Warhammer 40k | Living Saint

Описание: "Despair, and you give yourself to the shadows. Believe, truly believe in the Emperor of Mankind, and you shall walk in His light no matter how dark the path you tread."

A Living Saint is an extraordinarily devout servant of the Emperor of Mankind, usually a warrior of the Ecclesiarchy, who displays seemingly miraculous abilities derived from potent faith during his or her lifetime. In almost every case, a Living Saint has been resurrected from the dead, sometimes multiple times. The belief among the faithful of the Imperial Creed is that these individuals are blessed by the Emperor Himself, and are resurrected by His will and grace to defend His servants.

Most of the known Living Saints have been members of the Adepta Sororitas, particularly its Orders Militant, but several have also emerged from the ranks of the Astra Militarum. In truth, it is clear that Living Saints draw their powers from the Warp much like the servants of Chaos, but are not necessarily psykers during their initial lifetimes. Instead, a Living Saint's faith in the God-Emperor is so great that it allows him or her to unconsciously draw upon the Warp to fuel supernatural abilities, including the ability to resurrect from death.

A Living Saint is an extraordinarily rare individual proclaimed as a hero of the Imperium by the hierarchy of the Adeptus Ministorum. Their faith and service to the Imperium, often among the Adepta Sororitas' Sisters of Battle or the ranks of the Astra Militarum, has usually led to their martyrdom at the hands of the Emperor's foes, and their subsequent spectacular resurrection from death, often in a burst of divine power.

Living Saints are the Emperor's avenging angels, terrible and wondrous to witness, such is their incredible power and utter purity of spirit. The appearance of a Living Saint is normally a brief phenomenon, as they are effectively martyred at the time of their ascension.

Most Living Saints only appear during conflicts where Imperial forces are in danger of being completely overrun by the enemies of the Emperor, such as a War of Faith or an Imperial Crusade as was the case with Saint Sabbat, or where a defeat could imperil the very existence of Humanity, as during the climax of the 13th Black Crusade on Cadia when Saint Celestine manifested once more.

In addition to their extraordinary combat abilities and supernatural powers, a Living Saint's appearance on a battlefield provides an enormous morale boost to all of the Emperor's faithful, spurring them on to make greater sacrifices and endure any hardships to secure victory, no matter the odds against them.

Only a few Living Saints are ever recognised in each millennium by the Ecclesiarchy, and when they do appear they are revered by all the faithful across the galaxy. For an individual to be recognised as a Living Saint, a conclave of the Adeptus Ministorum and the Inquisition must be called and all present must agree that the candidate is both a loyal servant of the Emperor and one who fought in a just cause.

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