FarseerYou see a contorted, agony-racked Aeldari — or, more accurately, something that resembles one. Dozens of scars and sutures cover its face, the sight of its misaligned joints moving under its skin makes your stomach turn, and its singular eye looks devoid of sanity. And yet, as you examine the creature's tattered clothes, you can still recognise, albeit with some difficulty, the ceremonial raiment of a Farseer.
Farseer"At last... my deliverance. Mon-keigh? The disgrace. The humiliation of falling at the hand of a lesser creature... Enough. The anticipation of this moment is all that has allowed me to retain a vestige of reason. End me now."
YOU"Who are you?"
Farseer"A hollow shell forced into servitude. Every thread of my being calls out to me, urging me to claim your lives, only stopped by the fading remnants of my former self. Quickly. I demand that you give my death to me and break the shackles of this nightmare." The Farseer's crooked fingers reach for his temples — and now you notice the sinister-looking device on his head.
IdiraIdira freezes, her eyes locked on the familiar translucent threads of the psy-stifler coiled in sickening patterns around the Aeldari's temples like a crystal vice.
Idira"No. It's not fair. Is this my salvation? Are you telling me I escaped bloody Commorragh just to put that thing back on my head willingly?" Dismayed, she keeps looking between you and the xenos.
YOU"So what are you?"
Farseer"Tervantias's plaything. The master used me... by means of that which now entangles my mind and bends me and my powers to its will. I am the tool that conceals this lair from prying eyes with the energies of the veil. Had the mon-keigh seer not heard my pleas for help... you never would have found me."
YOU"So what are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your pleas for help?"
FarseerThe Aeldari doubles over in an anguished paroxysm, his voice ringing like a taut string. "My silent cries pierced the veil and sent visions of this prison beyond its walls. They carried with them all my dreams of deliverance and liberation. Is that not the reason for your coming?"
IdiraIdira bursts out laughing, her voice hoarse and hysterical. "Oh, this half-baked guff is killing me. What, does that mean it wasn't my own salvation I saw in my dreams, it was this half-dead xenos's 'deliverance'? Come off it! Don't you buy any of this crap, Lord Captain, he's just trying to mess with our heads!"
Farseer"I have no reason to lie to you, mon-keigh. However, your beliefs are of no matter. You are already here, which means I will finally die."
YOU"So what are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your pleas for help?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The Haemonculus is dead. You are free."
FarseerThe xenos tries to let out a laugh. "I have not been given permission. The master is dead? Then I am compelled to kill his executioners."
YOU"So what are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your pleas for help?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The Haemonculus is dead. You are free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All I need is the implant on your head. Give it to me, and I shall set you free."
FarseerThe Aeldari hisses and howls, his crooked fingers tearing his ragged robes apart. "It is too late! My mind is poisoned. My soul is marred. I do not know for what purpose you need this cursed machine, mon-keigh, but if your mind carries a shred of reason, then destroy it along with me."
IdiraIdira suddenly leans forward. Anger and desperation are written all over her face. "Not a chance, xenos! That thing, that... psy-stifler, it will save my life! You... you're just weak, that's why you can't handle it!"
Farseer"Naive child. You would condemn yourself to a fate of true horror. Heed me when I say there are things far worse than death."
YOU"So what are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your pleas for help?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The Haemonculus is dead. You are free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All I need is the implant on your head. Give it to me, and I shall set you free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What makes this device so dangerous?"
Farseer"It hides the soul within the warp from the spawn of Chaos without severing its connection to realspace. And it slowly consumes the soul. Day after day the soul erodes and withers until nothing remains but emptiness."
Idira"Is that right? You certainly talk a lot for someone who's supposed to be empty. Before all this, you must have never shut up!"
Farseer"I... spent aeons harnessing my gift. I guided... an entire world. My gaze... pierced the future, looking epochs ahead. And even I am... at my limit, clinging desperately to the meagre relics of what I once called my soul just to speak another word. Who gave you the audacity to think you will fare any better?"
YOU"So what are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your pleas for help?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The Haemonculus is dead. You are free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All I need is the implant on your head. Give it to me, and I shall set you free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What makes this device so dangerous?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall grant you a swift death."
Farseer"Let it be so."
FarseerThe Farseer rises from his knees in a jerking motion, like a broken marionette, and takes a step toward you with glassy eyes. His frail fingers move as if tugged by invisible strings, and the mutilated bodies of the twisted creatures in the tanks start convulsing synchronously. In frightening unison, their unblinking eyes shift to you.
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YOU"I shall kill you for the sole reason that I enjoy killing xenos."
Farseer"Let it be so."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will not take your life. Farewell."
Farseer"I will not give you another choice, mon-keigh."
FarseerThe Farseer rises from his knees in a jerking motion, like a broken marionette, and takes a step toward you with glassy eyes. His frail fingers move as if tugged by invisible strings, and the mutilated bodies of the twisted creatures in the tanks start convulsing synchronously. In frightening unison, their unblinking eyes shift to you.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall grant you a swift death."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall kill you for the sole reason that I enjoy killing xenos."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will not take your life. Farewell."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What makes this device so dangerous?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall grant you a swift death."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall kill you for the sole reason that I enjoy killing xenos."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will not take your life. Farewell."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All I need is the implant on your head. Give it to me, and I shall set you free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What makes this device so dangerous?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall grant you a swift death."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall kill you for the sole reason that I enjoy killing xenos."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will not take your life. Farewell."continues where this line first appears above
Farseer(sequence)
Ulfar"I have never been merciful to xenos. I have no desire to start now. Let him suffer until death claims him."
Jae"He was tortured by the same xenos who held you captive and brutally murdered your friends. You are comrades in misfortune in a way. Don't you have any sympathy for him at all?"
Ulfar"Comrades? What in the kraken's arsehole are you talking about?" Ulfar shakes his head, perplexed. "I am a descendant of the Allfather, and he is a vile inhuman. Compare me with a knife made of honest plasteel, broken in the Haemonculus's hand, and you will find more similarities than I have with this wretch. He can suffer — you can see that he is no commoner, so he has no doubt done his share of vile deeds in his life."
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YOU"The Haemonculus is dead. You are free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All I need is the implant on your head. Give it to me, and I shall set you free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What makes this device so dangerous?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall grant you a swift death."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall kill you for the sole reason that I enjoy killing xenos."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will not take your life. Farewell."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your pleas for help?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The Haemonculus is dead. You are free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All I need is the implant on your head. Give it to me, and I shall set you free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What makes this device so dangerous?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall grant you a swift death."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall kill you for the sole reason that I enjoy killing xenos."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will not take your life. Farewell."continues where this line first appears above
FarseerTranslucent threads coil in strange, sickening patterns around the Aeldari's temples, sinking into the skin on his face, neck, and clavicles. In the dim, cold light of the laboratory, the device resembles glistening carrion worms that are mercilessly drinking the xenos's mind dry.
IdiraIdira gives you a puzzled glance. "I think... that's what we're here for. I can barely see this xenos's aura in the warp. Must be the work of that thing on his head."
YOU"So what are you?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your pleas for help?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The Haemonculus is dead. You are free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"All I need is the implant on your head. Give it to me, and I shall set you free."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What makes this device so dangerous?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall grant you a swift death."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I shall kill you for the sole reason that I enjoy killing xenos."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will not take your life. Farewell."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Draw your weapon] "I cannot deny the request of one who is in torment."
IdiraIdira interposes herself between you and the xenos. "No, Lord Captain, wait! Look!" She points a shaking hand at the Aeldari's head.
IdiraIdira freezes, her eyes locked on the familiar translucent threads of the psy-stifler coiled in sickening patterns around the Aeldari's temples like a crystal vice.continues where this line first appears above
FarseerTranslucent threads coil in strange, sickening patterns around the Aeldari's temples, sinking into the skin on his face, neck, and clavicles. In the dim, cold light of the laboratory, the device resembles glistening carrion worms that are mercilessly drinking the xenos's mind dry.continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Draw your weapon] "It will be my pleasure to end a vile xenos!"
IdiraIdira interposes herself between you and the xenos. "No, Lord Captain, wait! Look!" She points a shaking hand at the Aeldari's head.continues where this line first appears above
Farseer(sequence)
YrlietYrliet takes a quivering breath. "Who are you? I do not recognise you, but your vestments..."
Farseer"A child... of our dead home? I do not remember you. But it gladdens me on the cusp of death to behold a spark... of the Asuryani."