LEVIATHAN SPELLS
The
Leviathan is a great spirit of the deep seas, and its worshipers are mostly
drawn from those aboard the Apollyon who work in or with the seas. Dedicants of the Leviathan are welcome
amongst the crews of Sterntown’s fishing fleet, as their powers can control and
compel sea life, brings home full nets and chasing off predators or other
dangers.
The
Religion itself is less popular amongst crew in other walks of life, part of
this is its alien history, as the religion is based on the superstitions of the
most primitive of the Frogling bands who joined with Boss Wug to protect
Sterntown, but greater distrust stems from the secrecy of the cult. The Leviathan’s robed Dedicants, in gauzy
purple, blood stained red and stiff rimed white, are the cults’ only public
presence, as its worshipers conceal both their membership and rank within the
circles of the cult from outsiders and even each other. Once a season the cult shows its growing
numbers, with a parade and free feast, featuring enormous quantities of sea
food distributed to all from colorful floats by large gangs of masked and
silent cultists amidst the banging of huge gongs and trumpeting horns.
The
Cult of the Leviathan is a mystery religion, its worshipers paying, primarily
in gold, for entry into deeper and more powerful mysteries of the submerged god
and meeting in small anonymous covens, each served by a rotating group of
Dedicants. Even Dedicants do not break the secrecy of the cult, and while worshipers
of the Leviathan know their fellows by hidden signs, concealed tattoos and
veiled references, it is unclear if these markers of membership are universal,
or themselves limited by circle and the unknown designs of the cult’s
hierophant.
Penetrating
the Mysteries and Gaining Power
The
Disciples of the Leviathan practice a form of Esoteric divine magic,
superficially and mechanically identical to the houngans of the Ship Spirits,
but where Ship Spirit clerics curry favor and trade promises with a wide
variety of kindred local spirits, the Dedicants appeal to various avatars of
the Leviathan’s singular presence.
