Watch Fortress Erioch - Masters and Servants: Captain Mordigael of the Blood Angels Chapter is the current watch commander of Watch Fortress Erioch and, by extension, the Master of the Vigil. Aiding him in the governing of the Chamber of Vigilance are any recognised Ordo Xenos Inquisitors stationed in the Jericho Reach, one of which will take on the mantle of the Inquisitor of the Chamber so that the Inquisition might have a voice to call for aid from the Deathwatch in the region.Given the nature of the Inquisition and the secretive nature of Inquisitors themselves, this group is always in flux, their numbers expanding and retracting as the members of the group are always changing. Typically, it will never be more than a handful at any one time, and always balanced out by Mordigael and his favoured watch captains so that the ratio of Astartes to members of the Ordo Xenos remains more or less equal. Depending on the nature of the issues to be dealt with by the Chamber of Vigilance, other advisors my be allowed to give specific council, though this is uncommon.Because the Deathwatch of the Jericho Reach operates within the same areas of influence as the Ordo Xenos and the forces of the Achilus Crusade, the Chamber of Vigilance and its meetings can be coloured by politics as much as war councils, as would be the case if the Deathwatch operated like one of the more traditional Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes.While the Master of the Vigil and his officers are interested in the concerns of the Deathwatch, they cannot remain completely deaf to the presence of the Inquisition -- usually more specifically the desires of a single Inquisitor operating within the Jericho Reach. Equally, though the vast majority of the Achilus Crusade remains ignorant of the Deathwatch's operations in the region, its Lord Militant, Solomon Tetrarchus, does not, and he has been known, on occasion, to try and request its aid.Often, the personal politics of the Inquisitor will be reflected in the choosing of the Inquisitor of the Chamber and this can become a place where rival Inquisitors make their presence known, all of which contributes to another challenge the Chamber of Vigilance must overcome.Deathwatch Veterans add another dimension to these proceedings, having earned the right and respect to speak for themselves even in the presence of the Master of the Vigil. Deathwatch Veterans are also wiser in the ways of the crusade and of the Jericho Reach, often having knowledge of the Inquisitors that might influence the Chamber of Vigilance.It is the nature of the Inquisition that nothing is as it seems, and the same honours and right that will allow a veteran kill-team a voice in the Chamber of Vigilance will sometimes mean that kill-team must deal more closely with individual Inquisitors or even, in rare instances, agents of the Lord Militant of the crusade.Many Inquisitors, of all the ordos, do not announce their presence to the Deathwatch when they come to the Jericho Reach, following their own personal missions out of sight and reach of the Achilus Crusade forces. These same Inquisitors, however, will call upon aid from the Deathwatch when it suits their purposes and when they need the kind of firepower and skill that only an Adeptus Astartes kill-team can provide.It is here that the reputation of a veteran kill-team might precede them and the Inquisitor might even choose to contact the kill-team directly (especially if the battle-brothers and the Inquisitor have had dealings before), asking them for aid without any formal declaration to the Erioch Chamber of Vigilance.Though it stands in stark contrast to the way most Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes operate, the individual bravado shown by such Inquisitors often earns the respect of Deathwatch Veterans. Experienced watch captains also accept that Inquisitors work in this way, and much of their agendas do not reach the formal meetings of the Chamber of Vigilance, especially in the case of time-sensitive missions or missions of opportunity.Ultimately, though, it remains the remit of the Deathwatch whether or not to come to the aid of an Inquisitor, however they call for it. However, since the objectives of the Deathwatch and the objectives of many Ordo Xenos Inquisitors within the Jericho Reach are intertwined, it often serves the Deathwatch well to send a kill-team, using the knowledge and skills of the Inquisitor to vanquish a common foe.