The High Priesthood

The High Priesthood of the Shadow Cult is the governing body of the organization and represents the guiding philosophy of the cult, as well as ensuring the preservation of lore, knowledge, and proper ritual. Consisted of the most zealous and devoted members of the body proper and oversees the main functions of cult.

History and Formation
It is hard to pinpoint the exact moment that the priesthood formed, as there was no precise forming of the faith. The practical origin of the body would be in following of the Greatmother, Lucaerna Duskstalker, who in her path as a demon hunter, carried the torch of faith with her. In the long years of vigil and watch, her first scandalous offspring being born into the world and following her in her duties and actions. These perfectly loyal demons learned well from Lucaerna of her magics and ways, and were long inculcated into her ways of zeal and action.

Differences would emerge over time, for being demons, they could never know what Lucaerna had known as a member of the Elunian Priesthood and could not understand what it meant to serve a higher power directly and with knowledge of it. With the fall of the Legion after the Third Invasion, Lucaerna had long retreated into her faith and religious works, having spent years building up a following of Demon Hunters, bound demons, found acolytes, and converted third parties. As she became more distant from the daily workings of the body of religious adherents and more concerned with more ephemeral things and her own birthing's, it fell to her most zealous children to carry on her message.

Now without their mother to guide them, these devoted offspring and acolytes, never knowing the higher touch of a goddess or the attentions of distant powers, began to devote their attentions to Lucaerna herself. It was a logical move for many, for as Lucaerna continued to birth periodically, the amount of loyal children continued to grow.

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