Unlike other hosts of Las Plagas, the cultists exhibited unusually pale skin. All were bald, either the result of the Plaga or from shaving. Ritualistic tattooing was commonplace. There were variations in the cultists' robes, which may have been an indicator of rank or status. The black cultists appear to have been lower members of the order. The purple-clad cultists were known to wear goat skulls as masks. Those in red robes appear to have been the leaders, having decorated themselves with skulls and amulets. As those with red robes were seen by Leon S. Kennedy to have hosted 'C'-stage Plagas, with lower ranks hosting 'B'-stage Plagas, it appears the red cultists were parasitised first.