SECURITY LEVEL ALPHA – PASSCODE ENCRYPTED
TO: Lord Castellan Tate, Overlord of Samarobriva
FROM: Master Scribe Malthus Hex
SUBJECT: Increased Xeno Activity in Ipsos System
DATE: S6.D12-992.M41
My Lord Castellan, please find as requested my report on the increased activity of the various Xenos races in and around the Ipsos sector.
INCIDENTS
991.M41
S1.D34 – S2.D12 : Reports come from Outsector of conflict between Imperial forces and unidentified Eldar raiders.
S2.D29 – S7.D03 : Numerous reports from Outsector of ongoing conflict between Eldar forces and both Adepta Sororitas heralding from Gehenna and an unidentified Adeptus Astartes force suspected to be renegade Emperor's Shadows. See note A.
S7.D15 : Suffering catastrophic losses, Imperial forces make tactical withdrawal to reconsider position. Eldar make cowardly retreat at this point. A glorious victory for the Imperium! See note B.
S12.D31 : Distress alert received from Rogue Trader vessel Acheron in the Halo Stars. Message contains only screams and static. Warp interference suspected cause of loss of contact. See note C.
992.M41
S2.D05 – S4.D20 : Series of brutal Ork raids on Imperial mining stations in sector outer rim. Curiously, no Ork ships sighted around the time of the raid. Several trader ships lost to unknown causes in the galactic west of the sector. See note D.
S5.D23 : Orks somehow make planetfall on Gehenna. Adepta Sororitas quick to react but sudden appearance of xenos of the Tyranid race causes heavy losses. Adepta Sororitas forces forced to fall back.
S6.D01 : Ork and Tyranid forces converged on Ecclesiarchy chapel. Taken by surprise by the ferocity of the attack, garrisoned Battle Sisters quickly overwhelmed. Canoness Pia Dominica VIII barely escapes with her life. See note E.
NOTES
A) The alleged co-operation of the Adepta Sororitas with the Emperor's Shadows implies that this chapter may not have turned rogue as previously suspected. Perhaps they seek penitance? Suggest full inquiry into history of this chapter.
B) There are unconfirmed reports of Inquisitorial activity in this campaign.
C) I suspect this may have been caused by xenos.
D) Has the beast mastered warp travel? Surely not. I very much doubt these creatures capacity for higher technology.
E) I suspect these bursts of Tyranid activity to be the front of a much larger invasion force. I strongly recommend seeking guidance from Ordo Xenos.
As ever, my Lord Castellan, your obedient servant, Master Scribe Malthus Hex.
FARSEER ALLAR-EL
Seer Allar-el’s recent performance in retrieving Aliakor is to be commended, the Mon-Keigh that opposed him were delivered a painful blow before our forces retreated to the webway with the artefacts.
Many of our own were lost as seen by the council but with the Aliakor retrieved the prevention of a greater loss is now a viable future.
Allar-el himself is still young and shows talent as a commander but lacks the breadth of gifts sufficient to by considered for the Council. Since her loss at the hands of the foul Orks he has taken to carrying the soul stone of his sister, which while it appears to have given him access to a greater level to destructive potential serves as a dangerous crutch that could lead to an over reliance on her strength.
The blood of Seers runs through his veins as you know, his mother was a well respected member of this council and one even the Great Ulthuan himself saw as a great resource and gifted Seer. The routes through his future show almost as many paths where he achieves the status of Ulthuan as where he is damned to darkness of the Sha’eil. His future balances on the edge of a blade, we can only hope his gifts are sufficient to prevent his fall.
He has also formed a bond over recent decades with the Autarch Tireth Anaris, a pathfinder who overcame her wanderlust and re-settled on the craftworld. Her time as a wanderer brings her a disturbing degree of passion and fire but it seems to temper well with Allar-el’s calculating analytical nature. She often serves as a bodyguard to him in the field and while she feels the call of war he cannot sway her from the path I feel that Allar-el’s inexperience means he cannot make the same claim. I have seen the skeins of fate, this bond will either forge both into stronger blades or should one fall, doom the other to darkness.
Anaris herself has proven a boon to the craftworld since her return, despite her oft worrying levels of distaste for the more… confining aspects of the Path. It has been too many cycles since one such as her though and even though some more senior member may find it distasteful her passion is contagious and well needed. She blazes with life in dance, song and as is becoming the case in battle too. Clearly while she has turned down the paths of Scorpion, Banshee and Avenger she clearly has a preference for forming these warriors into her handmaidens in times of battle.
I would therefore recommend he not be inducted into the High Council at this time and one of the other potential aspirants chosen. Anaris on the other hand should serve as field commander to his actions and I recommend they be placed in command of the Unan Novine action currently under Council review.
While I would never place my own visions above those of the Council I see this project being the best course to bring that greatness to pass, however it also contains portents of one who hunts him, the Mon-Keigh Inquisitor. Her duty has grown into a dark obsession with our kind and she has the power and the knowledge to do us great harm.
It was the great Phoenix who nearly cut her down on that battlefield but she is all two aware of Allar-el and Anaris and would not hesitate to break their bodies, souls and fates with their crude devices should the opportunity arise.
I would therefore suggest Anaris take a squad of her personal handmaidens and if this creatures dares show her face to defy our plans that Anaris handle the matter of her destruction personally before she has a chance to even see Allar-el.
These are the paths as I see them and submit myself to the decisions of the Council.
Emerald Seer Te’lan
Many of our own were lost as seen by the council but with the Aliakor retrieved the prevention of a greater loss is now a viable future.
Allar-el himself is still young and shows talent as a commander but lacks the breadth of gifts sufficient to by considered for the Council. Since her loss at the hands of the foul Orks he has taken to carrying the soul stone of his sister, which while it appears to have given him access to a greater level to destructive potential serves as a dangerous crutch that could lead to an over reliance on her strength.
The blood of Seers runs through his veins as you know, his mother was a well respected member of this council and one even the Great Ulthuan himself saw as a great resource and gifted Seer. The routes through his future show almost as many paths where he achieves the status of Ulthuan as where he is damned to darkness of the Sha’eil. His future balances on the edge of a blade, we can only hope his gifts are sufficient to prevent his fall.
He has also formed a bond over recent decades with the Autarch Tireth Anaris, a pathfinder who overcame her wanderlust and re-settled on the craftworld. Her time as a wanderer brings her a disturbing degree of passion and fire but it seems to temper well with Allar-el’s calculating analytical nature. She often serves as a bodyguard to him in the field and while she feels the call of war he cannot sway her from the path I feel that Allar-el’s inexperience means he cannot make the same claim. I have seen the skeins of fate, this bond will either forge both into stronger blades or should one fall, doom the other to darkness.
Anaris herself has proven a boon to the craftworld since her return, despite her oft worrying levels of distaste for the more… confining aspects of the Path. It has been too many cycles since one such as her though and even though some more senior member may find it distasteful her passion is contagious and well needed. She blazes with life in dance, song and as is becoming the case in battle too. Clearly while she has turned down the paths of Scorpion, Banshee and Avenger she clearly has a preference for forming these warriors into her handmaidens in times of battle.
I would therefore recommend he not be inducted into the High Council at this time and one of the other potential aspirants chosen. Anaris on the other hand should serve as field commander to his actions and I recommend they be placed in command of the Unan Novine action currently under Council review.
While I would never place my own visions above those of the Council I see this project being the best course to bring that greatness to pass, however it also contains portents of one who hunts him, the Mon-Keigh Inquisitor. Her duty has grown into a dark obsession with our kind and she has the power and the knowledge to do us great harm.
It was the great Phoenix who nearly cut her down on that battlefield but she is all two aware of Allar-el and Anaris and would not hesitate to break their bodies, souls and fates with their crude devices should the opportunity arise.
I would therefore suggest Anaris take a squad of her personal handmaidens and if this creatures dares show her face to defy our plans that Anaris handle the matter of her destruction personally before she has a chance to even see Allar-el.
These are the paths as I see them and submit myself to the decisions of the Council.
Emerald Seer Te’lan
THERE WAS A SUDDEN TERRIBLE CRY...
...and a bright green flash of light.
Warboss Salznik's already swinging Power Klaw missed the head of the commisar he was aiming at. This was mostly due to the fact that it was no longer there - much to the relief of the commisar. Instead the power klaw continued its trajectory and met the head of an unfortunate Ork boy, sending it skyward. Salznik staggered, regained his balance and then looked around. The noise of battle had gone, replaced by a strange silence punctuated only by the odd ork scream, then followed by the sound of fights breaking out. There was not a single 'oomie in sight, which was odd, because until a moment ago Salznik and his Goff boyz had been showing the pink skins what Orks like to do with the business end of a choppa.
Grabnutz, the Warboss's pet attack squig gnawed on the headless Ork boy's leg whilst Salznik consulted with his Nobz. He had a headache and was ready to start knocking heads. There had been a great deal of confusion after the flash of light and several of the ork boyz had started fighting amongst themselves and Salznik had had to put a few boyz down to restore some order. What was patently obvious was that the Warband wasn't on Kansisas anymore. This place didn't look like the war-ridden desert planet Salznik had created since he had begun his own mighty Waaagh! This planet was leafy and teaming with life.
Some of the Nobs leading the warband's huge mobs of boyz had found the warband's Weirdboy lying unconscious surrounded by a ring of dead boyz about 20 deep. As the painboyz set to work opening up the weirdboy's head in order to 'fix' him, Salznik sat on a rock deep in thought. Everyone knew Weirdboyz could tellyport during the heat of battle, usually accompanied by a bright flash and sometimes taking a mob or two (at most) of Orks with him. It seemed however as if the weirdboy in front of Salznik had tellyported most of his warband out of battle and onto another planet. For a Goff Warboss Salznik was unusually bright, but this conclusion still took a while to come to and the Painboyz had already finished their own brand of sergery when Salznik stood up and turned to look at the prone weirdboy still unconscious on the ground. A thought struck the Warboss and he smiled a dreadful smile; if he wasn't mistaken then he was looking at the most powerful weirdboy since the greatest weirdboy of them all - Old Zogwort.
Warboss Salznik's already swinging Power Klaw missed the head of the commisar he was aiming at. This was mostly due to the fact that it was no longer there - much to the relief of the commisar. Instead the power klaw continued its trajectory and met the head of an unfortunate Ork boy, sending it skyward. Salznik staggered, regained his balance and then looked around. The noise of battle had gone, replaced by a strange silence punctuated only by the odd ork scream, then followed by the sound of fights breaking out. There was not a single 'oomie in sight, which was odd, because until a moment ago Salznik and his Goff boyz had been showing the pink skins what Orks like to do with the business end of a choppa.
Grabnutz, the Warboss's pet attack squig gnawed on the headless Ork boy's leg whilst Salznik consulted with his Nobz. He had a headache and was ready to start knocking heads. There had been a great deal of confusion after the flash of light and several of the ork boyz had started fighting amongst themselves and Salznik had had to put a few boyz down to restore some order. What was patently obvious was that the Warband wasn't on Kansisas anymore. This place didn't look like the war-ridden desert planet Salznik had created since he had begun his own mighty Waaagh! This planet was leafy and teaming with life.
Some of the Nobs leading the warband's huge mobs of boyz had found the warband's Weirdboy lying unconscious surrounded by a ring of dead boyz about 20 deep. As the painboyz set to work opening up the weirdboy's head in order to 'fix' him, Salznik sat on a rock deep in thought. Everyone knew Weirdboyz could tellyport during the heat of battle, usually accompanied by a bright flash and sometimes taking a mob or two (at most) of Orks with him. It seemed however as if the weirdboy in front of Salznik had tellyported most of his warband out of battle and onto another planet. For a Goff Warboss Salznik was unusually bright, but this conclusion still took a while to come to and the Painboyz had already finished their own brand of sergery when Salznik stood up and turned to look at the prone weirdboy still unconscious on the ground. A thought struck the Warboss and he smiled a dreadful smile; if he wasn't mistaken then he was looking at the most powerful weirdboy since the greatest weirdboy of them all - Old Zogwort.
