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This is meant to be a list of all of the major factions and families in the River Kingdoms, and other potential trading partners for the kingdom, like the Issian Houses, or the Aldori. I'll place a (*) next to an entry if the information is fabricated by myself or (^) if I got the information from a non-Pazio Source like Red Celt's Game of Thrones thread. Otherwise I can provide citations.
Already in progress, but feel free to suggest changes or other material I can add.
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Debating if I should add in smaller factions, like monster tribes found throughout the adventuring path, bandit groups, or mercenary orders. Also thinking about if I should add Iobarian factions. Thoughts?
I could also provide annotations on different factions here if you'd like. I can also pull where I got ideas from.
Ooh. This is very nice. Other factions in Brevoy and Iobaria could be useful. I know redcelt and some other folks put together some interesting materials about Bervic factions and the benefits of allying with them. Perhaps you might want to include that in your own sheet? They can be found here
I plan on doing something like this (in tree form, and probably via Wiki) for my own Kingmaker campaign. Some factions I plan to include (and which might be useful to you) include:
City-states in Iobaria - Once the PCs' kingdom expands into the Hills of Nomen during Part 3, overland trade routes with Kridorn and Mirnbay might be a viable option. After all, these are both port cities on the Castrovin Sea, which gives access to the Kelesh Empire.
Minor Houses in Brevoy - I view the great houses of Brevoy as Duchies, and they would therefore have any number of barons and other minor lords serving under them. Similarly, I would break up the Swordlords faction into various families. I don't view them as all being of the same mind, and am sure they quibble and quarrel over all sorts of things.
Numeria - I'm sure the Technic League would be most displeased to learn that their old 'friend' Mandalarucio is still alive and well and going by the name of Castruccio Irovetti. They might even be displeased enough to ally with the PCs' kingdom in order to bring about his downfall as delayed vengeance.
I'm not so sure I really need to worry about kingdoms much further away than that, such as Mendev, Galt, etc... but I definitely intend to occasionally have their advisers bring up current events they've heard about, such as the start of the Fifth Mendevian Crusade in 4713. (The AP canonically starts in 4710, so that would likely be sometime around book 3 or 4 of the AP, depending on pace.) Knowing what's going on in the world at large also gives an opportunity to get more specific with events. Maybe that Diplomatic Overture event is actually because Mendev wants to recruit crusaders from the new kingdom and wants to establish diplomatic ties first...
There are also the Khavortorov Family. Sword Lords who went off to serve Choral ...
They are listed in one of the books - Fighters? Warriors? Something like that