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==Inquisitor Lawrence deWalt Prang, Ordo Xenos==
{{Topquote|If only humans were the only species that knew how plagues work. Throne, that would be so much better. But no, no, of course not. Eldar, Chaos, everybody uses bioweapons these days. So long as they do, I’ll be there, outsmarting them.|Lawrence deWalt Prang}}

Of all the Imperium’s servants, Inquisitors must face the broadest variety of threats. The sheer range of potential troubles an Inquisitor can see on the job is staggering to the uninitiated, and no one Inquisitor can possibly have the resources to contain them. As such, some Inquisitors dedicate themselves to cataloguing all of the threats they have encountered, to smoothe the path for their successors.

Chief among them in the Cloudburst Sector is Ordo Xenos specialist Lawrence deWalt Prang. Prang got his start in the Ordo Hereticus, investigating rumors of human experimentation by recidivist Hereteks in the Drumnos Sector. After becoming an Inquisitor in his own right, Prang followed whispers of similar activities to the Cloudburst Sector. After finding and apprehending his targets, Prang stayed in Cloudburst to learn what he could of the local Conclave’s knowledge of such things.

However, in little time, Prang learned that the true threat to Cloudburst wasn’t Hereteks (he is unaware of Magos Gabris’s experiments). The Inquisitor learned of the horror of Ghald, and the strange spores its mountains use to control the minds of any eukaryotes they encounter.

Prang was fascinated by the spores. As he investigated similar organisms, looking for parallels, he eventually found himself being drawn into the art of Xenobiology. Eventually, he switched Ordos entirely, and took up pursuit of his current mastery of counter-biological warfare.

Sadly, the field is wide open. The ever-more hoarding nature of the Mechanicus prevents their discoveries from percolating out to the rest of the galaxy. Prang has ample resources and decades of experience, but few other Inquisitors aid him in his research. By the direct and pleading request of the Subsector Overlord, Lady Lowenthal, he has moved his research into the belly of his ship, a remodeled Itus livestock barge, where he and a team of loyal Tech-adepts labor over his gene sequencers and plastic molders, seeking to learn how humanity’s enemies have made their weapons in the past. The Itus cannot travel through the Warp, since there is too high a risk that an enemy could steal it and use it as a bioweapons platform. He has had all of its Warp systems replaced with redundant life support systems, instead.

Every once in a while, other Inquisitors will come across something that they need from him, or perhaps wish to trade to him, and he usually cooperates as long as they don’t disrespect him or waste his time, which is also disrespectful to him. His combat ship, the Vitiae, has traveled the length of the Drumnos and Cloudburst Sectors, seeking remnants of ancient weapons and current xenos civilizations. On rarer occasions, members of the Astra Militarum have approached him directly to beg aid in overcoming new alien weapons, and when properly motivated, Prang may even take to the field alongside them. When he does, he wears a custom-built suit of Power Armor with extra redundant environmental seals, and a built in Heavy Flamer.

Rarely, Prang works with Magos Biologis members of the Cognomen Techpriesthood, identifying alien biological agents or sequencing their genes. He has even added some Techpriests from the Genetech school of research to his retinue at times.