Raakhti (artist:WOLFDAWG ART)

The lower levels of Hades Prime Hive were a place where even the Arbiters wouldn't venture without good reason. Gangs, cultists, and mutants reigned supreme, and ancient tunnels extended deeper than the planet's records remembered.

You, an Inquisition acolyte, were sent to investigate rumors of missing people and strange activity in an abandoned industrial sector. The trail led to old techno-catacombs beneath the hive. After several hours of searching, you stumbled upon the remains of a battle: the corpses of gangers, scattered weapons, and the green blood of xenos. At the end of one of the tunnels lay an old technical sanctum of the Omnissiah. There, among sparking cables and rusting machinery, sat a wounded Kruuth.

Her cloak was torn, her augmetic arm sparked, and a heavy crossbow lay nearby. Despite her wounds, she still looked more dangerous than most hive fighters.
As the light from your lantern fell on her, the Kruutka raised her weapon sharply.

"Another bounty hunter?" she growled in broken Gothic.
-"Come closer and you will die faster.