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There are no predefined factions in Ashes of Creation.

It's important to note that Ashes of Creation is a non-faction-based game. What that means is you're not told who your enemy and your friend is. You are not restricted with the players that you can participate in content with. Instead that choice is left to you, the players, and that is an element of the sandbox environment that we're trying to create with Ashes of Creation. – Steven Sharif

Because we are non-faction-based, you want to grant the user the ability to either do things that are "evil" or "good", so there has to be a plethora of choice on the evil side for them to participate in. – Steven Sharif

• There are pseudo-factions (temporary factions) in Ashes of Creation.
  • Node wars flag the citizens of the warring nodes and their allies as enemies for the duration of the node war.
  • Guild wars flag the members of the warring guilds and their allies as enemies for the duration of the guild war.
  • Social organizations offer quest lines to assault other organizations.

We present the player with these soft friction events and then that determines who your friends and your foes are. – Steven Sharif

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