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Once, Jae Carinus was a respected Inquisitor of the Ordo Malleus, renowned for his expertise in the field as well as his light-hearted demeanor. That all changed in one tragic incident, where Carinus was captured by a cult of Dark Mechanicus Savants, and forcibly dissected and integrated into the hulking carapace of a Thallax, to be used as a mindless weapon of the cult. Luckily Carinus was spared from that living hell, but is permanently trapped inside his new body, suffering from severe psychological trauma. After nearly a decade of repairs, refitting, and psycho-therapy by both the Inquisition and the Adeptus Mechanicus, Carinus has recently returned to his duties as an Inquisitor, serving as an Overseer of the Arce Secretorum.

Early Life
The most that Carinus can remember of his early life is his days within the Schola Progenium, days spent generally trying to make a mockery of every task he was given. Considered somewhat of an oddball, Jae was allways the one child who never seemed to be down on his luck, always making light of his situations and generally cracking jokes at whatever trials or tasks he was given. While his fellow Progena found his quirks endearing, the Drill Abbots only found it to be increasingly annoying, and thus it was only the arrial of a certain Inquisitor that allowed him to graduate from the Schola in the first place.

The Inquisitor had no name, he merely referred to himself as the Archivist, and Jae wasn't exactly thrilled when he was given the news that he was to become this strange man's Acolyte. But he went without complaint, mostly envisioning the adventures that he hoped were in store for him as a member of the Inquisition. That child-like glee, was quickly quashed when Carinus experienced firsthand what warp-spawned horrors Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus faced on a near-daily basis. His "mentor" was of little consolation either, considering that the two rarely exchanged more than a few sentences with each other, due to the fact that the Archivist also found Jae's ability to take nothing seriously somewhat irritating, and Carinus found the Archivist to be just downright creepy. Needless to say, neither one missed the others company when Jae finally became a full Inquisitor.

A Successful Career
Despite how amazingly nonexistent the relationship between them had been, in the coming years Jae had to admit he thrived because of the Archivist's teachings. Because of the secretive Inquisitor's teachings, Carinus had a working knowledge of the Daemonic that few others could boast of, a knowledge that came in handy on numerous occasions. Thanks to this training, Carinus became known for such exploits such as the Cleansing of Morax Prime, the eradication of the daemon-cult of the Bleeding Sky, and the prevention of a full-scale Daemonic Incursion on the Cardinal World of Azerai. But despite all the recognition it gained him, Carinus never did give the Archivist any credit.

It was also during this time that Jae met Magos Avern, a Mechanicus Tech-Priest who had recently embraced the arcane field of Techsorcism. Avern had always been curious soul, especially when it came to the realms of the Warp and the Daemonic. He wished to know how the Warp "worked" so to speak, that it might benefit future generations rather than harm them. Jae, who at the time was lacking in retinue members, invited the Magos to join him on his ventures, to which Avern readily agreed. What Jae wasn't aware of is what dire consequences would come of that seemingly harmless decision...

The Hellforgers
Inquisitor Carinus' downfall would come in the form an Inquisitorial distress beacon originating on the volcanic Dead World of Proteus. Avernus seemed particularly interested, but more so because he had apparently heard rumors Proteus' molten depths containing lost Archotech. Feeling as though it was a mediocre task, but indulging in his trusted college's enthusiasm, Jae and Avernus arrived on Proteus in search of the source of the beacon. Their search led the two into the depths of the planet, where they found what appeared to a pre-Heresy Mechanicus manufactorum. Jae was remarking at their discovery when suddenly he was struck from behind and knocked into unconsciousness.

When he awoke, Jae found himself chained to a surgical table, surrounded by Avern and a group of black-robed Tech-Priests. When he demanded to know what was going on, Avern merely laughed and explained that he was no Mechanicus Magos, but rather the leader of the Dark Mechanicus Cult known as the Hellforgers, and that the reason for his subterfuge was that his cult has recently discovered the contents of this ancient manufactorum, and had been searching for adequate "test subjects" to use it's contents on. Carinus just happened to possess the psychological balance needed for one of his personal projects, not to mention he was far to trusting, and thus the false Magos had lead him here. Then without another word, Avern signaled his followers to begin the procedure.

The process was excruciating beyond description.

Reborn
The only reason that Carinus did not become a mindless pawn of the