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Nephandi

Nephandi Ranks
Galla
"Demon"--an ancient and revered witch-priest. Unbearable foul by human standards, many Gallu are considered one step or two from the Deep Lords of Misrule. These masters of corruption often retreat to realms beyond the Gauntlet.

Aswad
An Nephandic anti-saint. This powerful and respected Nephandus teaches the most esoteric elements of the Dark Path. Unlike the demons, however, Aswadim prefer corruption of the soul over desecration of the body. Thus, these "holy men of unholiness" are rarely obvious for what they are, and frequently walk among mortals or other magi, winning souls to the Cauls with arcane logic and beguiling secrets.

Gilledian
One of a few but powerful brotherhood founded by the mentors and allies of Gilles de Rais. Also known as Divs. Prelatus
A witch-priest, one of the enforcers and agents of the Gilledians. Powerful tempters or vicious warriors, the Prelati love to desecrate religions and are foremost proponents of the Black Mass and Feast of Flies. Also known in the Muslim world as Ibl'is.

Lili
A female Prelatus, or witch-queen. The title is said to have been inspired by Lilith, although few Bahari follow the Nephandic way.

Shaytan
A war-magus of bloodly appetites and frightening power.

Dregvat
"Follower of the Lie"--a low ranking member of the sect, callously referred to as a "pawn" by the Eurocentric Gilledians.
(Infernalism:PoS pg 99)

Types of Nephandi
Although the Malleus Nefandorum designates the following groups as "Orders of the Most Unholy Canticle", these "sects" seem to have been named by outsiders, not by the Fallen Ones themselves. In time, the Gilledians will adopt this terminology as their own, but for the moment the Eaters of the Weak use no such labels among their own kind.

K'llasshaa
Primal mystics of complete insanity, these demented Nephandi worship the Void in its purest forms--either as the End of all things, as the Absolute, or as one of a thousand screaming faces of primitive horror. Although most K'llasshaa are filthy degenerates, some of their recent "converts" hail from the refined halls of the Order of Reason, and bring an errie stability to a viciously unstable approach to Oblivion.

Malfeans
Devoted to the elemental Wyrm-spirit of corruptions, these twisted folk dance the Black Spiral with hideous beast-men, or appear as frighteningly sane individuals whose devotion to annihilation assumes a reasonable disguise. Many decadenti and primal cultists worship the demented gods of Malfeas, and gain strange investments though them.

Iblites, Satanists and Other Infernalists
By far the most common of their kind, these Fallen Ones simply take their cultural faiths and turn them upside down.

Barabbi
Turncoats from other sects, the barabbi are considered the worst of their lot--although their eyes were opened by holier agencies, they have chosen damnation of their own accord.

Widderslainte
Born with a hellhound soul, a widderslainte is considered both pitiable and unredeemable. By the devil's hand he was born, and so back to the devil he should be sent as soon as possible.

(Infernalism:PoS pg 99)