Keriath
Keriath the Shrouded is a Tzeentch Lord of Change, who changed the fate of the Exorcists Chapter and led them to become the Daemon hunters they are today.[1]
This occurred when Keriath led a Daemonic invasion of the Imperial Totem System and later clashed with the Exorcists on Totem IV. There, the Lord of Change became outraged after the Chapter was able to withstand the Warp powers of Keriath's Tzeentch host of Daemons and Sorcerers. In an attempt to destroy them, Keriath possessed the Exorcists' Chapter Master Enoch Trismegistus and began to damage their war footing. However Enoch resisted the Greater Daemon, which gifted him with profound insights into Keriath's weaknesses and also awoke a measure of his own latent psychic ability. This allowed the Chapter Master to psychically contact the Exorcists' Chief Librarian, Goetos, and together they banished Keriath back to the Warp.[1]
Enoch's possession, however, was discovered by the Radical Ordo Malleus Plutonians sect, who interrogated him to see if he had become corrupted. As they did so, the Plutonians shared their belief that the controlled usage of daemonic possessed forces could be wielded back against Daemons. The Chapter Master was intrigued by their theories, as he had become changed by absorbing Keriath's vast intellect and could now see the genius of the Plutonians' plan. After Enoch was declared free of taint by the Plutonians, he suggested they work together to test the Plutonians' theories. Using Enoch's own Chapter as hosts, the Plutonians began to create the first modern Exorcists and they continue to do so to this day.[1]
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf 462, pgs. 42-45 — Index Astartes: Exorcists
