Schola Progenium
The mutant may match you in strength, the heretic in zeal and the witch in cunning. It is discipline and strength of spirit that separates you from these vile traitors, and the drill abbot who shall instill within you these traits. Listen well to their words.
The Schola Progenia are academies run by Missionaries of the Ecclesiarchy. These schools teach and train orphans of Imperial officials who have given their lives in the service of the Emperor of Mankind.[1][2a] These orphans are indoctrinated into the Imperial Cult from an early age, and soon learn to regard the Emperor as their spiritual father.[1]
The Schola itself is overseen by a Commandant, who is one of the lesser members of the Senatorum Imperialis.[3] Veterans of frontline combat, Drill Abbots are regularly tasked with turning Schola Progenium recruits into fanatical warriors.[19]
Contents
Facilities
"During your time here, you are fated to learn countless lessons that you may use in the service of the God-Emperor. Heed your teachers, or you may be forced to live outside of His light."
Schola facilities exist on many worlds across the Imperium, primarily on planets with strong connections to either Terra or the Adeptus Ministorum. Many Schola are deliberately built in remote or isolated regions of their worlds, both to ensure the security of the facilities, and to prevent the progena from attempting to escape.[2c] The children that do escape might end up living a life of freedom amongst the local Hive Scum.[18]
Certainly many progena may desire to leave, for the rigours of their training are designed to be as harsh as possible, constantly testing their physical and mental fortitude during their studies. This ensures that the Schola's cadets are conditioned to handle and overcome any challenges that may face them when they graduate into the service of the wider Imperium.[2c]
The Schola Progenium also operates training facilities on various Death Worlds.[16]
Known locations of the Schola Progenium
Worlds known to host Schola Progenium facilities include:
- Antigone's Harbour — Located on Terra.[20]
- Ignatius Cardinal[14]
- Makron V — Training grounds of the 34th Betic Centaurs regiment.[2e]
- The moons of Mezoa — Training grounds of the Lambdan Lions regiments.[2d]
- Olvein Devus[2i]
- Phrell[2h]
- Saint Phramona[2b]
- Skell II[2f]
- Vedill I — Training grounds of the 9th Iotan Gorgonnes regiment and the Order of the Glowing Chalice.[2g]
Progena
Graduates of the Schola are known as Progena, and because of the loyalty their training has instilled in them, they are frequently sent for further training and service within other Imperial organisations. Progena are often earmarked for roles that call for the most rigorous dedication to the Imperium. These roles can include Tempestus Scions, Arbites[15], Commissars of the Imperial Guard, officers of the Imperial Navy, Imperial Assassins, and even budding Inquisitors. Female Progena typically join one of the Orders of the Adepta Sororitas, while males more often join the ranks of the Tempestus Scions.[2c][4]
Notable Former Students
- Bronislaw Czevak — Inquisitor.[12]
- Janus Darke — Rogue Trader.[5]
- Jaq Draco — Inquisitor.[6]
- Junith Eruita — Canoness of the Adepta Sororitas.[9]
- Gregor Eisenhorn — Inquisitor.[8]
- Ephrael Stern — Sister of Battle.[12]
- Sebastian Yarrick — Commissar.[7]
- Ciaphas Cain — Commissar.[11]
- Mathieu — Militant-Apostolic of the Adeptus Ministorum.[10]
- Salem Whitlock — Militarum Tempestus officer.[13]
See also
Sources
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- 1: Warhammer 40,000: Compilation (1991), pg. 13, reprinted from White Dwarf 115 (UK) (1989)
- 2: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition):
- 3: Echoes of the Long War (Novel), Chapter 6
- 4: Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition Rulebook, pg. 93
- 5: Farseer (Novel), Chapter Sixteen
Heretic Tomes - 6: Inquisitor (Novel), Chapter Four
- 7: Survivor (Short Story)
- 8: Eisenhorn: Xenos (Novel) - Chapter 11
- 9: Codex: Adepta Sororitas (8th Edition), pg. 43
- 10: His Will (Short Story)
- 11: For The Emperor (Novel) - Editorial Note before Chapter One
- 12: Atlas Infernal (Novel) - Third Interregna
- 13: Sanctus Reach: The Red Waaagh! (E-Book) - Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock
- 14: First and Only (Novel) — The Founding (Omnibus), A Memory: Ignatius Cardinal, Twenty-Nine Years Earlier, pgs. 107-111 (Interstitial between Parts Three and Four)
- 15: Inquisitor Rulebook, pgs. 6–7
- 16: White Dwarf 472, pg. 35
- 17: Dark Heresy Second Edition: Core Rulebook, pg. 94
- 18: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide: Character Creation (Hive Scum): Childhood, Orphan Runaway
- 19: Kill Team: Blood and Zeal, pg. 16
- 20: The Inquisition (Background Book), pg. 7
Uncited
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- Codex Imperialis (Background Book)
- The Ecclesiarchy (saved archive page, dated April 2008)
