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 CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION III
THE PALACE
OF FLESH IV
LAST
EXIT

Introduction...................................4 Conditions ................................15 Leaving the Palace ...................21

Adventure Summary ..................4
Background ...............................4
The Adventure ...........................5
Hammer of the Inquisition ...........
Framework.................................5
Running this Adventure.............5
Adventure Structure ...................5
The Scions .................................6
Psykers ......................................6
Corruption ..................................6
The Tora Armis Insurrection ......6
Taskforce Endless Struggle.........6
Encounters ...............................15 Profiles for Part Four ................21
Peristaltic Waves ......................16 Resolution................................22
Bile Duct ..................................16 Awarding XP ...........................22
Polyp Farm...............................16
Rivers of Blood ........................17
Blocked ....................................17
The Fruits of Nurgle .................17
Wandering Monstrosities .........17
THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD V
Lord Van Staten & Festerbrax,
the Palace of Flesh ...................18
Profiles for Part Three ..............18 The Deadly Battlefield ..............22
Nurglings .................................19 Calling for Support ...................23
Lord van Staten........................20 Battlefield Ruin ........................24

INTO THE TEETH

OF CHAOS I
Equipment .................................8
Beyond The Martyr's Passage ....9
Approaching the Gates ...............9
Taking the Courtyard................10
The Desecrated Chapel .............11
Nobility Brought Low ...............11
Profiles For Part One ................13

DOWN THE
GULLET II
Exploring the Palace.................13
Officium ...................................13
The Family Chambers...............14
Reporting In .............................14
Medical Chambers ....................14
Profiles For Part Two ................15
 LORD OF THE SPIRE
INTRODUCTION
Lord of the Spire places the Agents in an Inquisition-
sanctioned team with orders to purge the Chaos-
infested palace of Lord van Staten and recover what
intelligence they can. Will they learn the origins and
goal of the heresy, or will the palace devour them?
This adventure is suitable for Tier 3 characters with
the IMPERIUM Keyword. The adventure takes place
within a corrupted palace during the fight for Tora
Armis, suiting it to agents with a military calling or an
Inquisition background.
The agents are operating on behalf of the Inquisition
and have been given command of a platoon of
Tempestus Scions to support them. Players could
portray a squad of Space Marines or Crusaders, but
a mixed group of Tier 3 archetypes also makes sense.
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After this adventure, the characters could go on to
perform other missions for the Inquisition within the
Gilead sector. Your players might also like to play
through one of the other adventures in this series
(The Bloody Gates, On the Wings of Valkyries, or
Affliction Ascendant) with suitable characters, and
join the fight for Tora Armis at Tier 1, 2, or 4.
ADVENTURE
SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
The heresy that has gripped the spire of Tora Armis
began with the corruption of its ruler, Lord van Staten.
When the Cicatrix Maledictum isolated the Gilead
System from the rest of the Imperium, van Staten
feared it signified the death of the Emperor. He tried
to put his doubts aside, but soon a voice in his dreams
began to tell him of the Emperor’s coming resurrection
and the role he could play in it.

MORBID HERESIES
The Inquisition in the Gilead System refers to
heresies that revolve around the death of the
Emperor as Theothanatalogical Heresies. In
the aftermath of the Cicatrix Maledictum, they
have proliferated across the Gilead System.
Creeping from the hidden depths of Gilead Primus,
two heretical cultists came to meet van Staten. The
visitors helped van Staten convince those around him
of the truth of his visions. The mutants introduced his
family to new forms of worship and planted what they
called ‘seeds of rebirth’ throughout the palace. Donzael
and Faux preached their scripture to the citizens of
the spire, gradually drowning out the voices of the
orthodox Imperial Cult.
Ninety days ago, van Staten gave the order to seal the
spire. Those in authority who had not joined in the
heresy were murdered or imprisoned. With the spire
cut off from the outside world, food rapidly became
scarce, but the visiting heretics offered a solution. The
seeds of rebirth had grown and bloomed, yielding fruit
sufficient to feed the population.
Van Staten's heresies have called a daemon named
Festerbrax into the palace, and the fruits of corruption
are spreading an infection through the hive that
will eventually turn almost its entire population into
Poxwalkers. If you have played The Bloody Gates or
On the Wings of Valkyries, your players have already
seen the beginning of this process.
The root of the problem is Putradyne Corporis, leader
of the Rotting Shroud warband of Death Guard
Chaos Space Marines. After millennia of exceptional
service to the Lord of Decay, Corporis is on the verge
of apotheosis to a Daemon Prince. He plans to bring
about the destruction of Tora Armis and the besieging
forces as a final sacrifice to Nurgle, for which he
hopes to gain the reward of eternal life. Corporis’
fate is determined in the upcoming Tier 4 adventure
Affliction Ascendant.
THE ADVENTURE
Part 1 — Into the
Teeth of Chaos INTO THE TEETH
The Agents deal with the mutated palace gates, storm OF CHAOS
the courtyard, and discover a very unusual chapel.
DOWN THE
Part 2 — Down the Gullet GULLET
The Agents explore van Staten’s living quarters. They
THE PALACE OF
find his family and evidence of a significant food FLESH
distribution program.
LAST EXIT
Part 3 — The Palace of Flesh
Beneath the dwelling quarters, the palace has become THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD
a nightmare labyrinth of daemonic flesh. The Agents
must fight their way through to find van Staten and, if
they can, destroy him.
Part 4 — Last Exit
Unceremoniously evacuated from the palace, the
Agents witness Putradyne Corporis setting out for the
site of his ascension. Can they learn his destination
and relay the coordinates to HQ, or will they fail at
the last?
HAMMER OF THE
INQUISITION FRAMEWORK
As soon as van Staten sealed Tora Armis, Inquisitor
Tytrona Dikaisune (Forsaken System, page 74)
suspected burgeoning heresy within. While the Astra
Militarum assembled Taskforce Endless Struggle, she
prepared a small team to gather intelligence as to
what, exactly, happened and eradicate any especially
dangerous foes. She has agreed to deploy this force
in support of General Hacker in situations where
ordinary troops might be susceptible to corruption or
not capable enough to succeed.
RUNNING THIS
ADVENTURE
ADVENTURE STRUCTURE
After the Agents receive their orders and equipment,
they are largely on their own, trusted to operate on their
own initiative. The Lord of the Spire is a role-playing
scenario set in a battle. There’s plenty of combat, but
there should be plenty of social interaction as well.
Keep the tempo high and impress the confusion and
madness of the situation on the players. Be sure to
read the whole adventure before playing.
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 HAMMER OF THE INQUISITION FRAMEWORK
TIER FRAMEWORK
3 You are a battlefield force serving the
Inquisition. Investigate the origins of the Tora
Armis heresy as battle rages around you.
At the GM’s discretion, receive an extra dice
when seeking to uncover the secrets of Chaos.
THE SCIONS
The party begins in command of 30 Tempestus Scions.
With the exception of the fight for the courtyard (see
page 10), the Scions only take action on behalf of the
party if the Agents spend Glory for that purpose (see
Calling for Support on page 23). Otherwise they
provide background action. When combat breaks out,
if there are no direct instructions in the adventure,
assume that the Scions are busy dealing with additional
foes. For instance in the Polyp Farm encounter (see
page 16), the Agents deal with Nurgling Mobs. While
they’re doing that, the Scions face yet more Nurglings,
and so cannot intervene on the Agents’ behalf unless
the players spend Glory to have them do so.
PSYKERS
As soon as the Agents cross the threshold of the palace,
they’re deep in the figurative bowels of daemonic
corruption. Festerbrax’s influence presses upon them,
tainting the palace and everyone in it to their cores.
This is not a great place for psykers to be. Any Psychic
Mastery Tests the Agents make within the palace count
as Unbound (Wrath & Glory, page 260). A psyker
cannot help but sense a mass of Warp energy gathered
around the palace, even without any effort.
Festerbrax attempts to influence psykers inside the
palace. As well as their use in opening more Warp rifts
and admitting more daemons into Tora Armis, he finds
it entertaining to pollute their minds. Festerbrax drops
in uninvited as a wet, mental voice. He inquires after
their health, cautions them to be careful, and invites
them to spend the rest of their lives dwelling inside his
corrupt munificence. Any psyker can use Psyniscience
to initiate communication with Festerbrax. Festerbrax
is always happy to talk, but willingly conversing with
a daemon requires a DN 5 Corruption Test.
CORRUPTION
Plunging into a daemonic palace to face down the
forces of Chaos involves a lot of Corruption Tests.
Characters might emerge from the palace so afflicted
6 with the taint of Chaos that they must retire from play.
TYPICAL CHARACTERS TYPICAL ENEMIES
Any Imperial The forces of Chaos,
heretics, and traitors.
THE TORA ARMIS
INSURRECTION
Tora Armis is a minor spire located on the equator of
the hive world Gilead Primus (Wrath & Glory, page
304). Three months ago the ruling van Staten family
reported food riots and then fell silent. Eighty-seven
days after contact was lost, Imperial forces launched
an attack to retake the spire. The assault is now into
its second day and the Gravediggers Penal Brigade,
backed by Leman Russ tanks, has succeeded in
breaching the main gates of Tora Armis. Armoured
columns have pushed into the spire to destroy the
remaining rebels. Frontline regiments have reported
evidence of widespread heresy within the spire, and a
handful of encounters with opponents openly pledged
to the dark gods.
TASKFORCE ENDLESS
STRUGGLE
Taskforce Endless Struggle was dispatched by
Archdominus Aexekra Vakuul to bring the rebellious
spire back under control. It comprises mechanised and
artillery regiments of the Gravediggers, with support
from the Order of the Sanctified Shield, the Tech-Priests
of Avachrus, and an airborne company of Tempestus
Scions. Commanding the taskforce is General Hacker
of the Astra Militarum, who has contact with the
battle cruiser Fury’s Blade of the Absolvers chapter.
Aboard the ship are 15 battle-brothers available for
rapid deployment (if any of the Agents are Space
Marines, this is where they were prior to arriving on
the battlefield).
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INTO THE TEETH
OF CHAOS

TASKFORCE ENDLESS STRUGGLE HAS BREACHED THE WALLS OF DOWN THE

TORA ARMIS AND IS ENGAGED IN BLOCK-TO-BLOCK FIGHTING GULLET
THROUGHOUT THE SPIRE. THE ASTRA MILITARUM HAVE LOCATED
THE PALACE OF
THE PALACE OF LORD VAN STATEN. THE INITIAL ASSAULT ON FLESH
VAN STATEN’S PALACE WAS LED BY COMMISSAR TREVAR,
WHO WITHDREW AFTER DECLARING THE SITE ANATHEMA AND LAST EXIT
INSTITUTING A CORDON SANITAIRE.
THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD
YOUR MISSION IS TO ENTER THE PALACE; PURGE IT; AND
RECOVER EVIDENCE OF THE ORIGINS OR INTENTIONS OF THE TORA
ARMIS HERESY, AND ANY INTELLIGENCE OF MILITARY VALUE.

EVIDENCE OF HERESY IS TO BE DESPATCHED TO MY PERSONAL

DATA-VAULT.
INTELLIGENCE OF MILITARY VALUE IS TO BE DESPATCHED TO
THE COMMAND TEAM OF TASKFORCE ENDLESS STRUGGLE USING
ENCRYPTED VOX CHANNEL SIGMA V.

THE STRUCTURE IS ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE SPIRE AND

ACCESSIBLE ONLY VIA A SINGLE PASSAGE. ADDITIONAL ASSAULT
EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED. YOU WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE
TEMPESTUS SCIONS OF THE FOURTH PLATOON, BRAVO COMPANY,
LIGHTBRINGERS REGIMENT, LED BY CAPTAIN REEVES.

WHEN YOUR MISSION IS COMPLETE, NOTIFY GENERAL HACKER’S

COMMAND TEAM ON CHANNEL LAMBDA-PSI, AND HE WILL
ORDER THE OBLITERATION OF THE PALACE STRUCTURE.

BY MY HAND,

ORDO MALLEUS INQUISITOR

TYTRONA DIKAISUNE

ADDENDUM: STANDING ORDERS RE: PRISONERS. HERETICS AND

MUTANTS ARE TO BE PURGED. PRISONERS ARE TO BE DELIVERED
TO THE COMMISSARIAT FOR PROCESSING. PRISONERS JUDGED
TO POSSESS VALUABLE SKILLS OR INTELLIGENCE ARE TO BE
DELIVERED TO INTERROGATOR JAIN IN SECTOR 9.

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 PART ONE: INTO
THE TEETH OF SENSITIVITY
WARNING
CHAOS This adventure features the horrors of warfare,
Chaos corruption, and mutation. This is normal
fare for Warhammer 40,000, but check that
your players are comfortable with these themes
Van Staten’s palace is the last bastion of the and change the adventure to suit their tastes.
heretics. Crack it open with blood and steel.

EQUIPMENT
Agents can opt to carry this equipment themselves or
entrust it to the Scions.
Two Avachrus Pattern Las-Cutters: These locally
manufactured tools were once exported throughout the
Imperium and are still an essential tool for industries in
the Gilead System. They are heavy and unwieldy, but
will cut through almost anything and in an emergency
can be used as firearms or melee weapons.
Four Melta Bombs: These can be thrown as normal
grenades, but also have magnetic clamps that easily
secure to any metallic surface. The Melta Bombs have
timers and can be set to detonate between one second
and one hundred hours after activation. Deactivating a
Melta Bomb timer takes 1 round.
One Auspex: See page 237 of Wrath & Glory.

LAS-CUTTER

NAME DAMAGE ED AP RANGE SALV TRAITS VALUE RARITY KEYWORDS

Las-Cutter 6 1 -2 2/4/6 0 Heavy(5) 4 Common IMPERIUM, LAS

Unwieldy(3)
Pistol*

MELTA BOMB

NAME DAMAGE ED AP RANGE SALV TRAITS VALUE RARITY KEYWORDS

Melta Bomb 16 4 −4 Sx2, — Blast (4) 5 3 EXPLOSIVE,

or as IMPERIUM
launcher

*Las-Cutters are nothing like pistols. They are,

however, extremely effective weapons when used
either at extremely short range or in close combat. The
Pistol trait best reflects this.

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BEYOND THE
MARTYR'S PASSAGE
After giving the players their orders (see dataslate on
page 7), read or paraphrase the following:
As your Inquisition-supplied Rhino rumbles through
the broken gates of Tora Armis, you briefly glimpse
members of the Gravediggers’ Penal Brigade preparing
a perimeter. As you head deeper into the spire, the
armoured hull of your transport crushes hastily erected
barricades beneath its treads. Smoke pours from the
buildings around you, barely muffling the ceaseless
crackle of small-arms fire and the shouts of soldiers.
The rebels lack the firepower to control the streets, but
they’re fighting tooth and nail for the hab-blocks.
Above the din you hear an unexpected sound. It seems
like every shrine, chapel, and cathedral in the spire is
ringing its bells.
Lord van Staten’s palace is deep within the spire. The
only entrance is through the 500-metre-long Martyr’s
Passage. Once, this broad corridor was lined with
statues of Imperial saints; now, it’s a slaughterhouse.
The marble paving is slick with blood after heretics
and the Gravediggers fought a furious battle along its
length. Two wrecked Chimeras and dozens of bodies
are testimony to the ferocity of the resistance.
A pair of Imperial officers — a Commissar and a
Tempestus Scion — await you at the entrance to the
passage. The Commissar greets you: ‘I am Commissar
Travers, and this is Captain Reeves.’ The two men’s
uniforms are stained and burned. It’s clear both have
been through heavy fighting already today. Reeves
gestures to thirty Tempestus Scions waiting in cover.
‘We’ve been ordered to support you any way we can.
We move on your signal.’
‘Take a look,’ Travers gestures down the corridor. The
gates are half a kilometre away, and between you and
them are a handful of suspended cages — gibbets in
which a few prisoners slump, deceased. ‘We got as far
as the gates before I gave the order to pull back. You
can’t tell from here,’ he makes the sign of the Aquila,
‘But those gates are alive.’
Captain Reeves waves his men to their feet. ‘Just give
us the word.’
What do you do?
APPROACHING THE GATES
Wrecked bunkers and barricades litter the route to the
gates. Bodies are strewn throughout the space, many
fallen heretics openly displaying icons of the Ruinous
Powers on their uniforms. The air smells of metal and INTO THE TEETH
burned flesh. OF CHAOS
Gibbets have been erected at intervals along the DOWN THE
GULLET
corridor. All contain corpses, some dead from disease,
starvation, or the fighting. Others have been recently
THE PALACE OF
executed; each single entry wound a testament to FLESH
Commissar Travers' efficiency. One miserable heap
of rags in a tattered Enforcer’s uniform stirs at the LAST EXIT
commotion of the Agents’ arrival.
THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD
Jorum Quin has been playing dead, and he’s in such
a miserable state that no one inspected him closely.
His mind has broken after months of suffering and
captivity. He tells anyone who talks to him whatever
he thinks they want to hear in military jargon.
He describes the palace as being defended by ‘a
company of highly motivated light infantry’, ‘prepared
emplacements with remotely detonated mines’, ‘static
positions layered for mutual support’, and so on. It’s all
nonsense, intended to persuade the Agents to get Quin
out of the cage and take him with them as a guide.
If Quin accompanies the Agents he continues making
up ‘helpful’ intel, becoming increasingly desperate
when it's wrong. Accurately assessing Quin’s reliability
requires a DN 5 Insight Test.
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 The Gates
The living gates are six metres wide and four metres
high. They are a mottled black colour, and glisten
with moisture. In some places there are bristles, and
in others human teeth emerge from the fleshy surface.
A horizontal split through the middle suggests an
opening. The gates ripple, purse, and attempt to suck
in anything that touches them, aided by a vast growth
that emerges from the split to attack anything that
comes within four metres.
The gates form an obstacle three metres thick. They
have the following attacks:
u Tentacular Tongue attacks with a pool of 9 dice:
8 +4 ED / AP –2 /Range 4 (melee). Anyone hit
must make a
u test or be dragged into the maw.
u Daemonic Maw attacks anyone close to the gates
(pool of 5 dice), or automatically hits anyone
dragged by the tongue: 10 +4 ED / AP - / Brutal.
The gates have a Resilience of 11 and 20 wounds.
Once slain, the fleshy mass continues to block the
entrance until cut through. A Melta Bomb will do
that job quickly, while a las-cutter will take about
five minutes. Encountering the gates requires a DN
4 Corruption Test. Increase the DN to 6 for anyone
mauled by the Daemonic Maw.
Once the Agents open the gates, they can launch their
attack on the palace courtyard.
GM NOTE:
There’s no reason the party can’t simply form a
firing line at a safe distance and obliterate the
gates from there, or order the Tempestus Scions
to do so. It takes a few minutes, but it works.
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TAKING THE COURTYARD
With the gates breached, the courtyard beyond
becomes visible. So does the figure entering the palace
on the far side, whose rusting, bulky armour identifies
him as a Chaos Space Marine.
The open space is thirty metres across and three
stories high, all overlooked by windows. The marble
tiling has been dug up to create barricades and
trenches. Everything is quiet. One of the Scions says
what everyone’s thinking: ‘That’s a death trap.’
The remaining defenders are tough, but they lost a
lot of their number in the fight for Martyrs’ Passage,
and they didn’t have much heavy weaponry to start
with. The core of the palace guard are equipped like
Scions, with Carapace Armour and Hot-Shot Lasguns,
but lack the training to complement their equipment.
They are backed up by a band of Enforcers with Shock
Mauls and Combat Shotguns, and led by a fallen priest
wielding an Eviscerator.
The defenders have a number of nasty tricks
prepared. The GM can (and should) spend Ruin on
snipers, shock grenades, and hurled masonry (see
page 23 for Battlefield Ruin). As the fight concludes,
it becomes clear that the defence was directed by
someone with plenty of battlefield experience.
The courtyard is held by:
u 40 Palace Guard organised into Mobs of ten and
dug into bunkers behind razor wire. Each Mob has
a Storm Bolter mounted on a tripod.
u 20 Cultists adding fire from the buildings, and
organised into two Mobs of ten. They try to drive
the attackers away from the bunkers.
u 10 Enforcers split into two Mobs of five. They
rush into combat at the first opportunity, looking
to target anyone lacking a melee weapon.
Deacon Magnus Sacerdos, a fervent believer in van
Staten’s heresy, is in command.
The Palace Guard squads split their fire. Two operate
each Storm Bolter. They focus on armoured targets.
The remaining eight fire as groups of four. The Storm
Bolters fire with a pool of 9 dice and the Hot-Shot
Lasguns with 11. Each round, a number of Mobs
equal to the number of Agents attack. The remainder
engage the Scions.
Leading the Scions
The Agents are backed up by 30 scions led by Captain
Reeves. Allow whichever PC has taken command to
make a DN 4 Leadership (Wil) Test on their Turn. On
a success, the Scions destroy a Mob of heretics. Each
Shift destroys an additional Mob. Each dice that does
not score an Icon represents one Scion either killed or
seriously injured (and out of action).
u On a Critical Hit, ignore any casualties caused by
the roll.
u On a Complication, five Scions are lost.
An Agent with very high Leadership, such as a
Commissar, can turn this extended fight into a brief
slaughter. That’s fine. Let the Agents lead the Scions
to glory and feel briefly in control of the situation, but
consider beefing up some of the later encounters.
After the fight, one character can attempt a DN 3
Medicae (Int) Test. A success restores one Scion to
the fight, with each Shift restoring one more.
A Charging Rhino
The Rhino won’t be able to ram its way through the
gates, but once they’re breached, it could be rushed
into the courtyard as the opening move in an assault.
The rebels have set anti-tank mines just beyond the
gates, which halt the Rhino as soon as it enters the
courtyard. This still gives the party heavy cover to
fight out of, and a Storm Bolter they can use to target
the Mobs in the buildings (it can’t angle low enough
to engage targets on the ground at short range). The
Storm Bolter has the following profile: Damage 10 +1
ED / AP - / Range 12 – 24 – 36 / Salvo 4 / Brutal,
Heavy (3), Rapid Fire (3) / BOLT, IMPERIUM. As
it is vehicle mounted, the Storm Bolter never needs
reloading during this skirmish.
THE DESECRATED CHAPEL
At the back of the courtyard is a small chapel. Like
every shrine of the Imperial Cult in Tora Armis, it
has been desecrated, the statues beheaded and the
Aquilae inverted. Within, a great bell tolls.
Inside the chapel, three Plaguebearers dutifully count
the number of tolls. While they’ll fight to defend
themselves, they’re far more interested in this task
than in dealing with the party. If the Agents ignore
the Plaguebearers, the GM gains two Ruin.
Also in the chapel are two bells. The first was clearly
the original. It is made of bronze and is about a meter
high. It has been cut down and dumped in the corner. It
was once adorned with Imperial iconography, but this
has been melted with laser fire. The second ‘bell’ is a INTO THE TEETH
trio of massive, fleshy appendages that have grown OF CHAOS
from the ceiling and swing gently from side to side.
Whenever the appendages collide, a reverberating DOWN THE
GULLET
sound rings out.
THE PALACE OF
As soon as the Agents enter the chapel, a booming, FLESH
jocular voice addresses them. Its timbre is reminiscent
of the bells, but it speaks directly into their minds. LAST EXIT
‘Welcome, welcome, my little morsels. Such delightful, THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD
squirming, tender excrescences. You will find your
sojourn here… fruitful. Yes, of course, your masters
have dispatched you on a mission of death, for it’s all
their small mortal minds can comprehend, but death
is not the end. Look upon the courtyard. Each of the
corpses you made is bursting with life, a fertile home
for my offspring. Even in death, there is life, and it is
glorious and fecund. First they’ll make a wonderful
home for flies and maggots, and then for my more
uncommon children. Look at them, blooming with
bounty from the Lord of Life. Soon this whole spire,
this whole planet, will ripen with new life.’
The voice belongs to Festerbrax, the daemon which
has merged with the palace. Festerbrax continues
talking in this vein, and as it speaks the bodies in
the courtyard decompose and erupt with maggots
and larvae. In no time at all a cloud of flies fills the
courtyard and the chapel. Festerbrax continues to
talk until the party have destroyed the bells or left
the chapel. From now on, you can spend Ruin to
use Festerbrax as described in the Battlefield Ruin
section (see page 23).
Anyone conversing with Festerbrax must make a DN
5 Corruption Test. Even if all they do is abuse him,
simply communicating with such a powerful agent of
the Ruinous Powers is dangerous for the soul.
NOBILITY BROUGHT LOW
To one side of the courtyard, a door creaks open,
damaged by weapons fire. It tears off its hinges with
a groan of twisting metal. A Scion gestures to you to
be silent and beckons you toward the now-open door.
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 On the other side a voice yells: ‘Look, we’ve got the
access codes. Let’s just get to the pod and leave. There
is no way my father ever intended you to do this.’
Another voice responds: ‘Please kneel down and close
your eyes sir. Our orders are clear. In the event that
the spire is taken, you must not fall into the hands
of the apostates.’ There is a burst of screaming and
yelling, and the sound of a Hot-Shot Lasgun cycling
up to full power.
Within this lavish reception room, decorated with
portraits of the van Staten family line, are two of Lord
van Staten’s adult children and his son-in-law. Also
present are four palace guards, about to carry out their
orders to execute the family should the palace fall.
If the party intervenes quickly, they can save some
members of the household. The van Staten family have
fallen deeply into heresy, believing that the Emperor
has died but is on the verge of rebirth. Amidst their
heretical pleas is useful information which can be
unearthed by asking the right questions or appealing
to the nobles’ vices and fears, with good roleplaying
and successful Tests. Present here are:
u Hugo van Staten, Lord van Staten’s eldest son.
Hugo responds to the party’s arrival by declaring
‘Thank the Emperor you’re here!’ and claiming
that the guards have been holding them against
their will for months — much to Solicia’s disgust.
Hugo insists his father was led astray by heretics,
but can't convincingly say where they are or what
happened to them.
u Solicia van Staten, Lord van Staten’s eldest
daughter. She is pale and thin, with long blonde
hair, and dresses in fabrics worth more than
most spire residents earn in their lifetime. She
is convinced of the righteousness of her father’s
actions, and condemns anyone who disagrees with
her as heretics and traitors. She has personally
coordinated the distribution of palacefruit
throughout the spire.
u Tutius van Staten, Solicia’s husband. A nervous
young man dressed in well-tailored robes. He
initially insists he is in charge, but is easily bullied
into silence or weaselly compliance. Knows the
plans for the defence of the spire and attempts to
make a deal with the Agents, trading the plans for
his safety.
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If it looks like Tutius' bargain might work, Solicia
shoots him with a concealed laspistol. (Let the closest
character make a DN 5 Awareness (Int) Test to spot
this in time).
The Agents can learn the following information from
any of the van Statens:
u Train Access Codes: A private train runs from
beneath the palace to a location deep within the
spire. Van Staten promised his family this would
be their escape route if disaster struck.
u Wandering Monstrosities: There are two Chaos
Spawn roaming the palace. Solicia thinks they're
her father's guardians, Hugo that they're what
became of the heretic preachers who corrupted
van Staten..
u Plans for the Defence of Tora Armis: Only Tutius
has access codes for these, but they’re valuable
military intelligence. Award a bonus Experience
Point if the Agents recover these.
u The Angel Below: For two months Solicia
has been the only family member permitted to
visit Lord van Staten in the lower levels of the
palace, where he is preparing for the ‘Emperor’s
ascension’. Solicia claims that the Emperor has
sent an angel to prepare his way (this is news to
Hugo and Tutius). If any Space Marines are present
she pointedly describes the angel as ‘far greater
and more powerful than these feeble specimens’.
TALKING WITH THE
VAN STATENS
Discussions with the van Statens could go in
lots of directions. Let the interaction continue
until the Agents’ approach becomes clear, and
then resolve the outcome with appropriate
Tests. Social interactions with the van Statens
are all DN 4, with the exception that Solicia is
hard to intimidate (DN 6), and Tutius is easy
to scare (DN 3).
PROFILES FOR
PART ONE
Palace Guard: Use the Astra Militarum profile on page
328 of Wrath & Glory, but with Carapace Armour
(Resilience 8) and Hot-Shot Lasguns.
Cultists: See page 337 of Wrath & Glory.
Enforcers: See page 331 of Wrath & Glory.
Deacon Magnus Sacerdos, Fallen Priest: Use the
suggested stats for the Ministorum Priest archetype on
page 92 of Wrath & Glory. He wields an Eviscerator.
Plaguebearers: See page 350 of Wrath & Glory.
Replace the IMPERIUM keyword with the CHAOS
and HERETIC keywords.
PART TWO: DOWN
THE GULLET
The evidence of heresy is strong but puzzling. Can
the Agents make sense of it?
EXPLORING
THE PALACE
The Agents pass through galleries decorated with rich
paintings, reception rooms, ballrooms, and private
lounges. There are also kitchens, sculleries, and living
quarters for the servants of the van Statens. Even
the servants appear to have lived a comfortable life
compared to most of the spire’s common inhabitants.
Resistance was concentrated on the top floor and
there are very few combatants left in the rest of the
palace. Focus gameplay on what happens as the party
and their Scions encounter the following locations.
OFFICIUM
This is the personal office complex of Lord van Staten.
This collection of offices deals with the enforcement
of van Staten’s authority over Tora Armis. Details
of family pledges, who owes fealty to whom, which INTO THE TEETH
rights the van Statens exercise over which industries, OF CHAOS
and so on are all recorded and administered here.
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GULLET
The chambers are high-ceilinged, and dimly
illuminated by flickering lumen-sconces. It seems
THE PALACE OF
the palace is running on emergency power. Vast FLESH
shelves tower up into the darkness, each packed with
thousands of scrolls and charters. Centuries of records LAST EXIT
detail the van Statens’ control over Tora Armis in
minute detail. The usual signs of Imperial rule have THE DEADLY
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been carefully and precisely amended. Aquilae hang
upside down, and statues are neatly beheaded. Over
each doorway hangs a sign bearing the phrase: ‘He
has fallen. We will rise’.
The Scions sweep the halls efficiently but find nothing
apart from the archival servitors, patiently awaiting
fresh instructions. On the third level, one of the Scions
reports finding something unusual.
A large space has been cleared, with the archival
stacks pushed to the sides. A number of boards have
been set up in the middle of this space, bearing maps
of the spire. Judging by the notes this space was used
to coordinate the distribution of food from the palace
to the spire. A bowl of succulent, sweet smelling green
fruit sits on a table.
A successful DN 3 Scholar (Int) Test will reveal that:
u The distribution points are all located at centres of
worship throughout the spire.
u Levels one to three have had no food distribution
at all since the spire was sealed off.
u The distribution is coordinated by Solicia van
Staten, Lord van Staten's daughter.
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PALACEFRUIT
Palacefruit is grown in the polyp farm (see
page 16). Ripe palacefruit is soft, green, and
spherical. It’s warm to the touch and, when
sliced open, unleashes a pungent, sweet citrus
scent. The flesh of the fruit is spongy, and
within a few minutes of exposure to the air it
rots into a thick, brown sludge. Even after it
rots, one palacefruit provides enough nutrition
to sustain a human adult for a day of activity.
Anyone who eats palacefruit must make a DN
5 Corruption Test. In addition to the standard
effects of failing a Corruption Test, anyone
who dies within one week of failing the Test
transforms into a Poxwalker.
THE FAMILY CHAMBERS
The eastern wing of the palace is given over to Lord
van Staten’s personal chambers. All the rooms are
lavishly decorated with tapestries, paintings, and
antique furniture. It is immediately clear all is not
well. The walls ooze moisture and the floor, apparently
marble, feels slightly springy and soft to the touch. As
you sweep the chambers, a Scion gestures to you to
be silent and draws your attention to a door, behind
which an endless stream of soft babbling whispers on.
The only person left in the family chambers is Maya
Strala, Solicia’s former servant and companion.
Maya’s filthy robes suggest she was once someone
of rank. She speaks in a whisper. Her skin is tinged
with green and her breath smells rotten. She currently
inhabits an opulent sitting room where the walls
sweat a putrid, oily substance. Her only companion
here is the corpse of another servant, which Maya has
partially eaten. She has three things to share, all of
which have to be extracted from a stream of babble:
u The whole van Staten family has fallen into heresy.
u After food ran out, the van Staten’s started
distributing ‘fruit’ grown beneath the palace.
u The palace devours those who enter.
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Accurately assessing the reliability of Maya’s
information requires a DN 5 Insight Test. Talking with
Maya for more than a couple of minutes triggers a DN
3 Corruption Test. Should the Agents think it’s a good
idea to free her, Maya is too afraid to enter the palace
and willingly submits herself to the Commissariat.
REPORTING IN
Throughout the preceding scenes, the Agents have
gathered enough intelligence to report back to HQ.
If they’ve obtained the plans to Tora Armis, General
Hacker comes onto the vox to personally congratulate
them. Inquisitor Dikaisune is chiefly interested in the
fruit, the location of van Staten, and the possibility of
a Traitor Astartes in Tora Armis, if the Agents mention
their earlier sighting or Solicia's 'Angel.'
The Inquisitor instructs the Agents to:
u Learn the origin of the fruit.
u Capture or eliminate van Staten.
u Eliminate the traitor Space Marine.
MEDICAL CHAMBERS
Beneath the officium and the lord’s chambers, the
palace has been given over to use as a military
hospital for spire defenders injured in the conflict
with the Gravediggers. There are several wards with
patients lying on trestle tables and scavenged beds.
Makeshift surgical theatres have been set up, which
are clearly short of equipment.
Read aloud or paraphrase the following:
Even in these rooms’ low lighting, the signs of
corruption are unmistakable. Pipes have the
appearance of fleshy tubes. The walls and floor
are overgrown with a tough, fibrous tissue, which
is itself covered in weeping sores and blemishes.
There are rows of beds holding dozens of wounded,
and an exhausted staff of medical officers shuffling
between them, administering treatment. They take
no notice of your arrival, and continue tending to
their patients.
In one corner of the ward is a metal hatch, presumably
for disposing of corpses. In the centre of the floor is
a circular patch of muscular-looking tubes, tightly
knotted together.

The medical staff are badly mutated cultists, barely
responsive and shuffling through grotesque parodies
of their former work, and most of the patients are
Poxwalkers. Under medical uniforms and bedsheets,
this isn’t immediately apparent, though the Agents
should realise it within a few seconds of observation,
or immediately they interact with someone. The
treatment being delivered to the wounded is neither
beneficial nor sterile. Leeches and maggots are
being applied to suppurating wounds, where rather
than cleaning dead flesh they quickly form colonies
and settle in for a long stay. Three patients are still
human, though they are badly mutated, with fleshy
tubes growing out of their bodies and black, open
sores. They’re hooked up to sanguine infusers that
draw blood directly from the walls.
The Poxwalkers (two Mobs of 30) aren’t aggressive:
they’re busy tending their patients or receiving
‘treatment’. The three human prisoners are beyond
saving. As they contemplate their options or — more
likely — draw their weapons, Festerbrax’s disembodied
voice returns.
‘You’ve come to the sanatorium? Why don’t you let
the chirurgeons take care of you. They’re capable
of instilling new life in even the most wounded and
weary carcass. My servants will make you welcome.
There’s a place here for you. Lay down. Relax.’
Assuming the Agents refuse Festerbrax’s offer, the
voice offers a resigned dismissal, at which point the
Poxwalkers attack, armed with medical equipment
and gnashing teeth. The remaining ‘human’ patients
transform into Poxwalkers, rise from their sickbeds,
and join the attack. Witnessing this transformation
requires a DN 5 Corruption Test.
PROFILES FOR
PART TWO
Poxwalkers: Use the profile on page 351 of Wrath &
Glory.
PART THREE: THE
PALACE OF FLESH
INTO THE TEETH
Festerbrax’s presence has utterly corrupted the OF CHAOS
palace. The Agents must descend into the very
guts of this stronghold of Nurgle. DOWN THE
GULLET
CONDITIONS IN THE THE PALACE OF
FLESH
PALACE OF FLESH
LAST EXIT
Delving deeper into the palace, a revolting sulphurous
stench billows out to meet you. Beneath you is a THE DEADLY
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passageway, its sides almost entirely enclosed in
living flesh. In places the flesh has rotted through,
allowing glimpses of the tiled floor and ferrocrete
walls. As you watch, a ripple runs through the meat.
When the Agents enter the tunnels, they find the floor
is soft, slick, and unstable. There is no lighting beyond
what the party and Scions provide. In the darkness
they hear skittering, chittering noises, caused by the
thousands of Nurglings that infest this place.
The Scions carry electro-torches, which dimly
illuminate the surroundings. Increase the DN of
ranged attacks by 2 and of melee attacks by 1 due
to dim light. The unstable and pulsating floor means
anyone running or charging must make a DN 3
Athletics (S) Test or fall prone.
ENCOUNTERS IN THE
PALACE OF FLESH
Randomly generate encounters from the following
table, rerolling if necessary to avoid duplicate
encounters. After each encounter, the party can
nominate one Agent to make a DN 5 Survival (Wil)
Test to navigate towards the heart of the palace. This
must be a different Agent each time: however strong-
willed they are, navigating these twisted architectural
viscera clouds their senses after a while. The Agents
reach the stomach, where Lord van Staten awaits,
after passing three Survival Tests or surviving five
encounters, whichever happens first
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PALACE ENCOUNTERS
D6 EVENT
1 Peristaltic Waves
2 Bile Duct
3 Polyp Farm
4 Rivers of Blood
5 Blocked
6 The Fruits of Nurgle
1. PERISTALTIC WAVES
The tunnel constricts behind the party, propelling a
wave of acid, sludge, and corpses towards them.
Agents can:
u Attempt to dash to another tunnel and avoid the
constricting passage with a DN 5 Athletics (S)
Test. Agents who succeed take no damage. Those
who fail are submerged and take 8 +4 ED damage.
u Take a deep breath and let the wave pass over
them. Anyone doing this is submerged and takes
6 +4 ED damage.
u Ride the wave and be swept along in the current.
Make a DN 7 Athletics (S) Test. Agents who
succeed are swept directly to the stomach and a
private audience with Lord van Staten (see page
20). Those who fail are submerged, and take
10 +4 ED damage. If this splits the party, have
the remaining Agents stumble into van Staten’s
chamber after one more encounter.
As they lack fully sealed suits, the Scions choose the
first option. Have one player roll a D6. On 1–2, two
Scions are swept away and never seen again. On a
3–4, one Scion is crushed to death by the tunnel. On
a 5–6, the Scions endure the wave without casualties.
Anyone who is submerged must make a DN 5
Resolve Test or gain a Poisoned (5) Condition. A
character wearing a sealed suit passes automatically.
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2. BILE DUCT
A vast yellow organ hangs suspended above the
passageway, from which fluids drip onto the floor.
Where the drops strike they sizzle and burn, leaving
the flesh raw and bloody.
Navigating past the bile duct without getting burned
by the acid requires a DN 5 Athletics (S) Test. Anyone
who fails takes 12 +4 ED damage from the potent acid.
An alternative approach is to destroy the dripping
pendulous organ, which is easy enough given sufficient
time and ammunition. Anyone within 6 metres when it
finally ruptures takes 14 +6 ED damage as a massive
burst of acid drenches everything nearby. If it’s
destroyed remotely (perhaps with Melta Bombs) the
bile duct can be safely bypassed. Rigging explosives
and judging a safe distance requires a DN 4 Tech
(Int) Test. On a failure, a random Agent takes 8 +4 ED
damage from splashing acid.
3. POLYP FARM
The passageways in this section of the palace are
lined with fleshy green growths, each about the size
of an apple. There are millions of them, harvested by
thousands of Nurglings under the direction of three
Plaguebearers. The Nurglings entertain themselves
while they work by tossing harvested growths at each
other, squealing delightedly when they explode into
pustulent slime on impact.
The party must deal with five Mobs of Nurglings,
each consisting of 20 Nurgling bands for a total of
2,000 individual Nurglings, plus three Plaguebearers.
Assume that the Scions are occupied by similar waves
of opponents unless the party spends Glory to activate
them (see page 23). The combat begins when an
orifice in the ceiling opens above the party, dropping
one Mob onto the Agents’ heads and plunging them
immediately into melee with excited Nurglings.
If the Agents simply want to push past the Nurglings in
an effort to get clear of them (perhaps to shoot or use
area effect weapons), this requires a DN 5 Athletics
(S) Test. Reduce the DN by one for each Mob that has
been destroyed.
4. RIVERS OF BLOOD
A torrent of daemonic blood, black and stinking,
rushes down this passageway, before being absorbed
into a spongelike organ. On the other side of the organ,
the stream divides in two: one part blood, one part fetid
yellow liquid. The only way for the party to progress is
to wade through the river of daemonic effluence. This
imposes a DN 5 Corruption Test on all who do so.
Injured Agents who fail suffer from festering wounds,
as described on page 24.
5. BLOCKED
A vast dam of decaying bodies blocks the way forward.
They have clearly been down here for some time, as
many of them have partially dissolved in the acid.
Those on top are relatively intact. The corpses have
slowly congealed together and fill the passage.
Clearing a path is best done with a Melta Bomb or
Las-Cutter. Anyone inhaling the foul air released by
this process must make a DN 6 Resolve Test or gain a
Poisoned (5) Condition.
6. THE FRUITS OF NURGLE
The Agents locate a large chamber where hundreds of
thousands of palacefruit have been neatly stacked onto
trays and placed into crates, ready for distribution. The
contrast between the fleshy, unnatural walls, and the
neatly ordered packaging materials is remarkable. The
work is being done by a band of 20 Cultists, their faces
hidden behind gas-masks that have melded into their
flesh, and overseen by three Plaguebearers.
Any use of explosives in this fight ruptures large
quantities of palacefruit, filling the air with spores.
Anyone not wearing a respirator of some kind must
make a DN 4 Corruption Test if exposed to the spores.
WANDERING MONSTROSITIES
The Warp energies, corrupted food sources, and
rampant heresy have affected the palace’s inhabitants
in different ways. Two of the most unfortunate have
blossomed into Chaos Spawn (Wrath & Glory,
page 352). Use them to complicate the challenges
encountered while navigating the Palace of Flesh.
The two Spawn obey no orders and desire nothing
but food and the chance to spread Nurgle’s gifts
throughout the spire. They ooze through the hallways
of the palace, silent and alarmingly mobile. One,
Borbirax, is pale and sluglike, its flesh translucent INTO THE TEETH
and its atrophied, labouring organs visible beneath. OF CHAOS
The other, Mycosion, drags itself along on fleshy
tentacles festooned with small, claw-like hooks. It has DOWN THE
GULLET
no fewer than four mouths, but nothing recognisable
as a head. The two hunt the Agents through the
THE PALACE OF
gloomy, glistening passageways of the palace. FLESH
The Chaos Spawn lurk in the narrow passages of the LAST EXIT
palace, working in tandem, ambushing and retreating.
They snatch Scions at the front or rear of the group THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD
and drag them away — in Borbirax’s case, to feed, and
for Mycosion to regurgitate its own organs into the
victim, where they ripen and blossom into poisonous
fruits. (The ripening takes days, and is relevant to the
characters only if they find previous victims tucked
away in quiet corners.)
If they haven’t been killed before the party reach van
Staten, the Spawn trail after Putradyne Corporis into
the depths of the hives, to be encountered once again
as Corporis makes his departure (see Last Exit on
page 21).
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 LORD VAN STATEN &
THE PALACE OF FLESH
Another knot of muscle blocks the end of a
passageway. As you force your way through, the air
fills with noxious green gas. Before you lies a massive
chamber of flesh, the floor submerged beneath a
layer of bubbling acid in which hundreds of slowly
dissolving corpses float.
A pendulous eruption of flesh hangs from the ceiling.
The growth ends in a twitching body, once human,
now absorbed into the fleshy structure. The body
grips the ceremonial staff of a spire’s lord in one
hand. The fleshy protuberance swings toward you
and the face within hails you in a gurgling, wheezing,
uncomfortably high-pitched voice: ‘Visitors! It’s been
so long. Tell me, is everything proceeding as planned?
The ascension cannot be more than an hour away?’
Lord van Staten has been absorbed into the fabric of
his own corrupted palace. Van Staten is still convinced
that the Emperor’s ascension is at hand, and that his
current state is somehow essential to the impending
resurrection. He has been kept unaware of the
successful Imperial assault on the spire, and initially
assumes the Agents are present to either witness or
aid the ascension.
Van Staten is happy to talk to the party, as he doesn’t
get many visitors. He will boast that Putradyne
Corporis, the Emperor’s chosen vessel, is now en route
to the place of rebirth. Attempts to disabuse him of his
heresy or point out his current state anger him.
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Because van Staten’s condition precludes capture, the
Agents have little choice but to fight him in order to
fulfill Inquisitor Dikaisune’s orders.
If the Agents ask van Staten about the place of rebirth,
he knows only that it is deep beneath the Spire.
Fighting van Staten
The fight with van Staten unfolds in three phases:
In the first phase, the Agents face van Staten himself,
who uses the profile on page 20.
When van Staten has suffered Wounds equal to half of
his maximum, dozens of the partially digested corpses
animate as Poxwalkers and join the fight. Add a Mob
of 12 Poxwalkers for each Agent.
When van Staten’s Wounds equal his maximum
value, Festerbrax takes direct control of the combat,
flailing desperately at the party. Apply the changes
listed below the profile.
Taking part in the combat with van Staten requires a
DN 6 Corruption Test.
PROFILES FOR
PART THREE
Chaos Spawn: See page 362 of Wrath & Glory.
Plaguebearers: See page 350 of Wrath & Glory.
NURGLINGS
NURGLINGS
“Emperor’s mercy! They’re everywhere…”
— Last words of Sergeant Clarett of the Gilead Tier 1 2 3 4
Gravediggers Threat T T T T INTO THE TEETH
OF CHAOS
KEYWORDS: CHAOS, DAEMON, NURGLE
Tiny, cheerful, and terrifying, Nurglings are the most
numerous of Nurgle’s boundless servants. They S T A I WIL INT FEL DOWN THE
GULLET
grow within the bodies of Great Unclean Ones, and 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
burst forth like pus from a spot. Mischievous and
Resilience THE PALACE OF
malevolent, the foot-high dameons are said to be FLESH
made in the image of Nurgle himself, and delight in 1 base
spreading plague and panic wherever they go. LAST EXIT
Defence Wounds Shock

A single Nurgling is an insignificant threat, but they 1 1 1 THE DEADLY

are never alone. Nurglings are commonly encountered
in vast swarms that carpet the ground in a tidal
wave of giggling daemonic mischief, as infestations
in pipes and sewers, or even infesting the bodies of
larger creatures. They are frequently accompanied
by Plaguebearers, who try to shepherd and corral the
uncontrollable tiny maniacs.
In combat, Nurglings simply toddle toward their foe,
arms outstretched and spiky teeth chomping furiously.
As they get closer they form up into tottering mounds
and attempt to engulf their foes in a tidal wave of
bodies.
SKILLS:Default 1, Weapon Skill 1
BATTLEFIELD
ABILITIES
BATTLECRY: Frightful Form: Anyone that can see this
Threat must make a DN 2 Fear Test
NURGLING BAND: This profile describes a band of 20
Nurglings, not a single entity. Nurgling bands can form
up into mobs as normal.
RUIN: Malevolent Mischief
Instead of making a close combat attack, the GM may
spend 1 Ruin. The target suffers a randomly determined
combat complication (Wrath & Glory, page 191).
DETERMINATION: Daemonic Determination
Spend 1 Ruin to roll 1d6. Daemons can roll
Determination against Mortal Wounds. Any Wounds
negated by Determination are ignored instead of being
converted to Shock.

ACTION:
Infectious Bite: 4 +1 ED / AP –1 / Inflict (Poison 4)

Conviction Resolve Speed Size

1 1 1 SMALL*

*A band of Nurglings counts as a small target. A single

Nurgling is a tiny target.

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 LORD VAN STATEN
LORD VAN STATEN
"Welcome... welcome on this day of ascension."
Tier 1 2 3 4
Corrupted by the daemonic entity that has made its Threat A A A A
home in his palace, Lord van Staten has become a
KEYWORDS: CHAOS, DAEMON, NURGLE
horrific creature. His once-Human form is merged
into the visceral, warped architecture of his home, and S T A I WIL INT FEL
hangs from a pendulum of daemonic flesh. When van 6 8 2 4 5 2 1
Staten is attacked, he causes gases and acids to erupt
Resilience
from the lining of the stomach or causes it to manifest
tentacles of rotten daemonic flesh that reach out to 9 base
attack his foes.
Defence Wounds Shock

Once van Staten’s body is slain, Festerbrax reanimates 3 15 8

it, pours a fraction of his essence into it, and takes SKILLS: Default 3, Weapon Skill 6,
Ballistic Skill 5, Psychic Mastery 6
over the fight. Use the same profile as van Staten with
the following modifications: BONUSES

Champion: Van Staten may use Ruin

u Deprived of van Staten’s eyes, reduce WS to 3. actions, and has 2 personal Ruin.

u It has 20 Wounds.
u It can use the psychic abilities Soul Shrivel and
Touch of Corruption (Wrath & Glory, page 281).
u Defence becomes 1, as from now on damage to
any part of the stomach will injure the daemon.
ABILITIES
BATTLECRY: Frightful Form Anyone that can
see this Threat must make a DN 4 Fear Test.
ACTION: Horrifying Tendrils: 11 +2 ED / AP −2 /
Range 4. Van Staten can attack twice per round with his
horrifying tendrils.
DETERMINATION: Daemonic Determination
Spend 1 Ruin to roll 8d6. Daemons can roll
Determination against Mortal Wounds. Any Wounds
negated by Determination are ignored instead of being
converted to Shock.

RUIN:Acidic Eruption
By spending one Ruin, van Staten causes eruption of
acid within the palace stomach: 10 +4 ED / AP -1 /
Range 12 / Blast 4

ACTION: Infectious Bite: 4 +1 ED / AP –1 / Inflict

(Poison 4)Poisonous Miasma: By spending 1 Ruin
van Staten can cause a cloud of poisonous gas to spread
through the stomach. Anyone lacking a sealed suit
must make a DN 4 Toughness Test or suffer a Poisoned
(5) Condition.

Conviction Resolve Speed Size

2 1 4 Large

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PART FOUR:
LAST EXIT
The architect of Tora Armis’ ruin is heading
towards his destiny. Learn his destination.
LEAVING THE PALACE
As the thing that was once van Staten dies, the whole
chamber convulses again and again. The acid juices
bubble, froth, and deepen, hurling corpses about.
The voice in your head is gone. The walls of flesh
ripple and collapse inward, towards you. A booming,
retching noise shakes the air.
As the chamber constricts and collapses, the Agents
are pushed inexorably toward a fleshy passage that
has opened in the floor of the chamber. Violent heaves
and eruptions of acid prevent any kind of footing, and
the Agents are pushed into a narrow, constricting
tunnel of rotten flesh.
Each round that an Agent or Scion remains trapped
in the tunnel, they suffer 10 +4 ED / AP -1 damage
from acid and crushing. After 3 rounds, any agents
still in the tunnel are unceremoniously evacuated onto
a rockcrete platform.
Escaping the tunnel requires a DN 6 Athletics (S)
Test. Alternatively, Agents can try and shoot or cut
their way free. The tunnel has a Toughness of 10 and
it takes 6 Wounds to force it to release an Agent.
You emerge into a reassuringly rockrete chamber. The
floor is covered in chunks of corpses, pools of acid, and
rotting daemon flesh. You appear to be on a platform.
Next to you, a set of rails extend into the darkness.
Fifty metres away, a giant cloaked silhouette boards a
hovering train, which zooms off down the track.
As the carriage departs, a second armoured figure
makes some final adjustments to a control panel.
Then it sees you, and raises its boltgun.
GM NOTE
INTO THE TEETH
The Agents are witnessing Putradyne Corporis OF CHAOS
departing for his ascension. He’s out of their
reach. Even if the Agents attack with long- DOWN THE
range weaponry such as a missile launcher,
GULLET
the carriage’s Void Shield thwarts their attack.
THE PALACE OF
If the players want to stop Corporis they’ll FLESH
have to play the Tier 4 adventure in this series,
Affliction Ascendant. What they can do is LAST EXIT
recover the coordinates for his destination. If
the players don’t realise this, any Agent with THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD
a Tech rating of 2 or more realises that the
destination of the carriage will be visible on the
control panel. .
The second armoured figure is a Death Guard Traitor
Marine, determined to ensure that no one follows his
master, Putradyne Corporis. If either of the palace’s
Chaos Spawn (see Wandering Monstrosities, page
17) are still alive, one or both follow the Agents to
the platform, attacking from the rear while the Agents
are occupied with the Marine. Remember the Agents
can spend Glory to make use of the remaining Scions.
If the Agents try to read and relay the coordinates
during combat, it takes one character 2 rounds, but
requires no Tests, provided they have the access codes
(see Train Access Codes on page 12). Without the
access codes, it requires a DN 6 Tech (Int) Test to
unlock the control panel under combat conditions.
Alternatively, they can handle this communication
once combat is over.
When the Agents relay the coordinates, they hear a
response of ‘coordinates received’ followed a moment
later by ‘Absolvers drop-pod despatched’.
PROFILES FOR
PART FOUR
Death Guard: See page 343 of Wrath & Glory.
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AWARDING XP
For each stage in the mission, award 3 XP for
roleplaying and having fun. In addition, award
XP as follows for succeeding in the party’s military
objectives, overcoming challenges, and avoiding
casualties to the Scions.
Into the Teeth of Chaos (0–8 XP)
u Gaining intelligence from Maya (2 XP)
u Getting past the gates without injury (2 XP)
u Capturing the courtyard with less than 10 Scion
casualties (2 XP)
u Purging the chapel (2 XP)
Down the Gullet (0–8 XP)
u Gaining intelligence from the officium(2 XP)
u Gaining intelligence from the van Statens (2 XP)
u Defeating the Poxwalkers (2 XP)
u Report intel to mission command (2 XP)
THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD
Lord of the Spire introduces two new rules for Wrath
& Glory. During the battle, players can spend Glory
to call for support from nearby imperial forces. This
might take the form of a battlefield medic, a barrage of
artillery fire, or covering fire from nearby allies.
In a similar way, the Gamemaster can spend
accumulated Ruin to trigger effects on the battlefield as
the players attempt to complete their mission. Perhaps
a far-off sniper or artillery observer takes an interest
in their position. The terrain in front of them might
be mined, or a patrol of enemy soldiers is about to
stumble across the Agents.

The Palace of Flesh (0–10 XP)

u Defeating Borbirax (2 XP)
u Defeating Mycosion (2 XP)
u Reaching the stomach (2 XP)
u Defeating van Staten (4 XP)

Last Exit (0–8 XP)

u Scions surviving:
u 5–10 (1 XP)
u 11–20 (2 XP)
u 20+ (3 XP)
u Defeat Chaos Marine (2 XP)
u Transmit coordinates of Corporis (3 XP)

At your discretion, Agents who survived the adventure

may be rewarded with the Touched by Fate Talent
(Wrath & Glory, page 140).

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CALLING FOR these rolls do not generate Wrath, Glory, or Ruin. Use
the profile for Scions (Wrath & Glory, page 103) for
SUPPORT any supporting troops who arrive.

During the battle the Agents can spend Glory to call Note that the party has the support of 30 Tempestus INTO THE TEETH
for support from friendly forces on the battlefield. The Scions. If all are lost they can no longer call on them for OF CHAOS
support available varies per mission, and is listed in support. Captain Reeves is the 17th to fall. If he does,
the equipment section for the mission. he is no longer available as support. Losing Captain DOWN THE
GULLET
Reeves doesn’t diminish the squad’s determination
Calling for support is a full Combat Action. Once called or efficiency, however. The remaining Scions are still
THE PALACE OF
support may take some time to arrive. Players should available as support. FLESH
be the ones to roll the dice for support actions, but
LAST EXIT

CALLING FOR SUPPORT

THE DEADLY
BATTLEFIELD
COST SUPPORT

1 Battlefield Medic: A medic administers battlefield care. They have a Medicae pool of 6 dice and arrive
in D3 turns.
3 For the Emperor: A loyal servant of the Emperor throws themselves towards the foe, intercepting a
blow meant for you. Ignore damage from a single attack.
2 Captain Reeves: Appears at your side and engages your target once with either his Plasma Pistol (15
+3 ED / AP −3) or Chainsword (10 +4 ED / Brutal). He fights with a pool of 8 dice.
2 Scion Support: A special weapons team armed with either Meltagun or Grenade Launcher and a Hot-
Shot Lasgun support the Strike Team. They will help destroy a single target, fighting with a pool of
7 dice.
1 Suppressing Fire: The Scion squad turns its weapons on a target picked out by the Agents. The target
has a DN penalty of 2 when attacking the Strike Team.

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 BATTLEFIELD RUIN
During the battle the GM can spend Ruin to trigger
different effects on the battlefield. The GM can trigger
effects in narrative time or combat time. If triggered in
combat time the Ruin effect takes a turn, as if there
were an additional NPC involved.
Space out Ruin effects: piling too many into a single
fight can make combat chaotic and overpowering.
One or two effects through the course of the fight,
especially if the Agents are having an easy time,
works well.

BATTLEFIELD RUIN

COST EFFECT

1 Festerbrax: A deep, jocular voice speaks to an agent, mocking their efforts, and encouraging them to
give up and settle down within the palace. The distraction raises the DN of the Agent’s next test by 2.

1 Sniper: A sniper fires on the agents. They are equipped with a Long-Las, and attack with a pool of
nine dice (10 +1 ED / AP −1 / Sniper).
1 Shock Grenade: A combatant (friendly fire is an option) throws a grenade, which hits automatically.
Damage 3 (Shock) / Blast (6), Inflict (Blinded (1), Vulnerable 1)

2 Hurled Masonry: Weapons don’t always need to be complicated. A forty-kilo piece of marble drops
onto an Agent. They may make a DN 5 Athletics (S) Test to dodge, or take 10 +4 ED damage.

2 Erupting Pustule: A fleshy, swollen part of the palace pops, showering those nearby with toxic slime.
All Agents make a DN 4 Corruption Test.
2 Festering Wound: A wounded Agent’s injuries become infected and will not heal for at least 72
hours.
3 Rapid Rot: One of the Scions has been wounded and infected with Nurgle’s Rot. Within moments they
are transformed into a Plaguebearer (with a Hot-Shot Lasgun) and turn on the squad. Witnessing this
requires a DN 5 Corruption Test.
1 Another One Down: A Scion is killed by whatever foe the Agents are engaged with.

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