Dominus Topic /1
| NPC | Name |
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| Doryani's Prototype | "This was the first step in some grand design, lost to the ages, now ours to decipher." - Dominus, High Templar |
Dominus FlavourText /38
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| Marauder6 CharacterTextAudio | Dominus took my home, my family. |
| Marauder29 CharacterTextAudio | I will take everything Dominus loves, as he took it from me. |
| Marauder31 CharacterTextAudio | The Empire dies with you, Dominus. The Karui will never again be slaves. |
| Marauder79 CharacterTextAudio | Dominus wanted me to die here. I will disappoint him. |
| Witch17 CharacterTextAudio | No-one will cry for you, Dominus. Not a soul. |
| Witch41 CharacterTextAudio | Remember, Dominus. What goes up, must come down. |
| Templar17 CharacterTextAudio | By exiling me, you were my Genesis, Dominus. And now, here I stand, countless miles and murders later, honoured to be your Revelation! |
| Scion1 CharacterTextAudio | Why not just execute us and be done with it, Dominus? |
| Scion26 CharacterTextAudio | I prefer the view from where I'm standing now, Dominus. |
| Goddess27 CharacterTextAudio | Dominus, now Malachai. No matter who or what, you are nothing but a man's tool, Vinia. |
| Int_4a_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | The very man who enslaved me. |
| Int_4b_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | This man would be useless without his armies. |
| StrInt_4a_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | An Inquisitor? I had imagined someone a little more imposing. |
| StrInt_4b_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | Who is this man who would tip the balance of power. |
| Str_4a_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | He is weaker than his guards. |
| Str_4b_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | This man is no leader! |
| StrDex_4a_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | Ah, yes! Hello there...Inquisitor?? |
| StrDex_4a_4b_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | If this man hired me, he'd solve many of Oriath's problems. |
| Dex_4a_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | So... this is the man who commands the Templars? |
| Dex_4b_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | Wait, this is the Adjunct Inquisitor? Curious. |
| DexInt_4a_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | He moves in plain sight. An unwise decision. |
| DexInt_4b_M1_Tut_dominusintro CharacterTextAudio | A leader who seems less enlightened than I expected. |
| AlvaAboutAlva NPCTextAudio | When I was young, my father gave me my first call to adventure by enlisting me in the employ of Dominus' navy. I used to love the sea. The way it smelled. The freshness of the air... but, some 'stuff' happened and I returned to Theopolis, intent on living a ladies life. Ha, it was not to be, obviously. My lust for excitement brought me to the Reliquarians - a secret society of treasure hunters, funded by those cold and greedy societal uppercrusts. I had my father pull some strings and before I knew it, I was amongst it all, raiding temples and tombs across the land. But, well... you're an exile, you know how the Templars are. Untrustworthy is one way to describe them. When I came across a manual of Vaal blood thaumaturgy, I knew I couldn't let it fall into their hands. And it never did. Though that damned High Templar knew I was keeping something secret... And so, no longer welcome amongst the nobility, here I am. Luckily there's a fortune to be made here and a few of my old clients still remain loyal to me when it comes to spending what they have inside their purses. |
| HelenaOnZana NPCTextAudio | I heard of Zana, back in Oriath. I even experienced some of the contempt for her and people like her that Dominus wanted the "church-approved" scientific community to feel. With those lies broken, now I see that she is a woman of science like me, and utterly dedicated to her cause. The forces she faces are orthogonal to the concerns of this life. I must worry about the real-world logistical and political concerns of Wraeclast first and foremost, but I recognize that she is protecting us in her own way. |
| HelenaOnNavali NPCTextAudio | I find Navali's state of existence curious. She is present, sapient, and capable of self-directed action. In a land where the dead continually rise as mindless monsters intent on nothing but destruction, Navali stands as a stark outlier. I suspect that she is trustworthy only because of some Karui essence that still remains from her life before, carrying with it honour, duty, and respect. Were it Piety or Dominus returning in such a form, the consequences would be unthinkable. |
| HelenaOnOrderOfTheDjinn NPCTextAudio | The Order of the Djinn is real? You have no idea how much that means to me as an archaeologist. I was in an apprentice position, yes, but my colleagues still refused to listen to a degree I found absurd. I was convinced that there was a pattern behind the absence of artefacts of myth. My conviction reached a certainty so strong that, if a colleague told me about an expedition they had in mind, and if the sought after artefact was one of sufficient mythological renown, I would bet a month's pay that it would not be found at its supposed resting place. I never lost those bets, and now I know I was right, even though I didn't know the name of my theorized secret organisation of relic keepers until now. The Order of the Djinn found and sequestered all of those powerful artefacts long ago, and good they did. Power like that in the hands of men like Dominus would be catastrophic. |
| HelenaEducation NPCTextAudio | I was no wonder child back in Oriath, but I prided myself on what junior accomplishments I managed to put together within the strict set of allowed sciences. Archaeology was my specialty, and Dominus and his ilk had an uncommon fascination with artefacts from the past. And I... I was told I was crucial. That I was important, because I could tell whether an artefact was truly Vaal simply by running my hand along faded stone patterns. I may have had a head slightly too big for my shoulders. When the Ebony Legion made available an archaeologist position on their expedition to Wraeclast and nobody volunteered, I thought my colleagues were all simply afraid of continental dangers. No. They knew better. None were allowed to speak it openly, but they knew. I didn't find out what kind of society I was truly a part of until I saw Piety's aspirations. I studied the Vaal. I knew all about their downfall, or at least our Templar-twisted perception of it. Piety's ocean of slaughter... the Vaal called their hubris the Apex of Sacrifice. The Eternal Empire called theirs the Purity Rebellion. We call ours the Temple of Lunaris. And I know nothing, exile. Nothing at all. Save that we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past unless we learn the hard way. |
| ZanaSynthOnHelena NPCTextAudio | I wish I could say I trust Helena, but I've seen one too many of Dominus's blackguards suddenly snap. The training and indoctrination they go through does not leave much room for one's own judgement. I'm not trying to sound ungracious. She's done a lot for us, but I'd be telling a fib if I claimed I didn't sleep with a blade beneath my pillow when she's around. |
| KiracKeyQuest NPCTextAudio | Rumour has it this was built by order of a previous High Templar, the name of Venarius. If the impossible components we need are anywhere in our mortal realm, they would be in the Vault of Venarius in the Reliquary. We're going to need to find the key to that Vault. Dominus was the next High Templar, and thus the one who declared his predecessor's pursuits heretical and had them sealed as blasphemous. A load of manure to secure the secrets for himself, no doubt. A man like him would have kept the key close. My gut tells me it's likely in his old office in the Templar Courts. Let's head there. |
| ZanaOnBaran NPCTextAudio | Like many of those once loyal to the Templar regime, Baran held particular contempt for his former brethren. Our mutual disdain for Dominus helped us bond. We stayed up far too late on many nights, discussing where science and spirituality overlapped... and where they clashed. While I tended to agree with Veritania's secular view that people must be responsible for their own actions, Baran was still a firm believer that trust in God was necessary for good moral judgement. Despite everything the Templar put him through, his faith was unshaken. We didn't always see eye-to-eye, but we respected each other's positions. Of course, once the madness set in, that respect vanished, replaced by fevered argument and name-calling. As the group dwindled, he found reasons to cast doubt on each of the departed. In our last fight before the two of us went our separate ways, he accused me of being sent by a shadowy demon to draw him away from the righteous path... And then I was alone. |
| KiracForbidReliquaryEarly NPCTextAudio | No sense in visiting the Vault without the key from Dominus' private office in the Courts. |
| KuraiDominus NPCTextAudio | Dominus was a terrible human being, but the Ring owes a great debt to him. Without his overzealous exilings, the Ring would not have a rich pool of talent to draw upon. The Boss himself learned a great deal about the power of anonymity and mythos from Dominus. Lessons he employs today. |
| SelectionBanterVinderiToHuckThree NPCTextAudio | Gonna run back to Dominus with my precious formulas!? I know your game. |
| HuckContractOneEnd NPCTextAudio | Gods damn them. Piety, Dominus, Gravicius, the whole lot of 'em. They moved Enoch into an 'Unspecified Research' unit. Dead a month later, the cause listed as 'Severe reaction to subdermal augmentations'. They tried to turn him into a gods-damned gemling, and killed him in the process. Oh, Enoch. I'm so sorry, mate. I appreciate the backup, Exile. I need a bit of time to sort my emotions out, but I reckon I'll have more work for you soon enough. |
| HelenaOnOriathCurse NPCTextAudio | When I really think on it, Oriath's suffering was almost entirely the fault of its people. Not the common folk, mind you. The ones with the power. The Templars fostered a society in which monsters like Dominus and Piety could not only rise to power, but then wield that power to harm all of Wraeclast. Enslaving the Karui directly led to the cult of Kitava unleashing mayhem, and of course the tyranny of Innocence stemmed from the blind zealous faith they gave him. Then, there was the whole business with Sirus... |
| KiracOnGroupsOfRogueExiles NPCTextAudio | Perhaps Dominus thought he could rid Oriath of undesirables simply by sending them away, but if so, he was wrong. One spring, I was assigned to a company meant to hunt down groups of exiles that had become... problematic. It started working together to raid shipping lines and supply caravans, and believe me, we soldiers were in over our heads. Not sure how I survived that assignment. To be honest... Not many did. |
| StatueOfDominus NPCTextAudio | High Templar Dominus {"Dominus, High Templar, 1579-1599 IC. Beheaded by one of the very Oriathans he exiled; justice served."} |
| Doryani's Prototype UniqueItems | "This was the first step in some grand design, lost to the ages, now ours to decipher." - Dominus, High Templar |