-The Blind eye cult-

The Cult of the Blind Eye might have always been associated with Hegmotha, though it is not clear if the original members of the cult were knowledgeable of their affiliation or had been tricked into her servitude. The practitioners of necromancy within the Mage's Temple during the creation of the university were at the very least tolerated, the early council of mages not yet sure of what constituted good or evil practices over the arcane. While most of the Empire and the High Elves who oversaw much of the Imperial magical education structure were focused on the evocationists and the practice of offensive magic, necromancy rituals went largely unnoticed at unsuspected sites.

When at last the High Elves discovered the practice by Temple members, they were swift to cast their judgment. Clerics of the Church of Christianna were also quick to assume that powers over life and death were best held by deities, though even then the practice was frowned upon. The mages that continued to practice necromancy from the discovery onward would be deemed heretics causing a schism within the arcane community. Some who were ignorant of the wicked magics sought out repentance and rejoined with the Temple, though several of these members were also pressured to surrender information about other necromancers by Imperial and High Elven Inquisition. The betrayal of learning as well as the investigations that followed led to the necromancers who still practiced their arts to flee or go underground.

Without the oversight of the Mage's Temple or the influence of the Empire or Eternal Empire, the necromancers began to discover more incantations and powers. This led to some detection and certain circles of mages were captured or killed. As time went on, the necromancers that survived started to look back to their roots and found that the original teachers might have been more sinister in their purposes. Clerics or warlocks of Hegmotha had infiltrated the Temple.

The discovery led some to further their devotion to the evil Goddess, while others began to break away from the dark circles and rejoin with the Mage's Temple, though with heavy scrutiny by inquisitorial powers. This continued for several generations among humans but the High Elves involvement insured that the schism continued to grow among magic communities.

As an act of defiance, several ranking followers of Hegmotha began to collect circles of necromancers, offering a token of rebellion to the Mage's Temple; a coin in the likeness of the Mage's Eye Temple coin with the eye pierced by a dagger and left to bleed. What started as a joke made in defiance became a lasting symbol. The name Blind Eye was first spoken by the Mage's Temple as a way to explain the failures of necromancers, then it was picked up by the Inquisition who unrightly believed the phrase to be regarding the cults of Hegmotha, where it was then incorporated into the necromancer circles once more as a form of protest.

The circles of mages that continued necromancy throughout the ages continued to use the Blind Eye as it unified even solitary practitioners to the whole cause. Though some mages believe that the practice of necromancy has good nature, the majority wield the powers of life and death with the same zeal that Hegmotha carries, invoking evil powers to cause foul deeds.

During the Third Age of the Empire, the Blind Eye Cult continues its dark practice and the entire community has more communication than ever before, managing to gather in large number to enact much grander schemes in the name of Hegmotha who has become a more prevalent icon amongst the cult. The Inquisition and the Mage's Temple act quickly to discover any plots and to deal justice to the wild mages who have joined with the powers of evil, especially the Battle Mages of the Temple who are oathbound against Hegmotha and her minions.