Family
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A family is a collection of related people led by a Dhomiro. They are all descended from one of the three tribes: the Erigo, the Riqueza and the Guerra. They contain all manner of different people.
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Kohan
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Kohan are groups of volunteer and outcast warriors-without-family, who traditionally pledge loyalty to their tribe's Hakima.
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Parador
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Brass Coast towns always have at least one parador, a communal social house of business, music, story-telling, drinking and dance. They are often formed of a number smaller Families working together.
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Hakima
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Hakima are highly-organised groups of magic-users whose loyalty is to the tribe, not their family. They are taken to be wise.
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Corsair
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Freeborn Corsairs are traders and privateers who deal with - and raid - bararian bshipping in the Bay of Catazar.
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Sutannir
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Sutannir perform inspiring religious ceremonies for the Freeborn, and (more importantly) organise the parties that follow. They usually include numerous talented performers in their ranks as well as priests.
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Chapter
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A fully functional community incorporating families and individuals from all walks of life, who share a common set of beliefs in the form of a creed.
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Stewards of the Dead
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Dedicated to recording the deeds of heroes of the Empire, they maintain the tombs and mausoleums of the Necropolis. It is also the role of the stewards to deal with dead spirits.
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Unconquered
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Unconquered units are elite Highborn warriors designed to fight battles by any means, in any conditions. They operate with a high level of autonomy, often behind enemy lines or in unknown territory.
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Cataphracts
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Cataphracts units are Highguard's elite heavy warriors, who once rode horses into battle but who, in modern times, represent a resolute and unbreakable wall of steel.
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Guild
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A network of skilled and ambitious people who have bound their fortunes together for mutual gain. Each guild's specific goals and methods vary, but almost universally involves accumulating political and financial power.
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Free Company
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Free companies are military groups in the The League. They are usually mercenaries and in the northern cities they are sometimes referred to as landsknechts.
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Troupe
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Troupes are magical groups who perform rituals through a tradition of theatrical performance called dramaturgy. A member of a troupe is commonly referred to as an actor even if they do not technically perform on a stage.
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Mountebank
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Mountebanks are groups street magicians whose tricks may be sleight of hand or genuine magic, many of whom skirt the edges of the law playing short-cons and rigging street games. A group of mountebanks combines ritual lore with a variety of other skills, doing whatever works to complete their goals.
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Bishop
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The Bishops of the League are its high priests, who provide Virtuous guidance to any who can afford it, and who compete using the size and influence of their congregations. Groups of Bishops are led by an Archbishop.
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Household
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A group of Yeomen led by one of their number, called the Steward
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Landskeeper
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A landskeeper is a figure from the Marches magical tradition, who supports the territories or the nation as a whole. Landskeepers can use a variety of methods, from hearth magics and good practical advice to rituals.
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Market Town
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Market towns send representatives all over the Empire and beyond to secure deals, acquire trade goods, and negotiate contracts. They are rich, and their wealth brings a power of its own that may yet prove to be a match for that of the Households. They may be led by an Alder.
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Monastery
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Monks minister to the spiritual welfare of the folk around their monastery, largely ignoring Household boundaries. They divide their time between study of the Imperial Faith and working the farmlands claimed by the monastery.
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Warden
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The Warden fellowships are heroic warriors who employ magical protection along with their armour and weapons to hunt down the terrors of the Varushkan wilderness, and to uphold Imperial Law.
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Schlacta
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The Schlacta are Varushka's well-organised bands of soldiery, who provide defence to a place or an employer.
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Vale
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A typical Varushkan settlement, led by a boyar, able to protect themselves against the darkness.
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Cabalists
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Cabals are teams of ritual magic-users, who often act as individual groups, independent of their vales. Each Cabal is different from each other, but their magical might grants them considerable influence.
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