Firebrand

Icon of the Sisters of Silence

A Firebrand, usually a member of a Firebrand Cadre, is a Null Maiden of the Sisters of Silence dedicated to the elimination of threats.

Firebrand cadres were usually tasked with the widespread purgation of opposing forces, condemned criminals, tainted Abhumans and other gene-threats, as well as the pacification of aggressive, rebellious or resistant crowds and bystanders in defence of the Great Tithe.

Primarily armed with Flamers or more rarely Snare Guns, their secondary tactical function was to deny rogue elements escape routes, cut off avenues of ambush and prevent encirclement by often numerically superior opposition forces. Even within small detachments, the Firebrand cadres are deployed to prevent the potential interruption of the retrieval of the psykers who comprised a portion of every world's contribution to the Imperial Tithe.

However, in such instances, they are often presented as a force intended to intimidate the related governing structures and population into compliance through fear rather than having to carry out the promise of death and fire they so obviously represent, though of course they never shirk from this dark duty when it becomes necessary.

Unit Composition

• 4-9 Firebrands

• 1 Firebrand Mistress

Wargear

• Vratine Armour

• Flamer

• Snare Gun (As replacement for Flamer)

• Vratine Grenade Launcher (As replacement for Flamer)

• Frag Grenades

• Krak Grenades

• Auspex (Possessed by one Firebrand in the cadre)

• Nuncio Vox (Possessed by one Firebrand in the cadre)

• Power Weapon (Any type, Seeker Mistress only)

• Hand Flamer (Firebrand Mistress only)

• Needle Pistol (Firebrand Mistress only)

• Plasma Pistol (Firebrand Mistress only)

• Charnabal Sabre (Firebrand Mistress only)

• Kharon Pattern Acquisitor (As dedicated transport for cadre)

Sources

• Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Second Edition - Liber Imperium (Specialty Game), pg. 60