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==Hephaestus Cults and Religious Factions==

''“Trust the Emperor on His holy throne on which He rests at the heart of our empires, blessed be His sacrifice for eternity, for He is the entity of our spirit, united and separated in singularity of the God-Emperor and Omnissiah, protector of Mankind and Mechanicum. May He watch over flesh and steel, as the metal of the throne supports Him. May He watch over blood and oil which gives us life, as the devotion of mankind gives Him his. May he watch over voice and noos, so that we may scream His word and our hate into the darkness. He is our shining light of navigation and consistency who illuminates the true path of logic. Imperator Omnissiah Unificat Carnis un Metallum. The Emperor Protects.”'' -From the Book of the Forged Spirit. Section 1, verse 1. Translated from Binary. 

The Forge World of Hephaestus and the planets within its system are primarily split into two main cults with several smaller cults popping up on occasion. While the cults have their differences, they share a tradition of extreme augmentation and general devotion to the Imperium. 

===The Cult of the Light of Sollex===

This cult first appeared on Hephaestus after ships from Hephaestus encountered ships from Battlefleet Calixis in 869M40 and agreed to an exchange of knowledge, notably improvements to lance weaponry and photonic gear in exchange for improvements to shipboard plasma reactors. Knowledge of the Cult of Sollex was also gained by the Tech-Priests who spent time with the Calixian priests. 

The Sollexian cult promotes a warlike mentality when it comes to addressing problem, having a divisive and binary method of thinking; rigorously categorizing things as definitive as the individual colors within the spectrum of light. The Cult of Sollex specializes in the mysteries of photon and laser, finding divine wisdom in the fractured and varied spectrum of light. It is unsurprising that the cult found such strong roots in Hephaestus given the nature of the technology which Hephaestus specializes in. 

===Cult of Anima Omnissiah===

This cult is dominant on the outer worlds of the Hephaestus system, primarily on Hephaestus-VII and Hephaestus-X. The core belief of the sect is that the will of the God-Emperor/Omnissiah is made manifest through the minds of his chosen mechanical servants; the Beastia Anima. It is through the blessing of the Emperor that these nigh-sentient machines do not gain true awareness, but it is through the actions of the Anima does the Emperor act. 

The Anima cult promotes a mentality of spiritual belief and trust in the God-Emperor not unlike the traditional Imperial Cult. The key difference is that the adherents of his cult believe their God to walk bodily among them in metal vessels. This version of the faith is gaining increased traction on Hephaestus-I and Hephaestus-II due to the actions of the cybernetica in repelling the remnants of the Orkish invasion in Millennium Thirty-Nine.