False Prophets

Though they may go by as many names, titles, and identities
as suits them, “False Prophet” is indeed a most apt name for
these arch-liars and bringers of strife. Each is a powerful and
charismatic leader, a deceiver steeped in death and with the
blood of multitudes on his hands. Each is a powerful sorcerer
who has at his disposal many dangerous secrets and the
forbidden knowledge gleaned both from his own depraved
crusades and the bartered utterances of daemons.
These faithless killers have no room in their hearts for
anything other than bitterness and hatred for the lies that
others call the truth, and while they are more than willing
to give the daemon its due, they scorn the true worship of
any warp entity, no matter how powerful, as a god. They see
the worship of such entities as only more layers of lies, albeit
acknowledging that the Ruinous Powers are more generous
masters than the “corpse-emperor.” They instead embrace
Chaos as a means to an end—that end being the power to
tear down the edifice of the Imperium. Reckless in the display
of their powers, it is their particular wont to use the warp
to further corrupt and enslave their followers, simply for the
sadistic pleasure of doing so. Woe betide any Imperial servant
that falls into their malign clutches.
The False Prophets of the Pilgrims of Hayte are a terrible
foe, and they have claimed the lives of several Inquisitors and
thousands of Imperial servants in the past. Combating them
is the sworn and absolute duty of the whole Ordos Calixis.
Although thankfully very few (the Ordo Malleus is currently
tracking around 30, though this number is in dispute), the
False Prophets seem to be slowly but steadily growing in
number. While each seems to follow his own erratic and
destructive path without plan or recourse to others of his kind,
some at the highest circles of the Inquisition fear that there
may be some single guiding hand behind all of them, some
arch-diabolist whose ultimate plan has yet to see fruition.
A known False Prophet whom the Inquisition has hunted for more than fifty years is the dreaded Lady Solace.