Blank (Psychic) - Blank (Psychic): A Blank, also known as an Untouchable, a psychic Null, and a Pariah, is a Human who possesses the rare mutation sometimes inaccurately described as the "Pariah Gene" that makes them generate no psychic presence in the Immaterium, thus leaving them essentially soulless. Known also as "Blacksouls" and "the Soulless," a Blank is a living anathema for all psykers, regardless of their species; they are, essentially, "anti-psykers."On the psyker scale commonly employed by the Adeptus Astra Telepathica and known as "The Assignment," Blanks occupy the nethermost levels, from Phi-plus to the extraordinarily rare Omega-minus level.The minds of most self-aware beings have a direct connection to the Warp that is actually what is called the "soul" in many cultures of the galaxy. Psykers have especially strong connections to the Warp, and their souls thus appear as blazing brands to those who can see within the Immaterium, spiritual beacons which draw the hungry attention of Warp denizens.But Blanks are born with no connection to the Warp at all, their presence completely invisible within the Empyrean. In fact, the minds of Blanks can actually somehow sever the connection between the Warp and realspace within their local area. The result is that a Blank dampens any psychic or Warp-related powers occurring within their aura's area of effect. A psyker standing within the Blank's range will find their powers weakened if not wholly nonfunctional. The Blank themselves is immune to all direct psychic effects. However, a psyker could still attack a Blank indirectly by using their abilities to, for example, telekinetically launch a projectile at them.A Blank is the direct antithesis of Chaos as he or she possesses no presence within the Warp. Blanks are completely immune to Daemonic possession and spiritual corruption by the forces or agents of Chaos. Blanks can also interfere with the Tyranid Hive Mind's ability to telepathically link Tyranid bioforms through its synapse organisms. However, this interference is nowhere near as powerful as what their abilities do to beings composed of pure psychic energy such as entities native to the Warp like Daemons, who find the presence of Blanks painful, even to the point that they will be driven back into the Immaterium simply to escape their presence.A Blank's proximity to someone who possesses even a modicum of psychic ability can also be quite painful or even lethal to the psyker, especially to psychically-sensitive beings such as the Aeldari. Even ordinary, non-psychic individuals categorised by the Imperium as Sigma grade and below in psychic ability can be affected by a Blank's anti-psyker aura, as they radiate a sense of unnatural "wrongness" that makes all other living creatures extremely uncomfortable and uneasy in their presence. People in the presence of an Untouchable will often harbour intensely hostile feelings towards the Blank for reasons that they cannot explain. As a result, most Pariahs do not live long as the feelings of hatred and distaste they generate among even non-psychic individuals means they have few friends and many enemies.The Soulless are very rare in the galaxy since perhaps only one person on an entire world will be a carrier of the mutation in every Human generation. It is believed by some in the Adeptus Mechanicus that the genetic complex of changes collectively sometimes called the "Pariah Gene" were deliberately engineered into the genomes of the ancestors of Mankind by the Necrons millions of standard years ago during the War in Heaven.Blanks today are most often used by the Officio Assassinorum's Culexus Temple and as Acolytes by Inquisitors of the Ordo Hereticus who find them to be useful psychic shields and weapons against the witch and Unsanctioned Psykers. The Ordo Malleus finds Blanks to be superb living weapons against Daemons. Additionally, every member of the Sisters of Silence, the Imperium's most effective anti-psyker military force, is a Null.While only Humanity is known to naturally produce Blanks, they have also come into being through unique circumstabces in certain alien species, such as the Solitaires of the Aeldari Harlequins, who have lost their own souls to Slaanesh through unspecified means.