Silver Hills Hexcrawl Factions

17 Nov, 2025

These factions are for my ongoing hexcrawl project, they use the faction rules found here.

Major Factions

The Reclaimers

Originally Silver Hills residents who rejected the aid and influence from the angels, the Reclaimers were exiled for allegedly bringing a plague to the town. After years of struggle, the Reclaimers and their descendants formed their own settlement east of Silver Hills. Though many of the original Reclaimers didn’t survive, they have learned to live off the land and become a stable force in the Silver Hills region, taking in anyone who is ousted from or rejects Silver Hills. Now that they've achieved stability, they aim to return to their homes by force.
​ Long-term goal: Retake Silver Hills and return to their homes
Goals in progress:

• Cut off Silver Hills' finances by sabotaging their primary mine (Medium, 6/6 weeks)
• Collect enough poison to coat their archers' arrows in it (Medium 2/6 weeks)
• Cut off food to Silver Hills by taking over the farm that supplies the town with food (Easy 1/4 weeks)

Triggered goal: March on Silver Hills: 3 short-term goals are completed, or 6 are partially completed.

Leader
Onyx the Poxbringer

21 grit, 16 Brawn, 14 Agility, 14 Mind, 2 defense
​ Dragon Dance: Onyx can wield 2 handed weapons as though they are one-handed
​ Kasumi-no-kamae: At the start of her turn, Onyx can choose to take a low stance, preparing to counter melee attacks. While in this stance, any attacks Onyx makes are impaired. If a creature attacks Onyx with a melee attack while she is in this stance, subtract 1 from the damage she takes (minimum 1). She can immediately make an attack against that enemy.
​ Tri-Wielded Katanas: 1d10 damage (roll once for each katana, take the best result)
​ Items: 2x Smoke bombs, grappling hook with rope, 2x Kunai knives, short bow
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About Onyx:

• Onyx is the daughter of Pandora, who founded the Reclaimers after being exiled from Silver Hills.
• The Reclaimer Settlement has no formal government, but Onyx has a functional mandate from the people who live there.
• She doesn’t believe the ratlings brought any plague to Silver Hills but keeps the Poxbringer name as it intimidates humans.
• Ruthlessly protective of her people.
• Driven by the rage of watching friends die as the Reclaimers initially struggled to build a sustainable community.

Headquarters: Reclaimer's Settlement (Hex 0605)

Lieutenants

• The Lady of Silence (Mochizuki Sasaki): An older Ratling woman who mentored Onyx after Pandora passed away. Sasaki is a master Ninja, expert in subterfuge, poisonmaking, and information collection. She is pragmatic, often acting as the cool head in meetings with Clay and Onyx.
• The Man of Mayhem (Clay Jarret): Originally a bounty hunter, He made a failed attempt on Onyx’s life, leaving him with a nasty scar on his chest. Rather than kill him, Onyx offered him a job leading attacks on Silver Hills trade caravans. He is loyal and true to his word, but brutal and merciless.
• As a group, Clay, Mochizuki, and Onyx have been infamously labeled as the Terrible Triad by outsiders.

Laylah’s Demons

After rising from the Hells for the first time, Laylah and her imps quickly overtook Mellow Grove, in part because she wanted a castle for herself. Since arriving, she has been converting townsfolk into cambions to prevent them from leaving town while using her imps to ensure no one gets in or out unnoticed. She worries angels may make their way down soon as the conflict between demons and angels slowly moves south.
​ She aims to perform a profane ritual to create a barrier against angels, but it requires the sacrifice of a dozen beautiful, pure lovers. To that end, she has banned sex in Mellow Grove and aims to pair off people in town she thinks would be good together, using charms if needed to kick-start their relationship.
​ Long-term goal: Keep angels out of Laylah’s castle
Goals in progress:

• Blow up the grand railway to prevent travel (Medium, 4/6 weeks)
• Build up town defenses by making more cambions (Easy 0/4 weeks)
• Create or find 6 relationships of beautiful people in pure love (Hard 0/6 weeks)

Triggered Goal: Sacrifice pure lovers to create a profane barrier around Laylah’s castle.

Leader
Laylah, Sorceress Succubus

17 Grit, 10 Brawn, 14 Agility, 16 Mind ​
Demonic Charm: Mortals become infatuated with Laylah at a single glance. Characters taking any action that would harm Laylah must make a mind check, or they can’t bring themselves to go through with it.
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Loyal Minions: If Laylah would die, she can survive by devouring the soul of a nearby minion. The minion is immediately dragged to hell, and Laylah restores 1d6 Grit.
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Fire blast: 1d8 damage to a nearby target, can be used on objects to set them on fire.
​ Claws: 1d4 damage
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About Laylah:

• A powerful succubus who loves living a life of luxury and power. Obsessed with beauty and love.
• Seems cordial and sweet if she needs something from you or thinks you are beautiful.
• Uninterested in the war with the angels, so long as it doesn’t wind up at her doorstep.
• Loves pairing off citizens of Mellow Hills as if they are dolls for her to play with and would do so even if she didn’t need lovers for her ritual.

Headquarters: Mellow Grove Castle (Hex 0301)
​ Lieutenants

• Yorabaa: A lesser demon in the service of Laylah. He is a warrior who longs to fight in the war between angels and demons and sees no value in the beauty or love of lesser beings. He is much weaker than Laylah, but hopes to backstab her, given the opportunity.
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Ramiel’s Deputies

Since he’s gone north to fight in the war against demons, Archangel Ramiel has left his deputies in charge of the region. The deputies are overwhelmed and at odds with Silver Hills’ mayor, as he doesn’t like that they are only accountable to an angel that isn’t even around.
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They are aware of the Reclaimers and want to ensure they don’t get powerful enough to attack Silver Hills. Losing Silver Hills would be a major embarrassment for Ramiel and leave the angels without access to the town’s silver mine.
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Long-term goal: Stop the Reclaimers from gaining power
Goals in progress:

• Identify the Terrible Triad (Medium | 0/4 weeks)
• Secure trade routes into Silver Hills (Medium | 0/6 weeks)
• Recruit more deputies (Easy | 0/4 weeks)
• Make the mayor look bad (Easy | 2/6 weeks)

Leader:
Marsha Burns

13 grit, 13 Brawn, 12 Agility, 13 Mind, 3 defense
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Shield bash: 1d4 damage, target must make a brawn save or be knocked prone
​ Blessed Longsword: 1d8 damage, shines in the darkness
​ Items: 2 potions of healing (1d6), 1 fire bomb, a pair of manacles, heavy armor
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About Marsha

• Defacto leader of the local deputies, an older woman with Betty White vibes.
• Friendly face, but cold and calculating, a real ends-justify-the-means type.
• Conniving, but she makes others do her dirty work as she gets older.
• Feels the deputies ought to control Silver Hills, and the mayor should pass control of the militia to her.

Headquarters: Silver Hills
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Lieutenants

• Barnabas Gibbles: The muscle of the regional deputies. Barny is a big, bulky man who wears a patch over his left eye. He feels above local law and guards, will directly disobey them, and abuse his authority to get what he wants (free drinks and labor, mostly).
• Mosely Barnes: A young apprentice who idolizes the angels. He follows Marsha’s orders unwaveringly and hopes for Ramiel to deputize him someday.

Minor Factions

The Satchel Union

This region's chapter of the Satchel Union, a monastic order dedicated to delivering mail securely and privately. Delivery monks are raised from a young age and not taught to read, so they can’t steal information from the letters they deliver. Many parents who cannot take care of a child leave them with the monks, where they will be well-fed and trained.
​ Long-term goal: Secure Safe routes between Silver Hills, Mellow Grove, and the Reclaimers settlement for mail delivery.
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Short-term goals:

• Find delivery monks that have gone missing in Mellow Grove (Hard | 0/6 weeks)
• Secure food for an influx of children left at the monastery (Medium | 1/4 weeks)

Leader: Abbot Min Yang

The Black Rose Mercenaries

A crew of mercenary cowboys. The best fighters you can hire on short notice, known for being extremely honorable of their contracts, but have no loyalty to any particular contractor.
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Long-term goals: Make money, expand the influence of the organization
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Short-term goals:

• Clear out most of the undead in the region (Hard | 1/4 weeks)
• Find the person who’s been using their name to scam potential contractors (Hard 0/2 weeks)

Leader: Domino Bell