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[font=gabriola][color=red]Content Warning: Violence and Unsafe Practices[/color][/font] [columns][font=Gabriola][size=5]"Hey! I'm glad that you decided to return to us! I knew you would come back, the Nightstalker told me. You're curious, aren't you? You wish to know more about our god. Come with me, I will give you the knowledge you seek, I will change your life forever."[/size][/font][nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&id=291920&tab=dragon&did=30359218][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/303593/30359218.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns]The Nightstalker resembles a large, hairless, wolf. It has a long snout and many rows of razor sharp teeth. It has no eyes, only slight indents where eyes should be. It is depicted as having a very muscular form and three, short, tails. On the end of each tail is a steel weapon which represents the different aspects of the religion, purity, vulgarity, and balance. The weapon of purity is a broadsword. The weapon of vulgarity is a scythe. The weapon of balance is a battleaxe. The weapons are said to protrude from the ends of each tail. The creature is rumored to wander Sornieth in the shadows and only shows itself to those who can handle the truth.[nextcol][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img][/columns] [columns][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/eeaa81e0a276a3cd3fd61f22add37cb5/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o2_r1_100.gif[/img][nextcol]Nightstalker worshipers are known to perform gruesome and grotesque sacrifices in the night to impress their god. Most of their worship is done in the shadows, causing others to believe that the worshipers are ashamed of their belief. The truth is, all worshipers proudly display the mark of the Nightstalker. The mark is a black lily with a broadsword on the left, a scythe on the right, and a battleaxe in between them. Each member proudly displays the mark on their body in one of three ways, the Mark of Blood, etched into the skin with a knife, the Mark of Ink, injected under the skin with a needle, the Mark of Fire, branded onto the skin with a hot iron. The worshipers of the Nightstalker are referred to as 'children of the night'. Many refer to each other as 'brother' and 'sister'.[/columns] [columns]The dragons worship the Nightstalker in the pursuit of truths. The truth of knowledge, strength, power, friendship, all of which can be granted with a simple sacrifice. Most sacrifices include a dismantling of the victim, a prayer, and a simple disposal. The disposal often utilizes the most natural thing, whether it be the Wyrmwound, the Sea of a Thousand Currents, or whatever may be near. The victims are mostly beastclans and large animals, but if a dragon betrays the Nightstalker, they will be killed, they are considered weak. The members do not actively seek out new people, they believe that new members will be brought to them by the will of the Nightstalker. Many believe that the Nightstalker arrived in Sornieth when the Shade did, they believe that it is an ethereal being that appears only in the shadows, and they'd be correct.[nextcol][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img][/columns] [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&id=291920&tab=dragon&did=30359218][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/303593/30359218.png[/img][/url][nextcol][font=gabriola][size=5]"Still interested? Still think you can handle this? Still think you can stomach the blood, the murder, the hate, the ridicule? Good, let us mark you and you will be one of us, a Child of the Night. I have a good feeling about you."[/size][/font][/columns] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Wbx6a6K.png[/img][/center] [font=gabriola][color=red]Disclaimer: Children of the Night do not endorse self-harm, the marks are not intended to be anything like that.[/color][/font]

[center][font=gabriola][size=7]Cult Officers[/size][/font] [font=gabriola][size=6]Head Priest[/font][/size] [font=gabriola][size=5]"Through the Nightstalker, I have been given all I seek and I know I will be given more. Why would I ever give up such clarity?"[/size][/font] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=30359218] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/303593/30359218_350.png[/img] [/url] [columns][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/961dfc8cbdfe05997a0e82877a467010/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/eeaa81e0a276a3cd3fd61f22add37cb5/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o2_r1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/961dfc8cbdfe05997a0e82877a467010/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o1_100.gif[/img][nextcol]Amoral had a pretty perfect life before he discovered the Nightstalker. He was the eldest sibling and was always seen as an example. He was a strong, young, imperial, capable of protecting his clan and family. To be an example to the hatchlings, he always prayed to the Plaguebringer and sacrificed to her, but it felt empty. No matter what he did, he felt as though he got nothing in return. It was food wasted, food that his family needed. He had no doubt that the eleven existed, but they weren't listening, they didn't care. One night, as Amoral scouted the area around his home, he happened upon a rather gruesome sacrifice. He was drawn towards to it and couldn't stop himself from staring. The Head Priest invited Amoral to join and gave him the sacred text of the Nightstalker, a black book with silver embossed letters. Amoral was eager, hungry for knowledge. He read the book from cover to cover in the span of a few hours. It all sounded so perfect. A religion where you could devote yourself to what you wanted to do and there was no need to waste food or make heedless sacrifices. When he needed enlightenment or knowledge, he could make a small sacrifice. He knew if he needed truth, he would get it. It sounded amazing, picturesque, ideal. He knew that he needed to join. The following night, he sought after the cult again and found the Head Priest. They welcomed him warmly and he received his Mark of Fire. Unfortunately, because of his decision to join the cult, he was cast out of his home and clan. He traveled with the cult for a while and was elected Head Priest when the previous one died. Eventually, he decided to settle down within the Burning Rose Clan, but he continues to make sacrifices and rely upon the wisdom of the Nightstalker to guide him.[nextcol][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/35e7215759afd12196e6c4e05e816536/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o3_r1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img][/columns] [font=gabriola][size=6]Priest of Blood[/font][/size] [font=gabriola][size=5]"Do you truly know what it means to be Outcast? Abandoned by those you should call family."[/size][/font] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/60841535][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/608416/60841535_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/961dfc8cbdfe05997a0e82877a467010/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/eeaa81e0a276a3cd3fd61f22add37cb5/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o2_r1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/961dfc8cbdfe05997a0e82877a467010/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/eeaa81e0a276a3cd3fd61f22add37cb5/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o2_r1_100.gif[/img][nextcol]Rydel was an outcast in every sense of the word, sent away as a hatchling by his mother in a bid to protect him from his father he was left with little options when the clans he encountered refused to accept him. He grew up independent and self reliant, believing he needed no one yet he was lonely and longed for companionship, but refused to ask for this as he thought it would make him appear weak, a failure. Rydel was found and taken in by a Mercenary group as an adolescent, young and arrogant he learned from the mercenaries; some of the lessons were harsh ones, but ones he sorely needed at the time. He learned sword use from the older dragons in the group as well as claw to claw combat and more social skills as well, although crude by most dragon's standards. Travel with the group was a constant and having a watch set up at night with two dragons was a requirement set by the leader of the band, he was still young and found he did not believe in the Eleven. It was night when he heard something unusual and told the drake he was on guard with he would check it out, the elder male teased him a bit, but let him go with a warning to be careful. As he wandered closer to the source of the sound he saw a rather bloody sight, a Maren had been slaughtered in sacrifice, the dragons there chanted something he couldn't make out as he was drawn closer. He watched quietly until the drake who had lead the proceedings invited him closer, Rydel was happy enough to learn what they were doing and to what they were sacrificing. The idea of the Nightstalker interested him greatly, the more he learned the more the Cult appealed to him and soon the drake, he now knew it was the Priest of Blood, gave him a book. Rydel read it multiple times as the mercenaries traveled and camped, the other mercenaries in the group were not particularly religious although most of them believed in at least one of the Eleven, none judged him for his interest in the cult. Before he found the cult again the mercenaries he had traveled with for so long underestimated their opponents and paid for their mistake with the guards to a clan eliminating most of the group, Rydel had seen the leader of his group fall in battle and had quickly moved to gather those who had been left in camp. Those who had been left were mostly the hatchlings and the elderly of the group, Rydel told them what had happened and gathered them to him, he would find a safe place for them- he owed them that much for taking him in. After this he found the cult again, he was happy to have a warm welcome after everything that had happened and gladly took the Mark of Blood, he stayed several days with the cult before wandering again, unsure where he was going.[nextcol][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/35e7215759afd12196e6c4e05e816536/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o3_r1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/35e7215759afd12196e6c4e05e816536/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o3_r1_100.gif[/img][/columns] [font=gabriola][size=6]Priest of Ink[/font][/size] [font=gabriola][size=5]"If I am to serve anything, it is something that balms my blistering thoughts with understanding, and I have found it."[/size][/font] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=42956996] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/429570/42956996_350.png[/img] [/url] [columns][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/961dfc8cbdfe05997a0e82877a467010/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/eeaa81e0a276a3cd3fd61f22add37cb5/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o2_r1_100.gif[/img][nextcol]Apollo joined to make sense of a world that didn't make sense - to search for a higher being, a higher understanding, than what the eleven deities provide. Did it make sense to serve under the deities? The "original dragons" - these squabbling siblings - with their opposing views and values and petty insights and opinions? Were they gods or simply privileged ancients exerting their powers where they don't necessarily belong? Which is more correct than the other - who that follow them is more worldly than the other? The more he'd think about it, the more ridiculous and unending it would seem. The Nightstalker was a different matter. A Messiah, a seeker, a finder - a community that knows its limits and is there for the other across every clan. The world brought together through ink, fire and blood. A following that made sense and promised deliverance - knowledge and wholeness that the deities pick apart and set to conflict. A world that made sense.[nextcol][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/35e7215759afd12196e6c4e05e816536/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o3_r1_100.gif[/img][/columns] [font=gabriola][size=6]Priestess of Fire[/font][/size] [font=gabriola][size=5]"I have gone farther than most would dare in the pursuit of knowledge, and I would go farther still."[/size][/font] [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=61517950] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/615180/61517950_350.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/961dfc8cbdfe05997a0e82877a467010/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/eeaa81e0a276a3cd3fd61f22add37cb5/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o2_r1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/961dfc8cbdfe05997a0e82877a467010/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o1_100.gif[/img][nextcol] Once one of the Lightweaver's army of Exalted, Helena was a dedicated follower of Her Radiance - or so she thought. As it turns out, Helena's loyalty lie not with the Lightweaver, but with knowledge and truth, something she expected to find in the service of the goddess whose ideals were just that. Much to her surprise, however, Helena was met with sections of the great library in the Beacon of the Radiant Eye that were closed off to all but a select few. Whatever was behind those doors was forbidden knowledge, decreed so by the Lightweaver herself. Frustrated and confused by her goddess hiding what she urged her children to pursue, Helena resolved to sneak into the forbidden ares of the Lightweaver's library. She was quickly found by her fellow Exalted, and for her glaring disobedience of the Lightweaver's word, Helena was cast out. Stripped of the highest honor as dragon may have, she was told she was lucky to be allowed to live. Word of her crime spread quickly, and the Pearlcatcher found herself without a home to return to. Helena's frustration grew to contemptuous fury as she was forced to live the life of a vagrant. The Lightweaver - great goddess of truth - was a liar. Though already abandoned by the deity of Light, Helena renounced the Lightweaver and all other deities, believing that if the deity of Light could be so treacherous, her siblings could be no better. Helena happened upon the followers of the Nightcaller shortly after, and quickly became intrigued by the promise of knowledge that the other gods hid. She pledged herself to the Nightcaller shortly after, taking the Mark of Flame upon her chest. Since, she had been a loyal follower of the wolf-like god, using her elevated position in her new clan to secure boons for her fellow worshipers.[nextcol][img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/35e7215759afd12196e6c4e05e816536/tumblr_otqnrp7EG71v8lm95o3_r1_100.gif[/img] [img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/68816d0a35ef146a650bf7c0779f8bbb/tumblr_otqoiuT4IQ1v8lm95o3_100.gif[/img][/columns]

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@Reiyn

No problem cause then she'll be dressed! If any other dragons find themselves in the Labyrinthe, then Aonani could be the Priestess inside, otherwise, she's alone in here (for now.)

@Reiyn Ah, how lovely, thank you! [b]Apollo[/b]; Ink I'd love for him to be given the opportunity of becoming a priest, if possible. (Dramatic music or some such) Apollo joined to make sense of a world that didn't make sense - to search for a higher being, a higher [i]understanding[/i], than what the eleven deities provide. Did it make sense to serve under the deities? The "original dragons" - these squabbling siblings - with their opposing views and values and petty insights and opinions? Were they [i]gods[/i] or simply privileged ancients exerting their powers where they don't necessarily belong? Which is more correct than the other - who that follow them is more worldly than the other? The more he'd think about it, the more ridiculous and unending it would seem. [i]The Nightstalker[/i] was a different matter. A Messiah, a seeker, a finder - a community that knows its limits and is there for the other across every clan. The world brought together through ink, fire and blood. A following that made sense and promised deliverance - knowledge and wholeness that the deities pick apart and set to conflict. A world that made sense. Edit* (I can condense or expand) [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=42956996] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/429570/42956996.png[/img][/url] [b]Kurloz[/b]; Fire [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=41889144] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/418892/41889144.png[/img][/url] [b]Aerosphere (Aero for short)[/b]; Blood [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=35846417] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/358465/35846417.png[/img][/url]

wheeze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IREVE3G6Yg

@Reiyn Could I make this girl the priest of blood? (I'm tired and can't think of lore RN, but once I write some.) [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=29674328] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/296744/29674328_350.png[/img] [/url]

@Mnkn10

She can be in the running!

@Lostrefrain

I am blown away by your writing! So eloquent! I don't need anyone else to know that Apollo will make the perfect Priest of Ink!

@Reiyn

Ah heck and here I was being all anxious :'v that's kind of you to say! Thank you!