Horosa Barnabas
Inquisitor Horosa Barnabas was always fond of bold gestures and cut an impressive figure to the masses, very much fulfilling the most common conceptions of what an Inquisitor should be. His sweeping pogroms were always a terror among the noble classes, and that gave him a good deal of popularity with the workers. However, not all of his exploits over four centuries of service reflect well on him. The current generations of servants in the Tower of Brass, for example, are mainly descended from the Family Longsorrow, former prisoners trapped in bureaucratic limbo once they were exonerated by evidence uncovered after his death.[1]
Another mark against him was the trail of lost artefacts and botched missions that followed him and his retinue. They were so dismal and persistent that some suspected a cunningly-hidden secret agenda was being played out. If so, it was being done beneath the very noses of the Ordo Xenos and surely with the collusion of many of their most highly placed members. In truth, evidence has come to light that Inquisitor Barnabas was under some kind of alien influence, at least during the latter parts of his career. Those who know of this can do little with the information, for Barnabas was killed by the Eldar on the planet Andronicus. Soon after his death, the majority of Barnabas's contributions to the Ordo's knowledge were sealed away on Watch Fortress Erioch, inside quarantine zones allegedly too dangerous and toxic to approach.[1]
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- 1: Deathwatch: Rites of Battle, pg. 238
