Jedrish Carradin

> *"I live to serve, My Lord."*
> - Carradin to Inquisitor Castian Vadric
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Revion **Jerish Carradin** is an officer of the Holy Advari Empire. He was part of the crew of the *Cloak of Mercy*, a lightship that made first contact with the Humans of the Tantalus Cluster when it attacked and disabled the ship *Mariana*.

## Biography

In the year 0304 PCU according to the Tantalus Cluster calendar, Carradin was a Revion serving aboard the *Cloak of Mercy*, a lightship of the Holy Advari Empire that reported to Lord Cardinal Hastus Arvannis.

Carradin was involved in his civilisation's first contact with the Tantalus Cluster when the *Cloak of Mercy* was involved in a skirmish with two ships of the Avalon Exploratory Initiative, the *Mariana* and the *Guinevere*. Despite the *Mariana's* attempts to open communications, the *Cloak of Mercy* opened fire, destroying the *Mariana* and damaging the *Guinevere*. The *Cloak of Mercy* was damaged in the battle, but managed to inform both Cardinal Arvannis and the Imperial Household of the engagement, and towed the *Mariana's* wreck to Deacon's Post.

Carradin and his crew subsequently boarded the *Mariana* and successfully deciphered her navigation logs, which confirmed the vessel's origin from beyond the nebula. He later received Inquisitor Castian Vadric, sent by Empress Valendra to investigate the incident in the belief that Hastus Arvannis had not been informed, aboard the *Cloak of Mercy* and presented his findings. Carridan admitted great disquiet at the possibility of life beyond the nebula, which conflicted with the Faith Eternal. Vadric dismissed Carradin's religious concerns and ordered him to return the *Mariana's* wreck back beyond the Aegis to Advar Primaris, but also congratulated him on his performance and assured him that the Empress would be made aware of his actions.

Contacting Hastus Arvannis to clarify his instructions, Carridan related Vadric's visit to Arvannis, and was ordered to ensure the destruction of the *Mariana* crew's remains before they could be returned to Primaris as part of Arvannis' conspiracy to suppress information contrary to the Faith Eternal.

## Personality

> *"My Lord, these outsiders and their tools are unholy. They must be destroyed. The Faith demands it!"*
> - Carradin advocates destroying evidence of first contact with an alien species
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Jedrish Carridan is a capable officer, acting on his own initiative to investigate the *Mariana's* wreckage and making significant headway deciphering its writing system. Confident in the abilities of himself and his crew, he spoke up to Lord Inquisitor Castian Vadric, but is otherwise obedient in the face of explicit commands.

Carridan is a devoted follower of the Faith Eternal: he accepted its tenet that life outside the Sanctum of Advar is impossible even when confronted with evidence to the contrary, which he believed was a form of deception intended to turn him from the Faith. He advocated destroying the remains and artefacts of Tantalus Cluster humans recovered from the *Mariana*, believing them to be cursed and unholy. Owing to this, he was willing to disobey an order given in the Empress' name when instructed to by Lord Cardinal Hastus Arvannis.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ *"Yesterday's War"*
	+ *"The Promised Land"*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  *Inclement Weather*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3  *Yesterday's War*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *The Promised Land*