Inquisitor Tancred is a very reclusive individual; only communicating with the world indirectly through his prodigal-proxy, Interrogator Senioris Xerza. He has, on occasions, spoken directly to his Acolytes, though never in person – instead he speaks through Xerza, using her mouth to voice his words. This is very rare, however, reserved only of special occasions.

Tancred is very, very old. He arrived in Calixis Sector almost two centuries ago, but is known to have been active in Segmentum Tempestus before that (for how long is not know to the members of the Calixian Enclave – whatever records exist are safely locked away in the archives of the Tempestus Ordos).

Extreme age has sapped away most of his physical strength, but left his mind clear and strong. He is not really mobile as such, being completely tied to his Mechanicus life-support capsule. The exact location of his capsule is known only to Xerza, but its quite likely located somewhere on Scintilla.

Tancred is a very potent and subtle psyker; he was once classified as a Delta Grade, but that was many years ago. He is now a potent and experienced Alpha Grade. Indeed, he is something of an exception to the norm, for there are very few low-grade psykers who are able to hone their mediocre skills to such a degree as Tancred has. His talents run towards teleempathy (including the ability to create the focus for a 'gestalt' with other willing teleempaths) and teleprescience (Tancred spends much of his time seeking portents and omens, shifting through and endless amount of meaningless gibberish to find hidden truths).

Tancred is a Puritan/Thorian, but with extensive Radical/Polypsykana contacts. He would never condone something as vulgar as trying to effect the rebirth of the Emperor – that would be interfering with His Divine Plan. But Tancred believes both that He works through mortal agents and that He will eventually return to lead his people once more.