[OL - Recruitment - El Oleonda] For the cause

[Ross Fisher]

The day had grown heavy. The Archbishop had so many things to take care of before he left. The body had already been embalmed and preserved. There was no chance of it swelling up and exploding on the homeward journey. But he still needed to get it transported to the ship. He had made his farewells to most of the senior command, but there were still one or two who were proving elusive, but who would likely take it personally if he didn't pay his respects. 
Letters needed to be dispatched, contracts needed to be tied up, responsibilities needed to be handed over. And all he wanted to do was get this stage of his life over and done. 
And then there was the child. Her unit had done well out in the field. Promotions were in order. While not a formal member of the hierarchy of the Sisterhood of Artemis, as the ranking representative of the Order of the Faith, it fell to him to observe and confirm those promotions. 
"Child," he exclaimed on meeting her. "You've grown since I saw you last."
"And you've grown old, Padré." she replied. 
"I go by 'Archbishop' now."
"Then you've grown old and important. Why is it that men always do that?"
"And you've grown more deadly, and disrespectful."
"Well then forgive me father, for I have sinned."
The sarcasm was palpable.
"You're keeping up your practice?" he asked, pointing to the targets swaying on branches away down the trail. 

Wordlessly she loosed an arrow. Too high, he though, and too far to the left. But then it seemed to catch the breeze and fall point-first into the target. 
"Impressive," he murmured.
"You should see me collecting scalps," she replied. Was that something they did? Or was she just trying to upset him? Whichever it was, this conversation was proving fruitless. He sighed.
"I'm here to confirm your promotion, and those of your sisters, in the name of the heavens, the oceans and the fires below." He made the sign of the triangle as he went through the familiar benediction. "Take these monies and give them to your Sister Superior when she returns." He passed a heavy sack her way. "May the hunt favour you." Heavy hearted, he turned to leave.
"May your path be blessed," she murmured the reply.
The old man smiled, and struck another duty from his list. 

A recruitment build to hire some Huntresses of Artemis for the cause.

[NOD]

2 hours ago, Ross Fisher said:

"And you've grown old, Padré." she replied.

  I like the Sisterhood of Artemis! The sister is tough, she says what she thinks.

The conversation is funny. A well-done build and the minifigures are great. I like that under the hood I can still see the hair. Is the name of the sister Robin Hood?

[Ross Fisher]

2 hours ago, NOD said:

Is the name of the sister Robin Hood?

The only name she has given so far is "Weasel" but that was about 5 years ago now, so I really should come up with a more appropriate one for her...

[Captain Braunsfeld]

"The sign of the triangle" - that's clever! 

[Ross Fisher]

@Captain Braunsfeld Thanks. It's something the faction has been discussing for a while. It made sense to me, since each side represents a different brother, and together the triangle represents Mt Olympus.

[Khorne]

Lovely writing and characterisation. Great to see the child's story progressing. Are these Sisters a different than these; a sub branch - or just a uniform update? They're an interesting bunch, the Sisterhood.

[Ross Fisher]

On 8/19/2023 at 12:28 PM, Khorne said:

Are these Sisters a different than these

Yep, it's mentioned in the notes section of that entry. The Sisters of Artemis are the base unit type, the Huntresses are the upgrade.