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==History==
[[Image:youngEisenhorn.jpg|left|thumb|Inquisitor Eisenhorn before the end of the Pontius affair]]Born in 198.[[M41]], on DeKere's World, Gregor Eisenhorn became a pupil of [[Inquisitor]] Hapshant at a young age. He studied alongside fellow trainee Titus Endor and was elevated to the rank of Inquisitor in 222.M41, aged 24. His first successful persecution was that of the [[heretic ]] Lemete Syre.
Carving out a stable and competent career, Eisenhorn eventually found himself being drawn into events that would change the course of his life in the year 240.M41. During this year Eisenhorn succeeded in ending the menace of the mass-murderer Murdin Eyeclone, an investigation that is notable not only for bringing [[Godwyn Fischig]] and [[Alizebeth Bequin]] into his employ, but also for setting him on the route of both [[Pontius Glaw]] and the Necroteuch.
Following leads from the Eyeclone investigation, Eisenhorn became tangled up with a heretical cabal on the world of [[Gudrun]], and in fact was briefly captured and tortured by one of their members, Gorgone Locke. The cabal was eventually broken by a full Inquisitorial purge led by Inquisitor [[Voke]]. Eisenhorn was able to recover a device known as the Pontius from the cabal, and it later transpired that this device held the encoded brain-engrams of the long-dead infamous [[heretic]] Pontius Glaw; one of the cabal's schemes had involved arranging his resurrection. Eisenhorn held Pontius Glaw captive and interrogated him regularly, before finally choosing to have the Pontius device incarcerated by [[Magos]] [[Bure ]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. This decision would have a profound effect on Eisenhorn's future.
Following up further leads from the cabal purge led Eisenhorn into one of his most famous investigations; the affair of the Necroteuch - a tome of chaotic knowledge. Eisenhorn tracked the survivors of the cabal to a colony world inhabited by the [[xenos]] [[Saruthi]].
The Saruthi had come into the possession of a copy of the Necroteuch, and had translated it into their own language, creating two versions of this powerful chaotic tome and a translating tool. The human Necroteuch tome was quickly found and destroyed by Eisenhorn himself. Some radical Inquisitors deemed this a heretical act, and damned Eisenhorn for it. However, the majority of the local Inquisitiorial Inquisitorial conclave supported Eisenhorn's decision to burn the tome, outvoting the radicals.
Eisenhorn was therefore spared from censure and was in fact instrumental in planning a raid on the Saruthi homeworld during which the remaining items were destroyed. It was during this attack that Eisenhorn also first met [[Cherubael]], a powerful [[daemonhost]] who would plague Eisenhorn and the [[Imperium]] in later endeavours.
The following year, 241.M41, Eisenhorn investigated apparent ritual murders on the world of [[Sameter]], at first believing the killings to be the work of some chaotic cult. Soon, however, it was revealed that the culprits were ex-soldiers of the [[Imperial Guard]]. These former soldiers of the [[Sameter 9th Infantry]] had been driven mad by the horrors they had faced in war, and were ritually killing regular citizens. Backed up by the local [[Adeptus Arbites]], Eisenhorn managed to corner and eliminate the fanatics in an abandoned and decaying building. During the resultant firefight Eisenhorn lost his left hand to an experienced former-sharpshooter. He was offered a prosthetic but declined, making do with a fused stump until he could have a vat-grown hand grafted on two years later.
In 312.M41, Eisenhorn's best friend, [[Midas Betancore ]] was killed by the heretic Fayde Thuring during an investigation. Thuring escaped, and Eisenhorn promised to keep a watchful eye on Midas' infant daughter, [[MedeaBetancore|Medea]]. Years later, when she came of age, she would follow the path of her father and join the retinue of Inquisitor Eisenhorn as his pilot.
26 years later, in 338.M41, Eisenhorn began the investigation that he would become most known for; the elimination of the heretic Inquisitor Quixos. The investigation took place in the aftermath of the disaster of the [[Thracian Primaris]] Triumph (where Eisenhorn's Interrogator, [[Gideon Ravenor]], was horrifically injured), an atrocity that appeared to have been engineered to free several [[The Assignment|alpha-plus class]] rogue [[psykers]].
A psyker, Eisenhorn possesses considerable natural willpower and resolve, which combined with his pool of psychic power, makes him a potent telepath. He normally channels his psychic talent through his voice, compelling people to follow his instructions. He can focus this talent upon distinct individuals in a crowd, or upon many people at once.
The most obvious physical attribute of Inqusitor Eisenhorn is his crude augmentic assist system, which can be seen projecting from the back of his head and encasing his lower limbs. This implantion was done in a hurry near the end of the Pontius affair and appears appeared to incur both be permanent damage to the Inquisitor's system, further endangering his mobility were it to be removed and an attempt made to replace it with something more advancedsub-par. The augmetic rig allows him reasonable movement, but he has taken to using a swordstick to aid balance. Several centuries old, Eisenhorn only looks roughly middle-aged to the casual observer; his aging process has been retarded by Inquisitorial juvenat treatments.The torture inflicted by Gorgone Locke resulted in the permanent destruction or severing of many of the nerves in Eisenhorn's face. As a result, he has limited facial expressions and movement and notably can no longer smile. Clean-shaven and dark-haired, Eisenhorn was forced to permanently shave his head when accepting his augmetic system. He normally wears sober suits of dark greys or blacks under long blue or black high-collared coats.
Underneath the coat could once be found his sword, sheathed at his hip. It is now fashioned into a sword-stick, with the scabbard forming a walking-cane. Also under his coat is the chest-rig for his sidearm, normally holstered under his left shoulder. His Inquisitorial rosette is normally placed in an inside pocket. While Eisenhorn typically plays down his Inquisitorial station, he occasionally chooses to proudly display the full majesty of his office. In such circumstances he dresses more ornately and colourfully, if still in the same basic pattern of suit and long coat. His Inquisitorial rosette is then pinned to the front of his jacket, alongside other symbols and distinctions he is eligible to wear.
In the early part of his career, Eisenhorn carried a [[power sword]] of unusual design; instead of having a conventional metal blade as the focus of its energy-field, the blade was itself made of pure energy. This antique, graceful and deadly blade had been blessed by the Provost of Inx. In contrast to this priceless weapon, his standard sidearm during most of the same period was a cheap Naval pattern Scipio [[Stub gun|stub-pistol ]] that had been crudely gang-marked by Lores Vibben, an ex-ganger employed by Eisenhorn as his bodyguard and personal aide. The grips had been replaced with ivory, upon which was etched an entwined skull and rose; droplets of blood from the rose thorns were represented by inlaid carmine gems. Eisenhorn was initially rather embarrassed by this customisation to his pistol, but later realised that he was being honoured by Vibben's marking of his weapon in her gang-colours. When Vibben was killed by agents of Murdin Eyeclone, Eisenhorn made sure to use the pistol she had altered to execute Eyeclone. It was then buried with her.
[[Image:EisenhornMiniature.jpg|right|thumb|Inquisitor Eisenhorn]]
Eisenhorn's next signature weapon was a heavily customised [[Bolt Pistol]] given to him by a [[Librarian]] of the [[Deathwatch]]. Made of green-hued chased steel, it was hand-crafted to be of compact dimensions and given an unusual feature of the magazine housing being in the handgrip. It was lost during the Quixos investigation and never replaced with another particular favourite handgun.
His power-sword destroyed in battle with Cherubael, Eisenhorn had Magos Bure craft him two powerful force weapons; a force staff topped by a powerful psychic lodestone carved to resemble Eisenhorn's own skull and a force sword based on Barbariaster, a blade once carried by [[Arianhrod Esw Sweydyr]], one of his deceased retainers. A very old weapon, the blade had been folded over 900 times and enhanced by potent pentagrammatic wards. Originally a long double-handed sword, Barbariaster was cut down and made into a katana.
His force-staff is slung across his back when not in use.
