Horned Harbingers

This small sect of clerics and necromancers are the last remnants of Myrkul’s followers since his demise. The surviving Myrkulytes are gaining their divine powers through the Crown of Horns, an artifact which holds the dead god's remaining power.

By touching the crown and later simply bounding their holy symbol to it which a necromantic ritual, the Myrkulytes are able to tap into the dead gods horrific magics. This doesn't come without a price however, after long enough exposure to the crown, the Myrkulytes themselves are turned into a lich, their founder, Nhyris D'Hothek was the first of such victims.

Horned Harbingers are named as such, as they begin to grow horns of bone, similar to that of the crown, the greater the cleric, the larger his horns become.


 * " Know me and fear me. My embrace is for all and is patient but sure. The dead can always find you. My hand is everywhere - there is no door I cannot pass, nor guardian who can withstand me. "

Hierarchy
Though not the first to have possession of the crown, Nhyris D’Hothek was the first to share it and thus retain Myrkul's presence in the realms. After their forces and temples were eradicated from Waterdeep, it was thought that the others would follow them to the grave, but Nhyris escaped to Skullport and began anew.

Nhyris has since traveled to the Mere of Dead Men with a small force in hopes of retrieving Myrkul's lost artifacts and starting a new headquarters in Myrkul's Mausoleum. With all the dead in the mere, it would prove a very fitting location.

Mere of Dead Men
The Myrkulyte forces in the mere are stretched thin, with many resources either gathering dead, constructing their prized mausoleum (under the Uthtower), looking for Myrkul's artifacts or slaving for the Red Wizards.

Here, the Myrkulytes have strong relations with the Cult of the Dragon, they hope to one day raise Ebondeath into a dracolich but both are slave to the iron grip of Szass Tam and his Red Wizards, forced to help construct a Dread Ring.

Notable NPCs

 * Nhyris D'Hothek
 * Hagul Bonehand
 * Lord Varish Vael
 * Yakal Mo’kdur