Thirty criminal and not quite so criminal gangs for your PCs to join, infiltrate or fight.

When you need an army that can survive the deep desert or high mountains. Can march for days through marshland without succumbing to disease. Doesn't ask questions and does what its told. You call the Red Marsh Mercenary Company. If you have the gold, that is.

You wouldn't keep 20000 gold pieces under your pillow, would you?

The Ealamassian Empire stretched over 1100 leagues by seven hundred leagues and persisted for nine centuries before succumbing to the relentless barbarism and hostility of its neighbors. They reached almost mythical heights of magical advancement, mathematics, astronomy, agriculture, metallurgy, and thaumaturgy before their fall.

Centuries later, the remnants of the Ealamassi remain detested, feared, avoided, and demonized.

Most folk call them Orc.

A unique order of monks suitable for any steam punk setting.

The core of the Carolinian Resurgence is the Ouvrage progam

For too long, the realm of magic has been controlled by the jealous hands of just a few. That time is no more, and though they may resist, the great blossoming of magic cannot be stopped.

Maester Ardund

This Temple rests at the highest point of the island of Gond so that the Seers might observe the rising and setting of the sun, moon, and stars.

Orders within the Guild of Adventurers-Upon-Return (GoAuR)

A group of 'knights' who fight werewolves, but struggle with the curse themselves.

The Tau Sable team is a variable membership unit based around vehicular operations in North America. The unit is in many ways unique as it relies on seemingly retro-tech and the badly decayed and abandoned mass transit systems of the Petroleum Era.

Where the rule of law is seen as being absent, weak, or too oppressive to want, and crime of all kinds flourishes, sooner or later people will take the law into their own hands and become vigilantes. Here are seven such gangs.

The tradition of Sabanto-Meido arose in Nippon/Japan after the widescale adoption of robotics and automation. It is a cultural movement to embrace traditional values and to counter the subculture movement of the Ko girls.

'All matter is made of six elements. The seventh element, work, fulfills the potential of the other six' – Liang Huou, Grandmaster

There are three things, each sacred and bearded: Moon, Monks, and Moss. All connected. Tied together by the Monks of the Bearded Moon, an old order of healers, mystics, bearers of the secret knowledge, and inheritors of the Bearded Moon's gifts. Theirs is a sect full of mystery and bound by ritual.

During the Death Wars one unit was created filled with fanatics bearing unique tattoos that gave them an invaluable ability impressive in any military action: the ability to cheat death.

A troupe of players has made a rare stop at the local fair. There are plays, fortune tellers, games of 'chance', and more! Great fun for all.

'You don't step into the ring with Ali because you think you can box.

There are three ways to live. And living them well, living them with purpose, allows you to die easy.

Come forth, the world weary, be assured that the blessed steel will guide you into the Green Vales! The wondrous Sting will herald your entry into the blessed realm.