The Valentyne Heresy: A Warhammer 40K RPG

Last episode, the Agents of the Inquisition continued preparing for their next mission alongside the Inquisitork. The Judge continued his ork-ducation and learned about Ork klans and weapon names. Damien continued to experiment with the “green fury” of Ork warp energy and realized there were two schools of xenos psykery: the brutal and the cunning. Solomon discussed his distrust of Morgan’s secrecy with Stevius before ultimately deciding he needed to speak with her. And Morgan found little information on the Blackstone pylon or the Damascus system before she was forced to face the challenges of leadership in a conversation with Solomon. She won him over, but he ended the conversation asking if there were any secrets she was holding back. Will Morgan risk telling Solomon and the others the team is operating under Special Condition? Or will she stay true to her paranoia and make sure they don’t hesitate to follow her?

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Last episode, the Agents of the Inquisition began preparing for their next mission alongside the Inquisitork. Morgan worked with Avarice and CL053T to build a hypnomat machine to speed-teach the Judge Ork Kultur and customs. Solomon spent his time training Whistler and finally taught the Kroot Hound basic commands in a way that stuck. But most importantly of all, Damien and the Judge began training alongside the Inquisitork itself. The Judge allowed himself to be battered by the creature before bringing in some combat servitors to really let the Ork release its aggression. Damien, throughout this process, began to identify and get in touch with “the Green Fury” a term he uses to describe Ork psyker effects. He’s already learned a new painful form of Ork healing and how to force people to speak the truth. With only days left before their mission begins - can Damien truly become a Wyrdboy and can the Judge learn how to take over the Inquisitork’s body and become a convincing Warboss?

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Last episode, the Inquisitork was released from its cryopod and the Inquisitorial band were thrust into a battle for dominance. Pushing the Judge to the fore, the rest of the team attempted to assist him in overcoming the creature. Damien ended up heavily injured, but the hierarchy of dominance was established cleanly: Morgan is “Boss Boss” and the Judge is “Da Nob”, under which serves the Inquisitork. Morgan realized Damien would need proximity to the Ork to figure out how the xenos psyker powers work, and with the conflict over and the Inquisitork fed, returned to her quarters. The Judge apologized privately to Morgan for his previous blasphemous statements about the Inquisitor and requested a canine body to repair Rex2 - but Morgan told him he would only receive it after the mission if his work impressed her.

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Last episode, Avarice gave Morgan the information required for her team’s upcoming mission. She learned the Inquisitork was an Ork that had been altered to be loyal to the Inquisition and was currently being thawed out of a cryo-pod onboard the Lucky Strike. She also learned her team’s mission is to convince an ork armada to leave a Blackstone pylon codenamed “Ravenor”. It will be an undercover mission with Damien training alongside the Inquisitork to learn how to act as a “Wyrd Boy”, and the Judge is to use his wraithbone implants to take over the Inquisitork’s body and become Warboss of the Ork forces. Valentyne intended for the Judge to have learned the Ork language, Ork Kultur, Ork weaponry, Ork Psychology and all things Ork during his captivity with Libertine Morwith. However, when Morgan explained this to the team the Judge pulled her aside and admitted he learned nothing during his captivity and made furious statements about the Inquisitor’s incompetence. Morgan promised the Judge future punishment for his heresy and told him HE would be judged after this mission. They returned to  the rest of the team - but before they could talk further the Inquisitork was revived and Morgan now finds herself facing off with a xenos wearing a custom-made Commissar’s uniform in CL053T’s hold. Can the agents of the Inquisition survive meeting their newest teammate?

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Last episode, the Judge finally underwent a dangerous Rejuvenat treatment. Despite CL053T’s lack of experience providing the procedure the Judge fully recovered, though he lost a few of his core memories in the process. Solomon was relieved to see a bit of the Judge’s interest in regicide remained. Relieved by the Judge’s recovery, Morgan went to the chapel and found herself having a heart-to-heart conversation with Damien, who revealed at first his frustrations but eventually his interest in becoming an Interrogator as well. She buoyed his spirits before finding an uneasy rest along with the rest of the team as they travelled through the warp. The next morning, before the others awoke, Morgan decided at Avarice’s prompting that in the future she would call upon Spartacus and his Kroot to help her party instead of sourcing an Imperial Guard regiment. With this decision made Morgan was sent to tell CL053T to wake up the “Inquisitork” which she found deeply concerning.

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Last episode, Solomon went about inviting each member of the core band to welcome Talos Ivo, Stevius Funkhauser and Whistler with a Promethean Secret Ceremony. Each new member of the team revealed their greatest desire and greatest fear (except Whistler who just ate and drank) and Solomon added a seared meat snack to the ceremony to honour the Kroot. After the ceremony Morgan took the Judge to receive rejuvenat treatment, though Solomon hesitantly admitted he preferred the Judge as he was now. Left to themselves, Solomon and Damien had a deep and earnest discussion about faith where neither budged from their position but they both hoped the galaxy was more forgiving than Damien had been taught. Strapped down to receive a full brain rejuvenat in CL053T’s tech bay, the Judge was told to focus on the memory of his family as the pain began. Will the Judge survive this treatment or will Morgan be forced to find a new member for her team?

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Last episode, Morgan had successfully brought the Judge back to the team but realized he was in terrible condition. She made a list of priorities for his treatment, and ordered CL053T to prepare a rejuvenat treatment for the elderly arbitrator. While that was happening Damien took up position in the chapel and created a “purge book” to pour all of his doubts into so he could free his mind of them. Solomon was summoned by the Judge to play regicide and, due to the Judge’s deteriorating condition, Solomon could ask questions freely of the old man and get honest answers - learning that the Judge had far more ethical flexibility (and faith in the Emperor) that even Solomon expected. Morgan returned, bringing the Judge his “Cannon” helm as a temporary replacement for his lost Arbites one. But can they save the Judge’s mind? And will the new members of the team survive their first official meeting with the Arbites?

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Last episode Morgan was invited to meet with Libertine Morwith aboard the Shadow to negotiate the Judge’s return and made the trip solo despite the team’s objections. Solomon and Damien spent their time preparing the Lucky Strike for combat in case the situation deteriorated. In her negotiations Morgan remained cautious, only revealing what she had to, and successfully brought the Judge home - discovering he is in worse condition than she expected. Physically he is strong, but a horrible toll has been taken on his mind and she’s not sure if he can be returned to his former glory.

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Last episode, the Judge was forced to battle his fellow captive Tasha while puppeting the body of an Ork. Victorious, he struck Tasha down and the others swore vengeance against him before enacting a deadly battle of their own. Meanwhile, the rest of the agents returned to the Lucky Strike and introduced Stevius Funkhauser to the rest of the crew. During a brief moment of transition Morgan filed reports about the rest of the team - then Avarice reported they had arrived in a system containing Libertine Morwith’s ship, the Shadow, and the menacing Rogue Trader reached out to negotiate the Judge’s return.

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Last episode, the Judge was slowly losing his mind on the ship of the Rogue Trader Libertine Morwith. His fellow prisoners have been training, learning combat and social skills, becoming more capable and forming bonds between themselves. The Judge, however, refused to partake and was eventually chained up to prevent him from harming himself trying to escape. Now they all face a final test, a battle to the death where they're forced to take over the body of Orks - and the Judge has to participate and fight a woman who he has begun confusing with his granddaughter. Can the Judge survive this final test?

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