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[[Image:GKPurifier.jpg|thumb|right|Grey Knights Purifiers{{Fn|1c}}]]
'''Purifiers''' are members of the [[Grey Knights]] [[Chapter]] and is a position held by , one of two elite brotherhoods (the most noblest of their rankothers being the [[Paladin]]s). who stood They stand watch at the [[Chamber of Purity]] on [[Titan (Moon)|Titan]].{{Fn|1a}}
==Overview==
Membership in their number is given to those that show a tally of grim deeds soaked in blood, valour and skill, with no set procedure or training regime for entering their ranks. In fact, a Grey Knight can serve the Chapter for centuries with distinction without ever being granted the honour of membership into the Brotherhood of Purifiers. The Purifiers themselves only select those Battle-Brothers who show an incorruptible soul and who demonstrate resistance to the temptations of the [[Warp]] even amongst the standards of the Grey Knights. This high standard meant that there are only a few Purifiers at any time, and no thought has ever been given to relaxing the restrictions, in fear that it would compromise the sanctity of their order.{{Fn|1c}} At any given moment, there are rarely more than forty Purifiers and only with the arrival of some great incursion do their ranks swell in number.{{Fn|1b}} Fortunately, even their limited numbers prove adequate to the task and they often ensure their sacred duty of combating the machinations of [[Daemon]]s thus allowing the fires of victory to endure. This duty means that they often form the spearhead of any assault, though, as is the case with all Grey Knights, they understand that their mission comes first before personal survival.{{Fn|1c}} At their station in the Chamber of Purity, they stand guard and prevent any outsiders from entering the area , with only a few given the privelege privilege of passage into this part of the citadel. It is said that only the Purifiers know the exact nature of their prisoner but never speak of it, not even to the [[Grey Knights Supreme Grand Master|Supreme Grand Master]]. Whenever the rocks of Titan shake, the Purifiers move in to seal any breaches to the chamber , with the Chapter waiting in anticipation until the tremors cease. {{Fn|1a}} It is known that they struck against their own Battle-Brothers who dared enter into the Chamber of Purity , as they trusted trust no one else with their sacred mission of protecting the mysterious contents of the prison.{{Fn|1c}}
==History==
In the year 800.M41, the predictions of the [[Prognosticar]]s led to [[Grey Knights Brother-Captain|Brother-Captain]] [[Pelenas]] taking as many Purifiers with him as possible to the [[Eldar]] [[Craftworld]] of [[Malan'tai]] , that had fallen to the swarm of the [[TyranidTyranids]]s and , after which its ruined carcass was being fed on by the [[Keeper of Secrets]] [[N'Kari]]. A dozen of their number fall before fell to the [[Greater Daemon]]'s power before Pelenas manages managed to defeat it and force it back into the Warp , whereupon a small number of Purifiers stand stood watch over Malan'tai until the Eldar come returned to claim the fallen [[Spirit stone]]s.{{Fn|1b}}
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==Sources==
*1: [[Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Pg pg. 9**{{Endn|1b}}: Pg pg. 12**{{Endn|1c}}: Pg pg. 31===Uncited===*<sup>2</sup>: [[Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter]], pg pgs. 126-127
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