Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning's Factions and Well of Souls Detailed

38 Studios' official Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning website has been updated with information on all five of the game's factions, as well as a fly-through video and background information on the Well of Souls. The accompanying music sounds familiar:



It'll be interesting to see how the Warsworn, House of Sorrows, House of Ballads, Scholia Arcana, and The Travelers all tie into the storyline, and how much depth R.A. Salvatore gave them:
From every corner of Amalur come tales of manifestations of magic, and the members of the Scholia Arcana study every claim. Adhering to a dogma of rigorous scholarship and thorough experimentation, they are the brightest and most intrepid mages of Amalur. Their pursuit of arcane knowledge and their dedication to the discipline of magic is unsurpassed.

Hundreds of years before the Age of Arcana, the three founders of the school overthrew the sorceress Ciara Sydanus and freed the people of the Plains of Erathell from her oppressive rule. Free to practice magic without the threat of Sydanus's wrath, the three rebels founded the Scholia Arcana. Over the years, the school has refined and studied the art of magic of the centuries, organizing in ranks from the Docent recruits to the mightiest Savant.

Recently, magic is becoming more powerful and less stable. Those who practice it begin to manifest signs of a greater, underlying disturbance. The cause of this growing danger remains a secret that could reshape the balance of power in Amalur...