Inquisitor: The Thorians

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Inquisitor: The Thorians is a free sourcebook for the tabletop game Inquisitor. It develops the lore and provides rules for the Thorian faction within the Inquisition.^[1] It was published in 2005 as a free downloadable PDF file.^[3]

Inquisitor: The Thorians
Author(s)	Gav Thorpe[1]
Editor(s)	Games Workshop
Cover Artist	Andy Walsh[1]
Illustrator(s)	new artworks by Paul Jeacock[1]
Released	October 2005[3]

Description

This book details the background and history of the Thorian philosophy and those who follow it. Amongst other topics, the book focuses on the efforts of Promeus, a semi-legendary figure from the earliest days of the Imperium, and his desire to revive the Emperor of Mankind from his half-life existence on the Golden Throne. It traces his - and his followers the 'Promeans' - attempts to achieve their end and conflict with their allies and later rivals led by Moriana. After thousands of years, the two factions slowly disappear, but their history and achievements have paved the way for two new factions, the Thorians and the Horusians, to rise and seek out a new way to approach the divine nature of the Emperor.^[1]

The book details additional characters and how the followers of the Thorian philosophy interact with other Ordos of the Inquisition. It also provides additional weapons and powers to be used by the newly introduced Thorians.^[1]

Contents

• Introduction, pg. 1^[1]
• History of the Thorians, pg. 2^[1]
• The God Incarnate, pg. 4^[1]
• Thorian-related Factions, pg. 6^[1]
• Thorian Personalities, pg. 8^[1]
  • Antigonus Balorodin^[1]
  • Gotterich Valon^[1]
  • Umberco Eto^[1]
  • Cornelius Lavaslar Antrecht^[1]
  • Asaid Virenus^[1]
• Thorians within the Ordos, pg. 16^[1]
• How the Inquisition Operates, pg. 22^[1]
• Thorians in the Game, pg. 28^[1]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

In January 2005, it was announced in White Dwarf that a series of sourcebooks was to be released for the Inquisitor game, detailing the lore of various factions of the Inquisition, and The Thorian was to be the first of those sourcebooks.^[2] No other books in this series has been released as of 05/06/2024.

Sources

• 1 : Inquisitor: The Thorians, pg. 1
• 2 : White Dwarf 301 (UK), pg. 4
• 3 : White Dwarf 310 (UK), pg. 14

External Links

• Inquisitor: The Thorians downloadable PDF file from the archived version of the games-workshop.com website : Thorian Faction Sourcebook, (Saved archive page, dated July 2013, last accessed 9 September 2015)