THE SACRED LORE OF THE CULT
BEFORE DAWN EXISTED, THERE WAS ONLY COLD DARKNESS, AND THE WORLD WAS SILENT WITH FEAR.
THEN FATHER FLAME ARRIVED, BAREFOOT AND LAUGHING, WITH FIRE DANCING IN HIS EYES AND SMOKE CURLING FROM HIS MOUTH.
HE DID NOT COME TO COMFORT.
HE CAME TO IGNITE.
"BURN, AND YOU SHALL BE BLESSED."
FATHER FLAME TEACHES THAT ALL WHO CARRY HIS FIRE WILL BE REWARDED.
FIRE REVEALS THE PATH TO ABUNDANCE. THE WORLD HIDES TREASURE BENEATH LAYERS OF FEAR; FIRE BURNS THESE LAYERS AWAY.
PAIN IS THE PRICE OF GLORY. TO BE TESTED BY THE FLAME IS TO BE CHOSEN FOR GREATNESS.
SILENCE IS BETRAYAL. THE FAITHFUL ROAR WITH HUNGER, DEMANDING WHAT IS THEIRS.
FATHER FLAME DOES NOT GIVE FREELY; HE REWARDS ONLY THOSE WHO GIVE THEMSELVES TO THE FIRE FULLY.
"YOU FEAR THE FIRE, YET YOU BEG FOR THE GOLD IT BRINGS."
"ONLY IN FLAME CAN YOU FORGE YOUR KINGDOM."
"THOSE WHO BURN WITH ME WILL EAT AT THE FEAST OF KINGS."
"WHEN THE WORLD TURNS TO ASH, ONLY THE FLAMEBORN WILL RISE RICH AMONG THE RUINS."
WHEN THE COLD WORLD BEGINS TO CRACK, WHEN OLD POWERS CRUMBLE INTO DUST, THE FLAMEBORN WILL GATHER WITH TORCHES RAISED, CHANTING:
"BURN! BURN! BURN!"
THE SKIES WILL GLOW RED, AND FATHER FLAME WILL WALK THROUGH THE FIRE, PLACING GOLDEN CROWNS UPON THE HEADS OF THE FAITHFUL, WHISPERING:
"YOU HAVE BURNED ENOUGH. NOW, RULE THE ASHES."