Adepta Sororitas - Orders Majoris: The famed Orders Militant or Sisters of Battle of the Adepta Sororitas pursue the ways of war to spread the Emperor's light.The Orders Militant are often tasked by the Ecclesiarchy with defending its Shrine and Cardinal Worlds or retaking such planets from Heretics, xenos or the blasphemous forces of Chaos. There are literally dozens of different Orders Militant, with their convents scattered across the galaxy.The Sisters of Battle are also often attached to the Ordo Hereticus of the Imperial Inquisition and indeed serve the Witch Hunters as their Chamber Militant. Battle-sisters are recruited solely from the female progena or graduates of the Schola Progenium facilities spread across the galaxy.They are the orphans of those Imperial servants who have given their lives in the service of the Imperium, either in the Astra Militarum or some other Imperial Adepta.While being raised within the Schola they receive a strong Ecclesiarchy upbringing and education, coming to regard the Emperor as their spiritual father. Progena recruited into the Sisterhood are indoctrinated even further with the strict orthodox doctrines of the Imperial Creed, becoming ever more fiercely devoted to the Emperor and the Imperial cause.Their duty as part of the Sisterhood is to ensure and enforce the physical and spiritual purity of Humanity and the departments of the Adeptus Terra.As they share much the same role within the Imperium as the Ordo Hereticus, battle-sisters often form a major part of Ordo Hereticus military forces when a Witch Hunter does not wish to commandeer the forces of the Astra Militarum into his or her service to carry out a military objective.There are six Orders Militant Majoris in the Adepta Sororitas that are widely recognised across the Imperium:Orders MilitantConvent Sanctorum (Ophelia VII)Convent Prioris (Terra)Order of the Bloody RoseOrder of the Sacred RoseOrder of Our Martyred LadyOrder of the Ebon ChaliceOrder of the Valorous HeartOrder of the Argent ShroudOther Sororitas Orders are not combat-oriented per se and pursue less violent activities such as the copying, study of and commentary upon the Imperial Creed's scriptures, preaching, tending to the sick and injured, educating the young and maintaining the spiritual loyalty and health of the Imperium's various powerful noble families.Orders Hospitaller - The sisters of the Orders Hospitaller aid the poor and heal the sick and the wounded in the many hospitals and clinics across the Imperium operated as charities by the Sisterhood. Some of their hospitals are part of Imperial Crusades and the sisters serve as medics for the Astra Militarum regiments serving in those conflicts. Several of the more well-known Orders Hospitaller include:Orders HospitallerConvent Sanctorum (Ophelia VII)Convent Prioris (Terra)Order of the Eternal CandleOrder of the Cleansing WaterOrder of SerenityOrder of the TorchNote: It is unknown which Convent the Order of the Quiet Sorrow belongs to.Orders Famulous - The sisters of the Orders Famulous organise, educate and maintain the households of certain Imperial Planetary Governors and Imperial nobles, serving as advisers and by their very presence reminding them of their higher loyalties to the Emperor of Mankind. They oppose any disloyalty with the support of faithful followers from the inside of the noble household itself. The Orders Famulous also maintain and update extensive genetic and genealogical records for all the important noble families of the Imperium and can conduct genetic testing at the request of the Inquisition when rampant mutation or heresy on the part of Imperial nobles is suspected. Across the galaxy, the most well-known of the Orders Famulous include:Orders FamulousConvent Sanctorum (Ophelia VII)Convent Prioris (Terra)Order of the KeyOrder of the Holy SealOrder of the GateOrder of the Sacred CoinOrders Dialogous - The Sisters of the Orders Dialogous help to translate the innumerable dialects and slangs of Low Gothic used throughout the Imperium. At the behest of the Inquisition and certain other parties in the Imperial hierarchy, they also study xenos languages, and translate texts obtained from xenos artefacts. Sisters Dialogous are often employed as Sage Acolytes in Ordo Hereticus Inquisitors' retinues. The better-known Orders Dialogous include:Orders DialogousConvent Sanctorum (Ophelia VII)Convent Prioris (Terra)Order of the Holy WordOrder of the Sacred OathOrder of the QuillOrder of the Lexicon