Cherubael

Cherubael, or the Cherub of Bael.

A daemonhost in the service of Inquisitor Quixos, a renegade Inquisitor killed by Inquisitor Eisenhorn, Cherubael is a sly, cunning daemonic being of pure evil. An essence of a daemon instilled into a dead host body, daemonhosts are usually extremely difficult to kill, and Cherubael is no exception. He, if it can be defined as such, became a major player in the Eisenhorn trilogy by Dan Abnett. It managed to use one of its many powerful psychic abilities to discern the future from the Warp, and saw that Eisenhorn, if allowed, would destroy his physical body and send his essnce back to the Empyrean. This pleased Cherubael, as he hated being in the service of the rogue Quixos. Over approximately a decade, he manipulated Eisenhorn so that he started down the path of radicalism and finally had him where he wanted him. After a long fight, Eisenhorn, with the help of his Untouchable, Alizeabeth Bequin and his Force rod, he destroyed Cherubael's host body and banished him to the Sea of Souls. Eisenhorn was then arrested on Cadia, and held in a massive prison complex, the Carnificia, where he later escaped, almost a year afetr his arrest. Cherubael, knowing the future but trapped in the Warp, knew what was to happen. After a brief respite, Eisenhorn was no longer persued as a heretic, but, unbeknownst to his allies, had a copy of the Necroteuch, an ancient and powerful book detailing the creation and handling of daemonhosts. In persuit of the re-created Pontius Glaw, Eisenhorn's nemesis, he created a daemonhost from a dead body. The essence trapped inside was that of Cherubael. Cherubael served Inquisitor Eisenhorn in destroying Pontius Glaw, and further into Eisenhorns career, the two becoming almost friends.

There are no known references to a being called "Cherubael" in Imperial records.

Inquisitor Eisenhorn continued his work for several centuries, though nothing solid is recorded.