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Arena duels. House feuds. Political maneuvering. Trade wars. Divine intrigue.
Phoibos is a world where power wears many faces. We want the setting to make that visible.
Today, we’re sharing some Work-in-Progress faction visuals that explore how the world’s coalitions, clans, and organizations fit together.
These are early, but they point toward how we want Radiant Tactics to feel: iconic, legible, and layered. Feedback welcomed!
1. The Alignment Hex
(Working title: “The Powers of Phoibos”)
This diagram shows the big picture.
The major coalitions of power in Phoibos: their rivalries, tensions, and uneasy alignments. All arranged around a central field of conflict.
Think of this as the ideological and geopolitical map at 30,000 feet.
Who stands opposed?
Who shares enemies?
Where are the unstable borders?
(We’re experimenting integrating the world map with this so to make it as much about pressures as it is about alignments.)
2. The Underdeep Factions Roster
(Working title: “Underdeep: Factions & Signature Units”)
Zoom in.
This diagram “double-clicks” on one major coalition, the Underdeep, and reveals the factions within it.
Each faction is represented by its signature units, the organizations and archetypes that give it personality at the table.
Rather than a text list of names, this is a visual taxonomy:
- You see the Royal Army and Relic Keepers.
- You see the Oni Warlords and their clans.
- You see the Forge Lords, Academia, Deus Machina, and the Overseers.
- You see how wildly different groups coexist under one subterranean superstructure.
The goal is clarity without flattening complexity.
3. Oni Warlords: Command Structure
(Working title: “Currencies of Obedience”)
Why do organizations obey?
This diagram explores the internal power structure of the Oni Warlords, mapping who answers to whom, and why.
Not all power is the same.
Some clans obey out of:
- Law, mission, and formal duty
- Honor, family, and personal loyalty
- Pay and resource access
- Spiritual obligation and geas
- Knowledge and mastery
Instead of a simple hierarchy tree, this shows overlapping influence channels: external influencers, tournament legitimacy, deniable operations, clan alliances, and rivalries.
Power in Phoibos is rarely as simple as it seems.
4. North Fleet Personification
(Working title: “The North Fleet Family”)
This piece shifts tone.
Rather than structure or alignment, this diagram asks:
Who are these people?
The North Fleet is presented through personified organizations, a kind of “family portrait” of the faction.
If the Alignment Hex is geopolitical and the Command diagram is structural, this one is emotional. It helps players imagine tone, temperament, and internal culture.
Who’s the stoic one?
Who’s the reckless one?
Who’s the visionary?
Who’s the problem?
Why This Matters
If Radiant’s RPG systems make possible building a more enduring legend in every way you play, Radiant’s core setting needs to be a place worth continuing telling stories in.
The World of Phoibos is about:
- Ideological conflict
- Layered loyalties
- Competing visions of magic and order
- And the question of what kind of power deserves to endure
These diagrams are early experiments in making the world of Phoibos feel:
- Iconic (recognizable at a glance)
- Legible (clear relationships)
- Layered (depth beneath the surface)
We’d love your feedback.
- Which visual direction resonates most?
- Do you prefer structural diagrams or personified faction views?
- What faction would you like us to “double-click” on next?
More to come!
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