Overview
The Celebrants are a Great 5 faction that repeatedly intersects campaign events through religion, custody power, and political leverage. Their presence spans early documentary traces through later direct operational control in Thornhearth-adjacent arcs.
Current Status
- Active Great 5 faction with demonstrated ability to receive custody targets and influence local outcomes.
Role in Story
- Serves as a recurring institutional force in both Graydirge-era records and current conflict administration.
- Functions as a power broker around detainment, loyalty pressure, and post-conflict settlement handling.
Timeline Highlights
- First appears in documentary accusation/denial threads tied to bank-era politics.
- Later gains direct field overlap through named members and custody transitions.
- In recent arc notes, receives explicit handoff/control expectation for Thornhearth.
Session Evidence
- One note accused a bank-affiliated target of working with the Celebrants.
- A second note denied a petition to join the Celebrants.
- The denied petition referenced devotion and services in the names of Geb and the Pallid Princess.
- Session 12 records indicate the Celebrants accepted Tylegmut after her Builders League approach failed.
- Session 16 and Session 17 show direct field overlap through Se-Maut-Get and custody/management transitions at Crooked Coffin.
- The Celebrants are one of the Great 5 factions.
- In Session 34, party notes say the Celebrants asked the party to bring Nathnelma back alive if combat occurred.
- In Session 37, party notes say the party handed Nathnelma to Zthni of the Celebrants.
- In Session 37, notes said Zthni planned to torture Nathnelma.
- In Session 38, party notes say the Celebrants gave the party 300 gp and a casket of bloodwine with the message, “You’ve made death fun again.”
- In Session 47, party notes said the group chose to leave Thornhearth to the Celebrants and sent them a letter.
Known Members
Relationships
- Documentary tie to Geb (Ruler) and Pallid Princess via petition language.
- Documented operational overlap with Tylegmut.
Open Questions
- What are the Celebrants’ real objectives in Graydirge?
- Are they aligned with, opposed to, or infiltrated by civic institutions?