Stenberg

Race	Human
Dynasty	Cerastes
Player	Mark

Missionary Stenberg speaks on faith.

Name: Emsat Praxides Stenberg.

Dynasty: Cerastes.

Notable Traits:

Titles: Missionary, Cerastes Head of Chaplaincy, Exorcist (retired).

Information Known by Arkangel Society

• Newly arrived through the Maw. Carries a worn but ornate thunder hammer.

Lineage

• Born on Terra, biological parentage not recorded, officially a Ward of The Ecclesiarchy.

Known Associates

• Lord-Captain Macharius "Mac" Malvoisin
• Guildmaster Axelle Krauss
• Navigator Tayavar Tresties

Rumours

• Was 'asked' to 'retire'.
• Has not retired at all.
• Came through the Maw as a punishment.
• His name is on the roll of candidates for Ecclesiarch.
• Has worked alongside the Inquisition.
• Has exorcised Inquisitors.
• Has been invited inside The Imperial Palace.
• Refused to enter The Imperial Palace.
• Has undergone more life-extension than he remembers.
• Has undergone more mind-wiping than he knows.
• Still knows too much.
• Still cares about humanity.
• Gives precisely zero fucks about anything anymore.

Missionary Stenberg speaks on death.

Quotes

• "The hammer that shatters that which is glass... tempers that which is steel." - Emsat Stenberg
• "It was good enough for the martyrs and it's good enough for me." - Lord-Captain Macharius Malvoisin
• "Their faith is clear enough that I knew he was of the cloth before being introduced. I was not disappointed when I was. He will be an asset to the Fleet I have no doubt." - Azrael Schwarzekappel
• "Finally! Some good, old-fashioned, fire and brimstone preaching. I like this man already." - Rusev
• "Seems like a proper "psalms and bayonets type" Preacher. Good" - Cartwright
• "Quiet, at least to me. I did notice him listening into one of my conversations with the other preacher. I suspect I will not enjoy the silence forever." - Ed'wari
• "I did not realise I missed that kind of certainty. When he spoke during the memorial, for a little while, I forgot how complicated everything is out here. It was nice." - Rafi
• "A fine Orator. He will make a fine addition to the fleet. We will have need of such a man in future" - Arkady Borovich
• "Refreshingly a man of pure faith. I am interested to see how long that it lasts." - Maximillion
• "It is good that such a man is here. It was... weird, to hear him compliment my ceremony, though. I never expect more than tolerance from the mainstream Ecclesiarchy for the kindsa ways and means we have in the Drifter Fleet. But I guess out here shit is so far down the other end of the scale that where I am and where he is looks pretty close together." - Spider
• "While I normally find priests painfully banal, Stenberg has an air of actual faith and authority to him... Wonder how long before he starts engaging in Max or Erasmus's debauchery." - Decius Crane
• "How do I know if I did the right thing?" - Mac
• "You are actually really funny. Love it." - Stacy

OOC Information

Player: Mark Fairbrother.

Inspirations: Patriarchs Bergsten & Emban from The Elenium & The Tamuli by David Eddings.

Soundtrack: Gregorian Chant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7GqDZiI7d4, the charge of the Rohirrim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tgi-j56ueU?t=152.

Photograph credits gratefully to Ben Smith.