World
5 factions · 5 regions · 6 settlements · 3 landmarks · 15 NPCs
The Frontier and the powers that contest it. Five killing-grounds, five rival factions, the settlements that survive in their cracks, and the notable people who walk them.
Factions
5 Browse all →The five powers contesting the Frontier — corporate, tribal, religious, arcane, and mercenary.
The Circle of Ash
Arcane
"The Veil is not a wall. It is a door."
The Dust Vultures
Tribal
"The land takes what it wants. We are the land."
The Ironbrands
Mercenary
"Cold steel. Cold cash. No questions."
The Orvain Consortium
Corporate
"Progress at any price. Order through debt."
The Redeemers
Religious
"Fire purifies. Salt preserves. Iron binds."
Regions
5 Browse all →The five killing grounds — each lethal in its own way.
Settlements
6 Browse all →Where people gather to do business, drink, or hide.
Landmarks
3 Browse all →Places of power — stable breaches, scars, ruins. The wonders and horrors fixed to the map.
NPCs
15 Browse all →Notable characters of the Frontier — allies, rivals, quest-givers, and bosses.
Baron Elias Thorne
Rail Baron of Orvain
The Orvain Consortium
Captain Beulah "Ironjaw" Stetzell
Western Division Commander of the Ironbrand Mercenary Guild
The Ironbrands
Director Kael
Head of the Consortium Psi-Division
The Orvain Consortium
Doc "Sawbones" Holliday
Unlicensed Flesh Shaper / Back-room Surgeon
Elder Rhun, Voice of the Veil
Leader of the Circle of Ash
The Circle of Ash
Grand Inquisitor Silas Vane
Leader of the Redeemer Order
The Redeemers
Khan Draven Ash-Blood
Warlord of the Cindermaw Clan
The Dust Vultures
Maeve Callahan
Owner of The Lanterns Saloon / Information broker (former Mindweaver)
Mayor "Iron-Jaw" Krell
Mayor of Greystone (retired Ironbrand)
The Ironbrands
Mother Elaine
Matriarch of Bellhaven / Flesh Shaper
Rail Baron Thaddeus Craine
Rail Baron of the Kessick Junction
The Orvain Consortium
Sheriff Crowe
Sheriff of Rustwater
Sister Vesper
Trainer of the Ash-Guard Militia (former Redeemer)
The Circle of Ash
The Ferryman
Boatman of the Thousand-Lantern Fen
The Winch-Master
Operator of the Greystone steam-winch lift