Cultist Leader

"The Cult breeds like mice and spreads like a cancer all across the world. Now is not the time to war over petty issues. We can war later, if we want but the fact remains that unless we stand together as one against this abominable horror, none of us will live to see the light of Rilvaran. Perhaps some will, but the Rilvaran they will see will be a twisted caricature of what it was once"
A Horc commander, meeting with an Imperial general on the issue of military cooperation against the Cult of Arkanos

Across the entire world, various cults have sprung up and though they appear rather different at first sight, a little investigation reveals far more concrete connections. The cults are part of a global movement, one that wants to set the stage for the arrival of their dark god after millenia of imprisonment. They abduct people, conduct human sacrifices and ritually murder anyone they can get their hands on, with the goal to spread terror and the corruption as widely and deeply as they can
In charge of the individual cults are a number of leaders, who vary in hierarchial power and rank according to the structure of each cult. These are the masterminds, orchestrating the most daring missions of the cultists such as abducting high ranking individuals, conducting ritual massacres and most horrifyingly, ensuring that no one records their activities. These individuals are also blessed with numerous powers and gifts of Arkanos, and as they go deeper and deeper down the path of the dark gods service, their body and soul keeps getting more and more twisted
Till at one point, they break. This is when they become nothing but a husk that only lives to serve the dark one. They retain their intelligence, but they are beyond the point of no return. No one can now convince them back to the side of virtue and light. The only peace and salvation for them death, delivered in whatever way possible but preferably with fire
Cultist leaders are also high on the hit list of many of the worlds assassins that work for the various governments. Though they have been successful in eliminating some, most still remain like ghosts and are nowehere to be found, yet their works can be seen clearly whenever the cult orchestrates a mission. The Elladians know that they must be actively hunted and rooted out
For if they are not, the corruption will spread to the point that the world will become like them. Beyond the point of no return and deserving only of a quick death through the cleansing blaze of the gods