Magdala Solomon

**Sister Superior Magdala Solomon** has moved rapidly through the ranks of the Order of the Golden Word. As the daughter of a fallen Imperial Guard Officer, she was taken in and sent to the Schola Progenia at the age of 5 as an honour for her father, a dead Commander of the Ciminus 58th Cavalry Regiment. He had heroically died and saved thousands in a single act of sacrifice during the 13th Black Crusade. Trained traditionally in physical combat than being assigned as a Sister Dialogous because of her curiosity and ease in understanding, deciphering and learning new languages, she has rushed through the ranks and was noticed by an Inquisitor. Eventually, she was sent to serve, with the inquisitor, on deathwatch. Magdala is a quick study and has an ease with learning how Xenos tech works. She also knows some of the prayers to appease the machine spirits. She is a zealous follower of the Imperial Cult, believing in the sanctity of the God Emperor and striving to serve him as best she can.

## Biography

Magdala Solomon was a curious young girl born into a father who served as a Commander in the 58th Ciminus Cavalry Regiment and a mother who was a researcher. She had always been a curious girl, sitting with her mother, watching her work. Eventually, Magdala even started helping her mother until the day her mother received a message saying that her father had been killed in action and received high honours posthumously. Magdala slept with the medal for the next week until another letter arrived, but this time with a fleur de lys seal. Her mother looked at the envelope with a mixture of pride and dread and broke the seal. Inside, a letter stated that, due to the heroic actions of her father, who sacrificed his own life for the Emperor, the Adepta Sororitas would bless the Solomon family by accepting Magdala into the Schola Progenium.

Once Magdala had settled into the training routine of the schola, they soon realised that she was perhaps a better fit for a non-militant Order. It is possible that her mother had some influence on that decision. Magdala preferred to read and learn and ask questions. She also felt that an  Order Dialogous would be a better fit, even though she trained in warfare like all other sisters in the Adepta Sororitas. Soon she was transferred to the Order of the Golden Word. Rising quickly through the ranks, discovering a newly discovered xenos race called the Xyval and finally deciphering their culture and language, she moved up in the ranks of the Order of the Golden Word.

She was then noticed by an Inquisitor of the Ordro Xenos, who chose her to join her on a mission where the Zyval had started eradicating an important feudal world. Her task was to try and communicate with them and understand how they had arrived on the planet undetected. With any hope, the creatures could be reasoned with and herded away from the population where a precision strike could eliminate the threat to the feudal world. The mission was successful, but the inquisitor in question was killed during the mission.

Once she returned from her mission with the order xenos, Sister Superior Magdala was surprised to see a member of an order she did not know working alongside the Order of the Golden Word. This woman wore armour of silver with no markings and grey robes. Curious, Magdala observed the woman for some time. Although nothing seemed to be amiss on the surface, she noticed some minor oddities in the woman's personality and upkeep. She was devout to the God-Emperor, but she had a bit of a superiority complex, which Sororoitas did not typically display. Eventually, the true identity of the faux-sister was discovered, and Magdala Solomon confronted her. It turns out that the woman was not a Sororitas; instead, she was a newly appointed Interrogator for the Ordo Xenos by the name of Aimalla Baddasz. Being sworn to secrecy and knowing the purpose of the Inquisitor's infiltration of the holy order, Magdala Solomon decided to help the Inquisitor with her work. They became close enough to become friends.

## Personality

Her curiosity is insatiable, making her, at times, annoying. She likes to understand how things work; this includes culture and Xenos tech. She was taught to hate the Xenos, the witch and the heretic, but when it comes to Xenos, she does not show any compassion but will prefer to get all the information possible before disposing of the foul creature, no matter what race they hail from. She is devout and will take offence at anyone who does not show religious zeal, although she will work with any loyalist. When not facing a threat in combat, she is likely to have a quick wit and joke around, but when it comes to research and applying her trade, she becomes the focus and unmoved by pleas from those who do not serve the Emperor of Mankind.

## Physical Appearance

Sister Magdala Solomon stands at 5'8 inches. She has light brown hair styled into a pixie cut. Her golden eyes compliment her bronze complexion. She wears the traditional light power armour of her sororitas order: The Order of the Golden word. The order's primary colour is white with golden accents. The white represents the purity of the Sisters, and the gold represents the golden words of the Emperor of Mankind. Their power armour is white, and the robes, fleurs de Lys and her helmet is golden.

## Preferred Wargear

Sister Magdala carries a pistol on her hip, uses a bolter and has a chainsword. Although she rarely sees combat on the front lines, she has the tools and the training to purge the Xenos, the traitor and the heretic.

She wears the standard Sororitas light power armour in her Order's colours when called upon on the battlefield. When she is in her private quarters, the library or the worship rooms, she can be found dressed in white and golden robes.

## Specialization and Abilities

Sister Magdala Solomon specialises in the traduction of xenos languages and symbols. She also studies the culture, rituals and expressions of various xenos. Being a scholar, she has a knack for understanding xenos technology and communicating with the different xenos species. She likes to keep notes and reports to her in order of all findings. Usually, uncovered relics would be sent to the order Pronatus the Order of the Dawn to protect and study but being a member of Inquisitor Aimalla Baddasz and attached to deathwatch; the relics are handed over to the Inquisitor.

Magdala is an important retinue member of the Inquisition. She is skilled in making the xenos comfortable and communicating in their language, which makes getting answers easier and making the xenos more comfortable and helps them speak more freely and openly. If left alone with a xenos, without supervision, she will likely kill it after her curiosity is satiated. It is best to accompany her in interrogation if the xenos is of further use to the inquisitor.

## Relations

### Allies

* **Inquisition**- Sister Superior Solomon has been attached to two Inquisitorial retinues since being promoted to Sister Superior. When the first Inquisitor was killed during an invasion of a newly discovered species, she was returned to her Order, where she brought back a corpse of the creature in order to study it. After she had learned everything she could from the xenos carcass, she was attached to Inquisitor Aimalla Baddasz and joined the deathwatch by association.

* **Adepta Sororitas**- Although at times considered annoying, The Adepta Sororitas appreciate Sister Superior Magdala's expertise and respect her. Her research has yielded insight into many xenos species and is considered invaluable.