Daemon World - Life on a Daemon World: Most Inquisitorial visits to Daemon Worlds are short-lived and matters of dire necessity. This makes useful information regarding how a planet of realspace bathed in Warp energies appears or behaves very rare indeed. The few reliable accounts, however, detail that survival comes at a high cost and a portion of one's soul is almost always the first down payment.Tales of being hunted by Daemons over changing terrain are common, confrontations with one's worst fears frequent; seeing friends and loved ones die is a prevailing theme. Natural laws cease to be constants. Rocks bleed or cry out when picked up. Some tales speak of mortals having to reassemble their bodies every morning in order to get up. There is no shortage of impossible madness on these worlds.Some sages of forbidden lore postulate that either those trapped on these worlds control some of the makeup of the world or that the Daemons rely on the constant stream of emotional output to ensure the survival and continued propagation of their "guests." Though other ideas are shopped among the halls of the greatest daemonologists of the Ordo Malleus, what is very clear is that there are very few Human beings strong enough to survive the barrage of horrors these worlds create. The few who have survived, and who have been able to tell their tales, have commented that the luckiest among them are those already dead.Some Daemon Worlds are devoted to a single Chaos God, or ruled by a powerful Daemon Prince, but many are cauldrons of unending war where no single individual or Chaos faction dominates. While not improbable, places where Daemons can find stability outside of their nightmare realm are a rare commodity, and thus attract much competition from other denizens of the Warp. Many of the explored Daemon Worlds are eternal battlegrounds, where any Human inhabitants are caught in the Daemonic crossfire.When a planet is classified as a Daemon World, it is present in realspace or had been at some time. It is in these rare moments that Imperial agencies such as the Adeptus Astartes might be tasked with reconnaissance of the location. Occasionally, along with lost relics and new insights, survivors are found with sanity and souls intact.The blessed individual who has withstood the horrors of a Daemon World offers the Inquisition unique opportunities. Since most others who are still alive are certifiably insane or catatonic, they are a source of somewhat reliable information which is all but impossible to obtain any other way. Though always sequestered after rescue to ensure safety and prevent the spread of Chaos corruption to new victims, many of these people have skill sets far too valuable to leave dormant behind locked doors. Those who make it off these accursed worlds often come from backgrounds that lend themselves to withstanding the horrors of the Warp.One characteristic that many of these survivors show is a stronger connection to the Warp than baseline Humans who are not psykers. They are forever attuned to disturbances and entities from the other side of the veil. While this skill only seems to be active in realspace, this sensitivity allows them to know when Daemonic entities or psychic phenomena are nearby. Those few capable of explaining how it works for them indicate that it is an infusion of colour and brilliance in what is largely a grey world.These rare individuals come to an Inquisitor's service bearing the scars of exposure. Odd compulsions, night terrors, and paranoia are common among these survivors. Many display wills of steel, forged in their daily resistance to their Daemonic homeland, or possess a sense of humour that is bitter and dark to reflect the horrors they have lived through. Knowing this, Inquisitors using Acolytes native to a Daemon World maintain a short leash on these individuals, for the threat of Chaos corruption is always strong.