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Sergeant Thorna Tempest, Colour bearer of the Blenheim 2014th Regiment of Foot; Ferlinghetti, Underscribe-factotum ; Brother Arcimboldo of the Scarlet Blades; Unfortunus Veck, Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos; Diocletian Mercurial, Sandesman of the House of Oadwadh; Cyprian Northgrass, Interrogator; Magos Titus Manderghast

 

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An Inquisitorial party that makes up part of a larger project. Hope you like 'em – they'll be taking to the field this week as we wheel out a game using 40k 2nd Edition.

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Ta; the marine got finished last night – he was a fun piece to work on. I've got a few boring notes about how I painted him coming up on Death of a Rubricist, if you're interested, but in the meantime, here's the other piece I completed yesterday:

 

+ 4 of Cups: Vanya de la Oawadh, Vidame of Yndbürch +

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Ooooh Gorgeous work as always! Ill check your blog when im off these pesky work computers biggrin.png 2nd ed though, thats brave tongue.png

Heh, cheers :)

I'm quite looking forward to playing 2nd edition again; you'll be relieved to hear we're sticking with fairly simple stuff for the first game! No vehicles and barely any heavy weapons, either :D

Even the so-called 'Black Codex' army lists have a lot of options in them; and Bob Hunk (playing sinister xeno infiltrators) has kindly allowed me to take an Astartes with a set of stats more suited to the more recent background... He might need it, as Veck and his gang are up against purestrain genestealers!

I think what he meant was that you've done a seperate post for the Techpriest and given us some background fluff for him, so will the remainder of the band get a similar treatment in this thread?

Ah, of course! Sorry; clearly not quite awake this morning. Rather than making a loads of separate topics, I'll keep things in here, so yes, background will turn up here. :)

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[big][big]+ The Foure of Cüppes +[/big][/big]

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That there is no inherent defence from vice in being born to the teeming crowds of humanity that makes up the workers and ratings and slaves of the Imperium. No, there is no romantic proof against evil in being born poor, beyond perhaps the simple inability to extend that nascent native wickedness beyond a small pool.

 

For those at the other end of the social scale; for those vested in authority, or granted power and stewardship over others? Well, power, as is well-known, corrupts. Not always. Not inevitably. On such shifting foundations of certainty, on the thin ice between the righteous and the abominable is the Inquisition itself founded.

 

For many Inquisitors - for myself - a level of pragmatism is appropriate in the exercise of my power. Should an Inquisitor sanction a bread-thief? No; for any goodness in the apprehension and punishment is far outweighed by the time wasted in pursuing bigger game.

 

Eheu tempora. Forget the insidious temptations of the archenemy or the wiles of xenos' it is time that is our greatest foe. However, practicalities stand: since we cannot excruciate the flow of reality, it falls to us to prosecute that within our grasp - the corruption of humanity itself - to the fullest of our ability.

 

It is an aphorism: Send the keenest guards to watch those most powerful.

Considerations, Vol IV. Unfortunus Veck

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'Only the insane have strength enough to prosper. Only those who prosper judge what is sane.'
This could be the motto of the bloodthirsty de la Oawadh dynasty, a Welleborn family with roots stretching back centuries.

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Vanya de la Oawadh: Vidame of Yndbürch. Welleborn. Gadabout. Murderess.

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A minor family; but one deeply entwined with the Throne of Cepheus. Vanya is of direct line - albeit nowhere near the heir apparent. As a result, the Materfamilias (for the de la Oawadh admit no man to have inherent authority over them) cares little for the Vidame's 'excursions'. Indeed, her murderous and petty proclivities - sadistic and violent - are glossed over as though a mere quirk.

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Vanya runs with the street gangs of the Reddsmen's Quarter, suitably geographicly distant from her family's main assets - though she is no follower. Well-known and feared, she simply 'adopts' a gang as the whim takes her – inveigling her way in under a false pretence. Should a gangster recognise her; it is best he or she keeps their mouth sealed...

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Augmented and enhanced, Vanya's whip-thin frame conceals horrifying strength and agility; and she is well-trained in the arts of fighting and torture. Woe betide any who cross her.

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