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Trench Decay: Lore and Factions
Understand the fictional Eternal War and the groups your squad encounters. The lore overview keeps alternate history separate from a real World War I timeline. Factions explains trade, work, and hostility, while distinguishing the game world from player-created Divisions.
Lore and FactionsRead the setting, then the relationship
Read the setting, then the relationship
The player enlistment belongs to the game fiction. The faction directory adds practical distinctions: Nomad trade, Oathkeeper work, and New Order hostility. Read the overview for the setting and the faction article for the group interaction you are trying to understand. A narrative identity is not automatically a player-guild requirement.
Factions do not all serve the same interaction: The Nomads trade scavenged weapons and Gun Scrap, The Oathkeepers offer enemy-clearing work, and The New Order is hostile. Those differences give a faction name practical meaning while the larger Eternal War story remains fictional context.
Choose the question you want answered
Choose the fictional background or faction relationship.
Lore and Factions articles
Read the fictional Eternal War setting, distinguish world factions from Divisions, and understand trading, work, and hostile groups.
Guide
Trench Decay: Factions and Bunker Relationships
Recognize the four world factions, compare Nomad trade with Oathkeeper work and New Order hostility, and separate factions from Divisions.
Guide
Trench Decay: Lore and the Eternal War
Understand the fictional Eternal War, mutated soldiers, and 1919 player enlistment without confusing game lore with real history.
Understand the world groups
Read the faction directory before confusing a bunker faction with a player Division.