Torquemada Coteaz

"There are amongst our Ordo who say that I seek advancement for my own purposes, and they are correct. My purpose is to destroy the daemonic and if I must rise to command an entire sector to do so, then so be it. I am a servant of the Emperor and only those who consort with Warp-spawn need fear my ambition."

- Inquisitor Lord Torquemada Coteaz

Torquemada Coteaz is an Inquisitor Lord of the Ordo Malleus who gained his reputation for being a fearsome Daemonhunter through years of action against the Forces of Chaos. He is now known as the High Protector of the Formosa Sector. With his power and popularity, he is served by literally thousands of Acolytes and Throne Agents, and he arms himself with rare weapons like his Anointed Daemonhammer, Artificer Power Armour, a Glovodan Eagle, and various potent relics of the Inquisition.

History
Torquemada Coteaz has ever been driven by a single consuming passion: to destroy Daemons wheresoever they manifest. Unlike many of his fellow Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, Coteaz always refused to contemplate harnessing the power of the Warp for his own ends, and aggressively prosecuted those who lacked his purity. So perished Coteaz's mentor, Inquisitor Laredian, an old man executed at his student's hand for dabbling in forbidden arts. Upon Laredian's death, Coteaz assumed his responsibilities as Protector of the Formosa Sector. Through alliance, coercion and outright intimidation, Coteaz formed a spy network of contacts, henchmen and infiltrators throughout the sector's inhabited worlds. Not for Coteaz is the way of the Inquisitorial Mandate, of requisitioning troops when need presents itself, he sought an army of his own, ever at his beck and call.

As High Protector, Coteaz has thousands of followers in the Formosa sector, of many different dispositions. His base of operations is the Inquisitorial fortress of Nemesis Tessera. It is not known how many of the Formosa sector's Planetary Defence Forces are as much Coteaz's sworn men as they are their commanders. Or how many hive gangs act under Coteaz's control, given license to pursue their own petty activities so long as they act as his eyes. People disappear easily in Formosa, and its citizens know better than to inquire. At first glance, Coteaz's stranglehold would seem merely another cautionary tale concerning the temptations of absolute power, yet he does not seek to rule, Planetary Governors are left to oversee their duties largely without oversight or interference.

Coteaz's network of informants exists only to provide warning of any threat overtaking Formosa. It is a most efficient form of protection; after all, in a sector where any gathering of three citizens contains at least two of Coteaz's informants, it's nearly impossible for a traitor to gather a following. Thus has Coteaz's domain prospered in an age when the Imperium is increasingly brought to ruin by the enemy within. Few other men could hope to replicate this success, for Coteaz is a man consumed by his chosen task. He seldom sleeps, and spends every waking hour sifting through reports delivered by his faithful Glovodan Psyber-eagle, or personally leading his forces against Daemons, heretics or aliens foolish enough to trespass on his realm.

Lately, Coteaz has cast his pall of influence over worlds bordering the Formosa sector, bringing yet more planets under his protection. Yet even as his borders expand, Coteaz's worries grow. He is now an old man, and like all old men he fears leaving his work undone without a successor to continue it; of all the many acolytes Coteaz has cultivated, none have had the necessary drive or strength of will. Thusly, Coteaz has begun a search for forgotten fragments of cloning lore and alien rejuvenation technology, any means of extending his life, or rather, any means bar one.

Coteaz knows that the boon he seeks could easily be granted by a Daemon, should he summon and bind it according to the proper rituals. Part of him longs to embrace this small evil, that it may firm up the foundations of his righteous work. It is a temptation that grows stronger with every passing day, but one that Coteaz has stalwartly resisted, at least so far.

The Deeds of Coteaz
Inquisitor Coteaz's career is long and filled with incident. Most notable amongst his many persecutions of the daemon and the heretic are the following: the extermination of the Xethorites during the Lorgamar Rebellions (for which Coteaz was later known as the Scourge of the Xethorites); the purging of the Medarean Nebula (for which he was elevated to the rank of Inquisitor Lord); the cleansing of the hives of Opridia of the taint of the Plague Lord (known as the Great Scouring of 956.M41), and the destruction of the daemon-engineers of Glovada Forge World.

Wargear

 * Artificer Power Armour
 * Bolt Pistol
 * Master-Crafted Nemesis Daemonhammer - Coteaz is one of the few Inquisitors to wield an anointed Daemonhammer, blessed by the Holy Order of the Sacred Thorn. Its power is inimical to daemons, beyond that of a normal daemonhammer.
 * Psyber-Eagle - Coteaz is accompanied by a Glovodan Eagle, a gift from the Adeptus Mechanicus for ridding a Forge World from daemon taint. Through it, Coteaz can channel his potent psychic energies. Such is the link between it and master that Coteaz can tap into its senses and achieve greater awareness of his surroundings.
 * Frag Grenades
 * Krak Grenades
 * Psyk-Out Grenades