Pellenne - The Consanguinity: The Consanguinity is a Pellennian sect dedicated to the total eradication of mutants and those who might support them, and worries many with its growing power. Even amid the company of myriad other groups obsessed with destroying mutants wherever they are found, this mildly-tolerated cult stands apart for the volume and extent of its horrific atrocities, extreme fanaticism, and willingness to engage in extreme violence against both mutants and untainted humans alike. In the Consanguinity’s eyes, any human who refuses to devote every waking moment to the extermination of mutants deserves nothing less than death, and only vigorous, ongoing war against mutants is acceptable.Founded on Pellenne three centuries ago, with a manifesto branded into the chest of a charred mutant corpse nailed to the doors of Fornix’s High Templum, the cult has in recent years spread its tendrils throughout the Stygies Cluster and beyond. It is highly dogmatic and refuses to allow for any possible usefulness of mutants in any aspect of the Imperium. Brothers of the Consanguinity do not accept any accommodation with mutant communities, and insist upon taking steps to destroy them where local authorities refuse to do so. Indeed, they have been known to assassinate Imperial figures in positions of power who refuse to act against mutant populations per their dictates, often seeking to portray these murders as the work of mutants. In recent years, they have been extremely active, and have come to exercise a frightening degree of control over the mid-level slums of Pellenne. The sect routinely conducts purges wherein those bearing minor birthmarks or disfigurements are burned alive, and summarily executes any citizens believed (accurately or not) to have had dealings with mutants in any capacity. The Dynants who rule Pellenne are increasingly concerned by the support that the Consanguinity appears to enjoy among the working classes. While the Dynants (like all proper Imperial citizens) despise mutants, they despise any threat to their primacy more, and now actively plot against the cult.The Consanguinity is obsessively secretive; each “Frater Consanguinitas” (as members of the organisation style themselves) runs his hate-fuelled operations under a highly organised cell structure, while wearing an all-encompassing black robe and identity-concealing hood. The history and membership of the group is virtually unknown, and indeed individual members go to extreme lengths to keep their identities as hidden as possible. The sect has induced unrest in Pellenne and the surrounding Stygies region by pitting mutants and untainted citizens against each other, to the extent that a number of armed conflicts have been attributed to their work. In recent years, it is rumoured that certain Inquisitors have turned their attention to the group, regarding it as a destabilising influence on important worlds within the Askellon Sector, despite perhaps sharing some sympathy for the group’s objectives. There are confused reports of local planetary forces conducting purges of the Consanguinity, and indeed it is muttered in certain quarters that some Frater-run cells have been quietly eliminated by shadowy Inquisitorial operatives, only to reappear in a new, more powerful form at later times. There is, however, little proof of these allegations.