associates

 * The Church of Sergorod

Opponents

 * House Oquo
 * House Venari
 * Ratharnak Alliance
 * Scythichnis Covenant

Adversaries

 * Abolishionists?

House Oquo
An Imperial Trading House, Oquo is considered an upstart but has proven to be just as powerful as the other such trade unions. They have monopolies on obsidian and ivory, and their business is growing rapidly even today.

Associates

 * Loaders Guild

Opponents

 * House Darius
 * House Venari
 * Scythichnis Covenant

Adversaries

 * Ratharnak Alliance

Ratharnak Alliance
A merchant charter born of the cooperation between the Green and Bronze Dragonlords, Ratharnak are ruthless businessmen dealing in rare metals and clandestine plots in and outside of the Dragonlands.

Associates

 * Scythichnis Covenant

Opponents

 * House Darius
 * House Oquo
 * House Venari

Scythichnis Covenant
A merchant guild founded on the alliance between the Blue and Opal Dragonlords, the Scythichnis are often more interested in acquiring magical objects and knowledge than in trading goods and resources.

Associates

 * Ratharnak Alliance

Opponents

 * House Darius
 * House Oquo
 * House Venari

Loaders' Guild
One of the large criminal organizations of the Imperial underworld, the Guild sprang out of the unionization of hoarders and loaders but today it is a shadowy gang that runs crime in big cities.

Associates

 * House Oquo

Opponents

 * The Church of Sergorod

Adversaries

 * Carpenters' Guild

Carpenters' Guild
The Carpenters' Guild is one of the most powerful criminal syndicates of the Empire, growing rich on all kinds of illegal activities since its formation out of craftsmen's unions in an age when people knew what a carpenter was.

Opponents

 * The Church of Sergorod

Adversaries

 * Loaders' Guild

The Chuch of Sergorod
Devoted servants of Sergorod, God of Vengeance, Curses, and Rage, the Church is one of the most powerful religious institutions of the Empire and a cornerstone of the official Imperial cult.

Allies

 * The Chuch of Ahskul

Associates

 * House Darius

Opponents

 * Carpenters' guild
 * Loaders' guild

Adversaries

 * Abolishionists?

The Church of Ahskul
Ahskul is the God of Death, and his Church is the greatest of the Triumvirate, the Empire's official religion. Ahskulites look after the dead and hunt down the Undead - at least those not sanctioned by the Church.

Allies

 * The Chuch of Sergorod

Opponents

 * Aboloshionists?