Editing Second Age Locations (section)

==Factions and Orders==

The Esperance College: also known as the House of Hope and Joy, a sect of barefoot pilgrims who wander from place to place, pondering the cryptic words of their First Teacher

The Order of the Pen and the Rose: an ascetic monastic order required to spend much of their time climbing the perpetually ascending stairs around the walls of their monastery

The Asutrans – a community which spend their entire lives sailing up and down the Yellow River on their pyramid barges, believing that if they so much as touch solid ground, they will turn to water and melt away.

The Scarlet Veil – a monastic order of sorcerer-assassins, masters of the deadly Flying Guillotine Style

The Order of the World Memory: an order of scholars who believe that Creation is being continuously destroyed and remade, and that their archives provide the only blueprint for each new incarnation. Their monastery is based on Mount Koa, in the lands of the Haslanti League.

The Sodality of the Unlocking Moment: a brethren of philosophers who believe that all time passes in a single moment

The Dwellers in the Splendid Present Instant -Immaculate heretics who believe that only the present instant is real, and that the past and future are illusions

The Blue Dragon Company –a Lookshyan mercenary company led by Captain Karal Jaingha

The Blood-Drinkers –a Theosi mercenary company made up of former Sacred Dancers

The Brass Legion – a Southern mercenary company armed with firewands

The Storm Crows –a mercenary company exclusively employed by the Guild

The Sky Wolves – a Haslanti mercenary company who specialize in aerial raids using gliders

The Sky-Priests –a monastic order who believe that life itself is an unwinnable game whose rules can be understood and codified, and whose ultimate goal is to turn the terms of the game from competition to cooperation