Vith Alok

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Vith Alok is a dragon cult dedicated to all things Dragon. How they have viewed and worked with dragons has changed with the ages. In the early days, it was one of reverence. Today, it is about control, returning them as a fell dracolich, and using them in support of cult interests.

In the cult's first six centuries, its members paid homage to the dragons Bahamut and Tiamat. The intrigues of Galirkrad (1301 HE - 1725 HE) are blamed for planting the seeds that would turn the cult to the side of Tiamat. In 1315 HE, Vith-Alok was infiltrated by Whitefang agents. Two years later, they assassinated the cult's founder, ending seven centuries of leadership under Krahbah.

In 1405 HE, hunted by Zeymah'kein's crusaders, the dragon cultists answering to Tiamat were purged and driven out.

In 431, the cult suffered another schism with a faction against the practice of making dracoliches. Pledged to Bahamut and the old ways, this splintered faction became the Sokei Dein.

In 1322, by force, the lich Drog'paagol became the cult's 17^th Dragon Headmaster. After taking charge, he unlocked some of the Cult's ancient and secretive vaults, dolling out ancient dragon spells to the Cult's dragons and its members. In the centuries that followed, spells like cold curtain, death door, contact archetype, and other dragon magic became more common to the realm's mages.

Today, the primary goal of the cult is the making of dracoliches. The second goal is using the might of dragons to carry out the cult's machinations. Some of the more notable dragons to take the cult up on its services are Glagengrane, Slag, Flameghulead, Staticikana, Rubicon, and Torfillifus.

A decentralized organization, Vith Alok has chapters in six regions. Some cells go beyond making dracoliches, with the Sos Vrii and Whitefang mixing dragon blood and ancient rituals with living subjects, experiments that led to the making of the Ved'ogiim and increasing the Diiv Kiir population.