Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
To be really honest, I'm not sure they were really ever that important to the lore in 1.0, and were basically just dressing to give some interesting names for levequest petitioners (in fact, I don't remember them ever being mentioned anywhere else in 1.0 other than a name on a levequest - please counter that if that is wrong though!).

The Grand Companies (which were added later in 1.0's life after Yoshi took over) pretty much ended up replacing them anyway so I guess it's no surprise the old leve factions kind of fell by the wayside as yet another 'Tanaka-era' 1.0 idea that Yoshi ultimately abandoned.

Having said that, if it makes you feel better, I always preferred Azeyma's Shields over the other two because... reasons...
The name on the leveplate thing reminds me, just spitballing here, but do any of them show up as the people requesting the leve? I know there's some group like Maisenta's traders that only really show up in that lore.