Confessor

“There are many who have transgressions against the God-Emperor they need to confess. This simple act of admitting ones own heresy is the first step towards redemption. It is the duty of my Confessors to hear the sins of those in greatest need... the unwilling.”
—Arch-Cardinal Ignato
With the ever present threat of heresy hiding in the
souls of the weak-willed, the Ecclesiarchy can take
no chances that an apostate is able to fool those who
seek to bring their transgressions to light. Arch-Cardinal Ignato
has established many training shrines in the Calixis Sector to his
prepare clergy for service as confessors. It is from these holy sites
and institutions that many of the most talented interrogators hail.
Confessors are hardened servants of the Ecclesiarchy who
know how to get the information they want in a timely
fashion. Many Inquisitors will recruit a Calixian Confessor
to serve in an Acolyte Cell. Such is their zeal for the
discovery of heretical influence that a few Confessors
who survive their tasks with any semblance of sanity
became Inquisitors in their own right.
Confessors are filled with the power and fury of
faith. There are legends of Confessors in the shrine
worlds of the Calixis sector who have turned
back armies with a word or incited entire cities
to rebel against an apostate dictator. These
individuals can be found on almost every
world, commanding loyal servants of the
God-Emperor to seek out foul heretics
and purge them.
Imperial Guard and PDF
Commanders often retain a
confessor among their advisors,
bringing their rhetoric and
oratory to the soldiers on the eve
of battle. Occasionally Cardinals will
dispatch groups of fiery Confessors to lead
Frateris Militia on wars of faith against the
opponents of the Imperium of Man.
Every Confessor has his own unique
brand of oratory and interrogation. The
two are not vastly dissimilar practices
in the mind of a Confessor. While
many use speeches honed and practiced to
perfection, others might call out to the crowd
for responses to questions, correcting and
praising them. In the confession chamber
these men would ask questions of the shriven,
demanding that they incriminate themselves
to gain absolution. Others whisper the
correct words in the ears of commanders so
that they might deliver their own sermons
and in the Confession chamber a whisper
in the ear and a hot brand can be very
persuasive, guiding the pliant subject
to a clear conscious.
==Alternate Career Rank==
The majority of Confessors operating in the Calixis sector
are trained at one of the Adeptus Ministorums special shrines.
The process is not dissimilar to the training of an Arbitrator
or a Cleric, in that the Confessor is drilled with the Imperial
Creed and the price of straying from it. Along with physical
training, the Confessors ply their new found trade upon each
other in an attempt to cleanse the weakness and sin from
the group. Some keep the scars of this experience for life
as a reminder of the pain they must deliver to others as an
opportunity to be pure and whole. While many clergy are
selected to join the ranks of the Confessors directly from the
Schola Progenium or other Ecclesiarchal recruiting grounds,
there are many more who attend the training facilities at the
behest of Judges or Inquisitors. Those who are not educated
at one of the approved Adeptus Ministorum sacred places
are trained in private by experienced Confessors, often for a
specific duty.
Required Career: Arbitrator or Cleric
Alternate Rank: 1 or higher (0 XP)
Starting Skills: A character who replaces Rank 1 with
Confessor also replaces his starting skills. A Confessor begins
play with: Speak Language (Low Gothic) (Int), Common Lore (Imperial
Creed) (Int), Interrogation (WP), Literacy (Int).
Starting Equipment: A character who replaces Rank 1 with
Confessor also replaces all starting equipment with a Stub
Revolver and 6 bullets, Excruciator Kit, Aquila Necklace, a
Charm (Skull), 4 Candles, a backpack and Shield Robes (see
page 120).
Income: The Characters income becomes Supine Class.