Affiliation is a new mechanic introduced in Black Reliquary. A hero's affiliation describes their religiousness. This can affect the results of certain combat skills, camping skills, and more. While all heroes will fall under a specific faith, there are certain faith that a hero must fall under or cannot fall under. There are three affiliations: Pagan, Religious, and Faithless.
Faiths
Pagan
Religious
Faithless
Switching affiliations
All existing heroes will have one affiliation attributed to them. However, it is possible to change the affiliation of your heroes. This can only be done through the use of extremely rare, special provisions: the Broken Halo, bestowing the hero with the Religious affiliation; the Soul Leech, bestowing the hero with the Faithless affiliation; and the Truthbearer, bestowing the hero with the Pagan affiliation.
Barks
During the transition of a hero's affiliation, they initiate a bark, a snippet of dialogue, and an additional bark for a hero's attempt at changing their affiliation to their current affiliation.
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The chorus of the great ones... it is silent now.
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~ A hero transitioning from a Pagan to a Faithless affiliation.
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A delusion... Was it all a delusion?
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~ A hero transitioning from a Religious to a Faithless affiliation.
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All that I have held faith in- IT IS ALL A LIE!
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~ A hero transitioning from a Religious to a Pagan affiliation.
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I know it now... I cannot hide it any longer!
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~ A hero transitioning from a Faithless to a Pagan affiliation.
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This warmth... this joy... I feel the Light within me!
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~ A hero transitioning from a Faithless to a Religious affiliation.
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My heart and mind- they are at last unburdened by the Light!
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~ A hero transitioning from a Pagan to a Religious affiliation.
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I feel no difference...
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~ A hero attempting to transition to its current affiliation.
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