Order
This article is about the Adepta Sororitas organizational unit; for the Caliban society, see The Order. |
Orders are the standard organizational unit of the Adepta Sororitas. Typically, orders consist of thousands of Sisters.[1]
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History
In the beginning, there were only four Orders Militant created by Sister Alicia Dominica and her three fellow Crusading Sisters: Sister Silvana, Sister Lucia, and Sister Katherine.
- Order of Our Martyred Lady (Sister Katherine, Formerly Order of the Fiery Heart)
- Order of the Valorous Heart (Sister Lucia)
- Order of the Ebon Chalice (Sister Alicia Dominica)
- Order of the Argent Shroud (Sister Silvana)
Then mid 38th Millennium, two Orders were added by Ecclesiarch Deacis VI. The Order of the Bloody Rose was created to honour Sister Mina and the Order of the Sacred Rose was created to honour Sister Arabella. Although neither Sister Mina or Sister Arabella led their fellow Sisters into battle, they were martyred just the same and honoured as such.
Later, Orders were created to deal with non-combatant roles. They were the Orders Hospitaller (dealing with medical aid and purification of the body), Orders Famulous (dealing with law, diplomacy and relations between the Ecclesiarchy and the Imperium), and Orders Dialogous (dealing with research, preaching, and communication). Blind also makes references to Orders Pronatus (dealing with the recovery of holy relics). These are very small Orders, with the only Order Pronatus mentioned being the Order of the Eternal Gate.
Each Order follows the same basic hierarchical structure:
- Order: Led by the head Canoness called the Canoness Superior and runs the Entire Order.
- Preceptory: An organisation of individual convents with up to 1,000 Sisters, equivalent to an Adeptus Astartes Chapter, led by a Canoness Preceptor.
- Commandery: Normally smaller convents or detachments of militant Sisters with up to 200 Sisters, led by a Canoness Commander.
- Mission: The smallest organisation of Sisters, consisting of a few units and can be led by a Canoness or the lesser Palatine.
List of Orders
Orders Militant
- Order of Our Martyred Lady
- Order of the Argent Shroud
- Order of the Black Sepulchre
- Order of the Bleeding Heart
- Order of the Bloody Rose
- Order of the Blue Robe
- Order of the Crimson Oath
- Order of the Crimson Shroud
- Order of the Ebon Chalice
- Order of the Ermine Mantle
- Order of the Fiery Tear
- Order of the Glowing Chalice
- Order of the Golden Light
- Order of the Sacred Rose
- Order of the Valorous Heart
- Order of the Vermilion Hand
- Order of the White Rose
- Order of the Wounded Heart
- Order of the Silver Shroud
Orders Hospitaller
Orders Dialogus
Orders Famulous
- Order of the Gate
- Order of the Holy Seal
- Order of the Key
- Order of the Sacred Coin
- Order of the Shining Path