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'''Kyril Sindermann''' was the Primary [[Iterator]] of the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]] during the latter days of the [[Great Crusade]]. He was a gifted speaker and master of rhetoric, and a staunch believer in the secular society and ideals that the [[Emperor]] had imposed on the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|1a}} After the Heresy, he took on a new identity as one of the founders of the [[Inquisition]].{{Fn|13}}

Sindermann had been the star pupil of the iterator [[Evander Tobias]], who had trained the first iterators and had been intended to serve as Primary Iterator for [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]]'s fleet. When his voice was crippled by cancer of the larynx, Tobias recommended Sindermann to go in his place.{{Fn|5}}

Speaking with [[Euphrati Keeler]], another witness to the possession of Jubal, Sindermann attempted to use fragments of text and images taken by the remembrancers to decode sections of the infamous [[Book of Lorgar]]. While reading aloud from the scripture, he became entranced and inadvertently summoned a fiery daemon which set about destroying the library archives. He was saved by the pious actions of Keeler, who had long held faith in the supposed divine influence of the Emperor, and exorcised the creature before falling into a coma.{{Fn|2}}

During the battle for [[Isstvan III]], Sindermann escaped from the ''Vengeful Spirit'', along with Keeler and [[Mersadie Oliton]], with the aid of Captain [[Iacton Qruze]]. They fled to the frigate ''[[Eisenstein]]'', taken by [[Death Guard]] loyalists led by [[Nathaniel Garro]], and escaped the Istvaan system to [[Terra]].{{Fn|4}}

Sindermann and Keeler were preach their word for a time on Terra, before Keeler was eventually arrested by agents of [[Malcador the Sigillite]]. Despite being held in a maximum security prison under the [[Imperial Palace]] Sindermann was able to infiltrate and visit her multiple times, perhaps due to the strong proto-[[Imperial Cult]] presence among the [[Malcador's Chosen]] guards.{{Fn|14}}

Sindermann was next seen in the [[Fortress of the Sigillite]] burning forbidden texts relating to the Warp.{{Fn|22a}} He was convinced to stop by [[Chosen of Malcador]] (and secretly [[Basilio Fo]]) [[Zaranchek Xanthus]], who convinced him to join forces in cataloging forbidden texts in order to possibly use them as a tool against Chaos in the future.{{Fn|22b}} He then managed to convince [[Rogal Dorn]] of lending them his authority to secure ressources and items and manpower for this goal.{{Fn|22c}}

By the time of the [[War of the Beast]] "Veritus" became known as a veteran [[Puritan]] who was apparently fanatically devoted to the [[Imperial Cult]]. He viewed the [[Inquisition]] as the supreme organ of power in the [[Imperium]]. To Veritus, the Inquisition was not a supervising agency but an organ of direct rule over [[Humanity]]. Even the [[High Lords of Terra]] were to be directly subordinate to the Inquisition, and Veritus desired to rein them in and usher in Inquisitorial supremacy over the [[Adeptus Terra]]. His opportunity came when he called a Conclave against [[Inquisitorial Representative]] [[Wienand]], accusing her of handling [[The Beast]] ineffectively and becoming corrupted by the [[Senatorum Imperialis]].{{Fn|6a}}

The dying Veritus was eventually able to awake and divulged his greatest secrets to Wienand. He revealed that he was the ancient [[Iterator]] '''Kyril Sindermann''', one of the four original founders of the Inquisition, and had seen [[Horus]] himself fall to [[Chaos]]. He gave Wienand the key to the [[Citadel of Titan]] and named her his successor as the link between the Inquisition and the [[Grey Knights|secret chapter of Space Marines]] on [[Titan]]. He also revealed that Vangorich had likely secretly given Wienand an antidote to save her from the same poison that had killed him, and that the mad Grand Master of Assassins harbored romantic feelings for her. Before dying he urged Wienand to work with Vangorich for a time to prevent the Imperium from devolving into civil war. Wienand mourned the passing of her rival and likely the oldest man in the Imperium.{{Fn|13}}

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*1: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]]

**{{Endn|1a}}: Part One, Chapter Three

*6: [[The Emperor Expects (Novel)]]

**{{Endn|6a}}: Chapter 10