Rogue Trader - Tides of Fortune - Arcturus Azrafel von Goethe

The Florin dynasty once was greater than it is. At its height, no Imperial institution was unconnected to their majesty, and the head of the House could command fealty from anyone - for the right price. As part of its private army, the House held favourable contracts with several Adeptus and recruited specialists of all sorts. Arcturus is one of those specialists - a psyker under contract from the Adeptus Astra Telepathica. Arcturus, a Savant-Militant, is a battle-psyker with telekinetic powers who was recruited into the Florin house guard. A man of military bearing, he had already served for some time when the ship he was aboard suffered a mutiny at the hands of subversive elements and a core of crew were sealed in stasis in a hidden chamber, to be later released and take back the ship. Sadly it was not to be, and Arcturus has languished in stasis for decades, only awaiting a Florin's order to release him...

Origins

Homeworld: Battlefleet

+5 WP, +3 Fel, -5 Per; Common Lore (Imperial Navy), Speak Language (Battlefleet War Cant); Officer on Deck (+5 Command on ship); Navigation (Stellar); Void Accustomed; Ship-Bound Fighter (-2 Initiative and x2 BS penalty for Ranges while on planets)
Arcturus was born on a ship, and by the Emperor he'll die on one! Of course every ship in the Imperium is its own city filled with clans of ratings and officers and a birth in the void is not unusual.

Birthright: Scavenger

Resistance (Fear); +3 WP; 1d5 IP [4]
Arcturus was born from an illegal liaison between an officer and a lowly rating on the warship [I]Goethe[/I]. His officer mother bore the child in secret and then cast him to the lower decks to be raised by the scavengers there. His father was put to death for fraternisation.

Lure of the Void: Tainted

Mutation: Wyrd (200xp) - Telepathic psychic Techniques: Mind Link, Mind Probe
Arcturus' psychic talent manifested itself early and hard, and after a terrifying Warp voyage that saw his uncontrolled powers wreak havoc with his birthship's plumbing detachment, he was soon imprisoned and handed over to the dreaded Black Ship as soon as was possible.

Trials and Travails: The Hand of War

Heavy Weapon Training (Launcher); Hatred (worshippers of Chaos); The Face of the Enemy (-10 Fel and WP test to interact peacefully with Chaos worshippers)
Arcturus, named by the administers on the Black Ship, underwent his sanctioning and was found to be mentally strong enough to be Sanctioned. This process happened with almost unseemly haste, because a war front had broken out with the terrible forces of Chaos and he had already been tithed to the war effort. He served faithfully as a battle-psyker for years, but now has seen too many comrades and fellow soldiers fall to the vile machinations and underhand tactics of the corrupt, and will not tolerate their affront. During one critical mission, the General which Arcturus was attached to made a critical error - against Arcturus' own advice - and the command squad was left stranded behind the enemy lines of a sudden counter-attack. One by one the General's elite guard went down defending their commander, until Arcturus was forced to commandeer the rocket launcher of the freshly-slain heavy weapons team to drive back a gibbering horde of mad-blind cultists with a wall of shrapnel. After Arcturus and the General were finally extracted by a determined push from a nearby Storm Trooper detachment, Arcturus petitioned to keep the weapon and has had it adorned with gold plate icons and additional modifications.

Motivation: Devotion (Duty)

Armour of Contempt; +3 WP
After being wracked and almost broken in the war against Chaos, Arcturus's contract came to an end and he was re-assigned as part of the compact with the Florin Dynasty. Already used to the military lifestyle, Arcturus found the demand for duty coupled with the extra freedoms which came with working away from the military engendered in him a new attitude - before he served well, but now he served with true devotion to the Florins. After being instrumental in driving off a Chaos warship out of the Hadex Anomaly that attempted to raid the [I]Rose of War[/I] Hugin Florin rewarded him with a spectacular suit of power armour, "the better to armour his body and soul against that dark filth", the Lord-Captain said.

Lineage: Witch-born (Proven to be Pure)

Resistance (Psychic Techniques); Psychic Technique - Precision Telekinesis (100xp)
It turns out that Arcturus' whole genetic line is cursed with the taint of the psyker - his mutation is not unusual in those who bear any of his familial genes. His ascension to the exalted ranks of the Savant-Warrant and proven sanctioning may stand to prove at last that his genetic line is not worthless, that they may still prove themselves useful to the Emperor. His mother Tatyiana von Goethe, now a ranking Naval officer nevertheless held back by her past, knows of him and his progress and secretly hopes that he may succeed and succeed well.

Career: Savant-Militant

Common Lore (Imperium, Adeptus Astra Telepathica), Forbidden Lore (Psykers), Invocation, Scholastic Lore (Tactica Imperialis), Speak Language (Low Gothic), Psyniscience; Pistol Weapon Training (Universal); Melee Weapon Training (Universal); Psy Rating 2; Rite of Sanctioning; Telekinesis Discipline, Techniques - Telekinetic Crush, Telekinetic Shield; Best-Craftsmanship Staff; best-Craftsmanship Autopistol; best-Craftsmanship Guard Flak Armour; Adeptus Astra Telepathica Robes; Psy-focus (Silver Aquila tokens implanted into his palms); Sanctioning Mark (Hairless; tattoo on nape of neck); Charm (Rosary necklace blessed six hundred and sixty-six times by his Regimental Chaplain from his time in the military); Micro-bead
Arcturus' employment with the Florin Dynasty had been eventful. When Arcturus was active the then-Lord-Captain Hugin Florin, known as "The Warhawk" favoured him and took Arcturus on many missions to plunder drifting Space Hulks and defend against psychic phenomena. The two shared a common theme of forthright military mindedness and Arcturus was well rewarded with gifts, not least his choice of strange psy-active weaponry from the planet Naduesh after he managed to psychically interrogate the natives until they gave up the secret of a lost cache of archaeotech which profited the Florins greatly.

Characteristics

WS 45
BS 32
S 40 60 in Power Armour
T 40
Ag 35
Int 39
Per 40
WP 66
Fel 32

Scores

Initiative +3
Wounds 11
Insanity 4
Corruption 0
Speed 4
Size Hulking

Fate Points 3

Skills

Awareness
Common Lore (Adeptus Astra Telepathica)
Common Lore (Imperial Navy)
Common Lore (Imperium)
Dodge
Forbidden Lore (Psykers)
Intimidate
Invocation
Literacy
Navigation (Stellar)
Psyniscience
Scholastic Lore (Tactica Imperialis)
Secret Tongue (Military)
Secret Tongue (Rogue Trader - Florin)
Speak Language (Battlefleet War Cant)
Speak Language (Low Gothic)

Talents

• Armour of Contempt
• Hatred (worshippers of Chaos)
• Heavy Weapon Training (Launcher)
• Melee Weapon Training (Primitive)
• Melee Weapon Training (Universal)
• Pistol Weapon Training (Universal)
• Psy Rating 3
• Resistance (Fear)
• Resistance (Psychic Techniques)
• Rite of Sanctioning (Phenomena effect: Hoarfrost)

Traits

• Officer on Deck (+5 Command on ship)
• Void Accustomed (low or no gravity is not difficult terrain)
• Ship-Bound Fighter (-2 Initiative and x2 BS penalty for Ranges while on planets)
• The Face of the Enemy (-10 Fel and WP test to interact peacefully with Chaos worshippers)
• Psyker

Psychic Powers

Psy Rating 3

Telepathy Discipline

• Mind Link
• Mind Probe

Telekinesis Discipline

• Mind Over Matter (Basic Technique)
• Precision Telekinesis
• Force Bolt
• Telekinetic Crush
• Telekinetic Shield

Gear

• Best-Craftsmanship Staff (Astra Telepathica Icon, worn as a banner pole, purity seal)
• Best-Craftsmanship Autopistol (Polished steel, burnished golden Aquila badging, purity seal)
• Best-Craftsmanship Guard Flak Armour (Battlefleet uniform, purity seals)
• Adeptus Astra Telepathica Robes (Midnight blue, appropriate iconography, purity seals)
• Psy-focus (Silver Aquila tokens implanted into his palms)
• Sanctioning Mark (Hairless; tattoo on nape of neck)
• Charm (Rosary necklace blessed six hundred and sixty-six times by his Regimental Chaplain from his time in the military)
• Micro-bead
• Suspensors (for Ruby)
• Nadueshi Force Staff
• Good-Craftsmanship Vox-Operated Locke-pattern Missile Launcher with Targeter("Ruby")
• Good-Craftsmanship Power Armour with Hexagrammic Warding and Helmet Systems
• Frag grenades
• Smoke grenades
• Knife
• Chrono
• Data-slate

XP

Starting 4500

Rank 1

Background 500xp Simple WP 100 Intermediate WP 250 Simple S 100 Simple WS 100 Psychic Technique - Telekinesis - Force Bolt 100 Awareness 100 Literacy 100 Secret Tongue (Military) 100 Secret Tongue (Rogue Trader) 100 Simple Per 250 Melee Weapon Training (Primitive) 100 Trained WP 500 Dodge 100

Rank 2

Intimidate 200

Remaining 200xp