Faction #16 The Cult of the Dark One

[DreamWeaver]

I believe this is a Good redesign for the Cult of the Dark One....

NOTE: If the Gift get back their Healing ability covered under the Gift Redesign thread, then the Cult will need to be redesigned again.

I would make the Cult the Keepers of Hidden Knowledge and Secrets. They are part of the shadows and use the dark  to help control the people  with fear and unknown. They are watchers and use the darkness to control the world. It is said that they practice human sacrifice, but no one really knows for sure because they are the true keepers of secrets.

Cult Skill-set could be:

PRE - Preach
REC - Recruitment
STW - Streetwise
TRK - Tracking
SPY-  Spying
ASN - Assassin
TOR - Torture

Cult Benefits:

1) Maybe they have the Benefit or Bonus perk of Ambush. This would make them Shadows in the Dark and extremely dangerous. Fear would make people do what is asked of them, or else be killed. Remember this faction is called: The Cult of the Dark One. This faction wouldn't be combat army types, but within a city they would be feared being in every shadow. They also practice bloodied sacrifice for their rituals. This makes them the perfect evil villains.
2)They might also have a second benefit of being able to be be hidden within a city, thus not being located or seen on a scouting report within a city, if the clan's size is less than 20% of what the cities population actually is. Example 20,000 pop city, would mean if the Cult clan is less than 2,000 retainers they would remain hidden to anyone.

A perfect theme song for the Cult - from Black Sabbath - Born Again

Market Item(s) to be added to a market  with different levels of temples:

(11) Cult Temples:
- Opium (drug with many uses)
(21) Cult Temples:
- Poisons
(30) Cult Cathedral:
- <special Item, Unknown as a secret>

Another great Theme song for the Cult

Roleplaying note: The Cult is set up here as the perfect EVIL faction hands down, they are IMO even darker and more sinister than the Blood & Fire.  These guys are not to be played with and are a very serious Villain, and are not to be trifled with at all.  These are truly Dark Souls and are Mega Evil. If you plan to play in this faction, put on your 'Big Boy pants' and get ready for the ride of your life!!!