Editing The Endless Wilds (section)

==Factions==
'''The Consortium''': Based in Second Osenvar and nominally headed up by Kolle Mollinar, the Consortium is a powerful and bureaucratic organization. It produces and sells Mana-Siphons to groups of settlers or established cities as well as trains Mana-users of all varieties. Their largest power base, the Consortium Citadel in Second Osenvar, is a closed and mysterious place, with countless closed-off rooms and strange happenings. The steel spire, a rebuilt skyscraper from the ruins of Old Osenvar, is a symbol of the Consortium’s power and wealth, a symbol that many groups would like to see destroyed. While the Consortium has branches in almost every major Capital (except for Aarn, who refuses to allow their representatives to enter to this day,) they remain painfully slow to respond to requests for parts or Magineers. Few Mages can afford their prices, but the training and official recognition the Consortium provides is invaluable.

Mr. Smith, the head of the criminal forces in Aarn, is working with the Consortium. He is trying to incite a war between the ruling council and the Aarn to create an opening for them to take over an entire city, growing the Consortium power base exponentially. This plan is secret to all but the highest managers of the Consortium, some of who disagree with this strategy. Of all the factions, the Consortium has the most power and resources to face the Cores head on, which they staunchly refuse to do (publicly, due to the risk, privately, because it helps perpetuate the Mana-Siphon economy and generate more revenue for a better push against the Cores).

'''The United Front''': An attempt by the elders of Aes Kalon to unite the warriors of the various cities in an orchestrated effort to defeat the Wilds and bring normalcy back to the world. While, in principle, that a United Front would be logical to take on an enemy as large in scope and power as the Wilds, mankind isn’t always as logical as they should be at times. The following are some issues that plague the creation of the United Front:

* Isolation of cities: While the cities and settlements of the world were independent before, the isolation of them between the large areas the Wilds now control has made them even more fiercely independent.

* The Wildsbane: Other cities have a sort of informal hostility towards Aes Kalon given this artifact, making life much easier than those in other cities. Also, other cities want it for themselves.

* Sulinad: People already depend on Sulinad as a go-to place for many matters martial and strategic.

* Ideological differences: Certain ideological mismatches has made unity hard to enforce. The Halliwell Freestate, for example, is hostile to any form of attempts to rein in the blatant criminality going around in their city.

'''The Valerian Front''': Formed by the workers of Valeria when it was under the rule of Grand Duke Weidlig, led by Anvar Kell. Now it is Valeria’s crumbling police force, lacking much of the spirit and discipline it had in its earlier days. Yet, there is a smattering of support in other cities, were a poor disgruntled class of workers are. Though each group of these workers do not yet have enough clout to challenge the current status quo - it's easy to denounce supporters of the Valerian Front as a distraction against the effort to tame the Wilds - it is easily possible that persistence may win more and more hearts and minds as time goes on.