OOC: DH The Purity of Sacrifice

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Background:

Luis "Crow-Tooth" Akoak grew up in the Flint Bear tribe on the planet Qausuitt. They survived by hunting and fishing in the bleak tundra that made up most of the habitable part of the planet. One day, a few strangely-dressed men appeared at the village and asked for guides to take them to the strange and forbidden ruins in the northern wastes. The village elders had always declared them to be taboo, but eventually with enough cajoling and bribes, a few adventerous young men were enticed into serving as guides. Of course, it turned out that the elders were right all along, and while exploring the ruins strange phantasms and bizarre apparitions had claimed about half of the expedition. The man leading the expedition, some sort of 'rogue trader' eventually managed to evacuate the expedition, and Luis went with him, rather than face a thousand klicks of bleak wastes alone. While the 'trader' spent his days trying to do whatever he was trying to do with the recovered artifacts, Luis spent his days exploring the strange new life he found himself in. One day, while the trader was at some run-down spaceport, Luis found a nice young woman who was *very* interested in where he had come from, what the trader had found, who he was dealing with. Luis happily told her everything, after all, what was the harm in it? After the heavy hand of the Inquisition came down, sweeping away an ancient and desperate dynasty, the nice young woman told Luis that his life belonged to the Inquisition now, and his sentence was to serve them without question...


Appearance: A lean, young warrior, in the prime of health. Long brown hair tied back into a queue. He is a restless man, still finding his place in the universe. As a boy, he was always exploring, wanting to know what was over the horizon. Now, his curiosity is tempered with caution, realizing he is on dangerous ice, surrounded by predators. But some sense of wonder remains. His true name is only used by close family, in rare circumstances, mostly he goes by his nickname, "Crow-Tooth". The interrogator insisted on having his real name for the records, naturally.

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WS: 20 + 19: 39 + 5: 44
BS: 20 + 12: 32 + 5: 37
S: 25 + 17: 42 + 5: 47
T: 25+ 17: 42
Agi: 20 + 12: 32
Int: 20 + 5: 25
Per: 20 + 9: 29
WP: 15 + 7: 22
Fel: 15 + 4: 19

Wounds: 12/12
FP: 1/2
Wealth: 39
Insanity Points: 4

Lean Build: 1.75m, 60 kg
Age: 18
Bronze Skin, Brown hair, Green eyes
Tribal Tattooing

“Dark dreams lie upon the heart.” Begin play with 2 Corruption Points.
Power of Names: Never use the true names of your friends and loved ones, lest daemons hear and use them for evil.

Skills
Awareness (Per)
Dodge (Agi)
Inquiry +10 (Fel)
Intimidate (S)
Navigation (Surface) (Int)
Tracking (Int) (Basic)
Speak Language (Tribal Dialect) (Int)
Speak Language (Low Gothic) (Int)
Survival (Int)
Swim +10 (S)



Talents
Melee Weapon Training (Primitive),
Pistol Training (Primitive)
Basic Weapon Training (Primitive)
Quick Draw

Traits
Iron Stomach
Primitive
Rite of Passage

Gear:
Axe 1d10+1 R
Bow 1d10 R
Flintlock Pistol 1d10+2 I
Knife 1d5 R
Guard Flak Armor (4 all)
Common Quality Clothing
1 week rations
Mercenary License
Glowglobe
4 fire bombs 1d10+3 E blast

Advances:
WS 5
BS 5
Awareness
Str 5
Dodge (100)
Quick Draw (100)
Inquiry (200)
Survival (100)
Swim +10 (100)
Intimidate (100)
Navigation (surface)(100)
Inquiry +10 (200)

50 xp

Interrogator Janis's report on Qausuitt:
Planetary classification: Class Theta
Tithe grade: De minimus
Population: Est., ~5 million
Planetary Capital: None
Planetary Governor: None (the administratum has not had anyone screw up so badly as to be assigned as governor here. A few penitent scribes monitor the planet from a small orbital.)

Large icecaps up to 2 km thick cover the planet north and south of the 40th parallel. Semi-nomadic tribes subsist on the planet's unusually rich sea-life in the habitable region of the planet between the 20th parallels. Strange xeno ruins dot the landscape, wisely avoided by the local tribes. Several of the ruins are Eldar in origin, while others are clearly [REDACTED]. Most are from unknown origins. Strangely enough, Professor Klausing maintained that several human ruins, nearly 50,000 years old were located as well, even under extreme interrogation, see the [REDACTED] for further information. While investigating the activities of the von Drakkan dynasty, my teams recovered a number of dangerous artifacts, which have been destroyed per containment procedure 15. One of the planetary natives was in the employ of the late Tarquin von Drakkan and provided useful information in the investigation. He is completely ignorant of the true nature of the [REDACTED] and so I have forwarded him to the reserve cadre for induction into whatever retinue you see fit


Station Tollares:
This huge space was once the terminus of an inter-hive rail system before it broke down and was never repaired. Quickly taken over by squatters, the cavernous space has turned into a vast marketplace, where all sorts of goods and services can be found. When not guarding the safe-house, Luis can often be found here, dicing away his pay, or visiting some of the vice-dens hidden away in the corners. Or simply enjoying a cup of bittercaf to wash down the bilge-rat skewers sold by the food vendors.

Elena Kollek:
A pretty young woman with violet eyes. Back on Midpoint station, she charmed Luis into showing her around the von Drakkan ship, including the artifact rooms. Not that it was difficult to charm the naive feral. Of course, she really is a professional infiltrator working for Inquisitor Zarkov, who was investigating some the cold trade operations of the von Drakkan dynasty. Now that that assignment is wrapped up, she has also been reassigned to Helius, where perhaps she will cross paths with Luis again. He bears her no ill-will, but will certainly be on his guard around her next time.