Category:Cult Leader

A cult leader, as opposed to a spiritual leader, does not exercise significant influence over the people of one or more lands. In a given land he or she is not recognised by the temporal leader of that land, commands far less influence than the temporal leader of that land, and cannot hope to survive should he or she attempt to rival the temporal leader of that land. The leader of the Cult of the Ancestral Choir in Kartakass or of the Cult of the Morninglord in Barovia would be a cult leader as the influence of the former pales in comparison to that Harkon Lukas and of the latter aples in comparison to that of Count Strahd von Zarovich. Fiendish cult leaders might have the personal power to survive a confrontation with the temporal leader and in particular the darklord of a given land. But as a rule they avoid such confrontations, perhaps fearing that the place of ruler of, and prisoner in, the given land might fall to them.

may or may not be a religious leader. One that is a religious leaders differs from a spiritual leader in that he does not exercise significant influence over the people of one or more lands. The high priest of the Cult of the Morninglord is a cult leader as he has no official standing in Barovia and dare not overtly shape events in that land. A cult leader who is not the leader of a religion may aspire . . .