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[[Image:Dark_Heresy_-_Creatures_Anathema_-_Tech-Witch.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Tech-Witch performing a ritual{{Fn|1c}}]]
'''Tech-Witches''' - are minor [[psyker]]s or sorcerers of the [[Machine Cult]] who use their powers to exude will of the [[warp]] upon [[machine spirit]]s, considered thus greater [[Heretek]]s.{{Fn|1a}} They are known to reside mainly on a fallen [[Forge World]] of [[Sinophia]], and while many Witches are unaware of the entirety of this structure, at its core resides Arch-Heretek [[Ammicus Tole]], to whom every Tech-Witch swears his or her soul in sacrificial blood. As such, they follow the word of the arcane ''Tome of Ammicus Tole'', where most of their [[technomancy|technomantic]] rituals are taught and learned from, although each singular Witch or coven can muse on their meagre powers on their own, with the help of knowledge acquired from torturing captured [[tech-priests]]. In fact, they are often forced to do so, as very few outside Tole's inner circle have access to more than a few pages of his book.{{Fn|1b}}
Although their powers are not under question, the maddened ramblings of the Arch-Heretek and his followers very rarely elicit any response from the warp, and when they do, they are in the same strain of rarity of any benefit to the Tech-Witch. With the few schemata-patterns within their book, Tech-Witches are known to enslave [[servitor]]s of others to their will through the use of silver neuro-needles. They practice [[human]] sacrifices, attempt to force the warp into rummaged technology or try to placate device-gods claimed to be kept secret by the Mechanicum. Within the fractured society of Sinophia Tech-witches earn [[Throne]]s by placing mumbled blessings or curses upon devices or casting auguries from components cut akin to entrails of animals, scavenged all from the deserted ruins of Sinophia that was.{{Fn|1b}}
==Known individuals==
*[[Ammicus Tole]] – the founder of the original Tech-Witch cult from which all others took root, credited with authoring his book of arcane rituals at the core of all Tech-Witches' practical and mystical knowledge.{{Fn|1b}}
*[[Lysee|Lysee the Murderess]] - primary Tech-Witch of Sinophian coven, whose decadently horrific rituals and behaviour has stricken fear not only in her enemies but in lesser cultists as well.{{Fn|1b}}
==See Alsoalso==
*[[Augur (Logis)]] - Mechanicus cartographers of the Immaterium
*[[Xenarites]]
**{{Endn|1d}}: pg. 34
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