The Adventures of House Highdown Wiki

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Welcome to the The Adventures of House Highdown Wiki
Herein lie tales of glory and derring-do, written in the sweat and blood of those who toil for House Highdown. Witness as the daring Rogue Trader Lord Captain Highdown and his companions journey throughout the Gaianan Stretch, the Lithesh Sector, and beyond, battling the enemies of The Imperium and making a tidy profit along the way.

This is the record of the Rogue Trader campaign run by Nerd Club from Autumn 2017-???

Start date: July 114.M42



= Adventures & Activities =

Finding FTL for Trazyn
July 114.M42 - July 115.M42

The Ancient Research Base
July 115.M42

Hunting the Pink Ork
July 115.M42 - September 115.M42

The Toll
August 115.M42 - ?

Journey to Rimward Lithesh
November 115.M42 - ?

Putting Cyclopis Down
November 115.M42 - ?

Ongoing Background Activities
= House Highdown Details = House Highdown overview

Warrant of Trade

Diplomacy

Military Forces overview

Army Corps

Navy Corps

= Dramatis Personae =

Player Characters
Alea - Enigmatic Aeldari outcast farseer

Cornelius - Scheming seneschal and agent of the Throne

Kol - Daring scion of a renegade navigator household

Midozu - Spiritwalker of the Celestial Lions Astartes chapter

Niko - Warpstone-crazed heretek psyker

Stigmata - Radical Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor with a passion for fire

Key Employees
Fortunus - Somewhat radical High Confessor

Jefferson - Badass veteran guardsman

Krypke - Head of The Bureau

Queek - The chosen Skaven, nabbed by Cypher

Simeon - Cornelius' right-hand man

Snitch - Deadly Skaven assassin; head of Clan Eshin

Symon - Wizened starship gunner

Yeoman - Jokaero friend

+ The skaven whose names I can't remember

Other Notable NPCs
Cypher - Enigmatic and ancient fallen(?) Dark Angel who created the Skaven

Harlocke - Senior Ordo Malleus Inquisitor who's Cornelius' secret boss

Highdown - Rogue Trader whom Cornelius is "impersonating" Dread Pirate Roberts style

Kristoff - Experienced Rogue Trader frienemy of ours

Quinn - Ex-interrogator of Cyclopis and contemptible heretic

Trazyn - Mercurial Necron lord who likes shiny things and has employed us.

von Holstein - Frienemy Rogue Trader, unwitting luck-o-mancer

Dead NPCs (who probably deserved it)
Cyclopis - Insane tyranid-creating Ordo Xenos Inquisitor who hates us was misunderstood but still an insane heretic

Rosalind - Friendly chartist captain of note, turned evil mind-shard of Interrogator Quinn

= Locations of Import =

Regions in our sphere of influence
Drakon System

Eden

Ludd System

Our Colonies
City of Raspurn on Ludd III

[orbital station] on Ludd V

Port Fallon on Drakon V

Other relevant regions
High Khessar

Lithesh Sector

Tau Space

Those possessed by House Highdown
Allure of the Void

Allocution of Silence

Allusion of Grandeur

Alchemist's Heart

Allotment of Caring

Golden Resolution

Those as yet not in our possession
The Emperor's Zeal

Stars Alight

Highdown Flagship (battleship to be constructed)

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