Thorian - Thorians within the Ordos: The Thorians, with their particular areas of expertise and interest, are naturally drawn towards certain aspects of the Inquisition's role within and outside the Imperium.In their pursuit of the Divine Vessel, the Emperor-Incarnate or research into the ways in which these might be brought about, the Thorians are naturally inclined to specialise their activities towards not only the Warp, but also the Ecclesiarchy and its many saints.However, the Thorian philosophy has always trod a fine line between orthodoxy and heresy, and so many Thorians prefer to work alone and thus do not have access to the higher organisation and resources of any of the ordos. Any cooperation they enjoy, either with other Thorians or Inquisitors of a different philosophy, is quite often on an ad hoc and temporary basis.This situation is quite often reciprocated by other Inquisitors. Although Thorianism is now a widely-held and accepted Puritan faction within the Inquisition, Inquisitors have long memories and records that go back even longer, to a time when the predecessors of the Thorians were not so welcomed.The Thorians themselves are always awaiting a change in feeling towards them, and thus do not enter into confidence lightly with others.These factors mean that integration of a Thorian into one of the ordos, which are hidden organisations within the Inquisition not known to the uninitiated, normally occurs only if a Thorian already within the ordo actively seeks out others of a like-minded philosophy.Thus the Thorians form a sub-group within the ordo, clustered in scattered locations where they have identified each other and feel more confident in discussing their work with others. Even allowing for this, the focus of the Thorians in certain areas means that they can rise to positions of considerable prominence within an ordo, as several have done since the Age of Apostasy.There are even records that show that Thorians have been nominated to the position of Inquisitorial Representative -- one of the High Lords of Terra sitting on the Senatorum Imperialis.There are those that have been worried in the past that giving the Thorians such potential power -- on Terra itself, the seat of the Emperor -- is not only dangerous for the Inquisition but the Imperium itself. Thus, such positions have generally been short-lived as political opponents have gathered support and opinion has swayed against the Thorians.On the whole, the Thorians are less disposed towards the prosecution of their duties within the Imperium itself, and are more concerned with external activities such as daemonic possession and alien technology.In the past, the divergence of a Thorian's activities and pursuit of knowledge have caused friction and even conflict within the ordos, though perhaps no more than those of Inquisitors of other beliefs. The somewhat broad approach that many Thorians have in attempting to find the Divine Vessel or the Emperor-Incarnate means that should a Thorian Inquisitor become inducted into one of the ordos, it is not unusual for him or her to swiftly move into another ordo as well.In this way, for example, a Thorian may spend a few standard years as a Daemonhunter of the Ordo Malleus before their research or investigations lead them to some alien technology used to protect against Daemons, and the Inquisitor is drawn into the organisation of the Ordo Xenos.A Thorian that does access one of the ordos is fortunate, for their self-appointed task requires knowledge of many different disciplines, from techno-arcana to daemomancy, Ecclesiarchy history to xenos psychic abilities.As the ordos exist as a means of sharing knowledge and resources, a Thorian that can access the accumulated wisdom and manpower of one or more of the ordos is much more likely to interconnect the disparate strands of the Thorian philosophy and make a meaningful step forward in theory, or uncover some hidden clue to the nature of the Emperor-Incarnate.