Cult of the Damned

The Cult of the Damned is an organization of the living beings who aspire to become undead. While Cultists aspire to become undead, they remain alive because undeath is considered an honor one must earn. and because living beings are useful to the cult for their ability to spy settlements, and recruit powerful individuals from among the living.

Admittance

Those who share the ideology of the cult may easily join the cult, however, the cult doesn't trust its members, and those who join are marked with a brand of obedience. A scar made with a ritual knife imbued with dark magic.
Higher member of the cult possess a ring with the cult crest on it, allowing them to activate the brand and provoke excruciating pain to inferior members on command as long as they are within sight. This tool is used to maintain a strict hierarchy and to prevent any rebellion or treason.

Perks

As a cult initiate, you gain the following perks.

• Equipement. All cult initiates are given a hat of disguise. These items are used to disguise a cult member, allowing them to gain safe passage, infiltrate, or simply blend in with an enemy.

History

Origin

Tezzeret Thuzad,a fine wizard of the Orrin empire, was prohibited fro studying necromancy, a restriction that forced him to leave to abandon the ways of the empire and join the kingdom of Alterin. Selling his vast holdings and storing away his fortunes.
David Lionheart was pleased with the wizard conscript, promising Tezzeret the freedom to study the dark arts as he pleased in exchange for his loyalty and obedience. Tezzeret, eager for dark knowledge and power, accepted.
Over the span of three years, he used his fortune and intellect to study necromancy, gathering a brotherhood of like-minded men and women. The brotherhood, which he called the Cult of the Damned, promised its acolytes' social equality and eternal life on Toriel in exchange for their service and obedience to Tezzeret. As the months passed, Tezzeret found many eager volunteers for his new cult amongst the tired, overburdened laborers of the Orrin empire who escaped to Alterin. As the Cult of the Damned grew in size and influence, Tezzeret made sure to keep its workings secret from the authorities of Alterin, fearing even his new king might force him to stop despite his promise.
Tezzeret now growing extremely old started to use his magic to extend his lifespan, enough to see King David die and his son, Richard Lionheart take over the throne. The cult and Tezzeret were discovered by Richard, from there he fled, but was hunted down by the king and killed in 1162 BD.
However, the cult was not exterminated, and using Tezzeret's remains, he was reborn years later, in 1154 BD, into the terrifying form of a lich. With his newfound power, and an army of follower behind him, the lich took over the kingdom of Alterin. The entire kingdom now under his control, the lich's realm was regarded as unholy, and the enemies of good by every other realm. Consistent attacks from the other realms and religious organizations weakened the Alterin defenses, enabling incursions that led to Tezzeret's defeat.
His phylactery was not destroyed, the Cult of the Damned securing it. This led to the rebirth of the lich only a few months after its original defeat, Altering still under his control, yet the wizard did not learn of this experience. In a manner very similar to how he was originally defeated, the champions of the Orrin Empire stormed the citadel and defeated the lich lord once again, destroying the phylactery too in 1132 BD, at least according to the legends.

The Great Extinction

The great extinction wipedmost of the mortals off Toriel, a fate that the undead fromthe cult easily avoided due to their condition. The little of the cult that survived went into hiding, now independent of any kingdoms or realms.
After the end of the Draco-Giant War, and with the rise of new civilization, the cult also started to seek out now powers, now led by Dana Redqwir, she directed the cult to look for the Book of Vile Darkness, an artifact that would grant greater power to the Vampire.

Notable members

Dana Redqwir

Gandling

Janice Barov

Laeslyn Nightshade

Maldazzar Rivendare

Slate

Tanesh Cinderbones

Tezzeret Thuzad

Basic Information

Alias(es)
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Base of operations
South of Green earth
Founding Date
XII century BD
Leader(s)
Tezzeret Thuzad (XII century BD)
Dana Redqwir

Membership

Alignment
Evil
Members
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