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Sibylline Sisterhood

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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 of her hands.

In A.D. 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 that was briefly 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.

Sibylline Sisters in A.D. 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)