Factions

Dauntless- Dauntless is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent, the faction dedicated to courage, bravery, and fearlessness. It was formed by those who blamed fear and therefore, cowardice as a cause of the problems society faced. It tries to fight cowardice by giving preparation and the ability to act during fear to its members. 

The members generally wear black, are pierced, tattooed and have a tendency to seek thrill. 


Abnegation- Abnegation is one of the five factions in the world ofDivergent, the one and only faction dedicated to selflessness and forgetting oneself for the sake of others. Their substance in the Choosing Ceremony are gray stones. 


Erudite- Erudite is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent, the one and only faction dedicated to knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, and astuteness. It was formed by those who blamed ignorance for the war that had occurred in the past causing them to split into factions in the first place. Their substance is water. Its leader, Jeanine Matthews, is the main antagonist of Divergent and Insurgent.


Candor- Candor is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent, and was formed by those who blamed duplicity and deception for human nature's faults. Because of this, the Candor are known to value honesty, and their symbol is a set of scales bound by a circle.


Amity- Amity is one of the five factions in the world of Divergent, and the one and only faction dedicated to peacefulness, kindness, forgiveness, trust, self-sufficiency, and neutrality. Amity was formed by those who blamed war and fighting for human nature's faults.Their substance in the Choosing Ceremony is soil.


Divergent- Divergence is the tendency to the diverge from the norm which is, in this case, the mindset and way of thinking the factions are meant for.


Factionless- Factionless is a status in which a person is not welcome into any faction. This is described as being homeless and even worse than death itself because the factionless have to suffer. It is a common practice for Abnegation to give food to the factionless. It is not desired by any faction, to ever be factionless. Some say they would rather die.