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|name = Sibylline Sisterhood | |name = Sibylline Sisterhood | ||
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|leader = [[High Priestess]] | |leader = [[High Priestess]] | ||
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'' | |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'' | ||
|members = [[High Priestess]]<br>[[Spurrina]]<br>[[Thalina]]<br>[[Evelina Caecilius Iucundus]]<br>[[Soothsayer (The Fires of Pompeii)|Soothsayer]] | |members = [[High Priestess]]<br />[[Spurrina]]<br />[[Thalina]]<br />[[Evelina Caecilius Iucundus]]<br />[[Soothsayer (The Fires of Pompeii)|Soothsayer]] | ||
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The '''Sibylline Sisterhood''' was a prestigious [[cult]] of [[soothsayer]]s active in the ancient [[Roman Empire]], which included the city of [[Pompeii]]. | The '''Sibylline Sisterhood''' was a prestigious [[cult]] of [[soothsayer]]s active in the ancient [[Roman Empire]], which included the city of [[Pompeii]]. | ||
==History== | == History == | ||
The cult followed the prophesies set down in the [[Sibylline Oracles]] by the original [[Sibyl]] herself. A Sibylline Sister could be recognised by stylized makeup which included eyes painted on the back of both hands. | The cult followed the prophesies set down in the [[Sibylline Oracles]] by the original [[Sibyl]] herself. A Sibylline Sister could be recognised by stylized makeup which included eyes painted on the back of both hands. | ||
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Revision as of 11:19, 5 November 2011
The Sibylline Sisterhood was a prestigious cult of soothsayers active in the ancient Roman Empire, which included the city of Pompeii.
History
The cult followed the prophesies set down in the Sibylline Oracles by the original Sibyl herself. A Sibylline Sister could be recognised by stylized makeup which included eyes painted on the back of both hands.
In 62, an earthquake in Pompeii awoke the dormant Pyrovile who took over the Sisterhood and other cults. The members breathed in dust from the volcano which expanded their latent psychic powers but also slowly converted them into stone Pyrovile. The power to communicate telepathically came from the Pyrovile influence but the power of foresight was caused by the temporal rift created by the power of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, echoing back through the alternative timeline in which the volcano did not erupt.
Other than killing any would-be enemies of the Pyrovile, its not known what responsibilities the Sisterhood had in the Pyrovile's grand design. In the real world, the Sisterhood in Rome was responsible for the maintenance of the Sybilline Books.
Sibylline Sisters in 79 included: their High Priestess, Spurrina, Thalina, Evelina Caecilius Iucundus, and one other soothsayer left unnamed. Evelina alone survived the eruption as the Tenth Doctor rescued her, with her family in the Doctor's TARDIS. (DW: The Fires of Pompeii)
