King Quinque

-Full Title: King Quinque, of the Five Winged Way, Singer of Soothsay, Guide and yet Still Astray

[Major Recent Developments]

-King Quinque returned from his pilgrimage, presumably as a fully fledged fivefold champion, as Lady von Tarquinius was launching her incursion on Asterion; he was thus able to rescue Ambassador Lethe from certain death.

-He has stated that the attack on Asterion is an opportunity to launch a fatal attack against Nurgle; the details of this plan can he found here.

[Prior Reports]

-Harlequin Solitaire—soul gambled between the Laughing God and Sai'lanthresh/Slaanesh, acts the role of the latter in Harlequin plays. It is for this reason that he has bonded with a Condemnor, intending for his soul to be destroyed/consumed, rather than letting it potentially fall into the hands of a chaos god after his death.

-Anvephone Traquiel's mysterious mentor; I strongly suspect that he has also given guidance to the Wakes Cognomen line, and perhaps instilled the notion of "crusade" as mentioned by Sojourner Wakes.

-Contacted Ambassador Lethe in a dream, then via an aeldari hard-light hologram. A more permanent connection point has been made via Kelle's Communior.

-Following the trail and philosophy of the Asterii; is a Third Order Champion, bonded with an Augmentor, Redressor, and Condemnor. Seeks to kill a chaos god (Nurgle, Captor of Isha), and wishes us to be allies in this endeavor.

-Wishes to know what is inside, but cannot enter, the Asterii Cathedral; explained that this limitation was due to his own choices, though not what those choices were. Additionally mentioned that there are four Wards in the Cathedral, instead of the expected five. Upon exploration of the Cathedral, a conclusion can be drawn that individuals bearing a Condemnor are held in low esteem by Asterii culture, and not allowed to enter such locations as the Cathedral.

-Gifted us an Augmentor, as proof of goodwill, which has been bonded to Verity (note: Lazarus was incapable of bonding with the device, indicating that specific protocols must be followed to equip more than one).

-After the exploration of the Asterii Cathedral, we provided King Quinque with a Voiddelver and a Communior. He has promised to teach us the initiation rights to become higher order champions ourselves, after he has become a Fifth Order Champion under the supervision of whatever council of entities is currently guiding him along the same path; this is apparently the proper way of doing things.