EARLY LIFE

Young and promising location of the galactic west, the Moebius sector would later embody the spirit of the greater Imperium. First colonized by the end of M40, the new-found sector attracted mostly humans and eldar but tau, demiurgs and tarellians also set small footholds, seeking to benefit from the stellar expansion. Being relatively close to the Eye of Terror outer rim, it's foundation was plagued by Chaos raids and even Dark Eldar pirates, but held ground thanks to steadfast colonists as well as their common well-being ideal. Eventually grew into a major, far-flung civilization spot and in that plurinational self-governance, inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak made his life and career.

Parented by both Administratum workers, records indicate his birth date between 730 and 750.M41 though actual ID entries have been deliberately mismatched, some even replaced. Native of the moon of Saedra, the young Czevak grew among his progenitors' work, namely customs hubs of several deep stations, something that allowed almost daily contact with non-humans. Rumour tells passing eldar merchants often cheered on that 'sly and inquiring' kid, praising his father or mother for 'a child of so much potential'. His closeness to the Eldar becomes more notable if story of an incident during late youth is to believe. Rumours aside, he was sent to the sub-sector's capital system in order to pursue higher education.

With prodigious schooling and self-taught nature, Czevak was a highlight at the Aggranic Imperial Institute, main academic centre of the Aggran sub-sector. Futurely, his theories on xeno-anthropology would inspire policies of multispecies integration, and as well paint him as radical thinker. During a debate, his views were punctuated in one declaration: "It's well known some of the Eldar consider us to think and behave like children, not without reason. I beg to differ, however, as observation led me to conclude we are more like wizened coots, reluctant to fully reap from millennia old cooperation with our allies, contented with only crumbs of knowledge.". Severely reprimanded by the century-old professoriat, he went close to be expelled until a certain  lord-inquisitor Adamastor Solus, having heard of the verbal dispute, decided to take Czevak under tutoring. The future inquisitor had barely halved the second decade of age at the occasion.

Life as an acolyte was very fruitful, being mainly an extension of previous academic work. While encountering no difficulties in adapting to low-profile life, boredom eventually took hold as work consisted essentially of delivering reports to his master. That changed when, one day, he saw himself standing before a clique of other senior inquisitors. Totally taken by surprise, Czevak found difficult not to shake while exposing his view on how human agency should deal with ancient survivor races. Two certainties marked the presentation aftermath: acolyte Bronislaw Czevak was to be promoted Interrogator of the Ordo Xenos, and new interest had bloomed inside the fresh interrogator's mind. Archaeology.

Well into his third decade of age, interrogator Czevak travelled throughout the Moebius sector, accompanied of his tutor. His primary function was of 'advisor' - inquisitorial code for surveying agents - to local leadership, from small communitties to spending time inside cramped, mouldering offices of metropolitan administrations. "For good or ill, it's all a fucking giant laboratory.", the lord-inquisitor once referred to their work, which could be surmised as "sociological research of human-xenos relations". However, that didn't dissuade him from the concealed, very rewarding research of ancient cultures and societies. Obscure long-lost civilizations were a personal favourite, seconding the study of archaeotech. He also extended his knowledge of the Eldar, their history and societal aspects along with trying to learn High Tongue, without any psychic predisposition. Unsuccessful, Czevak didn't give up and eventually managed to acquire some very basic grasp. Little he knew the senior inquistor was keenly aware of his 'secret', smirking at the thought of the pupil's resourcefulness.

Everything considered, fate had apparently been generous to Bronislaw Czevak, intelectual prowess paving way to a career about to blossom. The interrogator, to much of his own joy, was dispatched to Urumia system, where his master had business to conduct. Whilst the would-be inquisitor went to Sedina IV, location of one recent dig-site runned by the the Adeptus Mechanicus, inquisitor Solus went to Station XC-412, on Sedina VII. The station, a heavily fortified facility, was one of a triad where the Adeptus Biologis conducted non-standard and utmost secret research in the sector, under auspices of the Inquisition. Once work was done, the lord inquisitor planned to finally inaugurate Czevak. Events, however, would not play as intended for both men.

On the dustbowl of Sedina IV, Czevak followed the uncovering of million year remains belonging to a defunct water-borne civilization. The Mechanicum archaeological team mustered considerable personnel, the workforce plus well-equiped security detail numbered in thousands, making the interrogator think something big was being digged out. After looking through records and briefly inquiring the heading Magos, he found out nothing of importance, or at least in the way the adepts registered, was discovered since digging began. Asking the Magos a second time, Czevak therefore noted the ranking red-priest was somewhat crossed about the endeavor on that planet. He only heard, "The lady inquisitor led us here. She will answer Mars for such waste of time and resources.". Disappointed with the seemingly wasted week, the interrogator decided to study and fiddle with whatever they had uncovered, a marble-like conundrum grabing his attention among many other pieces.

In a flash, the skies over Sedina IV and VII teared open, spewing maledicence upon the surface. XC-412 defenses were unable to counter the Crone Eldar strike force, which sacked and obliterated surface instalations and those deep underground. At Sedina IV, it wasn't Chaos whom attacked but rather their commorrite peers. The dark eldar descend with languid ferocity, quickly neutralizing the few countermeasures the Adeptus Mechanicus had placed. Situation became desperate as imperial casualties rose and the vicious aliens began to launch tight, devastating attacks. Czevak, having almost exclusively fought thugs and cultists, for the first time feared for his life. The order was clear, get killed before get captured and general inclination was indeed to fight to death. When only a few hundred remained, the commorrites reached ground for harvest. Suddenly a second fight erupted above the ground, just as black-and-red fighter craft fired against the raiders. Allied Eldar surged from nowhere and now were aiding in the supposedly lost battle. The bloody skirmish ended together with planetary day, everyone was packing the remaining materiel for when imperial reinforcements arrived. The eldar saviors, a warband from the Void Dragons corsairs, stayed to provide further protection and also help with cleaning efforts. Their leader, captain Saarania, asked to meet with human leadership and as consequence of the Magos being struck with a dark lance, Czevak went to talk. The rendezvous carried on and the interrogator couldn't help but smile, since last time he interacted with an eldar was before leaving his parents' shed.

Several days later, the surviving interrogator was aboard an inquisitorial battlecruiser on way to Novograd, the sub-sector's inquisitorial headquarters. Although not being hive-built the planet was largely populated, furthermore with districts where human and alien architecture hybridized. Czevak knew the peculiar design was work of Hybrid Fanatic radicals, an ideological line of which his former master belonged. The presumed death of Adamastor Solus made him grief, the man had been his teacher, friend and protector. The fact he was going to earn an inquisitor's rosette, his rosette, did little to placate the mourning. Under emotional heaviness, he vowed to foward the tutor's work.

The audience with the Moebius' Conclave lasted half a day, every detail about the tragic venture scrutinized. The no-more interrogator's investiture, afterwards, was fleeting and Czevak could only leer at the events that preceded such moment. Having spent a decade doing scribe's work, collecting and processing data, shooting the occasional recidivist and fighting sedition, all of it was less than nothing compared to what happened at Sedina IV. He saw what the Imperium's enemies were like, feeling dread at the certainty it was only the tip of the spear. He could only imagine the challenges this new situation would spool, not disregarding the possibility of being squashed like a bug under them. But he would not stand idle behind a table, either. Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak of the Ordo Xenos would not hesitate to face his foes.