Cult of Grugas

Structure

In ascending order of rank, the followers of Grugas are follows: Rank 0: Novices of Grugas are known as the Impoverished. Rank 1: Full priests of the King of Thieves are known as Gilded Merchants. Rank 2: Specialty priests are known as hurndor, a dwarvish word that can be loosely translated as those who trade. Another Rank 2 title is Alloyn Rank 3: Copprak Rank 4: Argentic, Electrol Rank 5: Aurak Rank 6: High Aurak Rank 7: High Old Ones have unique individual titles but are collectively known as Merchant Princes

Public Agenda

Followers of Grugas are usually seen as suspicious characters, particularly outside dwarven society, and the King of Thieves faithful are viewed with a mixture of respect and envy for their commercial success and distrust of their principles and practices. Thus, few dwarves willingly admit that Grugas is their deity. If a follower of Grugas denies to others that Grugas is that person's true deity, the god is not offended, so long as the proper sacrifices are made. Priests and followers are allowed to hide their reverence on occasion, since few people knowledgeable about this cult are very happy at conducing transactions and deals with them.