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Temple to the Devourer

There is a tale that the fae, Unsullied and Sullied alike tell their children grow fearful of ever setting a foot on the land. The tale originated from a large gathering of Unsullied and what happened in the time is generally unknown. The day had been going as one would expect from the Unsullied, pleasant and fun, though no trickery as the Sullied cousins would engage in. Strange occurrences began when a small group had come back with news of a being dressed in strange garments with a sadistic smile had been wandering the area. When they saw its face, the sadistic grin it bore was enough to send chills down their spines and their wings had freezed in fear. It was much larger than them and worst of all, orange. 

The lord was notified and the scouts went back to tracking the monster that was inhabiting the woods, however, when the group had returned back they had lost number. They were in shock and some were too terrified to speak, but the one who would speak told of how the beast had returned and it noticed them before they found it. It was an ambush and though the fae were supposed to be deathless, it drained them of their energy. The laughing all the sound it made and those who survived ran. The scouting group was nearly positive that it allowed them to escape to tell the tale. 

Two weeks passed without incident, the orange-headed monster had not been sighted. Until it appeared right at the entrance of their little settlement. The lord met with it and it spoke to them in a familiar tongue, warning them to leave the area as a millipede was going to devour them all if they stayed. It gave the name of the millipede, Kikoquatl, Devourer of all. 

The lord did nothing, believing that it was merely just a trick trying to scare them off so that it may kill them in a place where they would put up less resistance. Soon enough, strange rumbling had been detected, small tremors in the ground that grew with time. Then they stopped. 

A few days passed with nothing happening, it seemed that the Pumpkin Man’s words had merely been a ploy and the lord laughed and hollered with his people. They would have held a feast if ate, but they did hold a gathering where they laughed and laughed. That was when the onlookers watched a great beast rise from the ground and swallow the lord and his court. It was the great Millipede, Kikoquatl. Just as the Pumpkin Man had spoke, now clearly a spirit of both evil and premonition.

The great millipede looked down upon the onlookers, its head the size of a great hill. It spoke to them, saying that it demanded tribute should they wish to not suffer the same fate. They agreed to gather anything it wished, and it demanded food. Food they would provide, and off they went to warn the rest of their kind. The Pumpkin Man had come back and taught them the proper way to honor the goddess. Those who stayed were said to construct a temple to which they can prepare this tribute, overseen by the devourer. 

There once was a settlement of Fae. 

The Fae encountered a being known as the Pumpkin man who stole of them their energy and warned them of a great evil.

A few days later the great devourer, Kikoquatl, devours their lord and his court. Before telling them to give tribute to her. 

They proceed to spread the news and begin construction of the temple.

The Cult of the Devourer is born out of fear

Might Usage
-2 Prestige to teach the Unsullied Tribute

-2 Might to make a holy site [Temple of the Devourer]
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