Arpheat Fane

## Arpheat Hefestan Fane

Inquisitor Arpheat in his full panoply of war

"*To truly defeat an enemy you must know them as if they were the back of your hand then can you truly destroy them!*"
—Inquisitor Arpheat's address to his new apprentices
Like most of his rank **Arpheat Fane** is an uncompromising and resolute servant of the Emperor. Serving in the Ordo Xenos as a researcher he is well versed in the study of xenos biology. He is currently situated in the Adamant sub-sector Arpheat operated in the sub-sectors surrounding him. One of the few inquisitors to be in the sub-sector, he holds a large amount of influence over its systems, and in turn has a network of agents that make infiltration almost impossible.

## Past

Born into the noble house of Hefestan on an unknown date, Arpheat was living a life of privilege and wealth being born to one of the more influential houses of the planet, Marlane. Doing almost nothing with his life until the burning. However some perks of this noble life was his connections and higher education, but alas it would not be in the courts of Marlane where he would become who he is now, no it instead was on the burning of it.

### The Scorching of Marlane

On a day that would be known by all that survived it, the scorching was a brutal campaign led by an unknown renegade chapter in which the planet would burn. Barley putting up a fight the SDF and PDF would fall in a moment of days with loose cadres defending the rubble of their once alive world. It would be in the rubble of one of the cities, Halen, where Inquisitor Arpheat would be reborn. Found amongst the bodies of his own guard and family a young boy would be “saved” by a commissar by the name of Marsen Baile. He would take this half dead boy to the schola progenium to forge him into a true warrior and servant of the Emperor.

### Schola Progenium

His life and training in the Schola is largely unknown with little to none information on what he specialized in. All that is known is he showed exceptional promise thus making him a prime candidate to serve as an inquisitor.

## Personality

Largely reclusive as he spends most of his free time studying xenos biology, Arpheat has been noted to go in head first and a cold attitude. Stopping at nothing to achieve his goals, save for something or someone of great importance forces him to, he is a man that would do anything to get the end he needs or wants.

## Appearance

Tall and lean due to some of his augmentations he towers above most mortals found in the Imperium, but to his peers he is nothing special. With a bionic his left eye a long gash comes down where his left eye used to be. On his right he has a bionic leg that adds strength to his long legs and almost half of his fingers on his right are replaced with metal ones. Many of his augmentations are hidden inside his body so it is truly unknown what else he has.

Typically wearing a long thick black duster made out of the hide of some unknown beast, it hides most of the thick armor he wears underneath. He dawns a helmet with a small space for his bionic eye to fit through with another slit for his good one. Regal in design the helmet resembles that of crusaders of the order of Talonstern with the insignia of the inquisition replacing the normal heraldry.

## Specialization

Arpheat at heart is a researcher and as such knows the ins and outs of most known xenos be it a Tau or Ork. Unlike most he has studied the star maps of the sub-sector as it is his solemn duty to protect it from the threat of the xenos. He like many others is skilled in sword and gun as such his loadout reflects that.

## Wargear

* Carapace Armor
* Unknown Xenosword
* Bolt Pistol
* Storm Shield

## Holdings

**Naverik Station**

* - Unlike his peers Arpheat resides in a permanent holding and in this case a fortress built into the asteroid of MX-189. Naverik station consists of 3 tall spires each an observation or study that is surrounded by buildings that are connected through an underground passageway. A docking bay is embedded into the lower half of the station with it only able to dock a single heavy cruiser or strike cruiser sized vessel. However where it lacks the capacity of holding capital ships it makes up with its fleet of strike craft and frigates. With frigates being more common than cruisers. Being constructed a little time before Inquisitor Arpheats arrival and promotion to inquisitor, the station is still being built upon with another docking bay being constructed in some smaller asteroid nearby. It is noted that the station has a capacity similar to that of a cruiser but more often than not operated at a fraction of it. The fortress acts as the HQ of the inquisitor with most of his resources gathered here.

### Fleet

* ***Relentless Dawn*** - A Dauntless-class light cruiser the Relentless Dawn acts as the main vessel of the inquisitor. Equipped for missions that may see months alone with no support, the dauntless-class light cruiser is perfect for the assignments of an Inquisitor and with the relatively small crew it means less personal to manage. Often acting with 1-3 Sword-class frigates it can withstand most threats from xenos and renegade fleets alike.

* ***Reverent Sun*** - A Sword-class frigate, it often forms the escorts of the Relentless Dawn.

* ***Hammer of Wrath*** - A Sword-class frigate, it often forms the escorts of the Relentless Dawn.

* ***Spears End*** - A Falchion-class frigate that acts as the garrison ship of Naverik station. Not going out of the system often is only used to defend the system, but on the rare occasions it does it acts as it’s intended role.

* ***Herald of Truth*** - Another Sword-class ship that normally acts on its own as it transports agents and other personnel.

## Allies and Enemies

Due to Fane being one of the sole Inquisitors of the sub-sector Arpheat has amassed powerful partners. Be it planetary governors or Imperial Guard generals he all knows them and has them in his pocket. Some of these include:

* **131st Ritior Regiment, the "Blue Guard"** - Numbering around 1,000 men the 131st Ritor Regiment known as the Blue Guard was requisitioned by the Inquisitor some years prior. The Blue Guard are from the planet of Ritors, a civilized world on the outer edges of the sub-sector, they play as the inquisitor’s personal soldiers. They primarily serve as guards and armsmen of the ships owned by Arpheat, with a garrison always stationed in Naverik station. It is known that a select few have become trusted throne agents to the inquisitor often serving in his retinue in some form or another. Armed with a special more lightweight hot-shot lasgun similar in design with the Accatran pattern lasgun they can effectively deal with most situations. And equipped with carapace armor they are protected from most hostile environments.

## Trivia

* This article was made for my friends at school for a RP we were going, but alas the time never came.