"Hmm...Argia says thoughtfully. She seems to be lost in thought until she suddenly perks up. "Oh! Could you tell me about the beliefs here? I haven't really heard of Saint Drusus and the rites you guys do up here! Care to enlighten me?"
"I will tell you of Saint Drusus, First Lord of Calyx and the God-Emperor's Light Bringer. Two and a half millennia ago, Drusus was a lowly guardsman recruited from a remote world with no name. During a fierce battle against an alien world he caught the eye of Lord Angevin when he slew an alien king and single-handedly brought the world to heel. Angevin instantly made him a general and gave him a battle group so that he might repeat his success
"In his mission he claimed scores of worlds in the name of the Imperium. He performed many great deeds such as the slaying of the Beast of Marioch, the liberation of Dreah from the Daemons of the Dark Colour and the defeat of the Twisted Kings of Acreage. It was from these conquests that the areas known as the Golgenna Reach and the Drusus Marches would be formed.
"A daemonic assassin was summoned to slay Drusus by the agents of the Ruinous Powers, which had long used the Calyx Expanse as a sanctuary. As it dealt the killing blow however, the daemon was splashed by the blood of the saint which consumed him in flames with his holy might, it's last vision one of the light of the Emperor filling Drusus and closing his wounds as he lay on the ground. With his resurrection there would be no doubt of his divine greatness.
"For five more decades, Drusus won many more battles and left a lasting legacy of Imperial rule on his wake. He personally ended alien domination over the sector and stood witness to the end of many xenos civilizations.
"That is the short version, Acolyte Argia."
>Canvass the area, politely inquiring about strange sights and disturbances amongst the populace.
>If I don't have any real luck there, approach an older-looking Ashleen, greet them respectfully and ask about their culture and beliefs.
You ask around but just hear more of the same. The sound of wing beats in the night, strange lights up in the hills, things tipping over and animal attacks. One woman admits that her husband has gone missing but is reluctant to talk about it.
You locate an elderly fellow with the blue flames crudely tattooed over his left eye and ask him about the Ashleen. "Iocanthos is a land of many armies. They fight over the ghostfire because they know that with the plant comes power, weapons, supplies and everything you could need to fight off another's army. Not all fight for power, Seth seeks to spread the word of the Emperor and leads an army of penitent souls across the land. I heard him speak once, it was beautiful. Between Seth and Kos'ke, there is hope for us yet. Now, beliefs... it has been a long time since I heard the stories, before I found His light. I remember warnings against scavenging from battlefields, they say that the dead rise to claim those who trespass and only singing can ward off their evil. All nonsense, of course."
Half aim single shot.
Roth pops out from behind her rock and fires a shot at the rotten thing. Unfortunately, she misses.
Lyssian continues to flee back the way she came. She takes a wrong turn, trips and falls onto something. She looks up to see one of the eyeless Shale Crows that caws at her before flying away. Revealing the remains of a grey robed figure, stripped of its flesh and lying partially buried on the hill. She manages to pull herself together in spite of the corpse.
Aim and fire at the monster. Alternatively, use the half-action to calm down then fire, if possible.
Lemanov manages to pull himself together and stands up to fire a shot at the beast. The pellets rip the skin from its back but otherwise seem to do no damage to it.
The rotten beast tries to wrap it's tongue around Anya's arm as she swings her sword but she changes her movement at the last second and both miss their mark.
++Acolytes++
Lemanov - Shotgun (0/2) - 9/12 - Lightly Wounded - In cover
Allion - Compact Laspistol (10/15) - 12/12 - Healthy - Unconscious (4 rounds remaining)
Lyssian - Staff - 13/13 - Healthy - 20m from fight
Roth - Compact Laspistol (13/15) - 8/8 - Healthy - In cover
Anya - Sword - 8/8 - Healthy
++Opponents++
Hexalid - 3/20 - Heavily Wounded
13 - Roth
12 - Lyssian
10 - Lemanov
10 - Allion
7 - Anya
7 - Hexalid
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Topic: Dark Heresy: Illumination IC - Faith Betrayed (Read 39679 times)