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==Overview==
Celestian Insidiants are the chosen few among the Celestian order who specialize in hunting down and eliminating [[Rogue Psyker]]s. Premiere witch-hunters, it is considered a great honour to join their ranks and consist only of the most honed Celestians. Once considered to join Insidiant order, they undergo grueling gruelling training that tests their spiritual endurance in the face of all forms of corruption including the [[Warp]]. They also are also trained to endure nauseating and disorientating [[Null Field]]s due to their use of such equipment in the field. Those who are unable to bare Null Fields for the required period are judged failures, while those that endure become acclimatized acclimatised to the constant state of paranoia, hate, and terror caused by null energy. These subjects are rendered even more intolerant than before, but become better prone to sensing the taint of witchery wherever it may be.{{Fn|2}}
To aid them in their role as witch hunters, Insidiants are outfitted with specialist equipment and sanctified weapons designed to confound and destroy those who use sorcerous powers. They also wear elaborate [[Adepta Sororitas Power Armour|Power Armour]] adorned with heavy iron-wrought crowns which are believed to focus their faith into a shield against witchcraft. In battle, they most commonly wield [[Null Mace|heavy maces with null field generators ]] and [[Condemnor Boltgun]]s that shoot blessed silver stakes that will disrupt the abilities of psykers.{{Fn|2}}
Most famed for their ability to infiltrate hostile territory to seek out and destroy psyker leaders, the constant exposure of Null-energies renders them unnatural aggressive and paranoid. This leads to them not just unleashing their wrath on [[Human]] or [[Xenos]] Psykers, but also anything that has any taint of heresy. [[Preacher]]s that stray even slightly from the approved canon, [[Medicae]] whose patients fall victim to infection, or commanders who inspire suspicious levels of loyalty may fall victim to the wrath of the Insidiants.{{Fn|2}}
==Images==
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Insidiants1.jpg|Sister Superior and Reliquarius{{Fn|1}}
Insidiants2.jpg|Denuncia and Mortisanctus{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://archive.ph/GglzC Warhammer Community: Adepta Sororitas battle Chaos Space Marines over a long-forgotten tomb in Kill Team: Shadowhunt] ''(Saved archive page, dated 15 August 2025, last accessed 15 August 2025, original link: archived from [https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/zrjpzrms/adepta-sororitas-battle-chaos-space-marines-over-a-long-forgotten-tomb-in-kill-team-shadowhunt/the original] 15 August 2025, last accessed 15 August 2025)''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Kill Team: Shadowhunt]] - pgs. 13-17
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