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{{Citecite}}[[Image:RavenorPreChair.jpg|right|thumb|Gideon Ravenor, shortly before the Thracian Atrocity{{Fn|10}}]]'''Gideon Ravenor''' was a renowned Imperial [[Inquisitor ]] of the [[Ordo Xenos]]in the 4th century of [[M41]]. Initially a protege of the infamous [[Gregor Eisenhorn]], Ravenor suffered crippling injuries during an ambush on [[Thracian Primaris]], and was confined to a suspensor chair for the remainder of his life. His confinement only boosted his already formidable [[psyker]] abilities, and he continued his Inquisitorial career. Despite Ravenor's success in dealing with numerous [[xenos]], [[heretic]], and [[daemonic]] threats to the [[Imperium]], he was best remembered for his philosophical writings, including ''[[The Spheres of Longing]]'', for centuries after his death.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|8}} His mentor, Eisenhorn, commented on the irony that Ravenor would not have become such a renowned intellect had he not been confined by his injuries.{{Fn|2e}}

While serving ===Early Service===Ravenor began his Inquisitorial career as an [[Interrogator]] in the retinue of for the infamous renowned [[Gregor Eisenhorn]] - , who later sponsored his privately noted that Ravenor excelled at every assignment he was given, and predicted that the young man's promotion to full [[Inquisitor ]] was not far away.{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2b}} His last assignment, before the Thracian Primaris atrocity, was on [[Lethe Eleven]] in 346338.[[M41 ]], where, at age thirty- four, he proved instrumental in helping Eisenhorn locate and apprehend the [[xenophile]] [[heretic]] [[Beldame Sadia]].{{Fn|2a}} Ravenorwas badly wounded in the encounter, both physically and emotionally, taking a nearly-eviscerating stroke from a [[Dark Eldar]] [[haemonculus]]'s glaive, which claimed the life of his lover, Eisenhorn's body retainer [[Arianrhod Esw Sweydyr]].{{Fn|2c}} Nevertheless, Eisenhorn was crippled during heartened to see him mending rapidly, when Eisenhorn and his retinue received their invitation to the triumphal parade on Thracian.{{Fn|2d}} ===Thracian Primaris===In a chaos surprise attack on the Holy Novena - the triumphal parade on [[Thracian Primaris]]. He suffered 3rd celebrating the end of the [[Ophidian Crusade]] - Ravenor was caught at the edge of an explosion from a crashing [[Lightning]] fighter plane, suffering third-degree burns to his entire body. It was largely for Ravenor's sake that Inquisitor Eisenhorn swore to hunt down the renegade [[psyker]] [[Esarhaddon]], and identify the conspirators responsible for the attack. === Inquisitorial Career ===In spite of his crippled body, Ravenor was consequently interred inside later promoted to full [[Inquisitor]], on Eisenhorn's recommendation, in 346.[[M41]].{{Fn|3x}} One of the longest hunts of Ravenor's Inquisitorial career was for the [[heretic]] [[Zygmunt Molotch]], a force chair"graduate" of the [[Cognitae]] [[cult]] active in the [[Helican subsector]]. Ravenor tracked Molotch to an archaeological site where he had found ancient carvings that allowed him to build on his growing lexicon of [[Enuncia]]. Ravenor called in an air strike, and believed Molotch perished.{{Fn|5a}} Several years later, which boosted Ravenor and his team were smuggled onto [[Eustis Majoris]] to investigate the illegal trade in [[flect]]s, an addictive new drug becoming very poplular among the under-hivers. This investigation led Ravenor and his team off-world as stowaways on a flect-trafficking ship, where they were almost killed when the team of civilian aides from the [[sector]] [[governor]]'s office accompanying them turned out to be [[psyker]] assassins. They survived only by a slim margin, and returned to Eustis Majoris several months later.{{Fn|5x}} Since Ravenor suspected that the sector governor himself was involved in the flect trade, and possibly much worse, he and his team had to move in secret, without the weight of the [[Inquistiion]] behind them.{{Fn|6}} After escaping several assassination attempts, Ravenor and his team finally confronted the sector governor, recognizing him as none other than Molotch - disfigured for life, but very much alive. Using the resources of the sector, and the illegal goods smuggled in from the [[Mergent Worlds]], Molotch had slowly been reconstructing his Enuncia lexicon from scratch. He was close to completing a ritual that would allow him to heal his already powerful psychic abilities body and enabled possibly ascend to [[daemonhood]], before Ravenor stopped him .{{Fn|6}} Molotch escaped, and Ravenor was so convinced that he had to be stopped, immediately, that he disobeyed the [[Ordo Xenos]]' order to continue stand down, and went rogue to track Molotch.{{Fn|7}} Near the climactic confrontation with Molotch, disaster struck when Ravenor realized that his work own [[Interrogator]], [[Carl Thonius]], had been possessed by the [[daemon prince]] [[Slyte]] on behalf Eustis Majoris, after Carl became secretly addicted to flects.{{Fn|6}}{{Fn|7}} Ironically, months before the start of the mission on Eustis Majoris, Ravenor had been warned in secret of the daemon prince's manifestation by Eisenhorn, who had observed the [[Divine Fratery]] predicting the event.{{Fn|4}} Ravenor was forced to join forces with Molotch to banish the daemon back to the [[warp]], after which Molotch attempted to flee again, but was stopped and summarily executed. After returning to Imperial space, Ravenor and his team were held by the Ordo Xenosfor interrogation. Ravenor was fully prepared to shoulder the blame for the near disaster, and prayed that his team would escape the worst of the punishment. {{Fn|7}}

In addition According to his teamthe Inquisitorial annals, Ravenor has other allies that help him in times was formally commended for his banishment of needthe heretic "Thonius Slyte. Ravenor also allied "{{Fn|3a}} Later, he was tasked with a group of [[Eldar]] for some time, a highly unorthodox occurrence among the Ordo Xenoshunting down his old mentor Eisenhorn, if not outright heresy. Unsurprisingly, Ravenor endeavours who was believed to keep this association a secrethave gone rogue.{{Fn|9}}

Ravenor's already-potent psychic abilities actually became more acute after his wounding, to compensate for his crippled body. His force chair contains built-in psi-amplifiers which further boost his powers. The exact grade of his powers is unclear; in one source, he is described as between high-level delta and low-level gamma{{Fn|25x}}, while in another he is described as "Alpha plus," though this may be a deliberate exaggeration{{Fn|47}}.

Ravenor is able to communicate telepathically with his agents over great distances, as well as temporarily take control of their bodies, a process called "waring", via the [[wraithbone]] pendants they wear. Waring allows Ravenor to see an investigation from his agent's perspective or, when that agent is threatened, significantly boosts his or her situational awareness and reflexes.{{Cite This}}

Ravenor is also able to read people's minds, and defeat all but the strongest psykers in single combat.{{Cite This}}

* '''[[Zael Effernetti]] ''' - A boy, about 14 years old, addicted to [[Flect|flects]] when he first appears. In the wake of Ravenor's investigation to uncover the source of the flects, Zael gets taken along for being able to "hear" the telepathic communication between Ravenor and Nayl. He is a psychic "mirror," with no real psychic capabilities of his own. As well as his precognitive abilities, he is able to use the psychic powers of others in his vicinity but not for an extended period of time. He also shares Frauka's attraction to pornography as demonstrated in Ravenor Rogue. After Ravenor was apprehended as a Rogue, Zael was eventually handed over to the [[Grey Knights]] as a recruit. As with all Grey Knight's, Zael's memories were erased and he became the individual named Hyperion. As a Grey Knight, Hyperion's distinctions include surviving the [[First War of Armageddon]], where he used his considerable abilities to shatter [[Angron]]'s [[Black Blade]], and being promoted to the rank of [[Prognosticar]].{{Fn|511}}

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