Editing House Delaque (section)

===The Psychoterica===
There are only two hard truths "known" when referring to House Delaque:

The First is that they seem to have some kind of instinctive bond with one another, leading many to suspect that they are a House of psychics.

The Second is that they are led by a group known as the "Silent Ones", though the meaning of that term is not actually understood by anyone outside of the House.

The truth boils down to something called the '''Psychoterica''', a gestalt shared consciousness that all Delaque have the ability to access. This is not the same as true telepathy, and most members of House Delaque are not measurably psychic. It does allow them to instinctively sense who is connected to the Psychoterica and who is not, as well as allowing them to convey feelings and ideas to one another. It is '''NOT''' the same as a [[Tyranids|hive mind]] either, as each member still retains his or her personality and ambitions, allowing for rare instances of plotting and violence within the House itself.

The source of the Psychoterica is bizarre to the point of being unbelievable, however too many points of evidence exist for it to be discounted entirely: 

Millions of years ago, when Necromunda still had oceans, it was inhabited by a race of [[Cthulhu Mythos|immense behemoths that were worshipped by the natives as gods.]] As time passed, the oceans began to dry up, threatening a mass extinction event. The behemoth-worshippers solution was to build immense underground seas for their gods to inhabit safely. As time passed, the natives of the surface oceans practically died out, and were supplanted by human colonists who were ignorant of the planet's history and it's original inhabitants.

Later, when a sleeping sickness overcame the human population, the behemoths were able to reach out and influence the dreamers, bringing them into the psychoteric fold of Delaque and becoming their "Silent Ones". Though they do not control the Psychoterica, and their intentions must be interpreted from the melange of voices and thoughts from all the other members, to the point that the masters of the house are not even sure they exist.

Though this sounds too bizarre to be true, as many listeners would deem underground sea monsters an impossibility, there are points of evidence that support it.

*The Delaque speak a unique language known as the Dark Tongue, which is not believed to be a human language at all. Though it is rarely spoken to outsiders, the Delaque may not even be aware of its true meaning and translation when they speak it. One recurring sentence roughly translates as ''The deathless sleeper waits, beneath the dead world.''
*[[House Ty]] sponsored an expedition to the deep underground, looking for a fabled lost city. The only survivor was a bashed up servitor, with mnemonic fragments of underground oceans and slumbering shadows.
*In mid M41, members of Delaque descended to the sump and called ''something'' out of the toxic sea to destroy the settlement of Downtown.
*'''Yageloth''' - Master of Whispers, reportedly has also made the journey to the presence of the Silent Ones, and returned as, ''something else''. With the ability to manipulate the Psychoterica to the point he can transcend his physical form.
*House Delaque have some kind of arrangement with a xenos race called the '''[[Saharduin|Pisceans]]''', who may or may not be the original inhabitants of Necromanda's oceans and the first followers of the Silent Ones, whatever the truth, they share access to the Psychoterica.
*The masters of Delaque shared a dream that drove them to build a stalker construct of genetic scraps and memories. Unlike all of the others, this one has limited self direction and will and is known simply as the ''Servant of the Silent Ones''. It has a unique interaction with the Psychoterica and can echo any psychic power cast by a Delaque agent in close proximity.