Factions

Factions is a feature exclusive to the Crimson Isle. There are currently two factions: Mages and Barbarians. By allying yourself with one of the factions, you can access the faction's community center to do tasks for them, to interact with the faction's shops, and gain Faction-exclusive items. While you can only be allied to one faction at a time, you can change factions anytime.

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

If one kills Fire Mages and Barbarians, their reputation for the respective faction is reduced by 25.

How to join a faction
To gain the ability to join a faction, one must first complete Elle's quest of getting various materials from mobs of the isle. After that's done, Elle tells you to talk to at least 4 different villagers of each Faction. once that's done, she lets you decide on which faction to join.

Mages
To ally yourself with the Mages, you must prove yourself to Queen Nyx first by getting a letter of recommendation from the Dean. After that's completed, you must then get the Mage exclusive item Abiphone.

After getting the Abiphone, your 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 the Bastion. Elle will guide you to the Bastion and you must get past the Barbarian Guards without getting spotted. Once they see you, you're 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 you on the Abiphone.

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