Inquisition
War
The
Crucis sector Inquisitorial Conclave has met at the sector capital of
Ganesha for the trial of Invicta Regis-Lann. The scion of a powerful
trading house, Invicta had become an influential member of the
Conclave and the leader of the Radical Xanthite faction. Once one of
the most effective Inquisitors in the Crucis sector, Invicta’s
methods gradually grew more and more extreme, culminating in the
Exterminatus of three Imperial worlds, a subsequent warp rift and a
daemonic incursion that caused the loss of an entire sub-sector.
Invicta
was to be tried in-absentia for her crimes of heresy. However,
Invicta had many powerful allies, mostly other Radical Inquisitors,
who spoke on her behalf. The trial brought old rivalries within the
Conclave to a head, and there was a great deal of strife and
commotion, particularly because Invicta refused to appear there to
defend herself. Not surprisingly she was declared Excommunicatus
Traitoris. The Conclave instructed all loyal Inquisitors to seek the
prosecution of her sentence. This caused a number of Radical
Inquisitors to walk out. Then, with the Conclave already on the verge
of a serious schism, a huge explosion destroyed the meeting hall.
The
surviving members of the Conclave blamed the Radicals that walked
out. The Radicals declared the whole thing a plot against them. Both
sides begin marshaling their forces and battle lines were drawn.
The
Grand Master of the Crucis Conclave then summoned Inquisitor-Lord
Rayle Karalis, who was once Invicta’s mentor, and charged him with
the capture of the condemned renegade. Years ago, Karalis had
executed Invicta’s lover for heresy, though some whispered he was
secretly jealous. Perhaps it was this act that pushed Invicta into
the arms of the Great Enemy and led things to such a sad state of
affairs, or perhaps not. Either way, Invicta is lost and Inquisitor
Karalis must bring her to justice. Yet both Inquisitors have many
supporters and allies, and this terrible war has only just begun.
It
is a war that will start in the shadows but come to engulf the entire
sector!
Inquisition
War is a narrative campaign presented by the 40K Fight Club, Ordo
Pacificus Chapter, that will be run beginning in January 2015 and
continue for up to one year. The campaign will have two components; a
Kill Teams and a regular 40K games. Campaign games will take place on
Thursday and Saturday nights each month. Registered players will also
meet one Saturday each month to play in highly narrative games of
Warhammer 40K. Both types of games will have a strong story and
character focus. Players will also be able to play games outside of
the monthly group games that count toward their side’s progress.
The
overall narrative concept is that a war between rival factions of the
Inquisition has broken out in the embattled Crucis sector of Imperial
space. The combatant factions of the Inquisition divide into roughly
two groups, the Puritans and the Radicals. The Puritan Inquisitors
have the resources of the Imperium to draw on as they try to destroy
their hated rivals, the Radicals.
The
Radical Inquisitors have always walked a fine line between loyalty
and heresy. Pushed to extremes, the Radicals may call upon
frightening allies – xenos races ever ready to encroach upon human
territory. These alliances only confirm the attitude of their Puritan
enemies. However, sector politics being what they are, some Radicals
may find support among otherwise loyal Imperial power bases in the
sector whose political or religious differences are enough to bring
them to a Radical Inquisitor’s banner.
A
third faction exists – the Renegades. Renegades are Inquisitors who
have already been declared beyond redemption – Excommunicatus
Traitoris. The Renegade Inquisitors’ existence is driven only by
the desire to cause as much havoc as possible before the Imperium, or
their own so-called ‘allies’ destroy them. These traitors have no
qualms about allying with the forces of the genocidal Necrons, the
forever-damned forces of Chaos, or even the implacable Tyranids.
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