The Cult of Renesec
To the world at large Renesec is the obscure, largely unknown God of Change said to have no fixed appearance, house, or location of worship. The enigmatic deity’s few devotees meditate on their god’s presence in the growth of crops, the aging of a face, the overthrow of a government Renesec’s most ecstatic worshipers adopt radically different mannerisms, behaviors, and even personalities at an irregular schedule and hence are despised as outcasts, individuals who are not able to function in society. However the Ever-Changing has a thriving cult in Salt in Wounds who seek to understand and grow close to their god, and the Lord of Mutation’s power and majesty can best be experienced in the endlessly varied twisted forms of Tarrasque-fed mutations. Every curl of flesh beyond its original form is deemed holy by the cult and the church of the Lord of Mutations preaches endlessly as to the need for the city to fully embrace these divine gifts Renesec pours out for the blessed. While officially tolerated, the cult is large despised and mocked. Even so the church’s numbers continue to swell as more and more individuals feel the “touch of Renesec”, the scorn of the city only serving to deepen their bonds to one another and their faith.
Worshippers and Clergy
The cult provides food, housing, and even water for any so long as they bare the mark of Renesec (any manner of mutation) and if they do not, the organization’s clerics can induce one upon request. Especially with the uptick in mutation rates, canny political observers believe the cult could become a major political force in years to come even though in modern day it is dismissed as a refuge for the poor, the desperate, and the mad. Rumors hold that the cult has plans to spread the mutation throughout the city via the application of divine magic or specially crafted alchemy, but nothing has ever been proven. Clerics of Renesec have been known to confer mutations unto any who ask, to utilize magic to alleviate suffering related to a specific mutation (while not curing it), and other abjuration and or metamagic effects.
Temples and Shrines
The Shifting Place is the only true temple in the city what began as a single apartment in the Tail Stones has accrued bizarre layers by the endless stream of followers adhering odd ornamentations cast from powdered Tarrasque scale gradually increasing the building’s size.
NOTABLE RENESEC CULTISTS
High Priestess Quinay Mendij is a woman with a beautiful face jutting out of a bloated, massive, horrendously mutated body and she is rumored to be the most mutated creature in the world. Three mouths split open her back, looping spikes sprout seemingly at random and twine together to form intricate loops, and despite having ten arms and legs she must be carried on a litter by the church’s faithful (who see this duty as a great honor).
Champion of the Blessed Thracine Orange-Eye is a hulking copper dragonborn with extra eyes and bulging muscles who regularly acts as protector of the faithful or mutated individuals generally managing to intimidate (or worse) any who threaten the church or its devotees while maintaining cordial (if tense) relationships with the House Militias.