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[[Image:EmilDarkhammer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Emil Darkhammer{{Fn|2}}]]'''Emil Darkhammer''' is a [[Puritan]] [[Monodominant]] [[Inquisitor]] of the [[Ordo Xenos]] and the arch-enemy of [[Radical]] Inquisitor [[Helynna Valeria]]. A strict [[Monodominant]], Darkhammer views all alien technology as an affront and threat to humanity. Determined {{Fn|1}} ==History==In pursuance of his extreme creed of purity that goes with his the [[Monodominant]] philosophy, Darkhammer has enacted [[Exterminatus]] on over thirty worlds. Sometimes this has been to end wars, corruption, or plague, but also sometimes to destroy a mere handful of insurgents or aliens or obliterate a single [[Warp]]-tainted artifact sought after by his Radical colleague. His actions have polarized the Inquisition, with some viewing him as a beacon of righteousness while others see him as only slightly less destructive than the [[Daemon]]s of the Warp. Only on a few occasions has Darkhammer stayed his hand, most notably after the [[First War of Armageddon]]. There, he commuted an Exterminatus order to a program of mass-execution and mind-wipe, largely because he feared retaliation from the nearby [[Space Wolves]].{{Fn|2}} More recently, Darkhammer has become determined to stop his nemesis Helynna Valeria from uncovering the [[Xenos]] artifact [[Dimensional Forge]], a device capable of creating a [[null zone]] light years in diameter that [[Daemons]] could not penetrate, . Darkhammer would issue an [[Exterminatus]] order to the [[Hive World]] of [[Cavlock]] after he discovered Valeria suspected the Dimensional Forge was hidden there. Using the pretext of preventing a Daemonic incursion from spreading, Darkhammer condemned billions to death in order to foil Valeria. Valeria has since declared Darkhammer [[Excommunicate Traitoris]] and has hunted him across [[Segmentum Obscurus]] to seek revenge for the destruction of the Dimensional Forge.{{Fn|1a}}
Later, on [[Mindo Station]], the [[Acolyte]] warbands of Valeria and Darkhammer came to battle. The fight lasted a day and a half until Darkhammer and his forces escaped aboard a starliner.{{Fn|1b}}
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 47
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 16
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Inquisition]] pg.39-40
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