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How good are Sisters of Silence as Fighters?

Having read nearly all the Horus Heresy and 40k era books containing them, I feel that the Sisters of Silence really struggle when taking on enemies who do not derive their strength from the Warp.

-In “Serpent Beneath”, a squad of Alpha Legionnaires wipes out about a dozen Sisters of Silence with no losses to themselves. Now, while this is an top squad of Alphas, the fact remains that such a one-sided battle remains at odds with the “Emperor’s elite” the Sisters project.

-In “Nemesis”, Erebus and a group of Word Bearers easily capture a Black Ship and kill all the Sisters of inside without much resistance. The Sisters are even unable to prevent Erebus from getting his hand on a super-powerful null which he later sends on a mission to kill the Emperor.

-In “Thousand Sons”, Ahriman is able to pick off individual Sisters of Silence with his bolter and. weaken the advancing Imperial line. Again without any significant pushback,

-In “Gathering Storm 3″, while they do negate Magnus’ psyker abilities they don’t really put on much of an impressive fight against the Primarch, dying very quickly to him.

-In “Dark Imperium”, the Sisters of Silence assigned to Guilliman are dispatched rather quickly by a greater demon of Nurgle, despite their supposed expertise against such warp creatures. In fact they would have all been killed had Guilliman not intervened and killed the demon with the Emperor’s Sword.

I feel the SoS are given the “Worf effect” ie: killed off by others to show how badass and dangerous the said character is. (Which occurs quite a bit with Custodians as well). This really degrades the Sister’s status as “elite” warriors of the Emperor himself and reduces them to their status as nulls.

Thoughts? @sisterofsilence @ask-tribune-ra @askjenetiakrole

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In “Emperor’s Legion”, we meet a Silent Sister who later on fights alongside Custodes and explains that they were never intended to fight “on their own” against chaos and warp creatures. When they land on Terra there is more than five of them, by the time they reach that one Custodes guy on the battlefield, there’s only 2 left. They were meant to be quick and kinda rogue-like if we borrow roleplaying or mmorpg terminology. They are around to weaken the demons and psykers, cause damage, weaken the enemy and the killing belongs to the Custodes. She explicitly describes how they (two sisters) defeat a greater demon with ONE custodes. The sisters basically “dance” around the demon, weaken it and cause surface damage where it really hurts the creature, and the custodes basically tanks it. In the end, they kill it because the sisters cut its tendons under its knees, it buckles and falls face first into the ground and the custodes kills it in one hit through its skull IIRC. It’s badass but also shows that they are working their absolute best potential alongside an ally that tanks their foe while they deal damage. They also explain that their aura weakens demons in the way that 

1. They cannot use their warp powers to look ugly, to spit venom or bend reality, or summon more demons 2. They are more physical in nature, thus easier to kill 3. They are little more than wild animals to the ones doing the killing. 

Also, in the same book this same Sister took on an injured/old af Chaos space marine and killed it, even though her armor was ruined and she was out of flamer ammo.

I recommend reading Emperor’s Legion and The Regent’s Shadow! 

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Ahriman

by J A D

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The ending of “Lucius: The Eternal Blade” is the best ending i ever read. Thanks for OTP.

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Adepta Sororitas

by Igor Sid

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Ahriman: Despair

“Ahzek Ahriman!” she shouted, “I have that which you seek. I can restore your brethren!’"A stone’s throw away, the Visarch cut at the webway’s exterior with the Sword of Silent Screams, but he could not scratch it. The Yncarne hissed in pain to her flank, trailers of purple mist unwinding from its body as it was dissolved by the aether behind. "And why should I believe that?” came the sorcerous voice in Yvraine’s head. “You have no power here, in my new domain.” She felt white heat as something loomed behind, the fell gaze of godly eyes burning down upon her with terrible, inhuman focus. “Open your eyes!” she cried, secretly praying to Ynnead that her desperate gambit would work. She pressed her hands upon the psychocrystal of the webway’s exterior, focused on the armoured Legionaries within, and reversed the cycles of their existence. A dozen of the Thousand Sons Rubric Marines, previously levelling firepower into the Reborn with the emotionless efficiency of automatons, staggered backwards as if struck. They looked at one another, clutched their hearts, and fell back, rallying around Ahriman before taking up the defensive stances of the Emperor’s Legiones Astartes. Yvraine could just make out their words as they frantically sought to make sense of their situation. “Ahzek? Is that you, brother?” “Where are the Athenaeans? These are Eldar we face this day!” “In the name of Magnus, what is going on?” Ahriman shook his head as if stunned, his wide shoulders shaking uncontrollably with mirth, grief, or a mixture of the two. He brought his cupped hands together once more and yanked Ynnead’s luminaries downward with a shout of pure exultation. A lurch of the stomach, and Yvraine suddenly found herself in the swirling tide of battle once more, the Visarch and the Yncarne quickly taking up positions behind her. “Do it,” she said to her companions, siphoning the rich reservoir of Eldar life force that flooded the tunnels into a single burst of invigorating energy. In a flash, the Iyandeni giant Soulseeker was there, trailing white flame as his wraithblade carved a chasm through the crystal of the webway’s superstructure with an ear-splitting scream. Stepping to the edge of the fissure, the Yncarne opened its maw impossibly wide. It inhaled so mightily the resurrected Thousand Sons were drawn towards it, stumbling over the edge of the chasm to fall away into the void beneath. Ahriman screamed in denial, riding his disc after them on a trail of fire. “The Whispering God gives new life,” said Yvraine as her Reborn surged forward around her for the kill, “just as he takes life away.”

- Gathering Storm Book 2: Fracture of Biel-tan, page 85.

He did not hate her.

No, he could not muster the will to. The Chief Sorcerer of the Thousand Sons, Master of the Rubric, Destroyer of His Legion, looked down at the lifeless, baroque suit of armour in his arms.

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Knowledge is power.

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i know i’ve been away for years but im back and ill post a lot of --

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Sisters Of Battle

by Paul Dainton

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Howling Banshee Exarch

by Danila Kalinin

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Alpharius, apologizing: .. ·----· -- ... --- .-. .-. -.--

Guilliman: What was that?

Alpharius: Remorse code.

Guilliman: I ’m even angrier at you now.

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THISDSSSSSSS IS BEST OF ALL OF THEM 

this picture is so cute it should be illegal

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Omg the king has spoken!!!

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