Quote Originally Posted by DarkDelights View Post
So there are allegedly factions formed in the city of Radasanth which are tied closely to our fair moderators here I believe?

What are they? What do they do? How many are involved? Are the fighting? Are they good guys or bad guys?

I want to run amok in Radasanth, is it still reeling from some guild event? Do I have to read pages and pages of solo quests to get the jist? Do I ignore it entirely? Id like not to, but I don't really know whats going on, please help.

Shin? Phi?
*inhales sharply*

The Brotherhood and Gilded Lily are two factions that operate in Corone.

The first one, the Brotherhood, is a largeish militia cum army that is based in a Coronian city called Whitevale. Shinsou Vaan Osiris and Storm Veritas are co-leaders of the force, with Felicity Rhyolite (Flamebird) as a general. It previously had Hayate Amatsukami also as an active member.

The Brotherhood's alignment has swayed. Recently, Shinsou and Storm attempted to overthrow the Coronian Assembly in an attempt to remove what they believed to be a corrupt and malfunctioning government (everyone else had a different opinion). This involved beseiging Radasanth, which culminated in a battle between Shinsou and his love interest Philomel. The Brotherhood failed and then the calamity hit.

If you want to read up further here, The End of All Things forum contains a thread called the Siege of Radasanth which may interest you.

Realising the folly of their actions, the Brotherhood then signed a treaty with Radasanth and the Assembly that committed them to never rise up again. This signified a face turn, but there were still conditions attached to this; in order to keep Shinsou and Storm out of Terrinore (prison), they had to relinquish control of the port town of Tylmerande and Shinsou had to be "seconded" to Philomel under her Gilded Lily. This is covered in the thread "Insert Coin" in Corone (which needs one more post by me).

Philomel runs the Gilded Lily and will be able to tell you far more than I, but the premise is that the Lily is a predominantly female fighting force trained by Philomel herself. The Lily girls are mostly whores who operate in her brothels in Radasanth, but have a close connection to the city and helped to defend it when the Brotherhood brought the heat.

Right now, Radasanth is rebuilding with the help of both sides. The Brotherhood's operations have mostly been focused on eliminating Arius Mephisto (Shinsou's former right hand man turned rogue) and making reperations to Corone (see thread "Redemption of Tylermande" for more info).

By way of alignment you could call the Brotherhood neutral right now. Definitely not evil but prepared to do whatever they need to do to ensure their survival.

As a note, running amok in Radasanth sounds like fun but you will almost certainly attract the attention of the Lily, and therefore Philomel and Shinsou (when he gets back from hell - another story entirely). Looking forward to that