A soul stirs. Post the shattering of Bellatoris Prime it had slumbered, briefly. To many, everyone perhaps, it had belonged to one who was deemed inconsequential. He had never possessed much fame but perched high up inside a spire that overlooked The Stage, forgoing a rifle, favoring a quill, Patrick Stella wrote. A scrivener of observations, a *Remembrancer* by trade, he recorded things. On Bellatoris, he had finally managed to find purpose. If not for him, what happened would probably have never been known. Another mystery of the Heresy, a system gone silent, a blackhole that would not only trap light, but history - humanity's memory. So not only did he record, living up to his title, he *remembered*. The messages sent from his tower serving as the most complete record of what happened there. But all too soon his purpose was ended. Torn apart - bit by bit, atom by atom - as the planet fell in on itself, becoming one with the Warp. His soul looked upon the Primordial Annihilator and on the cusp of falling into an eternity amongst those that inhabit the warp something happened. Perhaps it was the Emperor of Mankind, perhaps it was the whims of the "place" which humanity so poorly understands, perhaps it was simply fate. Regardless, he persisted. For the rest of the Heresy, Patrick Stella, or his soul at the very least would again become something deemed largely inconsequential. But he would remain as the one who remembered. His soul would find itself coalescing through the Solarae System, manifesting to watch what would unfold on Prima Gemma in the second year of the Horus Heresy, empowered by the smallest shred of sentience and a reason to exist that was not yet done. Not omnipotent nor all seeing, Patrick Stella would exist unseen. Manifesting where the action was the thickest or where a good story would emerge. Maybe it was the power in the *Epic*, the *Saga*, or just the strength of one's purpose being taken too soon. He became the truest form of a *Remembrancer*, remembering all but now immune to emotion through psychic lobotomization. Unbiased, he would tell all that occurred in the Aeternum Sector. > [!Abstract] > ![[Patrick Stella by Koh L J.jpeg]] > *Last known pict capture of the Remembrancer - Patrick Stella*