Witch and Pagan Cults of the South

When I documented the various witch, heathen and pagan cults, "Witch and Pagan Cults of the North," I did not expect this much out pour from the community. It caught me quite off guard when I started receiving letter and even the occasional visit from scholars, historians, church officials, and others of that sort. It seems that the tome I left with the Master Page-wright at the Writer's Guild in Edetopa had been requested frequently, and that even several copies were created.

Apparently there is a shortage of information about witches, their ilk and the practices they employ. The witch covens and cults aren't exactly keen on letting outsiders visit for a sip of tea and a little chat about their wicked magics or demon-worship. Of course I'm more then happy to help preserve knowledge and the like, that is why I have to have a follow up squeal and continuation, with covering the general information of the cults and covens found in the civilized southern proportions of the kingdom.

Felerkep Cult, bloodthirsty and bent on spreading mayhem. The brutal followers of an age old dark figure from Gaia's past, the demon Maelokur. They preform human sacrifices and other barbaric rituals, cult members make regular offerings to their lord. They believe each victim they kill is a sign of their devotion to their dark master. The cult itself was noted for its hand in the string of brutal murders that plagued the small farming village of Veia.

The Brotherhood of the Blood Haze, supposedly a splinter cell of the Felerkep Cult. Having completely given in to blood-lust and the intoxicating allure of victory and vengeance, they seek to drown all of Gaia in blood. To that end, they created a terrifying drug that spreads a infectious rage in victims.

Technosis, also known as the Hermetic Order of Technosis is a secret society hidden among the members of high society. This so-called "progressive" cult, as some inquisitors have dubbed, dedicate their live to promulgating the dangerous heretical philosophy of progress, innovation and technological advancement. The fundamental tenet of the Technosists, is the acquisition of power through unrestrained technological advancement, this great arrogance and sin endangers Gaia and all who dwell here.

The Weaving Orderists, a heretical sect of priests and clergy within the Church who have rejected the Celestial Light. These traitorous priests dispute the church's dogmatic foundations and question everything we hold dear. Not only that but they elevate and proliferate the the ideal of a mere vermin...a spider no less as a thing of divinity, worthy of worship.

Children of the Exquisite Light, a hedonistic cult that despite their name should not be called an order of the faithful since it lends these heretics a legitimacy they do not deserve. The children venerate the love and grace of the Celestial Light, with wanton and frenzied indulgence of carnal pleasures. While blithely ignoring the rest of its teachings and warnings. The Church dealt with them, capturing or killing most of the cult.

The Specters, a notorious gang of killers for hire that operate in the shadows of society. These phantomlike scoundrels offer their "skills" to those willing to pay. It has been claimed that they dabble with black magic and their strange abilities to seemly moving between shadows unseen and to disappear and reappear in the blink of an eye has led to credence that they are actually members of a murderous death cult, possibly even belonging to the Felerkep Cult.

Harbingers of the Mystic Truth, were a small cult of petty little power seekers that were obsessed with all things supernatural and somehow were able to acquire and obtain a great considerable knowledge of the dark arts. They were thankfully eventually discovered, interrogated, and executed by agents of the church.

The Conjurers of Discord, a spiteful band of wretched magicians that used their fell powers to conjure fourth devilish apparitions to incite fear and panic among the innocent folk of the Union. They attempted to preform a grand rite of sorts to plunge the land into madness, but in a twist of irony, were squashed by an angry mob made up of their previous victims driven mad by terrors.

Cult of the Revenant Queen, is a heresy that emerged following the tragic demise of the late queen.

The Order of the Umbra Light, once thought to be a small order of holy men who sought a life of piety and guidance in the ways of the Celestial Light, forsaking all else to understand it and find it even when concealed by shadow. Later tales would come to the public about their blood-drinking initiation rites and other abnormal nocturnal activities. Let us remember the accursed demon Teal Bosbmer and others of his ilk. It was then revealed the whole order was nothing but a corrupt cult of these foul monsters. When the truth was finally discovered these cultists were wiped out to the last man, though some speak of some survivors, but these are little more then malicious rumors.