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'''Stefan Crucius''' was an interrogator in service to the [[Imperium|Imperial]] [[Inquisition]].
==Overview==
At some point in his life, Crucius became an apprentice to a famous senior Inquisitor who mentored him in all the ways of the order. One day, his master dispatched him on a mission to apprehend a female heretic, which he succeeded in doing. He then interrogated her for six days to extract a confession; having lost his standard torture kit he improvised with shards of glass and metal pipes, resulting in her death. However, not only was she revealed to have been his own mother, but she was, in fact, innocent of the accusations. When asked how this heinous act had made him feel, Crucius likened it to polishing his boots or dressing his uniform: it made him feel nothing.{{Fn|1}}
Sametime later, Crucius was assigned to apprehend [[Administratum]] scribe [[Greta Vern]], when it came to light that she had caused the deaths of over a thousand people. Deploying to [[K4]] as the planet was threatened to be engulfed by a warpstorm and being evacuated, he found and arrested Greta under the assumption that she was part of a cult. It was then that he caught the attention of the malicious entity stalking Greta: the [[Watcher in the Rain]]. Missing the last evacuation shuttle, he and Greta were forced to work together to escape the drowning city; all the while, the Watcher's presence took its toll on his mind. Suffering a mental break while traversing an asylum full of maniacs, he finally confronts his grief from murdering his own mother. The two managed to find a cargo ship and escaped the planet, but his mental instability caused him to hear his mother's voice beckoning him outside. Before he nearly opened an airlock to the void, Greta took his [[laspistol]] and mortally wounded him to stop him.{{Fn|1}}
Before dying, accepting his wrongs, Crucius vindicated Greta's accusations, only for her to spitefully confess that he only knew of a fraction of her misdeeds: she was, in fact, responsible for the deaths of billions. He perished right as an [[Imperial Navy]] ship approached.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/the-watcher-in-the-rain.html Black Library - The Watcher in the Rain] (Last accessed 22/10/2022)
[[Category:Audio Dramas]]
[[Category:Works by Alec Worley]]
==Overview==
At some point in his life, Crucius became an apprentice to a famous senior Inquisitor who mentored him in all the ways of the order. One day, his master dispatched him on a mission to apprehend a female heretic, which he succeeded in doing. He then interrogated her for six days to extract a confession; having lost his standard torture kit he improvised with shards of glass and metal pipes, resulting in her death. However, not only was she revealed to have been his own mother, but she was, in fact, innocent of the accusations. When asked how this heinous act had made him feel, Crucius likened it to polishing his boots or dressing his uniform: it made him feel nothing.{{Fn|1}}
Sametime later, Crucius was assigned to apprehend [[Administratum]] scribe [[Greta Vern]], when it came to light that she had caused the deaths of over a thousand people. Deploying to [[K4]] as the planet was threatened to be engulfed by a warpstorm and being evacuated, he found and arrested Greta under the assumption that she was part of a cult. It was then that he caught the attention of the malicious entity stalking Greta: the [[Watcher in the Rain]]. Missing the last evacuation shuttle, he and Greta were forced to work together to escape the drowning city; all the while, the Watcher's presence took its toll on his mind. Suffering a mental break while traversing an asylum full of maniacs, he finally confronts his grief from murdering his own mother. The two managed to find a cargo ship and escaped the planet, but his mental instability caused him to hear his mother's voice beckoning him outside. Before he nearly opened an airlock to the void, Greta took his [[laspistol]] and mortally wounded him to stop him.{{Fn|1}}
Before dying, accepting his wrongs, Crucius vindicated Greta's accusations, only for her to spitefully confess that he only knew of a fraction of her misdeeds: she was, in fact, responsible for the deaths of billions. He perished right as an [[Imperial Navy]] ship approached.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/the-watcher-in-the-rain.html Black Library - The Watcher in the Rain] (Last accessed 22/10/2022)
[[Category:Audio Dramas]]
[[Category:Works by Alec Worley]]
