Eldritch Guidance

“Just as there are countless strange entities from outside our world, there are also countless cults that exist inside our world. The majority of them are small with very little membership. They are often referred to as the lesser cults, to distinguish these groups from the more infamous cults. But, be warned. Even though they are not as prolific in their atrocity as the big three cults, they are nonetheless extremely dangerous.

“They engage in all manner of strange and unholy acts. An example of these lesser cults actions was reported by witch hunters about a group of cultists that belong to the Consuming Ooze cult, and the Festering Venom cult, who were capturing people for the twisted rituals. The Festering Venom cult was injecting innocent people with a painful poison and watching their victims slowly die in their cruel rituals, while the Consuming Ooze cult was melting people down into sludge while alive with chemicals for their own sick rituals.

“Because of how small these lesser cults are, they often hide in isolated communities out in the wilderness. From these isolated communities, they try to spread their twisted ideas into the more populous areas and recruit new members. But, thanks to the efforts of the church of light and government officials, they have found little success in recruitment over the years.

“The church of light and government organizations have launched campaigns to eradicate these dangerous groups in the wilderness, but due to their hiding and the existence of numerous cults, they have eluded complete eradication. However, these campaigns still had some success in limiting the reach of these cults.

“It should be mentioned that by the year 2889, the members of the Consuming Ooze cult and the Festering Venom cult have been successfully eradicated in the western continent. Thanks to the valiant efforts of the witch hunters.“

—Writings of Light Scholar Lukka on “The Machinations of the Nameless Cults”

Joe and his crew were standing in a nearby alley from the place where they were preparing to enter, “The Mortar And Pestle’. The alley they stood in was absent of other people and hid the police officer presence. It was relatively clean for an alleyway, but Joe could still catch a whiff of something most foul every once in a while. Something that smelled rotten and putrid, from an unknown source that Joe couldn't see in the alleyway. He could only assume that it was something rotting in one of the nearby garbage bins.

Joe: “Ok, are we ready?” he said, wanting to get out of this alley and away from that foul smell.

Mike: “Wait, let’s go over what we’re going to do again. This is Dan’s first time.”