The Esoteric Order of Dagon was a mystery cult based out of Amusa that operated at least as late as the 70s CR, with an unknown date of founding, potentially as far back as Prehistory based on their Ta-Shedet inspired mythology.
As their name implies, they worship Dagon.
Members[edit | edit source]
Some members of the Dagon cult were noted to have "arms longer than normal" and "jumping heights higher than even olympic jumpers". Their limbs were like worms, and their blood was deep blue and caused bouts of insanity to those who came in contact with it.
Suspicious Activity[edit | edit source]
From an account taken by Sierra Cell in 73 CR, quoted from the Grand Order of Sylvernians.
"At about five minutes past the third hour of the meeting, a great commotion arose in the building across the street from the lodge. It was a great and violent shouting and clamoring of many voices, which caused our meeting to be entirely disrupted as brothers rushed to the windows and threw them open, the better to comprehend what was occurring without.
"With the windows open it could be plainly heard that the cacophony of voices were in fact rhythmic chants in some foreign tongue emanating from the lodge hall opposite, which had been rented by a recent addition to our fraternal ranks, the Esoteric Order of Dagon. The author confesses that he had no knowledge of this society prior to the night recorded, but their order of ceremony appeared to be derived from certain Ta-Shadethen occult practices, though many of the particulars did not bear scrutiny in that comparison.
"Returning to a direct account of the events, after several minutes of increasingly fervent chanting the tone of the voices across the street began to take on an entirely inhuman aspect. Slavering howls and gelatinous squelchings could be heard intermingled with the chanting. At around this time we began to observe flickering lights behind the drawn shades and dark wisps of smoke issuing from the hall of the Esoteric Order. As we are ourselves a brotherhood given to civic-mindedness, we immediately called to adjourn our own meeting and render aid to what appeared to be a job for the bucket brigade.
"When we accosted the door of the lodge across the street, however, we were greeted warmly by the lodge master, a haughty man with a thin yet indistinct face and a bald pate, wearing green robes and delicate jewelry of a queer golden alloy. At some point in the intervening time as we rushed from our hall to theirs, the chanting and sounds had ceased without our awareness, the window smoke and light. Assured that nothing was amiss, we returned forthwith to our own hall and resumed the business of the lodge."
Another account related to activity at a nearby national park:
This National Parks Service incident file relates the final report on an investigation deep within the Park, and from the file number it appears to be from CR 59, roughly fourteen years ago. The file references several civilian reports to police, fire, and park hotlines, all describing unnaturally colored bluish lights ("Like a road flare, but bright blue-green") and rhythmic drumming and chanting at a particular site in the forest where it nears the cliff edge. One of the callers reported hearing the words "Dagon" and "Come, lord of dreams" but the others could not corroborate this detail. When park rangers arrived on the scene to investigate (including Agent TRIMARAN), they found a clearing that had clearly been trampled by dozens of people and a burned-out fire pit, but no further evidence was reported. TRIMARAN's addendum to the official Parks Service incident report, which he filed only with his Delta Green handler, relates several additional details which were not in the public report. The footprints found at the scene were a jumbled mixture of bare human feet and three-toed, webbed feet, almost like a gigantic bipedal frog. Additionally the fire pit reeked of burned flesh (no tissue was preserved well enough to be positively identified). Finally, several pieces of semi-melted jewelry of an odd metallurgic composition were found in the ashes. TRIMARAN reports that he kept one of the pieces in a gun safe along with his copy of the report. The combination is set to 16-18-03
Later a group of cultists were caught in area near Calumet Mines performing a ritual, luckily though, they were stopped by Sierra Cell operatives.
