Gatherer
A Gatherer is a title and position within the ranks of the Grey Knights which consists of individuals whose great age or injuries prevent them from conducting the primary goals of the Chapter. Instead, they use their skills, heightened senses and wise minds to locate heroic aspirants from the common ranks of Mankind. Based at the Chamber of Trials on Titan, the Gatherers have no limit to their power to induct a person into the Chapter from any planet within the Imperium.[1]
Typically, however, they often prefer to choose from barbaric feral worlds where the physical and mental toughness of the aspirant begins at birth. Despite this being the case, the Grey Knights also hold the authority to recruit from the Black Ships or the worlds belonging to another Adeptus Astartes Chapter. Certain Chapters, such as the Exorcists or Silver Skulls specifically watch their recruits for qualities that might interest the Gatherers, whereupon they notify the Grey Knights of this fact.[1]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition), pg. 8
