[center]Mayford[/center]

The town of Mayford is a small one, but it is a town of incredible importance to Csonugdytuft and the Cult of the Divine Circle. This is due to the fact that the town is completely and totally controlled by the Cult and thus, by extension, Csonugdytuft herself. Mayford was never a particularly large or powerful town, but one thing that it did house was an Abbey for the Order of the Aether. Because of the town's small size the Order dominated the politics of the town, with the Abbey's Master having incredible influence. The Master was a pious man and believed deeply in the teaching of the Order, and so it is amazing that he was the first to come under the influence of the Bountiful Wheel herself.This is because while he was a zealot, he was also only a man; his faith was shaken was several other prominent members of the Abbey accused his mother of being a witch in league with a Prince of Ruin. True to form, he had her interrogated and she eventually confessed her sins. But the experience had left the Master shaken; he knew without a doubt that his mother was not a witch and that single thought lead to ever so small doubts in the tenets of the Order. It was because of these cracks that Csonugdytuft entered, ever so slowly opening his mind to possibilities of beliefs besides that of the Order. She was careful at first, influencing him so subtly that he believed the thoughts to be his own. Eventually the Master told others of his ideas, which had yet to blossom fully into worship of Csonugdytuft. And his beliefs spread ever so slowly, preparing the Master and Mayford for her revelation. By this point the tenets of the Master and his followers were so drastically different from the Order's that they readily accepted Csonugdytuft as their Goddess. And then the Master used the power and influence of the Order in Mayford to spread the Cult of the Divine Circle throughout the entire town, creating her first major bastion in the mortal world.

Even today Mayford has managed to keep secret its affiliation with the Cult of the Divine Circle and Csonugdytuft; thankfully the town is rather small and isolated, and because of that visits from members of the Order are quite rare. And even if they weren't the Gifted in Mayford have become incredibly adept at aping their previous lives members of the Order of the Aether. They have a new Master now, as eventually the previous Master became too Gifted by the Bountiful Wheel to be seen in public. They informed the rest of the Order that he had committed suicide over his mother's death and the new Master was quickly Gifted and brought into the fold. On the outside the townspeople appear the same, though they are all Gifted. For most the Gift is small with barely and visible signs, though this is not true for all. Some have been so Gifted by Csonugdytuft that they are forced to live in the caverns beneath the town. These caverns only connect to the surface in several homes on the outskirts of the town, and are the most evident sign of Csonugdytuft's Gifts. For once you travel down too far the stone begins to turn warms and wet, and eventually it becomes a fleshy tube that compares to the realm of Csonugdytuft herself. Wandering down here are the Gifted that can no longer appear in public, including the previous Master and now High Priest of Mayford.

[center]The High Priest of Mayford[/center]

The High Priest was the first person of Mayford to be Gifted by Csonugdytuft, and is the greatest and most loyal of her cultists in the town. He is also the most Gifted. While formerly a man, he has been so consumed by Csonugdytuft's Gifts that he is not even recognizable as human. In the deepest sections of the caverns underneath Mayford the High Priest sits in a throne of stone. His body has become bloated and warped to the point that he appears as little more than a massive blob of flesh fused to the stone throne. His body is constantly shifting, though there is a single sky blue eye near the top of the mass that always remains. While it has no set location and freely moves around the High Priest's body, it is always present regardless of the circumstances. While one may consider him vulnerable in such a state, he is anything but. He is fully aware of his surroundings and speaks by growing mouths on his body. He is also able to twist his flesh to the point that he can sprout fully-grown limbs, though he rarely has reason to do so. The High Priest is second only to Csonugdytuft in authority, and he believes strongly in her message of love and charity. He does all he can in his power to spread her Gift, even if that sometimes involves kidnapping hapless travelers so that Csonugdytuft may Gift them and then send them on their way, in order to spread his Goddess's love far and wide.