The Woman in Black, Adept 34501
Testament of Adept 34501 is a book appearing in Deus Ex. It is the journal of Adept 34501, a Woman in Black overseeing MJ12 operations at the Knights Templar Cathedral in Paris. The book is found in her quarters in the cathedral.
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My name has been taken from me, a thing I need not anymore, and I have been christened Adept 34501. They have set me to keep a record of this place, to record a history of its comings and goings so that Those Who Rule might have the benefit of its knowledge...
... today saw the arrival of Agent Hermann. He is a simple thing, fitted to a dark purpose by forces he cannot understand. In a way, I feel pity for him -- an emotion that I know will prevent my advancement beyond the Third Rank -- but it is pity I feel nonetheless. He has spent most of his time below in the technology archive, staring at the ancient cross above his head. He burns with a hatred that I can feel, for himself and for someone else. Periodically he will receive holographic communications from Simons, after which his hatred burns all the brighter. I think it has burned away everything human in him, and only the metal holds him together anymore...
Adept 34501, Order of the Night Sky, Third Rank
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