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[[Image:KeeperOfSecretsFF.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Keeper of Secrets]]
'''Keepers of Secrets''' are the [[Greater Daemon]]s of [[Slaanesh]].{{Fn|1}} Created subconsciously by the Prince of Pleasure, these Daemons are the ultimate manifestation of his desire for physical excess and pleasure in battle.  {{Fn|4}}

==Overview==
[[Image:Rune-KeeperOfSecrets.JPG|thumb|right|100px|[[Dark Tongue]] rune for Keeper of Secrets.{{Fn|16}}]]
Each Keeper of Secrets has a unique appearance that mirrors Slaanesh's mood at the time of its creation.  Their looks can range from terrifyingly-haunting-but-almost human to bestial, though all are tall and lithe with long claws and limbs and a crown of horns that sprouts from their head and intoxicating eyes that look like black crystals.{{Fn|1}} 

As well as being vicious warriors, Keepers of Secrets are also capable of weaving powerful spells of misdirection and mystification.  They invade the thoughts of their enemies, sending them visions of glory, titillating their egos, and caressing their inner desires to lead them astray.  They seek to give and receive sensation in all forms, be it pain or pleasure, but there is nothing more enjoyable to them than the corruption of the noble and pure.  They also are surrounded by a breeze that confuses all enemies around and allows the daemon to prey on them easily.{{Fn|1}}

The Keepers of Secret live to feed from others' emotions, especially fear, hope, and despair.  They love the sensation of cutting through flesh and bestowing the feeling of pain onto their enemies.{{Fn|1}} As well as striking amazingly fast with their limbs, they also cause corruption in another way: they love to turn emotions such as courage, bravery and valour into selfishness and other emotions.{{Fn|4}}

==Exalted Keeper of Secrets==
The greatest Keepers of Secret are known as '''Exalted Keepers of Secrets'''. Glamour-wreathed, stiletto-clawed and black-hearted, Exalted Keepers of Secrets are the ultimate expressions of every obsession, their sickening presence enough to drive lesser warriors to rapturous seizures. Perverse acts of tortuous intensity are committed with lightning speed and dark glee.{{Fn|11}}

==Notable Keepers of Secrets==
*[[Amnaich]]{{Fn|2}}
*[[Heartslayer]]{{Fn|1}}
*[[Isk'ayn]]
*[[K'alith the Prurient]]
*[[Kanathara|Kanathara, Whose Hooves Shatter Mountains and Whose Voice Lulls the Sun]]{{Fn|13}}
*[[Kruult]]
*[[Kyriss]]
*[[Lesh'Jae'Thi'Hah]]
*[[Leiwa'quasca]]
*[[Listho'shy'a]]{{Fn|12}}
*[[Manushya-Rakshsasi]]
*[[Mnay'salath]] - Led a Daemonic Incursion on [[Sandava II]]{{Fn|9}}
*[[Malya'aishui'ie]]{{Fn|10}}
*[[N'Kari]]
*[[N'Kisha]]
*[[Orutha'A]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[Pale Stalker]]
*[[Prr-fra]]
*[[Rhug'guari'ihlulan]]{{Fn|8}}
*[[Shalaxi Helbane]]
*[[Ses'tesh]]
*[[Shk'xil]]
*[[Sidroh]]
*[[Sl'eth'kryphyr]]
*[[Sssair Gleamling]] - Once master of the [[Murderval]] warband of [[Chaos]] [[Daemon]]s.{{Fn|5}}
*[[Thi'Shaialh]]{{Fn|14}}
*[[Yria the Seducer]]
*[[Zarakynel]]{{Fn|3}}

==Images==
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40k-78-keeper-of-secrets.jpg|Keeper of Secrets{{Fn|18}}
Keeper of Secrets by Adrian Smith.JPG|A Keeper of Secrets
File:Keeper of Secrets (Codex Chaos, p63).jpg|Keeper of Secrets{{Fn|17}}
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===Miniatures===
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Keepersecrets1st.jpg|Keeper of Secrets (1st Edition)
EpicKeeper.jpg|[[Epic]] Keeper of Secrets
KeeperofSecretsb.jpg|Keeper of Secrets (3rd Edition)
KeeperofSecretsMini.jpg|Keeper of Secrets{{Fn|6}} (3rd Edition)
KeeperofSlaanesh.jpg|[[Zarakynel]]{{Fn|7}}
KeeperOfSecrets8th.jpg|Keeper of Secrets (8th Edition)
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Chaos Daemons (4th Edition)]], pgs. 26, 29
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Daemonhunters]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour - Apocalypse]], pg. 97
*{{Endn|4}}: [[White Dwarf 341 (UK)]], pgs. 16-29
*{{Endn|5}}: [[White Dwarf 368 (UK)]], pg. 27
*{{Endn|6}}: [[White Dwarf 273 (UK)]], pg. 35
*{{Endn|7}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer/Warhammer_Monsters/KEEPER-OF-SECRETS-GREATER-DAEMON-OF-SLAANESH.html Forgeworld Keeper of Secrets] ''(last accessed 11 June 2015)''
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Black Crusade: The Tome of Excess]], pg. 58
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Warden of the Blade (Novel)]] by [[David Annandale]], Chapter Eight
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Dark Heresy Second Edition: Enemies Beyond]] pg.134
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Psychic Awakening: Engine War]] pg.100
*{{Endn|12}}: [[War Zone Charadon - Act I: The Book of Rust]], pg. 38
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Fabius Bile: Manflayer (Novel)]], Chapter 27
*{{Endn|14}}: [https://twitter.com/HorusLegions/status/1655500536412766210?cxt=HHwWhIDQ5e69wvktAAAA The Horus Heresy: Legions Twitter (Posted on 08/05/2023)] (Last accessed on 09/05/2023)
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Dark Millennium (game system)]]: '''Damnation's Gate'''
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Realms of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned]], pg. 82
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Codex: Chaos]], pg. 63
*{{Endn|18}}:[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]] - ''Keeper of Secrets''
===Uncited===
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*[[Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness]], pg. 30

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