Revivificators
The Revivificators are a branch and subfaction within the Inquisition of the Imperium and descend partly from the Thorians' beliefs. Unlike other Resurrectionist cults, the Revivificators have few ties with the Ministorum. Their goal is the study of the transition of the soul to the Warp at the moment of death.[1]
History
Though their studies of the soul are similar to the Casophilians and the Anomolian Beholders, the Revivificators seek a means through which death can be slowed or even halted and ultimately returned. This peculiar field means that Inquisitors that follow this philosophy tend to be found on the battlefield or in plague areas where they conduct investigations on those that are nearing death. In addition to such locales, they are also common visitors to tombs and mausoleums which leads to a certain amount of disrespect to the practices of the Ecclesiarchy. This has also led to a reputation in them being called "ghouls" and "ravens" due to the morbid nature of their practices.[1]
Revivificators are known to have learned much from the capture of various Eldar over the centuries. This is because they find the aspect of the Eldar spirit to be a fascinating field of study and have conducted numerous experiments in replicating the practice of capturing a departing soul. However, all these attempts have been unsuccessful as Mankind's psychic technology is far inferior to the psychic engineering properties of the Eldar Wraithbone. In addition to this, there are also those who follow this belief who have read Inquisitor Lord Van Hinkel's Treatise on the Soultheft Methods of Eldar Pirates which was written in the 39th Millennium. The detailed text contains a report of the Inquisitor's findings of the interrogation of a captured Dark Eldar which also contained collated information from many other sources which were previously scattered in various libraries and datafiles that were present throughout the Inquisition's fortresses and stations. Among the least scrupulous of the Revivificators, there have been attempts at repeating the torturous practices of the Dark Eldar on heretics and other criminals, though they are not exclusive to such a treatment. There are few within the Inquisition who are aware of the grisly dungeons that are staffed by telepaths and which are wired to arcane machinery for the detection as well as the extraction of psychic energy.[1]
The ultimate goal of these Inquisitors is to study the Golden Throne itself and find a means of altering its working in order for the Emperor's body to be restored. As such, they study not only the passage of a soul into the Warp but also the means through which a corpse can be maintained in a state of readiness for a possible re-infusion of the soul. Access to such knowledge and technologies often mean that the Revivificators live far longer than other Inquisitors with the oldest being Inquisitor Lord Verinath who was shot and killed whilst hale and hearty at the age of seven hundred and sixty-three.[1]
Known Revivificators
Source
- 1: The Thorians Sourcebook by Gav Thorpe, (Saved archive page, dated July 2013, last accessed 9 September 2015), pg. 7
