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'''An Inconvenience to the House'''<br> | '''An Inconvenience to the House'''<br> | ||
Mordecai was born on the fleet battleship "Saint Alestine" to two navigators of little consequence - at least, that's how he remembers it. He spent the first half-dozen years of his life under their tutelege and care, and then moved on to a series of other teachers, none of whom he stayed with for more than a handful of years. By the age of 12 he had developed what was seen as moderately promising talent... and an unfortunate reputation for causing trouble for other members of the House. Whether it was by forging love letters between a particularly strict teacher and the chief gunnery officer (the latter of which was horrified and spent much of her time over the next dozen years seeking solace in the ship's shrine) or whether it was his delving into some of the less desirable deeds of his ancestors, he had made a name for himself as something of an inconvenience. | Mordecai was born on the fleet battleship "Saint Alestine" to two navigators of little consequence - at least, that's how he remembers it. He spent the first half-dozen years of his life under their tutelege and care, and then moved on to a series of other teachers, none of whom he stayed with for more than a handful of years. By the age of 12 he had developed what was seen as moderately promising talent... and an unfortunate reputation for causing trouble for other members of the House. Whether it was by forging love letters between a particularly strict teacher and the chief gunnery officer (the latter of which was horrified and spent much of her time over the next dozen years seeking solace in the ship's shrine) or whether it was his delving into some of the less desirable deeds of his ancestors, he had made a name for himself as something of an inconvenience. | ||
| + | ''Will need changing, considering the change in origin path.'' | ||
'''Free Thinker, Free of Responsibilities'''<br> | '''Free Thinker, Free of Responsibilities'''<br> | ||
Perhaps the most appalling for the dignity of the House was his views on the Imperial Cult and the Ecclesiarchy, which he was quite fond of expressing in ways both subtle and anything but. "Shepherds..." (which clerics sometimes liked) "... shearing the flock" was the least of his views. Corrupt, decadent, next to useless, pedantic, dull, slack-jawed fools - Mordecai thought of the members of the Ministrorum as all of these and more; a view that hasn't yet changed. The Emperor is, of course, holy (about the only thing the cassocked asses got right) - anyone who can see the eternal beacon of the Astronomicon can agree with that. But if He were to waken today (and he had to be sleeping - else He would no doubt have torched all those self-righteous pricks in a moment... Emperor knows Mordecai sometimes wished he could do so), simply seeing what the Ecclesiarchy had done to Humanity in His Name would probably put Him right back to sleep... permanently. It probably hasn't helped that most clergy he's interacted with see him as less than human, of course. | Perhaps the most appalling for the dignity of the House was his views on the Imperial Cult and the Ecclesiarchy, which he was quite fond of expressing in ways both subtle and anything but. "Shepherds..." (which clerics sometimes liked) "... shearing the flock" was the least of his views. Corrupt, decadent, next to useless, pedantic, dull, slack-jawed fools - Mordecai thought of the members of the Ministrorum as all of these and more; a view that hasn't yet changed. The Emperor is, of course, holy (about the only thing the cassocked asses got right) - anyone who can see the eternal beacon of the Astronomicon can agree with that. But if He were to waken today (and he had to be sleeping - else He would no doubt have torched all those self-righteous pricks in a moment... Emperor knows Mordecai sometimes wished he could do so), simply seeing what the Ecclesiarchy had done to Humanity in His Name would probably put Him right back to sleep... permanently. It probably hasn't helped that most clergy he's interacted with see him as less than human, of course. | ||
| β | After he reached his majority at 14 (in a Navigator House, such comes early; the sooner one starts working, the more profit to the House), he served as one of the relief Navigators upon the frigate "Light of Heaven" | + | After he reached his majority at 14 (in a Navigator House, such comes early; the sooner one starts working, the more profit to the House), he served as one of the relief Navigators upon the frigate "Light of Heaven." |
'''A Dismaying Post'''<br> | '''A Dismaying Post'''<br> | ||
