Vakhtangians

The were descendants of servants of Prince Vakhtang the Pious who survived on Kamens for over 200 years, until the Aeldrum Trade Company's expedition to Kamens in .
== History ==
More than 200 years prior to the Aeldrum Trade Company's expedition to Kamens in , Prince Vakhtang ruled an empire in the same territory later held by Prince Sigvald the Cruel, earning it by leveraging the secrets gained from complete devotion and worship of Othal, the Lord of Secrets. One day, though, Othal asked Vakhtang to pay a greater price, ordering him to send his military to an unknown part of space to destroy the Trapdoor Spider God of Kamens.
The mission failed, however, as Vakhtang’s general, Evriksen, was possessed by the spider god once their raiding party reached Kamens. Evriksen and his officers assassinated Vakhtang and forced-marched much of Vakhtang's military across the planet to sacrifice them. In exchange, the spider god made Evriksen the closest to an angel that it had. This all led Othal to continue to protect the surviving Vakhtangians on Kamens in the hopes that they would one day complete Vakhtang’s objective. The Vakhtangians remained living on Kamens in some number for over 200 years, until the arrival of the ATC expedition. 
== Society ==
Despite the death of Vakhtang, the Vakhtangians continued the practice of devotion to Othal (including marking every new member with tattoos promising their souls to Othal at birth) because Othal was protecting them from going insane. They had been living on hunting and killing of Nocturnals on Kamens. The source of the Vakhtangians’ raids’ success was a ritual taken from an intercepted Nocturnal religious text providing glimpses into the future of danger. The ritual itself was highly violent: the victim had to be flayed of the Othal tattoos that protected their soul, and become possessed by a spider. Once the spider was inside the victim, both had to be sacrificed, and the flesh of the spider had to be eaten. This would offer vision quests that the Vakhtangians would use to predict where ambushable Nocturnals would be.
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