Cult of the Crushing Wave

The Cult of the Crushing Wave was a cult devoted to Olhydra and one of the four cults responsible of the Elemental Evil crisis.

Activities
The water cult worshipped the storms of the sea and the raging torrents of rivers in flood and the rock-crushing power of ice and glaciers. Crushing Wave cultists saw all living creatures as nothing more than trapped water that could one day be free to return to the seas or skies in a new form. The seas and deep waters were eager to reclaim the parts of themselves currently hold in the blood and bodies of living creatures, and it was the duty of Crushing Wave initiates to returned nonbelievers to the primal waters by drowning them or shedding their blood. The Crushing Wave cult appealed to those who lived in or near bodies of water, as well as to those who appreciated subtlety and inevitability. Wicked sea creatures such as aquatic ghouls and merrows were friendly toward water cultists. Even non-sentient predators such as sharks or octopuses understood that water cultists were allies to be aided or masters to be obeyed.

Tactics and Philosophy
Crushing Wave cultists were patient and stoic almost as the followers ofthe earth cult. They understood the value of outlasting formidable foes and slowly eroding their defenses. However, they were far more flexible and opportunistic in their overall philosophy than the earth cultists were. Like a flood that seeks the weak point in a levee and then bursts through with ever-growing strength, water cultists were quick to sense an opening and then act to exploit it. This philosophy of pragmatism and opportunism means that the Crushing Wave was the most mercenary of the four elemental cults. Water cultists eagerly seek out rich prizes and use their ill-gotten loot to develop their schemes.

History
The start of the modern earth cult was when Gar Shatterkeel recovered one of the four elemental weapons crafted centuries before by the drow archmage and Elder Elemental Eye cultist Vizeran DeVir

All culminated in 1491 DR when at in the Fane of the Eye, under the ruined dwarven city of Tyar-Besil, the same time of the other three elemental cults the water cultists tried to evoke Olhydra on Toril using members of a missing Mirabar diplomatic delegation and others captives as sacrifices. their efforts were however ruined by some adventurers.

Appearances

 * Princes of the Apocalypse