Ehniviss Cult

The Cult

This half-blooded Yuan-Ti cult operates out of the Ehniven Marsh , where they spend much of their time capturing innocents and worshipping their dark god. All Enhiviss Shafanivar are halfbloods with snake head and scales instead of skin. Otherwise (at least statistically speaking), there is no difference from the Ehnivisss cult and the half-blooded Yuan-ti found in the D&D Monster Manual. However, it is worth pointing out this particular cult as an example of the first reported yuan-ti on Tellene .

Ehnivisss History

Centuries ago, a small group of Meznamishii branched off from their worship of the Confuser of Ways to form a new cult Unlike other followers of this deity, these shafanivar felt that to sacrillce items from other religions' temples and altars was not a true sacrifice for the Great Deceiver. lnstead, his sacrifice should be blood! Of course, it was not long before a few kidnappings and unusually bloody ceremonies forced the shafanivar to flee Mezhnamish. Left alone in the wilds, the outcasts forged their way into the Ehniven marshland and built a temple to their deity. (This ziggurat, consrrucred directly in the swamp's center, has four large, snake-like towers that can barely be seen over the treeline.) For many years, the shafanivar (now calling themselves the Ehnivisss) lived quietly, subsisting from the local flora and fauna, as well as abducting the occasional traveler. Then, with the release of the Overlord and the corruption of Pel Brolenon, the outcasts found a solid source of income. The villagers, using a poison extract taken from an Ehniven Marsh snake, began to raid the small towns and villages of Meznamish and the Whisvomi Forest , selling their captives to Pel Brolenon and Ul-Karg . After a time, the Ehnivisss also began experimenting with arcane magic. They evoked the black arts, making pacts with evil forces in the hope of making themselves more like their deity (whom they imagined as a giant snake). The Confuser of Ways, seeing the devotion of his worshippers, corrupted the Ehnivisss' bodies so that their children began to be born with snakelike fearures. Further, rhe youngest children slowly grew into monstrous versions of their old selves, with snake-like heads and scaly bodies. Over time, the entire village succumbed to the evil of their god and any trace of their Svirnohzish heritage was lost beneath a body of scales. Now, all Ennivisss are born with snake heads and scales instead of skin. The ziggurat still crests over the treeline as a testament of their worship, though the creatures themselves are rarely seen. In fact, the Ehnivisss are unknown to almost all but the few Braodobians, Kargi and Meznamishii who deal with them on a routine basis. Stories of snake-people snaking into villages under cover of darkness to steal helpless townsfolk are popular in the region, however.

Type

Religious, Cult

Deities