Associate

"They'll work with me."

An Associate is Aspect indicating an individual whom can be persuaded or hired to aid the player in the Exile Legacy.

Local Contact
"Someone who belongs here."

Local Contact is an Aspect used in the Exile legacy to denote a level 1 Associate. They will be lost when you leave the current Place of Residence. Most local contacts will meet you when you arrive in their city, and have a Vault Location ready for you when you first talk to them. Completing the Vault's Caper and showing the reward to the contact will upgrade them to an Ally.

Ally
"I've won their trust. They'll follow me when I leave."

Ally is an Aspect used in the Exile legacy to denote a level 2 Associate, replacing the Local Contact Aspect. Allies can be recruited by completing the Caper given by a Local Contact and supplying the reward to the contact with Communicate. They will remain on the board as you travel, unless you are going to a Map's Edge Destination. They can be used in Operations and Capers to fulfill Principle requirements, to defend against Reckoners, to create False Trails, and given as gifts to Ligeian Presences.

Experience
"There's always something you don't know yet. [Once an Ally has three experience, you can increase their power.]"

Allies earn Experience whenever they become Exhausted, usually by participating in Capers or Operations. Communicating with an Ally with 3 or more Experience will increase their Principle Aspect by 1 and reduce their Experience by 3.