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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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Away from the [[Preachers]] of the [[Ecclesiarchy]], the ratskins do not share any of the same beliefs common amongst the normal citizens of the [[Imperium]], instead they have formed an animistic form of shamanism in relation to the hive. Coming to worship the spirits of the hive they treat the city as a living ecosystem prone to moods and tempers. Therefore in living "native" they have come to respect and predict environmental conditions in the hive bottom, such as hive-quakes or toxic mists.
Unfortunately, this outlook on life would make the ratskins [[heretics]] if their tribes could be located . The hive guilds have placed bounties upon the ratskins, and they are not welcome amongst imperial society.
Though they live primitive, self-sufficient lives the Ratskins do consider '''Archaeotech''' to be sacred and while they do not use ancient technology, they maintain that sites containing archeotech are favoured by the spirits. Thus locations containing archaotech are often the only static territories held by the nomadic ratskins.
