Cult of the Eye

Cult of the Eye

(Organization)

Type

Secret religion

Leader

Father Chessadarde

Headquarters

Drenchport, the Shackles

Goals

Worship and appease the Deluged God

Scope

Local

Members

Cultists

Source: Isles of the Shackles, pg(s). 15

The Cult of the Eye is a dark and weird religion of the Shackles that worships the Eye of Abendego, the permanent hurricane that appeared following the death of Aroden, as a new deity called the Deluged God.

Worship

As of 4712 AR, the Cult of the Eye was led by the high priest Father Chessadarde, who claimed his divine visions from the Deluged God began after he sailed into the heart of the shattered continent of Azlant to the west. Its practices and doctrines are kept secret.

According to their faith, the Eye of Abendego heralds the birth of a new deity known as the Deluged God, and once emerged, it will flood all land on Golarion. The cult performs sacrifices—of animals, and according to rumors of other beings as well—to persuade the Deluged God to leave a home for his faithful in order to prepare the world for its new life. A number of mysterious disappearances of beggars and drunks in Drenchport are blamed on the cult, which has at least seven shrines to the Deluged God in shadier parts of the city.

The cult also claims the outskirts of the Eye of Abendego as sacred territory and patrol them in small barges and skiffs. This includes a sacred grotto on a small island in the outskirts, which is deemed so sacred that even the cultists refuse to enter it

As of 4712 AR, the cult's congregation numbered around 100, including priests who spread its message from small ships that sail the Shackles. The cult expects each worshiper to make at least one pilgrimage to the Isle of Consummations in the Shackles, northwest of Tempest Cay. The cult have won few converts beyond Tempest Cay, but it was sometimes whispered that the Master of the Gales is a member.

Relationships

The temples of Besmara and Gozreh in Drenchport closely monitor the Cult out of suspicions about its goals. The revived Gozren cult of the Storm Kindlers, who believe the Eye of Abendego is a manifestation of their deity, direct oppose the Cult.

References

Paizo published a Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild scenario featuring the Cult, titled Grotto of the Deluged God.

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