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THE MATRIARCHS OF THE SISTERHOOD
Saint Dominica Saint Lucia
Patron Saint of the Sisterhood • Founder of the Order of Founder of the Order of the Valorous Heart
the Ebon Chalice· Bearer of the Grail of Ages The youngest of Dominica's companions, Lucia was martyred
Alicia Dominica is renowned (hroughom the Imperium as the after being captured by Recidivists, who gouged out her eyes
SiSler who ended the Reign of Blood when she beheaded lhe High and forced her to endure the screams of 1,000 innocents as they
Lord Vandire. In the aflermarh of lhe galaxy-wide strife brought were tortured to death before her. Unknown to Lucia, a group of
about by vandice's ryranny. she formally founded the Sisterhood her own Sisters were amongst those put to death, but it is said
according to the instructions of Sebastian Thor. and established that not one of them uttered a sound as they endured their
the Order of the Eben Chalice as her own Order. tortures, so as not to cause Lucia any more pain than she had
Dominica led her Sisters on many crusades. and oversaw the already sutTered.
early years of the Adepta Sororitas for several cenruries before Lucia is represented in SororitaS an by a woman with eyes
falling in battle at the Scourging of Frideswide's World. It is said shrouded and a drop of blood running down one cheek. She may
that she survived literally hundreds of blows throughout the also carry a sword, held upright to symbolise her manial role
banle, but was finally laid low by a single lasgun blast that within the Orders Militant. She may hold a skull in her left hand.
penetrated a weakened point in her armour and pierced her hean. which represents the severed head of Lord vandire. which she is
The symbol of Dominica's Order is the skull·filJed and flaming said to have recovered after Dominica put him to death, nensed.
Ebon Chalice, a representation of the terrible knowledge imparted polished, carved with the Litanies and placed within the ancient
to Dominica when she was brought before the Golden Throne. archive of the Vault of Origins.
Few are aware of the significance of this symbol in Sororitas an. Saint Mlna
Saint Katherine
Founder of the Order of the Bloody Rose

Founder of the Order of the Fiery Heart Mina was known as a dark and brooding sister, quick to anger
The Shield Bearer and deadly in combat. The Order of the Bloody Rose was not
formally created until two and a half millennia after the founding
Katherine is said to have been the bearer of Dominica'S of the first four orders, and by this time Mina was long dead. Her
Praesidium Protectiva, and was known for her determination and Order had existed as a small group of Sisters who provided a
avenging spirit, always to be found at the forefront of any bodyguard for the Abbess of the Adepta Sororitas, and it was
conmct, She was regarded as Dominica's second-in-command, from this group that the new Order was formed.
and led many successful campaigns against the forces of heresy Mina was martyred at the hands of a sanguinary cuit, the agents
and warpcraft in the name of her liege. of which are said to have ambushed her at prayer in a small
Her order was originally entitled the Order of the Fiery Heart, in shrine on Hydraphur. None of her sisters were present, but it is
reference to her fierce persona, but the name was changed to the said that when they camc upon her body the entire shrine was
Order of Our Martyred Lady afler her death at the hands of the covered in the blood of her assailants, a score of which lay dead
Witch-cult of Mnestteus. around her own blood-draincd form.
Katherine appears in Sororitas an as an avenging angel stood The symbol of Saint Mina is a red rose. with prominent thoms,
upon a cloud and surrounded by a halo. She often bears a sword representing her nature. Behind the rose are crossed two knife
and banner in reference to her symbolic role as bearer of blades dripping in blood, symbolic of the citCumstances of her
Dominica's arms, as well as a shield, representing Dominica's martyrdom.
Praesldium Protectiva.
Saint Arabella
Saint Silvana
Founder of the 'Order of the Sacred Rose

Founder of the Order of the Argent Shroud The Liberator
Like the other founding Saints of the Sororilas, Silvana was a Like the Order of the Bloody Rose, the Order of the Sacred Rose
member of Dominica's bodyguard when she was taken before the was not formally created until the reign of the Ecclesiarch Deacis
Golden Throne. She is noted for the many selfless acts of self- Vl. Saint Arabella was known as a particularly serene, even-
sacrifice she performed throughout her life, and Sisters who have tempered sister, renowned for her calm narure in the face of
survived a battle despite terrible odds often invoke her name in adversity. She is said to have been instrumental in the
thanks for deliverance from the forces of evil. negotiations that led to Dominica accepting the plan of the
'Silvana is said to have died after being poisoned by a Death-Cult Adeprus Custodes taking the sisters before the Golden Throne
Assassin, and legend states that her body mysteriously vanished and has earned the honorific 'Liberator' because many sisters
after having laid in state for a week within the Inner Sanctum of pray to her for liberation from doubt and rash action at times
the Convent Prioris. A silvery image of her bones was left when a cool head is reqUired.
imprinted on her death shroud, which is revered as one of the It is not known whether Arabella was martyred or died ofold age,
Sisterhood's most holy relics, and that gives the Order its title. or some other fate overtook her, and any inquiry into the subject
The image most often associated with Saint Silvana is the death with the Sisters of her Order is always met with a stony silence.
shroud, imprinted with the ghostly image of her skeleton. Arabella's symbol is a white rose, held aloft in a mailed gauntlet.
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THE MATRIARCHS OF THE SISTERHOOD

Saint Dominica Saint Lucia

Founder of the Order of the Bloody Rose

Founder of the 'Order of the Sacred Rose

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