Factions

[FutureSojourner]

So, you're saying that every group of bandits in the world belongs to a world-wide hierarchy, reporting up through chains of command, rising through ranks, following a specific set of goals, and cooperating with every other group of bandits like they were brothers??

An independent clan that wants to be a bandit would be an independent clan that does banditry.  An independent clan that wants to do piracy would be an independent clan that functions as a pirate.  I see no reason to have a "Bandit" faction or a "Pirate" faction.  They are the definition of an independent clan.