Babel - Chapter 2 - Factions

## About:

The following factions played a part in chapter 2 of Babel, but ultimately either met their end or were disbanded. This wiki page functions as an archive for the factions that have fallen from relevancy in the world regarding chapter 2. The contents of these factions are captured in-media-res, with a small blurb explaining what happened to them after the events of Chapter 2.

## The Golden Trade Company

The Golden Trade Company is a group of Gold Scaled Kobolds that seems to move around and trade gold with adventurers and heroes. They offer to take gold from Heroes in exchange for Magic Items at market value and can be a source of gold rewards for people doing heroic adventures. Their leader is unknown to who it actually is, they simply call him Bob. The sub head of the Company though is known as Eyou, and he is very determined to help the war effort by helping the adventurers.

### Relationship with the Rebellion

The Golden Trade Company does not consort much with the rebellion, outside of giving them gold to fund the adventurers to do things so that the adventurers then spend the gold on magic items or materials to make magic items. They do not seem to care about the particular cause that the rebellion factions are fighting for, just that there are heroes fighting the empire.

### The Golden Guard

The Golden Trade Company uses caravans to transport their gold, as such they frequently get targeted by the less than good members of society to try and steal the contents of their caravans. As such, they have an elite squad of Golden Iron Golems guarding their caravans as they move, potentially aided by adventurers and some well trained Gold Scaled Kobolds.

### Profits?

The Golden Trade Company does not seem to be out for profits, at least not in the short term. There may be some long term goal they are after, but it has not yet been made clear why they basically just give away gold to adventurers. They do employ several economists to keep a watch on gold flow and where it is going though, so as to not entirely destroy any sort of economy that some rebel factions might have set up.

### After Chapter 2

With the lack of need for funding towards a rebellion, and their leader turning evil and being defeated, The Golden Trade Company officially disbanded. Many of their merchants split apart to create their own businesses.

## Kin of the Elysium Dawn (Chaotic Good)

From the many factions, beliefs, individuals and goals that compose the rebellion, the Elysium Dawn will be among

those to say it does not matter, as long as one seeks liberation in their heart; not simply to collapse an empire to make their own or bring about bloodshed for its own sake.

Founded by Kenaeth Brus from a small group of his clansmen when they landed on the shores of the main continent, the Elysium Dawn has grown into one of the major pillars of the rebellion. Founded with the perhaps core beliefs of the rebellion in mind, the group strives to maintain the noble ideals that one finds in opposing the Verk Empire. Though not all members of the Elysium Dawn are of the burning sense of good they were founded upon, for folly is the nature of being, as a whole the sect seeks to promote the loftiest, truest ideals of what many hope the rebellion to be. Seeking not to serve the divine, noble or individual the goals of the Kinship are quite simple. To assure that all that would seek to oppress the innocent are foiled, that each individual is given the chance to live their life and make their own mistakes but still know that those that need aide are never to be forgotten.

None are excluded from the ranks on basis of past, race or gender, if one sees the good in freedom and in strength of unity, then they are welcomed with open arms. Freely accepting even those with pasts seemingly irredeemable, if one truly commits to the selfless cause of the Dawn, then they too may find kin to share their burden.

Being quite sizable and focused on the well being of the civilians caught between the forces of freedom and tyranny, much of the work done by the Elysium Dawn falls in less glorious pursuits; running supply and logistics between rebel locales, manufacturing of basic necessities and munitions to keep soldiers going and forts operating, relief and evacuation efforts and training militia. However, despite their focus on logistics the Dawn does not shy from the front-lines as undoubtedly if a conflict is happening, operation bases are being set and civilians put in danger there will be Kinsmen in the thick of it; be it with blade or barrel at the ready.

### After Chapter 2

With their leader mysteriously disappearing, the Kin of the Elysium Dawn slowly lost their organization and disbanded. Many wish that he return, but none search of him.