Isidora Tenley

History
Aside from her early life, there exists no consistent record of Inquisitor Tenley's work, as she often preferred to conceal her office. However, there are several confirmed occasions where her involvement has directly lead to the uncovering of traitorous or heretical elements.

Early Life
Rassella, a Frontier World on the north-western fringe of the Cinnabar Sector made of wide, barren moors, dusty mountains and sparse woods is home to a population of farmers harvesting the many, medically useful herbs growing in abundance. It was to a couple of those farmers that Isidora Tenley was born as the third child, spending the first 12 years of her life uneventfully. She received a simple education in Imperial history, reading and writing, botanical knowledge and the obligatory, basic combat training. The records detailing her results have long been seized by her future master. In 934.M39, Firuza Konul, an Acolyte of Inquisitor Raimondo Bellani and several of his Throne Agents visited the planet, investigating suspicions of his master that a Istvaanist, deranged individuals believing that the Imperium can only survive as long as it stays in conflict, had spread their corrupting influence on Rassella.

These suspicions were eventually confirmed when Konul discovered that several farmer communities had begun to sell portions of their produce off world in order to fund weapons and armor with the goal to overthrow the planet's ruling elite. Upon arriving on the planet himself, Konul exploited the effect that the population was divided regarding the righteousness of this goal and started a series of trials, promising mercy who would be able to deliver or identify a traitor and death to everyone else.

This forced the traitors into motion after several of their cells had been exposed and destroyed. One of these cells was located in Isidora's municipality and when they took up arms, they were quick to slay those still loyal or at least not willing to fight. Among the traitors were Isidora's parents, hiding their children in secret underground facilities as they moved against the forces of the PDF, the Arbites and the Acolyte.

When the settlement was searched for traitors, Isidora secretly left the hideout and revealed its position and entrance to an Acolyte of Bellani in exchange for her own life. The man, a former Preacher named Yannick Erwann, handed Isidora a Hand Flamer, claiming that she had to redeem herself with her own hands. She did as she was asked to.

After emerging from the smoldering ground once more, the stench of burning flesh stuck in her hair and pained screams crawling up through the soil, Erwann took the young girl under his wing. She was taken along on subsequent purges after witnessing one-sided trial after another. Once the rebellious elements on Rassella had been eradicated, the young girl had ended hundreds of life by her own hand, equipped with the weapon first bestowed on her.

Service Under Bellani
Upon conclusion of the campaign, Erwann introduced her first to Konul and later to the Inquisitor himself, who decided to offer her the service in the Inquisition. Receiving a higher education in language history and above all combat, she soon served as his personal steward and was eventually promoted to a proper Acolyte in 946.M39 after Konul received her own Inquisitorial Rosette.

From that point on, she became much more involved in the Inquisitor's matter, actively being taught the rights and duties of an Inquisitor rather than simply observing them over her Master's shoulder. Proving her worth and ability repeatedly on several independent missions, she was elevated to an Inquisitor in 950.M39, taking the trusted Yannick Erwann with her as one of the most important members of her retinue.

Goran-D6 (996.M39)
After the Ordo Machinum discovered that a transport carrying a STC-fragment heading for the Forge World Kaur had been raided by parents, their agents eventually traced it to Goran-D6, a Space Station on the outmost border of the Topolev sub-sector. Inquisitor Tenley requisitioned 5 full squads of the 44th Jovkian Tunel Volci, siege engineers accustomed to the brutality of combat in tight surroundings.

The records detailing the incident have been locked under the seal of the Inquisition, but not a single one of the soldiers would return, neither alive or dead although decorated posthumous with high honors. The fate of the STC-fragment remains equally unknown. After this incident, Tenley is reported to have expanded her retinue with a boy by the name of Toma Filipov, who would later become an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor.

Bolna Sott (998.M39)
Tracing a deserted Psyker, Inquisitor Tenley eventually joins the Interrogator assigned to the task, Rebecca Orn, on the Agri World Bolna Sott to investigate the mysterious loss of contact with several farming communes.

Meronon(103.M40)
Her ship, the Dubium Venatio was found drifting in the orbit of the Factory World Meronon. Upon investigation, her former pupil Inquisitor Toma Filipov finds traces for the involvement of Eldar forces.

Retinue
Like many Inquisitors, Tenley was usually accompanied and aided by a number of Acolytes, Throne Agents, Interrogators and other servants, some of them permanently, others only temporarily employed. The most notable ones among them are listed here.
 * Yannick Erwann: The priest who set her on her path as an Inquisitor, forcing her to condemn her friends, neighbors and siblings to fire in order to redeem herself from the stain of treason. Originally serving Raimondo Bellani, he joined Isidora once the young woman became a full Inquisitor. Equipped with a distinct lack of mercy for anyone remotely involved in heresy, he proved a loyal advisor and spiritual guide until his eventual death at the hand of Tenley herself, sparing him from the slow and painful death of Nurgle's Rot.
 * Damus Gloren: The illegitimate son of a noble, it is recorded that his physical beauty was matched by the frailness of his body, binding him to a wheelchair from the early days of his life. His psychic ability allowed him to make proficient divinations and after warning Inquisitor Tenley of an impending assassination attempt, she recruited him into her retinue. Using the Emperor's Tarot to uncover the future and guide the Inquisitor on her missions, he lead an exceptionally long life before his demise aboard the Dubium Venatio.
 * Villem Koit: Entrusted to Tenley's service from his former master, Koit's notorious pursuit of female company was offset by his skill with all kinds of vehicles, whether ground-based or airbone. Hailing from an insignificant noble house somewhere in the Cinnabar Sector he possessed the looks and attitude commonly associated with this heritage.
 * Rebecca Orn: Originally an Intelligencer of the Adeptus Arbites, she convinced Inquisitor Tenley to make her a part of her retinue, though the precise circumstances of this incident were never made public. Known for her fiery temper and creative approach to problems, she would refuse the opportunity to become an Inquisitor herself, instead serving Tenley dedicatedly.
 * Toma Filipov: A Jovkian youth, he entered the retinue at the age of 12. He would serve as Isidora's steward, liaison officer and bodyguard. During the two decades in her service, he honed his telepathic talents under the tutelage of Damus and many others, eventually becoming an Inquisitor himself, although he joined the Ordo Xenos rather than the ranks of the Witch Hunters.