In my first run at building factions in this pantheon I ended up with a strongly polarized division. The two factions really had no direct interactions. They could well interact because they’re in the same pantheon, but the members of the factions have no overlapping portfolios.

In this post I’ll break that up. I’ve got two factions right now. I’m going to change my calculations so I have four some more focal points, and some more direct interactions.

• Faction 1 adds weight to Air, Artifice, Darkness, and Liberation.
• Faction 2 adds weight to Fire, Luck, Sun, and War.

Now I’ll add four more.

• Faction 3 adds weight to Trickery, Chaos, Death, Rune.
• Faction 4 adds weight to Water, Knowledge, Plant, Magic.
• Faction 5 adds weight to Evil, Protection, Community, Earth.
• Faction 6 adds weight to Law, Good, Healing, Charm

Each faction has two primary forces and two mortal interests. No faction has more than one element, but I got caught short and have one faction with two alignments. Ah well, while I was being somewhat consistent in how I assigned them I wasn’t really aiming for strict symmetry. Let’s see how they measure up.

Deity	Face/Point	Opposite	Alignment	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	Primary Domain	Secondary Domains
Unnamed	1	20	NE		1		1	3		Protection	Fire, Water, Evil
Unnamed	2	19	CN	3		1	1			Liberation	Magic, Chaos, Darkness
Unnamed	3	18	LN		1	1			1	Destruction	Fire, Law, Death
Unnamed	4	17	N	4				1		Artifice	Earth, Air, Darkness
Unnamed	5	16	N				4	1		Plant	Water, Earth, Magic
Unnamed	6	15	LG	1					4	Healing	Law, Air, Good
Unnamed	7	14	N		2		1			Strength	Fire, Water, Sun
Unnamed	8	13	CG			4			1	Trickery	Death, Chaos, Good
Unnamed	9	12	LE	1				1	1	Madness	Evil, Law, Air
Unnamed	10	11	CN		1	2				Weather	Sun, Death, Chaos
Unnamed	11	10	NE	1				4		Community	Evil, Earth, Air
Unnamed	12	9	CN		1	1	1			Repose	Sun, Magic, Chaos
Unnamed	13	8	NE				3	2		Knowledge	Water, Evil, Earth
Unnamed	14	7	NG	2					1	Nobility	Air, Good, Darkness
Unnamed	15	6	N		1		2			Glory	Water, Sun, Magic
Unnamed	16	5	LG			1			4	Charm	Law, Death, Good
Unnamed	17	4	N		4	1				Luck	Fire, Sun, Death
Unnamed	18	3	N	1			1	1		Travel	Earth, Magic, Darkness
Unnamed	19	2	LE		3			1	1	War	Fire, Evil, Law
Unnamed	20	1	CG	1		3			1	Rune	Chaos, Good, Darkness
Unnamed	A	L	N		4			1		Fire	Protection, Destruction, Strength, Luck, War
Unnamed	B	K	N				4	1		Water	Protection, Plant, Strength, Knowledge, Glory
Unnamed	C	J	NE		1		1	4		Evil	Protection, Madness, Community, Knowledge, War
Unnamed	D	I	N		3					Sun	Strength, Weather, Repose, Glory, Luck
Unnamed	E	H	LN		1				4	Law	Destruction, Healing, Madness, Charm, War
Unnamed	F	G	N		1	3			1	Death	Destruction, Trickery, Weather, Charm, Luck
Unnamed	G	F	N	1			2	3		Earth	Artifice, Plant, Community, Knowledge, Travel
Unnamed	H	E	N	1			3			Magic	Liberation, Plant, Repose, Glory, Travel
Unnamed	I	D	N	3				1	1	Air	Artifice, Healing, Madness, Community, Nobility
Unnamed	J	C	CN	1		4				Chaos	Liberation, Trickery, Weather, Repose, Rune
Unnamed	K	B	NG			2			4	Good	Healing, Trickery, Nobility, Charm, Rune
Unnamed	L	A	N	4		1				Darkness	Liberation, Artifice, Nobility, Travel, Rune

If the weight indicates the connection a deity has with the faction, and assume that a weight of 3 or 4 indicates membership or close connection to the faction, I see:

• Faction 1: Liberation (Magic, Chaos, Darkness), Artifice (Earth, Air, Darkness), Air (Artifice, Healing, Madness, Community, Nobility), Darkness (Liberation, Artifice, Nobility, Travel, Rune)
• Faction 2: Luck (Fire, Sun, Death), War (Fire, Evil, Law), Fire (Protection, Destruction, Strength, Luck, War), Sun (Strength, Weather, Repose, Glory, Luck)
• Faction 3: Trickery (Death, Chaos, Good), Rune (Chaos, Good, Darkness), Death (Destruction, Trickery, Weather, Charm, Luck), Chaos (Liberation, Trickery, Weather, Repose, Rune)
• Faction 4: Plant (Water, Earth, Magic), Knowledge (Weather, Evil, Earth), Water (Protection, Plant, Strength, Knowledge, Glory), Magic (Liberation, Plant, Repose, Glory, Travel)
• Faction 5: Protection (Fire, Water, Evil), Community (Evil, Earth, Air), Evil (Protection, Madness, Community, Knowledge, War), Earth (Artifice, Plant, Community, Knowledge, Travel)
• Faction 6: Healing (Law, Air, Good), Charm (Law, Death, Good), Law (Destruction, Healing, Madness, Charm, War), Good (Healing, Trickery, Nobility, Charm, Rune)

This accounts for 24 of the 32 deities, leaving 8 with no strong connection to any faction.

It can get a little more interesting with only a bit more work. Almost every deity (Sun being the only exception… totally an accident!) is connected to at least two factions. Let’s say a deity with connections to three factions is not wholly committed to the primary faction, and a deity with a connection of weight 2 to a second faction is actually compromised.

Deities in bold have connections to 3 factions, deities in italics have a strong connection to a second faction. Right now each faction has 4 deities, but if I remove those with weakened or compromised connections I could reduce each to a core of 2 or 3 deities, with others associated.

• Faction 1: Liberation (Magic, Chaos, Darkness), Artifice (Earth, Air, Darkness), Air (Artifice, Healing, Madness, Community, Nobility), Darkness (Liberation, Artifice, Nobility, Travel, Rune)
• Faction 2: Luck (Fire, Sun, Death), War (Fire, Evil, Law), Fire (Protection, Destruction, Strength, Luck, War), Sun (Strength, Weather, Repose, Glory, Luck)
• Faction 3: Trickery (Death, Chaos, Good), Rune (Chaos, Good, Darkness), Death (Destruction, Trickery, Weather, Charm, Luck), Chaos (Liberation, Trickery, Weather, Repose, Rune)
• Faction 4: Plant (Water, Earth, Magic), Knowledge (Weather, Evil, Earth), Water (Protection, Plant, Strength, Knowledge, Glory), Magic (Liberation, Plant, Repose, Glory, Travel)
• Faction 5: Protection (Fire, Water, Evil), Community (Evil, Earth, Air), Evil (Protection, Madness, Community, Knowledge, War), Earth (Artifice, Plant, Community, Knowledge, Travel)
• Faction 6: Healing (Law, Air, Good), Charm (Law, Death, Good), Law (Destruction, Healing, Madness, Charm, War), Good (Healing, Trickery, Nobility, Charm, Rune)

This took much longer to write up than it took to work out (the workbook I use has the weight logic built in; I assign weights and read the values).

I don’t yet know exactly what this all means, but it looks like I have a lot to work with.

Tomorrow’s post! Tomorrow’s post will explore in greater detail what this factional landscape might look like.