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*[[Pentagrammic Wards]]
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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]] alongside [[pentagrammic wards]],a type of ward specially designed to repel [[Daemon]]s and their corruption.{{Fn|4}} and These wards are also utilised thoroughly by the [[Grey Knights]] in both their armour and ships.{{Fn|5}}{{Fn|6}} These wards 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}}
==See also==
*[[Malediction]]
*[[Adeptus Astra Telepathica]]