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[[Image:Mon-dark-cultist1.jpg|frame]]'''Dark Cultists ''' are [[Animals]]. This monster type is likely called a "Cultist," and "Dark" is a prefix denoting their particular type, but this is not yet confirmed.
Cultists are human mages who spawn with [[Berserker]]s. Cultists are very weak, but they can shoot fireball projectiles and summon powerful [[Dark Demon]]s, so it's wise to bypass the hulking Berserkers to kill the Cultists as quickly as possible.
Cultists can be recognized from [[Dark Vessel]]s by their lack of a staff. Vessels have a long staff which curls at the end, on which they lean while summoning up the demons by which they are possessed.
==Lore==The backstory behind the cultists is described by [[Abd al-Hazir]] in his [[Writings_of_Abd_al-Hazir:_Entry_no._0042|42nd (and last) entry]]. [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/bestiary/darkcultists.xml an entry on the Official Site]. An excerpt:
:That was when I first saw them, the dark cultists, arrayed in a circle. Their torches lit the macabre proceedings in a pallid light that danced over their garish rune-covered robes. I had heard tales of these hooded cultists and their depraved rituals, and I must admit to some curiosity upon seeing them. As their chanting droned on, I thought to make my escape lest they see me, but my attention was riveted by a pale, vacant-eyed supplicant being led forward. I do not know if he was of limited mental capacity, lost in religious mania, or simply drugged, but he was definitely not sound of mind as he knelt in the center of the thrumming circle.
==Media==
[http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=cultist&x=0&y=0&limit=See Cultist concept art and screenshots] in the Image Gallery.