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'''Hexagrammic Wards''' are techno-arcane devices from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], designed to protect their user against [[Psyker|psychic]] attacks.{{Fn|4}}
Hexagrammic Wards are used heavily aboard the [[League of Black Ships]].{{Fn|4}} They are also sometimes worn by [[Inquisitors]] when they know they will encounter [[psykers]].{{Fn|1}} They protect the Inquisitor using powerful charms and canticles of faith to psychically unnerve nearby heretical psykers.{{Fn|2}}
During the [[Indomitus Crusade]], such wards were engraved in blessed silver on the back of relic badges known as [[Aegis Indomitus]].{{Fn|3}}