The Triangle of Power: The Inquisitor’s Guild, the Noble Houses and the Sisters of the Path
In the vast and gloomy expanse of the Human Sphere, three powers intertwine their destinies with the implacability of the cosmic cycles: the Inquisitor’s Guild, the Noble Houses and the Sisters of the Path. Their history, written in the blood of fallen empires and the steel of ancient crusades, is a testament to the weight of tradition and the heat of the struggle for the supremacy of Purity.
Eras and Chronology of Purity
- 0 AD – End of the Axia Solar War and the beginning of human expansion towards the Oort Cloud.
- 3100 AD – Foundation of the Inquisitors’ Guild.
- 3150 AD – Foundation of the Sisters of the Way.
- 12,000 AD – Foundation of the Third Empire, known as the Old Empire, governing over a million worlds.
- 16,000 AD – Beginning of the imperial crisis.
- 18,000 DA (0 ADVI) – Fall of the Old Empire, marking the beginning of the Age of Purity
- 311 ADVI – Beginning of the novels of The Purity.
The Inquisitor Brotherhood: Guardians of an Ancient Dogma
Forged in the anvil of despair after the fall of the Old Empire, the Inquisitor Brotherhood emerged as an elite order devoted to preserving the Purity of humanity. More than mere warriors, they were titans transfigured by genetic science and the doctrine of an absolute order. Separated from childhood, transformed into war machines, the Inquisitors were no ordinary men, but creatures of unbreakable will, immune to time and mercy.
However, the decline of the empire that sustained them left the Brotherhood without the vast resources necessary to maintain its titanic structure. As their numbers dwindled, the threat of extinction loomed over them, for without the Elixir that strengthened them, each fallen Inquisitor was one step closer to nothingness. It was in this era of crisis that the relationship with the Noble Houses and the Sisters of the Path became not only vital, but inevitable.
The Noble Houses: Heirs to Lost Glory
On the remains of the Old Empire, the Noble Houses raised their domains as lords of stellar fiefdoms. With their own armies and war fleets, these lineages became the new aristocracy of the Sphere, although their power was far from absolute. Divided by intrigue and betrayal, each house fought for supremacy over its peers, a struggle in which the Inquisitor’s Guild and the Sisters of the Path became allies and strategic rivals.
Inquisitorial weapons, such as the legendary Marauder, made exclusively for the Guild, were an invaluable bargaining chip. Although the Marauder’s Guild had begun to sell weakened versions of these weapons to the troops of the Noble Houses, only the Inquisitors possessed the most devastating weaponry. In turn, the Noble Houses depended on the Genetic Sanctuaries of the Sisters of the Road to keep their bloodlines free of disease and ensure the longevity of their heirs.
The Sisters of the Road: Guardians of Life and the Secret of the Renaissance
If the Brotherhood of Inquisitors was the hammer that punished corruption, the Sisters of the Road were the balm that ensured the continuity of humanity. Their Genetic Sanctuaries, scattered across the galaxy, were the only source of the knowledge necessary to heal, restore and, most importantly, alter the new Inquisitor candidates.
However, the Sisters of the Road were not merely healers. The politics within their organization were as ruthless as those of any nobility, and only the most cunning and ruthless rose to the position of High Priestess. The Inquisitor’s Guild depended on them, but this dependence was mutual: without the inquisitorial resources and the influence of the Noble Houses, the Brotherhood would have perished centuries ago.
The Fracture of the Old Alliance
For millennia, these three forces coexisted in a delicate balance. However, the growing scarcity of Elixir and the slow erosion of the Dogma of Purity began to break the alliance. Many noble houses began to distance themselves from the Brotherhood, while the Sisters of the Way, pressured by the crisis, began to prioritize the nobles over the inquisitors. This fracture not only endangered the Brotherhood, but threatened to plunge the entire Human Sphere into chaos.
In this scenario, figures such as Samael and Faruk emerged as symbols of the fight for the survival of the Brotherhood. Samael, the Heretic, viewed the decline pragmatically, believing that the only way to save humanity was to adapt. Faruk, on the other hand, clung to the Dogma with the fury of a fanatic, ready to eliminate anyone who threatened the established order.
The Dawn of a New Era
The shadows of the end loomed over the Brotherhood, but there was still one last battle to be fought. As the Noble Houses wove their own webs of power and the Sisters of the Path calibrated their loyalties, the Inquisitors prepared for a final war. If Purity was to be preserved, perhaps the price would be the blood of those who had once been their allies.
Would the Brotherhood rise from the ashes, or would its history come to an inevitable end? The fate of the Human Sphere hung in the balance, and the future of its three great powers was yet to be written.
