Jeren Dyre

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Jeren Dyre was[1] an Ordo Xenos[2] Inquisitor Lord, who sought to stop the Crusade of Slaughter's[1] efforts to increase the size of the Great Rift.[2]

History

He first became aware of their efforts in early M42, while Dyre was securing a supply of Blackstone to study. The Inquisitor Lord had long had an interest in the material and securing his own supply, led to the discovery of a network trading in Xenos artefacts. The Adeptus Mechanicus were the main buyers of Blackstone in the network and Dyre secretly began observing them to ensure they respected the Lex Imperialis. This led to Dyre and his retinue executing several rogue Magi, but soon a number of Chaos Cults began claiming a greater portion of the Blackstone. The Inquisitor Lord would destroy the Cults with the aid of the Ordo Hereticus, though they rarely were able to recover the Blackstone itself. After this continued to happen, Dyre theorized that someone was organising the Cults from behind the scenes. He soon pieced together that the Cult's Blackstone was being used to create a giant device that would be able to increase the size of the Great Rift. In order to confirm this, Dyre had several of the Blackstone Cultists interrogated by the Psyker[2] Leonid Rostov, who had served as his Interrogator for twenty years. Not only was Rostov a protegee of Dyre's, but the Inquisitor Lord also considered him a son. In fact by that time, Rostov was so well experienced that Dyre had offered to make him an Inquisitor, but the Interrogator refused. Rostov claimed he still needed several more years to serve beside, Dyre[1] and his interrogation of the Cultists bore fruit. Through the use of his powers, Rostov confirmed Dyre's theory and learned that a figure known as the Hand had been constructing a Blackstone device to expand the Great Rift. Worse still, the device was nearly complete and it would be given to the Crusade of Slaughter to use, as they rampaged across the Imperium.[2]

After uncovering such a dire threat, Dyre began researching ways to disable the Blackstone device and learned of a Xenos artefact that would succeed in that task. However it was possessed by the Hive Noble Candor Estrell and was hidden somewhere within a labyrinth located in her fortress spire. Dyre had no direct proof of the artefact's existence, so he could not simply demand that Estrell give it to him. Nor could Dyre try to claim it by force, as he did not know where the artefact was located and this would just give Estrell time to have it spirited away. So Dyre and retinue waited and studied Estrell's spire instead and they soon learned that an Unsanctioned Psyker, named Saquie, made frequent visits to the Noble's spire through the use of secret tunnels. Saquie was being paid by Estrell to provide psychometric readings of the Xenos artefacts the Noble collected, which included the artefact needed by Dyre. This led the Inquisitor Lord to have Saquie captured, but Psyker refused to tell them what they wanted to known. With time growing short, Dyre ordered Rostov to do what was necessary to gain the location of the artefact and how to escape from Estrell's labyrinth. Rostov succeeded at the cost of Saquie's life, but the Unsanctioned Psyker had also been a powerful seer who could see the future. As Rostov used his psychic abilities to draw out the information they needed, he learned the heavy price Dyre would pay to claim the artefact. Estrell was aware that Saquie had been kidnapped and, while she did not know who had taken the Psyker, the Noble had her security forces laying in wait within the labyrinth. If Dyre went to take the arterfact, then the Inquisitor Lord and his retinue would be ambushed by Estrell's forces. In the ensuing battle, Dyre would die along with most of his retinue. Rostov told the Inquisitor Lord of what he had learned, but when Rostov told him they would succeed in escaping with the Xenos artefact, Dyre became resolute to continue. He however made sure to promote Rostov to the rank of Inquisitor, before they made preparations to raid Estrell's spire.[1]

Once they later arrived within the Noble's labyrinth, Rostov used Saquie's memories to locate where the Xenos artefact was placed. However, just as her vision had shown Rostov, they were ambushed by Estrell's security forces as they attempted to take the artefact. Dyre was then the first to be struck down by las fire, as his retinue began to defend themselves. The Inquisitor Lord's wounds were fatal and as he lay dying, Dyre was comforted by both Rostov and the Chikanti Xenos Cheelche, who he had a close friendship with. Rostov blamed himself for the Inquisitor Lord's fate, but Dyre stated it was his decision to go, despite knowing what would happen. The Inquisitor Lord then told Rostov to take command of the retinue and get them to safety, before Dyre then died of his wounds. As Rostov and the retinue began making their escape with the artefact, Cheelche asked if they would take the Inquisitor Lord's body with them. Rostov told the Xenos no, as Dyre's soul was already by the Emperor's side and he wanted Estrell to know she had killed an Inquisitor. Once the Inquisition learned of Dyre's death at her hands, the Noble would suffer their retribution. They then left and despite suffering several more losses, Saquie's vision was true and the remaining retinue was able to escape with the artefact.[1]

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