| abstract | - Ivixia was recruited from one of the Schola Progenium on Alena-Mora. She was the daughter of the Imperial Guard Colonel Dannica whose regiment had been seconded to service with Inquisitor Grainne of the Ordo Hereticus during his Examinations into the Cardinal of Alena-Mora during the Sargossa Schism. The lengthy nature of this examination, in which tens of thousands were called to account necessitated whole swathes of the Cardinal's congregation be put under armed quarantine. Following the successful persecution of the Cardinal for his apostate teachings and the prescribed punishment of both him and his world, Colonel Dannica's regiment were granted feudal rights over the ashes of this world. Ivixia learned the dangers of apostasy and the solemn duty of an Imperial servant, that not even death could end, at her father's knee. She was the most faithful in her devotions to the Emperor and the Ecclesiarchy of all her fellow pupils. The tales of executed Cardinal's wickedness filled her with a righteous loathing of all things heretical and evil. Such was her fervour in this pious hatred that many believed she would take her vows and become a member of one of the militant orders of the Adepta Sororitas. But such was not to be. On Ivixia's eighteenth birthday, Inquisitor Covenent appeared at her family's estate and demanded to see the young girl. The Colonel obeyed the mysterious robed figure and allowed him to speak with his daughter. Covenant was convinced that Ivixia would make an ideal recruit for his retinue and began subjecting her to a lengthy series of ordeals to prove her spiritual purity and physical suitability. Ivixia passed each one with ease, but as she continued with the tests, an act of base treachery reaching back to the examination of Inquisitor Grainne was to come to fruition. The roots of heresy run deep and it is rightly said that the weed of corruption can fester even in the purest soil. There had been those who had escaped the initial purges of Colonel Dannica's regiment had clandestinely continued following the apostate teachings of the planet's formal ruler. A network of daemon-hunting cults existed throughout the planet, slowly gathering power until such time as they were ready to avenge their master and regain control of their world. As Ivixia's tests continued, the Chaos Cultists struck at the one man on Alena-Mora who symbolised their defeat and who they held responsible for the death of their leader: Colonel Dannica. Infernal pacts were formed, blood sacrifices were made to the Ruinous Powers and effigies of the colonel burned in sacrificial flames. As the Colonel as his family attended a regimental ball, a Daemon from the darkest regions of the Warp manifested in a blazing pyre of blood, slaughtering the guests in a frenzy of bloodletting. Schooled in the mystical arts of the Daemonhunter, Covenant was able to hold the daemon at bay, but not before it slew the Colonel with a sweep of a warp-forged blade. The Colonel's body burst into flames, immolating in a heartbeat until nothing but his charred skull remained. At the sight of her father's murder, Ivixia screamed at the daemon and the power of her words staggered the daemon for the briefest instant. It was all the opening Covenant needed and he was able to destroy the daemon's form and send it back from whence it came. In the aftermath of the massacre, Inquisitor Covenant led the purges of the cults with Ivixia at his side, convinced more than ever that Ivixia was the right choice for his acolyte. Six months to the day following her father's death, Inquisitor Covenant left Alena-Mora with Ivixia Dannica as his latest Acolyte. Recalling the teachings of her father, Ivixia had his skull modified by the lexmechanics of Inquisitor Covenant and turned into a weapon carrying Servo-skull. Now her father would remain with her wherever she went and could continue to serve the Emperor beyond death. Together Covenant and Ivixia continue to travel around the southern rim of the galaxy, stamping out many blasphemous sects dedicated to the worship of daemons and other warp-spawned abominations. Together with a disreputable type who claimed to be a Duke (Duke von Castellan) they defeated the hedonistic priesthood of the Decagogue of Panetha Varn and prevented the manifestation of the Daemon Prince Urgolath the Rancid on Saneriax IV. Ivixia learned from her master at an astounding rate, taking on her mentor's puritanical firebrand attitude, brooking no corruption or laxity in her investigations. Soon there was nothing more Covenant could teach her and successfully petitioned the Conclaves of the Ordos Tempestus for her ascension to full Inquisitor.
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