This post will introduce the 26 factions that occupy the game world in "Hegemony: Philip of Macedon".
Controlling the Kingdom of Macedon, you interact with other factions through espionage, diplomacy and direct military action. Factions include Greek Leagues, Tribal Kingdoms and Empires and are comprised of cities, city-states or tribal states. Members of a particular faction follow the policy of the dominant city or in the case of a tribal kingdom, the King.
The Main Factions in the game are the “Kingdom of Macedon”, the “Athenian Empire”, the Boeotian League” led by Thebes, the “Lacedaemonians” led by Sparta and the “Persian Empire”.Other Greek City-State Leagues and Kingdoms include the “Thessalian League” led by Larissa, “Pherae”, the “Chalcidian League” led by Olynthus, “Phocis”, “Achaea”, “Arcadia”, the “Kingdom of Epirus”, “Aetolia”, “Acarnania”, “Elis”, “Argolis”, “Corinthia”, “Messenia” and “Crete”.
The remaining non-Greek speaking Tribal Kingdoms are grouped under the Thracian Kingdoms (Central, Western and Eastern “Odrysian Kingdoms”), the “Paeonians”, the “Illyrians”, the “Balkan Mountain Tribes” and the “Danube Valley Tribes”.
Although factions are autonomous, they may be aligned with other factions through cultural, territorial, or other common interests.
In the Greek World, war is the normal state of affairs. You don’t declare war on a faction in Hegemony; you simply invade its territory and attack it. It’s not all that simple though. Attacking a faction will provoke responses from other factions with interests in the region, or who simply see your distraction as the opportune time to invade your territories.