Talk:The Outsider/@comment-16533050-20180409102238/@comment-1500935-20190102201836

@Arciusazrael

That's something I ponder about. At first I thought the Cult of the Outsider were not the original organization who sacrificed the Outsider. As you said, their interest differ. If the Envisioned wanted to save the world, the cultists are more interested in studying the Void and exploiting their discoveries (for example the blood infusions and charms knowledge). They would have reached the Ritual Hold were not for the Envisioned killing anyone approaching it. You can even see a few of them turned to stone, close to the gate.

The thing is, the Abbey also holds knowledge of the Void, despite condemning anyone studying it. So I'm thinking, either the Cultists and the Abbey are splinter factions of the original group, or the Cultists are a splinter faction of the Abbey itself, selecting few to share and increase their knowledge of the Void instead of keeping people from it. I find this more plausible than the same cult existing for over 3000 years.