Rust Cults

The Rust Cults were the machinery worshiping religion of the Midwest, and the official state religion of the Chikago Empire, alongside the Imperial Cult, up until the adoption of Archivism by the Emperor Hannibul Washtenaw. The adherents of this religion worshiped various Gods, which in reality were famous inventors and industry moguls of the distant past of the region whom the midwesterners associated with their ideals of hard work and efficiency. Although the Priesthood did not know the true purpose of the machinery relics they kept in their temples, they revered them as holy objects. Though their knowledge of the devices was only a mean to an end.

The Gods of the Midwest emphasized productivity, individualism, and innovation. These are the things that embodied the Midwestern culture of efficiency and inventiveness. The priests of this religion viewed the ruined factories of the Bygone as holy sites, and often gathered machinery relics from these places. They built temples in these abandoned factories, which came to be known as Manufactories. Inside the temples the priests would perform rituals with their salvaged machinery, and anoint idol statues of their gods with the holy oil known as petrol. Whenever Archivism took hold in the Midwest, the rust priesthoods relics true purposes were discovered by the new faith.

Gods

 * Linkun- King of the Gods, God of rulers and leadership
 * Michelin Man- God of Strength
 * Kapone- God of Vice and the underworld
 * Em'N'Em- God of Music and poetry
 * Washtun-Carver- God of the Harvest
 * Eddisun- God of Light and craftsmen
 * Ford- God of Horses and speed
 * Rosy-Riveter- Goddess of womanhood and fertility
 * Carnegie- God of Steel and metalworking
 * Franc-loydrite- God of Architecture and Engineering
 * Boeing- Sky God, God of War