With a proud tradition of fair and honest trade, the members of the Unicorns Faction pride themselves on their reputation for making deals. Its people are bound together by a mutual appreciation of profit. As a loose affiliation of trading merchants, they have a tendency to attract individuals and wanderers to their lands. The Faction holds the Isle of Mauritania and has governance of the main trade point of Rockholme that borders Albion, Cymrja and Caledonia. The Unicorns are a varied and well-travelled people and many have picked up some unusual and unique items in their wanderings throughout the Heartlands.

"It’s not the principle, it’s the money, ‘ cos money makes the heart grow fonder."
- A poor Unicorn trader, just trying to get by in the world.

The Unicorns are a mixed nation comprising many races and creeds. They are bound together by their loyalty to each other and, some would say overwhelmingly, by their love of wealth and profit. Trade is the lifeblood of the Unicorns and this has led to their mercenary and avaricious reputation, which is sometimes, though not often, undeserved. For most of their history the Unicorns have been a loosely bound republic. In recent years, however, they chose to become a monarchy but this move has not affected their characteristic free speech and individuality, nor their dislike for ceremony and formality.
Many Unicorns are dispersed around the Heartlands, plying the trade routes, though growing numbers have a permanent home in the Mauritanian Islands.
The Unicorns people seldom gather together but when these times do arise, it is with the usual course of debate and trade, and always celebration.

The origins of the Unicorns as a Faction and a nation are shrouded in mystery. All that is known for sure is that, at some point in the past centuries, several groups of wandering traders decided they would fare better collectively than as separate entities.
Using the hidden islands of Mauritania as their homeland and base they became known as the Unicorns, naming themselves after the magical creatures that still inhabit Mauritania today.
Since signing the Gathering charter the Unicorns have grown stronger, though there are still those who claim they are not a Faction, but a guild of merchants.
Though they do maintain houses of trade throughout the Heartlands, the Unicorns fiercely defend their status as both a nation and a Faction.

The Unicorn Faction once lived on a floating island shielded from all eyes by powerful magic but recentlty this reappeared and anchored its self in the south of the Gryphons lands.

Mauritania is now a series of islands inhabited by the unicorn nation. The people of the land are joined by their pride and reputation as trades men and women. Able to provide any and all goods at a price. The unicorns also hold Rockholme a contested vilage built around an ancient dwarven hold that as become a trade emporium that borders the lands of cymrja, Ablion, and Caledonia.

The Wolves faction own web site can be found at
www.unicorns.org.uk
or you can email them at
unicorns@merlinroute.co.uk