cult leader john price who is the unanimous leader of the commune. he’s their beloved leader and he cares for each member like they’re his children.
cult leader john price who left the violence of war behind him and now gently coaxes his followers into pacifism. weapons are strictly prohibited. there are no guns, and the only knives are hand-made and used for cooking and hunting.
cult leader john price who lives deep in the woods like a faery king. he makes his home where the mist curls like the fingers of phantoms around the poplars and willows. where the ground is heavy-laden with the burden of the beastly things and the owls and wildcats shriek in the night. where the moorland rises up to meet the mossy forest floor, the fog so thick out across the spongy expanse that journeying out there alone is strictly forbidden for fear of being swallowed up by the mires. only price knows where it is safe to tread.
cult leader john price who initiates the new members himself, gently lowering them into the river, not baptizing, but allowing the cold, clear water to rush over their faces so that they might know the songs that trickle in from the spring-fed mountaintops in the distance. he washes them himself with lye soap made there in the commune as they tremble, overwrought from the tender care, then dresses them in clean robes spun from the soft wool of the sheep price allows to range freely under the protection of the big dogs he keeps to guard the flock.
cult leader john price who is learned in natural medicine and healing, so when someone injured or ill stumbles upon the commune seeking aid, he gently guides them to a sickbed and cares for them himself, cleaning blood and fever from their skin and shushing them softly as the pain licks like a hungry flame through their blood. he brews tea from willow bark and skullcap to soothe them, and makes poultices of yarrow and marigold to apply to the skin, with neem and poppy to ease inflammation.
cult leader john price who speaks to each of his members, especially those that came to him because of trauma. he clears their minds of the thoughts that plague them and help them to forget. he allows no phones or other electronics into the commune, ensuring that those who harmed his followers will never again find them.




















