There was an AI calamity, which caused our ancestors to flee
Experimental FTL Drives - Fracturing of Reality
They fled using experimental Faster than Life Drives, which may be breaking reality. (But there were also pre-FTL generation ships)
Dangers abound - Safety in Numbers (Founder Clan Settlements)
The population is a little scattered, but there are large population centers where the "Founder Clans" settled.
Iron Blades
We swear vows on iron blades. Lyric carries around an ancient athame for this purpose.
Laws Enforced by the Covenant
There's a Forge-wide series of laws which are generally accepted / enforced.
Diverse Faiths
We worship all kinds of gods, new and old.
Rare Magic - Paragons - Magitech Augmentations
Magic is real, but it's only wielded by those who have found arcanotech implants and can control them.
Spacebound Couriers for Information
Long-range communication is mostly impossible so we pass messages around by ship.
Sworn Healers
Healing technology is pretty solid and there are healer's guilds of all sorts. Lyric belongs to a quasi-religious guild known as the Order of the Boundless Heart.
No AI - it was banned in the aftermath of the machine wars.
Pretty self-explanatory, though there's probably some ancient AI out there somewhere.
Security is provided Professional Soldiers and Mercenaries
There's not a forge-wide army or anything, but there are a lot of mercenary corps.
Forgespawn are Present
Monsters are real, and they're dangerous.
Vast Civilizations - Grubs / Scavengers Delve
There once were others in the forge, many others. I wonder why so many civilizations have risen and fallen.
Uncommon Horrors
The dead don't stay dead, though it's uncommon enough that the common folk dismiss them as stories.