Mortanna Shroud
Mortanna Shroud is a Necromundan Bounty Hunter and Sanctioned Psyker of Planetary Governor Helmawr's Psykanarium. [1]
Before her powers emerged, Mortanna was the daughter of one of Hive Primus' Merchants Guild members, but when she developed her talents, Mortanna's family handed her over to the Psykanarium for a healthy reward. Once in their grip she was classified as a low level Lambda class psyker, which left Mortanna of little value to the Adeptus Astra Telepathica, and thus the Psykanarium began to modify Mortanna in order to increase her powers. She was then implanted with a Neuro-Reliquary, a collar made of the bones and skulls of dead psykers, which allowed Mortanna to access a host of new abilities, which included conjuring flame from nothing and wrapping herself in a shield of superheated air. Unfortunately for her, the collar resonates to the psychic frequencies used by her Psykanarium's wardens, and when the skulls begin to chatter, it means Mortanna will be inflicted with pain or even death for disobeying their orders. Despite this, Mortanna takes great pleasure in her work as a bounty hunter, both for the fear she inspires and for allowing her to burn people, who she always imagines to be her parents. However, worryingly, the skulls around her neck have begun talking to Mortanna and have promised to free her from the Psykanarium's control, if she listens to their whispered advice...[1]
Sources
- 1: Necromunda: The Book of Peril, pg. 44
