Chaos Frame (CF) is a numerical representative of how the people see you. You can not see this number till after you beat the game. How you affect the Chaos Frame is how you choose the storyline. Yes, there are multiple storyline paths, in case you did not know. Chaos Frame decides what characters may join your cause and of course your overall ending, yes there are multiple endings in case you were unaware (not sure how many yet).So how exactly is Chaos Frame affected? There are many ways to change Chaos Frame, some have more affect then others ...and no, I do not know the weight scale but I can tell you what affects Chaos Frame. By the way, Chaos Frame is a controversal subject to many OB players. Since I did not program this game, this is only what I believe up to this point.

1) Liberating/Capturing Towns - Before you go to liberate a town, view the town's morale so can decide which unit to send. To increase CF, send Lawful units (Ali scale tipped to right w/ L) to towns w/ 66-100 morale; Neutral units (Ali scale perferably not tipped any direction w/ N) to towns w/ 45-65 morale; and Chaotic units (Ali scale tipped to left w/ C) to towns w/ 0-44 morale. Now when I say a Lawful/Neutral/Chaotic unit, I am talking about the Leader's Alignment. There is NO unit Ali! In the beggining of the game, you most likely will not have pure Lawful or Chaotic (scale reads 'L' or 'C') units so send units whose Leader's Ali best reflects the needed Ali/ requirement as this will lead to 'Liberation' (raises CF). Do the opposite, sending a Lawful unit to a town with a morale of 10, and it will be 'Captured' (lowers CF). Also, try your hardest to liberate ALL of the towns during the battle. Yes, it automatically liberates/captures all the towns when you capture the enemy's headquarters but for a higher CF, liberate them manually during battle. If you want a lower CF, just reverse everything I said.

2) Magnus' Alignment - If you want a high CF, get Magnus' Ali as high as possible. If you question why I believe this, re-read what I said Chaos Frame is. Alignment is how your character views the world around him/her. If it is high, or lawful, then your character has a high regard for life and the people around him/her. If it is low, then that character has little to no respect for life and other people. Magnus' is the main character (you), so try your hardest to make his Ali high ...that is if you want a high Ali. Read the Ali section for tips in doing this. Now I am not sure if ALI is in fact a factor in determing Chaos Frame. It was in the first Ogre Battle (March of the Black Queen). So far another OB player, biggswedge, got a CF of 100 and also had high ALI for Magnus (extreme Lawful). I can not prove this... yet, but I believe that Magnus' ALI may have some factor in which special characters join you, and since recruiting special characters affects CF, so does ALI in a round about way ...but maybe not directly, or maybe directly (don't know yet).

3) Decisions - This probably has the biggest factor on your CF, maybe w/ Magnus' Ali 2nd or tied. There are quite a few decisions in the game that can make you look good and many that won't. Sometimes the right the decision is not always the most popular so decisions can be hard. If you want a high CF, try and do what you believe is the right thing. Don't forget to take all things into consideration. Pay attention to what people say because sometimes what may seem like an innocent act is really a bad judgement call.

4) Special Characters - Obtaining what I call 'Special Characters' (like Destin, Aisha, Saradin, etc.) are important to your CF. Why? Think of it of this way... those characters may play a big part in the storyline ending.

5) Special Items - When someone in the game says that it might be a wise thing to get a certain item, most likely it is a wise thing to do. Example? The Elem Pedras.

6) Area Inspection - Investigate areas after you cleared them. Sometimes important events and items await your return. A good habit is to 'Enter Stronghold' multiple times b/c sometimes town's people say different things on multiple returns and sometimes depending on the unit you send, not all the time mind you.