Sebek the Purser for the Brazen Sky
Overweight and bald, the station Sebek has achieved has allowed him more of the good things in life. He is seemingly eager to please with a ready smile and bowed head.

Status
Unknown: Last seen on Brazen Sky en route to Iocanthus. Brazen Sky reported missing.

Mood
Attilus:
Attilus put time, alcohol and wild stories into developing a better relationship with Sebek. It paid off in the short term as Attilus left the Brazen Sky with some good quality Amasec hooch.

Gob
A hapless ogryn, in the employ of some unscurpulous Beast House, illegally shipping Ripsaw Scuttlers off Ive Sibellus. Not very smart either. Believed to have released the Ripsaws from their travel cages.

Status
Dead: Killed in hold B-17 by several Ripsaw Scuttlers.

Captain Orik of the Brazen Sky
Heavily aesthetically augmented, Captain Orik obviously takes great care about his personal appearance. His ears are slightly tapered, his face elongated with pronounced cheek bones - but the most startlingly characteristic are his eyes; they're twice as big as normal, with large deep blue irises and are angled up to give him a vaguely Eldar appearance. His hair is styled and lips are tattooed a purple. There are millions of fashions throughout the galaxy, so its hard to say which are the weirdos - but this look is up there.

Status
Unknown: Last seen on Brazen Sky en route to Iocanthus. Brazen Sky reported missing.

Mood
Group:
Thankful for dealing with the Ripsaw Scuttlers.

Kerred Smyk - The Iocanthus Port Authority Customs Official
This man exudes anal-retentiveness. His uniform is perfectly fitted, his face is pulled into a tight "know-it-all" smile that does nothing to hide his condescending manner. He is bald but well maintained, a daily regimen of skin lotions and oils keep his skin soft looking in the harsh twin sun environment of Iocanthus. A data stream of cargo manifest continually scroll up his blue lenses. He is the perfect customs official for Port Suffering, Iocanthus and he loves his job.

Status
Alive: Last seen in Port Suffering, Iocanthus.

Mood
Group:
Very good after their bravery and heroics at Stern Hope. A very different story from when they arrived, suspected of smuggling Amasec into the Port.

Aristarchus
Aristarchus is the epitomy of noble grace. He is warm and charming and he looks deeply in you as you talk to him - you can feel his empathy and compassion soothe your troubles. He is also occassionally forgetful as his mind seems to wander - or perhaps he is seeing something else within. For a man in his position of authority he never abuses it and is easily the most approachable figure of Inquistional authority any of you have met.

Status
Dead: Sacrificed himself in a vortex of gore and Tarot cards to deny Tsyiak a host. It was Wollsey that tore away at his delusion that Saint Drusus was about to enter him and showed him what had happened to their friends Ravia and Abbot Skae.

Group: The Voicers
Loud, aggressive, garishly clothed, mismatched armour with a yellow cloths or ribbons. Unlike the native Ashleen who are more nomadic, prefer loose fitting desert garments and have blue tattoos.

Status
Active: Despite the Acolytes killing many Voicers, many more exist on Iocanthus ruled by the honey-tongued Seth the Voice.

Mood
Group:
Uncertain.

Brother Severus
This taciturn monk was once a sniper in the infamous Scythewind on the death world Mortressa. He serves principally as Stern Hope's Intercessor (religious enforcer) and is charged to looking to the defence of the settlement. He is also effectively Abbot Skae's personal bodyguard.

Status
Dead: Decapitated by Skae-Thing in Stern Hope while Acolytes where driving back from Esha Raine.

Brother Lamark
Lamark is a garrulous former Imperial Guard NCO who "felt the call" and joined the church as soon as he mustered out. Originally hailing from the Sector Capital Scintilla, he's a hearty man in his late fifties, accustomed to getting things done and good at looking after those in his charge, whether that means a squad of recruits, as in the old days, or the Stern Hope pilgrims. He lost his right arm in the Voicer attack on Stern Hope which Wollsey and Esha Raine healed to prevent infection.

Status
Alive: Last seen riding out of Port Suffering on dust dogs with Warchief Kos'ke and the survivors of Stern Hope.

Mood
Group:
Very good. Considers the Acolytes true friends and heroes of the Imperium. Would go to war with any of them.

Abbot Orland Skae
Description.

Status
Dead: Last seen as Orland Skae on Saint Drusus Day at the consecration of the Cathedral in Stern Hope. Seen possessed as the Skae-Thing the following day in the Cathedral. Killed when Wollsey convinced Aristarchus that he had been deluded. When it died only its eyes remained, which Attilus quickly put under the heel of his Arbitrator boots.

Warchief Kos'ke of the Dust Dog Tribe
Rumoured to have some connection to King Skull, Warchief Kos'ke is a determined fair Ashleen leader who wants to see more acceptance of the Imperial Creed within his people. He has a gift with dust dogs and he is usually seen sitting astride one. He prefers to show his bare skin and his warrior tattoos (as is the Ashleen custom) than wear armour.

Status
Alive: Seen leaving Port Suffering on Iocanthus on dust dog to preach the word of the God-Emperor.

Mood
Group:
Good. Proud to know them. Wollsey especially, as Esha Raine took a shine to him.

Esha Raine - The Death Singer
The spiritual leader of the Ashleen people around Stern Hope.

Status
Alive: Last seen in Port Suffering.

Mood
Group:
Good. But particularly find of Wollsey, the 'Quiet but Powerful One' she calls him.

Real name unknown (Pseudonym: Brother Quintos)
A man pretending to be Brother Quintos escaped while in the custody of the Acolytes. This man made off with pricelees scriptures, their vehicle and their pride as he taunted them with little notes left in unexpected places. A man fitting the description of Brother Qunitos was found dead in Port Suffering, but this is presumably the real Quintos this villain impersonated.

Status
Presumed Alive: Last seen on Iocanthus. Real Brother Quintos found dead in Port Suffering.

Mood
Group:
Nemesis.

Battle Sister Malla of The Abbey of the Dawn
Malla arrived in Stern Hope several weeks after the death of the Crow Father. She and her team were searching for a reason why astropaths in this and nearby systems were knocked unconcious from a powerful psychic backlash that originated somewhere in the foothills of the escarpment around Stern Hope. She was happily surprised to discover another Battle SIster, Ravia.

Status
Alive: Last seen in Port Suffering, Iocanthus.

Mood
Ravia:
Very good. Ravia has been tasked with the construction of her first Bolter. If she succeeds, Malla will look very favourably on her indeed.