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  Inquisitor Ivixia Dannica
  By Graham McNeill
  R
  ecruited from one of
  the Schola Progenium
  on Alena-Mora, Ivixia
  Dannica was the daughter of
  a prominent Imperial Colonel
  whose regiment had been
  seconded to service with
  Inquisitor Grainne of the
  Ordo Hereticus during his
  Examinations into the
  Cardinal of Alena-Mora
  during the Sargossa Schism.
  The lengthy nature of this
  examination, in which tens of
  thousands were called to
  account necessitated whole
  swathes of the Cardinal’s
  congregation be put under
  armed quarantine.
  Following the
  successful
  persecution of the
  Cardinal for his
  apostate
  teachings and the prescribed
  punishment of both him and
  his world, Colonel Dannica’s
  regiment were granted feudal
  rights over the ashes of his
  world.
  Ivixia learned the dangers of
  apostasy and the solemn duty
  of an Imperial servant, that
  not even death could end, at
  her father’s knee. She was
  the most faithful in her
  devotions to the Emperor
  and the Ecclesiarchy of all her
  fellow pupils. The tales of the
  executed Cardinal’s
  wickedness filled her with a
  righteous loathing of all
  things heretical and evil. Such
  was her fervour in this pious
  hatred that many believed
  she would take her vows and
  become a member of one of
  the militant orders of the
  Adepta Sororitas. But such
  was not to be. On Ivixia’s
  eighteenth birthday, a robed
  figure with an Inquisitorial
  rosette appeared at the gate
  of the family estates and
  demanded to see the young
  girl. The colonel was not one
  to disobey such a symbol and
  permitted the figure to speak
  with his daughter. Throwing
  back his hood, the newcomer
  revealed himself to be
  Inquisitor Covenant, led to
  this place by the divinations
  of his mystics and readings of
  the Emperor’s Tarot.
  Covenant was convinced that
  Ivixia would make an ideal
  recruit for his retinue and
  began subjecting her to a
  lengthy series of ordeals to
  prove her spiritual
  purity and physical
  suitability. Ivixia
  passed each one with
  ease, but as she continued
  with the tests, an act of base
  treachery reaching back to
  the examination of Inquisitor
  Grainne was to come to
  fruition. The roots of heresy
  run deep and it is rightly said
  that the weed of corruption
  can fester even in the purest
  soil. There had been those
  who had escaped the initial
  purges of Colonel Dannica’s
  regiment and had
  clandestinely continued
  following the teachings of the
  planet’s former ruler. A
  network of daemon-
  worshipping cults existed
  throughout the planet, slowly
  gathering their power until
  such time as they were ready
  to avenge their master and
  regain control of their world.
  As Ivixia’s tests continued,
  these cults struck at the one
  man on Alena-Mora who
  symbolised their defeat and
  who they held responsible for
  the death of their leader:
  Colonel Dannica. Infernal
  pacts were formed, blood
  sacrifices were made to the
  Ruinous Powers and effigies
  of the colonel burned in
  sacrificial flames. As the
  colonel and his family
  attended the regimental ball,
  a daemon from the darkest
  regions of the Warp
  manifested in a blazing pyre
  of blood, slaughtering the
  guests in a frenzy of
  bloodletting. Screaming
  revellers fled from the
  daemon, but Inquisitor
  Covenant and Colonel
  Dannica stood against its
  might. Schooled in the
  mystical arts of the
  Daemonhunter, Covenant
  was able to hold the daemon
  
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  at bay, but not before it slew
  the colonel with a sweep of a
  warp-forged blade. The
  colonel’s body burst into
  flames, immolating in a
  heartbeat until nothing but
  his charred skull remained. At
  the sight of her father’s
  murder, Ivixia screamed at
  the daemon and the power of
  her words staggered the
  daemon for the briefest
  instant. It was all the opening
  Covenant needed and he was
  able to destroy the daemon’s
  form and send it back from
  whence it came.
  In the aftermath of the
  massacre, Inquisitor
  Covenant led the purges of
  the cults with Ivixia at his
  side, convinced more than
  ever that Ivixia was the right
  choice for his acolyte. During
  this purge, hundreds were
  put to death as Covenant and
  Ivixia hunted down those
  responsible for her father’s
  death. Six months to the day
  following her father’s death,
  Inquisitor Covenant left
  Alena-Mora with Ivixia
  Dannica as his latest Acolyte.
  Recalling the teachings of her
  father, Ivixia had his skull
  modified by the lexmechanics
  of Inquisitor Covenant and
  turned into a weapon
  carrying servo-skull. Now her
  father would remain with her
  wherever she went and could
  continue to serve the
  Emperor beyond death.
  Together Covenant and Ivixia
  travelled around the southern
  rim of the galaxy, stamping
  out many blasphemous sects
  dedicated to the worship of
  daemons and other warp-
  spawned abominations.
  Together with a disreputable
  type who claimed to be a
  Duke they defeated the
  hedonistic priesthood of the
  Decagogue of Panetha Varn
  and prevented the
  manifestation of the Daemon
  Prince Urgolath the Rancid
  on Saneriax IV. Ivixia learned
  from her master at an
  astounding rate, taking on
  her mentor’s puritanical
  firebrand  attitude, brooking
  no corruption or laxity in her
  investigations. Soon there
  was nothing more Covenant
  could teach her and
  successfully petitioned the
  Conclaves of the Ordos
  Tempestus for her ascension
  to full inquisitor.
  On Cimmaru Majoris she led
  a force of inducted
  Guardsmen against the
  primitive idol-worshipping
  tribes of the western
  continent, declaring them
  Daemonicus Frateris, and
  personally tore down the
  vulgar and profane totem
  poles at the centre of each
  village. As her crusade
  continued, the tribes fought
  back with great ferocity,
  taking to the mountains and
  launching brutal hit and run
  attacks on Ivixia’s forces. But
  axes and javelins are no
  match for lasers and tanks
  and eventually the tribes
  were driven back to a valley
  sacred to their people and
  began a conjuration that
  would summon the greatest
  of their gods. This was a
  creature said to be composed
  of mist that could not be
  harmed and had the power
  to kill a man with a glance. A
  the height of the battle, a
  scarlet mist poured from the
  mouth of the tribe’s greatest
  champion and a glittering
  being that rippled with
  iridescent colours erupted
  from his body. Amid the ruin
  of his flesh a bull-headed
  
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  daemon of Slaanesh was born
  in the heart of the Imperial
  troopers. The slaughter was
  terrible and hundreds of men
  were killed as they laid down
  their weapons before this
  terrible, yet daemonically
  alluring beast.
  But Ivixia had foreseen such
  an event and had a plan in
  place to defeat any such
  manifestations. Having already
  unearthed the truth of what
  the tribes were worshipping,
  Ivixia had requested the aid of
  the Chamber Militant of the
  Ordo Malleus. Activating a
  teleport homer, she called
  down a squad of Grey Knight
  Terminators who waited in
  orbit for just such a moment.
  Together with rallied squads
  of Imperial Guardsmen, they
  destroyed the daemon and
  wiped the last remnants of its
  followers from the face of
  Cimmaru Majoris. Their lands
  were declared Purgatus and
  sown with blessed salt that
  they might not give rise to
  anything for a hundred years.
  With the success of the
  Cimmaru Majoris campaign
  behind her, Ivixia returned to
  the galactic core, destroying
  many blasphemous daemonic
  creatures on many different
  worlds. On Prenau she joined
  the defence of the Basilica
  Dominastrus and saved the
  sisters of Ordo Hospitaller
  who dwelt there. She also
  tracked down the instigators
  of the attack and recovered
  the shards of Saint Josmane’s
  armour, one of the Basilica’s
  most holy relics, which had
  been stolen in the first days of
  the battle. In recognition of
  this deed, the Ecclesiarchy
  ordered that fragments should
  be shorn from the armour and
  incorporated into a holy
  weapon to be crafted in her
  honour.
  As word of her bravery and
  purity spread, Ivixia was
  honoured on Ophelia IV with
  a blessed suit of armour for
  her efforts in defending the
  realms of the Emperor from
  the taint of the daemonic and
  heretical. Her strength of
  purpose and chaste piety
  attracted many followers
  along the way and all were of
  the highest purity, as Ivixia
  would tolerate nothing less
  than the same standards she
  applied to herself in her
  followers. One such follower
  she discovered on the world
  of Karis Cephalon, while on
  the trail of Inquisitors she
  believed were harbouring and
  making use of daemonhosts.
  She discovered a diminutive,
  solitary individual known as
  Jeremiah sheltering in the
  mutant ghettos of this
  troubled world. Shunned,
  even by the mutants of Karis
  Cephalon, it soon became
  apparent to Ivixia that
  Jeremiah was an outcast
  known in some circles as a
  Pariah, soulless and loathed
  by all. But as a consequence
  of this, Jeremiah was a potent
  defence against psychic
  powers and thus a hugely
  valuable addition to a
  Daemonhunter’s retinue.
  Despite his reluctance,
  Jeremiah knew that refusal
  was not an option and
  accompanied Ivixia in her
  pursuit of the fallen
  inquisitors.
  Ivixia just missed one such
  Inquisitor at the forge-mine
  complex of Taberna Ostium
  and arrived just too late to
  apprehend another in the
  blazing ruins of Paganus
  Reach. The bullet-riddled
  remains of the town indicated
  that a fierce battle had
  occurred here and upon
  returning to Cephalon, she
  was to learn that the fearsome
  figure of Witch Hunter Tyrus
  had apprehended her prey at
  Paganus Reach. Marching to
  the Witch Hunter’s lodgings,
  she demanded that Tyrus
  hand the traitor over to the
  Ordo Malleus. Naturally, Tyrus
  refused, stating that the
  heretic Kessel would burn in
  the fires of purgation, but that
  one blasphemer had escaped
  his holy clutches. Furious at
  Tyrus’s refusal to hand over a
  consorter with daemons, she
  attacked his warband, but was
  given a sharp lesson in why
  Tyrus is such a feared
  individual throughout the
  galaxy. Realising that violence
  was not the way forward, she
  again approached Tyrus, this
  time in the spirit of co-
  operation, and learned that
  the escaped rogue Inquisitor
  did indeed traffic with
  daemons and make use of
  dangerous psychic powers.
  The Ordo Malleus reserves a
  special hatred for those of
  their order who cross the line
  into daemonancy, and none
  more so than Ivixia. Setting off
  on the trail of this escaped
  rogue, Ivixia and her retinue
  departed Karis Cephalon, the
  name of the traitor on their
  lips: Lichtenstein.
  
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  Ivixia Dannica 87
  75
  61
  66
  73
  86
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  Inquisitor Ivixia Dannica
  Equipment: Anointed Power Halberd of St Josmane, Purity Armour, Icon of the Just, Colonel
  Dannica’s Skull, Purity Seals
  Jeremiah
  Equipment: None
  Special Abilities: “I’m with her”, Does not fight, Pariah
  Anointed Power halberd of St Josmane: Blessed by the Cardinal of Gathalamor, this holy
  weapon has sent scores of daemons screaming back to the depths of the Warp. Its blade was
  tempered in the tears of a thousand Sisters of the Order of the Ermine Chalice and contains
  fragments of the armour of Saint Josmane himself. As such, any daemonic characters will not
  benefit from the following daemonic abilities: Invulnerable, Shadow, Impervious. In addition,
  a character using a daemon weapon that successfully parries a blow from the blessed halberd
  must pass a Strength test or drop their weapon as the holy power of the saint burns them with
  its purity.
  Purity armour: All locations except head (counts as carapace armour with a reflective coating).
  Icon of the Just: Carried in a porta-shrine on Ivixia’s back is a rendering of the blessed Saint
  Josmane, He Whom Death Could Not Claim. It is said that the holy saint touched this icon and
  the power of faith imbued in this magnificent work of religious art is such that it functions like
  a force field and provides her with D6 protection from shooting attacks.
  Colonel Dannica’s Skull: This is a gun skull as described on page 90 of the Inquisitor
  rulebook. It is armed with an Autopistol.
  Purity Seals: Inscribed into Ivixia’s armour are the teachings of the Liber Daemonicus, which
  contain words and symbols hateful to the daemonic. These count as Pentagrammic wards.
  “I’m with her.”: Jeremiah will always perform his actions after Ivixia, even if she defers her
  actions until later in the turn and must remain as close to his mistress as possible. If Ivixia
  moves, he must spend as many actions as are necessary to join her. If he has any actions left,
  then he may act as normal. If Ivixia is rendered unconscious or killed, he will attempt to make
  his way from the battlefield as quickly as he can.
  Does Not Fight: Jeremiah cannot make any attacks in close combat, as he is pathologically
  terrified of injury. Should he be attacked in close combat he may only defend himself by
  dodging and will always try and break from combat, using his free run action to get behind
  Ivixia.
  Pariah: All psychic powers used or directed at anyone or anything with 10 yards of the Pariah
  suffers a –50% difficulty modifier in addition to any other modifiers. Daemons and other
  creatures of the Warp cannot see the Pariah, but can be aware of his presence ie, by moving an
  object or otherwise interacting with his surroundings in a manner that will produce noise. To
  spot a Pariah, a daemonic character must pass an Awareness test at –40%, though if the Pariah
  has made any detectable noise the GM may reduce this to –20% or less as he sees fit.
  WS
  BS
  S
  T
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  Jeremiah
  25
  27
  34
  41
  70
  -
  94
  42
  18
  
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