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Mikhail Byzantin

History:

Youth: Radical-Inquisitor Mikhail Byzantin was once a son of a powerful High-King of a fuedal world by the name of Everien. Mikhail was the seven son of the high-ruler of Everien, he was but one among the few brothers and sisters he had. Like many noble sons and daughters, Mikhail was blessed with the most excessive privileges that a person on his planet could have. He was taught by the best maesters the king could find. The prince proved to possess a taste for vast amount of knowledge that his tutors taught him, while being a marksman as well.

He has inherited the kind heart from his mother, who had died in his younger years. Thus, Mikhail has tread his subjects fairly, and sought nothing but admiration from his father and siblings. Most of his brothers and sisters despised Mikhail from being naive and good-hearted, while Mikhail was only acting as a naive child to root out those relatives that wanted to eliminate him. Mikhail's intelligence has allowed him to be more cunning, this trait has helped him to neutrileze three of his relatives. Eventually, his brothers and sisters acknowledged him as one of the rightful candidates to the throne.

One day, Mikhail would find out to his terror that he was in possession of a greater powers. His father, the king, would be the first to discover it from Mikhail's servants. He would hide his son in the castel's dungeon. While being in prison, Mikhail would eventually fall into desperate, until a unknown voice would talk to Mikhail. It would teach him how to use his knew abilities and lead him out of the dungeon and in to the city itself. His mind bleed as the voice would speak to him, and so, Mikhail tried to shut it as hard as he could. While trying to survive on the cold and snowy streets of the capital.

The people of the capital were cold and merciless as the never-ending snow. Mikhail was uncable of sleeping, the voice inside his head and the low-temperature did not allow him. He had to steal and kill local vermin in order to survive. During one of his another food-theft, Mikhail would stumble upon a shrouded figure. The figure would offer Mikhail a shulter, food and water, while asking nothing in return. The voice inside Mikhail head would be louder than ever, but Mikhail would not be able to escape, he would lose his conscious.

Once inside the stranger's holding, Mikhail would learn much more about himself. The voice inside his head was silent, and once in a few days, Mikhail was finally able to sleep. The prince was well feed and washed. The stranger would offer his assisstance once more, but this time, the price would be greater than ever. Mikhail was asked to steal one the local's lords tome, as a gratitude for everything that the stranger has done for him, Mikhail would take the offer.

The task was a dire one, and Mikhail would evetually be caught by the lord's guards. Instead of punishing the young lad, the lord had recognised Mikhail's face, and would send the lost son back to his father.

Moment of Truth: Mikhail would be placed under the watchful eye of his father, again. Yet, this time, he would be held as a prisoner in his own chamber. Mikhail would be treated better than he was before. but he would be locked from the outer world forever. His Maesters and siblings would visit him. But those would not be a friendly meetings. Instead, the maesters would spend more time trying to do experiments on Mikhail, and the siblings would only visit Mikhail to laugh at his poor luck, while others have vowed before Mikhail to avenge those relatives who he has wronged.

Finally, Mikhail came of age. He was not a boy any longer. He read all the books he had in his chamber, and became relatively wiser than before. On the same day, Mikhail was finally taken away by the castel's guards, they have made their way into the castel's dungeon. There, he was taken to the hidden chambers, until they haven't reached the main hall. Many faces were seen at the hall, Mikhail saw his father, siblings, maesters, and other lords and people. They have all gathered to witness Mikhail's powers. The members of the cult were psytheistic, a classiication that covers a broad range of cultists who venerate, adore, or outright worship psykers.

The Cult was controlled by the King and his closest counselor. Everything that has ever happened to Mikhail from the moment he was born, was planned by the counselor. Everything led to this very day. The king wanted to witness Mikhail's powers, thinking that he could use his son's powers to crush rebellious factions, but the counselor had another plan for the prince. The prince was to give his host to counselor's secret master. The same master who thought to have Mikhail for himself, the one who led Mikhail out of the dungeon, the one who thought to tear down the reality through Mikhail while he was still young. But now, while Mikhail was at the hight of his power, now, the same master shall walk among his mortal followers and make Everien his playgound.

Counselor's followers had taken over the ceremony, the guards were backstabbed and the whole place became a bloodbath. While the blood was shed, the Counselor's cultists began the ritual. While being locked in chains, Mikhail was marked by blood and cuts. He started to hear the voice again, it was not loud, but it took control over his body and lift it up for all to see.

As the ritual progressed, the main hall was invaded by an unknown armed men. These people has annihilated everyone except the king, the counselor and Mikhail. The king and the counselor were taken under custody, while Mikhail kept fighting for his life against the malefic daemon. A group of shrouded priests began to prey for Mikhail's soul, this gave him the support he needed to banish the daemon back into the warp.

After the banishment, Mikhail woke up in the same house were he slept a few years ago, the same one in which the stranger had him housed. The stranger revealed himself to be a servant of the Imperial Inquisition. Mikhail knew little of the Imperium, as his world was not discovered by the human Empire. The King was no more, as he was executed by the servants of the Inquisition. The capital fell into anarchy, and so, Mikhail had to leave the planet with his savior.

Serving the Emperor: His saviour's name was Zane, and his was the interrogator of his master, Inquisitor Kharmilian. Kharmilian was an Amalathian Witch Hunter, and so were his followers. Mikhail was sent to the Scholastica Psykana, were he became a fully-fledged sanctioned psyker. He served his master faithfully, until one particular day, when he was ordered to infiltrate an acolyte cadre of a specific Radical Inquisitor.

He was ever loyal, but the longer he "served" under the Radical Inquisitor, the more his connection was weakened with his true master. Eventually, Mikhail forgot about his service to Kharmilian, and became a full-member of the Radical Inquisitor by the name of Luciphal. Luciphal had Mikhail tested. Mikhail was exposed to forbidden knowledge, fought deamons that took shape in the realspace, and had to banish a daemon from his body, again.

Time has passed, and Mikhail was convinced that no one was immune to the touch of the warp. He began learning how to bond daemonhosts, summon forth greater powers of the warp through the arcane means, study and use malefic artefacts. After a few decades, Mikhail was granted the title of Inquisitor. He has proven himself to be capable scholar of the warp, and now he was free to organize his own cadre of acolytes, and fight the enemies of mankind in his own way.

Personality: Mikhail is a dark and cold figure, just like the planet he came from. He was taught by his radical-lord that feelings make the man weak. Thus, they must be eliminated. Mikhail threw away all the values that he had in his previous life. Now, Mikhail is an emotionless person. Zane taught Mikhail how to mimic human feelings: joy, curiosity, pleasure. Mikhail is capable of imitating basic human emotions. Despite that, Mikhail still prefers to avoid contact with powerful individuals, while sending his emissary to do the talking.

As a previous follower of Amalathianism, Mikhail hides his radical activity under a falls mask. This allowes him to work with puritans as much as with his radical peers. This is a risk, but a risk that Mikhail must make if he wants to bs aware of the current events that happens in the sector.

He treats his acolyes fairly. Those that fail him do not live long enough to repent for their mistakes.

Look: As someone who is almost one hundred years old, Mikhail's look does not match his age, but looks rather like a middle age man. Mikhail possess a short-straight black hair, and brown eyes. White skin and thin body. He wears an a long tunic-shirt, formal trousers, rober boots, black-leather gloves and black-hooded cloak.

Weapons: Mikhail wears a plasma pistol at all time as a form of self-defense.

Abilities: Mikhail is a Zeta level psyker. He has long forgotten all that he was taught at the Scholastica Psykana. He threw his force-staff and took out the wires. He has a talent for the dark arts of sorcery, which helps him to outdo his cunning foes and even those of beyond, Mikhail possess some degree as a Warp-Savant. He is known by his acolytes to utilize various chaotic artefatcs during his duty.

Psychic Powers:

Major Arcana - Create Door, Leach Life, Warp Lightning, Immunity, Wall of Souls.

Minor Arcana - Mask of Flesh. Weapon Jinx, Word of Beasts, Ignite, Aura of Fear.

Gear: Malefic Codex, Immateria Ward, Rosarius, dagger, Data-slate, Inqusitorial Rosette, Pio-Savant.

Familiars: Psyber-Eagle.

Acolytes:

The names are classified: Ex-Penal Legionary (Mercenary), Malefic Scholar, Imperial Emissary, Dark Oracle, Heretek.