Brother Dog
The loyal dog is an old friend of the hunters. It is said that Brother Dog approached Foundchild during the Darkness and said he'd prefer to be a friend than food. The two became brothers and have served each other ever since. The cult is common to both men and women in society.
The ceremonies are usually performed during Fire Season, which is also known as the Dog-month, and is attended by young people and young animals. During the ceremony the spirit of Brother Dog appears and after worshipers sing a magical song everyone can speak one language for a while, whether it is dog-speech or people-speech. This song can be led by any council elder or holy person and so there are actually many smaller Brother Dogs which appear on this holy day. Even within a clan there are often more than one Brother Dog. To belong to the cult one must only promise to treat his own dogs as brothers, to never willfully harm a domestic dog, and to attend the ceremonies once every two years. At the ceremony the worshipers must sacrifice all but one of their magic points, and also bring some meat to feed the spirit visiting them. After the ceremony is over the participants eat the reminder of the sacrifice.
Members of the Brother Dog subcult will learn Canine Speech at 5% after the initiation into the cult. This is a Knowledge skill, but is does not get a Knowledge bonus. It goes up only by experience.
