Due to the amount of Insanity points Darien gained during his excursion to the Dark sun and the horrific turn of events, culminating in the death of Vyn I ruled that Darien qualified for one of the elite advances mentioned in "Into the Storm" - "Glimpse from Beyond". Essentially for 400xp and either 2d10 Insanity or Corruption he gained a unique trait; "Unholy Insight", and access to an extra advance table full of skills and talents relating to forbidden lores and the effects of his "madness" - i.e. psychological Talents like Paranoia & Frenzy.
Cue cryptic whispering, gibbering, and fascination with the unholy xenos and warp.
The elite advance is tied to a direct event where the character witnesses the "beyond" and thus became unhinged (in this case the alien Yu'vath pictograms that decorated the walls of the maze). Essentially from this point on Darien has glimpsed “the truth”, in a Cthulhu-mythos sort of sense – safe preconceptions have been stripped away, and what is left is not what was there before. From this point there has been lots of mutterings and scribbling in pads and on data slates as he tries to explain what he has seen and document or reproduce the images. From a meta perspective the player is working towards earning "From Beyond" as he sees that representing the final acceptance of these revelations, and a switch to an alien mindset.
This should be fun to watch as the defacto leader of our little gang slowly descends to madness...who will he take with him?
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