IMHO Arkat is many thing to many people and their are many facets to his cult, Arkat represents the man (troll) who strives mindelessly and fanatically against his direst enemy and in gaining victory destroys all he once beleived in and is considered to have betrayed his followers and himself in becoming the thing he himself hated. Ok, so this sounds like the classic animal farm senario of throwing down trynay to errect new tryants.
According to CoT (there may be newer sources but I am not that widely read) Arkat acended to the hero plane after his victory. According to the version of history we use he assended to the hero/god plane from the summit of Arkats last tower in Dorastor (the last outpost of order) leaving behind him an Iron Council to watch over the remains of Fort Wrath and to ensure that Gibaji/Nylassor/Ralzakarak/Ragnalla never returned. The classic way to join the cult, which we play can only be worshiped as a sub-cult, you have to be a worshiper of one of the cults which Arkat himself followed, is to jorney to the tower and assend to the summit where Arkats stone, a peice of true stone bound to the top of the tower and said to contain the mundane part of his spirit lies. Here a prayer to Arkat must be raised and POW sacrificed (ritual as apropriate to devotees own cult). If accepted the devotee becomes a follower of whatever aspect of Arkat they desire to follow and gain apropriate benefits. Howvere Arkat was illuminated during his battles with Nylassor and so his devotees gain a chance of illumination through his revealed wisdom -- this of course protects them against retribution from their own cults who would be most upset if they thought someone was showing an unhealthy interest in that treacherous and deceitful scum (only the stupid would ask cult permission to follow Arkat).
All is all playing an Arkatti can have its moments but cultists should be almost as extreeme as the worst Zorak Zoran worshiper and loyal and devoted as the most fanatical Humakti, etc.
Hope this confuses (we wouldn't want to help).
David
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