Editing Void Wardens (section)

==Culture==

===Autuc Cult===
The chapter cult of the Void Wardens traces its origins back to a small feudal world within the Segmentum Obscurus. Their doctrine centers around embracing your personal power and doing what you can to perfect yourself. This translates well to the life of the astartes of the Void Wardens. This firm focus on self-betterment has driven the marines to be be fiercely competitive with other chapters and their glories. The followers of the Autuc Cult view the emperor as the pinnacle of humanity. The [[Ecclesiarchy]] has recognized the Autuc Cult as a non-heretical faith, mostly due to the allowance of space marine cults within the Imperium. Users of psychic power within the cult are often praised for their "gifts" and seen as an improvement beyond the base human. Although this raised some eyebrows form their more wary brother chapters it has yet to be brought up as a point of contention.

===View On Humanity and Xenos===
The Void Wardens have a distinct view on humanity. Although they find humans to be inferior to themselves they still attempt to defend citizens of the Imperium. Many of the Void Wardens believe humans to be similar to wayward children, wandering into trouble all the time because they do not understand how the universe works yet. They see the Adaptus Astartes as the first and best hope for humanity to survive against the legions of their enemies.

The Void Wardens view xenos species as a mixed bag.  Although they admire the destructive capabilities of the various xenos races' weapons they disdain the species which wields them. The Void Wardens have a particular enmity for the [[Eldar]]. The Void Wardens have had multiple fights with the Eldar warriors and have grown to hate them with a fervor. In the few cases that an Eldar warrior is taken alive from the field of  battle the Void Wardens often return the unlucky Xenos to their flagship where they are imprisoned and subjected to  as much pain as their bodies can take before they are executed and their [[Spirit stone]] taken from the corpse after it has successfully trapped the Eldar's soul. [[Slaanesh|Slaanesh]] [[Chaos Space Marines|approves.]] The enmity between the void wardens and Eldar stems primarily from the Void Warden's invasion and successful take-over of an Eldar Exodite world. Wow, what fucking dicks. Sure, taking over an Exodite world is an accomplishment, but it's also a massive waste of time that could be better spent on taking back or defending worlds under the threat of [[Chaos]], the [[Orks|Green Tide]], or the [[Tyranids]] and/or their [[Genestealers|Genestealer Cults]]. [[Exodites]] don't leave their worlds, they only defend. Their rather specific and spiteful hatred for the Eldar and love for torturing those they hate seems to indicate a potential Slaaneshi taint.

===Ediona===
The Ediona are small creatures native to Neria. They usually come to the size of a small child and have comparable intelligence. Librarians of the Void Wardens use them as familiars because of their moderate intelligence and mostly humanoid shape. The Silvanet has large warrens of the animals staying within their walls and are commonly trained to assist the space marines and serfs with their tasks. The typical Ediona appears around 2-3 feet tall and ranges from pallid to deep purple in color. They often have horns or thick tendrils covering their heads and wear robes.

===Trophies===
The Void Wardens after being victorious on the field of battle commonly take the heads of those that they killed. The marines sometimes mouth the heads upon trophy racks on their armor, displaying them as grisly testaments to their prowess. The heads are also kept within their flagship in the Hall of Glory, a large room littered with trophies and testaments to the chapter's strength as well as serving as a reliquary for artifacts.  The most common heads taken are that of the Eldar.

===Downtime===
During time in which a marine from the Void Wardens are not engaged in combat the marines preform a variety of tasks. Most often the marines are either training, reading through the history of the chapter, or sitting in quiet meditation. However many marines also practice art like painting, sculpting, forge craft, and other pursuits. They believe that such acts hone the mind and the soul to round out their attributes.  The Void Wardens also  take part in large feasts. The feast commonly has many courses of food ranging from thick stews to sweetened breads along with  a strong herbal tea. More often than not the feasts are open to all crew and serfs who wish to join in the celebrations. The marines and other participants occasionally engage in displays of valor, strength or skill but never mixing their two numbers within the same competition.

===Inquisitorial Interaction===
The Void Wardens have encountered the [[Inquisition]] on multiple occasions. They often assist radical inquisitors with their research and missions, leading to the more puritan factions in the inquisition looking upon the Void Wardens with suspicion.  Throughout the history of the Void Wardens they have been called into service from nearly every ordo but the most common ordo for them to assist is the [[Witch Hunters|Ordo Hereticus]] in their fight against heretics, witches, and other rogue elements of the Imperium. Seeing as they like to torture captured Eldar for no other reason other than incredibly petty spite, these Puritans might be [[Heresy|onto something.]]