DRAGONCULT
                              Dark Elf <[V--PO--T] at [ccvm.sunysb.edu]>

The Dragon Tirandor is a powerful creature. His sheer power, size
and intelligence demand respect in both the everyday and the
corporate world. He is a financial wizard, as well as a
practitioner of magic. He inspires respect and fear in many, and
one group has even declared him to be a god. This group is one of
a series of new cults formed since the awakening, and operates
exclusively in New York.

Tirandor is basically a benign dragon. He mostly keeps to
himself, but has a liking for corporate politics and is seriously
considering running for mayor someday. He was amused by the
loyalty this group suddenly gave, so tolerates their
eccentricities. The dragon publicly denies any connection with
this cult, although he does maintain relations with them. He
basically sees them as a useful way of getting information off
the streets and so, often asks them to do some legwork for him
It's hard, after all, for a dragon to case out a local bar. They
have developed a whole series of rituals, which he could care
less about. He allows them to believe that he is their God in
order to gain useful services from them. And he gets a kick out
of making a scary appearance now and then to bolster their
loyalty.

Membership: The Cult has approximately 20-30 members citywide.
They have one "high priest" (use street shaman), and three sub-
priests (also street shaman, though the high-priest is probably
more powerful. The rest of the members are of mixed types,
spanning over a mix of races and professions, but most are street
gang members. Others may be of various professions, but should be
about as tough as street gang members.

MOTIFS/DRESS: Most members generally adopt a medieval look. Many
will carry swords, and dress in modernized medieval clothing,
typically leathers crafted to look like dragonscale, and/or
pieces of chain mail. The "priests" have ceremonial garb made of
actual dragon scales, given to them by Tirandor during the
molting season. They generally dress like the others when not
performing some ritual.

GENERAL IDEAS: These people are religious fanatics. They consider
the dragon to be their God. The "priests" consider the Dragon to
be their totem Whether or not this works is up to the GM. They
basically have unquestioning loyalty to the dragon, and are
likely to become hostile if they think someone is working against
their god. They live in various parts of the city, but mainly in
Manhattan. They are usually found in small groups, typically two
or three, but occasionally in larger groups. Each sub-priest has
his own congregation that meets weekly. The High Priest will
attend these meetings when possible. Once every one or two
months, the entire group meets under the high priest.

RITUALS: The weekly gatherings are in hidden shrines maintained
by each priest. They generally gather before a likeness of the
dragon and give it some kind of token offering. The large
meetings take place in a warehouse near the pier where the
Intrepid is docked. The warehouse is owned by the dragon, though
this is not publicly known. The warehouse has been converted into
a temple. The Dragon will occasionally drop in on these meetings
to "put the fear of god" into the worshippers. The high priest of
the cult is a somewhat irrational man named Phineaus Drakkhem,
who goes by the street name Mordred. He is only slightly insane.
The cult's rituals are of his own design. He even goes so far as
to require a human (or Metahuman) sacrifice in what he deems to
be times of trouble. The dragon, or a trusted emissary from
Tirandor's corporate organization, will speak to Mordred when a
favor is required.

PERSONALITIES: Mordred's sanity is borderline at best. He
conceived the cult and all its trappings and rituals. He gives
sermons in a mad, raving fashion which is quite compelling.
Despite his tenuous grip on reality, he is a charismatic and
compelling speaker. His style is geared towards rousing a mob
mentality, and is particularly attractive to people who live on
the streets. His following are mainly street folk, some of whom
have recovered since joining (only bolstering their faith) thanks
to the occasional monetary gifts given to those who serve the
dragon well. Tirandor is known to give money to the cult when
they do something especially useful for him. Mordred seems to
model his image in the cult loosely after Hitler, though he does
not discriminate against races, he only cares if they are loyal
to his god. He has little respect for the life of a non-cult
member, unless they have information that the Dragon wants. He
may not openly advocate killing "heretics", but will have no
compunctions about it if he thinks it is necessary.

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