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I'm looking at managing a Roleplay thread that focuses on the exploits of the Henchmen under the instrution of Inquisitor Remus, investigating and carrying out their goals, but with a lot more leeway since in this case the Inquisitor won't be in regular contact with the team(s).

Being Henchmen, there's obviously a lot to work with. You can be any character that would be found in the 40k universe, from Death Cult assassins, Warrior henchmen, Acolytes of any persuasion to even an Astartes (obviously with some secret reason behind their attachment to the team and shrouded departure from their chapter). You don't even have to actually be part of the team (such as a member of the local PDF or Arbites). There's a lot you can do and the mission parameters also leave a lot to play with.

I'll be posting more info on the background as interest grows, but for now it should be suffice to say that the mission takes place on an unstable Imperial world.

If you're sure about posting then set up the details of your character as follows:

Name of Character:
Age: Rough estimate or correct age in terran years.
Affiliation: IG/Arbites/Ecclessiarchy/Tribal Warrior/Inquisitorial Stormtrooper etc
Position/Rank: Lieutenant/Missionary/Guardsman
Particular skills: Close quarters expert/sharpshooting/linguist or anything else. You don't have to list anything here if you don't want to.
Background: History up until induction into the retinue.
Induction: How you came to the attention of Inquisitor Remus. Don't mention any of your missions since then, this stuff is classified of course, though you can state how long you've been a part of the retinue.

And you can throw in a picture if you want.

Sure I'll give it a shot, I dropped out of the last one because it ended up being pre-heresy and me having no idea about it.
Think I'll try something slightly different as well as I generally go Ad mech.

Name of Character: Zeta (Full name : Z18231a, though most don't know or bother with it; actual name is lost)
Age: Unknown
Affiliation: Officio Assassinorum
Position/Rank: Callidus
Particular skills: Close quarters expert, linguist, deception, stealth, poisons and persuasion
Background: History either classified or unknown, Z18231a does not possess much memory and is even unsure if they remember their true form.
Induction: Z18231a was recruited due to their loyalty (as they remember nothing but service to the Emperor) and the skill which they had displayed in previous missions. One notable occasion involved a Tau Cadre brought to panic when a messenger which seemed from the Water Caste drove a blade into a Ethereal's head before vanishing in the chaos caused.

Name of Character: Sergeant. Slavro
Age: 27.
Affiliation: IG
Position/Rank: Sergeant
Particular skills:
Background: 101st Stormtrooper regiment. Sergeant of Squad 'Helborne'
Induction: Soul survivor of a necron incursion, Slavro was reassigned too Inquisitor Remus.

Perfect, the Assassin and the Soldier.

I forget how Stormtrooper Regiments are founded, are they founded from Schola Progenium recruits?

(Save me a spot for this one! I'm brainstorming ideas for a character currently so I'll have a file up by later this afternoon maybe

Yeah IIRC Stormtroopers come from the Scholas)

(Life's going a bit crazy at the moment, but I guess I'll bite. And, just to be silly, I have dibs on the Astartes . Also, what Ordo is Remus a member of? Malleus I would suspect.)

Name of Character: Brother Aygapus
Age: ~300 Terran years
Affiliation: Minotaurs Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes
Position/Rank: Former terminator assault Veteran, 1st Company
Particular skills: Gifted strategist (but, as always for the Assault Terminators, prefers to break stuff), fanatical hatred of Orks even for a Minotaur.
Background: Homeworld unknown, but records on board the Daedolus Krata indicate thet Aygapus was recruited from a planet on the borders of T'au space. A member of 4th company for most of his life, Aygapus was inducted into the First Company shortly before the Badab war. He was present during the last series of boarding attacks against the Lamentors chapter, where he was often called upon to offer tactical advice to other 1st company squads. However, Aygapus finds it almost impossible to trust anyone outside of his chapter, which has in the past created problems when working alongside other Imperial forces.
Induction: Exiled from his chapter by lord Moloc for 150 years following some unrecorded transgression during the Badab War, Aygapus was originally going to be transferred into the Deathwatch. However, he came to the attention of Inquisitor Remus whilst the crusier transporting him and his new squad was attacked by Ork 'Freebooterz', leaving Aygapus the sole survivor due to his sheer brutality. At the request of the Inquisitor Moloc changed the sentence to induction into Remus' retinue, although as penance he was stripped of his equipment and in essence demoted back to a scout. However, his skills remain and he is still ready to be put into action when a mission needs a little extra brutality-which it often does. Exactly what he did Aygapus never speaks of, and any who require usually do not live to regret it.

Name of Character: Mikal Holtz
Age: 200
Affiliation: Adeptus Mechanicus
Position/Rank: Iron Priest
Particular skills: Particularly human acting for a tech priest, intuitive, improvising, the uncanny ability (for a tech priest) to think outside the box and outside protocol.
Background: Mikal was truly gifted with insight from the Omnissiah as a child and was therefore taken from his home planet and trained on Mars for many decades in the arcane arts of machinery. He served the Imperial cause wherever he was called but his often unorthodox methods and seeming disdain for the more advanced mechanical replacements (he has quite a few, but not nearly as many as many others) were always frowned upon by the Magi. Given this, he was never able to rise very far through the ranks of the Mechanicus, he was content, however, to serve as the head Engineseer for the Imperial 45th Cadian Shock Troopers
Induction: During one of the many Chaos incursions on the planet Cadia, the Inquisitor Remus was attached to the Cadian 45th, and while there was intrigued by the unusual, yet successful ways the guardsmen of the regiment were carrying the fight. He was even more surprised to hear that these innovative ideas were coming from a Techpriest. At the request of Inquisitor Remus at the end of the campaign, the Techpriest and his retinue were assigned to the Inquisition under Inquisitor Remus

Posting my interest as well. Got two possible characters in mind. Though waiting on OP and other posters before deciding who to go for. Don't want too many of the same kind, hehe

Nice, already potential for great character development. Two things:

1) Little Lord: As an Astartes working outside of his chapter, Aygapus likely won't have access to his Terminator armour and (if he's been banished) he might not even be in possession of power armour. For such a small group an unarmoured Astartes is formidable, a fully equipped astartes approaches Jesus-like capability. I thought I should warn that anyone who catches the Astartes role will have restrictions on this, just to keep things balanced. Just as an alpha/beta-level psyker isn't going to fit in, neither is a fully armoured Assault Terminator.

2) WARORK: If this innovative Engineseer tends to shun the more radical mechanical alterations known to be favoured by other members of the Mechanicus, how has he managed to live to the age of 400? By human standards, even with rejuvenant drugs, that's positively ancient.

BTW, one and all I love the Induction and Background stories you guys have done so far.

Emperors Faithful wrote: 1) Little Lord: As an Astartes working outside of his chapter, Aygapus likely won't have access to his Terminator armour and (if he's been banished) he might not even be in possession of power armour. For such a small group an unarmoured Astartes is formidable, a fully equipped astartes approaches Jesus-like capability. I thought I should warn that anyone who catches the Astartes role will have restrictions on this, just to keep things balanced. Just as an alpha/beta-level psyker isn't going to fit in, neither is a fully armoured Assault Terminator.

Orly? I would think any Astartes in the retinue of an Inquisitor would be more than well equipped, given the resources at the disposal of the Inquisition... -shrugs-

Emperors Faithful wrote:2) WARORK: If this innovative Engineseer tends to shun the more radical mechanical alterations known to be favoured by other members of the Mechanicus, how has he managed to live to the age of 400? By human standards, even with rejuvenant drugs, that's positively ancient.

Because, like a nub, I was thinking about the age of your standard tech priest before I came up with his background. I will edit accordingly.

Also I would like to point out that the character in question does still have very many alterations when compared to your average human, hence your longer than average lifespan, just not as many as the terminator esque magos that are nearly all machine. Simply put, he is just a little more man than machine and thats what makes him peculiar when it comes to techpriests.

WARORK93 wrote:
Orly? I would think any Astartes in the retinue of an Inquisitor would be more than well equipped, given the resources at the disposal of the Inquisition... -shrugs-

It's more to do with balance, while an Inquisitor may actively search for amazingly powerful psykers to add to his band, throwing in someone that can snap a Dreadnought in half with the flick of a wrist is over the top. To put it bluntly, the Assualt Terminator would come across as a bit of a jedi when compared to your average retinue. As cool as a storm trooper is, he's going to pale in comparison to a Termie. The goal here should be vairety, not power levels.

If there's still a spot left for a SM then I humbly present.... (if not then pop me an IM and I'll amend)


Name of Character: Ronan
Age: 311
Affiliation: Space Marine
Position/Rank: Battle Brother from the 3rd Company
Particular skills: Standard Space marine training
Background: Ronan has led a typical life of Space Marine and earnt many honours in his years of Service to the Elite Guard under the command of Chapter Master Warrender. Having performed beyond expections in several large scale engagements, Scout sergeant Ronan was quickly promoted to a fully fledged Battle Brother and entered the ranks of the 2nd Devastor squad "Pure Shots" within the 3rd Company. He has shown his skills over his fellows several times over in the field with his calculating and methodical approach to warfare

Induction: As to the reason as to why a Chapter Master would so willingly send one of his Battle Brothers to aid Remus is still a mystery, perhaps Remus has unknowingly done something that has benefited the Elite Guard and thus the Chapter Master has felt the need to repay the dept, or perhaps Chapter Master Warrender knows something more about this mission than even the Inquisition and felt the need to send one of his finest into the fray to ensure success. Whatever the reason none can deny the look of bewilderment on remus's face as only 6weeks from the date of his original request for aid should a fully kitted Battle Brother arrive and pledge his aid to the Inquisitor. One should note however, he did not pledge his loyalty ...

To prevent any misconception of loyalty or links between the Elite Guard Chapter and Remus, it was agreed that Ronan would discard his Armour and heraldry so that the origins of this Battle Brother would remain a secret from all but Inquisitor Remus. Having secured his sacred armour in the Vaults of Vaq'uir, Battle Brother Ronan donned an armoured uniform befitting that of a Space Marine Initiate. The protection it provided was a moot point compared to the thick under skin armour that all Marines were implanted with and thus it provided merely a cosemetic appearence.

At a distance, many a man would not recognise the Astartes without his armour, for those unfortunate to be close enough would see the many black connector ports and tubes that criss crossed his visible flesh and betrayed his obvious superhuman like strength and agility. His red ocular implant and and intergrated ear piece the only visible clue to the extensive bionics that this astartes posses and aquired during his training as an Intiate. Even without his Carparace Armour, Ronan would no doubt be a forrmidable foe to his emenies and he relished the chance to prove himself once again while being at a disadvantage.

Actual paint scheme of my Elite Guard Chapter




EDIT: Just noticed the dibs on the SM by LLF, Could be some interesting conflicts between two SM's, or want me to do a re-write? In relation to the post about him being overly powerful, could you possibly work in a huge charactor flaw? Like if he was a BA he suffered from the Blood Rage or he refuses to follow orders etc. Merely idea's of what I mean. I like his background though, very mysterious

From how long it took for me to get back to this thread you can see that I'm not in a position to be able to be a reliable RP-man right now. This makes me a sad panda. Sorry EF.

HOLD THIS SPOT!

Okay, I am worried about having two SM. It was intended to be an individual stand alone spot. However, I also didn't really expect this much interest. Personally I'd prefer only one Space Marine, but I must admit the (perhaps friendly, perhaps not) rivaly and interaction of two Marines from seperate chapters very much intrigues me. If perhaps another poster or two joins the retinue I'll think it'll be large enough to work two Astartes into the mix.


As for equipment, I'm still iffy on this. For the purpose of the mission and to avoid obvious detection I think that all armour and more Astartyish (new word ) weaponry will be kept at a safehouse. The use of which may become prevalent in extreme situations.

No worries, if you don't get enough responses, shoot me a PM and I'll amend mine character to a human officer of some sort, got plenty idea's running around in my head just that that the SM held more interest for me. But not going to cry over spilt milk if only one SM allowed, LLF did beat me to it after all.

I'll bite

Name of Character: Aajz Lucia
Age: 24
Affiliation: Order of the Sister Hospitaller
Position/Rank: Dominion
Particular skills: Some combat experience, skilled in human (and xenos) medicine and xenobiology.
Background: Formerly part of the Stormtrooper Company CXVII, Aajz was the daughter of a Commissar who had died serving on Armageddon on the ongoing war there, and as was her position, that she was enlisted into the Scholar Progenium, although she found herself inept at combat, being unsuited for the rigours of battle and was demoted from the ranks of the Stormtroopers. Although unsuited for combat, she had an uncanny skill for medicine, and found herself joining the Order of the Torch. Serving previously with Inquisitor Vail, she has had extensive training in Xenobiology and toxology, and is just as likely to heal a patient or poison them.
Induction: An experienced former member of an Inquisitorial retinue, she was returning to the convent on Terra before being reassigned to the Inquisition where she would await further orders, her skills in xenobiology made her ideal as both a doctor and an investigator of and xenomorphs the Inquisition may encounter. One of her most useful skills however, is to heal a prisoner of the Inquisitor back to good health so that the Inquisitor and their interrogaters can have another round of "questions" for the prisoner. There has been a notable time where she had reconstructed the body of a prisoner who only had his head and parts of his torso remaining.

Appearance

Name: Narciso Claudius
Affiliation: Inquisitorial Watchman
Position/Rank: Senior Interrogator
Particular Skills: We shall see...
Background: Narciso has served as an active member of the Ordo Malleus for longer than anyone can remember, seeking out the corrupting influence of the Daemon and the Heretic, seeing that they are burned for their crimes. Having served with various Inquisitors from several Ordos, Claudius is well-versed in the nature of the enemies of Man, rooting them out with cunning words and exceptional planning, seeing the bumbling antics of more bombastic Inquisitors wasteful and fruitless.
Induction: Interrogator was only recently added to the cadre of Inquisitor Remus, having caught his eye during the Denouncement of Inquisitor Helsefir, where the fiery Claudius rattled off a great list of the Inquisitor's deviance's from the Imperial Creed, such as consorting with daemons, hiring xeno mercenaries, and being a member of the Xanthite Creed.

Okay, I'm going to leave this thread open for a few more days since I'd like to get all the characters in detail out here rather than have them added along the way, hopefully some of the saved spots will be filled with info soon enough. Also, a few other people have indicated interest to me via PM.

In the meantime, I'll introduce you to the face of this particular team. For much of the thread, certainly for the the begginning, contact with Inquisitor Remus will be almost non-existent. Instead this is the face that you'll be taking orders from, the one who'll head the team, though her authority may be less recognised and more open to challenge/rivalry, especially given her age.

The Ordos that Inquisitor Remus works under will be kept under wraps for now. One, because it pertains to the story, and two becuase they'll +CLASSIFIED+ if I tell you.

Name: Meldev Avare
Age: 38
Affilitation: Inquisition, Ordos +CLASSIFIED+. Ex-Schola Progenium student.
Position/Rank: Senior Interrorgator, Remus' unnamed sucessor.
Particular Skills: According to Interrogator Avare's profile she is a born-leader. Skilled with a blade, but a nervous tick from damaged nerve tissue on her right arm has ruined her aim. When not in a combat she has a habit of keeping the hand, which tends to clench and unclench reflexively, tucked behind her back, disguised as a professionaly aloof posture. This small impairment is more than made up for by her ruthlessness, her demands of perfection from both herself and her underlings, and a steel resolve to achieve a goal with no heed to the cost.
Background: Heresy insidiously finds it's path into the ranks of humanity in different ways. Sometimes it is a slow process, the roots of faithlessness creeping in, its insidious chokehold revealed all too late to resist or cleanse without absolute extermination. In the case of Avare's homeplanet, Pertiva III, the change was much more rapid. It is uncertain what brought Inquisitor Remus to Pertiva III, a backwater Agri-world, for the Schola Progenium which he visited was by no means remarkable. Certainly he did not intend to stay long enough to conduct any sort of investigation but, even unnanounced, his very presence was enough. Truly it must have been the Emperor's Providence that forced the traitors to act too early, for the ringleaders were spurred into rallying their followers too hastily, before their hold on the planet had truly been secured. As it was, the element of surprise still worked in the heretic's favour. While the PDF was torn apart from the inside out by sudden conflict, former defenders of the Imperium suddenly opening fire on their bewildered comrdes, the Schola Progenium itself was attacked in overwhelming numbers, the traitor generals desperate to silence the Inquisitor before he could get word of the foul act to the Imperium. It was during the course of this bloody overnight battle, between a thin line of young Schola cadets, with a mere dozen Stormtroopers, and the horde of attackers that grew as the battle raged, it was here that Avare saved Remus' life, personally dragging him to the recently landed shuttle, then rushing back to join her fellow cadets as the shuttle safely launched. She was 15 at the time.
Induction: When Inquisitor Remus returned at the head of a sizeable task force, 12 years later, Pertiva III was still locked in a gruelling civil war. Within months the planet was cleared of taint, the resistance trampled underfoot by the regiments of the Imperial Guard, made all the more swift and certain by a detatchment of Astartes from the Minotaurs Chapter. Inquisitor Remus no doubt surprised to discover Avare, now 27, not only alive, but commanding the loylaist forces of the southern continent. Impressed, after Pertiva III was declared cleansed by an Ecclesiarchy Official, Avare soon found herself inducted into Remus' retinue, leaving the broken world behind. She has served under his direction for only 11 years, but already it is apparent that Inquisitor Remus is grooming her to be his sucessor.

Name of Character: Soric Ghast
Age: 29
Affiliation: Inquisitorial Stormtrooper
Position/Rank: Captain
Particular skills: good with a hell-gun, Drop veteran and grav-chute user, Charisma, Covert operations veteran.
Background: Was a captain in the 2nd Ousian Stormtrooper regiment. His men were all killed during a night raid on an ork settlement, his men gunned down inside their Valkyries by crude Ork AA fire. Not much more is known from the Backwater Swamp dweller, except that he loves to hunt big animals, often with just the simplest of weapons.
Induction: When his men were killed, Ghast was 26, and the good Inquisitor took him into his retinue, Ghast's skills would surely come in handy in a gunfight, or covert operations.

Welcome aboard Ghast!
I like that story about losing your men in such a way. This character may be carrying some baggage.

Although your rank was (officially) captain, Toastedandy's character, Slavro, has served with Inquisitor Retinue for longer. He'll be head of the 'muscle' for the start of this mission, as things like what you used to be mean little in the opinion of an Inquisitor. Whether this leads to friction or a working relationship will be interesting to see.

I encourage you to communicate via PM if you wish, and don't hesitate to do sowith me if you think there'll be a problem.

Looking forward to do some RPing, hopefully in the near future. Yes, my character was a captain in his previous unit, but I already knew about him keeping his rank, but also losing it when he joined the retinue. Now, Captain is just a kind of nickname for him, until he proves his worth to the inquisitor I guess.

Name of Character: Gaz
Age: 28
Affiliation: Inquisitorial Stormtrooper
Position/Rank: Sergent
Particular skills: Marksman and heavy weapons trooper
Background: Gaz was the son of the planetary governor Rex of Cadia until he was killed by and assassin when Gaz was only 12, he was immediately inducted into the schola progenium.
very he was singled out for his accuracy and quickly moved up the ranks from private up to Sergent.
Induction: Gaz fought alongside Inquisitor Remus in a boarding mission when the rest of his squad
had been killed but he fought on, the inquisitor admired this and he requested he join his retinue, Gaz gladly accepted.

Emperors Faithful wrote:

WARORK93 wrote:
Orly? I would think any Astartes in the retinue of an Inquisitor would be more than well equipped, given the resources at the disposal of the Inquisition... -shrugs-

It's more to do with balance, while an Inquisitor may actively search for amazingly powerful psykers to add to his band, throwing in someone that can snap a Dreadnought in half with the flick of a wrist is over the top. To put it bluntly, the Assualt Terminator would come across as a bit of a jedi when compared to your average retinue. As cool as a storm trooper is, he's going to pale in comparison to a Termie. The goal here should be vairety, not power levels.

Fair point EF, my new found obsession with Assault Terminator's proves to be my undoing once more . I will make amends-although, would it still be possible to have Aygapus as a 1st company veteran, just without his equipment?

HellsGuardian316 wrote:No worries, if you don't get enough responses, shoot me a PM and I'll amend mine character to a human officer of some sort, got plenty idea's running around in my head just that that the SM held more interest for me. But not going to cry over spilt milk if only one SM allowed, LLF did beat me to it after all.

If there is one SM slot, I insist you take it-I will not take no for an answer .

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:
If there is one SM slot, I insist you take it-I will not take no for an answer .

Your a good sport thanks, you can borrow my bolter anytime
I personally think a 1st Company Veteran Scout would open up a lot of RP opportunities(spelling) and certainly be a more challenging RP in a good way.

Ok, I've redone my character because I think that roleplaying as a servitor may just be a little too dull!

I hope it's ok that I've made a non-combatant PC, decided to go the hospitaller after painting my own inquisitorial retinue!

Hold me a spot please!

I just need to think up a character.

EDIT: Darn it someone already grabbed the Callidus assassin. new idea time.

Snarky wrote:Ok, I've redone my character because I think that roleplaying as a servitor may just be a little too dull!

I hope it's ok that I've made a non-combatant PC, decided to go the hospitaller after painting my own inquisitorial retinue!

I'm really liking the sound of this character, seems like we're getting a good mix of character types/abilities/backgrounds.

Name of Character: David Wilson

Age: 25

Affiliation: IG

Position/Rank: Specialist/Combat Engineer

Particular skills: Dominates close range firefights with his flamer, Knows exactly where to place his meltabombs in order to do the most damage

Background: Served with the Ferosian 1st Heavy Rifles regiment since his recruitment on his 18th birthday, earning several commendations for his anti-vehicle work and skills at urban combat.

Induction: When Ork pirates raided one of the outermost moons of his home sector, the Ferosian 1st's attempts to contest the Ork landings went badly, and the greenskins managed to punch through the line and cause havoc. David and his platoon was ordered to defend a small village in the mountains from the invaders, assured by High Command that their counter attack would soon come and relieve them. After a week of fighting, reinforcements still hadn't arrived and David's platoon had been whittled down to only himself and the squad medic Jason. When the promised support did arrive, Including Inquisitor Remus, only David still stood, badly wounded but still defiant, his tanks long since dry and meta bombs used to crush dozens of the invaders under carefully placed avalanches, yet not a single ork had come within spitting distance of the habs. Impressed by this Guardsman's devotion to duty and resourcefulness, Remus recruited him on the spot.

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:

WARORK93 wrote:
Orly? I would think any Astartes in the retinue of an Inquisitor would be more than well equipped, given the resources at the disposal of the Inquisition... -shrugs-

It's more to do with balance, while an Inquisitor may actively search for amazingly powerful psykers to add to his band, throwing in someone that can snap a Dreadnought in half with the flick of a wrist is over the top. To put it bluntly, the Assualt Terminator would come across as a bit of a jedi when compared to your average retinue. As cool as a storm trooper is, he's going to pale in comparison to a Termie. The goal here should be vairety, not power levels.

Fair point EF, my new found obsession with Assault Terminator's proves to be my undoing once more . I will make amends-although, would it still be possible to have Aygapus as a 1st company veteran, just without his equipment?

Of course, that's no problem. I find his background very fascinating. There are certainly enough people now to comfortably squeeze in two Astartes. I look forward to seeing how you work together.

@Hellsgaurdian: Is it alright for you shed your equipment for this mission? An unarmoured Astartes could be mistaken for a heavy-set thug perhaps, but with power armour you aren't going to fit in at all.

Snarky wrote:Ok, I've redone my character because I think that roleplaying as a servitor may just be a little too dull!

I hope it's ok that I've made a non-combatant PC, decided to go the hospitaller after painting my own inquisitorial retinue!

Gotta say I like it. A sister Hospitallier is essential I think for any decent retinue.


Again, I am loving the background and induction stories here.