Inquisiteur Karthis
Comme les portes s'ouvraient pour révéler Elpos III, la première chose que l'Inquisiteur a remarquée était l'odeur. Ça sentait la mort. Ce n'est pas un miasme héroïque qui a piétiné l'air, mais une puanteur beaucoup plus subtile qui a dérivé de quelque part ailleurs. Il ne pouvait pas renifler une source, c'était comme si c'était partout. Se branler le visage une seconde avant le retour, donnant un sourire sérieux mais chaleureux à la Soeur Supérieure. Dans le fond de son esprit, Karthis était heureux que les Sororitas soient venus l'escorter, leurs figures gracieuses et leur beauté élégante ont aidé à compenser les membres moins attrayants du clergé et des pèlerins (Empereur sait quel genre de zèle peut conduire un homme à ne pas manger pendant une semaine).
"Ne craignez pas, je suis sûr que nous allons--" Karthis a commencé avant de sauter un peu au bruit de coups de feu, ses sens de frontière fourmillent. Sa main s'empare de son arme avec l'autre barre son boucleur déjà levé. Une fois qu'il était clair qu'il n'était pas en danger immédiat pour le moment, le bouclier a été abaissé mais sa main tournait toujours autour de la poignée de son pistolet à boulons. Tandis que le Supérieur commença à expliquer la situation, Karthis se rendit compte que les fumées de la mort qui s'écoulaient par son nez n'étaient probablement que quelques cadavres que personne n'avait ramassés. L'œil de l'Inqusistor traînait les véhicules Arbites qui zoomaient par, se dirigeant vers l'épais des combats non moins. "Je soupçonne que si ce n'est pas juste un autre culte de la mort, que nous ayons un soulèvement hérétique dans les œuvres; je mettrais mon argent sur Khorne avec tous les combats, le feu et la mort et tout." Karthis murmurait sous son souffle, "Peut aussi être un culte de Tzeentch essayant de déstabiliser la planète pour une raison quelconque. Je doute de sa slaaneshi ou de sa nurglite."
Les accrochages de l'homme s'arrêtèrent lorsqu'il apprit que le Canonness Phaedra avait non seulement disparu, mais une semaine avant leur arrivée tardive. Karthis a subtilement frappé son pied dans le sol et mordu sa lèvre, si seulement ils sont venus ici à temps Empereur dammit! Maintenant, il avait perdu une précieuse source d'information et avait une personne de plus qu'il devait examiner. L'Empereur sait combien de travail cela allait prendre. Face à Soeur Supérieure Laedi, Karthis a contenu sa rage interne et l'a assurée qu'elle faisait un bon travail, « Vous n'avez rien à vous excuser, Soeur. Étant donné que vous êtes sur le point de combattre une guerre, si vous ne combattez pas une guerre à plat, c'est encore une escorte assez impressionnante que vous nous avez accordée. Nous sommes humiliés par votre générosité, vraiment la lumière de l'Empereur brille sur vous. »
En donnant un petit arc formel, Karthis a terminé ses remerciements à Laedi avant qu'elle n'instruise tout le monde à empiler dans l'un des Rihnos. Avec le bruit des fusées qui s'enfuient au loin, Karthis avait de nouveau la main sur son arme, mais la sœur Supérieure les a renvoyés avec une explication rapide des plans actuels du PDF sur le traitement de la petite « Forteresse d'Exécution » que les Fuckers de Flame avaient érigé sur la place de l'Exécution, a donné plus de crédibilité à l'idée d'un possible culte khornate dans son esprit. Se prenant à son nez avec l'odeur faible de la mort qui s'attarde encore, Karthis s'embarqua dans le véhicule de transport et ôta son chapeau avant de courir sa main dans ses cheveux. C'était un geste simple qui a aidé à le calmer en plus d'une simple respiration et de compter tour de son père utilisé quand il était sur les lignes de front dans la Garde. Après quelques secondes, assez de colère avait bouilli de l'âme de l'homme et il a affronté Laedi avec quelques questions supplémentaires, "Je suppose que nous devrions commencer par les sujets importants. Quelles étaient les circonstances entourant les disparitions de la chanoine et des trois autres supérieurs? Quand et où a-t-on vu la dernière fois? Étaient-ils visiblement troublés ou faisaient quelque chose qu'ils ne feraient pas normalement? Quand et comment avez-vous découvert qu'ils avaient disparu?"
Karthis s'arrêta avant de tirer d'autres questions, se souvenant qu'il avait encore une suite avec lui, "à ceux d'entre vous qui se demandent, vous ne serez pas lésés par aucune organisation impériale pendant que je suis ici; vous êtes tous techniquement partie de l'Inquisition et sous son oeil vigilant. Plus mon propre œil."
L'Inquisiteur a couru à travers tout ce qu'il avait appris récemment dans sa tête, il a pu voir comment certains morceaux sont tombés en place tandis que d'autres n'avaient aucun sens. Quelque chose lui dit qu'il doit y avoir un lien entre l'Inquisiteur Valgone et Canonness Phaedra, il devait juste y en avoir un. Oh et le culte de la mort avec un fétichisme de feu doit aussi être dans cette toile d'une certaine façon, mais il n'a pas pu en avoir un sens! Karthis a souhaité que Hargos soit ici avec lui, l'esprit du vieil homme a dû être capable de voir quelque chose qu'il ne pouvait pas, que ferait-il en ce moment?
Au plus profond de ses pensées, un frisson s'est abattu sur la colonne vertébrale de Karthis, car il se souvient d'une question très importante : « Oh, sœur Supérieure, avant que j'oublie, je voudrais prendre un arrangement spécial pour mes quartiers de couchage. Pourriez-vous me laisser demander un transport dans votre piscine pour que je puisse disposer d'un arrangement de couchage gardé de tous côtés? Peut - être aussi avec certains de ces ecclésiastiques. Si vous pouviez le faire, il serait grandement apprécié. Bien sûr, je n'utiliserai pas tout l'espace et je le transformerai en une pièce personnelle et je serai toujours prêt à l'utiliser pendant la journée bien sûr. »
Avec quelque chose de grincheux à l'arrière de ses pensées, Karthis ne pouvait pas dire ce qui allait se passer mais il sentit qu'il y avait quelque chose de bien plus profond et bien plus sinistre derrière tous ces événements récents et les choses allaient devenir... intéressantes.

Tu sais l'odeur de la mort dont Karthis continue de se plaindre? C'est quelque chose qui lui est exclusif. Personne d'autre ne sent vraiment ça et donc ils le voient juste parfois se faire la gueule, se cueillir le nez ou renifler.
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.

Character Rolls:

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”