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A Magos (sg. Magos, pl. Magi)[13] is a high ranking member of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and is a devoted disciple of the principles associated with the Machine God. These individuals have perfected as well as refined their field of expertise making them masters of a certain discipline.[2]
Overview
The Magos' dedication has led to their sacrificing great portions of their body in order to emulate the sacred form of the machine. After decades of service, a Magos has replaced many of his organs and limbs with superior cybernetic implants. As is fitting with the Cult Mechanicus, these replacement limbs and organs never tire or grow weak with age, thus highlighting the greatness of the Machine.[1b] Most devout of all is the Rite of Clear Thought, which replaces one hemisphere of the brain with augments to suppress irrational cognition.[1a]
These senior Tech-Priests attend the Machine Altars of the Forge Worlds which contain the sum of knowledge of the Adeptus Mechanicus which in turn represents the will of the Omnissiah.[1]
Ranks
The offices and titles of the Magos are shifting and complex. Such is their authority that many senior Tech-Priests will adjust their rank in times of war, becoming a Tech-Priest Dominus.[13]
The following Magi ranks are known:
- Prime Hermeticon - Highest rank[13]
- Lord Dogma[13]
- Veneratus[34]
- Mechae Moribundus[13]
- Invictus Acquisitor[13]
- Gerontocrat[13]
- Data-Predator - Lowest rank[13]
Magi that have mastered their respective field are known as an Archmagos[9a]. Another overseer rank whose exact position in the hierarchy is unknown is known as an Overseer-Imperator.[21]
The Orders of the High Tech-Arcana
The various disciplines and specializations of Magi are known as the Orders of High-Tech Arcana. Almost every Forge World has representatives of these orders and they wield much power within the Mechanicum. While there exist many hundreds of orders of tech-arcana, seven of these dominated the politics of the Mechanicum at least at the time of the Great Crusade. These were:[40]
- Archimandrite - Most prestigious of the orders who practice Cybertheurgy.[40]
- Lacrymaerta[40]
- Myrmidax[40]
- Malagra[40]
- Reductor[40]
- Cybernetica[40]
- Macrotek[40]
Others include:
- Adnector Concillium - Maintain the Golden Throne
- Magos Activator[16a]
- Magos Alchemys[1b][11]
- Magos Autokratoris - Oversee Titan maintenance
- Magos Auxilia[26a]
- Magos Biologis/Magos Genetor[1b][9c][10] - Specialized in biological systems
- Magos Cartographicus[31]
- Magos Cordantor[9c]
- Magos Dominus[9b] - Military commander
- Magos-Draco - affiliated with the Lords Dragon[33c]
- Magos Esotericus[17]
- Magos-Ethericus[37]
- Magos Executor Fetial[36] - Ambassador, go-between, arranger: purposefuly uses only subtle augmetics to appear reassuring and comfortable with non-Mechanicus.
- Magos Explorator[4] - Seeks out data for the Quest for Knowledge
- Magos-Fissilum[30]
- Magos Geologis[22]
- Magos Gladius[3]
- Magos-Haptic - Charged with the care and optimisation of Serberys Corps Cybercanid mounts.[42]
- Magos Hesphestari[9c]
- Magos Immateria[32c]
- Magos Interrogus[33b] - Specializes in interrogation
- Magos Juris - Interested in preventing heretek tech-heresy from corrupting the pure knowledge of the Omnissiah.[33a] Many speculate that the Magos Juris are agents of the secretive Lords Dragon. These individuals are akin to the Witch-hunters of the Ordo Hereticus but focus on tech-heresy.[41]
- Magos Lachrimallus[9c]
- Magos Lictanex[9c]
- Magos Logi[9c] - Uses statistics to predict the future trends and expenditures
- Magos Metallurgicus[1b][10]
- Magos Ordinatos[1b]
- Magos Perscrutor[39]
- Magos Physic[1b][10]
- Magos Prime[9a] - Specialized for front-line combat
- Magos Provender[9c]
- Magos Psykana[24][25] - Specialized in crafting warp artifice
- Magos Reductor - Specialized in siege warfare
- Magos Technicus[1b]
- Magos Terminus[44]
- Magos Veneratus[43]
- Magos Vulpaxis[9c]
Notable Magi
- Archmagos Esotericus Sigulus Herstoffen[17]
- Archmagos Domina Erane Shurol
- Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl
- Archmagos Prime Draykavac
- Archmagos Prime Hyakintos Myhr[26b]
- Archmagos Prime Inar Satarael
- Archmagos Xan-Ebon
- Archmagos Lexell Kotov - Led the Kotov Crusade to recover the Breath of the Gods.[19]
- Archmagos Uchultor L'au - Deimos[20]
- High-Magos Alchemys Hieronymus - raised a bio-heresy on the Forge World Artemia Majoris[11]
- High Magos Zadakine Volta[15]
- Magos Antigonus[8]
- Magos Arcotholitis
- Magos Arkhan Land
- Magos Bure
- Magos Chen Phi-8[32a]
- Magos Delphan Gruss[7]
- Magos Ekaterina Mal-Volos[32b]
- Magos Elizah Kaudge (heretic)[14]
- Magos Felicia Tayber[6]
- Magos Geard Bure
- Magos Gerantor
- Magos Grombrindal
- Magos Hammerweld[16b]
- Magos Herrode
- Magos Iapetus Borgovda
- Magos Klarn — Mechanicus representative to Cadian high command[35]
- Magos K-T B0U/M4N — Made first ever detailed pict-capture of the Eye of Terror possible[28]
- Magos Morias Leuze[32c]
- Magos Nalax - His whole life was dedicated to the recovery of scraps of blueprints and ordering information about the Macharius (Heavy Tank)[12]
- Magos Paladius[4]
- Magos Passax
- Magos Theraton[29]
- Magos Theta Heironyma[38]
- Magos Varnak
- Magos Vianco Locard[5]
- Magos Zeta-041[27]
- Magos Artisan Hyus N'dai
- Magos Auxilia Chastiol Illustri[26a]
- Magos Dominus Gerg Zhokuv
- Magos Dominus Faustinius
- Magos Explorator Cumin
- Magos Explorator Vardoman Plosk[18]
- Magos Explorator Vettius Telok
- Magos Geologis Mendel Gathabosis[22]
- Magos Reductor Calleb Decima
See also
Sources
- 1: Dark Heresy: Ascension:
- 2: Dark Heresy Rulebook, pg. 93
- 3: Hellforged (Novel), Chapter One
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- 5: Warriors of Ultramar (Novel), Chapter Four
- 6: Cain's Last Stand (Novel), Chapter Fourteen
- 7: Inquisitor Rulebook, pg. 13
- 8: Dark Adeptus (Novel), Prologue
- 9: The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination:
- 10: White Dwarf 67 (2015), Disciples of the Machine God
- 11: Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy, pg. 11
- 12: Imperial Armour Volume One - Second Edition: Imperial Guard, pg. 118
- 13: Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition), pg. 10
- 14: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 127
- 15: Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign, pgs. 39-40
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- 22: Fist of the Imperium (Novel), Chapter I
- 23: Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook, pg. 121
- 24: The Inquisition (Background Book), pg. 79
- 25: Dark Imperium (Novel), Chapter 12: The Cawl Inferior
- 26: The Horus Heresy: Legions
- 27: Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, pg. 322 - Bestiary
- 28: Regimental Standard: Eye of Terror pict captured for first time
- 29: Psychic Awakening: Blood of Baal, pg. 21 - Echoes of Awakening
- 30: Steel Tread (Novel), Chapter Three
- 31: Darkness in the Blood (Novel), Chapter Eleven
- 32: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II:
- 33: Dark Heresy: The Lathe Worlds:
- 34: The Art of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - Heretek, pg. 16
- 35: Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia, Dramatis Personae (character index)
- 36: Titanicus, Chapter 10 (2) - Djared Crusis Introduction
- 37: Man of Iron (Short Story)
- 38: Liber Xenologis, pg. 5
- 39: The Silent King (Novel), Dramatis Personae
- 40: Liber Mechanicum (3rd Edition), pgs. 10-11
- 41: Rogue Trader: Hostile Acquisitions, pg. 86 & 87
- 42: Wrath & Glory: Redacted Records II, pg. 57
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- 44: Warhammer Community: Defend the Cadian Gate with the Archmagos Terminus and new Skitarii heavies (archived from [1] 16 February 2026, last accessed 16 February 2026)
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