Members of the cult worship [[Asica]], a goddess of destruction. They study the cult's holy book (the ''Book of Asica''), spreading a message of doom and apocalypse. However, they are most famous for abducting travelers and adventurers in the Uncivilized Area, using them to perform various brutal rites described in the ''Book'' in the hopes of pleasing Asica or requesting her favors. These rites include blood rituals, burning gunpowder (to form a ''ring of fire'', a holy symbol), abductions, forced conversions, as well as torture, mutilation, and sacrifices.
The cult believes that the end of the world is coming soon, that it will be carried out by Asica, and that all will be purged and destroyed when it comes, except for those that Asica will have chosen to inhabit the new world. To that end, the Followers devote themselves to her worship, the study of the Book, and the brutal rites described within. According to the Book, ''"those who wish to follow the path to salvation and prove their worth to Asica must demonstrate that they are unafraid of the End. To this end, they must destroy the unworthy, bathe in their blood and feast from their remains, again and again until the end-times come".''
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