Antagonists

This page lists bandit groups, political entities, and mercenary crews that are generally not part of the Political Event system (Conclude Day events).

Generally they are not hostile to the player and his business empire, though the activities of some groups may reduce profits from some sources. All offer sources of slaves and loot if you decide to take them on directly, but some offer investment opportunities if you decide to collaborate with them instead. And also, eliminating some of these groups might provide influence, money, or unlock new business opportunities. And some of the groups affect how events unfold in Ikaanos.

Redhaven

North Redhaven

The Red Tigers

Type: Thug
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Easy

Small groups of the Red Tigers are often found hanging out in Listeria Alley a few blocks south-west of the player's house in Redhaven. The red bandana-wearing Redhaven Tigers, dubbed "Red Tigers", are a newly formed 56-man street gang, who pay a "freebooter's holding" to the Skyguard police to have a blind eye turned to the various nefarious ways they make a living.

As with most criminals in the city, they are technically part of the informal Bandit "faction" - though the other bandits won't care much about their fate. If the player defeats a small group of them, another will take its place in 24-48 hours. If they are wiped out completely, Control in Ikaanos will increase, and the player will gain some Influence.

The gang might be behind some of the unflattering graffiti that sometimes appears on the player's walls, occasional windows broken by thrown stones, and damaged door locks that the player has to deal with. The Red Tigers are lightly armed and armored, and not very skilled in combat. They won't try to initiate fights to rob the player as they recognize the player as too dangerous for them to take on currently.

Being so close to the player's house, this gang could be a convenient source of slaves and loot.

Whitehaven

House Carozza

Type: Criminal
Investable: Yes
Attackable: Yes
Level: Extreme

House Carozza appears as an interactable location (Carozza Hall) in Whitehaven if Ikaanos Control drops below 40, or if the player's Influence is 20,000+. They are one of Ikaanos' great houses, but are a criminal syndicate that the rest of the Republic would be happy to see gone.

They don't have opposed interests to the MC, and once his Influence is 20,000+ they will accept donations; each point of Standing gained with House Carozza in this way provides $15 per day. Alternatively, if Control in Ikaanos is below 40, the MC has the option of attacking House Carozza from within their mansion - a fight to the death, leaving either the Carozzas wiped out, or the MC meeting his demise.

Denaar addicts of Raven Woods

Type: Thug
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Basic

Dubbed "The Scourge of Raven Woods". This group of homeless denaar addicts living in the eastern extent of the woods in Whitehaven has been reduced to mugging the walkers and even the schoolchildren of this upper-class district recently, seeking money and goods to sell to fund their fix. Maddened by a desire that gives them frightening quickness and strength, they are rumored to have pulled the head off one of their victims with just bare hands. If someone takes out this group before the Skyguard does, they will be considered a local hero.

Raiders

Type: Bandit
Investable: No
Attackable: No
Level: Low

As the Republic's Control over law & order starts to fall in Ikaanos, Bandits move further into the city and become more brazen as well as more numerous. At levels of Control below 30, small groups of raiders can be encountered in the south west of the relatively wealthy Whitehaven district, far away from their usual haunts in derelict Westside slums and central city wetlands.

If the player defeats a group, Control in Ikaanos will go up 1 point - but another group may replace them the next day.

Close to your home base in Redhaven, these raiders may be a convenient source of slaves or loot - if the player wants to increase law & order in Ikaanos. And the bandits are so loosely organized that, at the moment, attacking some won't affect one's Standing with the rest, nor alert those in Fenrik's Tavern in the Underworld. In fact, as bandits compete amongst themselves, some might be pleased at the MC removing some of their competition.

The Procoms

The Wrool Cat Wranglers

Type: Thug
Investable: Yes
Attackable: Yes
Level: Medium

The Wrool Cat Wranglers are a small but powerful group of raiders headquartered in Diggory Alley in South Procoms. They hold much of the area hostage, demanding "protection money" from vendors and merchants - which, as with the Black Scorpion gang in Raikan, is impeding the development of the area. The groups are an investment opportunity for those wishing to undermine rather than strengthen Ikaanos. However, if someone brave takes the group out, they will gain Influence with the local vendors and merchants - and this will open the alternative investment opportunity, to help develop the general store "Kira's Merch".

Mordecai Loyalists

Type: Rebel
Investable: No
Attackable: No
Level: Elite

This particular group of enemies only appears if the player helped Aria Bianchi in overthrowing Chancellor Mordecai Adler and in turn, establishing The Third Republic.

Led by a Commander loyal to Mordecai, this group is almost impregnable, having three Bofors guns and an APC (armored personnel carrier).

Westside

Marston Avenue

Almer's Karate School

Type: Brawler, civilian
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Medium

Almer's Karate School is situated in north Marston Avenue. They are a peaceful, slave-abolishing organization that protects the citizens of Fullnar Hill between Marston and Westside Heights. Their school is unofficially called "Westside's watch tower" due to the large number of raider attacks repelled by the school's students.

Though "the Almers" are popular with many of the locals, their anti-slavery stance conflicts with current social norms and economic arrangements, which makes them unpopular with the authorities. And the militant way they have put their beliefs into practice over the last couple of years (attacking slavers, freeing slaves) has led to several bounties being placed on them. So the Skyguard would currently look the other way if someone were to take them out.

Marston Fort Bandits

Type: Bandit
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Medium

A general term used to describe the various bandit groups that occupy the Fort in Marston Avenue much of the time. These groups tend to be moderately tough bandits, and have further strength in their numbers. Since the Skyguard rarely get around to clearing out the bandits from this fort, the job often falls to local traders guilds, wealthy individuals, or the nearby mercenary company in Fort Sera if they can spare the troops. But if the MC steps in he will find the bandits here a useful and steady supply of influence, slaves, and spoils of combat. Note that clearing this fort of bandits will raise Ikaanos Control by +1 point.

Groups which can be encountered here include members from the following large gangs:

The Hessian Crew – known for doing cruel rape sprees and tormenting easy targets that they catch in their sphere of control.
The "Hide Your Daughters" Crew – freebooters known for abducting and raping young urchin girls.
The Lonely Rangers Company – expert marksmen who once took out an entire Skyguard fortress.
The Red Tide. Local residents are advised to stay away until the local government can deal with this menace.

Once the fort is cleared, another group of bandits will replace the old one after several in-game days.

Stokke Hills

Fort Stokke Bandits

Type: Bandit
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Low to Medium

A general term used to describe the various bandit bands that occupy the Stokke Hills Fort most of the time. These groups range from riffraff to somewhat professional bandits; regardless, their main strength is their numbers. Since the Skyguard rarely get around to cleaning this fort of bandits, the job often falls to local traders guilds, wealthy individuals, or the nearby mercenary company in Fort Sera if they can spare the troops. But if the MC steps in he will find the bandits here a useful and steady supply of influence, slaves, and spoils of combat. Note that clearing this fort of bandits will raise Ikaanos Control by +1 point.

Groups which can be encountered here include:

The Tempest – a well-equipped company rumored to worship an unknown entity.
Some scouts from The Celior Looters, a feared force from beyond the Kahill plateau to the west.
Gang members of Los Bichos Locos – one of the few remaining neo-Mexican cartels that formed on Raana right after The Severance.
Warriors from the infamous Aesir Vetlanda Tribe.
A couple of squads from the Bearole Company – a collection of lowlife freebooters who rape, pillage and murder anyone they can lay their hands on.
A section of the Stryker Squad – a notorious gang of mercenaries known for their use of high tech weaponry.
Members of the infamous Sacra Gang – known for their cruelty, and zealous anarchistic beliefs.
An odd collection of riffraff who shouldn't offer any serious resistance to a well-armed force.

Once the fort is cleared by the MC or someone else, the fort will be reoccupied by another group of bandits after a few in-game days.

Cole's Canyon

Bandits, Robbers, Highwaymen

Type: Bandit
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Low

As the Republic's control over law & order falls, Bandits who survive by preying on "civilized" Ikaanians move further into the city, and become more brazen as well as more numerous. In the large areas of abandoned parkland in its center, they can find deer and boar to hunt and eat, water to drink, nearby victims to rob, and even a few abandoned & overgrown buildings to shelter in. There's the secluded central Wetlands, through which few venture other than hunters, as due to the rough terrain it's quicker to go around it rather than through, and the bandits make it too unsafe for recreation. Then Outer Marston Swamp south and east, containing the pumping station whose failure contributed to the return of these districts to marshland. But the bandits particularly favor Cole's Canyon to the northwest, as this gives both ready access to human prey in the Westside districts around, plus higher and dryer ground than the rest.

At levels of Control below 30, the MC will regularly find several small groups of bandits at the west side of Cole's Canyon. And any of these groups which is defeated will have its place taken by another in a day or three. These small gangs who live by robbing hunters returning to Westside Heights and Marston Avenue aren't foolish enough to attack well-armed groups. But some may be a minor irritation - demanding a $60 fee for safe passage. Though if the MC is in control of the Bandit's faction, they will show him due respect and let him pass for free.

These raiders may be a convenient source of slaves and loot if the MC is fine with increasing law & order in Ikaanos. Because for each small group he clears out, Control will go up 1 point. And the bandits are so loosely organized that, at the moment, attacking some won't affect one's Standing with the rest, nor alert those in Fenrik's Tavern in the Underworld. In fact since bandits compete amongst themelves for scarce resources, some might be pleased at the MC thinning their numbers. Just as long it isn't them he comes for.

Kasey's Park

Kasey's Park Robbers

Type: Thug
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Medium

A small group of 7 robbers, lurking amongst abandoned buildings in Kasey's Park, who ambush and steal from those unfortunate enough to run into them. No one would bat an eye if they were killed, and whoever did so would gain some Influence.

Die Schwarze Flut

Type: Slaver, street gang
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Medium

Die Schwarze Flut, or The Black Tide in English, is a notorious German slaver/street gang controlling the northern part of Kasey's Park.

The Space Hulk

Type: Soldier
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Professional

The Space Hulk ("Hulk" being Ikaanan slang for elite space marines wearing H.U.L.C. armor, or duraplate with added reinforcement), is the formidable assumed leader of a group of over a dozen rogue space marines, survivors of the notorious "Haalu Incident". Changed somehow by what they experienced that terrible day that killed so many of their comrades, these now silent and strangely behaving, heavily armed & armored men have deserted the Republic's forces, despite this being a crime punishable by death. This particular group has taken over an abandoned building in the run-down Kasey's Park area, far from Skyguard patrols - but right by "Kasey's Crack", the break in Ikaanos' city walls which forms an unofficial gateway for trade caravans to take goods in and out of the city without oversight from bribe-hungry Skyguard customs officials. From this base they are now extorting local businesses for money and food, reducing by 60%+ the profits of the caravans using this vital artery. They keep to themselves in their compound, dealing with the locals only through their mouthpiece - a terse and formidable woman called Akari Ito. How she came to be connected with the group is unknown, but with the space hulk's firepower behind her, the locals grudgingly comply with her demands.

The local traders would love it if someone removed this group. This would increase profits from trade passing through this area, and open up new investment possibilities for the player. But it would take a lot of firepower and courage to defeat them. The marines should have enough valuable weaponry to cover the costs of taking them on - but as potential slaves, their value is questionable. Their disturbing demeanor makes those around them uncomfortable, and people worry that what's affected them might be infectious. Maybe if the player had enough Influence he might be able to find a high-tech medical facility to take a look at them.

Raikan

The Black Scorpion

Type: Thug
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Professional

The Black Scorpion is a formidable gang based in Raikan, named after its cold-hearted leader. It consists of many veteran thugs, well armored and armed, with weapons including katanas and .50 cal rifles. Their grip on Raikan is firm, and is choking the development of the district. It would require strength, firepower, and heroic courage to take them down.

The Docks

The Dockyard Punks

Type: Thug
Investable: Yes
Attackable: Yes
Level: Very easy

The Dockyard Punks are a worker-union-turned-street-gang, who roam the streets of Ikaanos at night. A bunch of lowlifes, who wouldn't be a nuisance if it wasn't for their constant harassment of shipments going from the docks to the rest of northern Ikaanos. They make a living by threatening merchants, dabbling in petty theft, and working sporadic daytime shifts at the loading facilities. Rumors tell that they're paying a hefty freebooter's holding to get the local magistrate to look the other way, but nobody would care if someone "accidentally" set their HQ on fire.

Their presence will interfere with many of your potential passive income streams, such as trade routes (25-50% profit reduction). Paying them off with a one-time fee ($800) will ensure they leave all the player's shipments alone forever; a quick and relatively cheap solution if the player wants to avoid violence. Jumping groups of them to remove them from the area will also work, though it will take a while: the player will find only them in groups of three, and there are 43 in total, and after one group being defeated the rest will be scared into hiding for the next 2-5 days (during which period their negative influence on trade will still continue) - so it will take a long time to get rid of them completely. Though the trade penalties they cause do vanish once their numbers drop below 10; they don't have to be wiped out completely.

They could be a useful source of slaves if that's your thing, as people will turn a blind eye to their removal. They are very lightly armed and armored, and not experienced in fighting, so there's little danger in taking them on - though they have little loot. Quite useful if the player wants to train his less talented mercenaries in combat.

As Ikaanos criminals, they are technically part of the Bandits faction, though this is an informal group so other "bandits" won't care much about their fate.

Roaming

Urban Titans

Type: Ravager
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Extreme

The Urban Titans, also known as "the scourge of Crow's End", is a paramilitary group of wealthy adventurers/mercenaries, which appears after day 30. The gang of spoiled, violent bullies can be encountered harassing the residents and businesses of North Redhaven, South Redhaven and Crow's End. The friends Helo, Dunner, Armani, Lee and Zamar are equipped with the best weaponry and armor money can buy, and they know how to use it. They are also well-connected, and canny enough to pay bribes and pitch their recreational violence at a level just below where the Skyguard would be forced to take them out. If someone else were to get rid of these unrepentant murderers and rapists though, the whole city would breathe a sigh of relief. They have a daily 10% chance of lowering City Control one point, to a minimum of 19.

Ikaanos City Outskirts - the Westside Swamps

Preacher's Pond

Tribesmen

Type: Thug
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Medium

In Preacher's Woods to the east of Preacher's Pond is a large band of tribalist raiders from the northern swamps, who are hostile to the Republic. Independent of any other groups of first-wavers, they count as a sub-group of ikaanos' informal Bandits faction. They are severely disrupting trade caravans, reducing profits by over 70%. They are also terrorizing nearby farmers such as the Walkers of Imogen's Barrow, risking the food supply (and prosperity) of Ikaanos City. And the "degenerate primitives" are also accused of acting aggressively towards travellers, and keeping local villagers awake at night with their drumming.

The MC can ignore the menace, at the cost of reduced profits from certain passive investments. Or he can give the Walkers $1,600 to buy guns so they can take on the tribesmen themselves, and wear their numbers down over a period of time. Or he can attack the tribalists directly: there are 75 combatants, lightly armored, with medium weaponry and medium combat prowess, led from the rear by the Swamp King. They can be taken on in small groups as and when the MC wishes - all in one day if he is dedicated enough. These tribals could be a good source of slaves and loot. Or the MC can leave them alone, to continue hampering the prosperity of Ikaanos. And in fact the MC could exacerbate this himself if he wishes, by killng the Walkers farmers himself - this will decrease Ikaanos' Prosperity by 2 points.

Darkmere

Highwaymen

Type: Thug
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: High

Some of the toughest Bandits around hide out in the dense woodlands of Darkmere, from where they extort money from the traders and hunters who use the boats ferrying between Darkmere Port and "upriver". Not foolish enough to try to hold up well-armed groups (such as the MC's), they will however fight back rather than flee if sought out by any do-gooders, bounty hunters or slavers - and being experienced warriors on their home turf, they will likely get the drop on any attackers. There is an unknown number of them, but they usually work in groups of five, and are thinly spread; if one group is defeated there will likely be another operating in the area within 24-48 hours.

North River Basin

Corazon Gorge

Dengi Marauders

Type: Tribe
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Elite

The Dengi Marauders (also called "Dengis", "The Wasteland Raiders" or "Skull Bearers") are an ethnic group of first-wavers who originate in the Dengi valley north of The Hakusan Empire. Dengis are a wild and primitive tribe, with 3,000 - 6,000 adult males and females of fighting age. For more information about them, consult their page.

Silfren Wood

Dolcaar Versren's Force

Type: Mining Group
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Elite

A group of elite soldiers found around the mine of Silfren, led by foreman Dolcaar Vesren, a pure-blood hazorian renowned for his combat prowess. They are armed with an assortment of weapons, ranging from .50 cal rifles to coilguns. Taking them out allows the player to gain control of the Silfren Mine itself.

Harrow Island

Major Yoshida's Force

Type: Slaver Group
Investable: No
Attackable: Yes
Level: Elite

A group of elite soldiers led by Major Yoshida, who controls the Zapin Fields. They are part of Averil Lewis's quest.