The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero - Factions
The organisations fighting over Crossbell: the police unit at the centre of the story, the state's institutions, the guilds and syndicates that operate across its borders, and the powers that treat the state as a prize.
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Support Section | Police Unit | The experimental unit the Crossbell Police Department creates to give the force a friendlier public face, made up of a returning detective, a mayor's granddaughter, a foundation researcher and an ex-soldier. | Crossbell City | Lloyd Bannings Elie MacDowell Tio Plato Randy Orlando Sergei Lou (supervisor) |
| Crossbell Police Department | State Institution | The civil police force of the state, stretched thinner than the Guardian Force and dependent on the goodwill of the politicians who fund it. | Crossbell State | Sergei Lou Alex Dudley and the First Division Police headquarters, Administrative District |
| Crossbell Guardian Force | Military | The state's small army, responsible for the borders and for defending a country either neighbour could overrun in a week. | Crossbell State | Bellguard Gate garrison Tangram Gate garrison Randy Orlando (former member) |
| Bracer Guild (Crossbell branch) | International Guild | The guild office that handles the requests the state cannot or will not, staffed by bracers whose independence makes them useful to everyone and trusted by no one in power. | Crossbell State | Estelle Bright Joshua Bright Arios MacLaine |
| Ouroboros | Secret Society | The society whose Anguis and Enforcers treat the Crossbell crisis as one phase of a much larger plan. | Operating across Zemuria | Enforcers active in Crossbell Society experiments tied to the state's ruins Renne Mariabell Crois |
| Heiyue Trading Company | Syndicate and Trading House | An eastern trading house that runs legitimate commerce and criminal muscle through three family branches, the Lai, Lu and Lee houses, and that treats Crossbell as a market to be managed rather than a city to be run. | Crossbell State (eastern Zemurian origin) | Cao Lee The three houses (Lai, Lu and Lee) Front companies across Crossbell City |
| Revache and Co. | Criminal Syndicate | The entrenched Crossbell mafia, running protection rackets and smuggling while trying to hold its turf against Heiyue, the reforming state and the unit that keeps walking into its operations. | Crossbell City | Garcia Rossi (enforcer and fixer) Underworld holdings Racketeering and smuggling operations |
| Arc en Ciel | Theatre Troupe | The city's celebrated stage troupe and one of the few things in Crossbell that both neighbouring powers admire. | Entertainment District, Crossbell City | Ilya Platiere Rixia Mao Main stage productions |
| International Bank of Crossbell (IBC) | Financial Institution | The bank whose loans keep the state solvent and whose reach extends into both neighbouring economies. | Crossbell City | Dieter Crois Mariabell Crois The city's financial quarter |
| Crossbell State Government | Civil Government | The mayor's administration and the independence movement around it, walking a line between the empire, the republic and the bank while trying to build a case for Crossbell's sovereignty that neither power can ignore. | Crossbell State | Mayor Henry MacDowell Independence negotiations Diplomatic visits from both great powers |
| Saber Vipers | Street Gang | A Crossbell street gang led by Wald Wales, whose turf wars with rival crews become a running subplot and a source of loud, unlikely allies once the city's crisis spills into its alleys. | Crossbell City | Wald Wales Gang hideout Turf clashes with rival crews |
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