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  ergeant Black was born
  on the Imperial planet
  of Cadia, which is located
  close to the realspace
  /warpspace overlap
  commonly known as the Eye
  Of Terror. The forces of
  Chaos have spewed forth
  from the Eye of Terror for the
  last ten millennia, ever since
  the remnants of the Traitor
  Space Marine Legions fled
  there at the end of the Horus
  Heresy. The first major
  Imperial outpost in the path
  of the vengeful Chaos forces
  is Cadia. As a result the
  people of that planet have
  become hardened to the ways
  of war. It is said that Cadian
  children learn to load a
  lasgun before they can walk,
  and that Cadian mothers will
  smother at birth any child
  that shows even the slightest
  hint of mutation or deformity.
  If this is true then Sergeant
  Black was fortunate indeed to
  survive the first hours after
  his birth, for he has been
  marked out from other men
  with an extraordinarily rare
  mutation. Fortunately for
  Black the mutation is one
  that affects the soul rather
  than one’s appearance, and
  thus he survived the hard-
  eyed gaze of his Cadian
  birthmother.
  The mark that Black bears is
  that of the psychic null
  known to Imperial scolars as
  a Pariah, an affliction that
  affects only a handful of
  children across the whole
  galaxy in each generation.
  Most humans have a
  corresponding presence in
  the parallel dimension known
  as the Warp. This ‘soul’, for
  want of a better term, can be
  seen and attacked by
  psychically attuned
  creatures such as
  Daemons or
  Enslavers, and also
  by psykers of the
  different races that
  inhabit the material
  universe. A psychic
  null does not
  appear to have this
  presence in the
  Warp, or if they do
  it is so well
  shielded or hidden
  as to be invisible.
  This renders the
  null all but
  invulnerable to any
  form of psychic
  attack or power, for
  such attacks
  actually affect a
  creature’s presence in the
  Warp (or their soul, if you
  will) rather than their
  physical body. The ability also
  makes the null nearly
  invisible to creature’s that
  normally inhabit the Warp, as
  they ‘see’ the Warp rather
  than the material plane, even
  if they inhabit the material
  plane at the time. A Daemon
  will therefore only be dimly
  aware of the presence of a
  psychic null, and will only be
  able to attack them by
  guessing where they are from
  the actions that they carry
  out.
  Such a power is extremely
  valuable, but it is not without
  serious drawbacks. Many
  never know the benefits of
  the power that they bear, but
  they will be all too horribly
  aware of the effect it has on
  normal people, as being a
  Pariah sets the person apart
  from the rest of Humanity. All
  humans are able to sense
  very slightly the presence in
  the Warp of those people
  around them. Most are
  unaware of this ability, or
  attribute it to other things,
  like being a good judge of
  character, or being able to
  sense another person’s ‘aura’.
  However everyone is able to
  do it, which makes being
  confronted by a Pariah a
  distinctly unsettling
  experience. The Pariah
  appears human, but their lack
  of presence in the Warp
  renders them alien and
  different to the rest of the
  race they belong to. It dooms
  the Pariah to a life of solitude
  Sergeant Dorian Black
  
  and rejection, often for no
  apparent reason.
  Sergeant Black therefore
  grew up isolated and alone,
  set apart from his peers and
  family. He learned to rely
  only on himself, and to
  assume that there was a deep
  flaw in his character that
  meant he would forever be
  alone. But Cadia is above all
  a military society, and like all
  able-bodied citizens Black
  was called upon to serve in
  the Cadian shock troops.
  Although rejected by his
  comrades on a personal level,
  none could question his
  ability as a warrior, for Black
  is blessed with physical
  strength, fast reflexes and an
  unshakable resolve. These
  talents meant that while his
  affliction meant that Black
  would never achieve high
  rank, he quickly rose to the
  rank of Sergeant and then
  Veteran Sergeant.
  Until this time Black’s
  invulnerability to psychic
  attack and invisibility to
  creatures of the Warp had not
  been apparent. Even Cadian
  troops, fighting in the
  frontline of the war against
  the incursions of Chaos, can
  serve their entire military
  career without ever seeing a
  psyker or Daemon, let alone
  being attacked by one.
  Sergeant Black was therefore
  lucky, in many ways, to be
  singled out for special duty
  during the suppression of a
  Chaos cult on the mining
  colony of Misril VIII. One of
  the ringleaders was suspected
  of having made his lair deep
  underground in a set of
  disused mineshafts and
  Black’s squad was one of
  many sent to hunt the
  suspect down. Black’s men
  were the first to find the
  heretic’s hidden lair and in
  the fierce battle that ensued it
  was revealed that he was a
  pyromancer – a psychic adept
  able to create an inferno from
  thin air. All five of Black’s
  men were burnt to death in
  the battle, but Black himself
  survived unscathed having
  broken the pyromancer’s
  neck with his bare hands.
  Such prodigious good
  fortune does not go
  unnoticed in the Imperial
  Guard, and Black was quickly
  imprisoned as a suspected
  heretic following the battle.
  While Black languished in the
  cells awaiting execution for
  his crimes against the
  Imperium, friendless and
  alone as ever, he was visited
  by Inquisitor Eisenhorn, who
  had been one of the chief
  architects behind the
  destruction of the Chaos cult.
  Eisenhorn’s powerful psychic
  abilities allowed him to very
  quickly ascertain that Black
  was actually a Pariah and
  therefore a most useful agent.
  Given a choice between
  death or membership of
  Eisenhorn’s infamous
  entourage of cold-hearted
  mercenaries, Black chose to
  follow the stern-faced
  Inquisitor. He has served
  Eisenhorn loyally ever since.
  WS
  BS
  S
  T
  I
  Wp
  Sg
  Nv
  Ld
  Sgt Black
  73
  79
  60
  66
  49
  60
  68
  74
  65
  Sgt Black is Right Handed
  Equipment: Lasgun (Mars Pattern); Flak Armour; Knife; 3 Choke Grenades.
  Special Abilities: Quickload, Pariah
  NEW ABILITY – PARIAH
  The character has little to no presence in the Immaterium. For that reason no psychic powers
  maybe used directly against him. Also, any Psychic power used or directed at anyone or thing
  within 10 yards of the Pariah suffers a -50% difficulty modifier in addition to any other
  modifiers. Daemons and Creatures of the warp cannot see a Pariah but can be aware of his
  actions ie hear his weapon firing, moving an object etc. To spot a Pariah a Daemonic entity
  must pass a -40% Initiative test. If the Pariah Character has been making noise as explained
  above then the modifier is -20%. Additional mods can be made for shooting a Pariah if the GM
  desires.
  
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