Exorcists
| Exorcists | ||
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| Battle Cry | Chanting in a mixture of dark languages and high gothic | |
| Number | Unknown | |
| Founding | 13th Founding | |
| Successors of | Grey Knights | |
| Successor Chapters | None | |
| Chapter Master | Unknown | |
| Primarch | The Emprah | |
| Homeworld | Banish | |
| Strength | 1200 Marines | |
| Specialty | Fighting Daemons | |
| Allegiance | Imperium | |
| Colours | Red and Black | |
During the 13th Founding (also known as the dark founding) the Inquisition and the High Lords of Terra made a number of secret Space Marine chapters, one of which was the Exorcists. Some bright spark got the idea to see what kind of marines you would get if you had a strong willed marine possessed against their will by a daemon and then had it banished. The results spoke for themselves when they released two full companies of the first batch of exorcists on a daemon world and they got a kill ratio of 97:1. This pleased the Inquisition and they ordered up a full chapter of these spiritually raped marines.
The Exorcists are essentially Grey Knights if they were actually practical.
| Grey Knights | Exorcists |
|---|---|
| Recruit from Pskyers, who are pretty much Daemon-chow | Recruits are possessed and exorcised of Daemons, making them invisible to Daemons. |
| Kills or mindwipes everyone who sees them | Don't murder innocent civilians for being saved by them |
| Recruits from an already rare population and only 1 in a billion survive | Recruits from an entire planet, and two extra scout companies offset the lethality of Daemonic Possession Therapy |
| Only fights Daemons | Actually fights non-Chaos enemies on a regular basis |
| Secret base is in one of the most overpopulated planetary systems in the Imperium | Secret base is in the middle of a forbidden sector |
We're not making this stuff up. It's like someone smarter than Matt Ward (ie, anyone) saw his shitty Grey Knights codex and decided to go back in time and take a stab at making his/her own Daemonhunters chapter. Sadly, they're pretty much ignored by GW, with most of their appearances just being small references, such as their being reported to have fought in the 13th Black Crusade and the Badab War. Here's hoping they get more attention in the future. And kick the Grey Knights' asses.
Notable Characters
- Silas Alberec: The Captain of the Third Company, he is really fucking huge. Like Primarch or Ogryn sized. He is slated to be the next Chapter Master. He wields an artifact mace known as the Hellslayer, which is made of a material so heavy that only his brutish strength can lift it. He lead the Exorcist forces in the Badab War. He is also the only in-game playable character for the exorcists, and he (awesomely) auto-wounds daemons at S10 ap2 master crafted. Hilariously, can bring more pain against daemons than Kaldor Draigo could ever hope to.
- Enoch Trismegistus: The first Chapter Master of the Exorcists. The Orision known as the Enochian Guard is named after him. With two companies, had a 97 to 1 kill rate, with only 1% of the Exorcists getting recorrupted.
- Darrion Rauth: A member of the Deathwatch from the short stories Headhunted and Exhumed (written by Steve Parker). An asshole who really hates psykers, though he goes from "asshole" to "creepy" in the prequel novel Deathwatch.
- Waite Ryder: Master of the Fleet. Saved the life of the Chapter Master of the Red Scorpions.