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. . . . . . . . INQUISITORIAL DATASLATE. . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . TO: RETINUE OF INQ. KARTHIS. . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . FROM: INQ. KARTHIS. . . . . . . .

Greetings,

I know these past few weeks have been tough on us all. We have been significantly delayed and under constant attack from daemons and warp creatures who prey upon un in our sleep. However, it is through our strength of character, will power and faith in the God-Emperor which has kept us strong and able in these testing times. I hope that everyone has gotten to know each other marginally more in the additional two weeks of Warp travel we did not plan for as we will (hopefully) be serving along side each other as comrades for a long time to come. I will not lie, such incidents like the one we have just experienced and perhaps even worse things are not uncommon to those who do the Emperor's holy work, but we shall prevail with the Emperor as our witness and Shepard.

As for our current mission, we will be heading to Elpos III, a Shrine World dedicate to Saint Sara. Saint Sara was an Adepta Sororitas Sister of Battle whose brave actions of slaying a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch had also lead to the closing of the Warp portal. Interestingly enough, Elpos III still allows it citizens to take part in leisurely activities such as drinking an traditional festivals. However, I expect all of you be able to control yourselves in the face of such distractions; we are here on official Inquisitorial business and all of you should abstain from such activities with the Emperor acting as your witness if you commit such acts on one of his holy shrine worlds.

The objective is to find the Inquisitor Valgone who has seemingly disappeared while investigating claims of heretical activity on Elpos III. For the time being, we shall be using the monastery belonging to the Order of the Martyred Saint as a base of operations, I have already informed to their Canoness, Canoness Phaedra, about our arrival (and our tardiness) and as such she will be waiting for us once we make planet fall; she is also allowing us access to her order's armory and motor pool should we need it but I feel the need to remind everyone that we are on investigational duties first and I would personally prefer not to turn a Shrine World into a Death World.

Included is a list of potential people and places that I believe deserve further investigation or of some importance:

People:

• Inquisitor Valgone - Our primary person of interest who was looking into claims of heresy prior to his disappearance, tt is said that the last few times Inquisitor Valgone had been seen he had been quite distressed.
• Canonness Phaedra - Canoness of the Order of the Martyred Saint who we will be staying with for the duration of this investigation. Her order is fairly small only contain about 30 Sisters of Battle although this number does not non-militant Sororitas.
• Confessor Oemon - This man has apparently travelled to Elpos II with Valgone but has also been missing for quite some time according to the Canoness and was last seen with Valgone.

Places:

• Execution Square - A public execution place which according to the words of the other priests that Canoness Phaedra has heard, was almost all surprisingly heretics. Surprising for a Shrine World with so much zealotry. I recommend everyone keep alert as this is clearly a sign that something is off and further evidence of why you should not go out drinking or eating less something happens to you.
• Sector 8 - The only area on the planet where traditional festivities and drinking is allowed. All of you should know that such an area is not normal for Shrine Worlds and can easily be a prime, wicked breeding ground for heresy where Imperial morals are not nearly as tightly enforced. Investigation here may uncover some thing of value to our cause.

That will be all for now. I will be updating everyone with additional information once we arrive at the Monastery of the Martyred Saint and additional data arrives. Our current itinerary will have us getting straight to work in researching and gathering information soon after we arrive. We will be divided into two teams, one that will do data mining from within the Martyred Saint's monastery and setting up a base and the other who will be going out to do field work. I myself will be hoping between the two roles.

For those of you who are more combat oriented and worry that you will not be of us, fret not for you shall be accompanying the field teams. Alternatively you can assist in the defense and guarding of the Monastery of the our Sororitas friends should you decide you do not want to assist in field or investigation work. I have no doubt heretical eyes will be watching us from the shadows once we land. The Inquisition is not the only eye that sleepeths not I'm afraid but with the light of the Emperor acting as our beacon and his divine hand acting as our guide, we shall succeed in uncovering the fate of Inquisitor Valgone.

The Emperor Protects.

Signed,
Talvyrn Karthis

OOC Note, Please Read

THIS DOES NOT SIGNAL THE START OF THE IC, ITS JUST THE DATASLATE.

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Inquisitor Karthis

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Inquisitor Karthis

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_Name:

Inquisitor Talvyrn Karthis

_Age:

44

_Gender:

Male

_Personality:

Karthis is something of what he would call the "pragmatic sort", something others would define him as a radical Inquisitor no doubt due to his mentor he served under as an acolyte, the ends justify the means after all. The man is a strange mix of cautious and bold, weary and brash. Karthis is the one to first draw his gun and shoot but is also the first one to dive for cover; some may call it cowardice but he knows that he can't exactly serve the Emperor if he's dead. He knows how to make a statement but also knows the importance of being subtle. Whatever "plans" he makes are often never set in stone completely both in part of letting him be flexible in his approach and also because sometimes he's just too lazy to really lay out a plan in its entirety. As is with all Inquisitors, he is devoted to the God-Emperor but he tends to be a bit more reserve about it as Karthis doesn't see himself as the demagogue sort. Unlike many Inquisitors of his age, Karthis isn't exuding endless vigor and zealotry and acts a few decades more mature most of the time putting emphasis on the "duty" part of the "holy duty" of the Inquisition. He still is prone fits of hotheaded outbursts and raging, the guy's only human after all.

_History:

Born and raised on the Frontier World of Zanfrik Prime to a large family of 10 others, Karthis would loose 8 of his siblings to the sands of the Zanfrik. Enduring hardship and getting accustom to lose might have not been the best childhood ever but it certain made him tougher on a mental level. Given he was a natural psyker, such mental fortitude was more than helpful as he became older. His parents were an interesting bunch, his father an Imperial Guard veteran whose regiment was used as a defense force for Zanfrik while his mother was a former priestess hailing from a Shrine World and was the acting head of the local cathedral. Although both were highly devout, Karthis's father was the more reserved and humbled one while his mother, while having a soothing voice, was very, very passionate about the God-Emperor and Karthis preferred not loosing his voice all the time so he followed his father's more reserved approach.

Upon reaching the age of 10, he was sent to a local chapel where his psychic powers were trained and honed as best as they could. Although his powers at this point were fairly weak, he could easily control and suppress them meaning that they had very little affect on his life beyond being able to do some cool magics. After 5 years of studying, he decided to join local PDF, proving his worth and getting a few promotions thanks to his marksmanship skills and a few of his father's connection. So great was his skill that he had been selected to be on an Arbites support squad for the local Arbiter (local being more or less that entire system) in which there he had also proven himself capable and found himself in charge of a squad within a year of joining.

It would be when a local uprising on another world turned to heresy and the Ordos Hereticus was called in that Karthis would be set on the track of joining the Inquisition. During one particularly intense fire fight, the young man was in the right place at the right time for on Inquisitor Hargos to witness this single warrior firing into a swarm of heretics armed with nothing but an autogun and faith. Once the insurrection was put down, Karthis was given the offer of becoming an Acolyte in the retinue of the Inquisitor, an offer Karthis readily accepted with his the full support of his parents and remaining siblings.

Serving dutifully under Hargos for a decade, Karthis found himself promoted to the role of Inquisitor after making a deduction on another Frontier world that suggested a possible heretical uprising and was snuffed out before it blossomed its ugly flower (in truth it was more blind luck and some lucky coincidences that fell into place for him). Upon taking the rank, he decided to run with the Ordo Fronterius, an Ordo Minorus which dealt primarily with Frontier and Colony worlds. In all honesty however, Karthis mostly took the position and role as a way of finally being able to reunite with his family for a short while. During his time with Ordo Fonterius, he mostly acted as support for another Inquisitor with very little of a network or retinue. It would only be until he was told that his mentor had fallen in Emperor's holy duty and took it upon himself to continue in his mentor's steed, joining the Ordo Hereticus and starting his journey of proving himself to be a competent Inquisitor to himself at least, honing both his combat and psycic abilities through

In one instance about 5 years ago, during a heretical uprising on the world of Woldorn V, he had encountered a Sister of Battle and a Adeputs Mechanicus Genetor who now serve as part of his retinue. During the fighting, he made contact with one Ellyn Caligarus with the fighting along side each other for a short while. In a seperate instance, he rescued Genetor Ortiz Freelon who was under siege in his facility and was the only non-servitor alive. After the events, Freelon would become one of the first members of Karthis's retinue and the two have worked together ever since.

_Equipment:

Ranged

• Bolt Pistol - Nothing too special, just an average Inquisitorial bolt pistol that was given to him upon his promotion to full Inquisitor.
• "Trusty" - One of Karthis's first guns, given to him by his father at a young age. Its an old revolver-type stub gun which has served the man well in many years of fighting. He always carries on him in some form or another and his ability to quick draw with it will ensure he gets the first shot off.
• "Break Out" - A gift from Inquisitor Hargos, an easily concealable break-action shotgun that Karthis always keeps hidden in his cloths.

Melee

• Power Maul - A holder over from his days on an Arbites Support Squad although its more often than not set to kill over stun.
• Plasteel Buckler - Like his power maul, another relic from his past. The small shield is little more than a glorified slab of plasteel fashioned into a circle and given a handle. Despite preferring not to having to stay in extended melee so he has to use it, Karthis has started to develop and interesting style of close quarter gunfighting using said buckler.

Special

• Psyk-Out Grenades x 1
• Frag Grenade x 1
• Servo Skull "Ahmes"

_Abilities:

Feats

• Quick Draw Crack Shot - Being on the Frontier tends to lend you pretty amazing shooting skills compared to those who haven't lived that kind of life. Karthis can reliable get the first shot off in any gunfight as well as having some impressible pistol accuracy especially with lighter Stub and Auto pistols.
• Pskyer - The man's a Pskyer, not all to powerful but strong enough to help him plenty in his line of work.

Psyker

• Invisibility - Self explanatory, Karthis can only cast it for a few minutes though on someone or something, although that's usually more than enough.
• Force Jump - Basically letting Karthis "jump" into the very edge of the warp and appear a few feet away in what is basically a teleporting like fashion. Its range can only safely go to about a dozen feet and he can't pull anyone else through.

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Psyker

• Dark Secret Watcher - "You feel like you are being watched all the time even when you know you are alone, you will often see someone or something watching you from around corners, through windows, just off in the distance at times. You will wake up and find notes written for you, or whispers in your ear though when you turn around no one is there. Other times when you find that you think you are going to die it seems as though some unknown force intervenes and you have found that enemies who have the jump on you will crumple dead for no apparent reason at all, you do a autopsy and they like.. had a heart attack or something of that nature."
• Strange Smells - “Once arriving on the planet keeps having a strange aroma in his nose that he can't seem to get rid of, it's like the smell of dead leaves or the distant scent of a dead animal; inquisitor will occasionally scratching his nose just generally aggravated at the smell”

One Sentance Story

Nothing except the towering holy guardian who denied him access to the abode of his employer with a swarm of loyal cultist zealot, the Holy Lord and Savior Harambe and his Cult of Harambism denied the hero access.

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Oh. I'm aware. I've been rolling a few things around in my head. I love the Warhammer 40k universe. The main issue for me is that in my roleplaying career I've been "Groomed" into playing a character that isn't going to accomplish the same thing as another one since it'd be encroaching on their RP'ers "Turf" so to speak.

Being honest, the "Basic humans only" rule is extremely limiting. The last roleplay I was in with the Warhammer 40k universe (Which ironically involved an inquisitional retinue) I was playing an Ork Shoota Nob.

@Valor

Ahh well if that's the case my apologizes although we have changed it a bit to allow for abhumans. Still, if you want to leave then I guess I'm in no spot of forcing you otherwise. Good luck in whatever you do next ^^

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i would be happy with joining earlier if you wanted to RP something in that direction. i just did it for convenience.

@Sophrus

That's fair, guess it'll just mean more stuff to talk about IC as everyone is still getting used to each other for the most part

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@AndreyichI'd assume so but wait on the GM for that, he gets final say in CSs.

@SophrusReminds me of a character I made for an 40k RP that was also based around an Inquistor's retinue. Ironically enough he too was a penal legionnaire

Also, there's a lot of new transfers, not complaining or anything, just noticed that.
Makes sense in a way though, Karthis only really became a "true" Inquisitor recently.

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@Valor@Brink If either of you are still interested, some possible roles you could take are:

- Chiurgeons (Healers)
- Acolytes
- Savant/Sages
- Penitents (Repenting Heretics)
- Priests/Excorists (which aren't the same as Confessors at least to me)

Also, why is playing a duplicate so bad for you guys? Just because they take on the same role and mantle doesn't mean they're the same person or whatever. Psykers have a wide variety of disciplines they can use and there's more the the Sororitas than just Sisters of Battle; its all there if you're willing to go look for it (which isn't that hard) and also willing to make a character that isn't a carbon copy of someone else's.

Here's something that could be of use:
wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Inquisitorial_Henchmen

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Jesus, is the spot of being an assassin so coveted? >_>

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Alright, would it put them too high level if I gave the Hearthguard Exo-Armour?

@Andreyich

Yeah. I'd say the general rule of thumb would to be keeping your characters basic. Progression and upgrades are all part of the fun and plus if you start from little, you could end up with some pretty interesting stuff later on since you'll have a reason to keep upgrade (and maybe in your case, making) stuff to use.

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Demiurg are filthy xenos, no thanks. Besides, I thought no sanctioned xenos in this RP? For the Squat, I would make either a former Guildmaster for the techie stuff, a Hearthguard for the headsmashing, or a Living Ancestor for the dorf magics.

@Andreyich

They are but I just though you might find them cool

Honestly I'd say either Guildmaster or Hearthguard seeing as we have a possible 3 psykers in the retinue.