I’ve for the moment, ceased hunting the cultists of the Old One and am turning my attention to the kelpie threat. This isn’t because the cultists are… let’s say, eliminated, but they’ve been subdued.
With the lead that Tethys is Ist’ytal, I’ve been searching locations that kelpies might frequent, and places that kelpies, sea ponies, deep ponies, and surface worlders may use to worship the Old God.
Ritual locations for worshipping Yoth-Atal need to involve water of course, making it difficult for one to locate the places undersea cultists use to worship Yoth-Atal. However, to worship Yoth-Atal with surface worlders, there needs to be air. Furthermore, seaponies can’t descend to deep depths.
And so I’ve focused my efforts on locating these coastal temples, or those in shallow waters, which has narrowed my search as there is far more deep ocean than shallow ocean. This has proved more easy, and so far, the temples we have found and the cultists we have exterminated have served to achieve my objective, which is to severe Yoth’s ability to use her followers to spread her word, or at least restrict her ability.
However, I’ve driven her cultists into the depths, or away from the water, which means that I must focus on the greatest threat she has created to overthrow me, the kelpies, who are undoubtedly sheltering her followers.
And when we finally wipe them out, we will win this war.