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| − | ''' | + | '''Cult''' is a term referring to a religious group, whether dominant in a society (such as the [[Imperial Cult]] or the [[Cult Mechanicus]]), or more subversive in nature - some influenced or dominated by hostile aliens while others are worshippers of Chaos: |
*[[Chaos Cult]] - [[Heretic]] Cults devoted to one of the [[Chaos Gods]] or to [[Chaos]] itself. | *[[Chaos Cult]] - [[Heretic]] Cults devoted to one of the [[Chaos Gods]] or to [[Chaos]] itself. | ||
Revision as of 05:18, 29 February 2024
Cult is a term referring to a religious group, whether dominant in a society (such as the Imperial Cult or the Cult Mechanicus), or more subversive in nature - some influenced or dominated by hostile aliens while others are worshippers of Chaos:
- Chaos Cult - Heretic Cults devoted to one of the Chaos Gods or to Chaos itself.
- Helot Cult - a type of Chaos Cult on Necromunda.
- Cults of the Thousand Sons
- Cult of Youth - Cults obsessed with maintaining their youthfulness and beauty
- Death Cult - Extreme cults devoted to bloodshed - some simply worship the Emperor in more unconventional and bloody ways, by slaying his enemies; in other cases such cults are devoted to the Chaos God Khorne.
- Doomsday Cult - Imperial Cults that preach that the death of the Imperium is close at hand.
- Genestealer Cult - Insidious, alien-dominated cults composed of genestealers, hybrids, and human converts
- Imperial Cult - The religion venerating the Emperor as a god.
- Sanguinary Cult - Religiously worship the Primarch Sanguinius.
- Solar Cults - Historical Dark Eldar groups in Commorragh originating before the Fall of the Eldar.
- Vampyre Cults - Cults around Vampyres found on Necromunda.
- Wych Cult - Organizations that maintain the varied arenas of Commorragh, as well as participate in raids around the galaxy. Comprised of Wyches who are athletic and gladiatorial Dark Eldar.
- Xenophile Cult - Cults that have a particular fascination with Xenos species
