Ozymandias
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create further world building on the brutality of the First Legion.
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Role:
The Inquisituræ are the political officers, ideological watchdogs, and death-dealing priests of the First Legion. They do not fight the enemies of the Empire—they fight the enemies within. Every soldier, every commander, and even Sith Lords must tread carefully when an Inquisitor is near. For the Inquisituræ speak with the authority of Eternalism, of Empyrean's word, and of the Doctrine of Ascension—and their word is often the last thing a heretic hears.
They root out cowardice, disloyalty, hesitation, moral softness, or philosophical deviation. Even suspicion is cause for retribution.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Unit Name: The Inquisituræ
Affiliation:
The Inquisituræ are loyal exclusively to Darth Empyrean, the First Legion, and the Doctrine of Eternalism. They serve as agents of ideological enforcement and spiritual discipline, reporting only to:
- Darth Empyrean, the Flesh of the Sithari Spirit
- The High Doctrinal Council of Eternalism
- The inner sanctum of the First Legion Command Structure
They hold no allegiance to any commander, general, or Sith Lord outside of Empyrean's theological authority. Even high-ranking officers and Lords tread carefully around them, for the Inquisituræ are not beholden to military command—they are enforcers of metaphysical truth, not chain-of-command obedience.
Classification:
Political Officers / Religious Enforcers / Internal Security
The Inquisituræ are best classified as a hybrid of:
- Political Officers – enforcing ideological conformity and loyalty through observation, punishment, and summary execution.
- Religious Commissars – delivering sermons, leading Eternalist rites, and preaching the word of Darth Empyrean as divine law.
- Internal Security Operatives – acting as embedded judges and executioners, ensuring the integrity of the First Legion from within.
Description:
The Inquisituræ are the grim, ever-watching eyes of Darth Empyrean within the First Legion—zealots in doctrine, executioners in function, and prophets in tone. They walk among the Legion not as comrades, but as spiritual auditors and ideological predators, sniffing out heresy, doubt, and weakness before it can spread like rot.
Appearance:
- Cloaked in crimson-black robes layered over armored scripture-plates etched with Eternalist doctrine.
- Faces often obscured by bone-white masks, ritual veils, or facial scarring/tattoos—some have their eyes or mouths permanently sealed and rely on Force sight or voice implants.
- Each Inquisitor bears a ritual codex, execution rod, or brand of judgment, used to declare sentences or incinerate traitors.
- Many adorn their uniforms with trophies of judgment: teeth, dog tags, flayed skin-scriptures, or relics from purged heretics.
A serrated downward-pointing sword, crossing a burning eye wreathed in runic flame. The sword represents judgment. The eye, vigilance. The flame, doctrinal purity through fire.
Mindset and Behavior:
- Fanatically loyal to Eternalism and Empyrean's Word.
- View mercy, hesitation, or doubt as viruses—spiritual failings that must be cauterized.
- Speak in sermon-like cadence, often quoting from the Litany of Ascension or the Worm Gospel.
- Regularly perform public punishments to reinforce discipline and fear.
- Treat even high-ranking Sith with polite suspicion—they trust no one fully except Empyrean himself.
COMBAT INFORMATION:
Unit Size: Small
Each Inquisituræ unit consists of 1 to 3 individuals, rarely more. Their role is targeted, specialized, and deeply psychological—meant to observe, correct, or punish—not to engage in open combat or operate as conventional squads.
One Inquisitor is often enough to silence an entire regiment, and more than three in a single unit is considered either an extreme disciplinary measure or a sign of a deeply infected command structure.
They are few—but their presence echoes louder than battalions.
Unit Availability: Rare
The Inquisituræ are Rare, with only a limited number trained and authorized to carry out the doctrinal enforcement of Eternalism and internal purging within the First Legion. Each is selected for their unwavering ideological loyalty, rhetorical brilliance, and ruthless detachment—followed by long months or years of doctrinal conditioning and, in some cases, alchemical enhancement.
Replacing a fallen Inquisitor is difficult and time-consuming, and only a handful are in active deployment at any given time—just enough to maintain the fear they are known for.
Unit Experience: Elite
The Inquisituræ are among the most experienced and disciplined operatives within the First Legion. Their training blends philosophical indoctrination, rhetorical warfare, psychological manipulation, and ritual combat, producing individuals who are masters of control—both of others and themselves.
Most have presided over multiple purges, survived assassination attempts by traitorous officers, and delivered sermons on battlefields still soaked in blood. They do not falter, they do not hesitate, and they do not die easily. Elite, not in numbers—but in fear, in presence, and in the perfection of their role.
Equipment:
The Inquisituræ are not frontline combatants, but their tools are no less deadly—each piece a symbol of judgment, zealotry, and absolute control. Their equipment is designed to intimidate, execute, and sanctify through fear and ritual.
1. Plasma Executrix Rod
- A double-length, staff-like weapon capable of delivering high-energy, focused plasma bursts at short range.
- Used for public executions, ritual killings, and enhanced interrogations.
- Often inscribed with runes or kill-tallies burned into the metal.
- A wrist-mounted data-slab or scrollbound tome containing:
- Eternalist scripture
- Execution authorizations
- Behavioral markers of disloyalty
- Real-time updates from the Doctrinal Council
- Used to justify punishments mid-battle or mark entire squads for purge.
- Vocal modulation system that distorts the Inquisitor's voice into a multi-tonal echo.
- Used for battlefield sermons, public denunciations, and ritual speech.
- Designed to inspire awe, fear, and silence.
- Heavy armorweave overlaid with metal scripture plates etched in doctrinal text and Eternalist litanies.
- Not fully combat-rated, but provides significant protection from shrapnel, sidearms, and symbolic defilement.
- A ritual searing tool used to mark heretics, seal confessions, or ignite executions.
- It can cauterize wounds… or souls.
- A needle-tipped writing instrument used to write verdicts, record sins, or mark death warrants—in the blood of the condemned.
- Some Inquisitors wear them like pendants, others keep them holstered alongside their weapon.
- When deployed into battle, Inquisitors travel in sealed black pods, carried by walkers or dropships.
- The pods bear warning sigils and Eternalist banners, signaling that judgment rides within.
The Inquisituræ serve as ideological enforcers and spiritual overseers within the First Legion—not frontline soldiers, but a constant and oppressive presence woven throughout every command structure. Their purpose is not to win the battle against the enemy—but to ensure that the First Legion never loses to itself.
Primary Functions:
1. Internal Discipline & Enforcement
- Monitor units for signs of:
- Cowardice
- Hesitation
- Defeatist speech
- Subversion of Eternalist doctrine
- Issue immediate judgment through public execution, flogging, or ritual branding.
- Keep morale through fear and faith—where hope fails, zeal is enforced.
- Deliver pre-battle sermons extolling Eternalism and Darth Empyrean's divine mandate.
- Lead post-battle purification rituals to "cleanse the soul" of survivors and burn away the spiritual stain of doubt.
- Enforce faith inspections, interrogating troops who appear shaken or uncertain.
- Have authority to override or remove commanding officers who violate the Doctrine of Ascension or commit strategic heresies (such as retreat without cause).
- Can strip command from Sith Lords if proven disloyal to Empyrean's vision.
- Issue Field Purge Warrants against entire squads if ideological rot is deemed irreversible.
- Appear suddenly and without warning.
- Speak in calm, ritualistic tones—sermons often double as warnings.
- Walk the battlefield after the smoke clears, identifying survivors who should not have survived.
- Rarely intervene in active combat unless their personal safety is threatened or a heretic is in reach.
- Embedded within squads and battalions, but do not report to commanding officers.
- Maintain direct contact with the Doctrinal Council and Darth Empyrean's inner sanctum.
- Work closely with:
- The Votariate – to assist in ritual executions or mass fear manipulation.
- Handlers – who report suspicious behavior and ensure cooperation.
- Require no logistical support, but often travel with a scribe, banner acolyte, or security detail when visiting high-command formations.
- Their presence alone is their power—they are the support that holds ideological cohesion intact through faith, dread, and fire.
Force Abilities (Force User Units Only):
1. Force Sense (Enhanced)
- Used to detect doubt, deception, and fear in others.
- Can "feel" disloyalty before it is spoken—used during interrogations and sermons.
- Delve into memories and beliefs to extract confessions or uncover heretical thoughts.
- Often used on prisoners, but not uncommonly on loyal troops to verify ideological compliance.
- Emanate an oppressive spiritual pressure that unnerves, weakens, or breaks those around them.
- Especially effective when paired with sermons or executions to suppress rebellion.
4. Doctrinal Binding
- A metaphysical "branding" technique that marks individuals with an invisible sigil of judgment.
- Those branded suffer nightmares, cold sweats, and guilt hallucinations until they confess or are purged.
- Used to mark suspects for future execution or spiritual unraveling.
- A spoken phrase in an ancient Sith dialect that paralyzes or silences a target mid-sentence.
- Often used to cut off treasonous speech, disrupt panic, or stop prayers to false gods.
- Rarely taught—even among Inquisitors.
- Upon executing a heretic, the Force-sensitive Inquisitor may imprint the death into the psychic landscape—causing those nearby to experience the emotional trauma of the execution as if they lived it.
- Used to deter future heresy or incite mass confessions.
Strengths:
- Absolute Ideological Control: The Inquisituræ ensure total loyalty and obedience within the First Legion, eliminating weakness, cowardice, and heresy before it can take root, making the Legion more disciplined and fear-hardened than conventional forces.
- Psychological Warfare Specialists: Their mere presence can shatter morale, enforce silence, and terrify both allies and enemies alike through sermons, executions, and fear-based Force techniques.
- Feared by Their Own Troops: Their oppressive methods often breed resentment and paranoia within the ranks, leading to morale degradation, insubordination, or even assassination attempts from those they oversee.
- Non-Combat Specialists: While dangerous in close quarters or through ritual Force use, most Inquisituræ lack frontline combat training or large-scale tactical utility, requiring protection in high-intensity engagements.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Inquisituræ were formed in the early reign of Darth Empyrean, following a series of mass insubordination events during the consolidation of the First Legion. After a particularly devastating incident—known in whispered records as the "Whispers of Heliox", where an entire battalion refused to charge and instead surrendered to Jedi forces—Empyrean declared that weakness, doubt, and heresy would no longer be treated as battlefield liabilities, but as spiritual diseases to be purged.
He summoned a cadre of his most devout priest-commanders, Eternalist philosophers, and broken acolytes who had survived the crucible of doctrinal cleansing. Through intense indoctrination, surgical modification, and in some cases alchemical austerity rites, the first Inquisitors were born. These earliest members, known as the Scar-Tongued Circle, established the methods still used today: fear, surveillance, public execution, and psychic torment as tools of salvation.
Notable Events and Battles:
- The Purge of Heliox (Founding Event): After the fall of Heliox, the newly formed Inquisituræ executed over 700 soldiers and 4 commanding officers in one night. The First Legion's loyalty has never faltered since.
- The Battle of Varnis Reach: During a month-long siege, morale among the Legion began to collapse. Three Inquisitors embedded with the frontline executed a rotating squad every morning at sunrise—by the third week, the Legion charged through enemy lines screaming Eternalist prayers, overwhelming an entrenched Jedi outpost.
- The Silent Convocation (Internal Purge): A high-ranking general of the First Legion attempted to introduce strategic flexibility that bordered on doctrinal deviation. The Inquisituræ, without warning, decapitated his command structure and replaced him with a compliant officer—without firing a single shot in open war.
The Inquisituræ are not centrally garrisoned—they are kept in deep-sealed sanctums aboard capital vessels, Eternalist monasteries, or aboard Obsidian Conviction Barges, where they await summons or descend unannounced upon units in need of judgment.
Their deployment is randomized and unpredictable by design, ensuring no one ever feels safe from their watchful presence.
They are the knife in the dark behind the Legion's back, the whisper of doctrine, the silence after a heretic's last breath. And they are always watching.
