Running a new campaign! Quest for Goliath

Here is the back story to a new campaign I am running, using narrative and matrix elements for 4-6 people at the game store.

Looking forward to seeing how all this plays out.

In the time since the indomintus crusades, the cicatrix maladictum, the rift dividing the imperium santum from the imperium nihlus, has posed a grievous threat to humanity. Astropathic travel has been blocked and the blessed emperors light has been snuffed by the ruinous powers for those in lee of the Warpscar. However even across the most dangerous stretches of space rogue traders continue their intrepid journeys and word of their successes has reached the ear of bureaucratic machine of terra. Whispers of a newly stable warp rift are rumored near the planetary system of Goliath. A rogue trader of some considerable clout, Janus Draik had claimed that he traversed the temporary rift conduit and was been called by the lord commander of the imperium for an audience.

Under the instruction of Roboute Guilliman and Belisarius Cawl an explorator party led by archmagos Xan-Ebos and Janus Draik, was sent to the temporal rift anomaly near the System of Goliath. This system was once a jewel on the eastern fringe providing a staging platform by which the resurgent necron dynasties were kept at bay. Using arcane and forbidden technologies from the dark age of technology, known as the Psychis Simulacra, a temporarily stability has allowed relief to the eastern fringe provided a bulwark against the encroachment of the Warpscar and warp rift channel known as St. Sappho’s Maze, has been stabilized. This development has allowed reliable passage through the great rift bringing hope to untold billions.

After their initial success the daring of the Xan-Ebos and Janus Draik took them on an excursion to trial their success on the world of Maldrasta, but after their departure no signal has been reached. To add to these dark tidings a new fear has arising in the navigator houses who ply the vessels through St. Sappho’s maze.. Readings and sampling by the great navigators houses have found erosion of the stability of the warp fields and surges of blackest ethereum have swallowed supplies and whole convoys of relief vessels heading to the imperium nihlus. Some have suggested that only the return of the Archmagos or Janus Draik can reattune the psychis simularcum and being stability to this turbulent sector of space.

The high lords of terra and the lord commnader have decided that with the threat of vigilus being lost, backchannels to the imperium nihlus must be defended against those who despoil them. An Imperial guard battlefleet as well as the dark angels 5th battle company have been despatched to defend Goliath and secure St. Sappho’s Maze. The temple world of St. Sappho has also been reinforced by a force of adeptus Sororitas to investigate rumors of chaotic cults and the planetary governor; who has been loath to supply the black ships with their tithe. For now St. Sapphos maze is stable but with the imperium’s attention turned toward Vigilus, Goliath needs aid and soon…

The factions will be Imperium

Sisters of battle (order of the blessed Reliquiae)

Dark Angels

Astra millitarum Tallarn

The Dark Powers

Word Bearers

The Denizens of Asphodel

The Plagueborn

Good luck to all the factions