Although similar to the Necromancer faction, this one has more complex relationships, and is used for NPCs such as Caminalda and Falcar to ensure they will attack members of the Mages Guild at the correct time.
The purpose of this faction is to make the denizens of Nenalata attack the correct people at the end of Secrets of the Ayleids. The relationships given below are misleading—they get changed during the final stages of that quest; -100 for the player and -80 for Claude Maric.
All the various staff at chapels belong to this faction. It grants access rights to the locked parts of the chapels and gives the members a standard set of dialogue options. You can join this faction if Knights of the Nine is installed, though the rank list is slightly different. See below for the Knights of the Nine version.
This faction is largely the same as the standard Nine Divines version but changes the name of one rank and adds some new people. This version appears after the Knights of the Nineofficial download is installed.
This faction establishes the nobility of Cyrodiil. It is worth noting that most of the ranks do not agree with the stated ranks - Count Andel Indarys is only a Knight, for instance. Beyond the relationships it establishes, the faction provides a few standard dialogue options for its members.