Black Fang Brotherhood

Troll Bandit Spirit

The Black Fang Brotherhood was formed some 200 years after the troll invasion of the Pavis Rubble, when a human shaman met Black Fang in the Spirit World. Black Fang was a legendary bandit of approximately 100 years before who had raided everyone inside the Rubble, irrespective of race. Black Fang’s spirit serves an unnamed god and can dispense Rune magic to worshipers.

This is a small cult, whose 300 or so worshipers are assassins and cutthroats. It is organized as a large extended family, with initiates being “adopted” into the family.

Initiate Membership

Initiates are found by being known to the shaman-priests of the cult. They must work on cult missions before being accepted. Black Fang does not accept worshipers who are not initiates.

The prospective initiate need not meet the basic rules qualifications for initiation. Instead, the candidate must convince a controlled spirit of the High Priest of the cult by making the same roll against the spirit as they would have to make as a Rune Lord allying a spirit (see page 280). If the roll is unsuccessful, the spirit engages the candidate in spirit combat, because the candidate knows too much to be let free. If the roll is successful, the candidate has convinced the spirit and becomes an initiate and one of the family. The spirit does not become the candidate’s ally.

If any resultant spirit combat is unsuccessful, the spirit either attempts to possess the initiate or leaves, at the gamemaster’s discretion.

Rune Priests

Spirit cults don’t have proper Rune Priests, so Priests of Black Fang are shamans, instead. Like most shamanpriests, they can sacrifice POW for the cult’s Rune points.

Special Cult Rune Magic

Because this is a small cult, only the following standard Rune magic spells are available to members of the cult: Divination, Extension 1, Multispell 1, and Spirit Block. Special cult Rune magic includes Invisibility, Shattering, and Shield.

Miscellaneous Notes

Membership in the cult is dangerous, as there are many who put to death anyone suspected of being a member. However, so long as they are useful to the powers that be, they are unofficially tolerated and even encouraged.

Type

Religious, Cult