ORGANIZATIONS & FACTIONS
The great Houses of Erebos were born from a shared bloodline—and divided by centuries of ambition, ideology and betrayal. Meet the factions whose alliances and rivalries continue to shape Sunset's world.
House GAMAL
Among the oldest and most revered bloodlines of Erebos, House Gamal traces its lineage to Jas Gamal, the most powerful of the ancient Scions. For generations, the House became known for strength tempered by wisdom, producing rulers who sought to protect rather than dominate.
But something else survives within the Gamal bloodline—an ancient power whose true nature has been lost to history. Even those who carry it may not understand what lies dormant within them. With House Gamal fallen and its legacy nearly erased, that secret may now rest with its last surviving heir.
House DeBEAUX
House DeBeaux traces its lineage to Clevelle deBeaux, one of the ancient Scions of Erebos and a leader remembered for wisdom, honor, and service to his people. The House that bears his name, however, has strayed far from the principles upon which it was founded.
Generations of ambition, rivalry, and corruption transformed DeBeaux into one of Erebos's most powerful—and feared—bloodlines. Under its present leadership, influence is maintained through manipulation, intimidation, and betrayal, with loyalty valued only so long as it serves the House.
Yet buried beneath centuries of corruption remains the legacy of the man whose name they carry—a reminder that House DeBeaux was not always what it has become.
The ONARI
Once among the most technologically ambitious civilizations on Erebos, the Onari pushed science beyond boundaries others dared not approach. Their greatest achievement was Terminus, an artificial intelligence created to advance their society beyond anything their world had known. Instead, it nearly became their destruction.
The devastating conflict that followed transformed the Onari as profoundly as it scarred their civilization. Those who survived rebuilt in secrecy, preserving extraordinary technology while adopting a culture increasingly guided by restraint, wisdom, and an awareness that the ability to create something does not necessarily grant the wisdom to control it.
Today, hidden within Eliyah, the Onari remain among the most advanced people on Erebos—but their greatest achievement may be the lesson they learned from their greatest mistake.
House Godet
Among the oldest and most secretive bloodlines of Erebos, House Godet has long been associated with mysticism, forbidden knowledge, and powers whose origins reach deep into the world's ancient past. Where other Houses built influence through politics or military strength, Godet sought understanding of forces few dared to approach.
That knowledge made the House powerful—and dangerous. Its influence has touched generations far beyond its own bloodline, and some believe the corruption that eventually consumed House DeBeaux began when its ambitions became entangled with Godet's darker traditions.
Whether House Godet merely uncovered the darkness buried within Erebos or helped give that darkness purpose remains a question few are willing to investigate too closely.
The Underfolk (Formerly House Inniset)
The Underfolk are the descendants of House Inniset, once one of the great and powerful Houses of Erebos. Driven beneath the surface generations ago, the survivors built a new existence in places the remaining Houses rarely dared to enter. Cut off from the world above, they endured in darkness long enough for their former identity to fade from history—and for rumor, fear, and prejudice to replace almost everything others once knew about them.
Isolation shaped the descendants of Inniset into a culture entirely their own, adapted to a world hidden beneath the kingdoms that forgot them. To those on the surface they have become creatures of legend—spoken of as monsters, threats, or remnants of a less civilized age. But the truth of who they are may be considerably more complicated than the stories told about them.
The Underfolk are a reminder that Erebos has not only lost civilizations to war and catastrophe. One of its greatest Houses was pushed out of sight—and eventually out of history.
House Veilor
Forged through generations of warfare, House Veilor built its reputation as one of Erebos's great martial bloodlines. Its warriors are trained from an early age in discipline, strategy, and combat, carrying a tradition in which strength is measured not simply by the ability to conquer, but by the willingness to stand between danger and those unable to face it themselves.
That reputation has made Veilor's warriors prized as soldiers, commanders, and protectors throughout Erebos. But a culture built around strength carries its own burden: when loyalty to House, ruler, and personal honor come into conflict, even the finest warrior must decide what—and whom—is truly worth defending.
To House Veilor, power is not something inherited or discovered. It is something proven.
House Theyn
House Theyn built its influence not through conquest or mysticism, but through commerce. For generations, its merchants and trade networks connected the distant regions of Erebos, turning access to goods, resources, and information into a form of power every bit as potent as armies or ancient bloodlines.
Pragmatic and shrewd, Theyn understands that kingdoms cannot survive on ideals alone. Whoever controls what people need—and the routes by which they obtain it—can influence rulers without ever sitting upon a throne. Their loyalties have therefore often followed opportunity rather than ideology, earning them both valuable allies and persistent suspicion.
To House Theyn, power is neither inherited nor taken by force. It is negotiated—and everything has a price.
House Caelis
Descended from Tal Caelis, House Caelis became the legendary navigators of Erebos's high heavens. For generations, its pilots have guided massive trade-rigs across the skies, carrying people and cargo through violent stygian storms and regions few others possess the skill—or nerve—to cross.
Life above Erebos has forged Caelis into a fiercely independent House, valuing instinct, courage, and self-reliance over the political maneuvering of those below. Their command of the skies also gives them something every great House eventually needs: access to places, resources, and people otherwise beyond reach.
Others may rule territories. House Caelis rules the distance between them.
ALLIANCES & RIVALRIES
The shifting sands of Erebos are stained by centuries of secret treaties and blood-feuds. Every faction plays a delicate game of survival where loyalty is as rare as gold.
COUNCIL OF SEVEN
For centuries, the Council of Seven has held Erebos together. Born from the Stygian Compact, the Council united the great Houses beneath an uneasy promise: no single bloodline would again be permitted to dominate the others, and the ancient powers of Erebos would be shared rather than claimed.
But peace among powerful families is rarely the same thing as trust. Old rivalries survived behind ceremony and diplomacy, while ambition, resentment, and secrets passed quietly from one generation to the next. Every House has something to protect—and something it believes should rightfully be its own.
Now the balance is beginning to fail. Ancient grudges are resurfacing, alliances are shifting, and the institutions meant to preserve peace may no longer be strong enough to contain the forces gathering beneath it.
The Council of Seven was created to prevent Erebos from tearing itself apart. The question is whether it can survive the very Houses it was built to unite.
HISTORICAL CONFLICTS
The archives show a pattern of betrayal. Detailed records of past uprisings will be revealed as the saga unfolds.
EXPLORE EREBOS
FORGED BONDS
Some alliances were born from necessity in the darkness. Learn about the ties that bind our heroes and villains.
FUTURE THREATS
New factions are rising in the outer rim. Watch this space for incoming intelligence on emerging rivalries.