Talk:Elysion/@comment-1398365-20131009182158/@comment-71.183.184.242-20140322232725

They're for atmosphere. The cult is to show the extent of fear and frenzy the dragon drives humanity to. A cult worshipping armageddon is spreading like wildfire across the land, gaining so much power they even become a threat to the duke and his administration. All this because of the dragon's presence. Whether they actually play a vital role is irrelevent; their purpose is only to show everything is breaking down into chaos and the people are losing faith that they can be saved. Though it does seem like they might've been meant for more. A lot of the late game content seems like it just wasn't played out all the way, like they ran out of time and just abbreviated everything