Cult of Ruhmal

The Cult of Ruhmal, also known as the Cult of the Destroyer was a secret group based in the Ivory Kingdoms devoted to Ruhmal, a malevolent deity also known as Shiva or her avatar Kali-Ma.

The Jewel
The Leader of Ruhmal Giya was commanded by Kali-Ma to travel to Medinaat al-Salaam before the Awakening. They came across the desert in the guise of merchants and diplomats, hoping to find new prey to sate their goddess's vicious appetite.

Mantis-Ivory Kingdoms War
The Ruhmalists planned to invade Rokugan but were stopped by the Mantis Clan and the rest of the Ivory Kingdoms, who allied against House Rafiq, the main group of the Cult, at the end of the Mantis-Ivory Kingdoms War.

Jackals
The Cult of Ruhmal became a faction within the Jackals, a necromantic cult that operated in and around Medinat al-Salaam in the Burning Sands.

Ruined Kingdoms
Kali-Ma achieved the favor of Jigoku, becoming the Champion of Jigoku, and fueled her worshippers through a bloody ritual while she was raging war upon the heavens. The Ivory Kingdoms were put to the torch and the power of the Destroyer One was uncontested. The few remaining cities of the realms were destroyed by the God Beast of Kali-Ma.

Regicide attempt
In 1172 the Ruhmalites sent agents to the Imperial City Toshi Ranbo to kill the Divine Empress Iweko I. The group killed a dozen of traveling sohei and took their robes, to conceal their features from the Rokugani scrutiny. One of them had sacrificed in a ritual where he was exsanguinated, and later was burned to cover it. In this way the wards of the Imperial Palace had been weakened. The infiltrators killed several members of the Court but were killed before they could execute the Empress.