Nine for the Tomb, and for all that was lost.

I pray the tomb is shut forever,
I pray the rock is never rolled away.
I pray that which was buried remains buried, insensate, in perpetual rest with closed eye and stilled brain.

I pray it lives, I pray it sleeps.

I pray for the needs of the Emperor All-Giving, the Undying King, his Virtues and his men.

I pray for the Second House, the Third, the Fourth, the Fifth; the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth.

I pray for the Ninth House, and I pray for it to be fruitful.

I pray for the soldiers and adepts far from home, and all those parts of the Empire that live in unrest and disquiet.

Let it be so.