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The Hands
The Eight hands of Arachus are the top lieutenants of the Inquisitor Arachus. Clad in near identical power armour, only the most thorough of surveillance can identify the individual Hands. Arachus deploys hands to oversee operations in their stead. While operations overseen by Arachus personally are seen to be no more important by observers. Apart from a select number of operations, no more than two hands have ever been seen together, small amounts of customisation have been identified to bring the number to 8.

The Arimaspoi
Less than 100 strong, the Arimaspoi are veteran astartes recruited to serve Arachus. Recently their numbers have been bolstered by two squads of Primaris.

Miscellaneous Henchmen & Allies
The Winters Shadow Aeirein Regiment

Arachus, my Inquisitor, is dispatched to the Eastern Fringe to restore oversight after a series of unfortunate losses in Inquisitors and the like. Arachus won this position as their actions are subversive and shadowy rather than overt hammers like the past. Arachus is very successful and rapidly restores Inquistor oversight while remaining invisible. They fight a shadow war against unidentifiable agents, but this never goes beyond intelligence interception and untriggered traps. However Arachus begins to uncover a conspiracy in a outlying subsector. A number of systems that figures dont add up. Intelligence is aubverted and agents go missing. Arachus knows that to investigate indepth territory defended by Astartes they will need formidable henchmen and begin suitable operations (Those these are noisier). This attracts the attention of the Inquisition, and one of their many rivals takes the opportunity to dethrone them. However Arachus frames them as Daemon possessed. Before quietly evacuating. They assemble a force and begin investigating this rogue system.

Arachus' Henchmen.

Arachus expected a contingent of the Begleter to follow them in their operations, routing out the source of Portia's corruption. However the Oath was not fulfilled, forcing the Inquisitor to utilise their extensive resources to form a second force of henchmen, to supplement their existing 'Hands'. Arachus was able to recruit a company of marines (Explain this ...), and armed them with specialist power armour variant, hotshot lasgun variants and various specialist gadgets including falsehoods and Sicarian Infiltrator helmets. The small bespoke force would be used exclusively as head hunters, as Arachus began to move on suspected targets and purge confirmed heretics - often defended by extensive means.

/Arachus has a STC, that they use to arm their henchmen, which would give a reason for them to be hunted.