Excerpt from the Abbey Grimoire, The Strife:

The Conflux, being a strange and dangerous place, has drawn humanity together to form myriad factions, pooling their hopes and fortunes in search of prosperity and security. Most factions reflect cultural divides: it is a rare thing to find a Feron warrior in league with a Malleon banker, but in trying times these things do happen. But just as all human life in the Conflux is descended from the three great civilizations, factions in the Conflux stem from these initial bonds of cultural brotherhood. These great civilizations are: 1. the Isan Free Peoples, that disparate band of loosely allied nomadic tribes, who venerate the one true God, and rule by popular acclaim. 2. The Malleon Empire and the Commonwealth it birthed in the Conflux, both bound by the maxim of Coin and Code, whose great wealth and profits from colonial holdings are the envy of all. 3. The Feron Legion, the dread warriors of Anak-ai, most of whom have long given up their weapons for a peaceful and prosperous life in the Conflux.