Brother_Octavia Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Dont know if this will get nuked as its not marine related but was just wondering if anyone could tell me what exactly is a death cult and what role do they play in the imperium? re-reading the eisenhorn series and its been bugging me :thanks: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/158753-death-cults/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Tyrak Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Mankind owes Emperor blood-debt for his sacrifice. Killing = paying this debt. Kill for the Emperor! *Slice slice slice* That's about it I think. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/158753-death-cults/#findComment-1859226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Octavia Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 :huh: so they murder randoms for the emperor or is it just heretics, mutants... and the other usual suspects? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/158753-death-cults/#findComment-1859245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 "In the Imperium, as in any society, there are those for whom death is a way of life, and death cults of many types can be found on human worlds across the Imperium. Some are undoubtedly Chaos-influenced, unwitting pawns of men who would bargain with Khorne the Blood God. Others revel in holy slaughter, dedicating their victims' souls to Him, offering up blood sacrifices to the Emperor so that he might answer their prayers. Then there are the Death Cults that specialise in ritual murder and assassination. The art of the blade is paramount to many Death Cultists; different types of incisions, lacerations and punctures, the weapon they are inflicted with, and the body location on which they are made, all have special significance to dedicating the soul to the Emperor. "Death Cultists are quite frequently cannibals and haemavores (blood drinkers). They feel purified by eating the corpses of those they've slain, stealing their enemy's prowess and soul for themselves. Often blood is siphoned off from the dead as offerings to the Emperor, and Death Cultists will make pilgrimages to a great Cathedral of the Ecclessiarchy to present their gifts to the Emperor." You can find the above and more in part II of the Inquisition Rulebook. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/158753-death-cults/#findComment-1859380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somar Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 i vaguely remember a little thing about emperor-worshiping cannibals that was kinda cute... how they had special implants to allow them to digest even the bones of the slain but "pre-mastication by others is strictly forbidden!" ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/158753-death-cults/#findComment-1859392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narthecium Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD...EMPEROR! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/158753-death-cults/#findComment-1859430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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