<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=297939.msg14582818#msg14582818">Quote from: TheKhan on 22-12-2018, 19:06:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">1) Did anyone end up settling on Factions to belong to? No is an okay answer here, they don't have to be aligned, I just want to double check since I didn't notice anything conclusive, which I expect means I missed it. <br/><br/>2) It would be beneficial for the characters to know each other in advance and already be wiling to work together. Does anyone have thoughts as to how that may have happened?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>So.. I can't see Barik joining a faction right out of the gate. A couple of them might approach him; but he'd probably turn them down, at least the first couple of times. Clueless, yes. Stupid? Less so.<br/><br/>The second question is harder to answer. Barik's not the easiest cutter to approach, even when he's sober he's probably got a rep for being nasty. At the same time, when you want a bruiser who never backs down from a fight... well, Barik's a good bet. He's also pretty easy to find. So, maybe somebody needed a little muscle for a job, or someone to watch their back for a little while. Barik likes jink as much as the next person, and bloodying a few people to get it isn't likely to bother him. And, hey, someone who hired him, paid him and comes back? Definitely someone he would be willing to work with again.<br/><br/>He's .. also pretty easy to challenge; he doesn't race, but a drinking contest, or a little 'friendly' arm-wrestling? Sure. He's not the most graceful of losers, but that's the risk you take, eh? On the other hand, someone who can beat him at either is someone he's likely to respect and remember.