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==== Beloved Retainer (O - OOOOO) ==== 

Your character has a single retainer who has become Beloved from exposure to the Wake. See WoD Core P116 for the Retainer Merit. 

The difference between a Retainer and a Cultist is mostly one of narrative. Cultists are assumed to be interchangeable while a Retainer is a unique character in the story with his or her own personality. Players should feel free to use this Merit to represent certain important individuals within their cult, such as a high priest. This Merit has no effect on rolls using Zeal or Fervour such as Cult Tasks. Players may still use the normal Retainer Merit but should explain why frequent contact has not created a Beloved. Perhaps the Retainer is immune, plenty of people are. 

As an optional rule and only at the Storytellers discretion, the Merits Beloved Retainer and Cult may overlap: A player with a Cult gains dots in Beloved Retainer equal to the greatest of Cult Number, Zeal and Fervor, to be divided among Retainers however the player wishes.