The Cult of Bloodmoon

They are a widespread religious/philosophical cult that worships flesh and disease. The religion was originally founded by Grand Karcist Ion thousands of years ago, but has since then been fractured into several groups worldwide. The central goal of Bloodyism is to achieve apotheosis for humanity. Due to this reason, many organizations view them as an apocalyptic threat in the supernatural world, and several of these groups have even banded together against this group. Their rivals are the Solar cultists.

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### Nicknames

The Blood Sun
The Vampire

Heart of Man

Breaker of Chains

Lord of Life

The Ascended

Emperor of the Deathless

Eater of gods

Great Ion

## Other Information

### Goals

Defeat the Daevites. (succeeded)Conquer humanity and bring about a new age of flesh. (ongoing, presently failed)

### Trauma

because he was born a male half-blood, he became a lowly slave under the rule of the oppressive Daeva civilization. He escaped.

## Belief and Culture

### Overview

The goal of becoming a godlike figure is key in the Bloodyism faith, and the followers of the religion often engage in acts such as ritual cannibalism, human sacrifice, corporeal augmentation, thaumaturgy, dimensional manipulation, reincarnation, and dealings with cosmic entities. Beyond these commonalities, there are two main factions in the faith:

### Proto-cultists

They often live in rural villages, away from civilization. Known Proto-Cultist colonies exist in Russia, Finland and Romania. They are often poor, isolationist, technophobic, and often hostile to outsiders, though they usually remain in their own territories. Different sects barley communicate with each other and each cult seems to exist in a "vacuum".

Proto-cultists generally value in humility and self-sacrifice for the good of the many. This leads many to willingly sacrifice themselves to be reborn and suffer for their faith. They usually see Bloodmoon as a benevolent messiah who will one day return and grant humanity eternal life. They view Yaldabaoth as the creator of life, but also as a hostile force that needs to be stopped.

In some cases, Proto-cultists have communicated with staff in a civilized manner. An example is the community located in northern Finland, where members of the community willingly participated in interviews with Dr. Matthieu Desmarais.

### Neo-cultists

Neo-cultists are among society, unlike the Proto-cultists, often being in the world’s elite, such as politicians and leaders of industry. They aren’t technophobic and have usually access to immense resources due to their high status.

While the Proto-cultists belief in sacrificing oneself for the good of the many, the Neo-cultists belief in sacrificing the many for the good of the one. They see Bloodmoon as an example of what one person can achieve through dedication in the cult practices, but are ready to overthrow him, if they gather the same amount of power.

Neo-cultists often gather in clandestine organisations, which usually resemble secret societies, social clubs, or fraternal organizations. Their practices are often much more vile than those of Proto-cultists, involving murder and other violent acts.

The Proto-cultists view the Neo-cultists in a negative light. Neo-cultists are often called “Gluttonous” and pretenders, and in their eyes they disrespect Bloodmoon with their murder, because they don't have a reason to kill.

A key proverb among the Neo-cultists is as following: *"Desire is the measure of all things. Be unbound from moral tethers. Do as you will, to whom you will."*

### Net-cultists

The net cultist are the most benevolent, as they just share pictures of bloodmoon's appearance from TSaMS. They usually found Bloodmoon through The Sun and Moon Show, and don't know much about his origin.

Some of them share pictures that affect the brain, causing the viewer to join the bloodmoon cult.

Most of these cultists are against the other cultist-types, and bully Neo-cultists online. However, the other types don't acknowledge Net-cultists at all.

## Cult members

* @FlareHeart0729
* @Taylore5670
* @Snowybean