Lamashtu Cult

Lamashtu Cult

Lamashtu Cult (Thistletop)

The Lamashtu cult operating out of Thistletop is the primary antagonist faction of the campaign's second half. It spans multiple goblin tribes and human cultists, centered on the headland fortress of Thistletop and its dungeon.

Lamashtu — The Deity

Lamashtu is the Mother of Monsters: patron of goblin kind, goddess of nightmares, madness, and deformity. Beloved by those who have nothing left to be beloved by. Her holy symbol is a three-eyed jackal head. Her sacred number is thirteen. Her cult prizes deformity and monstrous transformation as signs of divine favor.

The party urinated on a Lamashtu altar in the Thistletop dungeon. The door sealed shut afterward. remembered — T3

Cult Leadership

PersonRoleStatus Nualia**Nualia**Cult leader, aasimar cleric of LamashtuActive (as of last records — status unconfirmed) **Chief RipnuggetRipnugget**Warchief of Thistletop goblinsStatus unknown **Lyrie AkenjaAkenja**Wizard; recruited and manipulated TsutoDefeated by party (05.12.2025) **Tsuto KaijitsuKaijitsu**Ameiko's half-brother; organized Sandpoint raid logisticsStatus unknown — "can be killed" per T3 Gogmurt**Gogmurt**Thistletop druid advisor; opposed the Sandpoint raidDefeated by party (18.01.2025)

Cult Operations

Sandpoint Raid (past)

Tsuto organized a goblin raid on Sandpoint. Ameiko Kaijitsu was kidnapped during this raid (5 days before the party found her in the dungeon). This raid brought the party's activities to the attention of Shalelu Andosana.

The Planned Second Attack

Ripnugget — under Nualia's direction — was forming an army to attack Sandpoint, this time to offer it entirely to Lamashtu as a sacrificial gift. Both Featherbrain (Birdcruncher) and Shalelu confirmed this to the party. The party's mission from Shalelu: bring back Nualia's head.

The Thistletop Dungeon

The dungeon beneath Thistletop (Area D) was excavated approximately 200 years ago by an earlier Varisian cult of Lamashtu. The current cult reoccupied it.

Dungeon Encounters (December 2025 session)

1. 4 Lamashtu goblins at a table — negotiation failed, one fled to the nursery tunnel.
2. Jethounds (2) — Chaotic Evil fiends, fly, scent, silver-sensitive. Screech Sagg laughed at their howling.
3. Tentacle-hand monster — fierce firebomber. Identity not confirmed in T1–T3.
4. Lyrie Akenja — wizard. Defeated.

Cult Status at End of Campaign Record

• Lyrie Akenja: defeated.
• Gogmurt: defeated (18.01.2025).
• Nualia: status unknown — the party was tasked to kill her, and the final recorded session is in her dungeon, but her defeat is not confirmed in available sources.
• Ripnugget: status unknown.
• Tsuto: status unknown.
• The temple itself: last recorded combat location.

The cult's operational capacity is severely degraded but its leadership survival is unconfirmed.