Darkest of Heresies

Dramatis Personae

Red: Red is a no nonsense redhead veteran of the Imperial Guard (the Army to which 'casualties in the billions' on a daily basis is... trivial) who was born on a forge world (i.e. A planet that is basically just one massive factory). Suffice to say she's seen some shit, done some shit and been neck deep in all of that shit. It's a bit surprising that she's only somewhat jaded actually. Interestingly she comes from a long line of characters made by her Player who all have names to do with the colour red. And out of all of them she may be the least promiscuous, but saying that, she is the only one to succeed at getting laid. So good for her.

Red is notable for her skill at stabbing things to death with all manner of implements and the ability to operate a ten thousand year old weapon of mass destruction without: A, having read the manual and B, not being able to read any of the old worn buttons on the device (in an age where people don't know the big red button means fire).

Jebediah: Jebediah is a Witch Doctor from a 'Feral World', this walking breathing stereotype has a collection of scattering bones to tell the future and is apparently a Psyker, someone able to draw on the powers of the Immaterium to not only see the future, but warp reality to some extent, detect magical and daemonic entities and a variety of other powerful and undoubtedly useful skills. This comes at great risk however, as Daemons are constantly on the prowl in the Immaterium, eager to devour the souls of any Psyker who is not guarding themselves carefully.

Unfortunately he had an incredible streak of failing to detect psychic presences. For some time his squad mates wondered whether he was actually a magician or not. He was somewhat skilled at telling the future, but this came to everyone's attention after he acquired some new scattering bones from the corpse of a powerful Psyker and fortune teller. Jebediah is best known for his poor luck, and the ability to barely scrape by whenever the going got tough. Also the inability to notice that the party had been transported into the warp. His rolls to detect Psychic and daemonic energy (Psyniscience).

Seriously by the time this 'little' adventure is done with him, there's not a lot of this poor guy left. (Spoilers).

Dwayne 'The Rok' Johnston: An Arbitrator, the closest thing the Warhammer 40,000 universe has to a Police Force. (Think of Judge Dredd, that's the Police in the 40K universe) with a very... unique name. Dwayne IS. THE. LAW. He lives it, he breathes it and he cannot, under any circumstances tolerate Heresy, Law Breaking, Mutants, Demons or Aliens. Of all these the only one he hasn't brutally executed in the name of mankind are aliens, because they are probably wise enough to avoid this hulking enforcer. As you can probably tell, Dwayne is very dedicated to his job, when he isn't bringing justice to the galaxy, he's constantly writing down case notes in one of his many notepads.

Dwayne could in many ways be described as the protagonist, especially if this was a Hollywood film, he's the big tough guy who tends to lead from the front, and he rarely suffers as much as a scratch, coupled with his godly dice rolls and ability to move around silently in what is essentially plate armour, and he's one potent fighter. Plus he dual wields a pair of shotguns, which were eventually modified heavily by his friendly neighbourhood Techpriest (IT guy/Mechanic). These personalised and silenced shotguns proved to be surprisingly useful for silently dispatching heretics, somehow.

If this isn't enough the guy is so tough he found a whip that's essentially made of razor wire and he keeps it wrapped around his gauntlet, and isn't worried about cutting himself on the damn thing. He also doesn't eat on campaign, instead consisting off Cigars and a Flask of nondescript alcohol. Presumably when he isn't on campaign he eats nails, without milk.

Author's note: I thought it important to point out that I did not play Dwayne, I know it sounds like I'm trying to build him up to be a mighty hero, and he was. But he wasn't mine. Do you think I could come up with such an original name as Dwayne Johnston?