The Cold Steel Alliance

The Cold Steel Alliance
The Cold Steel Alliance (Or CSA for short) is a faction bent on technological advancement and locating a lost civilization they believe has technology capable to rival the gods themselves.

Overview
The Cold Steel Alliance is an alliance of several cities located in The Ashlands, created to ease resource and research data transportation between the cities of The Alliance. The cities of the CSA are founded in gigantic caves underneath the surface of the burning hot ashlands, connected with eachother via long tunnels. Most cities only build small but heavily fortified outposts on the surface, as maintaining structures on the surface proves incredibly difficult due to the environment conditions and living on it is almost impossible due to constant ash storms and high temperature amplitudes.

Origins
The CSA is a very young faction, only existing for 20 years. Before it was created, these cities were ruled by a cruel emperor, who prioritized wealth over citizens. Crime rates were high, corruption was uncontrollable and The Rebellion was gaining traction. After 60 years of struggle the emperor was overthrown and exiled to The Ashlands, into the hands of fate and whatever horrors still roam the surface. Worried that individual cities will not survive, The Cold Steel Alliance was created. Learning from their mistakes, they founded a council which was composed mainly of generals and rebellion activists. However, the emperor's terror did not vanish with him and left the country unstable and people traumatized.

Members
Inverno, The Reconstructor

General Manus

Rules and Hierarchy
The cities are all divided into several layers with the rich being the closest to the surface, yet still underground, and the poor being lower.