The Fire Cult are a dangerous, inscrutable foe. They are strange and act unpredictably, at times storming their enemies with torches held high, and at times hurling themselves into nearby volcanoes to spite those who would hunt them.
The Fire Cult worship a mysterious force known as The Firebringer. Initiates of the cult sometimes intone the name Bazim-Gorag, a name steeped in violence and chaos. The base acolytes of the cult are encouraged to hedonism and following their impulses, especially if those impulses tell them to burn things. The cult often attracts the young and the mad, and more than one adventurer looking to confront the cult has attacked them only to find a younger relative at the forefront of their defenses. How you can use the Fire Cult in your games: - A branch of the Fire Cult begins in a nearby town, recruiting with a peaceful-seeming festival. Those who attend go to an isolated area, far from civilization, and live out whatever fantasies they dream- outlandish costumes, music, wine, companionship, violence, or all of them. For the festival, all forego names and identities, just existing. At the festival's culmination, they build an enormous cage of wicker and straw, and select some of their number to be burned within it. An adventuring party might be sent by concerned parents to try to locate a specific youngster, but discerning which one is which will be difficult. - A puritan branch of the Cult has spread across the land, and begins a reign of terror by setting fires randomly through a city. Some burn down only a single shack, while others spread through entire districts. The fires are making tensions run high, and people are starting to make bad decisions. - Having dealt with the Fire Cult on some previous occasions, adventurers may be surprised to hear that a young relative has joined them, thrilled by the options open to them. The adventurers will have to try to persuade the young person away from a predatory cult who are quite capable of abusing the youngster's trust in them, playing the victim when attacked and parading their dead through the streets as victims of the adventurers' violence. Comments are closed.
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