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[Ladislaus]

 

Inquisitor Caius Wroth looks... um, decidedly less-than-human (or perhaps more-than?). Can anyone--who is familiar with the Warhammer 40,000 Universe--comment on how an inquisitor can appear as pictured? Humans in the 40K Universe do seem to utilize a bit of cybernetic augmentation now-and-again, but this appears a bit extreme. (Or is this normal?)

[Killax]

Well much about the Inquisition can be found here:

 

http://warhammer40k....iki/Inquisition

 

A really short summery is that in order to join it there only has to be the utmost faith in the Emperor. In order to become an Inquisitor there also have to be latent Psyker powers present in the candidate. Something Wroth has.

 

- What I however guess is that Wroth in fact is human but because of battle, age and augmentation looks like an cybernetic-zombie as a result. This extreme is not uncommon however, the devotees of Mars (Adeptus Mechanicus) often are not something someone would call human despite being human-enough in order to work for the Imperium. 

 

Example:

 

 

Another long story short is that the Imperium has only one strickt rule about this kinds of augmentations and that is that the brain is kept human. There are some Warhammer (pre-pre-heresy) stories about AI gone very much wrong in their universen (think about the Terminator movies).

 

Another interesting side-character would be:

 

Glavius Wroth

 

Glavius Wroth is a staunch Amalathian, an outspoken champion of order and unity in the face of the manifold threats that the Imperium faces. Unaligned to a specific Ordo, Wroth is a powerful and experienced operator within the Ordos Calixis, well-connected to the pillars of Imperial order across the sector. However, he has arguably as many enemies as he has allies within the Holy Ordos and must maintain a careful balance in order to survive – chiefly through knowing far too many secrets to easily move against. Wroth is a tough and robust figure with a subtle mind and a blunt tongue. His bearing and manner give the impression of a no-nonsense Arbites Investigator, and this bluff exterior conceals much of his true depth and intellect. Little is known of Wroth's distant past or apprenticeship within the Inquisition, a state that he undoubtedly deliberately maintains, but his present reputation rests in no small part on the excoriation and execution for heresy of his fellow Inquisitor Eustis Ionfell and his network.

 

Note: Amalathian is not a race but rather a philosophy within the Inquisiton and Caius obviously isnt the same name as Glavius. Despite this he might have been the inspiration and as such is designed as a Neutral Inquisitor.  

[GlaiveGuy]

Given that Caius is neutral he is likely a radical inquisitor as they'd be likely to work with any faction to advance their own ends. The inhuman looking cybernetic enhancements lend some support for this.

[Asklepios]

I hear that he's a formidable psyker, who channels the Emperor's wrath to his own ends.

 

 

 

Generally speaking, FFG has created brand new characters for all non-Warlord Unique units. This is a good thing, I think, as it means that any named characters from the wargame can always become Warlords at a later date.

[Saiser]

The original artwork was for an Inquisitor Herrod from the Dead Stars adventure for Dark Heresy, one of FFG's 40K tabletop RPGs. In the context of that story, Inquisitor Herrod was an extremely famous and renowned Inquisitor that was eventually horribly murdered... unwilling to see him die, secret allies and devotees in the Mechanicus and Inquisition had him 'resurrected' from what very little they could recover of him. All that is really left of him in that picture is a part of his brain, and a death-mask of yellow flesh pulled over steel that serves as his 'face', his voice generated from phonic recordings of Herrod when he was properly alive. Absolutely everything else is an incredibly extensive cybernetic frame and reconstruction. He is... not the Herrod of old, not at all, not even close, only the barest semblance of humanity or the person he once was remains of him.

This is in keeping with something brought up in a different supplement for Dark Heresy, the concept of Cybernetic Resurrection. Extremely rare, due to being incredibly expensive and requiring select and secret techniques of the Mechanicus, and requiring something left to save, extremely wealthy and well-connected people can be saved from death by having effectively their entire bodies and what is required of their brain replaced by cybernetics, but it pretty much always has... dark results. Insanity is pretty much a given, as is the person only being a shadow, a distorted reflection or remnant of what they once were.

So I would imagine that this Inquisitor Caius Wroth has gone through a similar process. Given that he's Neutral, it seems clear to me he's intended he's meant to be a creepy Radical Inquisitor, as mentioned, willing to work with anybody in order to advance his agenda... whatever that may be.

[Killax]

Thanks for the additional info Saiser! It really helps considering the art and I was not aware of it being used before. In that case I think FFG decided to go for looks they allready had and where inspired by the name allready partially given to an 'extreme' Inquisitor by GW.