The Daughters of Light
Also known as: The Conspiracy Hunters, Lighters
[A seasoned Daughter, polishing the pamphlet press with an inky rag, gestures to a wide-eyed lightboy recruit clutching a “DOWN WITH THE LEAGUE!” flyer.]
Lightboy: “So, uh… why are we camped in a butcher’s shop?”
Daughter: “This ain’t just a shop, cutter—it’s where we carve up the League’s lies! We’re Sigil’s best hope against those chaos-makin’ sods.”
Lightboy: “But why the Revolutionary League? Half the Cage thinks they’re just barmy pranksters!”
Daughter: “Pranksters? Pfah! They’re adders in the grass, basher. ‘Freedom’ is just the excuse they use to burn the Cage down. We’re the Lighters—exposin’ their corruption before they nick your jink and smash your kneecaps.” [Tosses him a pamphlet titled “YOUR NEIGHBOUR MIGHT BE AN ANARCHIST (TRUE STORIES!)”]
Lightboy: “So… you’re snitches for the Harmonium?”
Daughter: “Snitches? We’re patriots! When some peery cutter whispers ‘bout League meetin’s at the Styx Oarsman, we investigate. If it stinks worse than a tanar’ri’s socks, we tip off the Hardheads.”
Lightboy: “I heard the Guvners call you ‘alarmist leatherheads’…”
Daughter: “Oh, aye—the Guvners are still sore we proved their ‘impartial laws’ let Anarchists slither through. Indeps are all ‘let freedom reign!’—right until their tea shop gets fireballed.” [Winks] “Anarchists hate us. Means we’re doin’ it right.”
Lightboy: “What’s next? March on the Hive Ward?”
Daughter: “Next? We keep the chant flowing! Printin’s cheaper than healin’ potions. You’ll be distributin’ these—” [thuds a stack of “TEN SIGNS YOUR APPRENTICE IS AN ANARCHIST” posters] “—and keepin’ yer ear to the street. Oh, and smile when the donors hand over jink. ‘Concerned citizens’ pay for the ink!”
Lightboy: “What if… y’know… the League infiltrates us?”
Daughter: “Then we’ll scrag ’em proper! Now grab a brush. That wall’s beggin’ for a fresh ‘ANARCHISTS EAT BABIES (PROBABLY)’ mural. Move, cutter—you can bet the League ain’t nappin’!”
The Unofficial Anarchist Opposition
The Daughters of the Light emerged as a grassroots counter-movement against the Revolutionary League’s destabilising activities in Sigil. Founded by a coalition of pan-factional idealists, the Daughters operates from an old butcher’s shop in the Clerk’s Ward, rejecting formal faction status while maintaining a singular focus: To dismantle the Anarchists through investigation, exposure, and propaganda.
The Daughters have evolved into a decentralised network of informants and activists, ironically not unlike the Revolutionary League themselves. Though initially led by maternal figures fearing factional collapse, they now include members of all genders and most factions. The structure of the Daughters avoids hierarchy, relying instead on their shared paranoia about the Revolutionary League’s tentacles of influence to hold the group together.
Goals & Methods: The Daughters publish pamphlets framing the Revolutionary League as existential threats to families and institutions, amplifying a public fear of anarchy through their (largely) exaggerated claims of infiltration. Their investigative efforts involve collecting anonymous tips from concerned citizens, investigating suspected Anarchist activities, and forwarding evidence to law-oriented factions like the Harmonium and Fraternity of Order. The group is funded through donations and pamphlet sales.
The Daughters have claimed that the recent collapse of the Revolutionary League in Sigil was down to their actions—most bloods though realise that this is largely overblown screed. While the Revolutionary League is indeed a shadow of its former power and hunkered down in Undersigil, the recently formed Hands of Havoc have very much inherited their anarchic mantle.
Headquarters: The Daughters of Light’s Clerk’s Ward headquarters—a converted slaughterhouse—symbolises their “cleansing” mission. The space doubles as a printing press for propaganda and a meeting hub for coordinating sting operations against suspected Anarchist cells.
Faction Relations: The Hardheads are cautiously supportive—they are happy to use the information provided by the Daughters about suspected Anarchists, but distrust their lack of procedural rigour. The Guvners too value the actionable data but criticise the alarmist tactics which the Daughters stoop to using. The Free League openly condemn the Daughters for fostering distrust in communities. And meanwhile, the Revolutionary League themselves exploit the Daughters’ paranoia by feeding false leads, and even framing rivals as Anarchists.
Current Chant: Ironically, the effectiveness of the Daughters hinges on the very chaos they oppose—and is at the same time a vulnerability the Anarchists are actively exploiting by infiltrating their ranks. While some factions appreciate the vigilance of the Daughters, others like the Sensates and Xaositects view them as hypocritical authoritarians masquerading as protectors. The Daughters may ultimately prove the Revolutionary League’s core philosophy that even anti-establishment movements inevitably replicate the structures they claim to oppose…
Canonical Sources: Faction War [2e] p17-18
Source: Jon Winter-Holt