Cassian Coris

Cassian Coris is an Interrogator of the Imperial Inquisition, the apprentice of the Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor Lord Helmond Krann. An Arbites Investigator by background, Coris was pressed into service as an Acolyte by Lord Krann in order to look into corruption within Coris' Arbites Precinct, and subsequently accompanied his master as his personal detective on matters relating to hidden Chaos cults. Slowly but certainly, Coris became one of Lord Krann's most reliable assets, and as such was appointed as his apprentice, thus becoming an Interrogator.

Coris is a Psychic Blank, which, as he later found out, is the primary reason Lord Krann selected him as an Acolyte. This renders him especially effective against Chaos cultists, whose diabolical powers have no use on him. It makes him an ideal candidate for the Ordo Hereticus, which he intends to join once he becomes an Inquisitor.

Cassian Coris was born as the child of two officers of the Elysian Drop Troops, who both died shortly after his birth. He was sent to the Schola Progenium, where he was eventually found to be fit to be enrolled into the Adeptus Arbites. After finishing his training, he was shipped off to the Hive World of Malfi, which would be his new home. For reasons he did not understand, his fellow Arbitrators always felt mildly uncomfortable around him, and this made him a bit of a social outcast with few friends. However, he turned that around in his favour, using the discomfort he instilled in people as a tool to better intimidate suspects. Sure enough, Coris became a deviously effective Investigator, one of the best in his precinct.

Coris had been dealing with Malfi's Underhive gangs and aristocratic cults for years, when one day he was contacted by Inquisitor Lord Helmond Krann. Lord Krann recruited Coris into his service, elevating him to the status of Acolyte so that