3.7.12

Food and War: Part I

Kamela < Sasen < The Bleak Lands
Kamela V - 24th Imperial Crusade Logistic Support 
Y113.07.03

   Akai truly hated the Inquisition. It was an elemenal force of pure hatred and suspicion, directed solely upon the Empire's best and brightest; they culled the weak and sought the traitor, the heretic, the terrorist within. Many who were innocent found themselves branded and facing a firing squad, for simple infractions or an overheard joke. In his time as a cadet, and later as a full Inquisitor, Akai witnessed and participated in numerous atrocities; many truly were traitors and worse, but many more were simply guilty by association.

   It had taken awhile for Akai to truly see how viciously devastating, and worse, brutally effective the Inquisition was. Years, in fact. But even then, he couldn't bring himself to hate the Inquisition; even after the massarces at Kihtaled, his belief in King and God left no room for such ideas. Hate the Inquisition? The idea itself was blasphemous, for it was the Empress herself who had founded the Holy Inquisition, dedicating it to the unearthing of evil and corruption from within.

   In the end, it was on Amarr when hatred first blossomed like a sickly flower in Akai's heart. Amid the impossibly tall, thin golden spires and gilded thoroughfares sprawling in every direction, Akai stepped out of the non-descript military shuttle in disbelief. Despite his capsuleer status, and his family's fortune and connections, Akai had never set foot on Holy Amarr; in fact, he had never been planetside anywhere.