Arnault Tantalid
Witchfinder Arnault Tantalid was a Witch Hunter of the Ecclesiarchy and enemy of Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn.[1]
History
Tantalid was well-known for his heavy, red and gold power armour and the chainsword Theophantus, and was known on occasion to make use of a concealment field to become invisible. He had an extreme hatred of psykers, possibly placing him in-line with Thorian or Monodominant mindsets, which was the basis for his hatred of Eisenhorn, made more extreme by Eisenhorn's determination to use psykers in his staff and to advance his own psychic abilities.
They met on Bradell's World, where they argued in a court over the right to try a heretic, an argument which Tantalid won. Later, on Kuuma, the two fought over "virgin" psychic slaves, whom Eisenhorn wanted to send in the Black Ships, but Tantalid wanted to slay; Eisenhorn won this round. Still later, on Lethe Eleven, Tantalid slew the heretic Beldame Sadia and nearly killed Eisenhorn.
Finally, in the city of Ezropolis on Orbul Infanta, Tantalid killed the astropath Taesera Ungish before being killed by Eisenhorn in the Cathedral of Saint Ezra Outlooking.[2a]
Sources
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- 1: The Inquisition (Background Book),
[Help] - 2: Malleus (Novel)
- 2a: Twenty-One – Death at St Ezra's. The Long Hunt. The Cell of Five.
