Editing Spores of Madness (section)

=== "The Magos" ===

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''"Excuse me, Magos, I was overlooking the schematics you sent me and I'm confused. This is some sort of artillery cannon with an articulated barrel, correct?''"

''"Correct."''

''"Won't this explode violently when fired?''

''"Yes."''

''"If you don't mind me asking, why?"''

''"Because the coxswain of the Ark Defilement got his right leg blown off and wanted a cannon for its replacement."''

''"But to mount this thing would require removing his other leg, pelvis, and most of his lower abdomen and the recoil from firing the cannon would wrench it free from any anchoring."''

''"Yes."''

''"Did you tell him that would happen?"''

''"No."''

''"Sir, with all due respect..."''

''"I had dreams once. Simple, easy dreams of respect, authority, and beautiful women retaining at least 43% of their flesh. And now, now I get to make artillery cannons into legs for drunken oafs. Every day I wake up, point a plasma torch at my brain case, and flip a coin. It will be my lucky day one of these days, but until then, I need a 155mm cannon, a cutting torch, and a door hinge."''

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"The Magos" is a bitter, unpleasant man shackled by his freedom through loyalty owed to the Spores of Madness. What little enjoyment that seeps through his ahedonia comes from watching their failures and his passive-aggressive lashing out.

He is at the head of the [[Dark Mechanicus]] contingent (those that bent the knee to the Spores ''and'' newcomers).

None of the Spores of Madness have ever bothered to learn his name.