Palatine Ariel

Palatine Ariel led her Sisters through the warp and into The Caligari Sector at the behest of Cardinal Cal. However, shortly after arriving she had a dream. In it she saw a flesh-masked daemons cavorting atop fallen statues of the Emperor. Beyond them, a beam of light illuminated a tall mountain covered in interlocking aquilas. Beneath the mountain, a foul black cloud swirled. Even as she watched,the daemonic hordes grew closer to the mountain, and she knew that if they were to discover the evil beneath it, the consequences would be catastrophic.When Ariel awoke, she was convinced the Emperor had revealed her real duty. Following their Palatine’s vision, her commandery braved the warp storms around Eleusis and found the mountain she had seen. No one knows precisely what the Order of Our Martyred Lady found on Mount Sifr, but they are singularly devoted to protecting it from the unfaithful. Ariel has sworn a vow to allow only the confirmed faithful of the God-Emperor to pass through the gates of the Lethean Abbey, though her vision has made her suspicious of all who seek entrance. Since the construction of the defences around Mount Sift, Palatine Ariel has allowed no one to cross the threshold into the Abbey, not even the Cardinal himself.