There will only be one "power-hungry" faction in play for OPK's main quest. That faction will be up against Kvatch's court and city guards. The player has a choice of following one of these two opposing factions. The quests will be scripted and have set outcomes, but I do plan to have branching plotlines for each of them. I've planned to keep this mod as simple as possible from the start so no dynamic politics and such. Trying to do something like that is too much for a one man team.

I used the "power-hungry factions" phrase just as a general description of the parties involved in Kvatch's ongoing crisis.

For now, when you finish your first PC playthrough, take a look at Alternative Start by Robert Evrae, Alternate Start Revamped, or M.O.E. Main Quest Delayer. I modeled some of my alternate start elements after the first two. The last one was where OPK got its inspiration from (and made me realize it was indeed possible to keep Kvatch from being invaded at game start).

Beta that soon? Awesome!