Etrea

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“ Welcome, traveler. Don’t go causing any trouble, all right? ”

― Etrean Guard

Etrea
The emblem of The Kingdom of Etrea
Territory	Etris Isle of Vigils
Goals	Survival Collecting artifacts and the Forge of Sin Defeat The Authority

Description

A kingdom of chiefly Etreans that are the main ruling faction in the Etrean Luminant. They reside in their capital of Etris.

The Isle of Vigils is also part of Etrea, acting as its military school, though Etrea's attitude toward the Isle is much more hands-off.

Being the largest land ruling faction in the Etrean Luminant, they hold a large range of power, deploying foot-soldiers all across the Etrean Luminant. They are led by a Lord Regent who rules from his castle and seeing over the land of Etris and the Etrean Wilds. They had been ruled by their Kings for generations; until decades to months before the year 1271, when the new leader Lord Regent took over.

The Lord Regent is actually a Contractor and Ministry Prophet, essentially making them a puppet state for the Ministry. This led to a war with the Authority.

The soldiers in Etris are purely Etrean, with the Mantra Collector sitting at the bottom near the docks being a Canor. If you go up to Schnitzel and talk them, you will be given the normal dialogue options, as well as a third, "Why aren't you up in town?" Upon asking this question, Schnitzel will say "Canor no allowed to buy in town, new leader very strange." While many take this to mean they are racist, the Etreans welcomed three Adrets into their capital, two of whom were Divers, implying there was a different reason for Schnitzel's banishment.

Reputation

For the castaway and lone warrior origins, the player spawns in with a friend reputation with Etrea. Deepbound players will spawn in with neutral reputation, and voidwalkers will spawn in with an enemy reputation.

Being an Etrean increases your starting reputation with Etrea. This sets your starting voidwalker enemy reputation to neutral.

There are a substantial amount of ways to gain reputation with Etrea:

• Donating wood to either Korin or Drefa.
• Occasionally when defeating the Blade Instructor.
• Defeating the bandits at either Isle of Vigils or Etris.
• Helping Etrea during the rare etris invasion event.
• Doing the Nanji or Lance’s Brother quests.

On top of that, Etrea has many random events across the Luminants in which you may assist them and gain reputation:

• Vigil Swordsmen vs Authority Officers (Erisia)
• Etrean Soldiers vs Authority Officer (Upper Erisia)
• Vigil Swordsmen vs Hive Scouts(Starswept Valley)
• Etrean Soldiers vs Knives of Eylis (The Aratel Sea/The Etrean Sea)

Etrea is among the factions with a Bounty Board. They also have a reputation reset NPC, Nerin, located above the main entrance area of Etris.

You need a high friend reputation with Etrea in order to start the lord regent's questline. Having a negative reputation with Etrea removes your ability to talk to several key NPCs, such as Bankers and Antiquarians, as usual.

Notable Members

• The Lord Regent (Presumed, actually belongs to The Ministry)
• Polis
• Kennith
• Nerin (Resets reputation to your default rep when you spawn in, unlocks the Sly boon.)

Associated Enemies

Etrean Guardsmen

Etrean Soldier

Vigil Swordsman

Blade Instructor

Blade Temple Guard

Etrean Royal Guard

Polis

The fountain leading to the Hive

Trivia

• Like other major factions, they seem to be based on a real-world culture, with Etrea being based on East Asian countries.
• In the Kings Garden, much like in Vigils and the hidden village, there is a fountain, it is located next to Lord Regents Palace