Category:Factions

There are five main factions in the world of Autumn. These factions, also known as the Pentad Powers, are the Cabal, Centralist Confederacy, Dominium, Los Aclarado, and Kyvan Pact. The five great powers are currently at a stand-off, with no faction maintaining a definite upper-hand.

The two main powers in the West are Los Aclarado and the Centralist Confederacy. The imperial powers of the Aclarado are the remnants of the old kingdoms and follow the classical concepts of colonialism and fuedalism. Opposing the old ways of the Aclarado is the Centralist Confederacy, which adheres to Anthony Hecht's manifesto Centralism of the New Age, which promotes military integration into society and economic autonomy through industrialization.

To the East lies the Dominium and the Kyvan Pact. The Dominium is an alliance of rogue states that have all been shunned by foreign powers. The Dominium lacks a universal political doctrine, but it is more often than not a tyrannical aristocratic government formed around a fuedal system. The Kyvan Pact was formed by the Pereginus kingdoms to maintain their power after the "great conquest" which spread their race across the globe. The Kyvan Pact is a very diverse nation and like the Dominium governments range from state to state, but most are lead by a czar.

The final faction is the Cabal. The Cabal is a shadowy conglomerate of rebels, warlords, marauders, and paramilitaries united by their need to fight the world's superpowers. Those of the "lesser species" are common members of the Cabal, which is viewed as a way to fight oppression.