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Psychic blanks, also known as anti-psykers, are people with an extremely rare mutation that causes them, and everything in their vicinity, to be invisible in the alternate dimension of the warp. Consequently, they are immune to all forms of psychic attack, as well as shielding those around them. The leader of the distaff was [[Alizebeth Bequin]]. As of 337.[[M41]], the Distaff numbered around forty members, trained and managed by Bequin.{{Fn|1a}}
The Distaff were instrumental in the defeat of the renegade [[Inquisitor]] [[Quixos]] in the battle of [[Farness Beta]]. Quixos, having collected a large quantity of psykers during the [[Thracian Atrocity]], was deemed to be in a location of psychic strength, until the Distaff neutralised the psykers' ability to attack Eisenhorn's troops.{{Fn|1x1b}}
The organization was later headquartered on the [[Imperial]] world [[Messina]], but they were targeted{{Fn|2a}} by the [[Heretic]] [[Pontius Glaw]]{{Fn|2b}} circa 396.[[M41]]. [[Vessorine Janissaries]]{{Fn|2a}} [[Mercenary]] bands{{Fn|2c}} would then attack the Distaff{{Fn|2a}} as part of Glaw's plot to kill [[Inquisitor]] [[Eisenhorn]] and destroy his network of contacts.{{Fn|2b}} The organization was essentially wiped out in the attack, although off-shoot elements of the Distaff are rumored to have survived beyond this date.{{Fn|2a}}
=Known Members=
*[[Alizebeth Bequin]]
*[[Surskova]]
*[[Beronice]]
*[[Zu Zeng]]
==Sources==
{{Cite}}
*1: [[Malleus (Novel)]] — [[Eisenhorn (Novel Series)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter pg. 276 - ''One– I discover I am dead. Under dark fire, the lair of Sadia. Tantalid, pgunwelcome. 276''**{{Endn|1x1b}}: {{Cite This}}''Twenty-Two – Farness Beta. Cherubael and Prophaniti. Quixos.''
*2: [[The Inquisition (Background Book)]]
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 27 - ''Distaff''