I'm trying to develop a second in command for my Inquisitor, but i'm not really sure about some of the background aspects for the Arbites in general, such as how they become Arbites and the organisational sort of stuff. Abnett has them as a sort of GrimDark Wire, yet i was wondering if i could get a hand with how one becomes an Adeptes Arbite. I know how the Necromunda ones work, and was using that idea as a sort of spring board, but i doubt that's very accurate.
As for the Character, he's meant to be a sort of "operational commander", the Inquisitor/Desperado do the investigating, Inquisitor gives the orders, Arbites plans the move out/keeps the local enforcement sweet, that kind of idea. With that in mind, which stat line should i use as a base, and then Conclave it accordingly? What i normally do is look at the Book's stat line and use that as a Base, then go through it the way The Conclave has said, and then adjust for realism, and how i'd like the character to appear.
Arbitrators, like many other Imperial institutions (such as the Sororitas), are drawn from the Schola Progenium. There might occasionally be another way in, but that's the primary way of it.
You might want to read this article (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zz4lmyj4zij) if you haven't already.
Thanks for that one, i have all of them saved to my old laptop, i'm waiting on getting that fixed at the minute however. Thanks again.
There is a question that's risen from that, would a child from a relationship between a Rogue Trader and a Sub-Sector Govenor's daughter be able to afford sending someone to the Schola in order to make sure the child never existed/got into any more trouble?
Absolutely. Though, it should be noted, you don't pay in to the Schola, at least not above board (bribery is always an option). You earn it through parentage. However, parentage can be faked - invent some deaths, and boom, you have an orphan baby, how tragic, now its the schola's business.
You can have all kinds of fun with the background of Schola Progenium characters.
To give an example of my own, in the case of the Arbite that's in Inquisitor Skoll's warband, there are no records of her parents - such details were erased long ago, in their absolute entirety, along with such things as even her original name, when and where she was born... any record of who she was before she entered the Schola (with an age best described in months) is gone, even beyond the Inquisition's ability to track down information.
Neither Skoll or the Arbitrator herself have any idea who she actually is - she's forced to live her life with only an approximate age and a name the Schola gave her, with no idea of who erased her details or why...
*Ominous organ music*
...oh bloody hell - I thought we'd got rid of that organist. One moment.
*Muffled gunshot*
Sorry about that. Anyway, to get back to what I was saying, that's not something to do too often. Sometimes it's interesting to give a character some mystery by omitting details, but overdoing it can make it seem like you're trying to get out of writing background.
But to actually answer the original question... in short, to enter the Schola, you just need to have the right parents - or someone with enough clout to get you in anyway. Noble parents would certainly be enough to permit entry.
Bribery is what i was thinking, i'll have his profile up here soon (i get the model on friday, but i have an exam tomorrow, so i don't want to get too into his background just yet, i'm already resitting one in the summer O.o), so i'll throw in the revised Tyr, and a brieft draft back ground for my Desperado character, who's been kitbashed from some old stuff i found, and some stuff my next door neighbour gave me.
As for the schola, would the person choose where they wanted to go? Ala selecting a uni? Or would they be guided towards a particular path due to their natural charistics, the way the Inquisition selects the best and the brightest, would the angry rules lawyers be Commisars, the scalpel jockey's become medics, the chick with a psychopathic trait become a Soroitas...
Also, how would the age thing work? If i remember correctly from Abnett, Gaunt was only young when he was sent, but what if say, an adolescent where to be orphaned, would he be in the class with the same/similar age group? Or would he be put into an entirely new group with people of various ages, the way people in the army are?
As a side note, that does sound omnious, is that a creative thing you wish to resolve with the character at a later date? I know i've got books of background notes (my lecture notes are littered with one or two lines dedicated to each character), and stuff that's entirely irrelevant to a game, yet to me it's something that gives a charater a little extra.
Edit - Forgot to ask -
Would i be best using the standard Enforcer Stat line as the base, or would i be better going with the Judge one? I also need to give the Riot Officer a look over, but can't do that for a good few hours yet, im in the library at the minute.
Probably in the majority of cases you are assigned to the nearest schola, since travel between them is a non-trivial expense. Having said that, I believe some schola are quite small and might be deemed unsuitable for certain types of training.
The imperium being what it is, they probably tend to be steered towards the 'most suitable' path within the schola, although a strong personal inclination one way or another could influence the choice (varies according to schola, in all likelihood).
Depending on how the schola is structured, a mixed age structure seems plausible, with everyone having to go through the 'full' training regardless of when they started.