These clerics of Naveh are an outcast sect from Tashal [J5] who came to the Bejist area in 664 TR. Since that time, they have exerted increasing control over many Pagaelin tribes through religious superstition and drug addiction. The Macullok Pagaelin are under Navehan influence but the cult keeps a low profile and cleverly uses its influence to obtain hard-to-find trade goods for its own use. Even among other adherents of a religion noted for its fanaticism, the priests of this Bejist-based cult are greatly feared.
In 664 TR an internal schism in the Church of Naveh in Tashal led to the formation of the Cult of Aedlad the Imprisoned, a group of Navehan clerics who for various reasons regarded Bejist as an important site. Fleeing from Tashal the cult established a temple/farm complex at Bejist, using the ruins of the old garrison town in its construction. Since that time the cult has prospered, increasing in numbers by the kidnapping of infants from the Pagaelin tribal nation, over whom they exert considerable influence. In the intervening years since their self-imposed exile from Tashal the cult has somewhat modified Navehan theology, although they retain their sacred rituals almost tota1ly unchanged.
The clerics have extensive croplands, orchards and gardens near their temple. They also raise some livestock. This is unique among Navehan temples on Hârn, all other temples being located in urban areas and have other means of subsistence. The Navehans are also supplied by the Pagaelin tribes who trade, albeit unwittingly, with the priests at the augur lodges. The Navehans suffer no interlopers at Bejist, and trespassers that they catch are unlikely to have a pleasant memory of their visit.