[@Dead Cruiser] So just to make sure I got this right, the novitiates in each of our cults are just the player characters mentioned, right? No background npc novitiates joining us? 

EDIT: as well, it looks like all but 2 of our characters are from Pesedjet. Seeing as the school is highly prestigious and probably has small class sizes as a result, how likely is it that the Novitiates who graduated from there know each other, either personally or in passing or by reputation?