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[The Hive Mind]

Greeting House Atreides. Please post the following information about your characters:

Your character Background based on the origin path done during character creation - this needs to include any reference to enemies or allies that came as part of your Origin Path - remember this is a role-playing game, go wild. (This helps me work flesh the game out more and give it more substance, make it more role-play rather than just fighting all the time, go for it, not like ive got anything else to do. If you wish to leave parts of it vague do so but know i will pounce on the opportunity) If you feel parts of it should remain hidden, classify those sections and send them to me in a private message via this forum and ill add them to the secret DM controlled area.

Please note your introduction to the game is noted in the Chronology of the Forward unto Dawn and House Atreides, spent a bit of time on this and i'd appreciate you taking note of this

Ill also require the following questions to be answered by your characters to also assess your characters alter ego.

1 - What is your Demeanour?

Perhaps the first thing you consider is your personality. What are you like? Fiery and passionate or earthy and practical. Are you a perpetual pessimist, or do you always believe the best will happen? Do you seek out people or are you a misanthrope? What is your instinctive response to threats, surprises, or pressure to preform. Here are some traits i'd like you to choose from, if you have something different in mind PM me and ill PM you back with a response.

Bilious: Suspicious, bitter and angry, yet very watchful and aware.

Cardinal: Seeks careful balance in all things, yet often struggles to make a vital choice rapidly

Choleric: Always active and taking charge, yet easy to provoke anger

Fixed: Solid, unyielding, and definitive in all things. Considered and settled in opinion.

Melancholic: Thoughtful, introspective, and prone to fits of gloom.
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Mutable: Unpredictable, undisciplined, and rebellious defined by opposition to ideals.

Phlegmatic: Practical and careful, yet very serious and reserved.

Sanguine Confident and optimistic, but prone to visions and flights of whimsey.

Supine: Loyal, devout and easily led.

Why are you a leader aboard a rogue trader vessel?

At some time in your past, your life took a turn unlike almost all others. Now you sit in the Lord-Captains throne aboard a mighty void-ship, or perhaps stand at the the Lord-Captains right hand to advise him. Is this mere chance? Did the God-Emperor gaze upon you with favour and move the workings of men and worlds such that an unlikely meeting blossomed into this present reality? Or perhaps you yourself laboured with purpose and for years to engineer your present situation. If so, how is it that you succeeded where countless men fail? Perhaps you were lifted from obscurity by a Rogue Trader's fleeting whim and given the chance to prove yourself. Perhaps you worked your way up from the lowest of crew by toil and violence. Perhaps your talents attracted the attention of your betters during trade negotiations, and your fealty and service were made a part of the final arrangement. It is also plausible that you have a strong interest in the Rogue Trader's mission: maybe there are things in the Halo stars that you seek out, and the Rogue Trader is your ally in this endeavour. Perhaps your wealth has purchased your present position of influence aboard this vessel. Or maybe you are fleeing a dark fate that lies behind you in the imperium, and your present position is the greatest to which you can ascend under the circumstances. Whatever the circumstances of your recent past, they will likely colour your opinions and beliefs for some time to come.

Why Does the Koronus Expanse Call to You?

The Koronus Expanse region of the Halo Stars beyond the Calixis Sector is a place of dread rumours, death, and wealth beyond measure awaiting those brave enough to claim it.  It is the rock upon which dynasties of Rogue Traders have been dashed to death, and it is the spire that has brought others into the shining light of Imperial glory. The expanse is a realm of treasure, risk, secrets, and vile xenos, fated to be scourged and claimed in the name of the God-Emperor's name - or so say the Dissident Drusians. Why have you toiled  to leave the protection of the Imperium and to venture through the dire storm-voids into the terrible, wondrous realm of the Halo Stars? Is it your lust for treasure and the life that can be bought with artefacts from beyond? Do you see it as your Emperor-given duty to aid the expansion of Imperial frontiers? Are you running from some secret that will follow you beyond the reach of Imperial powers, or are you pursuing vengeance against one who has already fled to the Halo Stars? Perhaps you chase a dark trail of secrets and forbidden lore that lead you to the dead worlds of the Expanse, or perhaps the expansion of Imperial knowledge itself is your goal.

What will you sacrifice?

All too many people shy from their final victories, scared by what it will cost to achieve their dreams. How deep are the wounds you are willing to suffer on the path to wealth, fame, revenge or forbidden lore? How far will you go and how many of your dearly beloved beliefs will die along the way. Are you willing to sacrifice health, limbs, or your very sanity if the request requires it? Will you use your crew, your allies or even your companions as mere stepping stones, trading their lives for advantage as the game comes to a close and victory beckons? Are you willing to step from the path of the faithful and strike deals with xenos, vile psykers, and darker powers to attain your ends at the cost of your immortal soul? These choices are yours: what are you willing to sacrifice for victory and how will you live with the consequences?

What is your ambition?

Ambition drives Rogue Traders and their allies: the raw urge for power, for wealth, or to serve the God-Emperor of mankind in ways that will echo down through the ages. What is your ambition? Perhaps it is to drive your sword into the map of stars and see your name writ there next to worlds claimed in the Emperor's name. Perhaps you desire renown to match the Imperial heroes of legend, or perhaps you wish to reclaim all the lost souls of the Halo Stars and become a High Ecclesiarch of a new Imperial realm. Maybe your ambitions are less lofty, but no less noble - to be acknowledged a master of war by an Imperial Lord-General, to regain your lost faith in the Imperial Creed through some great act of penitence, or to discover lost medicae-tech that will erase your mutations. Ambition is as varied as humanity, and you are defined by what drives you to great acts.

What are your hatreds?

The burning flame of hatred is an Imperial virtue: it sustains men against terror, xenos, rivalry, and defeat even when it burns cold and slow. What hatred sustains you in dark days and drive you to acts of destruction or penitence? Do you loathe the mutant or the pirate who pray to Dark Gods? Do you wish fiery doom upon decadent nobles, or desire to murder the low-deck scum of your vessel with death-gas? Do you wish to lay low the vile Ork or treacherous Eldar? Have the inhabitants of a specific Imperial world, a renowned Ministorum Cult, or a rival Rogue Trader's crew earned your lasting wrath? Maybe you simply cannot stand to be shown wrong, or to be in the presence of those who speak falsely, or be seen to fail at certain tasks.