Divine Intervention
The bells did not ring on Apate V. The shrines were covered in black cloth, the preachers silent in their pulpits. Even the famed Novum Choir simply droned sorrowful dirges…
The Debate
It was the beginning of the third round of the fourth bout, the penultimate discourse being held that day in the packed nave of the Cathedral of the Inevitable Sacrifice,…
Liberation
On Holy Terra, the cradle of humanity, there were a thousand libraries. These vast repositories seemed to stretch out endlessly, filled with the accumulated records and learnings of the God-Emperor’s…
Monachopsis
There is a thudding from the basement again. Obed sighs and leans back in his chair with a rusty squeak. He knows the noise well, but he tries not to…
Make Belief
The two clergymen stood before the tall diamantine door of Saint Inoritas’s reliquary chamber in the lower vaults beneath the great cathedral.‘Dear friend, you have our most heartfelt gratitude for…
Necessary Evils
221.989.M41Arch-Bishop Faustinius Uriah, Ecclesiarchal Representative and Governor of Orthorga Primus, frowns as he stares at the scroll in his hands. ‘A problem,’ he says, fingers drumming on his desk. ‘But not…
The Cull
As she walked beneath the tall marble halls of Aegis, residence of House Strategos, Sister Lepida decided that Canoness Ismene had done quite well for herself. The Strategos had been…
The Emperor’s Faithful
‘T’ was the last letter Agnes drew with her quill. She indulged herself for a moment as she regarded her work.‘Si hoc legere potes, nimium scis et occidi oportet,’ was…
Exitus Ultima
She ran, there was nothing else she could do. She was no mighty Sororitas, no fiery confessor, not even a strong enforcer of the Frater Militia. She was but a…
Ladon XB-6
I Sleep was sporadic at the best of times. An affliction that, Rouj de Hautevoyle concluded, was a consequence of prolonged interstellar travel. Whilst he had acclimatised to the boredom, the…