The Hyaena Cults

Temple of the Hyaena Cult

The Way of the Hyaena teaches stealth, ferocity, opportunism and letting others do the difficult and dangerous work, then stepping in to seize the spoils. But it is also about working together with one's pack to achieve such goals.

Hyaenas are Animals of the Underworld, but may also be found on the fringes of the Wildernesses of the Overworld. The Hyaena Cults are despised by most other Beastmaster Cultists, but as scavengers Hyaenas perform a useful function in cleaning up carcasses and other waste. They are generally associated with TERRIK, E/C God of Waste, and their Patron, THE GREAT LAUGHING HYAENA, is usually an Aspect of TERRIK (although CORNUTUR and other Beings may also adopt that guise). Hyaena Cults often take over abandoned Secret Temples of other Gods of Evil, rather than building their own. Some Cults are rumoured to include Werehyaenas, infected with Hyaena Lycanthropy.

The main Hyaena Cults are as follows:

The Laughing Hyaenas are a Thievish Brotherhood of the Underworld, part of The Host of TERRIK, with independent Chapters in a number of cities, including Vavistor in the Overworld.
The Hyaena is a popular Totem Animal of the Black Sandwalkers in the Great Desert of the Underworld and Overworld.
The Hyaena is a minor Totem Animal of the Beastmasters of the Jungle, with their Hyaena Circle being a circular chamber with bas-relief Totems located in a long-abandoned ziggurat, which was the former hiding place of the Book of Evil Neutrality before 2218.
Outcast Shamen of AMON in the Badlands generally favour the Hyaena as their Totem Animal, and ride with Hyaena packs to harry and scavenge on the fringes of battles and pick over the spoils after the battle. Some bands are associated with The Laughing Hyaenas.

Beastmaster Druids who have been chosen by the Hyaena as their Totem Animal have a Hyaenidic Cycle of Druidic Spells, the Medium for which is Bone, concerned with scavenging and repurposing Natural materials. Their Shamen wander in The Laughing Land, the Dreamworld of Hyaenas, which lies on the fringes of the Dreamworlds of other Animals and the Realm of Nightmare. They breed and grow Giant Hyaenas.

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