The Phoebian League

The Phoebian League is a loose confederacy of city-states to the north of the Weald, bound by their dedication to the church of Aramon. The League was started when the church gained political control over two cities, Castello and Punta d'Oro. With their leadership united, the two cities were able to exert increasing pressure over the surrounding lands, slowly spreading their influence further and further afield until the whole region was under their indirect control.

The Phoebian League was officially founded with the Treaty of Phobos, an agreement that prevented war between a half dozen cities and territories as long as they allowed the church to have access to the highest levels of power. Cities within the League could maintain their own government and culture, as long as they allow church members into their court, and allow the church to decide on foreign policy. Each city also maintains its own armies, as well as providing conrois of knights proportional to their population to serve in the church's paladin orders.

In the past year the Phoebian League has turned its sights on the bountiful untapped resources of the Weald, sending the Order of the Silver Hand to pacify the population and prepare the region for a more permanent colonisation. Unfortunately this has proved more difficult than had been hoped, and the League's forces have had their progress ground to a halt by difficult terrain and stiff resistance.

While the Order of the Silver Hand is overt in its actions to serve the League's interests, the Brotherhood of the Thumbed Scale acts more subtly. Brothers have infiltrated marketplaces and caravans, attempting to shift prices in the League's favour and plant the seeds of future trade routes in the minds of the Weald's residents.