Sect Wars (Lorica)

Sect Wars
Sects in the guilded states rarely survive long, but if a sect in a powerful nonguilded state has the right connections to those in power, they may receive support - protection, funding, patronage, etc - from those states when their leaders see the potential for what the sect's magic has to offer. When the sect finally is noticed by the guilds, they may send in Holders and Keepers to try to subdue the sect, but may find that the state would have none of it; the state may arrest any guild mages entering their territories or even send troops to engage the guild mages in battle.