Forces of the Emperor – Datasheets

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Assassin, general, avenger and soul-chilling terror, Jenetia Krole is one of the most mysterious and indeed feared warlords of the Imperium. ‘The Soulless Queen’, as the remembrancers were wont to name her, is the indomitable Knight- Commander and foremost battle leader of the Silent Sisterhood. She stalks the shadows of the galaxy at the behest of the Emperor, commanding whole armies of the Sisters of Silence, on those dread occasions when such are required to take to the field, and brings bloody retribution down on psykers turned would-be gods and any who aim to deny the Great Tithe.

Krole was a creature of dark legend long before she was committed as part of the Censure Host tasked with the retrieval of the Primarch Magnus. Upon the battlefield of Tizca, Krole was personally responsible for the death of many of the Thousand Sons’ most vaunted sorcerers and by the time of the battle’s ending, she appeared as a spectral figure bedecked in the white dust of shattered marble and the spilled blood of multitudes.

The Abyssal Knights are the mightiest warriors, daemon hunters and psyker executioners of the Sisters of Silence. Drawn from the ranks of the Void Knights, each is a vastly experienced fighter and is personally responsible for the execution of some of the most dangerous psykers known to the Imperium, individuals of such terrible power and potency that they could have proven a threat to the very existence of Mankind’s empire.

They are counted among the most potent psychic nulls and the mere proximity to the aura of one is enough to cause crippling weakness and terror to psykers, and in some cases even a catastrophic meltdown of the psyker’s physical body and an agonising death. In truth, they will even sow fear and disgust in the hearts and minds of those who are without the psyker’s gift too, no matter how strongwilled they may be.

The bodies of the Knights Abyssal are clad in the strongest artificer-made armour and they are armed with the finest weapons that can be found within the Silent Sisterhood’s armouries on Terra. With these instruments they deliver the Emperor’s judgement upon those psykers unworthy of the Great Tithe or deemed too dangerous to exist.

Drawn from the elite ranks of the Chamber of Oblivion, the Knights Centura serve as the battlefield commanders of the Sisters of Silence. Elevated as a result of their seniority, martial prowess and power as psychic nulls, they are afforded use of the rarest weaponry the Sisters of Silence can bring to bear and charged with the inviolate duty of commanding both the tactical operations of the Great Tithe and the sworn duty of destroying rogue psykers deemed too dangerous to live.

Each Knight Centura is the unquestioned mistress of her own mission force through not only the strict customs of the Order but the trust placed in her abilities by those under her command. While never a codified sanction, Sisters of Silence showing marks of age and long service, either physiologically or woven in with the subtle marks of their panoply, are often informally revered by their peers for their ability to survive and their knowledge, even if both were formally at the same rank within the command structure.

The Questora Cadres of the Chamber of Judgement are dedicated not only to the ministration of the Great Tithe but also to investigation, pursuit, inquiry and judgement. They are most often deployed alongside the dreaded Silent Judges, to hunt down rogue psykers and dissidents, or to put down insurrection with brutal punishment.

Their task is to weigh the actions of the guilty and innocent when it comes to those concealing psykers from the tithe, and where matters are not clear regarding those believed to be psykers, to determine the presence of the psyker’s gift, and where it is found, to pass judgement on whether the accused should be taken by the tithe, or executed as a danger to humanity.

Nor is their work confined to the interrogation chamber; they are paramilitaries trained and equipped to carry out raids and tactical assaults against the most fanatical and nightmarish of foes, and often carry an array of weapons uniquely suited for the task.

The Silent Sisters of the Raptora Cadre stand as the foremost warrior knights of the Oblivion Chamber. Each of them is a sublime fighter of superlative skill and they often serve as the personal bodyguard for the high command of their Order, for which purpose they are issued with the finest weapons and armour the Silent Sisterhood can provide.

Incorruptible and possessed of an untarnished spirit, the Oblivion Knights of the Raptora Cadre are only ever deployed against the most dangerous of foes such as rogue alpha-level psykers or major daemonic incursions, where they form the spearhead of the Silent Sisterhood attack.

The Raptora Cadre is known to have formed the honour guard of Knight- Commander Jenetia Krole herself during the Razing of Prospero and, though their Order suffered greatly upon the battlefield of Tizca, it is certain that they were instrumental in the near destruction of Primarch Magnus’ Legion.

The Silent Furies are pursuit and strike experts, dispatched by the Chamber of Judgement to aid in the operations for the capture of rogue psykers that try to escape the Great Tithe. They take to the field piloting sophisticated Erinyes jetbikes that enable them to cover ground far quicker than infantry and go where heavier vehicles cannot. Silent Furies often accompany their sisters of the Subjugator Cadres in their hunt and acquisition missions, aiding in the capture or destruction of their fleeing quarries with the wide array of their esoteric weaponry.

On the rare occasion where they are deployed in the field of war, the Silent Furies lead scouting missions as well as rapid encirclement and hit-andrun attacks behind enemy lines. Their duty is not to simply confront the enemy in a frontal assault, but to direct the Subjugator Cadres and other forces of the Silent Sisterhood precisely where and when they are needed the most.

Master interrogators and terror tactics experts, the dreaded Silent Judges of the Excruciatus Cadres are charged with rooting out that which is hidden, tear through webs of lies and superstitions and leave no stone unturned in their ceaseless task to find the psyker. In the event of a conspiracy to conceal one of the ‘witch-born’, the Silent Judges are deployed to ensure that the individuals involved are brought to Imperial justice and that the rightful tithe is retrieved.

The Silent Judges can identify the presence of nearby psyker phenomena, sift truth from lies and, where needed, put those unfortunate enough to fall under their gaze to the question and wring forth answers from the most intransigent witness or conspirator. No one speaks of the ultimate sentence suffered by those condemned by the Silent Judges, lest they risk the attention of the Judges be turned upon them for meddling further with the affairs of the Great Tithe and a similar fate befalls them.

As veterans of the Chamber of Vigilance, Eradicator Cadres are exemplars of their Order. These Sisters are called upon to form the vanguard of larger military actions and meet with psyker incursions at the leading edge of a greater force using their battle-won experience to spearhead assaults. Equipped with tactically flexible weaponry, Eradicator Cadres are capable of adapting to any foe with equal effectiveness and are relied upon to support more specialised cadres in open warfare.

A division of the Chamber of Vigilance, those of the Knight Vestal Covenants are warriors first and foremost but also bear the responsibility of the health and well-being of the wider cohort whilst abroad in the vastness of the Imperial domain. In this role they are not only equipped to fight alongside the Silent Sisters they were deployed with but are also expected to assess and treat those wounded on the field of battle. Where care can be given it is done so deftly, maintaining the Sisterhood’s fighting capabilities. But should the wounds, either physical or psychological, suffered by those under their charge prove to be too grievous, they will not hesitate to dispense the grace of a swift and honourable death themselves.

The warrior knights of the Chamber of Oblivion are a martial elite sub-sect of the Silent Sisterhood selected both for their proven record as warriors, and most importantly, the strength of their ability as psychic Untouchables. Their service required against the most dangerous of foes, the Oblivion Knights are observed usually only in large-scale deployments such as the retrieval of alpha-level psykers, the quelling of major psykerinstigated uprisings or population purges, and as such are seen rarely by the mortal armies of the Imperium save for the direst of circumstances.

This, combined with the harrowing dread caused by the aura projected by the Sisterhood, gives the Oblivion Knights their profoundly sinister reputation among the Imperialis Auxilia and they have been deemed ‘disruptive’ by the Mechanicum. Even among the notoriously fearless Legiones Astartes, the pervading unease cultivated by the Oblivion Knights’ presence is a palpable phenomenon, but one perforce tolerated as a necessary bane when the Oblivion Knights are temporarily assigned to fight alongside the Space Marines against some powerful psychic menace.