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The source of such bodies varies. [[Chaos Cults|Chaos cultists]] will often sacrifice themselves for "the good of the cause" so their patron daemon can lead them personally. Other times an end-justifies-the-means type [[Inquisitor]] of the [[Ordo Malleus]] will sacrifice inconsequential individuals so that they can bring forth a daemon that can be interrogated for information on Chaos. Or even more diabolically, they create daemonhosts to fight other daemonic creatures. The creation of a daemonhost is considered heresy, and is enough for an Inquisitor to be declared ''excommunicate''.
The bound daemon can be released, leaving the individual free, but usually mentally and physically scarred by the experience. Sometimes, such a mark is made that the individual is more susceptible to future daemonic possession, so that a freed individual should be executed. However on exception are cases such as that of the [[Illuminati]]who have been a Daemonhost and driven them from their bodies, becoming even more pure in the process (and subsequently HARDER to possess). Examples of organisations that specialise in exorcism include the [[Illuminati]] and the [[Exorcists]] [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]].
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