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The actual founding of the Inquisition is shrouded in mystery and there are at least two different stories surrounding its formation.{{Fn|18}}
The first is that in the twilight hours prior to His internment interment within the [[Golden Throne]], while Terra lay besieged by the traitor forces of [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]], the [[Emperor of Mankind]] commanded [[Malcador the Sigillite]] to seek out "men of character, skill, and determination" to be tested and trained so that an elite group of investigators might be tasked to discover the [[alien]], [[mutant]], and [[heretic]]. Immediately prior to his assault on Horus's [[battle barge]], Malcador presented twelve individuals to the Emperor - eight [[Astartes]] and four [[humans]] - whom he had gathered in response to the Emperor's commands. The Astartes were described as having cast aside their allegiance to their [[Primarch]]s and [[Legion]]s who had sided with Horus; Malcador went on to say that they were blessed with paranormal skills which were best suited for combating the horrors that had recently emerged from the [[warp]].{{Fn|17}}
Although the identities of the twelve presented to the Emperor and/or Malcador were never revealed, it is known that among those individuals recruited by Malcador were [[Janus|Janius]], [[Epimetheus|Epithemuius]], [[Khyron]], [[Koios]], [[Ogen]], [[Iapto]], [[Yotun]], and [[Satre]]. Regular [[human]]s included [[Zaranchek Xanthus]], [[Khalid Hassan]], [[Gallent Sidozie]], and [[Moriana Mouhausen]],{{Fn|47}} though there are other mortals ultimately instrumental in the formation of the Inquisition , such as [[Kyril Sindermann]]{{Fn|28c}} and [[Lemuel Gaumon|Promeus]].{{Fn|48}}
The second story is that, immediately after the Emperor was interred in his [[Golden Throne]], four trusted servants of the Emperor gathered in secret to discuss what was to happen next. Their opinions were divided; two believed the Emperor could be returned to life, the other two believed it folly to interfere with the events that had unfolded. The two [[Horusians|resurrectionists]], known as [[Promeus]] and [[Moriana]], left Terra to begin their quest to bring the Emperor back to life. The two that remained acted quickly to establish themselves with the [[Senatorum Imperialis]] and created an organisation to combat the efforts of Promeus and Moriana, and it was from this seed that the Inquisition was formed.{{Fn|18}}
It is not known whether these two stories are simply a case of conflicting background, or whether both stories contain some element of truth. It is said that when the Senatorum Imperialis was convened on the first anniversary of the Emperor's Ascension, a grim-faced man joined the council and identified himself as a representative of the Holy Orders of the Emperor's Inquisition.{{Fn|20}} The fact that they called themselves "Orders" plural could be taken to suggest that the early Inquisition was an amalgamation of several organisations.{{citethis}}
By mid-[[M32]] and the [[War of the Beast]], the Inquisition was operating as a single order from [[Titan]] and largely still a secret. However , the desperation of the war prompted the formal division of the Inquisition between the [[Ordo Xenos]] and [[Ordo Malleus]].{{Fn|28}} Many more Ordo's Ordos have since been created.{{Fn|22a}}
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