Massimo Ricci
From Lexicanum
Massimo Ricci was an Inquisitor in the Helican Ordo Xenos. He was one of Lord Inquisitor Rorken's most valued and admired Inquisitors, and a likely successor for his position as a Master of the Ordo Xenos.
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History
Ricci was sent by Lord Rorken to Thessalon, a feudal world in the Helican sub-sector, to secretly meet with the outlawed Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn's cell in 343.M41. Eisenhorn had previously written to Lord Rorken about his venture to hunt down and kill the heretic Inquisitor Quixos to clear his name, but Rorken could not answer his request in person (as it would be political suicide for him) and so sent Ricci in his stead. Then, along with Inquisitors Commodus Voke, Raum Grumman, Titus Endor, and Eisenhorn, they tracked Quixos to Farness Beta and engaged his heretical forces. During the assault on Quixos' mountain stronghold Ferell Sidor, Ricci, Eisenhorn, and Grumman stumbled upon Quixos' secret collection of hundreds of psykers deep in the mountain. They were ambushed by Quixos, wielding the daemon-sword Kharnagar the Deathly and moving impossibly fast. Before they could react, Grumman was decapitated, and Ricci himself was split open down the length of his spine and fell choking on his own blood. Eisenhorn alone managed to kill Quixos in a furious sword duel.
Trivia
One of the libraries on Ricci's homeworld Hesperus was posthumously named in his honour.
