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The '''Thuggee Cult''' was a pre-spaceflight death cult of assassins, which was secretly devoted to the Hindu death goddess, Kali. The cult was known to have numerous enclaves throughout the Inner Sphere by the thirty-first century. They became more public in their devotion to [[Romano Liao|Romano]] and [[Kali Liao]] in thirty-first century, viewing them as avatars.
 
The '''Thuggee Cult''' was a pre-spaceflight death cult of assassins, which was secretly devoted to the Hindu death goddess, Kali. The cult was known to have numerous enclaves throughout the Inner Sphere by the thirty-first century. They became more public in their devotion to [[Romano Liao|Romano]] and [[Kali Liao]] in thirty-first century, viewing them as avatars.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
===Origins===
 
===Origins===
The Thuggees were a sect originary from [[Terra]]. After settling on the [[Capellan Confederation]] worlds, they began a relationship with the [[House Liao]], seeing their female members as avatars of Kali reborn.<ref>''Blood Will Tell'' ch. 3.</ref>
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The Thugees were a sect originary from [[Terra]]. After settling on the [[Capellan Confederation]] worlds, they began a relationship with the [[House Liao]], seeing their female members as avatars of Kali reborn.<ref>''Blood Will Tell'' ch. 3.</ref>
  
 
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The Capellan government ruthlessly suppressed the cult, attempting to wipe out, around the turn of century, but though apparently they succeeded, in fact, scattered pockets remained in the remote mountain valleys of their homeworld. As the greatgranddaughter of Kali Liao, [[Ki´linn Liao]] was worshipped as an avatar of her namesake goddess by the Thuggees and raised believing in her own godhoodafter the [[Blackout]] plunged the Inner Sphere into chaos, in [[3134]] they resurfaced on Wei.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'' pp. 15-88.</ref>
The Capellan government ruthlessly suppressed the cult, attempting to wipe out, around the turn of century, but though apparently they succeeded, in fact, scattered pockets remained in the remote mountain valleys of their homeworld. As the greatgranddaughter of Kali Liao, [[Ki-linn Liao]] was worshipped as an avatar of her namesake goddess by the Thuggees and raised believing in her own godhoodafter the [[Blackout]] plunged the Inner Sphere into chaos, in [[3134]] they resurfaced on Wei.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'' pp. 15-88.</ref>{{Verify source}}
 
  
On the 18 July [[3148]], the newly retaken [[Federated Suns]] planet [[New Syrtis]] saw a nerve agent and bomb attack on Saso, the planetary capital, which saw more than 200,000 civilians killed. Later, hundreds of people in several towns near Saso were killed on their beds, with their bodies dragged out and left in the open. On August, the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]] base was assaulted by 'mechs which appeared to be [[Death Commandos]]. However, their 'Mechs were painted black and trimmed with red, and the skull logo had the painted image of Kali. These events were attributed to the Thuggees, as the nerve agent that was used was the same as the one used in the ''Black May'' attacks.<ref>''Shattered Fortress'' p. 55-56.</ref>
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On the 18 July [[3148]], the newly retaken [[Federated Suns]] planet [[New Syrtis]] saw a nerve agent and bomb attack on Saso, the planetary capital, which saw most than 200,000 civilians killed, later all people of several towns was killed on their beds, hundreds of people, with their bodies dragged out and left in the open. On August, the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]] base was assaulted by 'mechs which appeared to be [[Death Commandos]], but their black 'Mechs were trimmed with red, and under the skull it was painted the image of Kali. All that was atributed to the Thuggees, specially because the nerve agent was the same it was used in the ''Black May'' attacks. These attacks didn't appear to have been ordered by chancellor [[Daoshen Liao]] or his daughter, [[Danai Liao-Centrella]].<ref>''Shattered Fortress'' p. 55-56.</ref>
  
On the 9th of October of the same year, some Thuggees commited suicide in front of the Summer palace on Forbidden City on [[Sian]], with Ki-linn Liao, while others recorded their suicide by fire and propagated it offworld through the Confederation space, to incitate the death of the Federated Suns. A Thuggee nest outside the city was found by the [[Maskirovka]], but empty.<ref>''Blood Will Tell'' ch. 3.</ref>{{Verify source}}
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The 9 October of the same year, some Thuggees commited suicide in front of the Summer palace on Forbidden City on [[Sian]], with Ki-linn Liao, while others recorded their suicide by fire and propagated it offworld through the Confederation space, to incitate the death of the Federated Suns. A Thuggee nest outside the city was found by the [[Maskirovka]], but empty.<ref>''Blood Will Tell'' ch. 3.</ref>
  
 
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