Every day of the year tens of thousands of promising telepaths are brought before the Golden Throne to be bonded to the God-Emperor. This soul-bonding is the culmination of a long journey that started with their arrest and interment aboard a Black Ship,… more »

Arbitrator-Auditor is the official title of the person appointed by the Imperium to go through a planet's tithe-books. It is the Adeptus Administratum that actually collects and counts the tithe, but the Auditor is always from the Adeptus Arbites, since… more »

The Ordo Hereticus – by far the biggest of the Ordos – hunt the enemy within. The Ordo Xenos watches the enemy without. Then there are the lesser Ordos – they watch other stuff – but they are hardly worthy of mention in this context. Lastly there is the… more »

It is said that the formation of the Inquisition was brought about by the direct order of the Emperor prior to Horus' assault on Terra. Malcador the Sigilite, the First Lord of Terra, summoned to him men of 'character, skill, and determination'. Never ag… more »