Editing Quest:The Long Night:Volume One:Life in the Storm (section)

==Aftermath==

The first and most obvious consequence of the ritual is that Ridcully came out of his vision incurably blind. On the other hand, the visions boosted his divination skill to levels all but unheard of for humans. Effectively, he's on the level of some extremely green [[Farseer]]. A number of your other diviners are dragged in as well. A few come out stronger, a few more don't come out at all.

Meanwhile, the awakening of the Abomination means you are dealing with a massive surge in cultist numbers. Where before, about fifty thousand traitors popped up every year, now you must deal with over a million. Jane is really busy. So is the Inquisition, and that's with you getting off lightly; the Abomination prefers to convert the more mindlessly obedient people, and the Hellworld weeds out that type quickly enough. 

Lin, meanwhile, finishes his investigation. Seven senior priests are found to be responsible; three are executed for outright worshipping of Tjapa, the rest are lectured and demoted.

On a more personal note, you've killed another local Alpha (that one a Warhound-sized Godzilla copy complete with Melta breath). This time, the set piece you've looted was a sword. Actually, you've looted it first (from between the creature's teeth), and then used it to kill the Averzilla.

Your Psyker school, meanwhile, is filling up fast. You already had to expand it once to fit five thousand instead of one, and another expansion might be needed soon. Hardly a year passes without a Gamma beginning his studies. Passing the graduation trials is a different matter, and often requires personal tutoring by Xavier or Rids.

Jotunheim is released from the Warp Storm. Your forces have been quite successful in dealing with the rebels, helped by the fact it's been one more year for them than for you. Asgard, though, is swallowed in Jotunheim's stead.

However, there are problems rising. Not only are the Abomination cults continuing to grow, but Rids claims another external problem is imminent. The cults are finally culled after a couple of years of outright military action, quarantine, divination, sermons, and all the other 110% effort investments proper for a loyal servant of the Emperor. A little disturbingly, later scans showed a giant Magma Wyrm was waiting right under the main Cultist stronghold, presumably to swallow it whole had you failed to deal with the problem.

On a very bright note, however, Freia bore you a beautiful little daughter. You name her Syr.