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{{citeQuoteBox|quote = '''''All my life I have had a reputation for being cold, unfeeling. Some have called me heartless, ruthless, even cruel. I am not. I am not beyond emotional response or compassion. But I possess - and my masters count this as perhaps my paramount virtue - a singular force of will. Throughout my career it has served me well to draw on this facility and steel myself, unflinching, at all that this wretched galaxy can throw at me. To feel pain or fear or grief is to allow myself a luxury I cannot afford.'''''<br>''[[Gregor Eisenhorn]], 240.[[M41]]{{Fn|1b}}|}}<br clear=all>[[Image:youngEisenhorn.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Inquisitor Eisenhorn before the end of the Pontius affair]]'''Gregor Eisenhorn''' is an was a renowned [[Inquisitor]] of the [[Ordo Xenos]], active during the third and fourth centuries of [[M41]].
Initially a [[Puritan]] of the [[Amalathian]] faction{{Fn|1b}}, Eisenhorn's ideology would alter over the course of his career so dramatically towards [[Radical]] [[Xanthism]] that other members of the [[Inquisition]] would consider him possibly [[hereticheretical]]al. Indeed, Eisenhorn has officially been considered a rogue agent at least twice in his Inquisitorial career, only to be proved righteous both times.{{Fn|3x}}{{Fn|4x}}
==History==
===Sameter===The following year, 241.M41, Eisenhorn investigated apparent ritual murders on the world of [[Sameter]], at first believing the killings to be the work of some chaotic cult. Soon, however, it was revealed that the culprits were ex-soldiers of the [[Imperial Guard]]. These former soldiers of the [[Sameter 9th Infantry]] had been driven mad by the horrors they had faced in war, and were ritually killing regular citizens. Backed up by the local [[Adeptus Arbites]], Eisenhorn managed to corner and eliminate the fanatics in an abandoned and decaying building. During the resultant firefight Eisenhorn lost his left hand to an experienced former-sharpshooter. He was offered a prosthetic but declined, making do with a fused stump until he could have a vat-grown hand grafted on two years later.{{Fn|2}}
=== Quixos ===In 312.M41, Eisenhorn's best friend, [[Midas Betancore]] was killed by the heretic [[Fayde Thuring ]] during an investigation. Thuring escaped, and Eisenhorn promised to keep a watchful eye on Midas' infant daughter, [[Medea Betancore|Medea]]. Years later, when she came of age, she would follow the path of her father and join the retinue of Inquisitor Eisenhorn as his pilot.{{Fn|3}}[[Image:oldEisenhorn.jpg|right|thumb|Inquisitor Eisenhorn after the Pontius affair]]
26 years later, in 338.M41, Eisenhorn began the investigation that he would become most known for; the elimination of the heretic Inquisitor [[Quixos]]. The investigation took place in the aftermath of the disaster of the [[Thracian Primaris]] Triumph (where Eisenhorn's Interrogator, [[Gideon Ravenor]], was horrifically injured), an atrocity that appeared to have been engineered to free several [[The Assignment|alpha-plus class]] rogue [[psykers]]. {{Fn|3}}
Eisenhorn's investigation took him to the world of Eechan, where, posing as [[mutants]], he and his team discovered that there was Inquisitorial collusion in the scheme that freed the psykers. Inquisitor [[Lyko ]] was discovered in the company of the daemonhost, Cherubael. Taken aback by the reappearance of Cherubael, Eisenhorn focussed focused his investigations upon the creature. This led him to [[Cadia]], where he discovered another daemonhost, [[Prophaniti]], and ties between these daemonhosts and the missing radical Inquisitor Quixos. However, Eisenhorn's investigation was sidelined for some time by his arrest by Inquisitor [[Osma]] for consorting with [[daemons]]. Escaping, he was declared outcast and forced to operate as a rogue for the remainder of the investigation. Eisenhorn sojurned with his associate Magos Bure on the world of [[Cinchare]] for some time, where he conferred with his prisoner, Pontius Glaw. During this period he defeated a Chaos cult that existed on the world and gained master-crafted [[Force Weapons]].[[Image:oldEisenhorn.jpg{{Fn|left|thumb|Inquisitor Eisenhorn after the Pontius affair]]Eisenhorn next assembled a small strike group of three other Inquisitors, and acting in concert with them tracked down and confronted Quixos. Eisenhorn himself was the one who killed Quixos, recovered his heretical book, the Malus Codicium, and banished both Prophaniti and Cherubael. He was cleared of all charges against him at the conclusion of the investigation.3}}
Shortly afterwards Eisenhorn was the victim of a carefully planned attack orchestrated by Pontius Glaw, who had escaped captivity and decided to punish and torment his captors. Almost every facet of Eisenhorn's life was brought crashing down around him, including his career, as he was once again declared an outcast by Inquisitors Osma and [[Heldane]]. His organisation shattered, his own body broken and much of his retinue dead, Eisenhorn was eventually able to call on the aid of his once-pupil, Gideon Ravenor, who was now a full Inquisitor. With Ravenor's assistance, Eisenhorn was able to track Pontius down and eliminate him for good. However, the Pontius affair did more than deplete Eisenhorn's physical resources, it also finally broke down his resistance to employing radical methods - he began to travel with Cherubael as his constant companion.{{Fn|4}} Eisenhorn largely dropped out of sight after the Pontius affair, despite his outcast status apparently being rescinded once again. He has reappeared for only brief moments in the years following, to recruit new retainers or confer with past associates, such as warning Gideon Ravenor about the intentions of the cult known as the [[Divine Fratery]]. {{Fn|5}} Later members of the cult discuss Eisenhorn and it is suggested that he may have been killed fighting their followers, as he was inside a building that they bombed, and Eisenhorn subsequently vanished from their foresight. The truth of this can be disputed. <sup>1</sup>{{Fn|5}}
==Appearance and Abilities==
[[Image:Gregor_Eisenhorn.jpg|leftright|thumb|Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn]]A [[psyker]], Eisenhorn possesses considerable natural willpower and resolve, which combined with his pool of psychic power, makes him a potent telepath. He normally channels his psychic talent through his voice, compelling people to follow his instructions. He can focus this talent upon distinct individuals in a crowd, or upon many people at once. {{Cite This}}
The most obvious physical attribute of Inquisitor Eisenhorn is his crude augmentic assist system, which can be seen projecting from the back of his head and encasing his lower limbs. This implantion was done in a hurry near the end of the Pontius affair and appeared to both be permanent and sub-par. The augmetic rig allows him reasonable movement, but he has taken to using a swordstick to aid balance. Several centuries old, Eisenhorn only looks roughly middle-aged to the casual observer; his aging process has been retarded by Inquisitorial [[juvenat ]] treatments.{{Cite This}} The torture inflicted by Gorgone Locke resulted in the permanent destruction of many of the nerves in Eisenhorn's face. As a result, he has limited facial expressions and movement and notably can no longer smile- though he conceded to himself that this was no great change. {{Fn|1}} Clean-shaven and dark-haired, Eisenhorn was forced to permanently shave his head when accepting his augmetic system. He normally wears sober suits of dark greys or blacks under long blue or black high-collared coats.{{Cite This}} Underneath the coat could once be found his sword, sheathed at his hip. It is now fashioned into a sword-stick, with the scabbard forming a walking-cane. Also under his coat is the chest-rig for his sidearm, normally holstered under his left shoulder. His Inquisitorial rosette is normally placed in an inside pocket. While Eisenhorn typically plays down his Inquisitorial station, he occasionally chooses to proudly display the full majesty of his office. In such circumstances he dresses more ornately and colourfully, if still in the same basic pattern of suit and long coat. His Inquisitorial rosette is then pinned to the front of his jacket, alongside other symbols and distinctions he is eligible to wear.{{Cite This}} Eisenhorn and his retinue also employed their own personal form of coded language, named '''Glossia'''. The basic format was created by Eisenhorn when he was 32 years of age, but it grew organically with use over the years, with several of his employees contributing to its form.{{Fn|1}} ===Armaments===In the early part of his career, Eisenhorn carried a [[power sword]] of unusual design; instead of having a conventional metal blade as the focus of its energy-field, the blade was itself made of pure energy. This antique, graceful and deadly blade had been blessed by the [[Provost of Inx]]. In contrast to this priceless weapon, his standard sidearm during most of the same period was a cheap [[Imperial Navy|Naval]]-pattern [[Scipio]] [[stub-pistol]] that had been crudely gang-marked by [[Lores Vibben]], an ex-ganger employed by Eisenhorn as his bodyguard and personal aide. The grips had been replaced with ivory, upon which was etched an entwined skull and rose; droplets of blood from the rose thorns were represented by inlaid carmine gems.{{Fn|1}} Eisenhorn was initially rather embarrassed by this customisation to his pistol, but later realised that he was being honoured by Vibben's marking of his weapon in her gang-colours. When Vibben was killed by agents of Murdin Eyclone, Eisenhorn made sure to use the pistol she had altered to execute Eyclone. It was then buried with her.{{Fn|1}}
[[Image:EisenhornMiniature.jpg|right|thumb|Inquisitor Eisenhorn]]
==Retinue==
[[Image:EisenhornMini.jpg|thumb|right|220px|2018 Eisenhorn miniature]]
Inquisitor Eisenhorn created a considerable organisation during the first part of his career, starting out with a bare handful of hired hands and eventually employing dozens of retainers, including the [[Distaff]], a group of psychic [[Blanks]]. This world-spanning organisation was destroyed by the machinations of Pontius Glaw, who also ensured the deaths of most of Eisenhorn's retinue. With Eisenhorn missing at the end of the Pontius case, his surviving followers became part of the retinue of Inquisitor Ravenor. Eisenhorn largely avoided acquiring servants other than Cherubael for some time, but eventually began assembling a small retinue around himself once more. His notable employees and associates are listed below:
*[[Kara Swole]] (Warrior)
*[[Lores Vibben]] (Bodyguard)
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: ''[[Xenos (Novel)]] - [[Eisenhorn (Omnibus)]]**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter One, pg. 7**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter One, pgs. 19-22**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter Two, pg. 28**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter Three, pg. 40**{{Endn|1e}}: Chapter Four, pgs. 51-52**{{Endn|1f}}: Chapter Five, pgs. 57-58**{{Endn|1g}}: Chapter Ten, pgs. 99-108**{{Endn|1h}}: Chapter Eleven, pgs. 110-113**{{Endn|1i}}: Chapter Eleven, pgs. 121-123**{{Endn|1j}}: Chapter Twelve, pgs. 124-126**{{Endn|1k}}: Chapter Sixteen, pgs. 163-166*{{Endn|2}}: [[Missing in Action (Short Story)]]*{{Endn|3}}: [[Malleus (Novel)]]**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter One, pg. 274**{{Endn|3x}}: {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|4}}: [[Hereticus (Novel)]]**{{Endn|4x}}: {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|5}}: [[Thorn Wishes Talon (Short Story)]]'' by *{{Endn|6}}: [[Dan AbnettThe Strange Demise of Titus Endor (Short Story)]]
===Uncited===
*[[Inquisitor Annual 2004]]
*[[Inquisitor Rulebook]]
* [[The Inquisition (Background Book)]] ==Related Publications==*[[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]]
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==See Also==
*[[Eisenhorn (Novel Series)]]
*[[Eisenhorn Television Series]]