The Iluminated and the Cult of the Ancient Muse.

"We are the Illuminated. We sow the seeds of discontent, that we may reap the contented." Our uncle Lorgar Aurelian wrote Lectitio Divinitatus which has formed the basis of the imperial cult. With his words the eclesiarchy subdue imperial citizens. We must root out and destroy all who follow a cult derived from the works of heritics.... For the emperor.

The Iluminated are an Alpha legion warband who have been known to strike out against imperial worlds specifically targeting items pertaining to the imperial cult.They have been known to stir up chaos cults on the worlds they visit in an effort to draw out forces of the Ordo Hereticus. Once the eclesiarchy has sent Adepta Sororitas forces to defend the planets icons and cathedrals they use the cult to aid in killing the sisters then they murder any remaining cultists and flee to their next target. Should they be unable to lure the sisterhood to them and instead be met with resistance from Astra Millitarum or Adeptus Astartes they will simply kill the cultists and flee leaving no enemies for the assembled forces of the emperor to fight.

The Illuminated were last seen in segmentium Solar on a world known as Terra Novus, which had been colonised since long before the dark age of technology most likely longer than even Cthonia adoptive world of Horus and the Luna Wolves which is said to have existed close enough to Terra to have been accessible by non warp ships. The planet and ancient colony were both discovered by an explorer team of Magus Bilogus 9119369.M41 who had been attempting to locate suitable places for new colonies. The world which was devoid of all lifeforms had lost its biosphere in some form of ancient catastrophe they determined. as they explored the planet they found ruins of a colony which if they were reading the pre-imperial dates correctly placed it at 9368069.M3. Among the items found were recordings of the original colonists describing their journey to the new world and the catastrophe that destroyed their colony. Among the recordings they found data storage devices filled with strange ancient music and so as they constructed their new colony they placed these items into a museum where the imperial colonists could view and listen directly to their forbearers of Terra Novus. In 7187666 M41a Slaanesh chaos cult appears to have sprung up on Terra Novus (not doubt spurred by intervention from the Illuminated) Calling themselves the Cult of the Ancient Muse they recruit solely from the female populous and all initiates must select a name from among the female artists found in the ancient music discs.

Known Members of the Illuminated

• Xerex Fnord
• Octavius Melkor
• Zel Echron
• Quintus the Shadowed
• Jarvis Krel
• Kolas Golab
• Viktor Freng
• Yerenor Draxel

Though it is impossible to know if that is all of their members of if there could exist more which we have not yet discovered.

Known Members of the Cult of the Ancient muse

• Stevie
• Holly
• Anne
• Joan
• Grace
• Katrina
• Suzanna
• Tiffany
• Debbie
• Martika
• Martha
• Belinda

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