The Cult of Ibis

The Cult of Ibis is an organization bent on nothing less than the extermination of humanity. As willing servents of the Nemesis Fungus, they believe that by helping it grow to reach it's final reproductive stage of life that they will be somehow rewarded with ascention to something beyond human. Though this is a somewhat abstract reward, they are gifted in the interim with abilities some would call super-human. They are dangerous, clever, and utterly mad, and must be stopped.

History
The Cult of Ibis started shortly after 1998 BC when Astergeniscea Collema Nemesi first landed on the planet, quickly infesting Egyptian priests to begin its conquest. Nebtawyre Mentuhotep IV was soon installed as a puppet ruler, only to be replaced with his Vizier Sehetepibre Amennemhat after seven years, cementing the rule of the Cult of Ibis.

They began controlling the grain supply of Egypt, using it as a vector to spread the spores, a strategy they have maintained over the millennia. But they were not without those who opposed them, other priests seeking to combat the rise of what they saw to be a heathen God formed the Seekers of Truth to work against their schemes and fight their control in the shadows, developing their psychic defenses and methods of processing food to render it safe.

And so things continued until 525 BC when Egypt was conquered by the Persian Empire. This was no defeat for the Cult of Ibis, instead it was a chance for them to spread far beyond their old borders and infiltrate the new Empire and spread further. And so it continued, despite the efforts of the Seekers of Truth, they grew with every new land conquered or new conqueror who invaded their lands. Their agents controlled more than just the food supply, but temples, entertainment, merchants, and scholars were made into pawns.

Their next efforts were spent purging the Seekers of Truth, destroying their writings, rooting them out from their hiding places, and hiding the truth of the Nemesis Fungus. They nearly succeeded, and by the time of Lucipor the Chronicler their enemies were forced to hide themselves away, beginning the cell system of Unpersons which carries on to this very day. Over a thousand years passed before the Shadow Government was formed to wrest back control.

The Cult in Modern Times
Today, the Cult of Ibis is mere steps away from the fruition of their ultimate scheme, the creation of the LUXOR. If we are to prevent the blooming of the spores LUX must be stopped. Y2k bought us some time and the Shadow Government has taken greater strides in the elimination of the fungus than has been seen since the Great Fires of the 13th century, but LUX has returned, and every showing brings us closer to the Sovereign Field Collapse and the end of humanity.