The allies Kassandra has been building across the game — the ships sworn to the Adrestia, the mercenaries converted from hunters to companions, the political figures whose debts she holds — become the measure of power in this session. Titles in the Greek world are political constructs that the Cult has been manipulating. The people who bleed for Kassandra are people she has actually helped, people with genuine reasons, people whose loyalty is not purchased but earned.

The distinction matters in a game about a war where both sides have titles and both sides have been compromised. The Eagle Bearer's power is the only kind that is actually reliable: people who choose to stand beside her because she stood beside them first.