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|Symbol      =HermetikaSymbol.jpg
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|Affiliation =[[Imperium]]
|Knight World=[[Kaldeia]]
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Knight House]] of the [[Imperium]] active during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1a}}

==Overview==
Based on the world of [[Kaldeia]], the House was allied to the [[Forge World]] of [[Mezoa]] and battled alongside them during the [[Age of Strife]]. House Hermetika fielded large numbers of well-maintained [[Cerastus Pattern Knight]]s thanks to their ties with Mezoa, though Hermetika were not vassals to the Forge World but instead allies. Over the centuries the Knights of Hermetika and [[Tech-Priest]]s of Mezoa grew more alike, with the strange ascetic and meditative practices of the Knight House slowly infiltrating the rites of Mezoa's [[Cult Mechanicus]]. The House's own mythology talked of a "perfect being", which the [[Sacristan]]s eventually interpreted to be the [[Omnissiah]] (and eventually, the [[Emperor of Mankind]]).{{Fn|1a}}

During the Heresy, they remained loyal to the [[Imperium]] and defended both Mezoa and their homeworld of Kaldeia from the forces of [[Horus]].{{Fn|1a}} They are also known to have fought beside [[Legio Ignatum]] in the [[Battle of Beta-Garmon]].{{Fn|2}}

==Known Knights==
*''[[Orphaeon]]'' - [[Knight Magaera]]{{CME}}
*''[[Crucible of Enlightenment]]'' - [[Knight Acheron]] piloted by Magister [[Thenus Apeo]].{{Fn|1b}}

==See also==
*[[List of Knight Houses]]

==Sources==
*1: [[The Horus Heresy Book Four - Conquest]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 98
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 104
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Titandeath]], pg. 93

[[Category:Knight Houses|Hermetika]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]

[[fr:Maison Hermetika]]