Warhammer, Rogue Trader Notes

The back and forth conversion of beliefs is prone to heresy and the soil of chaos.

It is difficult for missionaries like Jorus Marquette to stabilize their missionary achievements. As for other missionaries, their missionary roads are often paved with their own blood.

It is not uncommon for missionaries to be killed by aborigines, but whether it is an empire or a rogue, the death of a few missionaries will not cause the so-called excommunication and jihad.

Otherwise, the empire's expedition would be like burning glass all over the universe.

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"Remulle, do you think...does the local belief in the priest king involve chaos?" Siegel asked Remulle as he walked.

"At present, there is no such sign." Remulle replied that a kind of demihuman used psychic power to control the local residents. This matter is indeed heresy in the empire, but in the expanded area, they still belong to the objects that can be fought for.

The state religion has a very high tolerance for these human planets that do not accept the Orthodox belief.

Siegel recalled the missionary's performance in the palace. He just prayed devoutly, instead of directly declaring the Supreme Emperor and excommunicating the priest king.

That shows that he still feels that there is still a way to solve the problem of Valpolius' belief. The reason why he didn't speak in the palace is probably because he didn't want the Rogue Trader to get involved in this matter.

The relationship between Rogue Traders and missionaries is somewhat delicate, and missionaries rely on Rogue Traders' ships to travel to various planets to preach.Rogue traders also rely on missionaries to maintain the morale of sailors and to protect the sailors' mental state during voyages in the warp.

But when it comes to the business of the two parties, the rogue trader and the missionary sometimes hate each other, and their mutual behavior may bring great trouble to each other's work.

It is entirely conceivable that the ruler of the planet on this side converted to the state religion under the persuasion of the missionaries, and the rogues on the other side plundered most of the local population in the name of the empire.

Here, the rogue traders negotiated a price with the local ruler to prepare a deal, while the missionaries started a religious war there.

Among them, the more typical ones are the disciples of Aleinkov. Ever since Nadin was deceived by the rogue, her disciples have maintained a resistant attitude towards the rogue.

This can also be regarded as a manifestation of the crazy internal friction between various departments of the empire.

But then again, Siegel had to get involved with the issue of Wapolius’ belief. Some aborigines and rogues didn’t care about the missionary’s mouth, but Siegel couldn’t help it.Once the news that Siegel prevented the missionaries from working spreads back to the Calixis sector, there is likely to be a rift between him and a certain state religion faction, and the cooperation and mutual trust between the two parties will eventually fall apart because of this rift.

Besides, there are too many forces on his ship belonging to the state religion background. The missionaries may be able to accept this kind of stubborn human survivors, but the opinions of the battle nuns and fanatics are not so easy to resolve.

There is also a group of White Silk Cult assassins on his lower deck.

There is nothing wrong with the behavior of Priest King Ansai in a certain sense. He hopes to use the rogue traders who are also part of the empire to solve the problem of missionaries, so that both parties can make a living.

But the crux of the problem is that he found the wrong person.

Anyone who appeared here today is not Siegel or Jon Kunsol, in order to get the well water in Glass City, they will "solve" this matter in the way of rogue traders.

Siegel's position left him with no choice. He could only help the missionaries solve the problem of Vapolius' belief, and at the same time, "solve" his own goods problem in the way of rogue traders.

[Priest King Ansai, from your point of view, you have shown a lot of sincerity, but unfortunately, I can only show you the solution of the rogue traders. 】

Siegel observed the local technological level and armed forces while walking. The political system and culture of Vapolius had degenerated to the feudal era, and the military level was only equipped with some basic laser weapons.

[Those psykers may be a problem... I should go to the missionaries to find out. 】

Siegel soon came to the caravan station in Glass City. These merchants in the desert may know where the missionaries are stationed.

It is even possible that Cleos had some connection with those missionaries.

Under the guidance of the servant, Siegel found the location of Keleos, he knocked on the door, and then walked into Keleos' room.

"Your Excellency Siegel." Cleos seemed to be reading a book. After noticing that Siegel came in, he put the book away and looked at Siegel. Judging from his expression, he was very impressed with Siegel so quickly. I was surprised when I came to visit myself, "I haven't found the guide you want yet. What happened to you coming to me so quickly?"

"There are indeed some things, Keleos." Siegel was not polite to the other party, and said directly: "There are a group of missionaries from the empire near this city. Do you know where they are stationed?"

Keleos was stunned for a moment, and he thought for a while before saying to Siegel: "I do know that there is such a group of people, and they are stationed about [-] kilometers outside the city of Laendan. What do you ask them to do?" ?”

"Arrange a guide for me, I need to meet these people." Siegel directly explained the purpose of coming to Keleos, and handed some throne coins to the other party.

Cleos looked at the small pile of throne coins, and he shouted outside: "Hayu!"

A person came in from the outside, and Siegel noticed that the other person was the person who had eavesdropped on his conversation with Kleos before. He noticed that the person's whole body was wrapped in fabric, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

It is not known how he ate.

"Your Excellency Siegel wishes to go to the missionary station outside the city, please help guide the way." Keleos told the other party, "Be nicer, Your Excellency Siegel is my friend."

The other party didn't speak, just nodded, stared at Siegel for a while, and then pointed outside with his finger.

Volume [-] Pearl of Fear: Chapter [-] The Unquenchable Thirst

Under the leadership of Hayu, Siegel's team left the city of Landan, and Keleos generously lent Siegel a part of Mukali for trekking in the desert.

Siegel led the team outside Landan City, heading towards the place where the missionaries were. Now the local time has begun to enter the evening, and the temperature in the desert has gradually dropped.

The expected arrival time is probably early tomorrow morning, and they need to rest and camp in the desert.

On the way, Siegel planned to have some conversations with the caravan member named Hayu, but the other party did not respond.

Siegel thought about the bits and pieces along the way, and he always felt that something was wrong. It seemed that the information he received in his mind contained contradictory content, so that everything could not have a reasonable explanation.

But he couldn't remember what went wrong.

This made him feel a little uncomfortable.

An accident quickly interrupted Siegel's thinking.

On the way forward, when the setting sun has not exhausted its last ray of light.On the sand dunes on the side of their advancing direction, a black shadow rushed towards Siegel's team.

Sombra looks like a human figure.

Hayu seemed to recognize what it was. He picked up the old light gun and kept shooting at the opponent, and kept making gestures to Siegel's team.

Siegel nodded slightly, and the Rogue Trader team started shooting at the shadow.

As the human-shaped shadow got closer and closer to them, Siegel noticed that it was indeed a person, although the wind, sand and sunlight had roasted the crawling human's body until it was blackened, and part of the flesh had fallen off, exposing the white bones in the body.

It stretched out its hand and walked towards Siegel's team, even light guns and bullet rain could not stop it.

Eventually, bolters and lasguns tore the thing apart.After seeing the black shadow lying motionless on the ground, Haru began to lead the team forward, and his pace of leading the way became faster.

This made Siegel a little strange, including the members of the dynasty who were a little curious about the black shadow they killed.That thing looks scary, but laser guns and explosive bombs seem to be able to deal with this kind of thing. All the so-called fears come from the lack of firepower, and everyone more or less wants to know what that thing is.

But seeing the guide leading the way without saying a word, it might not be a good thing to be left behind or get lost in this desert, and everyone continued to move towards their destination.

After walking for about a few kilometers, the sky was completely dark, and they needed lighting to guide their way forward, using auspicious instruments and starlight.

Just when Siegel thought Haru was going to take his team to the missionary's camp in the dark, the guide finally stopped.

He gestured for everyone to start camping.

A simple camp for 30 people to rest was set up, and Siegel and the others lit a bonfire with the prepared fuel.

After a tiring day, everyone sitting around the campfire felt a burst of relief.

Siegel looked at the moisture on his coat. The climate of Vapolius is not completely devoid of living things.Like common deserts, there are small plants that are unique to deserts here, and those small creatures that come out at night and live by relying on the dew that condenses on the leaves.

The soldiers began to eat their own dry food, and Siegel also ate the food in the ration pack with the main members of the dynasty.Sintila Fusiliers' ration packs are guaranteed both in terms of quality and taste.

Siegel noticed that Hayu hid aside, as if he was tinkering with something wrapped around his face. What he was holding in his hand was the local special "food" of Vapolius, a few dried lizards.Siegel walked over with his ration pack, and handed the heated ration pack to Hayu.

The ration pack contained a mixture of grains, some kind of beans, and meat, with a strong aroma.

The other party let out a low growl at Siegel as if frightened. The weird movement and fangs in his mouth declared that he was a mutant.

Fortunately, the sound was not loud, and no one noticed his situation here.

Siegel was prepared for Hayu's situation, seeing Hayu's weird appearance, he just had a genuine expression, and handed him the ration pack in his hand.

No matter how much the empire loathes and rejects mutants, they are all part of the society of the empire, especially in the expansion area.

Siegel's attitude towards mutants is the same. They are just one of the many misfortunes Siegel has seen.They are often used by cultists, wizards, and gang members. The difference from mainstream society makes it easy for these people to breed heresy.

Maybe there's an extremely loyal mutant there, maybe there is.But Siegel hasn't seen it yet, and the mutants who died in his hands are probably no less than the normal people who died in his hands.

However, for mutants like Haru who at least seem to be useful to him at present, Siegel doesn't mind giving some of his "goodwill" to the other party.

Seeing Hayu baring his teeth at himself, Siegel unmoved and sent the food in his hand to the other party.In the end, the other party accepted Siegel's kindness and took the food.

Siegel, on the other hand, took a lizard from the opponent's hand with a little curiosity.

Hmm... He estimated that the high probability of being able to bite this thing is a mutant.

"What did we meet on the road?" Looking at Hayu who was wolfing down the ration pack, Siegel tried to communicate with his guide.

In order to make the atmosphere of the conversation relaxed, he sat down directly beside Hayu, his tongue and fingers were wrestling with an extremely tough muscle fiber stuck between his teeth.

Haru paused, writing a low Gothic word in the sand with the handle of the utensil.

"He who does not quench his thirst."

After that, he stopped talking to Siegel.

After making fun of it, Siegel got up and returned to his position, split the remaining lizards and handed them to soldiers or dynasty members who wanted to try.

One unlucky guy had a piece of tooth broken by a lizard, and the state of camping seemed a lot easier because of this episode.

And on their way, fragments of the humanoid began to vibrate slightly, rolling and gathering together.Soon, these fragments were reassembled into a humanoid creature, running continuously in the desert with a roar.

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On the second day, when the sun just rose, Siegel's team had already arranged their equipment and continued to move towards their destination.

When Siegel came to the missionary stronghold, the so-called residence was just a simple building built with stones by a few missionaries and the locals who were persuaded by them to convert to the emperor.

It looks like just one round of orbital bombing would be enough to destroy everything that was ever here.

Volume 270 Pearl of Fear: Chapter [-] Missionary Camp

When Siegel walked into the missionary camp, compared with the missionaries on other planets, the missionary camp here can also be called simple.

A simple shelter made of stone and wood, from the layout point of view, this shelter can barely guarantee that these people will not be roasted to pieces by the hot sun.

Siegel noticed that on one side of the camp there was an expensive-looking tent being propped up, and the wind and sand had almost destroyed the decoration on the tent, just making it a little more conspicuous in this camp.

In this courtyard, there is a simple high platform built of stones for preaching to missionaries.

The decorations of the state religion and the small shrine of the gods and emperors were arranged on the side behind the high platform, and a missionary in bulletproof armor and simple clothes was cleaning the courtyard.

The living conditions of the members of the state religion are very different. The high-ranking clerics of the state religion usually have luxurious palace residences, and use brocade and finery clothes and jewelry to demonstrate their devotion to the emperor and their own status.And those missionaries at the bottom of the church usually only have an ordinary religious robe, self-defense weapons, and various items that symbolize the emperor and the state religion, roaming in the sea of ​​stars.

There are indeed about dozens of planet natives and these missionaries living in this camp. This kind of crude environment is really hard to call life.

Before the temperature rose in the early morning, a missionary was leading the locals in the morning class of religious preaching against the rising sun, probably talking about how much sacrifice the emperor had made for mankind.Generally speaking, how great the God Emperor is, how great the empire is, and encourage them to believe that the Emperor is the only savior of the suffering life on this planet. The reason why there has been no water here is because you do not believe in the God Emperor.

Probably something like this.

The arrival of Siegel's team did not attract the attention of the missionaries in the camp, and these missionaries were concentrating on their lessons.

Interrupting the religious ceremony of these believers is a great offense to them. Siegel just bypassed the preaching crowd and went to the other side of the god emperor's shrine to do a basic prayer.

Remulle, Sister Battle, and the more fanatical soldiers prayed together behind Siegel, while others began to take over the defense here.

What was more surprising was that Haru also followed them to pray in front of the God Emperor's shrine.

The courtyard is filled with the smell of incense used in state church prayers. In a sense, the incense is similar to the holy water of Vapolius, mainly used to calm the inner restlessness of prayers. This smell will not be recognized by ordinary people. Blown away by the breeze.

When the prayer ceremony was over, Siegel stood up from the ground and saw a missionary watching them as uninvited guests who came to the missionary camp.

He was wearing a simple priest's robe, with a common flak armor on the outside, a sky eagle pendant hanging around his neck, and a pair of simple straw sandals that looked like they were woven from local plants.There is a chainsaw sword and a laser gun on the waist for self-defense, which is also a common configuration for missionaries.

"Welcome, believer of the Emperor." The missionary gave an eagle salute to Siegel's team, and they also saluted each other, "I am a disciple of Marquette missionary, you can call me Priest Luke."

"Hello, Priest Luke, I am the leader of the Foster dynasty, Siegel Foster. During the exploration here, I heard that there is a missionary of the state religion active on this planet, so I came here have a look."

"Welcome, Master Foster, my student once took your ship to wander in the expanded area, and he liked the atmosphere of your dynasty. The last time we met, he still missed the years on your ship. The comparison with other Rogue Traders' subordinates is even more so."

"Because of some dynasty interests, I left the expansion area. The other rogue traders in the expansion area are devout believers of the God Emperor just like me. It doesn't matter whose ship they take."

"Your humility is commendable." Priest Luke made a gesture of invitation to Siegel and others, "Suffering is also a part of the missionary process, and it is a godsend that he can enjoy a pleasant missionary time under your protection." The emperor's gift, losing it is naturally the test of the god emperor."

Siegel and the main members of the dynasty followed the missionary to the "lobby" room in their residence, and sat down around a simple oval table.

The smell of incense inside the room is even more intense. On the simple bookshelves on both sides are many works of the state religion, and on the main seat in front of the table, an unfinished manuscript is quietly placed on it.

Priest Luke put away the manuscripts on the table, and asked the accompanying monks to pour water for the members of the Foster dynasty who were already seated.

Siegel saw that the water in the glass was slightly yellow, and took a sip. The water here was bitter and astringent, and it didn't feel like the holy water in the city at all.

But he felt a little relieved, and drank the water in the glass in one gulp.

"Where does your water come from?" Putting down the cup, Siegel took the lead in asking the missionaries about their water source.

"This used to be a relic of the ancestors. My companions and I found a dry well here. There is some water in it that can barely meet the needs of this camp." Priest Luke answered Siegel's doubts, "Look at you The direction you came from, you should have come from Raendan City?"

"That's right." Siegel admitted the other party's statement: "I also heard about your existence from the mouth of the priest king of Ansai, and I also saw another missionary belonging to you."

"It's Priest Falco, who was imprisoned in his glass palace by the Priest King Ansai." Priest Luke explained to Siegel about the missionary group, "He entered the city of Landan before trying to spread the word of the emperor. The glory of the Emperor, but the locals rejected the belief of the Emperor and imprisoned him."