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Contents

Lure of the Expanse

Game Master’s Brieing ..........................................................4

A Priest-King’s Ransom Adventure . .................................. 69

The Light of Terra ............................................................... 73

Ark of the Forsaken Adventure .......................................... 78

Dross . ..................................................................................... 83

Land of the Sky-Father Adventure .................................... 85

Processional of the Damned ............................................... 88

The Processional Adventure ............................................... 91

Concluding the Heathen Trail . ........................................... 94

Eye of the Needle

Overview ..................................................................................6

Gazetteer: Footfall ...................................................................8

The Lay of the Land ...............................................................8

Leaders, Rogues, Fools, and Prophets ............................... 11

Arrival at Footfall ................................................................. 13

Encounters and Locations ................................................... 13

Following Rumours ............................................................. 16

The Auction .......................................................................... 19

The Foretelling of the Seven Witches ............................... 22

Allies and Rivals ................................................................... 24

Exit Footfall .......................................................................... 30

The Administratum Oeconomica Returns! ........................ 30

Into the Warp ....................................................................... 31

Where Next? ......................................................................... 31

Voyage to the Dread Pearl .................................................. 33

Quppa-Psi-12 ....................................................................... 39

Exploring Quppa-Psi-12 .................................................... 40

Finding the Temple of Farseeing ....................................... 42

The Star Map ........................................................................ 45

Stop the Ritual ..................................................................... 45

Aftermath .............................................................................. 48

The World Beyond

To Claim the Treasure ......................................................... 96

The Dread Pearl ................................................................... 97

Piercing the Storm . .............................................................. 98

Running the Straits of Damnation ..................................... 99

The Battle of the Dread Pearl. ..........................................100

The Dread Pearl Revealed . ................................................102

Paradise for the Taking .....................................................104

Location-Independent Encounters ...................................104

Location-Based Encounters ..............................................106

Meeting the Natives . ..........................................................110

War Comes to Paradise .....................................................112

The Sentinels Return .........................................................114

The Storm Returns .. ...........................................................118

The Aftermath ....................................................................120

Awards and Consequences ................................................121

Proit and Achievement .....................................................122

Appendix: NPCs ................................................................123

Rogue Traders ....................................................................123

Allies and Adversaries ........................................................125

Creatures of Quppa-Psi-12 ...............................................130

The Eldar ............................................................................131

Starships ..............................................................................134

Map I: The Temple of Farseeing ......................................141

Map II: Site of the Final Battle of the Dread Pearl ........142

Achievement Point Tracker ...............................................143

The Heathen Trail

The Star Map Nexus Points ................................................ 50

Heathen Stars Gazetteer ..................................................... 51

Competition .......................................................................... 54

Zayth ..................................................................................... 57

War Without End Adventure .............................................. 61

Vaporius . ................................................................................ 66

Lure of the

Expanse

to be foretold by the much-feared ‘Seven Witches of Footfall’

in a ritual prophecy—attended only by those who can bid

highly enough to earn a place at the Foretelling.

After witnessing the Fortelling, the Explorers race for the

Dread Pearl and the riches it is said to harbour. But all is not as it

seems, as the Explorers’ quest takes them to the distant Heathen

Stars, where they must piece together the disparate parts in a

puzzle, gleaning the coordinates of the planet they seek.

But claiming the treasures of the Dread Pearl will prove

far from simple. The Eldar of Craftworld Kaelor and the

Twilight Swords Corsairs have foreseen and prepared for

the lifting of the warp storm that has enshrouded their lost

Maiden world. They will seek at every opportunity to keep

both the Explorers and their rivals at bay.

“Rogue Traders have a thousand weapons, but the single most deadly

weapon in their arsenal is their sheer, unadulterated ambition.”

–Crew Chief Kusta Vak of the Voidmaiden

Welcome to L ure of the e xpanse , a three-part adventure

book that sees those who play it embroiled in a bitter

competition with their rivals to be the irst to reach—and

take possession of—one of the greatest treasures the Koronus

Expanse has to offer.

Adventure One: Eye of the Needle

In the irst adventure—Eye of the Needle—the Explorers

arrive at Footfall and set about earning themselves a place at the

Foretelling of the Seven Witches. They stake all for a chance

to be one party amongst several who will learn the coordinates

of the Dread Pearl, and then embark on the race to claim their

treasure. Eye of the Needle focuses on greed and competition,

offering the Explorers many chances to make allies and enemies

amongst those who bore witness to the Foretelling. At the

climax of the adventure, it is revealed that the subject of their

quest is not so easily located, but by piecing together the clues

left on an ancient Eldar star map at the heart of a ruined temple,

the true location of the Dread Pearl might be ascertained.

Playing through Eye of the Needle takes at least two

gaming sessions, but as there are a number of optional

encounters provided, it could take three or more sessions,

depending the GM and players.

GAME MASTER’S BRIEFING

L ure of the e xpanse takes the form of three adventures,

each linked together by a common story arc. The adventures

can be played through sequentially (the conclusion of one

leading straight into the opening of the next), or the action

can be broken up and rearranged in any manner desired.

The adventures are set in the Koronus Expanse, an untamed

region of space amongst the Halo Stars. The Explorers have

come to Footfall, the irst (and often the last) port of call for

adventurers heading out into the Expanse. They are following a

report, sent to them by a dedicated agent of their Rogue Trader

House, that an opportunity of undreamed-of riches await those

bold enough to seek them out.

L ure of the e xpanse explores a range of subjects and

play styles, from competition to exploration, and diplomacy

to exploitation. As beits the Explorers’ role and position as

the scions of a Rogue Trader House, each of these must be

mastered if they are to survive—let alone proit.

At the beginning of each of the three adventures, Game

Masters will ind advice on how to use the adventure on its

own, or integrating its events into their own campaign.

The three adventures are also linked together by an

overarching Endeavour, a framework by which the GM can

measure the players’ successes (and failures) and determine

how adequately they should be rewarded at the end of the

adventure. The Endeavour can, however, be discarded or

broken into several smaller Endeavours if preferred.

Adventure Two: The Heathen Trail

The second of the three adventures presents events not

as a linear plot, but as ive separate adventures. Each is

accompanied by a detailed location gazetteer providing all

the details needed to run events through to their conclusion

and win a piece of the puzzle that, when added to the others,

will add up to the coordinates of the Dread Pearl.

Completing the Heathen Trail is likely to take at least one

gaming session per adventure.

Adventure Three: The World Beyond

Having pieced together the location of the object of their

quest, the Explorers, along with their competitors, arrive at the

planet at the very moment the ten-thousand-year warp storm

inally lifts. However, there is scant time to explore the mythical

world before encountering the lost colonists, who believe their

home is a promised afterlife. Then, the war comes to paradise,

as the Eldar return to their lost Maiden World and seek to expel

all of the intruders. Only the strongest and most cunning will

survive. Only the boldest and most shrewd will prosper!

Completing The World Beyond will take at least two

gaming sessions, but should the Explorers wish to explore,

undertake diplomatic talks with their allies and rivals, or

engage in protracted starship battles at the beginning of the

adventure, the adventure might take three or more sessions to

play through completely.

B ackground S ynopSiS

At the heart of the Lure of the Expanse story arc is the search for

a long-lost, nigh-mythical world known to superstitious void-

farers as the “Dread Pearl.” Unbeknownst to the Explorers, this

planet is in fact a Maiden world of the Eldar, isolated by a raging

warp storm ten thousand years ago. Although lost to the Eldar,

a human colony now resides on their world, cast upon its

shores whilst traversing the void in ages past.

However, the Dread Pearl will soon be

accessible as the warp storm around it inally

lifts. The details of this portentous event are

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