Difference between revisions of "Category:Factions"

All pages on factions are collected in this category.

Default Era factions

• Loyalists

• Rebels

• Northerners

• Undead

• Knalgan Alliance

• Drakes (thread)

User made factions and eras

Imperial Era

• Lavinians (thread) (download in Imperial era) -Turin (incomplete animations)
  • The Lavinian Empire, based in the plains of Lavinia in the center of the Old Continent, is the dominant force there, rivaled only by the Aiyira. They are threatened occasionally by the northern Marauders, and they are not good sailors, but on land they are unstoppable. This is true especially of their homeland, and of the Nemidian lands to their southwest.

• Marauders (thread) (download in Imperial era) -Disto (incomplete animations)
  • The Marauders are a group of humans, isolated in the cold north, and toughened by the lack of Allies, they live as tribes and each tribe can be from a small village to a large set villages led by a Warlord. Diverse in skills but they do not meddle in magic. Having to defend themselves against all foes they are as strong and hardy as any and fear is no barrier to them.
    The Marauders' lone ally is the North Elves, and they are only allies because any war between them would be fruitless and a waste of lives, and because of their mutual enemy, the Wild Elves.

• Wild Elves (thread) (download in Imperial era) -Thunderblade (incomplete animations)
  • The Wild Elves live in the forests to the east of the Marauders. They are a solitary folk, disdaining all men and defending their borders with their lives. They have a strict sense of honor, and they see themselves as the only true elves left. All other elves they view as traitors.

• Arendians (thread) (download with Invasion of Arendia campaign) (download in Imperial era) -Ranger M (incomplete animations)
  • The Arendians are a nomadic culture, living in clans that move around following the herds of game animals which roam the Arendian plains, which lie to the north of the land of Lavinia. They do however have a few permanent settlements for trade reasons.
    Despite their nomadic culture they have a king and royal family, whose origins came from one of their warriors of myth, who slew the greatest dragon to blacken the Old Continent's skies, Gresh. In achieving this he united the clans into one nation and founded Arendia as it is today.
    The Arendians people are obsessed with honour and bravery, to the extent of throwing out people who break their word, commit adultery, or flee from battles, these lone wanderers roam the lands attempting to redeem themselves in the eyes of their people.

• Kedari (thread) (download in Imperial era) -Turin (incomplete animations)
  • Sort of Arabian faction. Are naturally good on sandy grounds.

• Aragwathi (thread) (download in Imperial era) -Wayfarer (incomplete animations)
  • The Aragwaithi (singular Aragwaith) are not really based on anything. Alert!!!!!!!!!The Aragwaithi have left this era. They have been moved to Extended Era.

Subterranean Era

• Dark Elves (thread) (download in The Dark Elves: A New Threat) -Belwar:Original Idea, Assasin:original script & graphics, Warrior King: graphics, Neoriceisgood: graphics, ILikeProgramming: WML scripting; campaign maintainer, Oreb: Maps (incomplete animations)

Era of Myths

• Wargs (thread) (download) -Logan, Jester
  • These manwolves live mainly in (snowy) forests and hills. They are a very peacefull race, only fighting to protect their sacred Mother Nature.

• Shifters (thread) -JW (incomplete art)
  • The Shifters are a community of humans seperated from the rest of Wesnoth in the lands to the south-east. Living their lives unaware of the turmoil the rest of Wesnoth faced, the Shifters focused on studying the arts of magic. Upon the discovery of the art of shapeshifting a new way of life began. Every village in the Shifter community has a school dedicated to the arts of magic with a heavy emphasis on the art of shapeshifting. This is why they are known as the Shifters.

• Celestials (thread)
  • The Celestials are a very spiritual race, believing that there is power in Light and Darkness; and they choose to side with the Light. They believe in this so heavily that they keep their settlements lit at night through bonfires and the aid of a rare species of pixie that radiates light from it's skin. They name these pixies Light Archons and worship them as demi-gods. Celestials also believe something to the effect of "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts." Working together they can achieve great accomplishments quickly.

• Vampires (thread)
  • The Vampires control several cities and villages. They feed upon the human (slave) population that lives there. Vampires themselves are very seductive and attractive creatures. Their mages use fire- and shadow magic, boiling the blood of their victims and destroying their souls.

• Elementals (thread)

Other Play-ready factions

• Taki (thread) (download (included in Taki + Imperial era)) -Kafka, appleide, Seiryu (incomplete art)
  • Faction modelled after the Far East. These units are mainly Chineese and Japenese based units.

• Wild Elves (thread) (download) -Thunderblade (incomplete art)
  • The Wild Elves are also in the Imperial Era.

• Uridians (thread) (download) -Nerdanel, troll unit tree by Temuchin Khan (incomplete animations) (unbalanced)
  • In the years after Mal-Ravanal's failed invasion a lich, lonely in his hiding in the caves of the distant Mount Urid and full of remorse and self-loathing over his undead state, dedicated his powers to the creation of new life. After millennia of failed attempts he was successful. The results, called the Uridians, were not alive in quite the normal fashion and looked frightful to human eyes, but they were intelligent and had free will. The lich taught them much and they discovered more, making their lore very distinct from that of other peoples.
    
    After the lich's demise the Uridians remained. Only ones inclined to friendship with them were the local troll tribe and the carnivorous swamp creatures called the Tsesk, both of whom had been profoundly affected by the old lich's experiments.

• Agari Summoners (thread) (download) - Jamini (incomplete art)
  • Long ago a powerful mage and his followers staged a rebellion against the people of the Green isle, and was banished across the sea. Now people claiming to be their decendents have returned, accomanied by strange creatures from another dimension.

Factions in-progress

• Akladians (thread) -szopen (incomplete art)

• Steppe Orcs (thread) -Zhukov (incomplete art) unplayable
  • Calling themselves the "Steppe's Children", the Steppe Orcs one are of the nonaligned tribes dwelling on the Wild Steppe of the far north, outside the authority of the Orcish Clannate. Their tribe has never known wealth and the hardship of their lives, extreme even by Wesnoth's standards, has left them incredibly hardened. Semi-nomadic in nature, they wander the frozen vastness of the plains, establishing temporary camps in which to wait out the harsh northen winters. While not overly warlike in character, constant clashes with human barbarians and the Northern Elves has caused them to be territorial and wary of all outsiders.

• Frost Elves (thread) -Temuchin Khan, Xan (incomplete art) unplayable
  • When the Orcs first arrived in the lands north of Wesnoth, many Elves were forced to flee their ancient homes. While some crossed the ocean to the north of the Old Continent, most took refuge in the forests that have ever since housed the North Elves. Adjusting gradually to their new environment, these Elves survived and their descendents became quite adept at survival in the arctic wastes. They have become great hunters and skilled beast-tamers, and have developed some highly specialized units that maximize their snowy, icy environment.

• Afinians (thread) -Foxwolf (incomplete art)

• Stick Figures (thread) -JW, Foxwolf (incomplete art)

• Arachnoids (thread) -kshinji (incomplete art)

• Airiya (thread) -Temuchin Khan, Anyar, Cuyo Quiz

• Devlings (thread) -dreampilot abandoned?

• High Elves (thread) -Jetryl (incomplete art) unplayable
  • High elves are from the great elven cities, and though they do share a love of things that grow, they are used to living in the open plain, under the stars, or in the silver towers of their cities. They just weren't raised to be woodsmen, like their kin. They like trees, but they didn't grow up around them.

• Amazons (thread) -Noyga (incomplete art) unplayable, abandoned?

• Saurians (thread) -various abandoned?

• Dardans (thread) (page 10 and beyond) abandoned?

• Chaos (thread) -Neoriceisegood (incomplete art) abandoned?

• Outcasts (thread) -Sea Elf (incomplete art) playable at 200% exp

• Commonwealth (thread) - Flare (incomplete art) currently in alpha

• Shards (thread) -scienceguy8 (ideas complete, designing units, non-existent art)

• Free Goblins (thread) - irrevenant (units being implemented, some art missing)

• Tamers (thread) -deoxy (incomplete art) currently in alpha testing