Cult of the Saints Cameron

Cult of the Saints Cameron
Faction Profile
Time period:	2751 - Present
Classification:	Religious Organization
Military:	Knights of St. Cameron

The Cult of the Saints Cameron is a religious order that venerates the Cameron bloodline, and originally called the Believers of the Saints Cameron. Referring to themselves as Believers, they first appeared following the seemingly unrelated events of Jonathan Cameron's writings to his wife Ludmella Cameron and his sister Mother Jocasta being publicized and the vision of Sergeant Heinz Mann.

History

Following Jonathan's 2738 death by stroke, the Star League's ten-year rule on declassifying personal and official papers began to toll. The Court of the Star League staff began collecting and publishing his writings in book form beginning in 2748. The almost prophetic nature of these writings was a source of great public interest for a time, though most dismissed them as mere curiosities there were some who took his dreams to be visions of the future. In 2751 Sergeant Mann fell into a medically unexplained eight-day coma and awoke with visions of slaughtered Camerons. Mann's coma and visions were linked in the media similar occurrences years prior that were largely forgotten before then, Lieutenant Saul Robstein in 2739 and Private Sandra Ustus in 2742 whose vision seemed to predict Simon Cameron's 2751 assassination. Believers latched onto these visions, combining them with Jonathan Cameron's writings to create common beliefs and rituals. Central to this was that Jonathan and Jocasta were Saints, watching over the Star League from Heaven.

The 2753 meeting of Richard Cameron and Stefan Amaris catapulted the Believers into the mainstream as it appeared to have been predicted in a 2703 dream which Jonathan described to his sister:

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a Cameron child shall stand before a distant ruler and be beguiled by his rough country ways and the interests they share. I fear for the child because the distant ruler has cruel, dark thoughts…

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Membership exploded, soon numbering more than fifty million with many Believers in influential social and political positions. The SLDF also had several Believers in their ranks, in no small part due to the affiliation of Robstein, Ustus, and Mann. The symbols of the Believers appeared everywhere, even on the WarShips, DropShips, BattleMechs, and vehicles of the faithful. Ironically, despite near holy writings pointing to Amaris' ill intentions towards Richard Cameron and iconography of a Bloody Throne, the Believers were unable to foresee or forestall Mann's vision. Richard Cameron was personally killed by Amaris on 27 December 2766, followed by at least 21 other members of the Cameron family. Amaris gave them the option of fealty, or death. One by one all would refuse to bend the knee to Amaris, until a distant cousin Jason Cameron-Bashina bowed and pledged his loyalty, for which Amaris shot him with the same pistol used on the First Lord. Amaris' guards cut down the rest of the family and then sealed the Throne Room behind them, leaving dozens of Cameron bodies in pools of their own blood next to a Bloody Throne. As the Hegemony collapsed, many Believers among the Court were able to escape, including Court Archivist Gerrit van Munster who brought with him personal writings of Jonathan that were not able to be released to the public due to security concerns. These writings would be known to only the most senior leaders among the Believers, and foretold a coming apocalypse that would overtake all of humanity.

Known Members

• Rebecca Fetladral
• Martin Gluck
• Gerrit van Munster

Bibliography

• Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised
• Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2
• Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
• No Substitute for Victory
• The Star League