[Darkheresy] Fwd: Shades of Twilight - Episode Synopsis

[Redmond Hamlett]

Gentlemen,

The following is taken from the log of Cleric *Belbus Glebe*

8 hours until bombardment.... Blessed is the moment of respite - Here we
are about to go through the highliner our beacon-finder points us towards
to find Ephrael Sterns blade.  Note - Keep a close eye on Syndi and Uriel -
Syndi for somehow being able to understand Eldar script, and Uriel for her
constantly changing inventory of mechanical gadgets.  Her abilities are
unique, but I fear she may invoke the ire of the worshippers of the
Machine-God of Mars for her 'house made' servo-skulls.  The others dont
seem to possess the intellegence for deviation or rebellion.

Our first encounter with the warp-beasts thankfully, was short - Agamorr is
a warrior of no equal, Mir will have to conceed this.  Both have been
valuable, as their strength is relied upon.  Our equipment kept
intermitedly fail us - the machine spirits of our auspexes seemed to have
other ideas beyond performing their simple function.  This proved
troublesome as we were later ambushed by a group of Dark Eldar Pirates, who
were howling 'Mon-keigh' from atop this seemingly well-paved cavern.  We
took some serious wounds during this conflict, and nearly breached the
walls into the void thanks to Mir's poorly placed grenade.  We noticed the
Eldar (whom Agamorr tore in two) was holding an interesting conch - it
seemed to be some sort of 'psychic whistle'.... These Eldar had interesting
weapons, very spiky ones.... I had to pull nails out of Mir's ribs, and
Uriel's greaves.  Mir had the bright idea (one of few) to hold onto these
weapons in case they prove useful later on....  He we are, about to enter
this magnificent highliner... Agamorr and Syndi kept mentioning something
about a hide-bound book....

6 hours until bombardment.....  There was no choice but to deleve into the
highliner - it was a nest for the Warp Beasts!  Agamorr has been taken from
us - his sacrifice will allow us to continue the Emperor's Work.  We could
see Agamorr become swallowed not by a tidal wave, but of a horde of beasts!
 He will be missed.

5 hours until bombardment....  What a turn of events!  I knew we saw
another boarding party - Inquisitor Soldevan of the Ordo Malleus sent in
his own team lead by Calculus-Logi Trempman.  He seems a decent man, but he
looked wracked with guilt, he must be hidding something in his past.  His
'underlings' are colourful enough, particularly Sergeant Forden - it turns
out he and Mir once shared a trench together (before he got ripped to
pieces by some horrific beast, hence his significant bionics).  The rest
seem like the usual band of rogues and glory-seekers we meet.

Notes - within the ships graveyard, the Black Ship 'Twilight' was jammed
inside asteroid rock - dont ask me how.  But the Pentagramic Wards appear
intact, wereas the Hexagramic Wards are not.  Also, this cavern looks
well-maintained, as far as space-caverns go (!!!! I must be losing it,
Emperor give me strength!)

4 hours until bombardment....  Spirits aboard the ship, this accounts for
the little girl we kept seeing.  I thought to release them from their
torment by giving the litany of death, but they would have none of it.  I
will think twice before announcing our affiliation with the Inquisition-
they looked the bitter sort.  Silas is a dedicated ghost, even claimed to
have served Ephrael Stern until her death aboard the ship.  Yes, we saw her
and the Nekaybrianon locked in death - Syndi was acting rather strange
around this scene... Silas said it was the Liber Daemonica the Dark Eldar
are after, and that we should either destroy it take it with us - Sergeant
Forden's eyes widened when he saw this book.... Silas showed us the same
conch Agamorr retrieved, and said "They are comming, and they know we are
here!  Its feeding time for the Haemonculus, his thirst for souls is never
sated"...

3 hours until bombardment....  We have found the cargo hold - this is where
we shall mount our defense.  Lady D and Enginseer Molochan have rigged some
traps for our alien-foe.  Mir is bent on glory, I say we should leave
whilst there is time.  Sergeant Forden has vanished, and seems to have
taken the Liber Daemonica with him.  Syndi has discovered that she once
LIVED on this ship, and that SHE was the Nekaybrianon's next target -
Saving her was Ephrael Stern's last act as a mother.... This means Syndi is
closer to 600 years old rather than 16....  I knew she was trouble.

3 hours post bombardment....  Damn foolhardy quest this one.  The Dark
Eldar came en-masse and nearly tore us to shreds!  Forden has been arrested
for being a traitor - He is a member of the Serrated Querry, and he KNEW
our Xenos Foe!!  He was on familar terms with these piratical Xenos!  We
are all licking our wounds aboard the Magnus Etchelion, and thanks to
Agamorr we are able to do just that - Emperor be Praised, Agamorr came to
us in our hour of need and sent the Haemonculus packing!  His remaining
hand must be charmed - his strike sent evil back to whence it came....  We
returned with the sword Luminous Reproach, we saw the Twilight tear itself
apart and have salvaged the Liber Daemonica, which Syndi has run off with
both before we could submit our report to Inquisitor Varaak.

(End of 'Shades of Twilight' - you did it!!)

12 hours post bombardment....  Varaak has summoned us during our rostered
sleep - it turns out Syndi is a half-Eldar - Thou Shalt Not Suffer The
Xenos!  And Varaak is asking us to accompany her on one last quest....  To
find a lost Eldar Webway described within the Liber Daemonica, and to '*close
the gap of Iniquity*', whatever that means.  Thankfully the Emperor's
Finest shared my disgust and revoltion - Agamorr was seething, as was I,
that he assisted a Xenos to live!  In this light, his wounds have become
more apparent - this left arm was ripped off above the elbow, and half his
face has been cleaved - yet he still wants to continue his service, without
augmentation to remedy his ailments...!!  He truly is an example of the
Emperor's Shining Light amongst the Darkness.  He is magnificent, but is a
man nonetheless; he dearly missed his arm, but was holding the Dark Eldar
conch is his right hand and made the comment, '  Varaak has undermined this
God-Warriors ego by insisting he go along with allowing Syndi to exist - he
calls this an experiment in 'Cross-Cultural' relations, and a 'scientific
endeavor'.  Pah!  I may need to purge myself of these hands which have
broken bread with Syndi, I may consider to get new ones... Ahh, I am doubly
dammed... she has proven her worth, but is from tainted blood...  Whether I
like it or not, we are bound for Port Wander to meet some accursed Radical
Inquisitor, and I am tasked to head this quest.  But we dont even know
there is such a fellow aboard this void-wracked place!

Emperor Forgive Me, that I may stray from His Light.  My flock may travel
the worn path of the wanderer, but we shall remain True.

*TO BE CONTINUED*
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