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== '''The Inquisition''' == | == '''The Inquisition''' == | ||
The | The organisation often described as | ||
the left hand of the Emperor (the right hand, of course, being the | |||
Ecclesiarchy, described in another chapter). One of the most widely known organisations of the Imperium, the mandate of the Inquisition is to | |||
investigate and stop any threat to the Imperium and Mankind, and it is | |||
willing to use whatever means it must to achieve this end. There are no | |||
bounds to the Inquisitions field of operation: alien plots,administrative | |||
inefficiency, corruption, mutations, crime, secret cults, Heresy and | |||
unauthorised psykers all come under its jurisdiction. | |||
No world, no organisation, no individual is immune to the Inquisitions gaze: planetary governors, even the High Lords themselves, are subject to | |||
investigation and no treachery or betrayal of the Emperor is too petty to be left unpunished. However, it is rogue psykers who command the majority of the Inquisitions time. Untrained or deviant psykers represent a terrible threat to humanity and it is the pursuit of these that has earned the Inquisitor the name of witch-hunter across the galaxy. | |||
== '''Inquisitorial Power''' == | |||
The Inquisition, and its members, is above the law. This means that | |||
Inquisitors answer to noone but their elders in the Inquisition, not even the High Lords of Terra. Equally, every Inquisitor has full right to call on any forces or resources he wants, demanding full cooperation fromsuch figures and organisations as Planetary Governors, the Imperial Guard, Space Marines and Adeptus Arbites. This means that not only is each Inquisitor a powerful figure in personal prowess, a skilled communicator, commander and power player, but also highly powerful in who or what he commands: everyone. | |||
== '''Organisation of the Inquisition in Malton''' == | == '''Organisation of the Inquisition in Malton''' == |
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