The Central Authority

“ God, another one of the locals... Why did I get a post here on the east? ”

― Authority Peacekeeper

The Central Authority
The Authority emblem
Territory	Central Luminant Eastern Luminant, Fort Merit
Goals	Conquest of all Luminants Destruction of the Ministry and its agents.

Description

The Central Authority (frequently referred to as simply "The Authority") is a large military organization native to the Central Luminant. An authoritarian regime led by a mysterious man named Drallis Ehr who acts as their Grand Sovereign, they are thoroughly dedicated to the expansion of their empire and the destruction of their enemies.

Their ranks consist of Warmasters, Wardens (which may actually be the same thing), multiple Inquisitor classes, and then standard military rankings. The Authority is the main enemy of the Kingdom of Etrea.

Their soldiers utilise Thundercall, Flamecharm and Frostdraw, though, fittingly, not Galebreathe.

Highly treacherous, they have gone behind the backs of both the Legion and the Summer Company to get what they want. They work with many smaller factions, including The Ignition Union, Summer Company, The Divers and The Knives of Eylis.

Their upper ranks mostly consist of Adrets. Whilst other races are present in the Authority's ranks, they are usually rank-and-file soldiers.

Gameplay

• Everyone aside from Adrets start out with lower reputation with them. But the reputation is almost neutral, meaning that by helping the authority one time in Erisia or two, you will already be in neutral reputation with the Authority.
• Their base of operations in the Eastern Luminant is Fort Merit.
• Randomly encountered in the Starswept Valley and Erisia.

Relationships

• Enemies with The Hundred Legions.
• Enemies with The Kingdom of Etrea.
• Skirmishes with The Hive, but not direct enemies.
• Enemies with The Ministry.
• Provides funding for The Divers.
• Trades ammunition and arms with the Summer Company.
• Contracts with the Ignition Union to kill monsters in the Depths.
• Occasionally hires The Knives of Eylis to raid Etrean ships.

Reputation

All origins start with a neutral reputation with The Central Authority. The Authority is notorious for being an extremely easy faction to anger.

The Central Authority is a bounty board faction. They also have a reputation reset NPC located in Merit's Reach.

The Central Authority has jobs on every job board in the game excluding Summer Isle and The Depths.

While the Authority lacks in reputation beneficial quests, it benefits from having the most Random Encounters of any other faction in the game. Assisting the Authority in any of these events will grant you positive reputation:

• Authority Officers vs Vigil Swordsmen(Erisia)
• Authority Officers vs Etrean Soldiers(Upper Erisia)
• Authority Officers vs Legion Soldiers(Upper Erisia)
• Authority Officers vs Legion Soldier + Legion Captain(The Viper's Jaw/Upper Erisia)
• Authority Lieutenant vs Legion Captain(Starswept Valley)
• Authority Captain vs Hive Construct(Starswept Valley)

Negative reputation will prevent you from accessing Fort Merit exclusive NPC's such as the Banker and Antiquarian as usual.

The Fort Merit rescue quest automatically lowers your reputation with the Authority upon completion.

Notable Members

• Drallis Ehr
• Warden Jericho
• Vice Warden Morreth

Associated Enemies

Authority Soldier

Authority Peacekeeper

Authority Officer

Authority Lieutenant

Authority Captain

Authority Commander

Trivia

• While the Logo could imply that they are to act as a shining beacon to the other four Luminants, due to it being star shaped, it may also hint to them being tied to Celestials.
• The Central Authority has clear relations with every faction except Celtor.
• Windrunner implies the Authority's war against Etrea is primarily to stop Zi'eer, Etrea's Lord Regent, from causing a Great Drowning in the Etrean Luminant, with the Warmaster deciding to take drastic measures to go to war with Etrea to invade Etris and then try to stop Zi'eer and his contractors.
  • However, the Operation 'Puppet Master' report implies this is being kept a secret from most of the Authority's forces. Their lack of presence on Minityrsa and hostilities with The Children Of Navae also seem to contradict with this mission.
  • These may be due to the closing of the Eastern Interstitial Lighthouse cutting off orders and reinforcements from the Central Luminant.
  • Interestingly, Warden Jericho believes the Authority's peacekeeping may be contributing to the drowning, likely due to the casualties it's generating.
• Although they are a major faction, they received very little out of the Deepwoken: Verse 2 update, this is probably because of the fact that Fort Merit and such is just a fraction of the Central Authority.
• Though they are enemies with the Hive, they are not actually in an official government sanctioned war, unlike Etrea and the Legions. They don't invade each other; they only fight on the battlegrounds of Aratel.
• There will be an Authority Origin in future updates, possibly alongside the Warmaster Oath, that is highly related to the Authority. Meaning that in the next big update, or alongside small updates, the Authority will have more implications in Deepwoken.
• The Authority has an unofficial marching song called "The Gideshu March", named after (and written by) the first lieutenant of the Authority, August Gideshu. The march quickly became popular among the many regiments and has therefore become a popular marching song. Some even consider it the Authority's unofficial anthem, though the more elite Authority members views on this are not entirely clear.
  • "The Gideshu March" has a line saying, "Bring order, peace, Adretian fame!" showing their biases towards Adrets are something worn on their sleeve rather than kept hidden.