Hi forum!
Im am currently GM'ing The apostasy gambit and my group have just made it into chapter 2 and landed on Barsapin.
Now here is the question. Where in the flow of happenings is the logical connection or clue that will lead the player to the Haemetite cathedral?
In the handouts from the raid on the Thruug estate the name of the Die-phages hand comes up and also the Gilded cathedral…. but that’s it! right?
How will this lead the players to an long abandoned cathedral in the wilderness?

Any help in this matter will be apriciated.

**SPOILER ALERT**

I do not have the book to hand to give the page reference but the member of the priesthood who meets the acolytes on arrival is not all he seems and there is information in the gilded cathedral's library that 'directs' them towards the Haemetite cathedral. This is in the book but only in a small section so it may have been easy to overlook.

True. But there is no real reason to look for anything in the library.

- ok. So the cardinal sugests that you use the cathedrals library in your investigation.

- what are we looking for?

- i dont know?

This is the problem. There is no reason to distrust the cardinal and there is nothing to start the investigation.

***SPOILERS***

If I may shamelessly promote my work on the Apostasy Gambit(found here ), it might be of use to either directly take from it, or use some of the ideas to form something for your particular group's tastes.

But to answer your question, dava100 already mentioned that the book only briefly mentions it. And you're right. there is no reason to suspect the Cardinal, though at that point the book suggests that Abbot Jurutus is in on it as well(since he is guarding the Black Sepulchre).

The handout is supposed to be a puzzle that the players decipher to figure out their lead. In your case, since they're already on Chapter 2 you could possibly just tell them that one of their Inquisitor's interrogators reviewed it and determined the investigation continues on Barsapine, or anyone within their Inquisitor's retinue for that matter, including any Cleric or Adepta Sororitas acolytes that may be in the player group. The goal here is to find where the Dei-Phage's hand came from, and the Gilded Cathedral is their only lead.

I think the bridge is the name "Hekate" in the journal of Thrungg in combination with the Cathedral on Barsapine.

The Cathedral leads them to Barsapine, in the Cathedral they hopefully sooner or later ask about the name "Hekate" and will be pointed to the Hematite Cathedral (which belogned to the Hekate once)