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This page collects cults, orders and rites mentioned briefly — 17 of them, in alphabetical order. Each entry says only what the sources say, with its citation; see [[Help:Canon policy]] for what the citations mean. Subjects with enough material have pages of their own.

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=== Aenism Clerics ===
Aenism Clerics were faith officials who tried to destroy the [[Worm God]] Crypt alongside the [[Legion]]; their remains are found underground together with legionnaire bodies. {{Src|heralds-b#118}}

=== Arcadros ===
Arcadros is a lesser-known god of secrets, lost knowledge, and hidden treasures. {{Src|last-winter#470|last-winter#471}} [[Cedric Thorne]] is a secret follower of Arcadros and does not tell the story of his faith. {{Src|last-winter#470|last-winter#471}}

=== Asmodeus ===
Asmodeus is the ruler of Hell. {{Src|last-winter#868}} He ordered the capture of [[Ezekiel Fellsun]]'s soul, which was drawn into Hell through a ritual. {{Src|last-winter#868}}

=== Aziz ===
Aziz is the god or holy order to which [[Lucerion]] and his temple are bound. {{Src|heralds-b#446}}

=== The Breath Cult ===
{{Idea|A newly formed cult holds that suffocation is sacred, that breath is a lie, and that the plague is truth; it does not resist the undead but welcomes them.|heralds-a#24|heralds-a#37|heralds-a#38}}

=== Church of Aenism ===
The Church of Aenism is organized enough to send an inquisitor against the teachings of [[The Moonlit Mystics]], who oppose the church's hold on the people; the sources name it without further detail. {{Src|last-winter#399}}

=== El ===
El is described as the greatest god in the universe, the counterpart of [[Samael]]. {{Src|last-winter#856}}

=== The Hunter ===
The Hunter is a divine Aspect of a goddess representing hunting, associated with wood and sacred forests. {{Src|heralds-a#134}} She has a celestial companion of wood and divine forests. {{Src|heralds-a#134}}

=== The Knight ===
The Knight is a figure or order worshiped within the Aenism faith; war clerics worship him. {{Src|last-winter#792|last-winter#796}}

=== Knightess ===
Knightess is a goddess with domains resembling War and Space, who made the [[The Blind Knight|Blind Knight]] her chosen. {{Src|heralds-a#95}} Because she feels indebted to [[Lucerion]] for helping her lost legionnaire souls return to her, she sends her chosen first to help and then to kill in fair combat any party members who worship [[Minor Faiths and Orders#The Saint and Healer|The Saint and Healer]], rather than letting them be killed by another god's chosen or a mere priest or cleric. {{Src|heralds-a#95}}

=== Lady Misery ===
Lady Misery is the goddess of the poor, the sick, and the forsaken, and also the goddess of death, grief, and misfortune. {{Src|last-winter#480}} She is also described as the goddess of forsakenness, death, and misfortune. {{Src|last-winter#514}}

=== Order of the Saint ===
The Order of the Saint is a faith institution focused on order and tranquility, avoiding open chaos. {{Src|heralds-a#3}}

=== Oxphideus ===
Oxphideus is the deified form of [[Minor Faiths and Orders#Asmodeus|Asmodeus]]. {{Src|heralds-a#146}} He intervened in [[Lucerion]]'s pact with [[Belial]] and severed Lucerion's bond with his own god. {{Src|heralds-a#146|heralds-a#149}}

=== The Saint and Healer ===
The Saint and Healer are the god or gods worshiped by some party members; [[Minor Faiths and Orders#Knightess|Knightess]] sends her chosen to help and then fairly kill their worshipers rather than have them slain by another god's chosen or a mere priest or cleric. {{Src|heralds-a#95}}

=== The Seven ===
The Seven are the group of seven gods worshiped by the Aenism faith; faded golden icons of them are still visible on old cleric armor in the Crypt. {{Src|heralds-a#39}}

=== Temple of Eternal Light ===
{{Idea|Proposed as the largest temple in the Gloria District, dedicated to the sun, moon, and star gods, and serving as a center of worship and healing.|last-winter#494}}

=== Vaelthor, the Bloodshade ===
Vaelthor, the Bloodshade is a god of murder, chaos, and shadows; the assistant proposed the god and Ekrem approved using it in the world, building a plot thread on it. {{Src|last-winter#285|last-winter#286}}

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