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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 4838935" data-attributes="member: 63">Cool. Good idea. So what should some of the factions be? How to make them distinct?As I've envisioned Kequalak, it's sort of akin to the European Union, or the Arab League -- an alliance of nations with some unity of goals, but a lot of inter-regional grudges. They're mostly held together by the leadership of the Caliph, a position which can pass by bloodline as easily as by worth. Whoever holds the title of Caliph can control any of the nature spirits or elemental beings in the land that he rules, and a lot of the political dealings involve trading favors in order to get the Caliph to command the spirits of one region or another to do the people of that land a service. Very high magic sort of stuff, like creating islands, or growing fertile crops in the desert, or raining fire down on invading armies.Ahm-La-i-m wants to kill the dragon both to show that he is worthy to rule, and because the beast has dominion over a region that the Caliph wants to add to Kequalak. If they can control the rift to the Elemental Chaos, they'll have even greater power at their command. I imagine, though, that some factions might not want the Caliph to have such power, and others might want to aid the Caliph in order to curry favor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 4838935, member: 63"] Cool. Good idea. So what should some of the factions be? How to make them distinct? As I've envisioned Kequalak, it's sort of akin to the European Union, or the Arab League -- an alliance of nations with some unity of goals, but a lot of inter-regional grudges. They're mostly held together by the leadership of the Caliph, a position which can pass by bloodline as easily as by worth. Whoever holds the title of Caliph can control any of the nature spirits or elemental beings in the land that he rules, and a lot of the political dealings involve trading favors in order to get the Caliph to command the spirits of one region or another to do the people of that land a service. Very high magic sort of stuff, like creating islands, or growing fertile crops in the desert, or raining fire down on invading armies. Ahm-La-i-m wants to kill the dragon both to show that he is worthy to rule, and because the beast has dominion over a region that the Caliph wants to add to Kequalak. If they can control the rift to the Elemental Chaos, they'll have even greater power at their command. I imagine, though, that some factions might not want the Caliph to have such power, and others might want to aid the Caliph in order to curry favor. [/QUOTE]

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