Stalia von Dressen
Stalia von Dressen was an Inquisitor who in M35 led resistance against Horusian factions within the Inquisition. Originally accepted into the Inquisition by Inquisitor Lord Phoran, she was tutored by her mentor in the beliefs of Promeus and the dire threat represented by the Horusians. Abandoning her normal Inquisitorial duties, von Dressen embarked upon a lifetime of traveling and making as many connections with the most revered Inquisitors as possible. Eventually, she became highly respected in the Inquisition to the point of being allowed to conduct research on Promean resurrectionist ideology with Lord Inquisitor Ardlan Baigdan on Terra.[1]
Eventually, the two spent twenty years in Terra's archives and upon finding the Book of Promeus, saw the truth behind the original schism between Promeus and Moriana and came to the conclusion that resurrection was a fool's errand. Now one hundred and twenty years old, she led a vicious purge against resurrectionists within the Inquisition that saw pro-resurrection sentiment all but eliminated until the rise of Sebastian Thor after the Age of Apostasy.[1]
Source
- 1: Thorian Faction Sourcebook (Saved archive page, dated July 2013, last accessed 9 September 2015), pgs. 7–9
