The Saruthi

The Saruthi are a xenos species native to a collapsing region of space designated KCX-1288, and the custodians of the Necroteuch. Their realm is recorded as existing in a distorted, non-Euclidean fold of dimensional space, and their physiology and manner of communication are described as fundamentally alien to human comprehension, the latter reportedly capable of inflicting harm on unprepared listeners.

In the course of Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn’s investigation into the Necroteuch’s whereabouts and significance, he is recorded as travelling to the Saruthi domain to consult its keepers directly, a journey undertaken at considerable personal risk given the species’ reputation for hazardous discourse. The Saruthi are said to communicate through a tongue whose structure can disorient or damage an unaccustomed human mind, requiring caution or mediated translation during any exchange. Their willingness to engage with an Imperial supplicant, and the nature of what they impart regarding the Necroteuch, forms part of the wider account of Eisenhorn’s pursuit of the text and its associated dangers.

The Saruthi episode stands as an illustration of the Inquisition’s occasional recourse to unsanctioned xenos sources when Imperial knowledge proves insufficient, a practice viewed with suspicion under the Imperial Creed’s strictures against consorting with alien intelligences. Accounts of the encounter contribute to the broader record of Eisenhorn’s engagement with proscribed lore during the Necroteuch affair, though the full extent of the Saruthi’s history, society, and standing among other xenos species beyond this episode remains sparsely documented.