The Relentless Pursuit of Karamazov: The Emperor’s Unyielding Servant
Welcome back, dear readers, to the next installment in our multi-part series on the relentless and uncompromising servants of the God Emperor. Today, we delve into the nearly two centuries long career of one of the most ruthless Inquisitors, Fyodor Karamazov. This man’s legend has seared its way across the galaxy, from Salem Proa to Ultima Macaria, from Baka to Sepra Mundi, leaving a trail of purged heresy in its wake.
Karamazov’s tale is not for the faint of heart. A fervent servant of the Emperor, he is a dark legend, known for his unwavering belief in the Emperor’s divine plan for humanity. His life’s work revolved around ensuring no one, human or xenos, Inquisitor or demon, interfered with this divine plan. It was a task many Inquisitors would find impossible, but Karamazov’s unshakeable confidence in his abilities and in the Emperor’s design meant he never doubted his actions.
In a world where many Inquisitors prefer to act in secret, revealing themselves only in times of extreme necessity, Karamazov stood apart. He acted openly, whether on crusade or presiding over a trial of heretics. A devout Amalan, Karamazov was a stern judge, tolerating no claims of innocence. He once boasted of having sent more witches and heretics to their deaths than Lord Solar Macarius.
Rising through the ranks of the Ordo Hereticus over decades, Karamazov surrounded himself with the most fervent Puritans within the Inquisition. His actions were celebrated for their strict adherence to the Imperial Creed. Yet, critics within the Inquisition pointed to his inflexibility, asserting he sent thousands of innocent lives to their deaths. The Lord Inquisitor’s famous response? “Innocence proves nothing and merely demonstrates foolish recklessness.”
The court of Karamazov was a place where mercy, pardon, or any form of sentence mitigation was alien. Even genuine innocence offered no hope for a verdict fair in the accused’s eyes. The Lord Inquisitor brooked no tolerance for those who appeared guilty but were in fact innocent of the crimes they were accused of. In Karamazov’s eyes, they were guilty of wasting his precious time and would be unhesitatingly sent to the purging pyres alongside murderers, traitors, and heretics.
During the Abrean Purges in the year 930 of the 41st Millennium, Karamazov was elevated to the rank of Lord Inquisitor. With this promotion, he was gifted a mighty Throne of Judgment, a symbol of his authority and prestige. Despite his well-known reputation as a merciless witch hunter throughout the Segmentum Solar, he further cemented it when he quelled a rebellion on the world of Salem Proctor in the year 945 of the 41st Millennium.
This world had betrayed the Emperor. Its Governor, a renegade Ecclesiarch drunk on power, began persecuting all who dared to question him. Karamazov, learning of this, assembled a fleet and called upon two orders of the Adepta Sororitas to overthrow the Cardinal. Upon arrival, he found the world had already risen in rebellion against its treacherous ruler.
As we delve deeper into the life of Karamazov, we’ll look at his encounter with a young preacher named Aariel, who led the uprising against the treacherous ruler of Salem Proctor. Stay tuned as we explore how Karamazov’s relentless pursuit of justice put him at odds with other Inquisitors and Ecclesiarchy members, and how his uncompromising nature ultimately led him to declare Aariel a false prophet.
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