🌌 Faction: The Catalyst’s Flame

Founder: Zarapha Calrix, The Catalyst

Galaxy: NGC 1068 (Messier 77 – The Hidden Furnace)

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✦ Philosophy

The Catalyst’s Flame is not a faction of comfort or quiet. It exists to disrupt, to ignite, and to force transformation. Zarapha broke away from her family’s dynasty after a bitter fracture, declaring that stagnation is the true death of civilization. To her, destruction is not failure—it is the first step toward rebirth.

Her followers are few but fiercely devoted, drawn from those cast out by other factions, restless visionaries, and those who believe the Spiral Court has grown too complacent.

✦ Goals & Tensions

• Reforge Society: Tear down decaying structures, create something alive and unshakable.

• Harness Inner Fire: Explore resonance not for healing or harmony, but for catalysis—forcing matter, energy, and even politics into new forms.

• Challenge Old Powers: Zarapha believes the Dreamers and Builders cling too tightly to tradition. She seeks to burn paths into futures they fear.

✦ Problems

• Isolation: With only a young faction behind her, Zarapha stands vulnerable against coalitions centuries older.

• Unstable Power: The same fire that makes her extraordinary risks consuming her followers—or destabilizing the lands she touches.

• Suspicion: The Spiral Court does not know if she is salvation or apocalypse.

✦ Relationships

• Dreamers (Nysa & Elyon): They inspire, she disrupts. Zarapha respects their art but mocks their restraint.

• The Judge (Tauren Draxos): Sees her as dangerously unpredictable.

• The Revolutionary (Corbin Drax): Wants her flame for his rebellion. She hasn’t decided if he’s worthy.