Ministorum Priest
From Lexicanum
Ministorum Priests are the Preachers, Missionaries, Confessors and other clergy members of the Ecclesiarchy, dispatched to accompany the Imperial Guard during campaigns and battles. With their oratory they affirm the faith and resolve of the troops. Even in the midst of battle they preach the righteousness of the Emperor to the troops, instilling in them a ferocious resolve to destroy the enemy in close combat. Their fiery speeches can stir a populace to rebelling against a heretic lord or persuade an army to lay down its arms and submit to the mercy of the Emperor (which is inevitably quick and bloody).4
Priests favour close combat over shooting, and through their inspiring exhortations, instill this ideal into the Guardsmen following them. Such is their fury that priest-led squads will always charge any enemy within reach, making priests as ferocious as Commissars when it comes to motivating men, although they use inspiration rather than fear.
Equipment
Traditionally a priest might be armed with an Eviscerator, a massive, two-handed chainsword capable of inflicting horrific injuries on living creatures, slicing through walls and even destroying vehicles. This overtly violent melee weapon makes the priest an even more powerful individual in close combat.
Priests often wear a rosarius, a potent device commonly used throughout the Adeptus Ministorum as it has a religious aspect as well as a protective one in that when the field is impacted it gives off a great blast of white light, leading some to believe that the Emperor himself is protecting the priest.1
A priest is often festooned with purity seals, and sometimes bears a holy relic so that all Emperor-fearing troops looking upon the image will be heartened at the sight.1
Inquisition
Inquisitors often see it useful for an Ecclesiarchal clergy member to form part of his retinue. Ecclesiarchy priests attached to a retinue are referred to as Hierophants.3-p14
Sources
- 1:Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)
- 2:Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition)
- 3:Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition)
- 4:Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)
| Command Units | Command Platoon • Heroic Senior Officer • Senior Officer • Junior Officer • Sanctioned Psyker • Commissar • Priest |
|---|---|
| Flexible Troops | Infantry Platoon • Conscript Infantry Platoon • Hardened Veteran Squad • Storm Troopers • Sentinel Squadron |
| Combat Troops | Armoured Fist Squad • Rough Rider Squadron • Ogryn Squad |
| Ranged Troops | Ratling Snipers • Snipers • Heavy Weapons Platoon |
| Support Units | Fire Support Squad • Anti-tank Support Squad • Mortar Support Squad • Sentinel Support Squadron • Special Weapon Support Squad • Techpriest Enginseer |
| HQ | Canoness • Palatine • Inquisitor Lord • Priest | |
|---|---|---|
| Elites | Arco-flagellants • Callidus Assassin • Celestian Squad • Culexus Assassin • Death Cult Assassin • Eversor Assassin • Inquisitor • Vindicare Assassin • Repentia | |
| Troops | Battle Sister Squad • Inquisitorial Storm Troopers • Zealots | |
| Seconded Units: | IG Armoured Fist Squad • IG Infantry Platoon • SM Tactical Squad • SM Scout Squad | |
| Fast Attack | Dominion Squad • Seraphim Squad | |
| Seconded Units: | IG Rough Rider • IG Sentinel Squadron • SM Assault Squad • SM Bike Squadron • SM Land Speeder Squadron | |
| Heavy Support | Exorcist • Immolator • Penitent Engine • Orbital Strike • Retributor Squad | |
| Seconded Units: | IG Leman Russ • SM Devastators • SM Dreadnought • SM Predator | |
| Transport | Rhino • Chimera • Immolator | |
