Faction Support Tracker

Faction Support Tracker

What Deez Nuts knows about the factions arrayed against the Cult of the Dragon: what each wants, how their favor is earned or lost, what they can offer the cause, and what the party has done for them. (Player-facing reference. For per-character ranks and boons, see the Renown Tracker; for how the council and the countryside regard the company, the Council Disposition Tracker; for the war council itself, the Council of Waterdeep.)

Council of Waterdeep factions

Faction	Goals & priorities	Earn their favor	Lose their favor	What they can offer	What the party has done
Harpers Rep: Remalia Haventree, Leosin Erlanthar; member: Gootcha	Expose and dismantle the Cult from within; preserve the balance of power through secrets, not open chaos.	Expose plots, deliver intelligence, recruit informants, avert bloodshed through subtlety.	Brutality, recklessness, public exposure of a mission, betrayal.	Intelligence and safehouses: covert routes, informant networks, dossiers, false identities.	Enlisted a pickpocket spy; rescued the Bronze Blades; cleared the Candlekeep road; trained Lizardfolk defenders; took/retook Castle Naerytar; brokered Thurmin–Halia; infiltrated the Masquerade of Whispers. Gootcha now runs The Nightingales.
Order of the Gauntlet Rep: Ontharr Frume; member: Xanphina	Total eradication of the Cult; protect the innocent and destroy evil openly and honorably.	Slay cultists, fiends, undead, and evil dragons; protect innocents at personal cost; act honorably and show mercy.	Deceit, cowardice, cruelty, collateral harm.	Sanctioned strikes: troops, healers and divine support, relic loans, legal authority.	Killed Lord Valtheran, Rezmir, Rath Modar, Vaartox, Iskralathrax; eased Veylan's spirit; trained defenders; retook Castle Naerytar; took Skyreach Castle. The Anvil is lent to Xanphina.
Emerald Enclave – Talons of Veylan Member: Keyleth	Destroy the Cult and purge evil dragonkind; strength must answer corruption.	Slay chromatic dragons and draconic servants; protect sacred groves; oppose corrupting arcana.	Sparing evil dragons; allowing desecration of the wild.	Dragon-hunting muscle, relic preservation, wilderness guides, dragon-lair intelligence.	Killed Iskralathrax, Vaartox, Voaraghamanthar, and Arauthator; (−) calmed Venomfang and parleyed with the black dragon at sea. Keyleth now fields Talonfall.
Emerald Enclave – Scales of Eldath Rep: Declan Winterhound; member: Karma	Stop the Cult while preserving the balance; even evil has a place, and violence is a last resort.	Reform or relocate dangerous creatures; prevent bloodshed; heal corrupted land.	Needless death; slaying foes that pose no immediate threat; breaking the peace.	Druidic wards, negotiated creature withdrawals, sanctuary, restoration.	(+) Calmed Venomfang and brokered the sea parley and the merrow peace; (−) killing Iskralathrax when peace was possible.
Zhentarim Leader: Rian Nightshade; member: Shade	Crush the Cult to keep power balanced — and profit plentiful; prefer leverage over conquest.	Grow Zhent reach or profit, eliminate threats, return Zhent property, broker deals.	Failures and exposure, altruism that costs profit, aiding Harper/Gauntlet aims against them.	Logistics and favors: transport and smuggling routes, bribes, political influence, deniable teams.	Returned Zhentarim items to Waterdeep; brokered Thurmin–Halia; dealt for the bagpipes.
Lords' Alliance Leader: Lord Dagult Neverember	Coordinated defense of the Sword Coast cities; preserve member-city power.	Protect member cities, deliver assigned missions, prove the threat is real.	Endangering cities, freelancing against Council authority, failing assignments.	City authority and resources across member cities, troops, logistics, legal standing.	Accepted the deputization; killed Lord Valtheran; delivered Cult intelligence; found and freed Maccath.
Devout of Athena Member: Alexios (lost in the Hells, S50)	Thwart the Cult through courage, cunning, and protective vengeance; strategy over spectacle.	Protect the weak, win through tactics, deliver just vengeance, keep one's word.	Selfish vengeance, rash spectacle, abandoning the weak, dishonoring an oath.	Strategic counsel: battlefield planning, oaths of protection, enemy-strategy analysis.	Carried by Alexios's deeds; with his loss in the Hells the faction has no party anchor at present.

Council members & realms

Moved. The dispositions Leosin Erlanthar briefed the party on — and how they have shifted since — now live on the Council Disposition Tracker, alongside the record of goodwill among ordinary communities.

Powers beyond the Council

Power	What the party knows	How to win them over	What the party has done
The Giants Thurmin, Bechamel, Bernie aboard Skyreach Castle	Giants opposed the dragons in past Tiamat summonings; the party is courting them as allies.	Honor giant custom; keep the promises made through Thurmin, Bechamel, and Bernie; prove worth against dragons.	Took Skyreach Castle from the Cult and sent the flying castle to enlist the giants; Thurmin, Bechamel, and Bernie travel among them building the alliance.
Arcane Brotherhood (Luskan) Zelene, Maccath the Crimson	Luskan's mages; foremost experts on the Draakhorn and dragons. Sold the party gear at cost with a buy-back.	Return Maccath safely; deliver Marfulb's research; share dragon intelligence.	Found and freed Maccath from Oyaviggaton; escorting her home; carrying Marfulb's research to publish.
Metallic Dragons Verithrax (bronze)	Sympathetic to the cause against Tiamat; the Draakhorn's over-broad call is now drawing metallic dragons too (per Maccath).	Anti-chromatic credentials; aiding or freeing metallics; proving the cause.	Befriended Verithrax; slew the chromatics Vaartox, Iskralathrax, Voaraghamanthar, and Arauthator.

See also

• Council Disposition Tracker — council standing and community goodwill
• Council of Waterdeep — the war council, member blocs, and the S43 deputization
• Renown Tracker — per-character renown and boons
• Quests — active quests and leads