The Cult of Sanguinax

Sanguinax

Sanguinax — a blood god whose name first surfaced in Session 4 during the search for Reginald. A cult operating in and around Newhaven worshipped this deity, conducting rituals that required relocation when discovered.

The Cult

The cult operated from a hidden basement beneath a house in the Newhaven area, discovered by Twiggy during a scouting mission. Key details:

• All identified cultists were human
• At least forty people passed through the operation over the course of a single week, per informant Barthak
• A woman at the house attempted to poison the party
• The cult possessed items of magical significance, including a gem that radiated magic and a lockbox that burst with energy when forced open

Malgora

High Order Malgora was the cult's identified leader — or at least the authority who signed the evacuation order. Their letter, recovered in Session 5, directed the cult to abandon their compromised hideout and regroup at the Ruins of Kathas Castle:

"The fools are sniffing at our heels. Our sanctuary is lost — their torches have lit us up, their blades tasted our kin. We flee east, to the Ruins of Kathas Castle, where the old stones are. The ritual must go on."

The sign-off — "your word is blood" — suggested a formal hierarchy within the cult.

By Session 10, the party's objective had shifted to killing Malgora and retrieving the head — the theory being that the blood magic bound within the corpse will reveal who Malgora really is, suggesting the identity may not be what it appears. Malgora's ritual at the Ruins of Kathas Castle was believed to be one to two nights away.

Barthak

Barthak served as the party's primary source of intelligence on cult operations. He was described as a "weak man" and provided information under unclear circumstances. He confirmed the scale of the operation and the human-only composition of the cult before being killed — the details of his death unrecorded.

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