Watch Fortress Erioch - Inquisitorial Enclave: Watch Fortress Erioch holds a sizeable and well-established Inquisitorial Enclave centred around the jutting, blade-like spire called the Tower of Brass. The archaic palatial suites to be found there have seen little use over the millennia of the Long Watch save for the residence of the Inquisitor of the Chamber and occasional visits from other members of the Ordo Xenos going about their work.As with so many other places in the fortress, the Inquisitorial Enclave seems almost too expansive and well-appointed for its current use. It seems as if the true purpose of the place is either long past or yet to come, and its current occupants merely the latest caretakers in a long and dusty line stretching back into lost antiquity.The permanent residence of the Inquisitor of the Chamber fills barely a fifth of the tower, centred as it is about an ancient cogitator memory core believed to hold details of Ordo Xenos activities in the Jericho Reach pre-dating the ancient Jericho Sector's Age of Shadow.As with her predecessors, the current Inquisitor of the Chamber, Hezika Carmillus, spends much of her free time picking through the old reports when not involved in more pressing matters. All too often clues to current events can be found mouldering in matters rooted in the past.The vaulted doors into the Tower of Brass have remained unchanged over the millennia, inscribed with the catechism of hate: The Mark of the Xenos. However, the guard stationed outside them changes as the title Inquisitor of the Chamber changes bearers.The size and nature of an Inquisitor's sentry force is indicative of the resident of the gleaming edifice. In keeping with her violent and martial nature, Carmillus herself keeps no guard at all: a message that she can face any threat on her own.Carmillus generally prefers to keep her retinue small and her acolytes in the field with them only returning to the fortress to report and rearm before returning to the fray. A considerable body of Inquisition serfs and retainers maintains the tower itself in an effort to make it habitable, but their earnest efforts are dwarfed by the sheer enormity of the task.The patina of age has crept over everything in the tower down the long ages, lending the place a haunting air of faded grandeur. The servants have to content themselves with keeping certain suites or chambers heated and lit as befits Human needs while hurrying through the cold, empty hallways left in between.Recently the opening of the Warp Gate between the Jericho Reach and the Calixis Sector has brought a great many more visitors to the lonely fortress than it has seen in centuries. Now the Inquisitorial Enclave and the Tower of Brass have become the most populous area of the whole fortress.Between the comings and goings of Inquisitors and their retinues, the Servitors, the slaves, the hostages and the prisoners of the Ordo Xenos, the vast halls of the Tower of Brass can appear almost bustling, filled with light and the sound of Human voices. This is an illusion, however, as once outside the immediate confines of the Inquisitorial Enclave the oppressive silence and crushing enormity of the fortress reassert themselves once more.In the Tower of Brass the increasing focus on Erioch has caused friction amongst the Inquisitors themselves. Such powerful and dynamic individuals as Inquisitors are apt to clash over matters of priority or probity, and now Watch Fortress Erioch plays host to some individuals with surprisingly bitter rivalries.In shadowy corridors and darkened halls of the Inquisitorial Enclave many whispered meetings are held to advance or frustrate different political agendas.