Frostborn Clans

Identity: Wilderness, tradition, and independence
Flag symbolism: Mountain, tree, and spring.
Core values: Wilderness · Tradition · Freedom.

The Frostborn Clans descend from remote communities, survivalists, and isolated populations that adapted to the frozen wilderness rather than rebuilding the old world. They know hidden mountain paths, forgotten tunnels, and natural heat pockets.

Ambition: Protect their territories from industrial expansion and forced integration into the major powers.

Weakness: Limited manufacturing, declining wildlife, and scarce medical supplies threaten their independence.

Transit network: Uses abandoned tracks and overland routes, trading guides, medicines, and rare materials for embers and manufactured tools.

Some clans see the railway as a necessary evil. Others believe its expansion will destroy the last places where humanity can live independently.

Story hooks

• A shipment of embers fails to arrive at a station the faction depends on.
• A recovered component from the Great Forge could shift the balance of power.
• A railway junction becomes contested, forcing the faction to choose between negotiation and force.