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'''Hexagrammic Wards''' (also spelled '''Hexagrammatic'''){{Fn|7}}{{Fn|9}} are techno-arcane devices from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], designed to protect against [[Psyker|psychic]] forces.{{Fn|4}} These wards strengthen the boundaries between [[realspace]] and the [[Warp]] in a small area, reducing the effects of warp incursions.{{Fn|9}}
Hexagrammic Wards are used heavily 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}} [[Space Marine]] [[Librarian]]s of [[chapter]]s such as the [[Exorcists]] utilise hexagrammatic wards, alongside purifying incense, in their vaults of lore detailing ways to combat the daemonic.{{Fn|8}} These wards are also sometimes worn by [[Inquisitors]] when they know they will encounter [[psykers]].{{Fn|1}} For example, an [[Ordo Xenos]] might have various hexagrammic wards tattooed on their forearms or elsewear.{{Fn|10}} These wards can otherwise be used by the Inquisitor as powerful charms and canticles of faith to psychically unnerve heretical psykers in proximity.{{Fn|2}} Subdermal [[electoo]]s of hexagrammic wards are also effective defences against malign assault, but one must still defend themselves against the very physical threats [[Warp Entities]] can bring to battle.{{Fn|11}}
During the [[Indomitus Crusade]], such wards were engraved in blessed silver on the back of relic badges known as [[Aegis Indomitus]].{{Fn|3}}
*{{Endn|8}}: [[White Dwarf 462]], pg. 47
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player's Guide]], pg. 127
*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Carcharodons: Outer Dark (Novel)]], Chapter VI*{{Endn|11}}: [[Primogenitor (Novel)]], Chapter 5
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