Cult of the Eater of the Self

The Cult of the Eater of the Self was a name Rin Sakaros gave to a mysterious cult operating on a planet in in the 150s ABY.

Tenets and practices
The cult's beliefs were little known outside its own members; Rin Sakaros, Tarzg Sav'lir, and Azalyn Kass`l only observed one ritual in part, and interrupted that one by killing the cult's members. However, the cult tended the Sucker, considering it their "charge". The cult appeared to be partly apocalyptic, believing in the coming of a female Herald, who would "come with plague" and "come with ruin". The Herald herself would precede "the Destroyer, he who will consume, the mouth that is not sated, the Eater of the Self"; it was this last line from the ritual which inspired Rin's name for the cult.

The cult practiced sentient sacrifice, torturing the native sentients and sacrificing their entrails to the Sucker. Dark side-trained Force users were among the group's ranks in 158 ABY, but the leading the group spoke part of the Sucker's awakening ritual in, an ancient language preceding the arrival of the  on  and which Rin associated with  and. Rin's belief was strengthened by her conclusion that the Sucker was a type of.

History
The cult was in existence long enough to have thoroughly terrified the locals by 158 ABY, when Rin, Tarzg, and Azalyn arrived on the planet. Observing the cultists sacrificing natives to the Sucker, they interceded, causing the Battle of the Pit. In the ensuing fight, the Sucker itself and all the cultists were killed.