Of course this may be old but to me it's new because i have not been online in a few days. Now from what I heard some guild called the companions is confirmed, most likely replacing the fighters guild. Still What I hope is that there are more fighter's type factions than the companions. Now we should disscus wether you think there will be more combat type factions, want that, or can guess what the motivations of the companions are. Enjoy.

I really hope the name of the guild is not Companions that would be awful. As much as I hate the idea of just calling something "The so-and-so Guild" I'd much rather them call The Fighters Guild than Companions, that sounds really dumb.

We won't know for sure until the game comes out.

Well you are right on that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion_cavalry

Also, the word Companions could have been chosen because NPC's that follow you are companions, and this being a mercenary for hire organization, the word is fitting.