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The peoples of Morgulia largely only have faith in the fact that, if they do not properly honor the dead, they may well be cursed and doomed as a result. There are, however, secretive groups that gather to engage in the worship of and sacrifices to, some power or principle in the hopes of improving their lives or, at least, giving their inevitable deaths meaning.

From the shadowed depths of the darkest forests, something whispers to the fragile psyches of the oppressed and desperate. It whispers of bountiful crops, fruitful livestock, and strong children. If only they will follow. If only they will offer. If only they will sacrifice… Those who follow often return stronger than before in body and spirit. Their crops grow to almost unnatural luster and their livestock grow both strong and obedient, and they prosper more so than those who will not join them, and those… those find their lands blackening and molding, their livestock growing sickly, and their loved ones beginning to disappear one by one, taken by the Cult of Gurath...

Despite the official pogrom against such cults, even the ranks of the Boyar nobility and merchant classes are not immune to the desire for some hope in this cursed land. Believed by most to be a relatively recent hoax, but by followers to be almost as ancient as the land itself, the Cult of the Ebon Mask purports to impart the wisdom of a great alchemist that traveled the world in darkest prehistory. Regardless, they are certainly great alchemists in their own right, despite dark rumors of fear and madness spreading wherever they work their “miracles”...

When the Black Star burned across the night sky and turned it a crimson red while the night lasted, many went mad. Most so afflicted ended their own lives while others engaged in crimes too horrible for even the most decadent Boyar to describe and had to be slaughtered by the Bogatir and Vanatori and the evidence of their crimes burned. However, in all cases, those so afflicted died with screams of Zibaba spilling from their cracked and grinning lips. Sadly, not all died that night, or in the days that followed, and waves of abhorrent madness now spring forth as Cults of Zibaba rise up, seemingly out of nowhere, often engulfing entire villages before they are discovered and suppressed...

The various models are from Epic Miniatures, Rocket Pig Games, Great Grimoire, Suttungr Miniatures, and Flesh of God Miniatures while the altar and victim terrain is from FanteZi Miniatures. The rest of the background is a stock photo of some Carpathian hills.

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Description

The peoples of Morgulia largely only have faith in the fact that, if they do not properly honor the dead, they may well be cursed and doomed as a result. There are, however, secretive groups that gather to engage in the worship of and sacrifices to, some power or principle in the hopes of improving their lives or, at least, giving their inevitable deaths meaning.

From the shadowed depths of the darkest forests, something whispers to the fragile psyches of the oppressed and desperate. It whispers of bountiful crops, fruitful livestock, and strong children. If only they will follow. If only they will offer. If only they will sacrifice… Those who follow often return stronger than before in body and spirit. Their crops grow to almost unnatural luster and their livestock grow both strong and obedient, and they prosper more so than those who will not join them, and those… those find their lands blackening and molding, their livestock growing sickly, and their loved ones beginning to disappear one by one, taken by the Cult of Gurath...

Despite the official pogrom against such cults, even the ranks of the Boyar nobility and merchant classes are not immune to the desire for some hope in this cursed land. Believed by most to be a relatively recent hoax, but by followers to be almost as ancient as the land itself, the Cult of the Ebon Mask purports to impart the wisdom of a great alchemist that traveled the world in darkest prehistory. Regardless, they are certainly great alchemists in their own right, despite dark rumors of fear and madness spreading wherever they work their “miracles”...

When the Black Star burned across the night sky and turned it a crimson red while the night lasted, many went mad. Most so afflicted ended their own lives while others engaged in crimes too horrible for even the most decadent Boyar to describe and had to be slaughtered by the Bogatir and Vanatori and the evidence of their crimes burned. However, in all cases, those so afflicted died with screams of Zibaba spilling from their cracked and grinning lips. Sadly, not all died that night, or in the days that followed, and waves of abhorrent madness now spring forth as Cults of Zibaba rise up, seemingly out of nowhere, often engulfing entire villages before they are discovered and suppressed...

The various models are from Epic Miniatures, Rocket Pig Games, Great Grimoire, Suttungr Miniatures, and Flesh of God Miniatures while the altar and victim terrain is from FanteZi Miniatures. The rest of the background is a stock photo of some Carpathian hills.

www.deviantart.com/morgulia
linktr.ee/horizonpointstudios1…