Pending decisions

Pending decisions

These three decisions are open. Each section lists the wiki pages, repo files and fields that will change once the decision is made. Pages that hold such content end with a line pointing here. Items that were already decided are listed at the end.

Names of the 16 faction founders

Which researcher founded which faction, and their names. Pages that change:

• F01 Ashen League (Roots section)
• F02 Verdania Collective (Roots section)
• F03 Skyreach Covenant (Roots section)
• F04 Order of the Mirrorwake (Roots section)
• F05 Riftwalker Brotherhood (Brotherhood note and history paragraph)
• F06 Cogmist Engineers (Roots section)
• F07 Ironveil Compact (Roots section)
• F08 Frosthold Vigil (Roots section)
• F09 Cinderwarden (Roots section)
• F10 Nightroot Conclave (Roots section)
• F11 Verdant Deep Covenant (Roots section)
• F12 Soulglass Circle (Roots section)
• F13 Marrowheat Dominion (Roots section)

Data: faction civilization table and faction master table, roots note on each faction.

Vex Bleakwood kinship

Is Vex Bleakwood NPC0021 kin of Brynja Bleakwood NPC0001? This is the one surname call from the 2026-10-04 answers that stays open (OT03). Pages that change:

• Brynja Bleakwood
• Surname Bleakwood
• Vex Bleakwood

Data: NPC master Notes, working family and humans lists (Kinship).

Leading 'The' on facility names

Facility names that start with 'The', and the pages that show them:

Facility	Pages
The Aeroforge	F03 Skyreach Covenant, Summit's Throne
The Aether Forge District	F06 Cogmist Engineers, Arcane Engine
The Ancient Root Council	F11 Verdant Deep Covenant, Ancients' Court
The Ashcrown Observatory	F09 Cinderwarden, Caldera Sanctum
The Brotherhood's Final Meal Table	F05 Riftwalker Brotherhood, The Silent Throne
The Cinder Archive	F01 Ashen League, Ashara's Maw
The Deep Pact Forge	F11 Verdant Deep Covenant, Ancients' Court
The Departure Archive	F04 Order of the Mirrorwake, Mirror Station
The Dominion War Academy	F13 Marrowheat Dominion, Flathollow
The Ember Altar	F09 Cinderwarden, Caldera Sanctum
The Frostmere Star Observatory	F08 Frosthold Vigil, Vigil Keep
The Grand Arcane Reactor	F06 Cogmist Engineers, Arcane Engine
The Grand Grain Market	F13 Marrowheat Dominion, Flathollow
The Grand Harbour Master's Hall	F07 Ironveil Compact, Irontide Harbour
The Impossible Age Vault	F04 Order of the Mirrorwake, Mirror Station
The Memory Archive	F10 Nightroot Conclave, Root Sanctum
The Neutral Ground Inn District	F07 Ironveil Compact, Irontide Harbour
The Prophecy Vaults	F12 Soulglass Circle, Divide Seat
The Reflection Observatory	F04 Order of the Mirrorwake, Mirror Station
The Resinvat Grand Market	F02 Verdania Collective, Glowroot Citadel
The Resonance Archive	F05 Riftwalker Brotherhood, The Silent Throne
The Root Council Chamber	F10 Nightroot Conclave, Root Sanctum
The Shadow Forge District	F10 Nightroot Conclave, Root Sanctum
The Smelthall	F01 Ashen League, Ashara's Maw
The Soulglass Forge	F12 Soulglass Circle, Divide Seat
The Spore Library	F02 Verdania Collective, Glowroot Citadel
The Tectonic Forge	F05 Riftwalker Brotherhood, The Silent Throne
The Tide Exchange Market	F07 Ironveil Compact, Irontide Harbour
The Time-Slip Archive	F12 Soulglass Circle, Divide Seat
The Vine Archives	F11 Verdant Deep Covenant, Ancients' Court
The War Forge District	F13 Marrowheat Dominion, Flathollow

One further facility name on the B007 Silent Throne row is not copied here because it uses wording kept off ground pages. It is not shown on any wiki page.

Data: settlement master Facilities, faction civilization capital facilities, biome file settlement rows.

Already decided

Item	Decision	Where it is recorded
Wiki sign-in lock	The wiki stays private until full launch; only Robert views it. The server setting is Robert's to apply.	docs/MEDIAWIKI_INSTALL_AND_IMPORT.md: "Until the full game launches, only Robert Campbell views this wiki." SOURCE_OF_TRUTH.md: "The wiki stays private until full launch."
Q914 title	Stays as written.	OPS/CONTINUE_HERE.md: "Do not retitle a unique Q901–Q1000 row." and "Q964 and Q914 are records, not living meetings."
Quest prerequisites (894)	Pack quests keep the linear playable-loop chain, which is what the quest pages show. Quest master prerequisites were left as they are on purpose.	PRODUCTION/CANON/QUEST_LINE_OVERVIEW.md: "keep linear PLAYABLE_LOOP prerequisites." biomes/B001_Ashplain_Expanse/README.md: "The playable-loop chain prerequisites were kept. Quest Master prerequisites were not applied."
Ironveil door and key	What the door and the key open stays unstated.	LIVE/DATA/ABERNON_NPC_Master_Alphabetical.csv, NPC0190: "What it opens is not stated. Decided 2026-10-04." NPC0008: "The door reading stays open. Decided 2026-10-04."
After-game titles	Q901, Q904, Q916, Q922, Q926, Q930, Q932, Q933, Q936, Q937, Q939, Q941, Q946, Q949, Q951, Q953, Q955, Q967, Q971, Q973, Q977, Q978, Q979, Q981, Q982, Q983, Q985, Q986, Q992, Q996, Q999: titles stay as written.	OPS/CONTINUE_HERE.md: "Do not retitle a unique Q901–Q1000 row." and "Unique Q901–Q1000 titles stay."
Yolande Umbrafen kinship	Withdrawn by Robert 2026-10-09. It was an agent-made question. Nothing changes.	OPS/working/data/abernon-needs-robert.md (marked withdrawn)

Marker count

Decision	Pages with a marker
names of the 16 faction founders	13
Vex Bleakwood kinship	3
leading 'The' on facility names	26

Repo copy: OPS/PENDING_DECISIONS.md.