Cult of Sacellus

Overview
The Cult of Sacellus is a mysterious group of people whose rituals and traditions center around the consumption of wine as a means to escape societies standards of work. Though not malicious in nature there have been some murders pinned on the Cult for reasons speculated to be of sacrificial intent as all victims were seen as business owners or politicians who were too stern on their underlings. The Cult is a subsect of the religion of Orchidism however not directly connected to the religious practices of Orchidism.

The Cult was formed by a man known only as Methe many years ago, a druid whose presence can be traced back to the Southern forests of Hagusaki and was one of the first people in documented history to create wine out of the native berries. Currently the Cult is led by Elathero, a Fae and Apprentice of Methe.

Beginning
During the creation of the earth, Sacellus was a spirit with the task of creating plant life for the world. This task was long and arduous and so as a way of entertaining oneself the spirit created berries, grapes and other plants which he curated specifically for the purpose of being made into what we now know as alcohol. These plants had other properties as well with their true purpose being hidden by Sacellus as a way to keep the invaluable liquor to themself.

Exile
This secret was hidden from the other spirits until humanity was eventually created and alcohol began to be made. This concerned many spirits seeing these new alcoholic beverages as causing humanity to become lazy and subsequently useless. Blame shortly fell on Sacellus as they created the plants in which these beverages came from and so was cast out by the other spirits who saw them as a blight upon humanity.

In desperation Sacellus turned to a group of humans who Sacellus had visited previously due to their love of the alcoholic beverage of wine which was the first of Sacellus’s creations. In the spirit’s first visit he had attended one of their parties disguised as a human and enjoyed it so much that he granted the host of the party a boon in the form of a Sickle forged out of a strand of the spirit’s hair. On this second visit and in the same form as before the spirit told them to preserve the recipe of wine and the traditions he had seen them perform before whilst revealing himself as the spirit Sacellus. The human agreed to the spirit’s request and Sacellus blessed this human once again and named them Methe and so became the first Leader of the Cult of Sacellus.

Aftermath
After these events Sacellus lay to rest within a Vitis tree, only awakening once a year to attend one of the Cult’s rituals to him, which one is never certain and changes each year. No one recognizes him at these events however a boon or symbol that he was there is can always be found at the end of the ritual.

Rituals
WIP