Torquemada Coteaz - Origins: Torquemada Coteaz has ever been driven by a single consuming passion: to destroy Daemons wheresoever they manifest. Unlike many of his fellow  Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus who pursue the Radical path, Coteaz always refused to contemplate harnessing the power of the Warp for his own ends, and aggressively prosecuted those who lacked his purity. So perished Coteaz's mentor, Inquisitor Lord Laredian, an old man executed at his own student's hand for dabbling in forbidden arts.He became infamous for this betrayal of his former master. During one of the Inquisitorial conclaves on the planet Varoth, Coteaz's erstwhile mentor, Inquisitor Lord Laredian, presented a Warp-tainted crystal to the conclave, which he claimed was a potential useful item to track and root out other, similarly-tainted items. He hoped to harness similar Chaos relics in the name of Mankind, and pleaded for the Ordo Malleus to study the artefact. As Laredian finished his plea, Coteaz stood up, and brought down his Daemonhammer on the crystal, shattering it utterly while levelling an accusation of Extremis Diabolus against Laredian, denouncing him as a blasphemer and trafficker with abominations.The conclave erupted and castigated Coteaz for his disrespect of proper protocol, but the unfazed Coteaz merely produced a small hourglass, and stated he would prove his accusation in only the time necessary for the small device to empty. Coteaz proceeded to bring to light multiple occasions where Laredian had used Daemonhosts or other Warp magicks in order to fight the Archenemy.Coteaz ended his demonstration of guilt by executing the Heretic himself on the spot. This decisive act, combined with his absolute intransigence against using anything ever touched by the Archenemy, ensured that Coteaz was promoted to the rank of Inquisitor Lord himself to fill the place of the man he had just executed by the shocked conclave.After Laredian's death, Coteaz assumed his responsibilities as High Protector of the Formosa Sector. Through alliance, coercion and outright intimidation, Coteaz formed a spy network of contacts, henchmen and infiltrators throughout the sector's inhabited worlds. Not for Coteaz is the way of the Inquisitorial Mandate, of requisitioning Imperial troops when need presents itself; instead, he sought to build an army of his own, ever at his beck and call.As its High Protector, Coteaz has thousands of followers in the Formosa Sector, of many different dispositions. His base of operations is the Inquisitorial fortress of Nemesis Tessera. It is not known how many of the Formosa Sector's Planetary Defence Forces are as much Coteaz's sworn men as they are those of their commanders. Or how many hive city gangs act under Coteaz's control, given license to pursue their own petty activities so long as they act as his eyes. People disappear easily in Formosa, and its citizens know better than to inquire.At first glance, Coteaz's stranglehold on the sector would seem merely another cautionary tale concerning the temptations of absolute power, yet he does not seek to rule, and the sector's planetary governors are left to oversee their duties largely without oversight or interference.Coteaz's network of informants exists only to provide warning of any threat overtaking Formosa. It is a most efficient form of protection; after all, in a sector where any gathering of three citizens contains at least two of Coteaz's informants, it is nearly impossible for a Traitor to gather a following. Thus has Coteaz's domain prospered in an age when the Imperium is increasingly brought to ruin by the enemy within.Few other men could hope to replicate this success, for Coteaz is a man consumed by his chosen task. He seldom sleeps, and spends every waking hour sifting through reports delivered by his faithful Glovodan Psyber-eagle, or personally leading his forces against Daemons, Heretics or xenos foolish enough to trespass on his realm.Lately, Coteaz has cast his pall of influence over worlds bordering the Formosa Sector, bringing yet more planets under his protection. Yet even as his borders expand, Coteaz's worries grow. He is now an old man, and like all old men he fears leaving his work undone without a successor to continue it; of all the many Acolytes Coteaz has cultivated, none have had the necessary drive or strength of will. Thusly, Coteaz has begun a search for forgotten fragments of cloning lore and alien rejuvenation technology, any means of extending his life, or rather, any means bar one.Coteaz knows that the boon he seeks could easily be granted by a Daemon, should he summon and bind it according to the proper rituals. Part of him longs to embrace this small evil, that it may firm up the foundations of his righteous work. It is a temptation that grows stronger with every passing solar day, but one that Coteaz has stalwartly resisted, at least so far.