They were the last of their kind. The designers of the great cathedrals and halls of the Emperor were dying. The Emperor had declared them holy saints and bestowed upon them all the rights of an Empirical Burial on Terra Prime.
These five poets of stone and steel designed some of the most spectacular buildings used by the Emperor. The way they bent stone and steel to their will was unlike anything anyone anywhere had done.
Even though they created immortal beauty the Emperor could not make these five undying. The plagues hit the populations of the Empirical Frontier hard. Every level of the populace was stricken and when Terra Prime was afflicted everyone realized the plague was not discriminating.
The empirical colleges of Terra Prime were undergoing a renovation and the five designers were taking a tour. They did not come in contact with anyone.
Upon returning to the transport they became ill and within forty hours all five were dead.
The Order of Purple ended with these five people: Three women and two men. Their visions lost forever.
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