The factions
House Devine stands as the central authority of Alysium Hill. Founded by Caius Devine, the house is more than a bloodline—it is the governing force responsible for maintaining balance among the immortal factions.
Though each house pursues its own ambitions, none operate entirely beyond Devine authority. Through disciplined leadership and an uncompromising doctrine of order, the faction prevents rivalries from becoming threats to the estate itself.
In the modern world, Devine influence extends through finance, diplomacy, and legal institutions, allowing the house to monitor both immortal affairs and the human structures surrounding them.
Within Alysium Hill, House Devine remains the final arbiter of conflict, intervening whenever the boundaries of power threaten to shift too far.
Mercy is rarely its currency.
Stability is.
House Nefirah remains one of the most formidable and adaptable powers within Alysium Hill. While House Devine maintains the balance between factions, Nefirah operates within the shifting spaces of that balance—where strategy, influence, and survival determine who truly holds power.
Under the leadership of Synangelica, the faction has evolved into one of the most strategically connected houses in the modern world. Its members move easily through political circles, corporate leadership, intelligence networks, and cultural institutions, building influence in places where power quietly accumulates.
Rather than relying on tradition alone, House Nefirah thrives through adaptation. Its strength lies in foresight, calculated alliances, and the ability to recognize opportunity long before others see it forming. In an era where information often outweighs force, Nefirah has become one of the estate’s most effective architects of unseen influence.
Within Alysium Hill, the faction is known for its loyalty to its own and its willingness to act where others hesitate. That reputation has made House Nefirah both a valuable ally and a dangerous rival in the constantly shifting politics of the immortal world.
Nefirah doesn't wait for power to change hands.
It recognizes where it's going.
House Alveri once stood among the most influential factions within Alysium Hill, renowned for its refined culture, political sophistication, and reputation for dangerous elegance. For centuries the house cultivated power through diplomacy, influence, and carefully maintained alliances among the immortal elite.
In the modern world, Alveri extended its reach through international diplomacy, cultural institutions, high society networks, and the quiet corridors where reputation and influence shape global decisions. Its members excelled at persuasion, negotiation, and the subtle art of controlling outcomes without ever appearing to do so.
The fall of House Alveri—brought about through conflict with Basilius and the shifting balance of faction power—remains one of the most significant upheavals in the history of the estate. Its court scattered, its alliances dissolved, and the house that once defined elegance and influence collapsed almost overnight.
Though its authority is gone, the legacy of House Alveri still lingers within the political landscape of Alysium Hill—a reminder that even the most sophisticated factions are not immune to ambition, and that power, once fractured, rarely survives the fall.
House Skjoldreen stands apart from the traditional authority of Alysium Hill, operating from the remote northern stronghold known as the Skjoldreen Bastion. Founded by Halvar, the faction built its identity around vigilance, endurance, and quiet protection.
While other houses govern, cultivate influence, or advance knowledge, Skjoldreen watches beyond the reach of the council. From the northern fjords, its members track rogue immortals, emerging threats, and disturbances that could threaten the balance of Alysium Hill.
In the modern world, the Watch operates through private security networks, intelligence gathering, and global surveillance. Their work is rarely visible, but their reach extends into the places where threats first begin to form.
Though Caius openly despises Halvar’s practice of sheltering reborn children within the Bastion, even the First Authority recognizes Skjoldreen’s value. For centuries, they have remained the distant eyes of the estate—silent, patient, and ever vigilant.
House Levantis stands apart from the other factions of Alysium Hill, wielding neither military strength nor political authority, but knowledge. As keeper of the estate’s records and memory,
Levantis preserves the truths that shape the immortal world.
For centuries, its members have documented the histories others might prefer forgotten, studying the patterns of immortal behavior and ensuring the past is never entirely buried.
In the modern world, Levantis extends its influence through medicine, research, technology, and historical scholarship. Its laboratories, institutions, and private archives quietly expand the estate’s understanding of immortality and the evolving human world.
Levantis rarely seeks open conflict, but in a society built upon secrets, knowledge can be the most dangerous weapon of all.
And Levantis has spent centuries learning how to wield it.
House Takemura exists beyond the recognized structure of Alysium Hill, a faction born not from council authority, but defiance. Founded by Toyshiya, the house pursues its own ambitions outside the rules governing the established factions.
Takemura thrives through secrecy, calculated disruption, and carefully cultivated loyalties. Hidden alliances and underground networks allow its influence to spread where the council cannot easily see.
In the modern world, the house operates through private syndicates, financial networks, and covert power structures, expanding its reach while avoiding the oversight imposed upon recognized factions.
Though the council refuses to recognize House Takemura, its presence is impossible to ignore. To many within the estate, it remains a dangerous anomaly—growing stronger precisely because it exists beyond their rules.
