Soul Hunters

The **Soul Hunters** is a faction in the Cradle of Civilizations.

You can not join the Soul Hunters without the written permission from Pontelicious, who is responsible for the concept of the faction.

The Soul Hunters are a group of event-based characters that functions as one of the most dangerous threats to other civilizations. Whenever the group thinks that the server is to peaceful, they will host a Soul Harvest event and attack all factions at once, causing chaos and mayhem across the world to slake the hunger of their death god.

## History

Here follows the history of the Soul Hunter Faction.

### The Dawn Age

Main article: The Dawn Age

During the Dawn Age the God of Souls, Baron Saturday, harvested souls of the dead. He soon came to realize that it was much more efficient to revive certain individuals as his slaves and servants.

### The Age of Heroes

Main article: The Age of Heroes

During the Age of Heroes, The Baron of Death of the first dead players and made them intoThe Soul Hunters (or Psychopomps) are one of the oldest beings in The Cradle of Civilization, settled on the Island of Lost Souls.

### Current Events

Main Article: Current Events

Since the map change in November 2022, the Soul Hunters have established themselves in the Central Sea, on a well-defended Mushroom Island south of Spawn and North of the Greater Badlands.

## Soul Hunter Gameplay

You can not start out as a Soul Hunter.

You need the written permission from Pontelicious (Responsible for the faction concept) to be allowed to play as a Soul Hunter.

Soul Hunters

### Positive Effects

* Permanent Effects including Strength, Resistance, Night Vision and Speed.
* Soul Hunters have access to unique weapons with special attacks.

### Negative Effects

* Soul Hunters takes damage if the sun is up and they have no blocks above them.

## Government

The Soul Hunters are a mindless ant-like colony of undead servants. They are slaves to the will of their God, who demands sacrifices of Souls.

Soul Hunters sometimes engage in trade and very rarely in diplomacy. They often participate in wars, invited or not.

## Culture

Soul Hunters are not without culture, but it remains very secretive and mysterious, thus not a lot is known about their habits outside of the faction.

*"Throughout history, we have watched countless wars unfold from the shadows. We are the protectors of life and death, given the responsibility to escort the newly deceased or banned souls from this land to the afterlife. Our role is not to judge, but to simply guide. Throughout history, we've been given many names. Angels, spirits, ferrymen..demons. Nonetheless, we are the Psychopomps. We are The Soul Hunters. When your time comes, we shall guide thee to Baron Saturday."*

- Pontelicious.

## Religion

They are monotheistic followers of The Baron. No other religions are allowed or tolerated since they are all re-animated slaves of the dire God.

### The god of souls

Baron Saturday (Sometimes called Baron Samedi/Bwon'Samdi) is the God of the Afterlife and is worshipped by all Soul Hunters. His main demands are Souls (Player heads), which Soul Hunters are tasked to gather for him without question. The gathering of Souls is called Soul Harvest and is initiated without question and remorse. Soul Hunters see this as a natural occuring thing, while other nations and people understandibly see this as sugarcoating violence and murder.

There is a lot of mystery surrounding the actual intentions of The Baron, as well as his relationship and deals with other Gods. One known deal/pact was between The Baron and Tegula, where Tegula for some reason was in debt to the Baron. In return, to pay off this debt, The Piglins came to aid the Soul Hunters during the Aquila/Soul Hunter war. But as with many things, the exact details of the deal made between the great leaders remains unknown.

### How to worship The Baron

Even if you are not a Soul Hunter, you may worship the God of Souls.

The Baron is worshipped by killing an enemy player and proclaiming in chat that you "are offering his or her soul to the Baron."

Sometimes, the Baron will call a Soul Harvest, a PvP-event when the Soul Hunters attack the entire world to stack up kills (And souls) to fuel the power of their God. A non-Soul Hunter worshipping the Baron would gladly offer themselves to the Soul Hunters during a Soul Harvest.

Dying during a Soul Harvest does not mean that you become a Soul Hunter.

## Legendary Soul Hunters

A list of all Soul Hunter players, active and non-active.

* Pontelicious (The Resurrected)
* Artsycorn (Voice of the Baron)
* Sassparo (The Berserker)
* Mikethemike1 (The Dwarven Dreadlord)
* Adyah (The Adept)
* AdamJudas (Active)
* Phantagor (Inactive)
* Bahrag (Inactive)

## Towns

A list of all towns controlled by the Soul Hunters

### Former Towns

Ruins\_of\_Blackfish

Duria (Old dwarven capitol)

## Trivia

* Many people mistake Soul Hunters for simple undead or "dead people", which isn't completely wrong but it is not exactly correct either.
* The Soul Hunters, or "Psychopomps", are far more advanced than being a simple undead/zombie.
* Not every person that dies becomes a Soul Hunter. The Baron targets specific people that he deems worthy and transforms them into his mindless slaves, albeit powerful and dangerous slaves.
* All Soul Hunters wear a cyan-colored mask or helmet to cover their true faces. No one has ever seen the real face of a Soul Hunter.
* Some Soul Hunters regain or keep their memories from their human lives, but some, like Pontelicious, does not remember anything.
* All Soul Hunters, with some occational exceptions, follow the Will of the Baron. His words are law and it must be followed.