Name: Iv [„Eev“] Darius Gender: Female Affiliation: Adeptus Terra: Adeptus Administratum: Estate Imperium Role: Prefect Primus Homeworld: Holy Terra Equipment: Staff of the Administratum; Coin amulet (Numeral "IV" on one side, Darius family emblem on the other) History: Spoiler The Darius family, a trader dynasty situated on the Paradise World of Radiant Carthage, had been in its favourable position of ridiculous wealth (so ridiculous in fact that it owns two square feet of land on Holy Terra) for many decades already when Iv was born. Under normal circumstances, a child born to one of the dynasties of Radiant Carthage – a planet mindful of overpopulation and pedigree – would have been kept an only child and groomed to become a worthy heir to their parents' fortunes and businesses. As a consequence of this practice, it had eventually become forbidden to have more than one offspring – Radiant Carthage was home to many a rich dynasty, and a war of inheritance would have been devastating. The Darius head, Darius XIII, and his wife had been raised to respect these values. Complication had visited the house when it had turned out that Darius' wife had died while giving birth to multiple children; Iv among them. She was the fourth of five, in fact. Now, this was not unheard of on this world, and the usual and accepted solution was to pick the one that seemed the healthiest and kill the rest. But nature itself intervened when he found himself unable to do so. Seeing this weakness as a very much correctible flaw, his business partner Julii paid for four of the children's deaths, once more, Iv among them. Darius XIII found the assassin and dispatched him – duelling was a common pastime among the rich, and the scoundrel was a murderer, not a fighter – and decided that the children had to go, lest he endanger himself. The first, he took as his rightful son. The rest, he paid for to be sent to the various institutions of the Imperium so that they may become its worthy servants. While all the bribes required – for forging four different origin stories out of nowhere and attach them to applications for prestigious education was not cheap – put a dent in his fortune, he felt that it was money well spent for the first time in his life. Iv does not know where her siblings are – save for Darius XIV – and she does not care, for she was sent to Holy Terra itself to join its priesthood. And a lucky choice it was, for she was by nature a stern and pious person with a decidedly mercantile head for numbers. While her rise through the ranks was neither swift nor easy, the dedicated woman had always felt that she belonged there. Appearance: Spoiler Many a year in the holy, most rewarding service of the Holy Imperium's bureaucracy has left its mark on the Adept, a mark even her own vanity and the rejuvenation granted to a servant of her rank cannot completely erase. Her long black hair is showing streaks of grey; her face, the hard face of a true servant of the Emperor with the aquiline nose and amber eyes common to the well-off of Radiant Carthage, has started to show wrinkles long ago, crow's feet around her eyes as something of an Administratum battle scar, caused by decades of squinting in dimly-lit rooms. The very same dimly-lit rooms that also diminished her birth-world's normally somewhat darker skin, creating a very pasty, very light complexion, as if in mimicry of the papers she was so constantly surrounded by. Her lips thin and rarely used - certainly never to smile, it seems - bear a single scar in the right corner of her mouth, a line drawing from her cheek down to her chin, a freak accident with a quill-monotask-servitor having caused this mark in the face of one who, for once, does not professionally commit violence. Prefect Darius is not of powerful build, but does mind not to burden her physical form, lest when the time comes that she must absolutely slay a parchment-thief, she would be unable to. Standing at roughly 170 centimetres, the woman has a form devoid of overt muscle or overt fat, with long and slender limbs hidden below her grayish robes, limbs that are capable enough of physical exertion to cause a burst of speed or grip that would surprise some used to less from the bookish Adeptus Terra. This healthy physical shape, hard face and her general habitus of sweeping gestures combine with the low-pitched, matter-of-fact voice of a government official to give her an air of nobility.
Player name: Colapse Character name: Jannika Oswald Gender: Female Age: 23 Himeworld: Voidborn; born aboard Daedalos Krata, flagship of the Minotaurs Chapter of Space Marines Role: Captain of the Overlord class battlecruiser "Durandal" Escort ships: 2 Sword Frigates: "Might of Volorox" & "Angel never falls" Equipment: Leather jacket, shirts (usually white, black and red color), jeans, Inferno pistol "Molly's revenge" (well-used, human-sized; Gifted to Jannika by Asterion Moloc when she left Minotaurs to join the Inquisition), various mementos from her service alongside on the Road of Blood including: - small flask carrying some alcoholic beverage, given to her by her one-time comrade Rocky. - Inferno Pistol "Gladiator", made by Feron of the Salamanders as a gift for Chaplain Marmaroth. Since Jannika never managed to give it to the Chaplain, it has never been used and is locked tightly in her safe. - Recipes and guides to make "AWESOME!" salads, courtesy of Steinar of the Space Wolves. - Insignia of the Deathwatch, item carried by Marmaroth himself and perhaps the only item he left behind. Appearance: 1.75m tall, long raven hair with couple red highlights, lean, muscular body (obviously trains a lot), usually not wearing official uniforms and prefers somewhat casual look. History: Jannika was born and raised on Daedalos Krata. Her parents were officers aboard the ship and she got into service pretty early, showing great desire to learn new things about flying the ship and void combat. She distinguished herself after her acting as a first officer during couple of engagements where her innate ability to understand void warfare came to front. She was given her own ship, being one of the youngest captains in Minotaurs fleet. However, instead of continuing her rise in that Chapter, she was enlisted to serve in the Inquisition by a mysterious Inquisitor Pavel Van Morten, acting on behalf of Lord Marmaroth. She was given the command of Great Crusade era heavy cruiser "Angelfall" (originally a vessel of the I Legion) and she spent there one year before the events of Road of Blood started, where she bore witness to those adventures and was one of few survivors. At the moment, given the delicate situation of all those who followed Marmaroth, Jannika is forced to hide from the agents of the Inquisition who still want to learn exactly what happened and possibly burn those who they still deem traitors.
Well, I have managed to trim down the options to two. Yay? Either Sacristan for @Vulpas or Munitorum Adept for @Casavay. Anyone want to take me?
Three Cruisers and a single Battleship is perfectly fine for an Expeditionary Force. I would assume we have something like two escort frigates or cutters and about 12-14 transport ships as well but those are small statistics in the grand scheme of things. No need to make the Naval aspects more complicated because the Imperial Navy IS BORING. Name: Ordwin Esquire Rahl Gender: Totally not a male Official Age: Classified, assumed to be around 150-180 due to the way he communicates with everyone else such as referring to everyone as son/boy/girl/impudent prick Affiliation: Adeptus Arbites Class/Role: Chief Justicar: Senior Judge and dispenser of His judgement Home/Homeworld: Cadia (If you dislike Cadia, keep it to yourself or I will throw you into the stockade) Equipment: 2 x Sunfury Plasma Pistols 1 x Corvus Pattern Power Armour 1 x Lifetime Supply of Purity Seals History: Born on the fortress world of Cadia, Ordwin Rahl was a solitary male whose parents were killed in the outbreak of the 12th Black Crusade leaving him an orphan at the age of three. Being a now orphan of two formerly Imperial Guard Officers, he was sent to the Schola Progenium where he was quickly molded into the over zealous ideal image of the Imperial Faith. Cruel hearted, level headed, but fair, he left the Schola upon graduation to fight across two campaigns with the Cadian 412th Regiment upon which he would eventually discharge after his term of service and become a member of the Adeptus Arbites. His first deployment saw him in several engagements against the Chaos filth in the Segmentum Obscurus during the aftermath of the 12th Black Crusade. Each campaign making him more weathered, and more aggressive. Where before he had once been a man of social graces and at least the common courtesy of friendship had gave way to a monster...a monster of the Imperial Creed that would soon find its true calling. Yet the Munitorium could not deny the effectiveness nor efficiency of this man and he soon found himself promoted to the rank of Captain and eventually a Colonel shortly before his retirement from the Imperial Guard. Finally reaching the end of his sixty year service to the Guard, he was fortunate to begin as a Proctor solving cold cases on fringe world colonies near the Segmentum Obscurus great anomaly known as the Eye of Terror. His zealous fury and drive to bring the Emperors light to the scum of humanity quickly saw him rise through the ranks and it was only within the course of four decades, now at the age of 115 that he was promoted to the rank of Justicar and sentenced to a thirty year posting back on his home world. However, his track record also brought unwanted notice and the removal of his position to be assigned to the latest bad bargain in his upcoming history: an expedition into uncharted Imperial Space. Packing up his meager belongings and ensuring a replacement, Justicar Rahl had left a kill count that would make even an Imperial Assassin pale and already his trigger finger was itching to find a traitor to make an example of in the Emperors name. Physical Description: Standing at just slightly over two meters in height, Rahl is a heavily built man of seemingly middle age with harsh, piercing violet eyes set in a ridged face that would make the side of a cliff look like a work of art. Gunmetal steel hair frames his blokish face emphasizing two horizontal scars that mar the right hand side of his face and extend down across his neck. The Justicar visibly brims of pent up righteous fury but rarely has his anger been unleashed without warrant giving him the appearance of a chained mastiff waiting for the moment to lash out those who end up before him. Most people agree that if they were ever given a chance to be interrogated by an Inquisitor instead they would leap for that chance instead of being left under the piercing gaze of a man whose soul would scorch the impurities out from anything unlucky enough to meet it.
Corvus Pattern is Astartes size.... http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Power_Armour#Mark_6_.22Corvus_Armour.22
There actually is a massive lore loophole in power armour in which it never states that each pattern is only for Astartes use as they do mention that the Inquisition, very rich and powerful nobles, Adeptus Mechanicus, and Adeptus Arbites use several similar patterns that never get recognized as their own. Also because the class I would choose which is the Hydraphur Pattern Power Armour isn't intimidating enough. For instance Ignatus Pattern Power Armour is based off the same design used for the Grey Knights but is much smaller. So think of it that mine is the same style but not the same size which is lore acceptable. Space Marines are also close to 2.5-2.7 meters tall and my character is roughly 2.1, I didn't feel like doing the 2.07777 which was the exact conversion of his height.
Yeah but whenever is mentioned that "normal" humans wore power armor, the writer never wrote "Inquisitor wore mark VII power armor" and just kept with saying its a version of a power armor humans are using, because it would be kinda stupid if they ran around in astartes-eque power armor with same qualities and shit.
They do mention while the pattern is never mentioned that they are almost always universally not the same quality. Plus it's not like I'm going to be wearing the beak styled helmet either. I'll be keeping the open face helm as per the Arbites norm but the base armour is Corvus Pattern in style and build
