Another one bites the dust

We arrived on Malfi. I don't think I've been here before. We smuggled some weapons and other gear through customs. Dekko and Sham handled it, they're pretty good at that stuff. I think.

We met Inquisitor Khan's lead on Malfi, Scarlet. We have met before, I'm pretty sure. We were installed in a hotel. It was nice, a bit too nice (too many opportunities for sin). Scarlet had managed to insinuate herself into the Masqued (bad people) at a "pretty low level" (not sure if she lives on a lower level of the Hive or what).We were going to a party hosted by these Masqued people. Some allies of ours were going along with us. If we had the chance, we would KILL Myrcella there (All Glory to The Emperooooor!!). But probably not.

The party was horrible. There was food, which was good. There were drinks, which were laced with some type of drug - obviously Scab and Sham drunk without shame. Scarlet did too. After dinner, there was "entertainment". There was a murder room, where a horrible little goblin creature (Myrcella's) killed lots of poor slaves. There was a....a...."physical" room where again, Scab and Sham did shameless things. I really wonder how Inquisitor Khan can trust these people AT ALL.

The most disturbing thing was how Sham joined Myrcella (or "Estelle" as she called herself) herself in a private room without even thinking about it. I felt compelled to enter his mind in case she did something to him. I am glad I have my knife to distract myself. The things that went on in that room...

I argued that we should attack the foul succubus at once, while we had the chance. The rest were cowards and obviously too compelled to revel in their own base pleasures to comply. So we wimped out. I was almost tempted to take Myrcella on on my own, but even I am not powerful enough for that (or so I thought, see later!).

We retreated at the end of the party without really learning anything. After a few days, we were all in the hotel suite when there was a knock at the door. Everyone was very alert, so we hid while I opened the door with telekinesis. That was smart. Outside, there was a servitor with a package for us - a package that went BOOOOOOM! I was almost killed, and others were hurt too. The entire floor was almost leveled. We ran away, except for Sham and Dekko who stayed behind to talk with the Judge who arrived. Dekko noticed someone staring at us from across the street...one of Myrcella's cadre. Not sure what happened, but they came back to us after a day and mumbled something about the Rosette.

Naturally, we upped security. We also discussed how we should approach killing Myrcella now. We decided to try to breach another party, but it would be hard. Either that, or wait for Scarlet to get to a higher level in the Masqued to host her own party. Ideally, we wouldn't be killed in the meantime.

While we waited for Scarlet to try to find a way for us to massacre Myrcella, we waited. Scarlet contacted us, and told us that Sham was sabotaging security on his watch. Dekko followed him one night. I was not surprised (well ok, a little) to learn what he was doing: he was killing people, tearing out their hearts and having orgies with Myrcella. It seems she infected him in some way, which would explain why his wound was tainted and didn't heal properly.

We discussed what to do. Obviously, we could kill Sham (no one else agreed with me), or we could try to help him. I researched a bit about what Myrcella could be. It turned out she was probably some type of seductress Warp being, big surprise there. Evidently, after infection she could control her victims without fail. So our clever tech-priest set out to find an antidote, with the help of some local tech-priests. Evidently he's a very big deal in those circles, which doesn't surprise me much. He's the most brilliant man (?) I've ever met.

Naturally, Kaid succeeded without too much trouble. It was decided we would follow Sham the next night and attack Myrcella and her cronies. Kaid would activate the de-binding formula (applied through nano machines while he cleaned Sham's wound) when we attacked. A brilliant plan, and finally we would kill this evil, soulless bitch and her pitiful psyker cadre.

Scarlet felt like bringing some back-up, so we recruited 7-8 Guardsmen from our ally Pontius (noble big-wig) who were known for their psychic strength (most wise). We followed Sham, who went to the same abandonded temple. Dekko, Scarlet and I were to attack from above, while the rest rushed in from the front. We were slightly hampered by the little goblin, but Dekko and I scurried around him while Scarlet held him off. And the attack was on!

Not too surprisingly, Myrcella's psykers were no match for us when they weren't prepared. Myrcella, however, played the chicken card. She performed a short ritual and summoned some kind of barrier made of blood and bones. We didn't dare try to penetrate it at once, and in the meanwhile, Myrcella opened a portal and disappeared inside. Sham was freed and tried to grab her, but failed. Afterwards, we killed the remaining psykers pretty fast.

What a failure! Scarlet used her connections to see if Myrcella had fled like the coward she was. Sure enough, she was nowhere to be found. After a day or so, we decided to enter the castle where she lived as Estelle to see if there was anything of note in her living area. And indeed there was! A portal was hidden there...which led to another dimension of some sort. Space seemed weirdly disconnected and warped here, which would make shooting harder for the rest.

After some fooling around, we found the way ahead. It was a long corridor, space warped, and at the end some sort of guardian daemon. We killed it pretty quickly, heh. Beyond it was a great gold door, inlaid with cryptic, Demonic writings. We opened the door, and inside we finally found Myrcella ready for a fight. Not surprisingly, her true form was hideous and very killable [husker ikke helt hvordan hun så ut...]. She also had four HUGE dog-beings as guardians.

The fight was very hard and long. Without the hand of the Emperor protecting us, we would surely have perished against the the seductress and her pets. In the end, we managed to kill off the dogs, but most of us were close to dying and Myrcella was unharmed. I decided to spend the last of my power to try to finish her in the name of the Emperor with a banishing. Pouring all my powers and channeling the Warp more directly than I ever had, I flung Myrcella into the Warp whence she came, torn asunder by the powers there. Surely I was guided by Orendell or one of the many other saints since I escaped unscathed by the Warp. We had won!

We found some data slates in Myrcella's possession as well. Evidently, the dark Magos Ephantus was pretty close to finishing the portal needed to summon the Tyrant Star - only 3-9 months was left. They did not seem to concerned with Vestra's disappearance, but were evidently not aware that we were the perpetrators.

Luckily, Sham was free from the taint of Myrcella once she died. He did not accompany us in the strike, which was most fortunate since he probably would have been controlled easily. As it was, I had to stop Dekko from killing the rest of us already.

And that was the end of that!