Word begins to spread throughout Waterdeep that a group of adventurers helped Volothamp Geddarm and rescued Renaer Neverember. Within days, faction representatives begin to approach the characters and try to recruit them.
A character who belongs to a faction is given a mission from time to time. Completing the mission increases that member’s renown in the faction. Other characters who aren’t faction members can assist in the mission’s completion.
Each faction has a representative who serves as its primary contact. This NPC delivers mission briefings and dispenses the tangible rewards for completing a mission. An increase in renown quickly follows. The more renown a character has, the more useful a faction becomes in sharing knowledge, resources, favors, connections, and even magical artifacts.