Fiction:The Grand Teyan Empire/Inquisition

"Nobody expects the Imperial Inquisition!"

- Inuisitor Raelius Thalax, shortly before he was shot by soldiers.

The Imperial Inquisition, (officially known as the Grand Teyan Empire's Imperial Inquisition), is a secretive organisation that exists outside the standard administrative hierarchy of. The Inquisition acts as the secret police force of the Empire, hunting down any and all of the myriad threats to the stability of the Teyam invasion of the. Also known as the Empress' pet psychopaths, these eponymous hunters of the alien, the mutant and the traitor are semi-omnipotent organization that has authority over every other organization in the Teyan's government, and answer only to the Empress Vaera herself.

In the modern year, the Inquisition is the most powerful organisation of the Empire's many branches, and its agents, the Inquisitors, command fear and respect in equal measure. They are creatures of myth as much of flesh and blood, described fearfully as relentless beings who descend from on high to pass judgement upon the traitorous. It is a rare citizen who does not dread drawing an Inquisitor's steely gaze, who does not experience the starkest terror in his or her presence. Every Imperial citizen, from the poorest of underhive scum to the highest and wealthiest of nobles, has heard the tales of death and destruction, of the all-seeing eye that condemns or absolves with impunity.

Inquisitorial Orders
As the Inquisition possesses neither formal hierarchy nor leadership, each Inquisitor is free to pursue the mission of the Empire's survival in the manner he or she believes most appropriate. Like-minded fellows gather together to investigate areas of mutual interest or concern, as bounded by one of the many Inquisitorial Orders. Each Order waxes and wanes with the times, for many Inquisitors move freely between them according to where they judge the need to lie.

Nethertheless, three major Orders have arisen over the centuries, known as the Order Xenos, Order Traitorous, and Order Daemonica.

Order Xenos
Dedicated to investigating, cataloguing and defeating alien threats to the Grand Teyan Empire,  While the other Ordos often field whole armies of soldiers devoted to their causes, the Inquisitors of these Order often prefer sending small task forces into the field, as their missions are often more information/objective collection or specific target elimination rather then whole-scale war-ranging.

Order Traitorous
The Order Traitorous has a single, simple goal - to kill traitors. Feared by those that harbour a distaste of the Empire, and hated by rebels, Inquisitors of this Order ruthlessly hunt down the enemies of the Empire that have betrayed it from within, and mercilessly murder their targets, often leaving their victims displayed in public locations to serve as a reminder of what happens to traitors.

Order Daemonica
Relatively new compared to the other major Orders of the Inquisition, the Order Daemonica are dedicated to the study and elimination of Demons, and demonic magics that are encountered by the forces of the Grand Teyan Empire during expansion efforts.

Trivia

 * The GTE Inquisition is directly inspired and based upon the Inquisition from Warhammer 40K.