Chaos Cultists! (#13/28; #44/365)
Among the docks is this wrecked villa, overgrown with thornbushes, whose floor has collapsed into a debris-filled cellar. A secret door in the cellar wall leads to an ancient series of Carsepolitan sewers and catacombs beneath Pellod and possibly connecting up to the dungeons under the Baron's Tower. Among these tunnels is a hidden chapel to Belthegor, God of Second Life (see Rough Guide to the Pit, p. 42), where 3-18 Chaos Mutants (mainly Human, some Dwarfs and Man-Orcs also; see Beyond the Pit, pp. 30-31) conduct unspeakable rites in service of their foul and depraved deity.
The high priest of the Chaos Cultists is Rorsol Runak (spotty, truthful), a lapsed acolyte of Hydana who become infected by mutations and began following Belthegor. Rorsol is afflicted by three mutations: Carapace (red, lobster-like), Sulphur Steamer, and a Crab Claw instead of a left hand. As a result he rarely leaves the cult headquarters and then only at night, and heavily robed as well. The main aim of the cult is to identify and kidnap influential members of Pellodian society, who are then infected with Chaos mutations and thus must become cult members lest their secret gets out. The cult is in its infancy though, and beyond its initial members, has only managed to subvert a minor merchant and a low-ranking watchman sergeant so far.
Worshippers of the Light (#14/28; #45/365)
This peculiar sect is an offshoot of either Throff or Ashra believers, who pay homage to giant glowing crystals that emit beams of dancing light. Their followers are typically drawn from the smaller of Titan's races, which, in Pellod, means Halflings, Chervah and Gnomes. Their secret temple is located behind a false wall in the house of the Chervah scribe Srisoothra Thesagoonlu Phantormun (short-sighted, honest), who is also the high priestess of the cult. There are 3-18 cultists, split equally between Halflings, Gnomes and Chervah, who gather once a week on Moonsday to conduct midnight services around an enormous green Regeneration Crystal (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 100). If threatened or disturbed, the Light Worshippers will fight to the death to defend their temple and the crystal. Each cultist carries a type of magical crystal as a Holy Symbol of their faith, roll a die on the following table to determine the type:
1. Glowstone
2. Sun Jewel
3-4. Regeneration Crystal
5. Jewel of Light
6. Energy Crystal
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