SculptorThis man appears to belong to a rare variety of psykers — biomancers capable of recovering even from otherwise deadly wounds and diseases.
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"
Sculptor"When I sculpt, Your Celestial Highness, I see people's destinies in the forms I create. The visions that come to me shape not only the stone, but the person's fate as well. Your image was indistinct when it appeared before me, and my work is not yet done. What do you wish to behold?"
YOU"Solomorne, how would you prefer to see me portrayed?"
SolomorneSolomorne, who has been intently scrutinising the sculptor, frowns and hesitates to answer. Noticing your expectant gaze, he sullenly mutters, "I would want it to perfectly match reality." Averting his eyes, he growls, "I don't know about this art of yours."
YOU"Solomorne, how would you prefer to see me portrayed?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The glorious deeds of my future."
SculptorThe sculptor's hands scuttle over the stone like huge metal spiders. Somehow, his sightless gaze envisions the exact version of you that you wish to see. "Your destiny will soon be complete, my lord/lady. I will have it delivered to your starfaring vessel."
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"
Sculptor"A humble creator, the governor's first sculptor, Tavrisk, who has the honour of shaping the destinies of others but not his own." Tavrisk the sculptor turns his head to you, but you see no pupils in his crystal ocular augmetics.
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"
Sculptor"My lord governor calls me a foreteller and creator — others, a wicked sorcerer. But there is no cause for concern: my abilities are sanctioned, and I am pure before the Emperor's celestial eye." He gestures at the tubes on the back of his head, as if to prove the truth of his words.
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"
Sculptor"This is thassertium — a fascinating stone born from the bowels of this planet. Like any other kind, it bends and melts beneath the sculptor's tool, but for the sculpture to come to life in earnest, they must put their very soul into it." One of his hands emerges from behind the statue and gently touches his head, seemingly of its own volition. "The soul, however, obtains calluses the more the sculptor works, and mine has long since become covered in scabs."
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"
Sculptor"Lord Ruoldo had my limbs replaced before he took me from my home planet. It was so long ago, I have since forgotten what my land is like to the touch."
SculptorThe sculptor's mechanical arms are pierced by sticky tubes, and the elbow joints have all but worn down. It must have been a decade since these implants were last serviced. Such neglect often poses a serious threat to the person's life, and yet, the old man's skin looks relatively healthy in the spots where flesh and metal meet.
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"
SculptorHis mouth stretches into a cryptic smile. "I have made thousands of statues for Ruoldo, but Thassera's stone flesh can never seem to sate his great ambitions."
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]
SculptorThe old sculptor once more turns his unseeing gaze to the patterns in the stone before him.
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YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
SculptorThe blue veins of the statue flare faintly under your gaze. The stone undoubtedly possesses psy-focus properties, allowing the old man to concentrate warp energies in it and amplify them.
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
Sculptor(sequence)
Idira"Lord Captain, all that about the soul? That wasn't a metaphor, you know. This one channels his own mind through the stone and then sees what comes of it. You should be careful around this sorcerer — I don't like how my whispers have taken a fancy to him."
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Heinrix"Hmm... he carves his works using the psyker abilities he is cursed with. An astonishingly frivolous application of warp powers."
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Sculptor(sequence)continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All that I am accomplishing in the present."
SculptorThe sculptor's hands scuttle over the stone like huge metal spiders. Somehow, his sightless gaze perceives exactly those details of your appearance that you are proud of the most. "Your destiny will soon be complete, my lord/lady. I will have it delivered to your celestial vessel."
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"This is ludicrous! You do not decide my destiny. Nor do I need a monument."
Sculptor"As Your Celestial Highness desires. However, there is no escaping your fate." The old man shrugs, his worn augmetics creaking.
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The glorious deeds of my future."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All that I am accomplishing in the present."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"This is ludicrous! You do not decide my destiny. Nor do I need a monument."continues where this line first appears above
SculptorThere is no embellishment in the old man's words — he shares a special bond with his creations, one that you can sense as clearly as any other breath of the warp.
YOU"Solomorne, how would you prefer to see me portrayed?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The glorious deeds of my future."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All that I am accomplishing in the present."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"This is ludicrous! You do not decide my destiny. Nor do I need a monument."continues where this line first appears above
Sculptor(sequence)
IdiraIdira clutches her head and wheezes: "Be wary when toying with destiny. What gives a boon now will come back to collect later. So may the opposite be true — to harvest sweet fruits in the future, one must first drink one's fill of bitter things. Watch your words!"
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Heinrix"These musings on destinies and fates remind me of a heretical cult that has been plaguing the von Valancius domain of late... Your visions, sculptor, are whispers of the warp." Heinrix glares ominously at the old man.
Sculptor"I have passed through the halls of the Black Ship. My Celestial Lord/Lady may be certain that my creations bear no evil within them. Tell me, what do you wish to see shaped in stone?"
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Sculptor(sequence)continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
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SculptorThat this old man has not yet rotted alive is an incredible stroke of luck.
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
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Sculptor(no text)
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SculptorThe sculptor's mechanical hands crawl over the rough stone, their many-jointed metal fingers remaining in constant motion. Even now, you recognise your own features in the unfinished piece — it seems someone commissioned a statue of you the moment you set foot on the planet. The old man turns his wrinkled face to you, and you see crystals where his eyes should be. "Is my Celestial Lord/Lady here to gaze upon his/her destiny? Alas, my creation is not yet complete."
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
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SculptorThe old man whispers without taking his eyes off the stone, "The sculpture is not quite ready yet."
YOU"I am here to look at the sculpture. What has my destiny got to do with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I do not quite understand. Are you a psyker?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What can you tell me about this material you are working with?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your hand augmetics are most impressive. Such implants are impossible to come by on a feudal world. Where are you from?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Did you capture the governor's destiny in sculpture too?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above