Stasis isn't unconsciousness or dreamlessness, not quite. Instead your trapped in a limbo of almost-nothing, an almost-nothing that ever so slowly changes, hinting at things that are never really revealed. At least that's the way it is for you. Most unpl… more »

“Good. I was hoping you would be sensible. Don't worry too much about your continued existence breaking any laws; the Inquisition need heed no law but the Emperor's Will – you are above and beyond any law made by man as long as you are with us.” She rele… more »

Half a year later Maximilian was back on the streets of Malfi, now working as an Investigator in the Absolom hive-spire, far from his old haunts in Norumo. He'd been doing well. Very well. He'd rooted out several criminal conspiracies and seen to it that… more »

Unknown to the Headmaster young Maximilian not only survived, but prospered in his new home – the Malfi Central Precinct Arbites Training Facility, a sprawling compound of shared with hundreds of thousands of other Arbites candidates. To Maximilian it wa… more »

rom that day on Maximilian had a purpose. To seek out justice, or more importantly its consequence; the punishment of the wicked. He would not merely consign himself to the orphanage, but also wandered the streets and alleys of the local hab-block, and e… more »

Of course, Maximilian had something his peers did not. He had faith. Faith in the God-Emperor of Man and Rule of Law. Maximilian found his faith when he was very little. He was around six or seven years old at the time, a smallish boy with few real frien… more »

There are many orphanages in the hab-ledges of Norumo, north of the Spelplex Hive-complex that dominates the northern uplands of Malfi. And there are many more orphanages if you were to count all of Spelplex and its dependents, and if an adept were to tr… more »

Malfi. Hive World. Cesspool of Corruption. Jewel of the Calixis Sector. World of Many Doors and Endless Vice. The world into which Agent Maximilian Elazar Dante was born and then subsequently abandoned upon the stairs of local orphanage. The only clues a… more »