Appendix — Quick Reference (for clarity)
Power Scaling (lowest → highest):
1. Mortal Realm: Apprentice → Adept → Master
2. Spirit Realm: Spirit Initiate → Spirit Knight → Spirit Lord
3. Elemental Realm: Elemental Disciple → Elemental Champion → Elemental Sovereign
4. Mythic Realm: Mythic Ascendant → Mythic Warlord → Mythic King
5. Divine Realm: Demigod → True God → Eternal Sovereign
Major Clans/Factions on Azerion & Notes:
Valeheart Clan — Arion's clan; swordsmen, honor, ancestral blade.
Drakar Clan — Main antagonist; dragon-theme; most powerful military clan in Valdrake Dominion.
Thornshade Sect — Assassins/forbidden arts; mercenaries.
Celestine Order — Religious knights; politically influential.
Ironfang Tribe — Nomadic beast-warriors; unpredictable.
Various smaller houses and mercenary bands influence local politics.