Gregor Eisenhorn - Appearance and Wargear: An Imperial Sanctioned Psyker, Eisenhorn possesses considerable natural willpower and resolve, which combined with his pool of psychic power, makes him a potent telepath. He normally channels his psychic talent through his voice, compelling people to follow his instructions. He can focus this talent upon distinct individuals in a crowd, or upon many people at once.The most obvious physical attribute of Inquisitor Eisenhorn is his crude augmetic assist system, which can be seen projecting from the back of his head and encasing his lower limbs. This cybernetic implantation was done in a hurry near the end of the Pontius Affair and appeared to both be permanent and of sub-par construction. The augmetic rig allows him reasonable movement, but he has taken to using a swordstick to aid his balance.Several Terran centuries old, Eisenhorn looks only roughly middle-aged to the casual observer as his aging process has been retarded by Inquisitorial rejuvenat treatments. The torture inflicted by Gorgone Locke resulted in the permanent destruction of many of the nerves in Eisenhorn's face. As a result, he has limited facial expressions and movement and notably can no longer smile.Once clean-shaven and dark-haired, Eisenhorn was forced to permanently shave his head when accepting his augmetic system. He normally wears sober suits of dark grey or black under long blue or black high-collared coats. Underneath the coat could once be found his sword, sheathed at his hip. It is now fashioned into a sword-stick, with the scabbard forming a walking-cane. Also under his coat is the chest-rig for his sidearm, normally holstered under his left shoulder.His Inquisitorial Rosette is normally placed in an inside pocket. While Eisenhorn typically plays down his Inquisitorial station, he occasionally chooses to proudly display the full majesty of his office. In such circumstances he dresses more ornately and colourfully, if still in the same basic pattern of suit and long coat. His Inquisitorial Rosette is then pinned to the front of his jacket, alongside other Imperial symbols and distinctions he is eligible to wear.In the early part of his career, Eisenhorn carried a Power Sword of unusual design; instead of having a conventional metal blade as the focus of its energy-field, the blade was itself made of pure energy. This antique, graceful and deadly blade had been blessed by the Provost of Inx. In contrast to this priceless weapon, his standard sidearm during most of the same period was a cheap Imperial Naval Pattern Scipio Stub Pistol that had been crudely gang-marked by Lores Vibben, an ex-ganger employed by Eisenhorn as his bodyguard and personal aide. The grips had been replaced with ivory, upon which was etched an entwined skull and rose; droplets of blood from the rose thorns were represented by inlaid carmine gems.Eisenhorn was initially rather embarrassed by this customisation to his pistol, but later realised that he was being honoured by Vibben's marking of his weapon in her gang-colours. When Vibben was killed by agents of Murdin Eyeclone, Eisenhorn made sure to use the pistol she had altered to execute Eyeclone. It was then buried with her.Eisenhorn's next signature weapon was a heavily customised Bolt Pistol given to him by a Librarian of the Ordo Xenos Deathwatch Space Marines. Made of green-hued chased steel, it was hand-crafted to be of compact dimensions so that a normal-sized man could wield it and had a magazine housing in the handgrip. It was lost during the Quixos investigation and never replaced with another favourite sidearm.Eisenhorn's Power Sword was destroyed in battle with Cherubael so Eisenhorn had Magos Bure craft him two powerful Force Weapons; a Force Staff topped by a powerful psychic lodestone carved to resemble Eisenhorn's own skull and a Force Sword based on Barbariaster, a blade once carried by Arianhrod Esw Sweydyr, one of Eisenhorn's deceased retainers. A very old weapon, the blade had been folded over 900 times and enhanced by potent pentagrammatic wards. Originally a long, double-handed, single-edged, sabre-like weapon, Barbariaster was straightened and reforged into a single-handed sword after it was broken in battle against the rogue Inquisitor Quixos. Eisenhorn's Force Staff is slung across his back when not in use.Eisenhorn often refers to Barbariaster as if the sword had a mind of its own. Indeed, on several occasions the weapons seemed to perform tricks that Eisenhorn himself could not manage. This would indicate that the blade is possessed by some kind of Warp entity. Interestingly, Eisenhorn, who most of the time sees himself as a Puritan Inquisitor, never questioned the fact that his sword seemed to think for itself.Eisenhorn also held the only known copy of a proscribed grimoire, the Malus Codicium, which he took from the corpse of Quixos. This accursed book details a vast array of powerful sorcerous rituals. With the book as his teacher, Eisenhorn learned how to create Daemonhosts, undead thralls and explosive Warp vortexes, among other foul products of Chaos. In the hands of a Chaos Sorcerer these spells could cause the destruction of an entire planet.In time, Eisenhorn began to suspect that the book had a mind of its own, which lead him further and further along the path towards damnation. During his final confrontation with the Arch-heretic Pontius Glaw, Eisenhorn destroyed the priceless book as a diversion. At that point Eisenhorn knew much of the book's content by heart, and he continued to use this knowledge to control the Daemon Prince Cherubael and to battle the Forces of Chaos.The most powerful conventional weapon in Eisenhorn's arsenal was his gun-cutter, a personal spacecraft capable of atmospheric flight, if not independent Warp-travel. Large enough to contain cabins and crew-quarters for a half-dozen people as well as a sizable cargo deck, the cutter was fast, agile and well-armed with several autocannon turrets.Eisenhorn and his retinue also employed their own personal form of coded language, named Glossia. The basic format was created by Eisenhorn when he was 32 standard years of age, but it grew organically with use over the years, with several of his Acolytes contributing to its form.