The Cult of Ancients

The Cult of Ancients is a splinter group from the Order of Ancients; a society of wealthy men and women dedicated to the acquisition of magical power. In one tome named "The Power of Death" they discovered the means to gain phenomenal power through the act of murder. A small group mastered this tome and were expelled when their act was discovered. Thus was born the Cult of Ancients, Ghelspad's premire assassin's guild. The Cult underwent further evolution years latter when some of it's members overthrew the leadership and dedicated the cult to the worship of Belsmeth, the goddess of murder. Some of the non-Belsemites fled the group and formed a competing group, also called the Cult of Ancients, but most of the members went on as if it were buisness as usual. Now the cult is led by Talina Som, a beautiful and deadly woman who was hand picked by Belsemeth herself to lead the cult. Under her leadership the cult has risen to new heights of success and depravity, and the cult continues to grow as the half-fiend children of the original Belsemites are beginning to come of age.
 * Excerpt_ph2_5.jpgment: NE
 * Headquarters: Shelzari
 * Leader: Talina Som
 * Structure: Religious Cult, Assassin's Guild
 * Scope: Regional
 * Resources: A vast collection of information and ancient magic, a network of spies, dozens of safe houses, caches of resources in all major cities.