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Originally posted by sleyvas

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Originally posted by Diffan

I think the main Factions were: The Harpers, Order of the Gauntlet, Emerald Enclave, Lords' Alliance, and the Zhentarim. I mean when the primary focus of the current Forgotten Realms is largely the Sword Coast, Waterdeep, and maybe a bit of the Western Heartlands these mostly make sense (though the Emerald Enclave is a bit outta place, as they primarily ran out of the Chondalwood near the Vilhon Reach).

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That is indeed the five factions. I would say though, that the events of The Reaver pave the way for a pretty big shake-up in the Emerald Enclave, and it's not unthinkable to have them reach out to druid circles elsewhere in Faerun in response to the events of the Sundering.

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I'd love to see more emphasis on other, more villainous ones like the Eldreth Veluuthra (racist elves, HA!) or Wearers of Purple (and the Cult of the Dragon), and maybe more Red Wizards (hopefully more in-line with pre-4e versions *gasp*).

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Although I'd love to see these organizations get more attention too, I think 5 is more than enough for the Adventurer's League program, and since that seems to be the focus of factions I doubt any more will be introduced in the same way the others had.

That said, plenty of room for such organizations in home games. It would be very easy to make these factions and put them up on the DM's Guild, if someone hasn't already done that.

As per the Red Wizards, I think things are slowly building towards a change in Thay. Dead in Thay (republished in TotYP) focused on rebel Red Wizards undermining Szass Tam, and Tyranny of Dragons also showed us a bit of that. They haven't raised their heads since (as far as I'm aware?), though they are set to make an appearance in Tomb of Annihilation. Perhaps we'll find out more then...

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One of the big problems is that they ruined Thay (and by that I means literally ruined the land). Thay was always a land of plenty when it came to agriculture, thus the need for a lot of slaves. So, even if they have an uprising, it won't help the everday citizens who simply need to eat. Due to all the undead AND the ritual meant to destroy everything, I wouldn't be surprised if the land is infused with negative energy.

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The Great Rain unlikely undid all, but the worst of the damage healing the land, but not enough for more dread rings.

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Originally posted by Markustay

I don't know anything about this 'great rain', but what if the Dread Rings (don't really know about them either - I need to remedy that ASAP) somehow 'corrupt the natural order', and even an overpower has trouble fixing it? Something even worse than 'magical chaos' (and now I'm rethinking those 'leftovers' from the ToT as well).
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Tabaxi vs Wemics is interesting - I have a 'Kingdom of Catfolk' in my version of Kara-Tur (Petan, which is canon, but not a single mention of it or whats there, anywhere, in any source), but Wemics are not part of it. Perhaps catfolk are bit racist? Maybe they look down at other races, and view Wemics as some form of monstrosity? Like how Drow look at Driders (or at least, use to). I can see Catfolk being even more about 'beauty of form' than even then most bigoted elves.

Humans, etc, they probably view as 'inferior species', and perhaps even pity them, but Wemics might drive them into a rage. An 'insult' to their natural elegance.

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