Editing The Viaticus Dynasty (section)

=== [[Choir-Master Telepathica Aeysha Marlith]] ===
Born on the Imperial world of Vanthek in the Tempus Segmatum, a world well known for it's artists, stark beauty, and being a hotbed for cultist and rectivist activity, leaving horrible things lurking in the dark corners of that world. The Marlith family was a rather well to do artisan family, operating a media empire that churned out penthrift dreadfuls and holo-plays across the sector showing the unusual view point of that uncertain world. Aeysha was the youngest of three children, and was always a bit of the odd one out when family was concerned save for her loving mother that tried to support her in becoming one of the artists in the family's many studios. Of course living on a world full of corruption meant that the Inquisition was all but ever present, and when young Aeysha found she had the gift for witchery the Inquisition wasn't too far behind. 

Once on the Black Ships heading to Holy Terra to be judged, young Aeysha proved to be rather forceful in personality as well in psychic talent that the Schola Psykana gave her a bit more combat training than the typical Astropath. Once her years of training and recovery after having her soul seared by the Emperor's Light, she was attatched to the Imperial Guard regiments, the 328th Brelish Commandos that awere scheduled to take back a world called Byrion's Hope from Chaos pirates to keep them from preying upon ships coming out of the Viaticus Subsector. So soon after her training she was put back into boot camp to be able to keep up with the rest of her unit and provide some firing support as well as communication with the ship in orbit or defending against any warp usage. It was brutal on the young woman, but she managed to soldier through, despite a Commissar Ilyan watching over her for a chance to put a bolt round into her witch head. That was a constant concern for her as they landed upon the war torn world to start a long and bloody campaign that destroyed both sides in body, mind, and material. After a year of fighting, the planet was silent with both pirate raiders and the Imperial transport shattered in orbit with only a few Guardsmen left on an otherwise undeveloped world. 

Ilyan, being the only sort of officer left alive started to panic about there not being any sort of rescue, as well as the fact that the enemy knew of Aeysha and would be back for her, despite the fact she kept saying she was their best chance to get off that world. It ended in a rather brief fire fight that saw Aeysha standing over the headless corpse of her former warden and two dozen or so men uncertain of what to do. Since she was the only one with an idea on what to do, organized the survivors into a camp to keep them alive until rescue arrived whil e she sent out distress messages to any possibly friendly world she knew of. It was a long time before someone came to that blighted world, a Chartist captain heading into the subsector and caught Aeysha's message. Unfortunately he wasn't going to turn back to bring a platoon of grunts to some out of the way world and just dropped them off at their next stop, Exaviar's World to make their own way back. It wasn't an envyable position, but at least she was able to get the men back to civilization and report in, though it's likely to be another decade or so until they get a response from command. Until then she'll have to find a way to keep fed as well as keep them out of trouble in the orbiting stations above the planet. At first she just provided some protection and organization for some of the disenfranchised astropaths either kicked to the curb or had lost their captains one way or another from the regular wytch hunt. Eventually when a rather prostigous Rogue Trader needed reliable communication, she jumped to the front with her men and the hungry psykers to man their choir.<br><br>
'''Opinions'''<br>
''"Competent enough to survive being stranded on Exaviar's World for years, and bringing a retinue of pet astropaths along. Excellent. Competent or not, the moment one of them starts gibbering madly and/or turns inside out because some horror from beyond takes over, I will shoot them. Better safe than sorry."'' - Alexis<br><br>
''"How she see without eye or bionic? Is big mystery. Captain say she is psyker, but she is not wet noodle poindexter girly-man like guard psyker. I still make Aquila and raise gesture of warding against evil anyway, but Captain tell me middle finger not needed. What he know? Maybe he like her..."'' - Boris<br><br>
''"She can appreciate me for my achievements, not my exterior. That's a lot. Pity that she's a combat-trained telepath -- only a fool let this kind of people become too close."'' - Ramirez<br><br>
''Psykers. Never been that comfortable around them. A man who makes his living through secrets learns to watch those that can read them through the air. But they have their uses.'' - Darrius