Cult of Mithras

The Cult of Mithras, also known as the Mithraic Mysteries, is a blood cult centered around the fourth-generation Ventrue Mithras. The cult of Mithras lies in disarray. Forged in secrets and persecution, the cult long preferred erecting a new temple over expanding an existing one. Likewise, it founded new cells instead of forming a singular sprawling cult. The Cult of Mithras, also known as the Mithraic Mysteries, is a blood cult centered around the fourth-generation Ventrue Mithras. The cult of Mithras lies in disarray. Forged in secrets and persecution, the cult long preferred erecting a new temple over expanding an existing one. Likewise, it founded new cells instead of forming a singular sprawling cult.

This worked well with Mithras at the helm, but his rumored destruction at the claws of Lupines and subsequent disappearance left the disparate cult rudderless. Unscrupulous Patres started giving their own orders, while the most loyal Patres — paralyzed with grief and a lack of guidance — saw their cells fall apart.

Yet now these loyal few sense a stirring in their blood, a whisper on the air: prepare, for He returns. The cells communicate with each other, the network reforms, and the Mithraists stand to rank among the most active power players in Kindred society.

Overview

The Mithraic Mysteries is a cult of personality as much as a mystery cult. For Cainites, there is no separating the cult from the methuselah at its center. Yet what Kindred know of Mithras is scarce and conflicting.

To his followers, he is the Indo-Iranian god Mithra first mentioned in a collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns transcribed around 1380 BCE, or depicted even earlier on the royal seal of King Saussatar of Mitanni around 1450 BCE. They know Mithra was a member of the solar pantheon, and his divine purview centered upon honesty, camaraderie, and bargains.

When Mithra was said to have walked the Earth in corporeal form, as gods in ages past were wont to do, the Ventrue claim he was Embraced by an ancient vampire named Veddartha. Mithra remained active for centuries afterward, until the clash between his divine blood and the curse of Caine forced him in and out of torpor. Still, his followers remained loyal, and Mithra’s teachings, passed down orally, may even have inspired tales of the Buddhist Maitreya. The cult learned to survive without their god’s direct presence, dutifully awaiting his return — a trait that served them well to the modern nights.

Mithra became Mithras in Rome, and his religion took on the trappings of a mystery cult. His followers congregated in caves and underground cisterns, coaxed by Mithras’ lieutenants to ensure the god-turned-Cainite could visit them. Whenever the Mithraists gained sufficient funds, they erected a new temple rather than expand an existing one.

Mithras designed his cult to survive without him. The Mithraic Mysteries propagated into independent and separate cells, remained hidden, and fostered relations with the middle and lower classes rather than the elite. This let Mithras pursue his myriad passions, yet always return to find at least one cell still serving as a base of operations.

The last six decades were different, though. A Lupine pack drove Mithras into torpor during the London Blitz in World War II, after which a Banu Haqim neonate named Montgomery Coven stole and diablerized his body. While no one knew of Mithras’ diablerie, his followers could no longer sense his presence, and rumors of his final death swelled.

Finally, Queen Anne came forward and quietly confirmed his death. Certainly, she would lie to advance her own cause, but she also remained loyal to Mithras — if motivated largely by opportunism and fear — throughout long bouts of torpor, depression, and madness. Queen Anne breaking ranks now was a clear sign she believed Mithras either dead or never returning — and she would be in a position to know.

Mithras’ acolytes desperately searched for their god’s guidance — his voice in their heads, his blood in their veins — and found nothing. For the first time since Mithras’ rise three thousand years ago, his followers’ faith wavered.

Without Mithras to guide the cult, separate cells survived or fell on their Pater’s strength — and many of them fell. Mithras’ Cainite enemies, sensing blood in the water, came down on any cells that revealed themselves in their search for guidance.

The cells that did remain were forced wholly underground, with no way to contact each other. The London Mysteries were disparate, weak, and defenseless with Mithras seemingly gone forever. The cult of Mithras stood poised to fall.

Then, in recent nights, a niggling sensation. Not as powerful a presence in his followers’ minds and veins as before, but rather an echo of Mithras, a voice that was both his and not his. The cells that survived, and the Patres that still believed, painstakingly pulled themselves back together.

In London, a new Mithraeum arose under the guidance of Rose Abawi, a Toreador claiming to be the Voice of Mithras. Throughout the long nights without their god, several beliefs and practices yet remained.

Description

Some vampires claim the status of deities among both Kindred and kine. Next to Set, Mithras is likely the most infamous of the god-Cainites. A Ventrue of incredible age and power, and one of the longest-standing Princes in Kindred history, Mithras formed a cult of faithful adherents to the Mithraic religion, incorporating trappings from the legitimate religion of old and ancient vampiric traditions.

Though Mithras was destroyed in the 20th century, and his diablerist in turn reportedly destroyed in the Second Inquisition’s purge of London, his long-time seneschal and confidant Roger de Camden leads the Cult of Mithras in his absence. You may be a member of the cult or even one of its leaders. Perhaps you believe the cult is the key to dominance in the Jyhad, taking Mithras’ millennia of rule as inspiration.

Loresheet

• Neophyte: Your service to Mithras is in its infancy, but you have learned how to manipulate the kine with talk of religion and grandeur. You can effectively lead a small mortal cult, granting you one bonus die to all Social rolls when interacting with your herd or retainers. This lore comes either from adherence to the cult or through study of its practices.
• Nymphus: Mithraists award the title of Nymphus to new sires within the cult. This lore grants you knowledge of Ventrue lineage and customs of Embrace, along with the ceremonial status of a revered sire. You gain two bonus dice to all rolls in which Ventrue or Mithraic customs are discussed or studied, and the equivalent of two dots in the Status Background when among Ventrue.
• Leo: Among the most honored members of the Mithraic cult, those Kindred with the title of Leo are entrusted to deliver clandestine messages between Mithraists, and sometimes even outside the order. Mithraists will not hesitate to trust you with information and messages, and you gain one die to all non-Discipline rolls in which you attempt to get other vampires to trust you. Of course, if your allegiances lie outside the cult, this lore grants you access to deeply dangerous intelligence.
• Perses: The Cult of Mithras frequently indulges in ritual bloodletting and sacrifice, with the Perses as the master of such ceremonies. A vampire declared Perses of Mithras receives a short sword and authority to murder enemies of the cult, with the guarantee of full protection (alibis, secret havens, access to resources) should their identity as killer become known. This lore gifts you three Background dots to allocate in any domain in which the Cult of Mithras is present.
• Unconquered: You carry the spark of Mithras within you. Perhaps you took vitae from his diablerist Monty Coven, or maybe you once drank from Mithras himself as part of a Blood Bond. Now, Mithras lives in you. Occasionally the ancient vampire speaks to you in command or guidance, though he’s not powerful enough to compel. When you please Mithras, you gain three additional dice in Dominate, Fortitude, or Presence tests (choose one) for the remainder of the night.

History

Roman Era

The vampire Mithras took over the existing Persian cult, passing himself off as the physical incarnation of the warrior-god, and followed that cult westward to Rome. The cult spread rapidly among Rome's military, and from there to every corner of the Empire.

In 71 CE, Mithras arrived in Britain, tired of the political infighting of Rome. He joined in efforts to pacify the Celts, exterminate the Lhiannan, and drive the Picti and their Lupine allies north. His cult became one of the principle religions of Roman Britain, with Cainite and mortal worshippers alike. The cult, and Mithras' temporal rule, were centered at the Mithraeum in what is now called Walbrook, outside Londinium.

However, the growing influence of Christianity in the Empire gradually eroded the cult's influence, and the collapse of Roman rule over Britain in 409 further reduced its prominence. Mithras himself went into torpor at this time, in the mithraeum of Vercovicium, leaving the cult without their god and leader as Anglo-Saxons flooded into the British Isles. The cult persisted for some time without him, and even made some inroads among the newcomers. Mithras' childe Cretheus attempted to spread the cult in Byzantium, to little effect.

Dark Ages

The cult was revived in 1066, when Norman invaders awoke Mithras from torpor. Simply re-establishing the cult in Christian England was untenable, but Mithras slowly rebuilt his influence behind the scenes, and by 1154 he claimed Princedom of London and rule over the Baronies of Avalon.

The cult was key to Mithras' control of Avalon in the aftermath of the War of Princes. The Rose Treaty forbade him from raising or leading an army, except for his personal bodyguards; he maintained the loyalty of his barons through bargains, blood bonds, and faith. Many Kindred warriors, and a few mortals as well, observed the rites of the Lord of Ages in private while maintaining a public veneer of Christianity. James Mannerly, a priest in the cult, occupied Dover for some time, and took a hard line toward followers of the Cainite Heresy crossing into England from France.

The Mithraeum at Walbrook in London once again became the center of the cult at this time. Large numbers of cultists also inhabited the Barony of Carlisle, and Marcus Verus, the Baron of Chester and Mithras' childe, also actively recruited both mortals and Cainites to the faith. One of these is his childe, Arcadius, who ruled as Consul in the independent city of Bath; here he recruited spies and warriors to the Unconquered Guard. Meanwhile, Cretheus continued his attempts attempts to keep the cult alive in Rome, the very heart of the Church, as part of his strange pursuit of Golconda.

Victorian Age

Upon returning to London from "the East" in 1885, Mithras established a new residence on The Strand, which doubled as a temple for the cult's rituals. The mithraeum at Walbrook remained the in use for the most important rituals, including the rebirth of the Unconquered Sun on Dec. 25.

By this time, Mithras could no longer survive on merely human blood, so the cult was a vehicle for recruiting vampires from which he could feed. This made it a target for London's Tremere, longtime rivals of Mithras, who sought to undermine the cult through other occult societies of the age. However, the Camarilla officially saw such societies as potential Masquerade breaches, forcing both Mithras and the Warlocks to be extremely circumspect about their recruitment and participation.

Modern Days

Mithras was eventually deposed by his former Seneschal Valerius, who claimed that the God-King of London had perished thanks to a bomb dropped on his haven during the German Blitz. The Cult rapidly shrank in influence in the wake of Mithras' "demise", with several devout Patres committing suicide by sunrise rather than exist in a world without their Immortal Sun. What remained of the Mithraics was tended to by Roger de Camden - Mithras' closest confidant and lover - up until nearly 50 years later. The partial diablerie of Mithras' by Montgomery Coven complicated his plans for a Mithraic resurgence, but did not stop them. At the turn of the 21st Century he and Mithras-Coven formulated a plan to "wipe the slate clean", destroying the Cult's enemies and restoring Mithras' full blood potency within his new body in one fell swoop.^{[citation needed]}

By deliberately leaking several pieces of key intelligence to the Newburgh Group, the remnants of the Cult of Mithras jump-started events that would culminate in the Second Inquisition sterilizing London in 2013. Using the chaos as cover, De Camden tasked the Heralds of the Sun with acquiring various items of personal significance to Mithras, to serve as catalysts in the Ritual of Transferring the Soul. Meanwhile, loyal followers of the Immortal Sun were bade to flee London en-masse, establishing new cells in cities such as Edinburgh, Munich, and Milwaukee.^{[citation needed]}

The fate of Mithras himself is largely unknown to the rest of his Cult, as is whether or not the Ritual was truly successful in restoring the methuselah to his full strength. Rumors range from the God-King having succumbed to the Beckoning, perishing at the hands of SO13, to simply lying in wait, awaiting the day when he calls his servants to reclaim his domain from those who have despoiled it.^{[citation needed]}

Even as Mithras’ fate languishes in uncertainty, with rumors claiming his soul was diablerized, his old vassals conspire to resurrect their god. Their work is shrouded in mystery, gears moving within gears, but one key component may be missing: faithfulness.

Gwenllian Arwyn long served as Pater in London’s largest Mithraic cell, after the former leader — Roger de Camden — was believed destroyed. Her loyalty now turns from the ancient. Once an enemy of Rome, Arwyn was brought to heel by Mithras, and in his disappearance, she sees a renewed chance for freedom and independence.

If she takes the leap and betrays Mithras, the largest of the old cells finally falls. Arwyn might even scuttle the resurrection plot completely. The ancient has contingencies in place for that eventuality though, and he’s already grooming a new Pater from Soho to replace her.

Culture

The Mysteries teach that Mithras is a god, Embraced by Veddartha when he walked the world in corporeal form. While in the past the cult linked Mithras to the eponymous Roman God, advancing historical insight links Mithras to the Persian Mithra. Devout followers accept this without hesitation — Mithras and Mithra are one, even if the details of his worship changed from one ancient empire to the other. The cells silence any infidels who believe Mithras an ancient Persian impostor at best, or a much younger poser who handily connected the dots between the Persian and Roman deities in an effort to appear older than he is.

Mithras is a god of war, feasts, and fertility, and these attributes reflect in ceremonies dedicated to him. His followers engage in war on Mithras’ enemies, the feasts hosted in his name are extravagant and lavish, and loyal followers are permitted to Embrace — the only act of fertility available to Kindred — as a reward for their service. These acts further the cult’s secular goals, but above all, they channel the divine.

Proper worship prepares a Kindred’s body, and the blackened remnants of their soul, to receive the true secret of Mithras — for he was once a companion of Sol Invictus, and still keeps the Sun’s secrets.

Patres tell stories of Mithras acting during the day without any of the usual sluggishness, and even walking in sunlight. While these gifts are Mithras’ by divine right, he lost them at the hands of Veddartha and spent long centuries regaining them. They say Mithras achieved Golconda, a state which allows him to reclaim his place at Sol Invictus’ hand, and this is the final secret he will teach his acolytes. If so far none have actually attained this, it is surely a failing on their part — they were born mere mortals — rather than a refutation of the Patres’ claims.

Religious texts dating back to ancient Persia further claim Mithra will save the world. While the Mysteries largely ignored this in favor of focusing on Mithras’ fortitude and prowess, the story received traction in the midst of the Beckoning and the Second Inquisition.

Neonates believe Mithras is a messiah who can save them from new calamities. Duskborn note their own resistance to sunlight and believe Mithras can teach them to fully harness this power — though they don’t know if this would make them a vampire god like Mithras himself, or let them return to a mortal state.

The rumors of Mithras as savior even find purchase with ancillae who find themselves out of their depth with the upper echelons of vampires depleted. Had the cult better leadership, it could easily grow to rival any methuselah cult or even the Church of Caine.

Cult of Mithras Convictions

The Cult of Mithras’ adherents firmly believe in the benefit of order and aspire to control. Mithras is one of the grandest examples of a vampire who was able to straddle the line between god, vampire, and emperor, and with his dominion over Britain for a millennium, he exercised influence on a scale rarely paralleled within Cainite society. Many Mithraists, in emulation of their god, attempt to uphold the same Convictions as Mithras:

• Always have a say in the governing of your domain. The Mithraists may operate openly or in secret within Kindred society, but they are compelled to influence the domain government in some meaningful way.
• Never abandon your allies. Brotherhood and sisterhood within the cult are important. You are never alone when you are a member of the cult.
• Accept no disparagement of Mithras’ name. Mithras is your god, and through his will, you fall under his protection and prosper from his benevolence. If you hear of anyone insulting Mithras, you must draw their blood.
• Always put the weak in their place. Weakness does not deserve a place in Mithras’ church. If you find a cultist to be weak, beat them, hector them, and ridicule them until they improve. If you find a weakling outside the cult, make sure they’re aware of their lowly state so they might better themselves.
• Protect the pregnant / newborns / fresh Embraces. Mithras is a fertility god, and his cult advocates the protection of the young and pregnant. This is not through altruism; Mithraists should protect and cultivate the herd.
• Immediately punish chaos and misrule among your servants. The cult can only function if the hierarchy remains in place. Accept no rebellion among your servants. Punish it severely.

Rites and Rituals

Initiates wear down their enemies in a ritual called bull running, which can conclude in a single night or take years to complete. Sometimes, if acolytes seek appeasement in a symbolic ritual, this enemy is an actual bull. More often though, the Pater names a mortal, ghoul, or Kindred as the bull. Mithras himself chose the targets when he was active, but now faithful Patres make their own judgment as to which enemy of the cult must be removed, while disloyal Patres send acolytes after their personal enemies.

While the Pater chooses the target, the initiates themselves decide if an enemy must be killed, or can be defeated through other means such as social disgrace or financial ruin. Bull running is a favorite practice among Soho’s mortal acolytes, who delight in bringing down the powers that be. Rose isn’t fully focused in selecting targets, and often strays from bull running that serves Mithras in favor of protecting her community. So far, Mithras has allowed this in the name of good practice, but he intends to correct her upon his return.

The traditional fertility feasts seemed poised for obsoletion, as few modern mortals are willing to conceive a child as part of a cult initiation. The feasts made a comeback as mortals became increasingly sexually liberated though, and “fertility feast” was reinterpreted as “sex acts.” Some cells see a couple performing an act predictably named “mounting the bull.” Other cells engage in grand orgies where participants of all genders are welcome. Likewise, one cell might sate the room with a thick opium smoke, while another forbids drugs entirely as it believes all sensations are to be experienced without barriers.

The purpose of all feasts, however, is to channel the divine fertility of Mithras. If a Kindred acolyte is granted the right to Embrace, they do so during a fertility feast. Kindred fertility feasts rarely host any vampire-on-vampire sex, as the chances of someone biting and becoming Blood Bound to another acolyte instead of Mithras are too great. Instead, the Kindred joins the mortals’ fertility feast, in whichever form it takes, and quietly steals their intended childe away for the Embrace during the feast’s climax.

Mithraists fast in late Spring, then hold a grand feast on the summer solstice. While for mortals this might mean no alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs, for Kindred it entails a literal fasting — feeding just enough to keep the Beast at bay. The purpose of the summer feast, for Kindred, is to inspire a divine frenzy which channels the warrior spirit of Mithras. Frenzying during the fasting period indicates a lack of self-control, while not frenzying during the Summer feast means the acolyte didn’t push themself far enough in spring — both disgrace the acolyte and, in higher ranks, might lead to a demotion.

The meal during the feast can be anything from an animal — bulls are popular for obvious reasons — to mortals or even other vampires. Only Mithras may assign the right to Amaranth however, so the latter fell out of practice with his disappearance. The Soho cell, however, plans to hunt down one of Mithras’ Kindred enemies as their sacrifice.

Organization

The Cult of Mithras follows a many-headed religion, but above all, they are a cult of law. At the cult’s height, its rituals were formal, its structure rigid, its mysteries impenetrable to outsiders. Since Mithras’ destruction, the cult broke up, and with it, the religion lost much of its power. Mithraism is strongest when centralized around an unliving god with firm edicts. Since his apparent return, the cells returning to the fold have found great purpose in returning to the old ways.

They believe in a world where secrets are kept secret, where the truly powerful seize power and hold on to it until someone more potent can topple the leader, and where training should start young, so age and experience might convey wisdom.

Mithras is the model the cult strives to emulate. As a god, he is multi-faceted, symbolizing spheres from conflict to fertility, and justice to business. This appeals to the cult’s varied followers, as while the Ventrue adherent might find attraction to the cult’s wealth, a Brujah might find appeal in its dedication to war. Through this range of influence, Mithras belongs to his followers, but they all belong to him in turn.

Once a follower digs deeply into the Mithraic Mysteries, concepts such as diablerie become less and less of a taboo. As Mithras gave himself up to his diablerist in the 20th century — at least, that’s how the Mithraists describe it going down — some of the cult’s elders may give themselves over to promising up-and-comers. They may even try to create gestalt personalities, giving themselves up to create something close to divine. This horrifying ritual rarely works, but such self-sacrifice is a point of great pride to Mithras’ cultists.

Unlike the Setites, who believe in unshackling oneself from mortal fetters, and the Bahari, who believe in exalting in vampiric power to serve their goddess, the Mithraists believe in enlightenment by way of control. Mithraists reinforce each other’s Convictions, Touchstones, and therefore Humanity, not due to ethical concerns, but because doing so makes the cult stronger and brings a vampire closer to mastering their urges.

When not pursuing their vein of enlightenment, the Mithraists run a successful protection racket in multiple domains, utilizing their tight structure to extort and bodyguard those who pay into the temple. The temple itself acts both as a clubhouse — often along the lines of an exclusive gentlemen’s club with old fashions and practices, such as telling stories, singing as a pianist or harpist plays, or even playing war games — as well as a site for cult rituals, inductions, and burial of torpid peers.

The few Tremere who gain admittance to the cult (Mithras always despised the clan) draw parallels between their practices and those of Hermetics, Freemasons, and Rosicrucians, while the Mithraists boldly declare that if anyone set the mold the others followed, it was them.

The relationship of the vampire Mithras to the divinity at the center of the cult's worship was often contested; Crethus explicitly regarded his sire as a sort of avatar or emanation of the god, rather than the god himself while others believe Mithras is a god coincidentally inhabiting a Cainite shell, or (more cynically) that the cult is the invention of a wily methuselah whose Disciplines let him counterfeit divinity.

An intricate hierarchy exists in Mithraic cults, with the Paters at the top, overseeing sacrifices and other rites. Just below the pater is the heliodromus, a sort of war leader, and the perses, who oversee rites involving bloodletting. These and other ranks are distinguished with both ceremonial garb and with brands impressed in the flesh of the faithful. While only male mortals were permitted knowledge of the Mithraic mysteries, Cainites of all genders are admitted to worship. Worship takes place in underground temples called mithraeums (plural mithraei or mithraea), and devout Cainites may rest there during the day. The ritual sacrifice of bulls — as well as humans and vampires — followed by communal blood-drinking is at the heart of Mithras' worship. This ritual bears a vague resemblance to the Sabbat's Vaulderie.

The cult promotes deference to one's sire, their line, and the line of Mithras, as well as martial discipline and courage. It may seem odd for vampires to worship a god called the Unconquered Sun, one whose symbols include fire, but overcoming Rötschreck is one of the greatest tests of courage a Cainite can face. Mithras' childer and their descendants are particularly resistant to the fear of fire.

Ranks

• Pater - Bearers of the ring and staff, symbolizing their authority over their local cell and fealty to Mithras. All Paters are vampires, and worthy mortal Heliodromi are promoted to Pater upon their Embrace. The Pater seeks out Mithras’ enemies, mortal and Kindred alike, and sets the rest of the cult upon them. They also choose areas ripe for the Mysteries to expand, whether kine slowly return to ancient pagan religions, or the Beckoning leaves Kindred searching for spiritual guidance. ^{[citation needed]}
• Heliodromus - Bearers of the whip, as they are an extension of Mithras' commands. The Heliodromus relays Mithras’ commands — often as given by the Pater — to the rest of the cult. They suggest new initiates, determine who is worthy to rise in the Seven Steps, and help the Pater select enemies for bull running (a form of ritual execution). As the Patres are all Kindred, the few mortal — though usually ghouled — Heliodromi also serve as the daytime face of a cell.^{[citation needed]}
• Perses - Bearers of the sickle, symbolizing their task of cultivating Mithras' ranks. They are tasked with growing Mithras’ influence in the city, whether that means starting a new cell, financing a movie hailing the deeds of Mithras, or doctoring a new drug that uses Mithras’ vitae to Blood Bond mortals en masse. The Persae also served as the God-King's personal assassins when he reigned openly over London. The cult provided them with anything they needed to leave the murder site unscathed, from alibis to secret identities. If that failed, Mithras would still pardon them — though he preferred to maintain plausible deniability.^{[citation needed]}
• Leo - Wearer of the lion mask, symbolizing their strength and ferocity. Leones serve largely the same task as Milites — to combat Mithras’ enemies — but are sent after larger and more dangerous targets. They also serve as messengers to Mithras’ Kindred allies, often traveling from London to other domains with all the dangers this entails.^{[citation needed]}
• Miles - Wearers of the wreath, representing both Mithras' blessing and dominion over them. As Mithras is a war god, the Milites are his soldiers. While this once solely meant partaking in actual physical combat on the methuselah's behalf, passing centuries have shown there is value in fighting investment bankers, politicians, and socialites who get in Mithras’ way. In that regard, a Miles may wield a sword or a briefcase in defense of their cell.^{[citation needed]}
• Nymphus - Wearers of the veil, symbolizing their spiritual bond to Mithras as the God-King's newest "bride". The Nymphus’ task is to learn all they can about Mithras’ enemies, and they often serve as spies.^{[citation needed]}
• Corax - Wearers of the raven mask, as the raven serves as messenger in the Roman legend of Mithras. The Corax initiate is both the recipient of a message — the invitation to join the cult — and bearer of a message when they’re sent to invite someone else.^{[citation needed]}

Members

• Pater Roger de Camden
• Pater Gwenllian Arwyn
• Pater Arjun Shah
• Valerius
• Priest James Mannerly
• Marcus Verus
• Arcadius Augustus
• Anne Bowesley
• Sri Sansa
• Richard de Worde
• Abraham Mellon
• Leo Jan Evers
• Perses Terrence Rusk

Gallery

The Mithraists in V20 Dark Ages Companion

The Mithraic Mysteries in Cults of the Blood Gods

The Cult of Mithras in Cults of the Blood Gods

Objects of Power

Image from the Loresheet "The Cult of Mithras"

Trivia

For the real-world Cult of Mithras, see Mithraism.