️Faction I: The Old Blood
Led by Baroness Mircea Báthory & Father Corvin Hale.
• Believe in maintaining the duchy’s medieval purity: nobles rule, fledglings serve.
• Support Isolde only if she preserves ancient traditions.
• Oppose modern integration and technological adaptation.

️ Faction II: The Reformists
Led by Arden Vale and Dr. Elias Voss.
• Seek to modernize the duchy: synthetic blood, new hierarchies, and cooperation with human society.
• Believe secrecy is doomed; wish to transition into a “shadow partnership” with humanity.
• Viewed as dangerous idealists by traditionalists.

️ Faction III: The Whisper Cabal
Led by Lady Aurelia DuCasse & Vera Quinn.
• Pragmatists who control information.
• Play both sides to preserve their influence.
• Rumored to be colluding with human intelligence agencies to manage vampire exposure.

Faction IV: The Crimson Fangs
Loyalists under Sir Camden Thorne.
• The duchy’s militant arm, responsible for enforcement and executions.
• Believe in strength through fear.
• Increasingly discontent with Isolde’s reliance on diplomacy.