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Whatever the truth, over the ensuing centuries Brayne's cult slowly grew within the Underhive. Their wealth became built on the refuse of Necromunda and their bitter war against [[House Orlock]] over the differences between "mining" and "scavenging" exposed the clan's weakness. The [[Noble Houses ]] granted them few contracts while the [[Merchant Guild ]] considered them beneath notice. In this atmosphere Redemption Cults were raised and destroyed, until [[M40]] when [[Aornath VI]], the First Noble at the time, used them to exert his control over the House. His plan worked and for several decades he rode high on the power of the spreading Redemptionist Cults, but in the end, he was undone by the very teachings he had embraced, his own people accepting that their salvation lay with sacrifice to the God-Emperor as opposed to the Masters of the Hive. His role became usurped by pious beggars and nobles far savvier in the ways of faith than he. Workers rose up to become [[Word-Keeper]]s while the shadow of [[House Ko'iron]] consumed the upper echelons of the clan. Halfway through the Millennium, faith had completely consumed the old ways of Cawdor.{{Fn|15c}}

Dozens of Clan Thanes have lived and died since the rise of the Redemption Cults. Some such as Aornath's successor [[Gaebral the Willful]] or [[Aornath XV]] believed the religious rhetoric of the first Thane and were spiritual fanatics themselves. They sent servants to spread the faith throughout Necromunda and established the first foundations of the [[Palace of Bones]] upon the ancient Cawdor furnaces at the heart of the Hive. Relics across the world were gathered and Redemptionists spread rapidly throughout the city. By [[M41]] the Thanes and their advisors became cannier in their control of the House, issuing the ''[[Holy Book of Bryane]]'' to effectively change the structure of the house to ensure better control, such as those laid out in the Ten Words of Faith. Meanwhile the ''[[Six Hundred Torments of Bryane]]'' accounted the trials endured by the Redemption founder. Redemptor Priests have long used this tome as the basis for their tortures against heretics and enemies. Many other Noble Houses reacted aggressively to the rise and spread of Cawdor, seeing its faith as a threat to their power. During the time of Thane [[Spriggan]] in M41, the other Houses first sanctioned the clan, and then convinced the [[Lord Helmawr]] to declare the Redemptionists a subversive cult. Full-scale rebellion was only avoided when Spriggan commissioned the ''[[Pax Redemptos]]'', which stated that no Redemptionist would ever wage war in the name of their faith but rather in the name of their House. By the time of Lord [[Mormaer]] the Clan had developed its heavily dogmatic traditions, stipulating everything from the way to properly eat food to how to get out of bed. Lord Maemar now rules over a religious empire that stretches across the world and even beyond, for the Redemptionists have spread to other worlds.{{Fn|15c}}