Confessor
"Your sins have condemned you. The price of His forgiveness is your life. Rejoice! Upon this battlefield, you shall not wait long for your return to grace."
Confessors are evangelical zealots of the Ecclesiarchy. They were once Preachers but have since been promoted for their zeal.[1]
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Overview
Their oratory skills can stir the emotions of entire crowds, leading them to confess personal heresies and mutations, and to betray their neighbors as psykers or other deviants. They are free to wander within an entire diocese and preach among the population. They often work on Imperial colonies with planetary governors and are especially useful on worlds where faith is lacking and the people are rebellious. With special dispensation from the Ecclesiarchy, they may even gather armies of Frateris Militia and lead wars of faith against the enemies of the Imperium. Confessors often wear the Rosarius as both protection and a symbol of their rank.[13]
There is a position within the Missionarus Galaxia known as a Confessor-Militant, which Arnaut Tantalid held.[4]
Arch-Confessor
Arch-Confessors are the highest rank of Confessor. These servants of the Imperial Creed are exceptional orators who can have swathes of citizens rush forward to confess their sins.[1]
Notable Confessors
- Solivas Benyamin[7]
- Deomsk[5]
- Dolan
- Yodus Mange[14]
- Rufeus Kleng
- Kressnik[3]
- Kyrinov[2b]
- Lucius of Agatha[2a]
- Malifax - He strove to hold back an apostate tide. He'd eventually drown in the ocean.[8]
- Marduk
- Petasus
- Rawketh
- Vitori Mendelyev
- Hubre Vaccilos[6]
- Cyrene Valantion
Images
Confessor[16]
Miniatures
Confessor miniature (2nd Edition)[9]
Confessor Zadorov miniature for Kill Team: Blood and Zeal[10]
Trivia
In Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican, Friar Yodus is described as a "Mission Confessor", an extre member of the Imperial Cult which reports directly to the Adeptus Administratum.[14]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook, pg. 159
- 2: Codex: Sisters of Battle (2nd Edition):
- 3: Sons of the Hydra (Novel), Part II, Chapter ε
- 4: Malleus (Novel), Chapter 2
- 5: White Dwarf February 2020, pg. 59 - Indomitus Crusade Heroes
- 6: White Dwarf 292 (UK), pg. 94
- 7: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution - Blessed of Solivas, wargear selection screen
- 8: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Player conversation between Zealot (Male Judge) and Psyker (Male Loner)
- 9: Warhammer Community: Pre-order Preview: Inquisitors, Made to Ordo (saved archive page, dated 17 November 2019, last accessed 11/01/2022)
- 10: Warhammer Community: Wield the power of the gods in Kill Team: Blood and Zeal (posted 1/3/2025) (archived from the original, last accessed 4/3/2025)
- 11: Wrath & Glory: Forsaken System, pg. 113
- 12: Kill Team: Blood and Zeal, pg. 9
- 13: Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition) - pg. 35
- 14: Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican, pg. 107
- 15: Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 40
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- #: Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pgs. 39, 40
