Harn
148 entries

Factions

Table of Contents

1. Factions

1.1. Balm of Joy   human faction religious clerical_order female celibate

  • Sister order of the Irreproachable Order
  • Main temple in Thay, other temples in Aleath, Coranan, Cherafir, and Tashal
  • Many rural shrines throughout Harn
  • Temples offer healing

1.2. Checkered Shield   human faction religious fighting_order competent

  • Larani fighting order, sponsored by Hyvrik
  • Known for prowess, provides temple guards for Hyvrik and any other good church

1.3. Chindra   gargun faction disorganized

Native to Anadel.

  • Disorganized
  • Fightning Bujoc

1.4. Cohorts of Gashang   human faction religious fighting_order male

  • Agrikan male-only fighting order, sponsored by the Eight Demons
  • Based at Themeson
  • Formal, little-used name is The Cohorts of Gashang, the Emperor of Flame
  • Split from Red Shadows of Herpa
  • Known to bring captives to the Eight Demons

1.5. Copper Hook   human faction religious fighting_order declining small

  • Declining clerical order of Agrik, one dozen knights, sponsored by Fuming Gate

1.6. Crimson Dancer   human faction religious fighting_order female

  • Female Agrikan fighting order sponsored by Kukskin
  • Headquarters is the Quimen keep in Orbaal after banishment from Rethem
  • Still a small hostel in Shiran
  • Known for brutal treatment of Jarin thralls, generally feared by men

1.7. Dark Order   human faction religions clerical_order

  • Order that split from the Ochre Womb due to the Ivashu trade
  • Murders those who engage in the Ivashu trade
  • Inhabit the caverns underneath and joining Araka-Kalai

1.8. Demon Pameshlu the Insatiable   human faction religious fighting_order

  • Agrikan fighting order who are sponsored by the Octagonal Pit
  • Hands no lands
  • Serve as guards, gladiators, beastmasters, slavemasters for Pamesani games in Rethem and Tharda

1.9. Diaffa   gargun faction disorganized

Native to Orbaal.

  • Unorganized bands of Gargu-arak in the forests of Orbaal near Gedan

1.10. Eight Demons   human faction religious clerical_order female sadistic

  • Agrikan, all-female clerical order who sponsor Cohorts of Gashang
  • Known for sexual torture, mutilation and sacrifce of male captives brought by Cohorts of Gashang
  • Split from Herpa the Mace
  • Main temple in Shiran, ohers in Coranan and Golotha

1.11. Fuming Gate   human faction religious clerical_order declining small

  • Declining clerical order of Agrik, one dozen priests
  • Only major temple in Golotha

1.12. Herpa the Mace   human faction religious clerical_order mystical crusader

  • Agrikan cleric order who sponors Red Shadows of Herpa
  • Most mystical of Agrik's orders, deeply involved in politics
  • Favors a crusade against Laranian-dominated kingdoms of Kaldor, Kanday, and Melderyn
  • Main temple in Golotha, covert temple in Coranan who are attempting subversion
  • Broke off from Order of the Eight Demons

1.13. Hyn-Aleori   human faction religious clerical_order conservative

  • Most conservative order of Save K'nor
  • Also known as Order of the Sage of Heaven
  • Avoids overt societal action, likes to collect/study books and artifacts instead
  • Main temple in Coranan, others in Aleath, Golotha, Tashal, and Thay

1.14. Hyvrik   human faction religious clerical_order wealthy

  • Larani clerical order, sponsors the Checkered Shield
  • Limited to western Harn
  • Main temple in Aleath, others in Coranan, Dyrisa, and Shiran
  • Wealthy, holds vast estates throughout Kanday

1.15. Irreproachable Order   human faction religious clerical_order male celibate

  • Celibate male order of Peoni
  • Brother order of Balm of Joy, seems to exist as separate order because of celibacy
  • Looks up to the Balm of Joy for leadership
  • Main temple in Thay, others in Cherafir, Tashal, Shiran, and Coranan

1.16. Kukshin   human faction religious fighting_order female

  • Originally from Rethem, now situated mostly in Orbaal after being banned
  • Only official temple is at Quimen

1.17. Lady of Paladins   human faction religious fighting_order female

  • Fighting order of Larani, sponsored by Spear of Shattered Sorrow
  • Limited to eastern Harn
  • Has holds in Cundras and Fosumo
  • Currently subjugating the Solori in Solora, church disapproving of their excess

1.18. Lord of Chaos   human faction religious clerical_order

  • Clerical order of Morgath
  • Temple in Coranan

1.19. Mamaka the Master of Steel   human faction religious clerical_order

  • Supreme order of church of Agrik
  • Have a tendency to attack other Agrikan orders, such as purging the Pillar of Fire
  • Only temple is in Golotha

1.20. Ochre Womb   human faction religious clerical_order

  • Based near Araka-Kalai, community in a village called Ochrynn
  • Plagued by past doctrine disputes, some factions broke off like Sudelrhyn and the Dark Order

1.21. Octagonal Pit   human faction religious clerical_order

  • Headquartered in Golotha
  • Mostly concerned with operation of Pamesani games in Golotha, Shiran, and Coranan

1.22. Pai-Gardith   human faction religious cleric order obscure

  • Minor, obscure clerical order of Ilvir
  • Operates temple in Golotha
  • Few worshippers
  • Main activity is procuring Ivashu for Pamesani games

1.23. Pillar of Fire   human faction religious clerical_order secret

  • Agrikan clerical order
  • All male
  • Secret temple moves around after only temple destroyed after purge
  • A few dozen priests remaining
  • Suspected of plotting to seize primacy, actually plotting it
  • Secretive: kill those who learn their identity or location of temple
  • Roving Doom not support loyal to them

1.24. Pryeh   gargun faction

  • Collection of unknown number of Gargu-arak bands, west of Elkall-Anuz
  • Fighting their neighbors and Gargu-hyeka from the Felsha Mountains

1.25. Ramala Legion   human faction

1.26. Red Shadows of Herpa   human faction religious fighting_order crusader

  • Agrikan fighting order, sponsored by Herpa the Mace clerical order
  • Occupies Rethemi castle, champions holy crusade against rest of Harn
  • Campaigning to exterminate the Kubora
  • Support King Chafin III

1.27. Roving Doom   human faction religious fighting_order brutal

  • Fighting order of Agrik, sponsored by Pillar of Fire clerical order
  • House of Arketh in Rethem
  • Rethemi kings historically employ them as enforcers

1.28. The Ruthuba   gargun faction

  • Assortment of Gargu-arak bands, southeast of Tontury Lake
  • Some bands hunt in the Ilmen Marsh, hunting and intimidating the Ilme

1.29. Rydequelyn   human faction religious clerical_order comedic

  • Most public of Save-K'nor's orders
  • Stresses comedic aspect of their god
  • Often called the Order of the Fool
  • Chief temple in Shiran, one other in Coranan

1.30. Seafarer Ibenis   human faction religious disorganized

  • Temple crumbling into the Thard
  • Badly organized
  • Runs water-borne pilgrimages to Araka-Kalai across Lake Benath

1.31. Shea-al-Aecor   human faction religious clerical_order small powerful

  • Smallest but most powerful clerical order of Save-K'nor
  • Also know as Order of the Lost Guide
  • Elite scholars who operate behind the scenes
  • Hard to enter: must be exemplary member of one of the two other orders
  • Chief temple is in Cherafir

1.32. Silken Voice   human religious clerical_order female

  • All female clerical order
  • Main temple in Shiran
  • Houses in every city except Azadmere
  • Shiran temple sells and rent pleasure slaves, male/female, usually poor folk

1.33. Sudelrhyn   human faction religious clerical_order

  • Clerical order, officially The Order of Sudelrhyn the Bearer of Loom
  • Wealthy, supported by pilgrims to Araka-Kali
  • Based in Leriel

1.34. Warriors of Mameka   human faction religious fighting_order

  • Fighting order sponsored by the Mamaka the Master of Steel clerical order
  • Have a keep at Bedenes
  • Fighting tribes of Peran such as Kubora
  • Goal is to establish a keep at Kustan

1.35. The Toset   gargun faction

  • A Gargun nation
  • Constantly at war with the Equani due to shared range

1.36. The Wurokin   gargun faction

  • A Gargun "nation"
  • Dwells south of the Anoth Delta.

1.37. Yellow Hand   human faction religious clerical_order

  • Clerical order of Ilvir
  • Main activity is promoting pilgrimages to Araka-Kalai
  • Many clerics more interested in looking for sacred artifacts in ruins of Kelapyn-Anuz beneath Tashal
In this section