A Shadow Worshipper is a Monk (referred to in-game more often as a cultist) who worships the Shadow. These dark monks sacrifice humans on their Wheel of Misfortune and hold weekly socials such as "Torture Tuesdays". (Friday is Poker Night, we are informed, by the cult leader, upon meeting him). The cultists, who dress in similar fashion to Light Monks, are to be found at the Temple of Shadows in Rookridge.
Lead by Cornelius Grim, who openly considers his flock to consist of posh twits playing at being evil, the Hero alone seems to impress him, provided s/he doesn't try to be a suck-up; one of the monks' many humorous aspects is that they tend to enjoy the Hero's rudest "expressions", eschewing niceties.
The Hero can join the temple once s/he completes a challenge to eat five Crunchy Chicks -- ironically not a feat the quest-setter is comfortable witnessing.
Trivia[]
- In a loading screen, one of the captions is about a Shadow Worshipper having been discovered worshipping the Shadow under the speaker's bed. Another is a lamentation overheard from a cultist themselves: considering they worship all that is dark, they must perforce take their tea without milk. The horror.
- You receive the Shadow Worshipper Outfit from a chest in the Temple of Shadows.
- Although superficially silly, the Shadow cultists do have access to legitimate dark powers, demonstrated when they try to poison the waters of the Wellspring Cave and torture the peasants within the Snowglobe. They're also not above massacaring the opposition.
- The shadow worshipper at the Wheel of Misfortune is the only worshipper left alive if the Hero chooses to complete the Defender of the Light quest (even if no donations to the Temple of Light have been made). He cannot leave his post, but you may entertain him with all your worst expressions.
- The worshippers at the Temple's spiritual forebear, the Chapel of Skorm seemed somehow more serious about the job(!)
- Where Temple of Light monks will scold you, Shadow Worshippers are more forthcoming if the Hero begs for gold -- presumably a reference not only to their own richesse* but also to a well-known phrase concerning money and evil... *The reference to upper-classness is likely a nod to various British "Hellfire Clubs" of the 1700s established by the likes of Philip, Duke of Wharton and, later, Sir Francis Dashwood. In similar vein, when choosing to quest for the Temple of Shadows, the monk at the Wheel is named Alistair -- presumably for the most well-known of the leaders of real-world organisation Ordo Templi Orientis.