Inquisitor Ira Stannhope of the Order Sepulturum + Henchmen

[Dwi]

Now as I have revived Corvin Thommers in his new form I have begain to look over how ant what back ground he came from and have struck upon this guy: 

Born on the small backwater world of Flotmas IV in mid M41, Stannhope was the son of two docters, Fila and Maldon Stannhope. While Fila was a rather well known veterinary physician among the horse breeders (Horses being the largest demomanation of livestock on Stanhope's homeworld) on Flotmas IV Stannhope took up his father's path and became a run of the mill physician.

Despite a rather sloppy start at the medicae training he soon became a top student and begain to show real skill and it was thought that he would end up becomeing tops in his class.

That was untill the war started

In 877M41, rouge elaments of Flotmas's PDF and very large number of it's people, launched an atempt at secession from the Imperium. Sparking the First Flot Rebelion.
The 24 year old stanhope was pulled from his training and quickly thurst him to to one of the ad-hok millita units being raised to support the outnumbered Loyalist PDF units in the city. Now truley in the thick of it did Stannhope truly see what was happening. Out numberd by 2-1 in favour of the Secessionists. The Secessionists, who under the command of General Kalas, had rallied the people and hired a number of offworld merc grupes, were quickly gaining ground thanks to the lack of combat gear of the Loyalist forces (thanks to a raied on the main suply base by Kalas' core forces) and quickly gaining more support.

And thrust in to this was Stannhope. Given nothing more than a feild medi-kit, lasgun and a rather ugly looking work horse (the PDF being primarly mounted the Millita had to keep up somehow), he was toled to keep his fellows, The 177th Planetary Defence Volunteers "The Hog Heads", alive and thus it was that he was thrown in to one of the bloodyiest wars he had been before or since.

Despite what he had heard about the honor of the mounted combatent he soon saw the true face of it. As he watched his friends get trampled after falling off their horses or shot throught the eyes or brain pans, or suffer  the wailing of someone getting torn apart by a chainsword he begain to reflect on the imperium and one day made a faithful remark of "I wish the Emperor still walked with us"

A faithful remark indeed for when it reached the ears of Inquisitor Valera Weisson of the Ordo Hereticus his fate was sealed.
Haveing arived with the Imperial task force sent to aid with the war Weisson was intreaged by the young man's skills and his faith in the Emperor.
Rather than leave him on the battlefeild Wiesson brought him to her. In arather untactful way of speaking she crudly informed him that he worked for the Inquisition for the time being and that he would serve to the best of his ability.
The PDV medic (and sometimes feild officer even though that was not his job) simply nodded and took it was his normal stotic, matter of fact, approche to things (handy skill for a medic) wich had become his trade mark among the PDV at that point and begain to aid the Inquistor's team.

Overtime Weisson begian to become impressed with his faith and medical skill and soon as the war came to a close with the death of General Kalas' death upon chokeing to death upon a pice of food (Stannhope would later jokeingly remark  "Fat Frakker would'nt have died if I's been there") weisson later vrought his full time in to her team.

Later Stannhope became Weisson star piupl and soon begain to convert to her Thorian ways and never forgetting his one remark about the Emperor one of the real reasons he was there. Wiesson had hope by that remark that he could copme to see her side of things. she fely proud of herself after that.

Never the less an iquistor's life is frought with danger and it was on their last mission together on Necromunda that Weisson was killed in action after takeing a stray bolt round to the chest.

Stannhope then hoped from mentor to mentor never really likeing any of them untill finaly wehn he was well in to his late 100s he was granted his full iquisitorial satus after the Purging of a chaosite cabal on Thara II.
After joining the Sepulturum, having hoped to find fellow medics and like minded Thorians, he returned to his homeworld to find his first recrute. 

He found her in Infantry platoon LIeutenant Shira Don and later found the former Foundry worker Holst Morlain
. The three of then quickly became a team soon after.

Over the years Stannhope has been scraped and beat to the warp and has, with his medical know how, been able to pice himself back together anumber of time, well exsept when to tokk a bullet to the head he needed the other's help for that.
As a now well known Revivifcator Stannhope is allways on the look out for any word of Pleauge Zombies or strange unearthings of bodies in to hope that perhaps he can fofull his deram of the Emperor walking in the flesh

WS BS S T I WP SG NV LD
58  60 65 68 72 74 78 76
Talents: Medic, Leader
Equipment: MIU Leg Harness, Flack armour on chest and arms, Bionic head (four points of armour on head), Handflamer with 1 reload, Flotmas pattern Lasgun with two reloads, powerknife, two de-toxes via inhaler.


MIU-Leg Harness: Due to a nasty escapade with a rather hacked off deamonhost Stannhope has to use a Leg harness to get around. He can never sprint ot go prone but he can run (abeit a lopeing uncunfterbul looking run)  walk and crouch. It also provides one point of armour to his legs, groin and abdoman.

Flotmas Pattern Lasgun: Also called the Flotmas Calvary carbine this light waight weapon was crafted to be fired from horseback. Though it seems to work just fine on foot too

Type: Basic Range: C Mode: Single/Simi (2/3) ACC: -5 DMG: 2D6 Shots: 40 RLD: 2 WT: 20

Box sets to be used: Thorian Inquisitor, Eisenhorn, Covenent

Writer's notes: On a side note the name Ira means watchful, very befitting an inquisitor...

[Bergtorp]

Like most of the story. Some things I'm thinking about.

How do you as a an acolyte jump from mentor to mentor? Why should Valera let him go? Why should an Inquisitor take on an acolyte just out of the blue?

I would like to hear the story about the daemon incident.

He doesn't wear that much armour, which is okay, but maybe he should have a Refractor field for when the zombies closes in? And maybe some de-toxes? And what kind of Semi is his las?

[Dolnikan]

He looks interesting, and I like most of the background. I would try to expand on the hopping from mentor to mentor, perhaps say that he was first adopted by one of his master's allies, who transferred him to another ally and so on, until he found someone who was willing to back him into becoming an inquisitor, some of his other former masters would probably also have supported this.

[Bergtorp]

He could be trained as an Deductor.

[Dwi]

Like most of the story. Some things I'm thinking about.

How do you as a an acolyte jump from mentor to mentor? Why should Valera let him go? Why should an Inquisitor take on an acolyte just out of the blue?

#1: An acolyte can jump from mentor to mentor for a number of reasons, unable to get along, driffrances of ideaolagy, etc
#2: You seemed to miss the part where she was killed in action, she did not have much choise about letting him go
#3: How els are you going to take one? And remember that thought I forgot to mention it She and Stannhope had worked together for nearly a year before she took him on her team.

I would like to hear the story about the daemon incident.

Yah sure I guess I can write that up at somepoint

He doesn't wear that much armour, which is okay, but maybe he should have a Refractor field for when the zombies closes in? And maybe some de-toxes? And what kind of Semi is his las?

Never thought about the De-toxes! Thanks for bringing that up. As for the refractor feild I can see Stannhope getting in too close in his state of health. Bad legs would make it rather hard to go all swordsman like on the undead. It's why he uses a power knife. He only gets close in a pinch.
As for his lasgun it's like a mars patern semi I guess. Might just keep it on single for ease of rules and understandiong

He could be trained as an Deductor.

Yes I figure that about right or close enough to it makes little driffrance

EDIT: Also note I will take allmost all forms of fead back

[Bergtorp]

Yeah, sorry, I missed the part where she died. I was just thinking that Ira had to start all over again with each Inquisitor.
But as a Deductor he gets into contact with several Inquisitors.

Keep the las semi, you need to burst into does horde of zombies.

[Dolnikan]

Well, if you want to hit the head bursts will only decrease your chance of hitting it if you like to aim properly...

Refractor fields don't really help when the zombies close in, it only works against ranged attacks. Perhaps he beliefs that he is best served by being light so he can escape rather than wade in, because that way he would be overwhelmed.

[Dwi]

Shira Don
Formaly a member of the 223rd Flotmas PDF regiment serving as a mounted Infantry Lieutenant, Shira is a third child and was allways a mess (or so her mother and father thought) for a lower class noblewoman, often drinking to late and out with her friends to much, rather then atending to the affairs of a moble. Finaly after a few stressful years of dealing with a half drunk, one night standing, Shira, her father had had enough. In short order he had Shira in a PDF uniform and a rank pin,of a sergeant hopeing to the Emperor that the "family embarrassment" as he called her, would make something of herself rather than act like a fool and get herself shot.

Rather surpriseingly she took to the training with ease, though with ill grace, and general dislike of her father. Still she turned out to be an exalent NCO, her inbred skill of being able to lord it over others and be generaly bossy to other nobles made her rather respected and to a certen extent feared after she had two members of her squad flogged for wearing the wrong cap badge.

By the time she was well in to her late 30s she had made third leiutenant in her platoon and have even won two medals for curage under fire in the Second Flot Rebelion in 990M41, erning the first after leading her outgun and out dumbers platoon on an all out charge on a heavly fortified gun emplacement and the second for takeing a bullet for her commander.
Though smaller in comparison to the Firse the Second still played mary hell on the PDF even though they had the upperhand thins time and did not need any offworld renforcements.
Though she had lost her right leg in the fighting she was even more sruprised to find that Inquisitor Stannhope chose her for her for his team, not only for her combat skill, leadership and general willingness to get her hands dirty, made her an exalent choise for his line of work.

WS BS S T I WP SG NV LD
56 59 52 58 62 50 74 71

Equipment: Laspistol, Calvary Sabre (As Sword), Flak armour on chest, abdoman and groin, Avrage Bionic Right leg.
Talents: Heroic
Afflictions: Bad Leg

Bad Leg: Unlike stanhopes more advanced bionics Shira has to make do with the standarg Guard/PDF bionics that she was implanted with.
From yime to time the Bionic leg of hers caoues her trubble

To bring this in to play her trubbles count as a Chronic Disability as per Dark Magenta 2 for her right leg

[Dolnikan]

I like her but I would have her start as a commisioned officer, because that was usually where the aristocrats started out in our own past. Nerves of steel is something only for suicidally brave characters, to represent ordinary bravery a high nerve stat serves better than that skill. About the stats, I would slightly boost the nerve, and either the Ws or Bs, whichever field you want her to specialize in, at this point she has above average combat skills, but has nothing special to mark her out for the inquisition. The Sg could be a bit lower, she lacks any sort of training with technical things and probably did not spend much attention when she was schooled, based on how she spent her youth.

[Dwi]

Thanks for the tips Dol! I will keep those in mind I will. yeah I going to up her ws a bit and maybe put a point in to her bs. As for her nerve I will up that too.

EDIT: Think i might go for Heroic to represent her bravery

[Dolnikan]

She looks much better now, all that is missing is a justification for the heroic, what makes her a true hero above the many others?

[Dwi]

Don't know yet. Could have charged down a heavy weapon implacement with just a hand full of troops I guess, that could have erned her the medals.

[Dolnikan]

Things like that, and perhaps some almost impossible things, such as being the only one to survive from a first attack wave, something to show her as special.

[Dwi]

I desided to have her lead that charge and take a bullet for her commander as suteably heroic things.

[Kaled]

all that is missing is a justification for the heroic, what makes her a true hero above the many others?

When talking about the Heroic skill I tend to go by the 'Indiana Jones test' - if your character is the type who will, for example leap onto the side of a moving tank, or attempt other things that are equally dangerous but which just might work, then they are deserving of having the Heroic skill. These are the sorts of characters who you should be played as attempting lots of risky actions.  Other types of heroism, such as being extremely brave, should be represented by other skills or stats. Heroic should be reserved for the almost foolhardy risk-taking type of bravery.