Just a quick note... this is all just speculation and fun on my part! Enjoy. [u]Possible reasons for Factions[/u]: - Different groups of people with their own ideas on how to save humanity, split up to go their own way. Which could be a reason for fighting amongst themselves in the Faction Wars mode. - They could just be one people split up into groups tasked with different objectives. This could be why they were sent to different planets/areas and were named based on that. - All factions could be based on Earth, but give missions to help a cause in their designated regions. Maybe you don't align with them, just do missions for each of them. Here are the possible [url=http://destinypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Factions]Factions[/url] and their related planet/enemy set based on their names, released info, colors, etc. (Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I haven't came across it) [quote][b][u]Dead Orbit[/u][/b] - You can see an object orbiting around the Earth, this may be the Traveler. A dead orbit because its stationary? The center symbol appears to be the Hebrew letter [url=http://www.hebrewtoday.com/content/hebrew-alphabet-letter-zayin-%D7%96]Zayin[/url], which is the seventh letter of their alphabet (7 reference). Zayin also originally meant [b]sword[/b]. Could Earth now be the sword, and the Traveler be the shield? [b]Earth [/b]- The faction that stays on the Planet to defend our home base. Worshipers of the Traveler? [b][url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/traveler_s_rest_thumbnail.jpg]The Traveler[/url][/b] - The defender of the last city on Earth.[/quote] [quote][b][u]Future War Cult (FWC)[/u][/b] - The [i]Future [/i]part [b]Venus [/b]- Supposed land where Vex are invading from, and home of the Shores of Time... which could be where they created some time-rift to travel to the events of Destiny. [url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/vex_thumbnail.jpg]Could this[/url] be them emerging from the shores of time? The closest one seems to be dripping like he came from the "water". [b][url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/vex_thumbnail.jpg]Vex [/url][/b]- The Vex are a race of aggressive time-traveling and space-faring robotic humanoids. The race inhabit complex structures termed [url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/citadel_thumbnail.jpg]Citadels[/url].[/quote] [quote][b][u]New Monarchy[/u][/b] - Red like Mars, possibly where a new government would go first outside of Earth. The icon has a pyramid, which would fit the harsh desert like terrain of Mars. [b][url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/631/exclusion_zone_thumbnail.jpg]Mars [/url][/b]- The Red planet. Seen as the first inhabitable planet from before extended space travel. [b][url=http://images.wikia.com/destiny2579/images/9/99/Cabal_Convoy_Concept_Art.png]Cabal [/url][/b]- The Cabal, or Sand Eaters, a group of massive, armored rhino-esque creatures that occupy the Mars Exclusion Zone, an ancient human city, remnants of the human golden age, of which holds quantities of gold beneath the Dust Palace, a significant area of the city.[/quote] [quote][b][u]Osiris[/u][/b] - [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris]Osiris[/url] was the Egyptian God of the Dead and also (rarely) depicted as a Lunar God. Maybe the center white glowing object of the logo is the moon? [url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/ocean_of_storms_thumbnail.jpg][b]Earth's Moon[/b] [/url]- looks broken, and "dead". "[url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/fireteam_thumbnail.jpg][b]Space Zombies[/b][/url]" - undead enemies from space (possible pic of them coming out from the depths of [url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/hellmouth_thumbnail.jpg]Hellmouth [/url]on the moon? The walls seem similar. [quote][b][url=http://www.bungie.net/7_The-March-of-the-Mail-Sack/en-us/News/News?aid=10320]Bungie's March of the Mail Sack[/url][/b] The (yet to be named) “Space Zombies.” I love their mythos and how it’s communicated through the art direction of the characters and the environments.[/quote][/quote] [quote][b][u]Seven Seraphs[/u][/b] - A faction that is out to hunt down these different houses of Fallen like a group of Garudian Angels sent from the Heavens. [b]Saturn's Ring - [url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/cassini_derelict_thumbnail.jpg]Cassini Wreckage area[/url][/b] - Possible Space station or Battleships/spaceships in the area [url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/fallen_thumbnail.jpg][b]The Fallen[/b][/url] - A nomadic race of once noble houses now scattered to the solar winds. Possibly seven houses? Is [b][url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/615/dark_patrol_thumbnail.jpg]this [/url][/b]a separte group? The Seven Seraphs relation may be that their space station or ship(s) have no direct "home" location like these nomads.[/quote] What do you guys think? Any other known/speculated info that could flesh this out more? Or do you think I am making connections that aren't really there? I will update more, but this is what I got so far. [quote]/edit1/ added pics about the space zombies and the shores of time. /edit2/ I researched Osiris and came to the conclusion that it more relates to the Moon and "zombies", as well as decided to go with the theory of Dead Orbit being the Traveler itself. /edit3/ updated info about the Fallen based off of the [url=http://www.destinyhub.net/content/56-Article-The-Factions-of-Destiny]DestinyHub link[/url] info I read.[/quote] [i]-Thanks for bobblehob on [url=http://www.bungie.net/7_Destiny-World-list/en-us/Forum/Post?id=59967387]THIS [/url] post, and a comment that MountainRespect gave on the 'inspired by' topic.[/i]