Factions

Factions is a feature exclusive to the Crimson Isle. There are currently two factions: Mages and Barbarians, whom are enemies with each other. By allying themselves with one of the factions, the player can access the faction's Community Center to do tasks for them, interact with the Faction's shops, and gain reputation with them. Players can swap factions at any time, but in doing so they will lose all their reputation with their current faction and might start with a negative reputation in the other faction (might be a bug?, more info needed)

One can see a player's faction by looking at their icon besides their name in the Tab menu.

If one kills Fire Mages or Barbarians, their reputation for the respective faction is reduced by.

The player requires mage reputation to craft mycelium minions, and barbarian reputation to craft red sand minions. There are currently no other items that are unobtainable by allying with either faction. (need confirmation)

How to join a Faction
In order to join a faction, the player must partially complete the main questline by talking to Elle.

To ally themselves with the Mages, the player must prove themselves to Queen Nyx first by getting a Letter of Recommendation from the Dean. After that is completed, the player must then get the Mage exclusive item Abiphone.

Quests
After getting the Abiphone, the player's first quest as a Mage is a stealth mission. it's revealed that the Barbarians have stolen the Dean's research paper and that they took it to. Elle will guide the player to The Bastion, and the player must get past the Barbarian Guards without getting spotted. If they see the player, the player is captured and thrown out The Bastion. Abilities are disabled while on the Bastion. After successfully retrieving the research, one must wait 2 minutes for Elle to call the player on the Abiphone.