Editing Cultist (section)

==In Warhammer Fantasy==
Chaos Cultists exist within Warhammer Fantasy as well, though they are not used as often as battleline, but instead as a mix of the [[Genestealer Cult]]s and traditional Chaos cults in terms of tactics, infiltrating society and trying to sneak into top ranking positions in order to overthrow civilization from within. However, unlike Genestealers who do this largely involuntarily due to [[RAPE|mind-fuckery]], the chaos cultists largely do so willingly as they see Beastmen, Warriors of Chaos, Norscans, and other chaos-aligned factions growing in power and wish to be on the right side of the war.

Chaos Cults are lead primarily be a [[Cult Magus]] [[Genestealer Magus|(Gee that name sure sounds familiar)]] and is full of [[Cult Acolyte]]s, [[Genestealer_Hybrids#Acolyte_Hybrids|(Overflowing with creativity, Geedubs)]] who both make up the select few who know the true nature of the Chaos Cult and what they are doing. The cult can be devoted to any of the Chaos Gods, including the Ruinous Four, but there is even one in the empire devoted to worship of [[The Great Horned Rat]] called the [[Cult of the Yellow Fang,]] as after the Skaven released the plague onto the Empire, [[what|some believed that humans were meant to be the true children of the Great Horned Rat]] and have thus started to live like Skaven with poor dental hygiene, extremely secretive societies, constantly paranoid of one another and society, and going out at night instead and living in lowly an poorly kept housing. Of course, with Skaven being a secret in the Empire, it falls onto the most schizophrenic of Witch Hunters to hunt them down-which are just as likely to accidentally kill your Grandma's book club by mistake.

Civilizations such as [[the Empire]], [[Cathay]], [[Bretonnia]], [[Kislev]], [[Estalia]] and [[Tilea]] are constantly trying to find and hammer out these cults as they risk undermining their society, with Cathay being inflitrated by Tzeentch's cultists constantly trying to use the nation in their [[Great Game]]. The Empire, being so close to [[Norsca]], has to deal with Chaos Cults constantly as they seek to infiltrate society. [[The Colleges of Magic]] and [[Witch Hunter]]s therefore seek to stamp them out with [[BLAM|extreme prejudice.]] Tilea is openly aware of the Skaven an the other activities of the Chaos Cults an so is better at preventing and stamping out their actions. Estalia has [[The Inquisition]] (which is a nod likely to both real life History and 40k as [[meme|unexpected]] as it may seem), and is the more aggressive version of Tilea's [[Cult of Myrmidia]], often putting the country to flame in order to eliminate any perceived threat and prevent chaos corruption from taking hold. Kislev is able to prevent chaos from taking hold due to their constant fighting allowing them to be more aware of the warning signs, especially for their [[Patriarch of the Grand Orthodoxy|Patriarchs]], who are the most zealous and devoted to the Gods of the North and how they will protect against the heathen hordes invading the Great Bulwark of the North. Bretonnia's means of stopping chaos is to oppress the peasants, just as every solution in Bretonnia is.

Other nations seem more tolerant of Chaos Cults, though whether its because of their societal structure and those in power as is seen in the [[Dark Elves]] and their [[Slaanesh|Cult of Pleasure]] or due to people just not caring like in [[Araby]] is up to chance. 

The only nations seemingly immune to this infiltration are the [[Lizardmen]], due to their nature as the Old One's tools at preventing Chaos from taking hold, and the [[Tomb Kings]], due to everyone already being dead and their souls being protected by their Gods from being eaten by Daemonic forces. Everyone else has to be oh so slightly paranoid.

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