Conclave Victorum

The 'Fidelis Vigil Ex Victorum, to use its formal name, coordinates and, in recent years, governs the activities of Inquisitors throughout the Victorum Sector. Given the sector's apparent strength and stability, the Inquisitorial presence in the sector at times seems overblown and overzealous to other Imperial organizations. To the vigilant eyes of The Holy Order of the Emperor's Inquisition, their weakness in the sector is a disaster brought on by hubris, overconfidence, and a complete failure to understand the dark history of these benighted stars.

The Ordos of The Conclave

Unsurprisingly, the Ordo Hereticus and Ordo Xenos command the largest membership among the hundred-odd Inquisitors remaining in the sector. Having once been a bright, shining star in the ranks of the Temple of the Saviour Emperor, and thus tainted, the Ordo Hereticus maintains a constant watch over its rulers and prelates. The Ordo Xenos, no less vigilant, knows that the sector's rich traffic in interstellar trade makes it dangerously exposed to alien influences brought from strange and distant stars, not least of which are Eldar pirates and corsairs drawn by the sector's bounty.

Factions: Majoris & Minoris

Puritans

Amalathians

The dominant faction in the Victorum Conclave, the Amalathians are much to blame for the Inquisition's present weakness and division. Having prosecuted a shadow war against the rival Recongregator doctrine in the recent past, they turned a fractious band of watchful sentinels into a splintered, paranoid mass of distrustful rivals united only in their suspicion of one another.

The Black Badge

A minor Puritan faction consisting of fewer than a dozen Inquisitors and Interrogators, the Black Badge's ranks are made up exclusively of former Arbitrators and Imperial legal prelates.

Obliates

A dangerous and nearly-outcast Puritan faction, the Obliate philosophy is a foreign import from the Segmentum Pacificus. It fiercely condemns the use of psychic powers and warp knowledge, including such Imperial-sanctioned uses as Navigators and Astropaths, and is notorious for the servitor-like nature of those warp-touched individuals unfortunate enough to be seconded to their use. Particularly strong in the sectors about Hydraphur, the Obliates influence touches any sector with significant warp traffic, and Victorum is no exception. Somewhat uniquely, its adherents are not confined to the Inqusition and may be found among the ranks of the Adeptus Astra Telepathic and the Scholastica Psykana, where they are much opposed by more experienced (and cynical) adepts.

Radicals

Recongregators

Essentially extinct in the Victorum Sector, those Recongregators who survived the Rostrum Purge fled beyond the borders of the Sector, leaving behind fearful acolytes operating under the strictest and most paranoid secrecy.

The Rostrum Conclave

Once seen as a potential rival to the Victorum Conclave itself, this body of arch-Radicals was purged by Lord Inquisitor Qatasoum and his allied Amalathians in a short and brutal Inquisition War.