Cult of the Long Night

Tucked away at the Western end of the Emyn Enygrin (Iron Hills) live a secretive society of seers and mystics dedicated to the Cult of the Long Night. They call their home Nahald Kudan (Secret Holes). Overtly they live in a cluster of shale-over-wooden-frame conical homes and offer comfort to travelers in this part of the world. They ask probing questions about travel conditions and items of interest. They will offer food, a warm fire, and homebrew to any who stay with them. Should a weary traveler accept, they will find the hospitality loosens their tongue and guarded information spills out unbidden. The Cult's members are typically very subtle with strangers until they can extract knowledge of their allegiances and motives. Covertly they seek to gain adherents and contacts throughout the the regions surrounding Mirkwood. This strategic location permits them to interact with the Ashrag Orcs, caravans and wains of slaves and soldiers headed to Angmar from tributary Easterling tribes near the Sea of Rhun. They have contacts throughout the Northern portions of Mirkwood incuding Dale, Long Lake, Methelburg, Framsburg and into Angmar proper. They receive regular communiques from Dol Guldur. They worship spirits of the dark and for the most part as yet do not know the actual name of the deity whereby they derive their powers. They study the darkness surrounding the stars and the dark of the moon.

The inner circle of this group calls themselves the Maeghirrim (Piercing Lords). They are exceedingly skilled in their respective fields and not to be taken lightly. They are fond of drugging, torture, and subsequent sacrifice of anyone taken in by their guise as healers and hermits.

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