Sisters of Silence - Warhammer 40,000 Tribute

A tribute to the Sisters of Silence, or Silent Sisterhood, the militant arm of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica during the Great Crusade. For if we forget our past, then we shall have no future. They are not to be confused with being the female equivalent of the Adeptus Custodes, their role differs entirely. While they are no longer a visible fighting force among the Imperium, they could either have been disbanded or incorporated to the Inquisition. That, or they still man the Black Ships, ensuring the safe arrival of the thousands of psykers needed to sustain the Emperor. This tribute wasnt really planned as such but I found a few good pics and thought this would be a nice prelude to the Officio Assassinorum one Im eventually doing, and there is also a Tau tribute in the pipeline which will probably be up sooner unless I find some decent music for assassins. All in all, this is a smaller tribute leading up to a far greater, more epic one! I felt the music emphasises their sinister nature, being silent and all, they don't have much to say.

The Sisters of Silence are the militant arm of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica and are internally referred to as its Departmento Investigates. The Sisters of Silence have a long history (their organisation predates the Horus Heresy.) They are an all female order, in much the same way as the Adepta Sororitas; the major difference is that the sisters are all Blanks (Pariahs.)

Recruited from Untouchable stock, the Sisters are anathema to psykers. Their very presence disrupts psychic activity and they are presumed immune to most forms of psychic assault. The main purpose of the Sisters of Silence is therefore to seek out and apprehend psykers. As warrior-investigators they can be involved in all aspects of the capture and transportation of psychic individuals and can almost always be found among the crew of the Black Ships.

Each Sister swears an oath of silence known as the Oath of Tranquility upon being nominated for Sisterhood; before this, when they are novices; they are allowed to converse normally. Amongst their other duties novices sometimes act as interpreters between senior Sisters and other agents of the Imperium. Full Sisters converse in their own sign-language, but there is at least one example of them being conversant in other forms of sign-communication, such as Astartes battle-signage.

Sisters of Silence participated in some of the major actions of the Horus Heresy, including the defence of the Imperial Palace. They were perhaps most successful during the assault on Prospero, where a force of Sisters were deployed to provide specialised support for the attacking Space Wolves Legion. Due to their Untouchable nature, the Sisters were proof against the psychic attacks of the defending Thousand Sons Legion and provided a stable bulwark for the assault to be anchored upon.

-----

Credits:

Images:
- Games Workshop
- Deviant Art authors

Music:
- Cyber World by X-ray Dog

Additional:
- Darkangel0103 for his original Sisters of Battle and Silence tribute which inspired this one

-----
If there is anyone out there from Games Workshop GW Leicester then feel free to join our society/club that we have recently set up. There is a link to it on my homepage so just click my username and have a look.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Warhammer
• 40000
• WH40k
• Games
• Workshop
• War
• Hammer
• 40k
• Sisters
• of
• Battle
• Silence
• Imperium
• Hell
• Epic
• Adepta
• Adeptus
• Custodes
• Custodian
• Navy
• Fleet
• Planet
• Exterminatus
• Sororitas
• Silent
• Sisterhood
• Astra
• Telepathica
• Emperor
• Imperator
• Ave
• Universe
• Space
• Marine
• Marines
• Administratum
• High
• Lords
• Terra
• Holy
• Imperial
• Guard
• Leicester

[eyes469]

wtf is this crap?

[GUNFLASH20]

@eyes469 "this crap" is your comment appearing on my video page. So sit down, shut up and GTFO before you infect others with your moronic lack of intellect. Noobs these days. Sheesh.

[Ashryu27]

If you don't mind me asking, where did you find the picture at 1:53? It's really good

[GUNFLASH20]

Lexicanum :-)

[Multyreaps]

Where did you find this video?

[GUNFLASH20]

I made this video :-)

[Unkehz0r]

@longhairdlout Forgetting the vast amount of worlds the Imperium controls; they're rare, yes, but there's bound to be that many given the immense span of the Imperium of Man.

[barmyguy900]

@Erikjust

I think they crew the black ships now, i dont know for sure however

[longhairdlout]

sisters of silence were all blanks right?

i thought blanks were ridiculously rare? so their cant of been that many of them so they probably got wiped out in a fight and they didnt bother re-establishing them

[Erikjust]

The biggest question is what happened to the sisters of silence? After the Horus Heresy they are never mentioned again.

Hopefully the Horus Heresy series will give us the answer.

[DrMabuse2006]

If they can find enough of them to crew the black ships and form a fighting unit I'm kinda surprised they don't use them more often as anti-daemon units since they are immune to warpcraft.

[Mishai87]

@Potatonaught they are psycer rezistant women-....so they are used most as crew of black ships....what travel across empire and collect psykers...stable minds for train, unstable for golden throne...and sometimes are called for help witchunters...:)

[gr3ylock]

Hi, I started my own finest Warhammer 40K Tribute Series. Full HD, Finest Art and Epic Music.

Please Check out my channel

[AndroxineVortex]

I, the Emperor of the Imperium of Man, have made the Adeptus Sororitas for one very important purpose...MAKE ME A SANDWHICH!

[Justowner]

@DGneoseeker1 Maybe its so the psykers cant understand their communication?

[Justowner]

@DGneoseeker1 Maybe its so the psykers cant understand their communication? 

[barmyguy900]

@zeltrax85

Theyre not an army.

[TheGrimdoor]

girls rock in general



[zeltrax85]

waht the hell....this girls rock...i play warhammer 40K but i never see them, where i can buy the codex & miniatures?

[DGneoseeker1]

I never did work out WHY they take a vow of silence. It's pretty stupid thing to do, especially since in those days everyone was an atheist....

[Thongger]

the ones in golden armour look like female versions of the Custodians. 5/5

[Guardsmen248]

@ZakkLamm dont forget though theres even a higher rank of "null" the black pariah, able to turn a user psychic powers againt themselves

[ZakkLamm]

Blanks and Pariahs are not the same thing. Pariahs are an extreme version of Blanks. Whereas Blanks just nullify or weaken psychic powers in their vicinity, Pariahs are total anti-psykers, and have no presence in the Warp at all. The Sisters of Silence are Blanks, and the Culexus are Pariahs.

[NicoleLeblanc100]

Want to get in touch with your true higher self?Feel like the real relevant information has been hidden from you?Discover your true psychic abilities.THE-HIDDEN-SPIRITdot­COM It is time to change the world.

[darkangel0103]

Cool I just noticed I was mentioned in the discription lol.

If only you hadn't deleted your old account Gun, You'd built up quite a nice following, and most of them don't really know about your new videos :S

but still love your work dude

[ZakkLamm]

Blanks and Pariahs are not the same thing, but are often considered as such. Blanks, or Untouchables, exude an anti-psychic field around themselves. Pariahs, or Blacksouls, literally have zero presence in the Warp and are much more potent anti-psykers.

[MrOmegaprime]

not as hot as the sisters of battle