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"STOP. QUOTING. ME." Jb, 2019, quoted in 2022." Roland, 2022, quoted in 2022.
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Merry Yuletide, one and all! Gods bless.
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Greetings,

I am Jb; Briton by birth, roleplayer by my own hand, and lover of literature. I am also an amateur historian, a receiver of a Bachelors degree in Ancient and Medieval History - quite a useless degree, actually - and would like to think that I'm a fair, honest and open guy.

As far as RP'ing goes, I'm pretty open to most things really, all you need to do is ask! :)

So, if you've ever any questions for me, wish to speak about RP's involving myself or run by myself, or simply feel like a chat, don't be afraid to get in touch.

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@Andreyich@NecroKnight@Ollumhammersong

There had been no questions, and so there had been no need to hold back the newcomers from further training - training which would be much more familiar to them than it would have been to any actively serving members of non-Primaris stock.

They were shown their chambers first, simply furnished but housing all that they may need in the form of racks and stnads for weapons and armour, a small chapel, a cot and a cogitator unit for research and the like.

From there they proceeded to be shown about the station- not that there was much to look at, as it was a small and simple structure created for a small group of Deathwatch assests, and not a larger fortress.

Eventually they would find themselves strapped down into Astartes-sized chairs, cables running from various points about the dim-lit one-man chambers to various points throughout their bodies, multiple screens flickering to life before their eyes and the black-robed humans who acted as machine operators insisting that it would all be over quickly.

Before long the entire kill-team was being subjected to hypno-indoctrination concerning information that only the Deathwatch were privy to, about xenos species that outside the Deathwatch went from being mere rumours to being entirely unknown, information that would stick in their subconscious memories even if their wider mind had forgotten.

Time passed quickly and, after innumerable sessions such as these, the squad was given permission to train their bodies as well as their minds...

Several months later...

The 'training area' was small, at least as far as the Astartes present were concerned, shelves of weapons bolted onto all four walls of the expansive room (actually a spare hangar bay commandeered for the purpose) and enough room for all of them to take to the floor if they wished.

Slack-faced servitors looked on nervelessly from their alcoves as Ayuri paced in front of the assembled Primaris, he being the only one clad in armour, the four novices dressed from head-to-toe in form-fitting robes.

"Time to test your mettle, newbloods!" Announced the pale-skinned veteran, a look of almost mirth crossing his usually dour features, "thus far everything has been hypothetical, but now we shall see what you are made of."

"First I shall test you, then we shall introduce an adversary," his finger pointed to two of the assembled Primaris, "Brother Tyros. Brother Kelmorian." Next he pointed to a space behind him, "until first blood, if you please, if you wish to choose a weapon..." his hand drifted to the line of melee weapons on a nearby wall, "...then so be it."

It would be a test of Marine against Marine until first blood was drawn.
I was wondering if you might accept an Abhuman or Mutant?


Yes, I would accept either - Abhumans and Mutants are fine.
Kinda thinking either a House Van Saar tithed guardsman.

Or something more like an Orlock with a mercinary licence and a big ole bike.


Sounds good, as long as you have some way to explain why they'd be on the complete opposite side of the galaxy to Necromunda; if you want to go with someone 'based on' or 'like' the aforementioned then that's all good too.

Would a renegade Astartes be too much for this? Thinking of a Knight of Blood that fucked off when he heard that most of his chapter was headed to Baal to fight Leviathan.


The problem is that I know you could probably write an Astartes without going overboard, so that does made me inclined to say it's fine.

On the other hand, it may well be too much, assuming everyone else goes with more 'human' characters.

I'd also go with someone from an actual renegade Chapter I.E. Relictors, any number of Abyssal Crusade Chapters, a made up one, as the Knights did actually go to Baal and get wiped out - why would a singular Knight just up and leave?

You'd also need to consider, assuming he still had his arms and armour, that eventually he'd run out of ammunition and his armour would likely become too damaged to function properly.

All that said, I'll tell you hwhat (assuming you still wish to go with an Astartes); send me a PM or Discord message outlining motivations and why he's plodding about the Dark Imperium, and we can discuss.

May turn out to be more annoying than it's worth, or could be fine, we shall see.

how about a small time rogue trader that commands the team's conveyance?


I was thinking more that we'd be conveyed by other peoples (NPC probably) transports, ships, etc but you know what? I'd be alright with a small time guy, possibly trying to make his name with little resources and a junkboat, shuttling us around...and you're a more than proven writer that I know I can rely on.

So, yeah, I'd be alright with that.

just how morally unscrupulous will our little gang be? will it be pro imperial enough for some death cultists to join up?


Depending on the characters, we may be pretty morally bankrupt!

I'd be willing to accept anyone short of full-on Chaos worshippers (closet/partial ones are mostly fine), more 'alien' xenos, and blantly shoot-on-sight characters if the player/writer can give a logical reason as to why they're knocking about/falling in with the group.

A death cultist (singular) is perfectly fine, and if you really want more than one - and can write them as such - then that'd be fine too.






One thing I'd like to reiterate is this.

This is a co-operative writing effort with characters that may or may not know one another, in a group of beings that have to get along/be on equal enough footing enough that the plot and effort can go forward without constant questions of 'power levels' and 'rank/hierarchy' between everyone.

Everyone wishes to be their own hero, that's understandable, and some would like to write something more exciting that Bill the Shoemaker from the Underhive, this is also understandable and perfectly acceptable, just remember that if you take the role of a rich and well-connected augmented centuries old high ranking super warrior...well, things will get heated.

We're a wee band of ill-fated fellows (or fellowettes) thrown together by the fact that 200 or so years ago the Eye of Terror ejaculated warp all over the galaxy - planets were isolated by storms, some dragged out of real space entirely, structure and power rose and fell like rain showers, and Chaos dragged itself to a top spot in the Dark Imperium - who may or may not know one another, and who will be called upon to do morally questionable and outright horrific things (probably).

TL;DR

Keep your fellow players in mind when thinking of your own character, keep in mind if things make sense - where they are, why they're there, their past and so on - and that's all really!

I'm usually about, so feel free to Discord or PM me here.

Lastly, if anyone wishes to Co-GM, then I'd happily take on a volunteer or two, as I do intend to keep this RP going for as long as I can.

That is all.
"The Commissar was dead, and our CO too! We had been fighting the very environment itself for Emperor knows how long, I saw twelve good troopers get swallowed by rock...a warp damned rock! I am no coward, but I am just a man, and a saw a chance at freedom - freedom! - and I took it. So shoot me if you have to, but I go to His side knowing that I was in the right.

- Ex-trooper Kortan of the Tarkenton Fusiliers, executed for cowardice and desertion.


The Imperium - and thus most of the known galaxy - has been fractured by the eruption of warp storms from the Eye of Terror, and created a scar that now runs the length of the previously unified realms of mankind. This splitting of the Emperor's domain into the Imperium of Man and the so-called 'Dark Imperium' brings torture, pain and death for many, but for others it brings something which has been lacking in the lives of a great number of Imperial citizens...opportunity.

Under the churning and oppressive wheels of the Imperiums tithes, taxes and everlasting wars, the average citizen would be forced to do something drastic just to make the most of their squalid little lives; with the coming of the cicatrix maledictum such choices have been both taken out of their hands and been expounded upon exponentially.

I am seeking other writers to join with me in a character driven roleplay based around writing and a semi-democratic system - that being that, due to the makeup of our band, their will be no 'leader' to speak of at the beginning - should one arise through IC and OOC discussion and circumstance though, well then that's a different matter.

Our roles within this RP will be those of a group/band/cluster/syndicate etc of extraordinary ordinary characters, like those you might find in a Rogue Trader or Inquisitorial setting but much more on the mercenary side of things.

The choices are pretty inexhaustible in most cases, ranging from the deserter or veteran of the Guard, to a simple village doctor, to a lifetime miner who happens to want out of his painful and unfulfilling life. Each with their own story(s) to be told in-character, but each also thrown together by the fates.

Much like the characters themselves, I'm also hoping to make the RP a series of short arcs - from the hiring of the group by one mob boss to whack another, to gathering information or 'acquiring' something, to being roped into a Rogue Traders retinue, to becoming embroiled in a full scale military campaign (possibly) - all things that could happen within the rather lawless confines of the Dark Imperium.

Guilliman and Dante may be looking to clean the place up a bit, and are making a good start of it, but for all intents and purposes it remains the 'Wild West' of 40k for now.

So, from humble beginnings on some backwater planet of the Segmentum Obscurus to the warp knows where, who wishes to join me? Who wishes to partake in some adventures in the Dark Imperium?

(As always, questions are welcomed and even encouraged, so place feel free to ask them.)
@NecroKnight@Ollumhammersong@Andreyich

No worries all, I'll get us moving tomorrow, so you can hold the posts for now.
Okie dokie, after the last time I did this, I will be limiting my number of partners to a small number (1-3 most likely); I'll also reiterate that I usually go with my partners suggestions, so if you have a particular fandom/scenario you'd like to try, a particular pairing or what not, then please tell me. I'm open to pretty much any gender (or species (aliens etc) if that's your dish!) and kinks are negotiable.

Any takers can PM me.

Thankee all.
@Ollumhammersong I dub thee Douchbag of the Fluff! All hail!

Right, just another round of short posts, or you can just not ask any questions - either is good.

Once that's done I'll get a little time slip done and on we go.
For the seventh time in as many minutes one huge digit moved to place itself upon the insectoid head painted onto the right pauldron, the single finger of Brother Yijun Mah tracing the outline of the glaring mantid, while his eyes - narrowed in thought behind his skeletal visor - may have been looking into the depths of the hangar bay but, honestly, looked at nothing.

While Randuin lent his prayers to the ether, and Tyros checked his weapons in the thorough manner expected of all Astartes, the Reiver had his thoughts turned more in the direction of the Chaplain among them. To the past, to what had come before.

He had been awoken some ten-thousand years after being taken from the windswept plains of his home world, the forces of the Ruinous Powers being pushed back by the likes of Dorn, Russ and his own gene-sire, the Khan; after awakening he was clad in the pristine white ceramite of the White Scars and driven into war with the others that would come to be known as the Unnumbered Sons, his pauldron bearing the grey chevrons and his blood as pure and undiluted as it was possible for a Marines to be.

Upon the 'breaking' of the Sons he believed he was destined for the ranks of the Scars - or at the very least the all-Primaris Chapter known as the Storm Reapers - carrying within him the genetic coding and warrior spirit of Chogoris. It did not matter to him that he had neither seen the planet, its inhabitants, or even fought beside true Scars before, he knew fate would not see him wrong...

...but it did.

"Mantis," he muttered inside his helmet.

Guilliman, Son of the Emperor and Lord-Protector of the Imperium, sent him to join an accursed and shameful Chapter that was below even company strength due to their stained past.

The Mantis Warriors.

Little-to-nothing was known about this enigmatic and shrunken Chapter (at least not in the records he had been able to study prior to assignment), his only joy being the large number of fellow Primaris accompanying him.

Truly it appeared that they would be this Chapters salvation!

What short time he had spent with the Mantis Warriors had shown him many things, not least of all the steel-strong bond between them and the Deathwatch, the very reason that he now sat on a crate within a hangar in an out-of-the-way Watch Station manned by none other than the Ordo Xenos and their black-armoured allies.

"For the Emperor...for Redemption...for the Mantis Warriors!"

He could still not even think the words without a sense of unearned shame crawling over him...and he had no idea why.




@Ollumhammersong@Andreyich@NecroKnight

"Two Intercessors, a Reiver and a brother Chaplain," growled Teliomedes through gritted teeth, his one organic grey eye and artificial replacement both glancing over these newest sacrifices to the Watch, "at least they painted their armour the correct colour."

Brother-Captain Acacius allowed the tactless demagogue his small outburst, coming to stand before the clutch of Primaris Marines and marvelling once more at the works of the Arch Magos and his sire; having fought alongside the new breed of Astartes before - which Ultramarine had not? - he did not find them as curious or damnable as one such as Teliomedes may do, nevertheless he gestured for them to abandon what they were doing and form up before him.

"Welcome to Watch Station Nemesianus, brothers," announced the Ultramarine almost jovially, "I am Captain Acacius of the Ultramarines, and this is Chaplain Teliomedes formerly of the Imperial Fists. We welcome you as new recruits and new kinsmen, and hope that your acclimatisation shall be swift and without incident."

Footsteps, easily heard even over the movement of slack-faced servitors around them, approached and presented a third figure in the black of the Deathwatch. This newcomer was clearly of the Primaris type, at least a head if not more above the two veterans he came to stand beside, his head covered by his helmet but his Chapters pauldron showing the familiar marking of the Raven Guard but on a white background.

"I am Veteran Brother Ayuri, and you," he gave them all a moment to dress their line and such, "are now Kill-team Ayuri, until I die or it is said otherwise."

Acacius gave a curt nod to the larger Marine and spoke again, his voice soft but hiding within it an adamant core, "before you are all subjected to the training required before you may become fully-fledged brothers of the Watch, you may ask any questions that play on your minds and they shall be answered as best they can be."
Good stuff so far, my dudes!

@Ollumhammersong, anything to say about Necros post - only because you seem to be the resident Nu-Marine expert.

I'll get us moving tomorrow, but if anyone would wish to join before then then please do so.
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Should we expect your prescence, or no?
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