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'''Defay''' was a once respected [[Inquisitor]] of the [[Ordo Malleus]], a grizzled survivor and an investigative master. Defay was one of the 300 Inquisitors who attended the [[Thracian Primaris|Triumph of Thracian]] around 338.M41, and one of the sixty who formed the Council for the [[Apotropaic Congress]] scheduled during the event.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview=Biography=Unlike the picture many [[Imperial citizen]]s may have of Inquisitors, Defay has shown a great degree of compassion and patience throughout his career. When painless ways were available to reach his goal, he would take them, even if it meant acceding to the requests of potential Heretics.{{Fn|2}} He often took the time to listen and take all perspectives into account in his search for the truth, taking great offense whenever a loyal servant of the [[Emperor]] was falsely accused or abused unjustly. This reckless gentleness didn't stop him from being a formidable warrior who has survived against desperate odds as the sole survivor. And when no more doubt existed in his mind, he had no qualm executing the guilty.{{Fn|4a}} ===Appearance===Defay is a tall, imposing figure clad in ornate armour with a long purple cloak. His facial features were usually concealed behind a blank cloth hood that gave him sharp angles and a terrifying look, with unsettling eyes glinting through the slits. When the mask was removed it revealed a curved and pale visage marked by a stern expression, but one that wasn't without a certain warmth according to some who met him.{{Fn|2}} ===History===
[[Image:Inquisitor Defay V2.png|thumb|280px|right|Inquisitor Defay{{Fn|5b}}]]
====Survival====
For five years Gravier served as an [[Interrogator]] to Inquisitor [[Klantz]] while spending months seeking his first master unsuccessfully. Inquisitor [[Reiker]], charged by the Inquisition with the task of finding Defay, sought Gravier who had been reassigned to help him his renegade master.{{Fn|4b}}{{Fn|5f}}
Their long search led them to [[Sepulchris]], where they confronted Defay as he was investigating how to open a [[Warp]] gate on the world. Ultimately though, Gravier's loyalty to his former master won out and Reiker was killed in the battle that followed. But by then, Defay had fully fallen to [[Heresy]]. He struck down Seemingly killing Gravier before opening the Warp portal.{{Fn|3b}} What became of Defay after this though, is not known.{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|4b}}{{Fn|5h}} ====Post Mortem===={{Spoiler|source=Inquisitor Ascendant (Graphic Novel Series)}}26 years later, a [[Servitor|battle-servitor]] responding to the name of Inquisitor Gravier was recovered from the [[Forge World]] of [[Urdesh]], whether to start the search for Defay or not is unknown.{{Fn|5i}} ===Appearance===Defay was a tall, imposing figure clad in ornate armour with a long purple cloak. His facial features were usually concealed behind a blank cloth hood that gave him sharp angles and a terrifying look, with unsettling eyes glinting through the slits. When the mask was removed it revealed a curved and pale visage marked by a stern expression, but one that wasn't without a certain warmth according to some who met him.{{Fn|2}} ===Character===Unlike the picture many [[Imperial citizen]]s may have of Inquisitors, Defay has shown a great degree of compassion and patience throughout his career. When painless ways were available to reach his goal, he would take them, even if it meant acceding to the requests of potential Heretics.{{Fn|2}} He often took the time to listen and take all perspectives into account in his search for the truth, taking great offense whenever a loyal servant of the [[Emperor]] was falsely accused or abused unjustly. This reckless gentleness didn't stop him from being a formidable warrior who has survived against desperate odds as the sole survivor. And when no more doubt existed in his mind, he had no qualm executing the guilty.{{Fn|4a}}
===Trivia===
====Conflicting sources====
*[[The Inquisition (Background Book)]]{{Fn|3}} and [[Inquisitor Ascendant (Graphic Novel Series)]]{{Fn|4a}} call Defay an [[Inquisitor Lord]] of the [[Ordo Hereticus]] and an Inquisitor of the [[Ordo Malleus]] respectively. Defay calls himself an Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus to Gravier{{Fn|5g}}.
====Canceled Third Volume====
*The '''Post-mortem''' chapter of [[Inquisitor Ascendant (Graphic Novel Series)|Inquisitor Ascendant Book Two]], published in [[Warhammer Monthly 76]], includes a teaser for the tale of [[Inquisitor]] [[Gravier]] in an upcoming "Inquisitor Ascendant Book III" – a volume which, to date, has not been realized. It is possible that this continued story would have touched upon the fate of the [[Heretic]] Defay.{{Fn|5i}}
===See also===
