They lost their two hero-level healers, their Avalusci balls-to-the-wall warrior (Nkgeh), and all three leaders seem ineffective in PK. They don't do much these days except log on and camp in the Tree. It's like all the Fort players moved to Outlander.
Empire seems to be hurting ever since Scion and Scarab started hunting them in earnest, on top of the rest of the MUD.
Village has been down in the dumps since Nexus, Orcs and Scion terrorized them back in December, but they have a steady cycle of mid-level and hero-levels that log on.
Empire has a Divine and Blade sect but not much else.
Spire is strong.
Scion seems solely dependent on when the yeti logs. Do they even have any other members?
You could play a Fortressite who's actually good at PK. Even with 4 of them on, not much gets accomplished except a whole lot of tea in the courtyard.