The Harmonium, nicknamed the “Hardheads” by its detractors, is one of the fifteen factions that share the government of Sigil, acting as the city’s de facto watch.
Description
- Creed: “harmony through unity, unity through dominion” — peace through a domination it considers benevolent.
- Origin: the plane of Arcadia, domain of benevolent order.
- Emblem: three interlocking rings — peace, order, harmony.
Its plate shows uniformed guards in black and steel, gold rings on each breastplate, the central officer raising an open palm to halt the townsfolk seen from behind. No one strikes anyone.
Role
- It obstructs companions who enter Sigil on “irregular” errands — almost all of them.
- It contrasts with the more chaotic factions (the Anarchists, the Doomguard).
- It is a link to Arcadia.
- It may clash with the Regulators or the Deep Ones in arcs of Antiterra.
It answers to the Lady of Pain as the city’s highest authority.
See also City of Doors (Regulators Context).