Illumination, Part 1

The acolytes were called to duty by their Inquisitor and sent to the world Iocanthos to escort a higher ranking Interrogator, Aristarchus the Seer, to the dedication of the planet's first cathedral to the Emperor. Reports had been filed of strange phenomena occurring in and around the construction site itself with enough regulatory to at least draw the Inquisition's attention. They were greeted in the planet's primary spaceport, Port Suffering, by an attack from a gang of the native people, the Ashleen, when the group appeared to have assaulted a ranting old man in the streets. The battle was dealt with quickly, and the party continued on to their meeting with Aristarchus. The seer briefed them on the going's on around the cathedral and informed them that he was going to see that the dedication went off without a hitch, as he was a direct descendant of Saint Drussus, the Imperial General who initially conquered Iocanthos and much of the local sector of space for the Imperium. The crew mingled amongst the locals before heading out towards the cathedral the next day, where they seemed to have been dogged by a number of the bizarre manifestations that had been reported around the cathedral, including what Grunthor claimed to be a walking corpse and a rock with St. Drussus' symbol burned into the back.