Cultist


 * For other meanings, see Cultist (disambiguation).

"Tchernobog's human soldiers are accurate and deadly. Wielding shotguns these robed menaces give you a good fight. They may also lob dynamite at you from time to time, so listen for the telltale hiss and be ready to dive for cover."

- Blood manual.

Cultists are the lowest-ranking cult members of Cabal. They are enemies that appear very commonly in Blood, appearing as early as in E1M1: Cradle to Grave from Episode 1.

In Blood II: The Chosen, male and female cultists appeared but are less dangerous than their original counterparts. The original robed Cultists do appear in The Nightmare Levels expansion, where Caleb flashes back to his fight in the frozen north, set in the map's old west. Similar from the first game, the Cultists equip sawed-off shotguns and spew cultist profanes.

Description
Cultists are middle-aged men wearing brown monk robes with yellow belts. Their ugly-looking face are hidden under their hood and seems to say crudox, cruo!

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TBA

Official Bestiary
These bad boys are the chief minions of the Cabal and it won't take you long to develop a deep, abiding hatred toward them. If you interrupt their dark rituals, they'll want to teach you a lesson in respect. They're equally fond of shotguns, Tommy guns, and dynamite, so be sure you're ready for a fight before you tangle with them. Their long service to the Cabal has eroded their fear as well as their sanity, and they'll stop at nothing to feed your soul to their dark master.

Trivia

 * From the alpha version, the Cultist's body will not melt away upon death.
 * The Cultists contain unused sprite sheets for jumping and crouching.
 * Cultists are one of the few enemies to have several re-colored counterparts. Two others were the Gargoyles and Spiders.
 * Despite speaking in Cultist Language, they'll speak in regular English while burning up before their death, shouting "It burns! It BURNS!".
 * Along with other types, Cultists' face is probably eerily similar to Freddy Krueger's from A Nightmare on Elm Street series.
 * Axe Zombies also share this exact face.
 * Their voice lines are attributed by Stephen Weyte, the voice actor of Caleb. Although, he doesn't remember very much:
 * "Now I did the recordings almost, what, 15 years ago . . over 10 I know, so trying to remember who was who and what was what in my dotage is very hazy. However, when I've listened to snatches of Blood, I do recognize my voice in some other characters but for the life of me, I can't really remember doing them though, again, I'm pretty sure it's me. I probably tossed them off very quickly in some recording session . . ." - Stephen Weyte