Torquemada Coteaz

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"There are those amongst our Ordo who say that I seek advancement for my own purposes, and they are correct. My purpose is to destroy the daemonic and if I must rise to command an entire sector to do so, then so be it. I am a servant of the Emperor and only those who consort with Warp-spawn need fear my ambition."
- Inquisitor Lord Coteaz.[8a]


Torquemada Coteaz
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Born c. M41
Active Period M41 - Present
Species Human
Gender Male
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Affiliation(s)

Torquemada Coteaz, also known as the High Protector of the Formosa Sector, is an Inquisitor Lord of the Ordo Malleus.[1]

Biography

Rise to Power

Coteaz was born in an Ecclesiarchy facility with his mother, father, brother, and sisters. However when he was ten the Chapel Master of their church granted mercy to a group of idolators, which proved to be a severe mistake when these heretics used their reprieve to instead organise a new coup. They captured the members of the congregation, including Coteaz's whole family, and sacrificed them to the Ruinous Powers. Coteaz was only saved due to the intervention of the Inquisition under a Lord Inquisitor Laredian. Coteaz was spared from execution by the vengeful Inquisition because of the faith and determination he displayed to the Inquisitorial Stormtroopers. The incident came to teach Coteaz the lesson that mercy and tolerance were the forebearers of Heresy.[7a]

After being inducted into the Inquisition, the incident that cemented his reputation and rise to prominence occurred during the Conclave of Varoth, called by Inquisitor Laredian, High Protector of Formosa. At the conclave, Laredian displayed a powerful daemon-bound crystal he had taken from a Chaos cult he had recently purged. He launched into an eloquent speech about how the crystal's powers could be used for the good of the Imperium by rooting out heretics and cultists. As Laredian concluded his address, Coteaz rose from his seat and marched to the centre of the auditorium, smashed the crystal with his Daemonhammer and declared Laredian a blasphemer and a trafficker in abominations, declaring him Extremis Diabolus.[8a]

This stunning act of impropriety threw the assembly into an uproar, until Coteaz produced an hourglass and promised to prove his accusations before the sand ran out. Laredian was forced to face his accuser, and in the examination that followed, it was revealed that he had not only sanctioned the use of daemonhosts, but had read proscribed texts and employed the tools of the enemy. Laredian was found guilty of heresy against the Emperor. He was executed by Coteaz himself, and his ashes were fired into the heart of a star. For his efforts in unmasking Laredian, Coteaz was named High Protector of Formosa, a position he had long coveted.[8a]

Lord Inquisitor

Some members of the Inquisition were apprehensive of his ambitious and rapid rise through the Ordo's ranks, but Coteaz's reasoning was that in order to best combat the enemies of the Emperor, he must be able to command. He continued to purge Chaos cults and other threats from the sector. For his destruction of a heresy on the Forge World Glovoda, the Adeptus Mechanicus gave him the Glovodan Eagle, a twin-headed psyber-eagle.[8b]

Lately, Coteaz has cast his interest over the worlds of the Formosa sector. Yet even as he finds new successes, he has come to realize that he is now an old man and fears that leaving his work undone without a successor will make his struggle futile. Thus Coteaz has begun to search for forgotten fragments of cloning lore and alien rejuvenation technology, any means of extending his life save those Daemonic in nature. Nonetheless he knows that summoning a Daemon and using it to extend his life given the proper ritual could be easily granted, and despite a small part of him wishing to embrace this, he has thus far resisted the temptation.[1]

During the Cleansing of Opridia in 972.M41 Coteaz purged the Daemonhosts and killed Daemon Prince Karpathi the Occludor with help of the Exorcists Chapter.[3] In this conflict he used a Chimera of Inquisitorial Storm Troopers, which was inscribed with a line from the "Exorcism Deus Abominatus".[4] During the 13th Black Crusade, he lead strike forces of Grey Knights against Daemons in the Agripinaa Sector as well as on Kasr Holn and Xersia.[2]

Dark Imperium

Sometime in the Age of the Dark Imperium while undergoing painful rejuvenate treatments aboard his flagship Pilgrim's Wrath to sustain his long life, Coteaz experienced a horrifying vision of the Golden Throne engulfed in flames. Disturbed by this, he then receives an astropathic message from his agent Krasner urging him to travel to Novalis to follow up on a potential lead to the artifact known as the Soul Glass which could grant him immortality. The message also warned of the presence of his former acolyte Castra Sato, who Coteaz had cast out for her Radical beliefs.[7b] Upon arriving at Novalis with a small retinue, Coteaz confronts its ruling Magos Xylothek and discovers Krasner has since died. More surprisingly, Sato has revealed herself as an Inquisitor operating under the authority of Zamorin, Coteaz's rival. Coteaz strongly suspected Sato of being involved in Krasner's murder.[7c]

Sato subsequently revealed to Coteaz that Krasner died investigating the Quietus Tablet, a heretical artifact that forms a map on the minds of those exposed to ritualistic murder. Coteaz confirmed her findings and hopes that the map formed by the tablet might lead to the Soul Glass. For the time being, Coteaz agreed to hold off on eliminating Krasner due to her usefulness in the situation.[7d] Soon enough, a major Chaos infestation erupted across Novalis as Daemons began to manifest. Faced with the planet's collapse, Coteaz called in a hidden fleet to bring in vast amounts of reinforcements.[7e]

Coteaz then led an assault on the corrupted pinnacle of Taphos, fighting against Daemons of Nurgle and being forced to kill his longtime Interrogator Voltas after they became corrupted and turned on Sato.[7f] Coteaz and Sato then fought seamlessly against the Daemonic tides, with the duo even defeating a Great Unclean One.[7f] After the battle, Sato shocked Coteaz by handing him a containment unit holding the Soul Glass which had been the source of the corruption. Seeing what the artifact had wrought upon Novalis, Coteaz decided not to use the Soul Glass even if it were to deny him the immortality he had sought.[7g]

Later during the Indomitus Crusade, Coteaz received a mysterious message from the Eldar about the threat posed by the new Arks of Omen of Abaddon the Despoiler. Though he did not trust the Xenos, Coteaz nonetheless began to investigate the recent recent Chaos invasions and try to piece together the truth of the matter.[5]

Wargear

Coteaz wears ornate Artificer armour incorporating a refractor field and is armed with an anointed Daemonhammer and a Bolt pistol. The Glovodan Eagle has been augmented to act as his eyes and ears on the battlefield.[10]

Images

  • Torquemada Coteaz

  • Coteaz and his retinue

  • Coteaz miniature (10th Edition)[6]

Trivia

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