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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 in facilities regularly dealing with [[psyker]]s or similar [[warp]] interactions, such as [[Astropathic Relay Station]]s.{{Fn|7}} They're also seen throughout [[League of Black Ships|Black Ships]] (alongside [[pentagrammic wards]], a type of ward specially designed to repel [[Daemon]]s and their corruption).{{Fn|4}} 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}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters]], prologue intro cutscene
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Daemonhunters]], pg. 8
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Rogue Trader Rulebook]], pg. 163
[[Category:Dark Age of Technology]]
