(Dath ilan doesn't have a single-syllable word for "cult" any more than Earth has a single-syllable word for "Pareto optimal".  Helorm is referring to a fictional name which became a proverbial trope for inhabitants of a fantasy world who form a conspiracy obeying eldritch outsiders in return for promises of their personal wishes being fulfilled.  There is not actually any connotation about the conspirators dressing funny, because dath ilan does not have the compact correlated concept for 'cult' in that way.)

(Dath ilan doesn't have a single-syllable word for "cult" any more than Earth has a single-syllable word for "Pareto optimal".  Helorm is referring to a fictional name which became a proverbial trope for inhabitants of a fantasy world who form a conspiracy obeying eldritch outsiders in return for promises of their personal wishes being fulfilled.  There is not any connotation about the conspirators dressing funny, because dath ilan does not have the concept for 'cult' in that way.)

(Dath ilan doesn't have a single-syllable word for "cult" any more than Earth has a single-syllable word for "Pareto optimal".  Helorm is referring to a fictional name which became a proverbial trope for inhabitants of a fantasy world who form a conspiracy obeying eldritch outsiders in return for promises of their personal wishes being fulfilled.  There is not any connotation about the conspirators dressing funny, because dath ilan does not have the concept for "cult" in that way.)