The First Council of Omonporch

During the main quest segment, The Earl of Omonporch, the player will have the opportunity to convene a council of factions at Omonporch. This event is known as the First Council of Omonporch, or somtimes more simply, The Spindle Negotiation. The game will choose four visible factions that the player character has 250 or higher reputation with, sorted by highest reputation. If there are not enough factions that fit this criteria, the player character must increase their reputation with more factions in order to convene the council. If multiple factions are somehow tied for the fourth spot by having the same reputation, one will be randomly chosen. Once three days (3,600 game ticks) have passed after calling the delegates, the negotiations will begin.

During this event, the player will have to choose one of the following options to appease Asphodel, Earl of Omonporch:

The First Council of Omonporch has begun. Choose how to appease Asphodel. Share the burden across all allies. [-50 reputation with each attending faction] Share the burden between two allies. [-100 reputation with two attending factions of your choice] Spare one faction of all obligation by betraying a second faction and selling their secrets to Asphodel. [-800 with the betrayed faction, +200 reputation with the spared faction + a faction heirloom] Invoke the Chaos Spiel. [????????, +300 reputation with highly entropic beings] Take time to weigh the options.

If the player chooses the third option, they will receive a faction heirloom as part of the outcome of the event, at the cost of betraying a different faction. Both the second and third options allow the player to select which factions are affected by the outcome.

Chaos Spiel

The Chaos Spiel is the choice that makes the player character "ponder how best to sow chaos with [their] words", before making three random statements involving the four factions the delegates represent, as well as flowers and the Consortium of Phyta. If there is already a delegate for these factions, that faction will be weighted more heavily to be the subject of the statements. Each statement chooses two random, different factions and causes one to hate the other:

You yell, 'I cannot believe (faction A) don't despise (faction B) for (random hate reason).' Due to your revelation, (faction A) change their opinion of (faction B).

This indeed changes faction A's feeling towards faction B to -100, which will cause members of faction A to attack members of faction B on sight.

Once the three statements are made, Asphodel will yell "You ruined the First Council of Omonporch, you barbaric lout!" and immediately become aggressive at the player. This anger is temporary however, and can be removed after spending sufficient time away from the zone. Asphodel will not agree to lease the Spindle if the Chaos Spiel is invoked and will not convene another council; Killing Asphodel the only way to continue the main story.

Reputation changes

The only guaranteed reputation change is a 295 to 305 increase to highly entropic beings. Each statement also increases faction A's reputation to the player by 195 to 205, while faction B's reputation to the player decreases by 195 to 205.

References

This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.202.68.

Faction delegates

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Faction	Delegate
Baetyls	Baetyl
Birds	Glowcrow
Highly entropic beings	Diplomacy droid
Mechanimists	Warden of the Sanctum
Newly sentient beings	Slynth
Putus Templar	Legendary Knight Commander of the Holy Temple
Seekers of the Sightless Way	Disciple of the Sightless Way
Unshelled reptiles	Mazebeard
Water barons	Diplomacy droid