How many factions are in Fortune's Weave?

The roster checked records 11 playable groupings (the route armies plus the Promised One's Army party and six unaffiliated clans) and 10 further named armies that carry characters who are not on the playable roster.

What is an Obelisk army?

Each Flame Lord leads an Obelisk: Fox is Cai, Lion is Dietrich, Wolf is Theodora and Eagle is Leda. Strife is the Part II war army, which is why the name appears with the largest roster of the five.

Why do some factions have far more names than others?

Because the sizes differ in the game, not in the record. Mosa and the Strife Obelisk carry large named casts while the Eagle Obelisk lists four, and the counts here come from the roster rather than from an assumption that every army should be comparable.

Are the unaffiliated clans available on every route?

Yes. The four Heroic Games clans compete independently of the path you choose, which is why they are the reliable way to fill a roster gap regardless of which Flame Lord you picked.

Factions and Armies

Four Obelisk armies, six unaffiliated clans and the named armies that carry everyone else, with counts taken from the roster rather than from assumptions.

How the armies map to the paths

Fortune's Weave names ten playable groupings and ten further armies that appear in the story without joining you. The naming is the part worth learning: each Flame Lord leads an Obelisk, so Fox is Cai, Lion is Dietrich, Wolf is Theodora and Eagle is Leda, and those four banners are what the Part I chapter lists are grouped under. Strife is the Part II war army that gathers the four paths into one front.

Underneath that sit the unaffiliated clans who compete in the Heroic Games regardless of your route. That independence is practical rather than cosmetic: a clan unit can be recruited on any path, which makes them the reliable way to patch a roster hole created by your choice of Flame Lord.

The route armies and the party

Promised One's Army3 recorded

Eshmel, Hong Hua, Troy

Ribeira Winds5 recorded

Cai, Tialla, Peter, Ultand

House Lamine4 recorded

Dietrich, Fabio, Esmeralda, Mikaela

Megaira's Beacon6 recorded

Theodora, Bonaventure, Tobias, Lysander, Lilian

Rose Tempest6 recorded

Leda, Buccar, Sirocco, Mu, Olympia

The unaffiliated clans

Fiery Mane5 recorded

Bertrand, Gaitz, Dante, Goliath, Jester

Tale of the Moon5 recorded

Talimun, Ursula, Simon, Ludia, Fianna

Linaria Dewdrops5 recorded

Orchel, Diego, Ninae, Seteth, Loretta

Bridal Party of the Pale Raven5 recorded

Anatolia, Sha Lan, Nezha, Dadao, Halvin

Other Clan Leaders7 recorded

Benditz, Alexandra, Zarcone, Jasmine, Kiroc, Inyoni, Peppe

Neutral8 recorded

Guzran, Nydine, Io, Catania, Noctula, Yang Jie, Nuzzuo, Majide

The named armies behind the roster

These armies carry characters who appear in the story but who are not recorded on the playable roster, which is why they are kept separate from recruits rather than mixed into them.

Fox ObeliskCai5 recorded

Nero, Zenzele, Harrison, Gervasio, Castor

Lion ObeliskDietrich10 recorded

Cetus, Tarek, Randa, Tsuze, Long, Hannibal, Zenon, Mars, Borges, Aguirre

Wolf ObeliskTheodora5 recorded

Dyan, Bahr Vahn, Huver, Idi, Digamma

Eagle ObeliskLeda4 recorded

Lechner, Balboa, Bjor, Mahdel

Strife ObeliskPart II war army42 recorded

Ianuarius, Gilchris, Lind, Dagda, Caddock, Tet, Dallos, Sed, Ichi, Lian Ren, Flayn, Cichol, Jehoshaphat, Nasshim, Elfrida, Seiros, Thales, Nemesis, Lamine, Blaiddyd, Maurice, Sinza, Sichyon, Sergio, Shandor, Kleitos, Tabatha, Brachi Dia, Valencia, Hilaria, Gaia, Helmeric, Marius, Vritra, Chang'e, Britannis, Galdius, Aeneus, Morgan, Mace, Newman, Hanno

Temple Army5 recorded

Solel, Aurora, Centurio, Sofia, Anna

Kingdom of Arago4 recorded

Aswan, Nathan, Creek, Tahonia

Mosa23 recorded

Klapka, Sothis, Poloni, Karina, Tsiskaridze, Gabriel, Kumos, Nomved, Cruaidín, Llewelyn, Vinicius, Katarina, Myson, Cleobulus, Solel, Fortuna, Aurora, Mars, Kalla, Jurah, Smyrnos, Credna, Yu Phas

Underworld Army7 recorded

Balor, Arago, Breza, Mahadu, Guillermo, Cohen, Drake

Order of Mithras6 recorded

Raksha, Iliana, Maria, Baozi, Shenlo, Yanjin

Reading the counts

Army sizes differ sharply rather than clustering, and that shape is worth noticing when planning a route: a large named army usually means a large cast to plan around, while a small one means the path leans harder on the units you recruit yourself. The counts here are derived from the roster rows rather than written into the page, so they move when the underlying data does.

Where a character appears under two banners, both are recorded: guests and cross-path recruits list the army they arrive with, and the characters page notes which units can be pulled to another path. Faction membership is a placement tool rather than a recruitment rule.

Frequently asked questions

How many factions are in Fortune's Weave?: The roster checked records 11 playable groupings (the route armies plus the Promised One's Army party and six unaffiliated clans) and 10 further named armies that carry characters who are not on the playable roster.
What is an Obelisk army?: Each Flame Lord leads an Obelisk: Fox is Cai, Lion is Dietrich, Wolf is Theodora and Eagle is Leda. Strife is the Part II war army, which is why the name appears with the largest roster of the five.
Why do some factions have far more names than others?: Because the sizes differ in the game, not in the record. Mosa and the Strife Obelisk carry large named casts while the Eagle Obelisk lists four, and the counts here come from the roster rather than from an assumption that every army should be comparable.
Are the unaffiliated clans available on every route?: Yes. The four Heroic Games clans compete independently of the path you choose, which is why they are the reliable way to fill a roster gap regardless of which Flame Lord you picked.

The characters page carries the roster side of this: who joins which army, what each recruit asks for, and which units can be pulled across paths.