Once a marine biologist studying the creek's ecosystem, Dr. Elena Marsh discovered the ancient spawning grounds months before construction began upstream. When she realized the development would destroy centuries of creature habitat, she made a fateful choice to join them rather than save them, learning their language through prolonged submersion in the sacred pools.

Draped in waterlogged robes that seem to flow like liquid even in still air, the Current Cultist moves with fluid grace both on land and through water. Their breath creates unnatural fog patterns, and their voice carries the hypnotic rhythm of flowing water that can entrance both humans and creatures alike. Prolonged exposure to creature secretions has granted them amphibious capabilities and bioluminescent eyes that pierce through the thickest mist.

Serves as the strategic coordinator behind the creatures' increasingly organized emergence, transforming random encounters into calculated territorial expansion. They appear during pivotal moments when creature behavior shifts from instinctual to intelligent, revealing the human element that escalates the aquatic horror from natural phenomenon to orchestrated invasion.