Glorantha: Cult of Cacodemon 
Cult of Cacodemon
originally published in Different Worlds #2 and Elder Secrets

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Table of Contents
  Mythos and History 
  Other Notes 
Mythos and History
Cacodemon is a remnant of the army of Wakboth, the Devil. When their master was 
crushed under the Spike during the War of the Gods Cacodemon and other demons 
remained alive and embodied. They traveled widely, sowing disorder and trouble 
wherever they went, proving to be useful additions to the forces of Chaos. 
Cacodemon gained the support of the ogre race, and others of chaos as well, and 
for a time ruled a wide area of Genertela. Trolls, aided by Waha in Prax and 
other heroes elsewhere, suppressed the ogres and drove the Cacodemon to the Hero 
Plane with powerful spells.
Since that time Cacodemon has operated primarily through its race of servitors, 
the fiends. Cacodemon himself can only manifest in the material plane with 
difficulty, though when it does all havoc break loose. Cacodemon is cunning and 
intelligent far beyond human capacity, and never appears unless some opportunity 
for great destruction with little risk presents itself.
The Cacodemon cult worships this creature. Communication is mainly through the 
fiends, chaos demons similar to the Cacodemon in appearance. The Cacodemon 
itself only appears on extraordinary occasions, and when it does is not under 
the control of its summoners.
The Cacodemon cult promises no life after death. Worshipers must take their 
chances in the primordial chaos to which all things return. Some ogres believe 
that they will be reincarnated as a fiend if they live a wicked enough life.
The Runes associated with the Cacodemon cult are Chaos, Disorder, and Death.
Other Notes
Ogres
Cacodemon welcomes all to its cult (as much as it welcomes anyone), but it is 
especially interested in all ogres. The ogre species evidently originated during 
the Great Darkness when a band of people chose this disorderly way as the guide 
to their survival. Since then, all ogres have had natural, automatic connections 
with Cacodemon.
Their connections with Cacodemon are not always intentional. Ogres may attempt 
to join any cult, as long as they pass the worship requirements and can fool the 
cult officials. But their primeval sympathies run deep, and whenever an ogre 
comes within eight kilometers of any Cacodemon holy place, the natural 
blood-thirst of the race asserts itself. This may occur without the ogre being 
aware that he is betraying himself. Of course, when a party members asks why he 
is eating his dead friend, even the ogre should realize that he blew his cover.
Many of these ogre holy places are well-known and, more likely than not, heavily 
populated by members of that race. Other spots, however, have been forgotten and 
lay dormant, secret even to ogres, and are hazards to those ogres who attempt to 
pass for human.


See also:
Eat Your Enemy in Secret
A Personal View of Ogre Culture
Introduction to Glorantha: Chaos in Glorantha


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