Heads up: these design docs were written before the v0.97 faction rename and still use the old names — Ferals, Blooms, Amplifiers, Glaciers, Swarm, Volts, Alchemists. Current canonical names are The Pack, The Grove, The Parish, The Thaw, The Hive, The Drift, The Apothecaries (see the lore page or v0.97 changelog). Docs will be updated in a future pass.