Cult of Shadows

The Cult of Shadows is one of the villainous factions in The Coiling Dragon series, presented as one of the supporting antagonist and the major rival of the Radiant Church. They are dark magic users with fallen angels and demons as their aid, and many of the cultists are skilled assassins that they can kill anyone in minutes. However, as the series progressed, it was revealed that the Radiant Church is the real worst one of the two.

The Cult of Shadows first appeared when they tried to harm Linley because his alliance with the Radiant Church, but one of its members, Kyle, had befriended Linley once they met and later travelled to the Graveyard of Gods with him.

The Cult of Shadows later was forced by the Radiant Church to join them in the war against Baruch Kingdom in order to plunder Magic Crystals, even though there are no major grudge between them and Linley Baruch. During the war, Kyle chose to fight Stehle while other culitists fight Linley's servants, but only a few of them fight Linley.

After the final battle was over and Pope Heidens was destroyed, Linley spared the Cult of Shadows and let them go free, since there are no grudges between them and the war caused great loss on both of them.