Keramiah Tor

A Banisher formerly serving Inquisitor Ahmazzi of the Tyrantine Cabal, Keramiah Tor is now a senior member of the Collegiate Exterminatus and one of the most experienced of his rank in
the Calixis Sector. Tor served Ahmazzi for many years, and
by all accounts stood on the verge of elevation to the rank of
Interrogator. His peers fully expected that he would eventually
ascend to bear the Inquisitor’s rosette, but sadly, it was not to
be. Two decades ago, Tor was brought before the high council
of the Calixian Conclave to be judged, and was found wanting.
Although the Banisher was found to be free from corruption
and untouched by the taint of the Warp, his mind and soul had
become so entrenched and rigid by what he had witnessed in
the course of his duties that the assembled Inquisitors decided
he lacked the wits to progress further in rank. Ahmazzi, who
had willingly submitted his Acolyte to the conclave’s judgment,
was bitterly disappointed. Though he could have ignored the
judgment of his peers and elevated Tor to Interrogator status,
Inquisitor Ahmazzi saw that to do so would be divisive and
cause certain other Inquisitors to align themselves against him.
Reluctantly, Ahmazzi acceded to the council’s verdict. The
Banisher himself appeared unmoved by the judgement, a fact
that served to confirm the decision in the minds of the members
of the conclave. Ahmazzi retained Tor’s services, for he had
served stoically against the foes of Mankind for many years, and
so his master sponsored his induction into the upper echelons of
the Collegiate Exterminatus, where he serves to this day.
Keramiah Tor continues to undertake missions for the
Calixian Malleus, though not under the auspices of any one
Inquisitor. Instead, he works at the behest of the Collegiate,
answering the needs of any Inquisitor who requests his
specialized knowledge. Tor is a Banisher of unparalleled skill
and experience, and so his services are requested frequently.
When a cadre of Inquisitors or a cell of Acolytes faces
a daemonic threat too severe for them to defeat alone, the
Collegiate dispatches Tor to aid them, since his knowledge of
the infernal and his unwavering faith can likely tackle anything
the servants of the Ruinous Powers can throw at him.
Despite his skill and fortitude, Keramiah Tor is a broken
man with very little will or passion for anything other
than slaying daemons in the name of the God-Emperor of
Mankind. Even that task he takes up with grim determination
as he recites litanies against the powers of Chaos. His drive
has been sapped from him by the forbidden knowledge
locked away in his head, and eroded from him by the sights
he has seen. For this reason he is referred to by his peers
as the “hollow priest”, for his eyes appear empty, and his
soul withered. He rarely speaks, and then only to answer
queries with mumbled, esoteric riddles. In the field, he does
not take charge, instead relying on those around him to lead
the way. It is only when confronted with Daemons of Chaos
that he shows any passion at all. Then, the holy invective of
his calling comes tumbling from his lips and his formidable
powers shine forth to blast the infernal scions of the Ruinous
Powers back to the dimension they hailed from.
Tor is not a fighter by nature, though he bears a shoulder-mounted,
mind impulse unit-controlled bolter armed with
psybolt ammunition as a weapon of last resort. Despite his
lack of social skills and awareness, Karemiah Tor is one of the
foremost Banishers in the Calixis Sector, and many Acolytes
have been saved from a fate far worse than death by his
presence in the midst of a daemonic threat.