Below are a collection of tables listing faction symbols and motifs along common categories, such as colors or salient symbols. This article is an early work in progress, so contributions and improvements are welcome and encouraged, particularly where factions can fill in blanks about their individual themes.
| Faction | Canon / In-Character | Meta / Out-of-Character | ||||
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| Emblems and Abstractions | Things | Plants and Animals | Patron Arhat | Cultural Analogs | ||
| House Crux | Cross, Purple | Scales (law) | Bear, The Ghostfrost | Holy Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Germany and the Germanic Kingdoms, Prussia, Persia and Western Arabic Cultures | ||
| House Fornax | Flame, colors orange & red | Forge, Crucible, Anvil, Hammer | Vulture | Venetian merchant lords, modern day China, US Capitalism, Soviet Union propaganda | ||
| House Vela | The number 4, the color blue | Face veil, Lighthouse, Sails, Sailships | Persian, Mughal, and other South Asian, Middle-Eastern, and North African empires
Scientific communities across the globe, Library of Alexandria Silk road travelers and traders, trade across Africa |
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| House Aquila | Eagle |
Roman Republic/Empire Latin and the Romance Languages (Legions are often cosmopolitan) |
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| House Eridanus | Triplicate | River, Currency, Coinage, Scales (taxation) | Riverine Fish | Northern Mediterranean (especially Italian City-States), Latin, and Scandinavian | ||
| House Lyra | Lyre, Masks | Cats | "Goth" Subculture, Ancient Egypt, Modern Japanese pop culture and a tint on english Victorianism. | |||
| House Pyxis | Cardinal Directions | Compass, Compass Needle, Shooting Star | Long Range Migratory Birds (Terns, Swallows), Monarch Butterfly | Arhat Waldy | Nomadic cultures (Bedouin, Romani, Mongol, Polynesian, Tuareg, Saami, et al), Bohemianist subculture | |
| House Reticulum | Crosshairs | Hunting Net, Weaponry | East Asian artisan ethic | |||
| House Serpens | Eyes, Third Eye | Snake, Serpent | ||||
| House Triangulum | Triangle
Family, Logic, Truth |
Triangle: Science
Circle: Life Lines: Theoretical Nabla: Applied |
Academia | |||
| A.C.R.E. | Trapezoid | |||||
| The Deathless | Hexagons | Human Skull, Shield | Scorpion | Arhat Koschei | French Foreign Legion, Cossacks, Russian Oligarchs | |
| The Democratic Mandate | ||||||
| PRISM Network | Six Petals | Prisms, Spectra, Rainbow | Corporate News Conglomerate, Media Megacorp, Multiculturalism | |||
| Trilliant Ring | Wealth, Luxury, Vibrancy, Ostentatious Display | Diamonds, Gems, Precious Metals, Jewelry | Flamingo, Jaguar, Peacock, Magpie | "A cabal of 300-year old reckless socialites with more money than god." Some darker sides as well: The Boys from Brazil. | ||
| The High Church of Messiah-as-Emperor | Holy Roman Empire | |||||
| The Church of Humanity, Repentant | "Alien"/open arms symbol | Flowers, teardrops, hands outstretched, threes, Light-and-Shadow | The Great Rethinkers | Protestantism, drawing from all past and present denominations. | ||
| 14 Red Dogs Triad | Dogs | Hong Kong Triad, Chinese Revolutionary Movements | ||||
| Unified People's Collective | Edelrot flower | Western labor rights movements, socialist Revolutions and anarchism | ||||
| "House" Vagrant | "Jolly Roger" | Age of Sail piracy motifs, punk movements, antiestablishmentarianism | ||||
| Society for Ethical Reform through Aid, Protection, and Humanitarianism (SERAPH) | Wings | Angels (esp. with fire or too many eyes/wings), Caffeinated Hot Beverages | The Great Rethinkers | Freemasons, Scientology, rights movements, NGOs, Doctors Without Borders, baristas. | ||
| The Guild | Sphincters | |||||
| House Cygnus | Swans | |||||
| Faction | Associated Colours | Discord Role Color | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Crux | Crux Indigo | Black | ● House Crux | |||||||||||
| #640B8E | #000000 | #7851a9 | ||||||||||||
| House Fornax | Fornax Crimson | Tahiti Gold | ● House Fornax | |||||||||||
| #E50F1D | #EA631C | #C27C0E | ||||||||||||
| House Vela | Persian Indigo | Cerulean Blue | ● House Vela | |||||||||||
| #35108E | #316ABA | #1B75BC | ||||||||||||
| House Aquila | Maroon | Twine | ● House Aquila | |||||||||||
| #5F0000 | #C09968 | #C2A77A | ||||||||||||
| House Eridanus | Midnight Blue | Sycamore | ● House Eridanus | |||||||||||
| #150062 | #88883F | #070000 | ||||||||||||
| House Lyra | Lyran Rose | Black | ● House Lyra | |||||||||||
| #883060 | #000000 | #853C67 | ||||||||||||
| House Pyxis | Pyxis Orange | Prussian Blue | ● House Pyxis | |||||||||||
| #E3A041 | #223347 | #E3A041 | ||||||||||||
| House Reticulum | Sepia Black | Bordeaux | ● House Reticulum | |||||||||||
| #2A0000 | #510B10 | #B00000 | ||||||||||||
| House Serpens | Serpens Emerald | Afghan Tan | ● House Serpens | |||||||||||
| #1A9172 | #8C5C23 | #009115 | ||||||||||||
| House Triangulum | Davy's Grey | Bright Grey | ● House Triangulum | |||||||||||
| #404040 | #525355 | #7DB6FF | ||||||||||||
| A.C.R.E. | White | A.C.R.E. Black | ● ACRE | |||||||||||
| #FFFFFF | #1D1D1B | #915A2D | ||||||||||||
| The Deathless | Bronzetone | ● The Deathless | ||||||||||||
| #3F4727 | #8F5C5C | |||||||||||||
| PRISM Network | Red | Orange | Yellow | Green | Blue | Indigo | Violet | Black | ● PRISM Network | |||||
| #C20E1A | #DC911A | #F7EA3B | #6AA941 | #4570B4 | #5A287F | #7F1E7D | #000000 | #AB99B6 | ||||||
| Trilliant Ring | Gold | Black | ● Trilliant Ring | |||||||||||
| #FCD53E | #000000 | #FFDF00 | ||||||||||||
| The High Church of Messiah-as-Emperor | Barberry | Black | Merlot | ● High Church of Messiah-as-Emperor | ||||||||||
| #CDBC23 | #000000 | #97262C | #F1C40F | |||||||||||
| The Church of Humanity, Repentant | Light Grey | Grey | Light Orange-Yellow | Energy Yellow | Burnt Sienna | Lavender Magenta | Cornflower | Algae Green | Dark Grey | Black |
● Church of Humanity, Repentant | |||
| #707272 | #3C4543 | #F4DB6B | #F4C55B | #E86851 | #EF85CE | #88B7E8 | #88E0B0 | #222222 | #000000 | #227F97 | ||||
| Society for Ethical Reform through Aid, Protection, and Humanitarianism (SERAPH) | Light Grey | Grey | Light Orange-Yellow | Energy Yellow | Burnt Sienna | Lavender Magenta | Cornflower | Algae Green | Dark Grey | Black | ● SERAPH | |||
| #707272 | #3C4543 | #F4DB6B | #F4C55B | #E86851 | #EF85CE | #88B7E8 | #88E0B0 | #222222 | #000000 | #227F97 | ||||
| 14 Red Dogs Triad | Persian Indigo | Alizarin Crimson | ● 14 Red Dogs Triad | |||||||||||
| #3C1152 | #E2211C | #AD4641 | ||||||||||||
| Unified People's Collective | Fire Brick | Dark Tangerine | ● Unified People's Collective | |||||||||||
| #B11E29 | #FEA30B | #89B951 | ||||||||||||
| "House" Vagrant | Sapphire | Vagrant Navy | ● Vagrant | |||||||||||
| #092F57 | #111821 | #2F4CCA | ||||||||||||
| The Guild | Razzmatazz | White | ● The Guild | |||||||||||
| #F9006D | #FFFFFF | #E200C9 | ||||||||||||
| House Cygnus | Steel Blue | Black | Not Applicable | |||||||||||
| #5497BA | #000000 | |||||||||||||