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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
The Fellowship is the descendents of the Selenites, not the Sisters
|Content2 =[[Somnus Citadel]], [[Luna]]
|Title3 =Leader
|Content3 =[[Sister-Commander]] [[Asurma]]{{Fn|1717a}}
|Title4 =Established
|Content4 =[[M30]]
After the Warmaster’s rebellion was halted at Terra and the Emperor was interred upon his [[Golden Throne]], the Sisters of Silence found themselves without direction. Many were slain or lost forever, scattered and stranded across a war-ravaged galaxy. Undaunted by the sudden lack of guidance, they went abroad into the wider Imperium to continue their work. There amongst the stars they hunted savants and witches with unstinting fervour; some as part of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica, some as lone but loyal agents who eventually settled within the teeming hordes of Humanity. In some rare cases, these hunters learned to suppress their uncanny auras to some degree, and in living alongside others begot their own bloodlines. None of these would-be settlers ever stayed in one place for long, for the Pariah gene is not named idly. Wherever the Sisters of Silence sought out new lives, they were hounded into exile once more by those that hated them for their intrinsic otherness. Still, not all were reviled or burned as witches. The offspring of these few had children of their own, and over the generations, the genetic peculiarity of the Silent Sisterhood found its way further into the vast spread of the human race.{{Cite this}} The exception was the [[Chamber Astra]], which operated the [[League of Black Ships|Black Ships]] and continued to operate uninterrupted.{{Fn|26}} Many believed the Sisters to have disbanded or gone extinct, though this was never the case.{{Fn|16}}
The Sisters of Silence have banded together but rarely since their devolution at the end of the Horus Heresy. Due perhaps to the uneasy nature caused by being in the presence Blanks, they were cast out of the [[Adeptus Terra]] sometime after the Heresy.{{Fn|13a}} By [[M32]], only a single force of fifty Sisters were known by Imperial authorities, dwelling on the world of [[Nadiries]]. These stated that the Imperium had discarded them out of mistrust following the Heresy. Despite being fiercely loyal to the [[Emperor]] and [[Primarch]]s, this last bastion of the Sisterhood expressed disdain for the modern Imperium, stating they would rather see it burn than be of aid. Nonetheless, [[Lord Commander of the Imperium]] [[Koorland]] was able to convince them to help against the [[Orks]] during the [[War of the Beast]].{{Fn|7}} By the [[41st Millennium]] the remaining Sisters were largely forgotten by the Imperium, their sparse and virtually unfunded Chambers operating from several Black Ships. They continued to serve in their role, but without recognition or resupply. Sister [[Atarine Hestia]] was vital in keeping the dying Sisterhood together.{{Fn|13a}} Some Sisters remained behind on In their absence, remnants of the [[Selenite]]s tended the [[Somnus Citadel]], forming calling themselves the [[Fellowship (Sisters of Silence)|Fellowship]].{{Fn|17a}}{{Fn|1717b}}.
====Renaissance====
The situation for the Sisterhood changed dramatically with the rebirth of [[Roboute Guilliman]].{{Fn|16}} At the end of the [[41st Millennium]] a surviving group of Sisters of Silence appeared on [[Luna]] during the last stage of the [[Terran Crusade]]. These Sisters were from their few remaining strongholds across the galaxy, called back to [[Terra]] due to the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]] at the behest of the desperate [[High Lords]].{{Fn|13a}} In truth however, they had been secretly gathered perhaps years in advance by [[Captain-General]] of the Adeptus Custodes [[Trajann Valoris]], who foresaw trouble.{{Fn|13b}} Alongside [[Custodes]] from Terra these Sisters proved vital in the defeat of [[Magnus]] in the battle.{{Fn|11}} After the return of Roboute Guilliman, he issued the '''[[Dispensatus Anathema''']], declaring that the remaining strongholds of the Sisters of Silence be gathered and expanded. He sent many emissaries across the galaxy, discovering lost Sisters strongholds and issuing his summons to Terra. He went on to re-garrison the [[Somnus Citadel]] on [[Luna]].{{Fn|1717a}} When the great muster at Terra was complete, 3,000 Sisters had assembled and were deployed as the [[Vigil Indomitus]], taking part in Guilliman's new [[Indomitus Crusade]]. Since the [[Dispensatus Anathema]] the Sisterhood has been greatly expanded and new [[Sisters of Silence Vigils|Vigils]] once thought lost have been rediscovered by Crusade forces.{{Fn|16}} The Sisters have returned to the frontlines, forming Orders and Vigils in every Segmentum and often operating in fleet-based forces for the Indomitus Crusade.{{Fn|12}}
The new Sisters of Silence fleets have used their null abilities in conjunction with the [[Navis Nobilite]] to penetrate the new fierce [[Warp Storm]]s that ravaged the Imperium.{{Fn|12}}
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition, 2nd Codex)]], pg. 185
*{{Endn|16}}: [[White Dwarf October 2019]], pgs. 54-58
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow]], **{{Endn|17a}}: Chapter 6**{{Endn|17b}}: Chapter 18
*18: [[Saturnine (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|18a}}: ''Dramatis Personae''
