Religion: The Cult of the Sphinx's Dream:

The Cult of the Sphinx's Dream worships and serves Guraye, protecting the few Sphinxes left in the world, pampering them as sacred, and keeping Guraye's icon in their temples as well.  The Sphinxes, according to their religion, directly speak to Guraye in The Somnium Bleed as well as guarding its home in Jhaneer.  In addition to their love of riddles, puzzles and eating sentient flesh, the Sphinxes they protect are prideful, boasting to Guraye about their caretakers, which sometimes amuses Guraye enough to grant his followers boons or a direct hearing of their problems.  The followers in this cult will also at times bring those seeking refuge to Feluk to put in stasis until they are no longer pursued, for the sake of sanctuary and for it being a realm Guraye had strong dominion over.