Who holds the mines, who holds the law, and who wants the whole business torn off the mesa.
The builders of the Mortal Realm, thrown down and buried in it. Their wounds are the source of all magic.
FactionThe usurpers in the Hallows Above, who buried their predecessors and left blighted ground to keep mortals off the graves.
FactionA small but active posse of thieves out of Wyllin's Gulch, robbing the essentia industry rather than the innocent.
FactionOwns the massive mine at the heart of the Iron Kettle — and rather less of the town than it would like.
FactionThe smiths' union that actually governs the Iron Kettle, and carries the liability Iron Tusk Corp would rather not.
FactionA congregation carried out of Left Luck Outpost to preach the prophecy in a town that worships gold.
FactionSheriffs and deputies — often the most powerful people in town, usually in the pocket of the mine moguls, and still the ones most ready when something enormous comes over the ridge.