Fyodor Karamazov

Fyodor Karamazov is an Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus and, even in those unforgiving ranks, a more uncompromising and ruthless individual would be hard to find. Over the course of a career spanning nearly two centuries, Karamazov has blazed a trail of blood and fire from one side of the galaxy to the other. From Salem Proctor to Ultima Macharia, from Bakka to Cypra Mundi, he is a grim legend, an unrelenting investigator who will stop at nothing to uproot corruption and heresy. Karamazov’s actions are driven, first and foremost, by an unswerving belief that Mankind lives, even now, according to a plan set in motion by the Emperor many thousands of years ago. His life’s work has been to ensure that no one, human or alien, Inquisitor or Daemon, interferes with this grand plan. To most Inquisitors, this would seem an impossible task in both nature and scope, but such is Karamazov’s unshakable confidence, in both his own ability and the Emperor’s perspicacity, that he has never once doubted his actions. Indeed, Karamazov believes that, as Mankind’s unfolding fate is in accordance with the Emperor’s grand design, his own actions must serve as an essential part of that design, and are therefore above reproach. Many Inquisitors prefer to work under a cloak of secrecy, conducting business in the shadows unless strictly necessary, but Karamazov cannot be counted amongst their number. In pursuit of his goals, Karamazov can as likely be found at the head of a crusading army as he can presiding over the judgement of heretics. His actions are utterly without guile or subterfuge, for nothing of either can be found in his heart – displaced long ago by a deep distrust of his fellow man. So it is that Karamazov’s every deed is bold to the point of audacity, the better to serve as a warning to those who would interfere with Mankind’s destiny. Whether in pursuit of a campaign or heresy, Karamazov inevitably directs his minions from his Throne of Judgement, an ancient walking cathedral presented to him following the Abraxan purges of 930.M41. The throne is well-armed, and its bulk more than compensates for its master’s less than imposing physical presence, so Karamazov long ago bound it into the pomp and ceremony of his trials. There are many ways by which a man can find himself unceremoniously hauled before Karamazov’s ostentatious Throne of Judgement on a charge of heresy, treason or witchery. For Karamazov, there is no such thing as a minor infraction of the sacred lore – even the merest departure from protocol and procedure is an affront to the Emperor’s plan for Mankind and must therefore be punished without mercy. Clemency, forgiveness, mitigation – these things are unknown in Fyodor Karamazov’s court. Nor is there any hope of defence to be found in genuine innocence. Karamazov has no patience for those foolish enough to appear guilty when they are blameless. Such halfwits are guilty of wasting his valuable time, if nothing else, and are led without hesitation to the purging fires alongside the murderers, traitors, saboteurs and heretics.

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