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==Overview==
To this ideology, conflict is desirable to further progress through strife. It holds that mankind has made its greatest achievements after periods of conflict, such as the [[Horus Heresy]], or [[Age of Apostasy]]. It is the place of the Istvaanians to strengthen mankind through adversity, and so follow a 'survival of the fittest' doctrine. The philosophy is named after the [[Isstvan III]] [[Virus bombs|virus-bombings]] that initiated the Horus Heresy.{{Fn|1}} A secretive group of Istvaanians took on the name ''Elucidium'' to hide the true nature of the activities, even from fellow inquisitors.{{Fn|3}}
The chief concern of Istvaanian Inquisitors is engendering and managing vital conflict. Though all conflict of any type interests them, raw warfare on a massive scale is what concerns them the most. The Istvaanians hold [[Sebastian Thor]] in particularly high regard, for his sweeping reforms were made possible only due to the bloodshed of the [[Age of Apostasy]].{{Fn|2}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Inquisition (Background Book)]], pg. 33
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Dark Heresy: The Radical's Handbook]] pg.78-83
*{{Endn|3}}: [[What Price Victory (Anthology)#Elucidium|Elucidium (Short Story)]]
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