[ Himeka is, notably, much better at planning than she believes she is. But she is still less inclined to do so unless pushed.

She purses her lips, thinking back to the beginning--the very beginning when they were all first brought to Abraxas. ]

Well...we know the general motives for each of the major nations, right? Thorne wants to control the Singularity and it's magic, the Free Cities want to destroy it, and Solvunn--...well, Solvunn will listen to the will of the Gods, which for a long time seemed like the gods were content with how things are. But now I'm not so sure.