conversations: human
conversations:  'Chaos claims the unwary or the incomplete. A true man may flinch away its embrace, if he is stalwart, and he girds his soul with the armour of contempt." - Gideon Ravenor, The Spheres of Longing 
      DARK HERESY: COMING DARKNESS   
     
    The Story So Far  Candaras Whether, a noble son of a disgraced Scintillan house, given to the Ecclesiarchy at birth: dead by fire.  Lintilis Guilliuon, sanctioned psyker, collected from his ship of birth, taken from the roaming Calixis warfleet by the infamous black ships: reported lost along with all aboard The Emperor’s Shadow in transit back from Terra.  Constantine Scintillis, drug runner, trigger happy underworlder, gang member: killed in a gang-related shoot out.  (Laura’s Character), spoiled noble daughter of the House Hax, known for her skill with a blade and the hours she spent practicing with her dueling instructor: reported missing 24 hours after failing to return from “slumming”.  All united on The Brazen Sky they were re-born Acolytes of the Inquisition.  “Thorn” gave them a simple option: serve, or die.
  
  Born in the Imperium of Man, such a choice was not rare, and they easily chose serve.  So it was, when they made landfall on the planet of Iocanthos, they had purpose and a task to achieve.  Meeting their contact, Aristarchus, they made their way to the Cathedral in question.  Along the way the Lintilis met a gruesome fate, having fallen from a cliff.  Fortunately, the monks at their destination managed place him in stasis for the duration of their mission, a mission which quickly got out of hand fast.  In the end, they foiled a demon’s attempt to enter reality and discovered that somehow a tarot card of xenos manufacture had made its way into Aristarchus’ deck, and caused his downfall.
  
  Having proven themselves to Thorn the Acolytes were given more freedom and power, most noticeable when they rehabilitated Lintilis.  Due to their previous experience Thorn tasked them with the infiltration of a religious group known as The Joyous Choir, a group that had been caught utilizing technology identical to the card found in the tarot deck.  The following investigation had many twists and turns and the Acolytes discovered a group pulling the Choir’s strings identifiable only by their sign: a bladed question mark.  Their hunt brought them to the city of Ambulon, and ancient technology present long before the Imperium first reached for the stars.  There they met an Oracle, a representation of the city’s memory, who informed them of the group’s name: The Serrated Query.  They also learned that the supposed xenos technology was not of alien manufacture at all, but rather, an ancient human society, long extinct.  Their mission was complete after a clash with an agent of the Query and their disposal of a drug facility.  Thorn was quite pleased with their progress, though he still hadn’t favored them with an in person meeting.  Then things went wrong.
  
  They were captured, and awoke in an arena pit.  Normal people would’ve died, but these were Acolytes of Inquisition, and fate was their most powerful weapon.  In their escape they met an Interrogator, one of Thorn’s favored servants, who informed them that a rescue party had been sent and ambushed.  His final words were of The White Scholar, another of Thorn’s agents who had escaped into the city above.  Finding their way out of the Red Cages the four found themselves in the midst of a carnival on a pseudo-Imperial planet without resources or contacts.  They gambled, fought, stole, and worked for money and gear while working towards finding the White Scholar.
  
  When they did the story he told them was tragic.  Thorn, upon losing contact with them, feared the worst, and dug deep into his contacts until he learned of their captors, The Beast House, and their destination.  Being too far away to come personally, he sent a cell led by his Interrogator and an agent known as “Wolf”.  Upon making planetfall they were assailed by a man in a suit wielding a sword and terrible power along with black clad troopers.  The entire cell was slaughtered or captured to the best of the White Scholar’s knowledge.  He knew the Serrated Query was here, and somehow the “Heron Mask” was involved.  His tale was interrupted though, by the appearance of the suited-man and the aforementioned troopers.  The Acolytes fended them off and began looking into the Heron Mask, Beast House, and Query involvement revolving around the events transpiring.
  
  Their hunt sent them down the path towards something known as the “Steel Clock”.  They discovered they would need an invite, something a man named Papa Grist promised in return for a small favor: killing a legendary figure known as the Spider Bride.  Setting out with open minds their meeting with the Spider Bride was interrupted once more by the suited-man, who killed her and took something from her chest shortly after she had begun telling them a story.  Returning to Grist with her head they were given a cash reward, a chance to get their hands on less than legal kit, and an invitation to Gabriel Chase: the manse housing the Steel Clock.
  
  With these things they set out once more to answer their remaining questions before the party around which so much seemed to revolve…
conversations: SublimeShadow:
conversations: human
conversations:  Candaras Wether looks around Papa Grist's bar/arena, stands up, and suggests that the groups finds a place to rest up and check the new gear before the Steel Clock gala begins.
conversations: siegeofjones:
conversations: human
conversations:  Constantine Scintillis stares skeptically at the invitation, muttering under his breath about Emperor-be-damned Chaos languages and the Widowmaker. Satisfied with the ammunition he acquired from Papa Grist, he concurs with Candaras that the group should find shelter before the gala and recuperate before proceeding.
conversations: delappec:
conversations: human
conversations:  Agreeing with the two former companions, Lintilis gestures for Candaras to leave the way.
conversations: RealDGP:
conversations: human
conversations:  The city is an immense place and accommodations range from splendid, to economical, to flea-ridden.  Being in the arena and sporting district you've seen several mid level locations offering rooms in the immediate area.
conversations: SublimeShadow:
conversations: human
conversations:  "I suggest that if, by the Grace of the Emperor, we can find accommodations that won't cost many thrones, but we won't feel unsafe, I would be more than happy with that. In addition, are there any ideas about finding more information about the Harlock family? It irks me that they seem so very involved with the Beast House, the Cold Trade, and the Serrated Query, yet we know so little about them. Constantine, since you probably know how to contact Thorne, would you be willing to update him as to our progress?"
conversations: siegeofjones:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Constantine and I will take to the streets and see what information we can gather about this 'Harlock Family'.  Perhaps you and the princess can secure us a room in the meantime"
conversations: RealDGP: