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With this final sacrifice, the prophecy will be impossible to fulfill.
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~ Kallamar at the beginning of the game.
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We worship you, Kallamar, in the hope that you will find us worthy of good health and long lives.
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~ A follower of Kallamar as they prepare to sacrifice someone to him.
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Although a reknowned recreant among his peerage, Kallamar was masterful in the repression of his underlings through ague. Freed of plague, the creatures of Anchordeep strike with renewed vigor. Heed caution, as thou travel therewith.
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~ Haro to the Lamb if they return to Anchordeep after Kallamar has been killed.
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It did not matter to Kallamar that his ears were lost, for he was never inclined to listen. Foolish though he may have seemed, he wielded the power of his Crown without discrimination.
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~ The Mystic Seller after the Lamb defeats Kallamar a second time.
Kallamar is one of the main antagonists of the 2022 roguelike action-adventure game Cult of the Lamb. He is a Bishop of the Old Faith, the ruler of Anchordeep and the Deity of Petsilence.
Alongside his siblings, he controls the cruel cult of the Old Faith and has his followers sacrifice countless people for him.
He doesn't care about his followers, having them commit suicide to empower himself and not caring that his transformation accidentally kills even more.
It's also clear that his rule over them overall isn't beneficial.
It's possible that he and his siblings killed the other deities that used to inhabit the Lands of the Old Faith.
Alongside Heket, Leshy , and Shamura, he chained away his brother Narinder, turning him into The One Who Waits. While The One Who Waits isn't a good person, Kallamar doesn't seem to have trapped him out of good intentions but simply because he was a threat to his and the other Bishops' power.
Alongside his siblings, he killed all the predecessors of Ratau and the Lamb.
When a prophecy foretold the demise of the Bishops and the reawakening of The One Who Waits, he and his siblings killed all the lambs in the Lands of the Old Faith to try and prevent it.
When the Lamb is revealed to still be alive, Kallamar attempts to kill them.
He casts pestilence upon the Lamb's cultists twice.
When he realizes that his attempts to stop the Lamb have been futile, he begs for his life, shifting all the blame on his siblings and begging the Lamb to kill Shamura instead of him. This doesn't only show how much of a coward he is but that he doesn't care for his siblings either.
This also makes him a huge hypocrite since before this he had called Ratau a "sniveling coward".
As an undead, he attempts to kill the Lamb once more.
While he's eventually converted to the Lamb's cult, this isn't a redemption since the cult is morally grey at best and Kallamar still shows some arrogance.
While he can do things like getting lovers or giving compliments to the Lamb, these are just default actions all followers have, thus making them nothing more than something for gameplay purposes.
While his unique quotes as a follower arguably make him the most amicable Bishop towards the Lamb, this doesn't seem to be genuine but merely Kallamar not wanting to get on the Lamb's bad side out of cowardice.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
He fails the Heinous Standards when compared to Heket (who gives her victims a fate worse than death with the same resources as Kallamar).
They show genuine gratitude and respect for the Lamb for letting him see his land for the last time and easing their pain.
He is shown to be somewhat insecure about his cowardice and shows some shame for just going along with the genocide of the lambs, which he also blames his cowardice on, which is played for slight sympathy.
His thoughts as a follower show that he cares for his siblings, with him being glad that he can see them again after so much time.
Near Pure Evils